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Al Ittihad of Libya (Arabic: الاتحاد الليبي) is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Geshier -Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Premier League thirteen times, the Libyan Cup five times and the Libyan SuperCup seven times. They are the current league champions (Libyan Premier League) as of the end of the 2006/07 season.
Al Ittihad become the first Libyan Club qualifiers for the CAF Champions League Semi-Finals phase of the 11-year competition.
[edit] History
Al-Ittihad Club was founded on Saturday July 29, 1944 after a merger between two clubs Al Nahda & Al Shabab, the club was named by Mohammed Shegewi (Arabic: محمد الشغيوي) and Mohamed Al-Krew (Arabic: محمد الكريو) was the first president of Al-Ittihad club.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Libyan Championships
- Libyan Premier League 13 (Libyan Record)
- Champion : 1965, 1966, 1969, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Runners-up : 1977, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004
- Libyan Cup 5
- Winner : 1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
- Finalist : 1994, 1987, 2002, 2003
- Libyan SuperCup 7 (Libyan Record)
- Winner : 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
[edit] African Championships
[edit] Supporters
Al Ittihad is one of the most well supported football club in Libya. They holds the record for the highest attendance in the CAF Champions League 2007, The Nickname of Al Ittihad Fans is (RED Aurora Supporters) & (Tehaa Supporters).
[edit] Stadium
- 11 June Stadium (Arabic: ملعب 11 يونيو)
- Capacity: 80,000
- Place: Tripoli, Libya - 6 km from center of Tripoli, Libya
- Inauguration: 1970
11 June Stadium is the formal ground for Al-Ittihad since 1970's.
Note: The stadium is shared with Ahli tripoli FC.
- Old Name: Al Mala'b Al Balade (Arabic: الملعب البلدي)
- Capacity: 5,000
- Place: Center of Tripoli, Libya
- Inauguration: 1939
7 October Stadium is Al-Ittihad’s training ground, used currently as a training ground.
[edit] Current Squad 2007-2008
[edit] Squad Changes
(2007/2008 Winter Transfer window )
[edit] Players In
[edit] Players out
[edit] Notable former players
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 Enam Alexis Izzaddin Bezan- Abu Baker Bani
- Saleem Abujrad
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Team |
Points |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
Goals
Scored |
Goals
Conceded |
+/- |
Notes |
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Al Ittihad |
56 |
21 |
18 |
2 |
1 |
47 |
15 |
+32 |
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[edit] Other Sports
Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports. Al Ittihad's Handball , Volleyball and Basketball teams have won many national competitions.
[edit] Sponsorship
[edit] Official Sponsor
Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm. is the official Sponsor for Al Ittihad Sporting Club
[edit] Kit providers
[edit] Contact Al Ittihad Sporting Club
- Bab Ben Geshier - P.O. Box 81844, Tripoli - Libya
- Tel : +218 (21) 3618212
- Tel : +218 (21) 3600690
- Fax : +218 (21) 3618213
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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1963-64 | 1964-65 | 1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1968-69 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08
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Abdul Majeed Salah
Branko Smiljanić
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