Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a

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football club based in Bab Ben Gashier,

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. They have won the Libyan Premier League 19 times, the Libyan Cup 7 times and the Libyan SuperCup 10 times. Al-ittihad reached the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup in 2010.

History

Al-Ittihad Club was founded on July 29, 1944, after a merger between three clubs, "Al Ummal", "Al Nahda" & "Al Shabab". Mohamed Al-Krewi ( ar, محمد الكريو) was the founder and first president.

Honours

Libyan Championships

* Libyan Premier League: 18 (Libyan Record) ::1965, 1966, 1969, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2021, 2022 * Libyan Cup: 7 (Libyan Record) :: ,1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2018 ::''Finalist'': 1994, 1987, 2002, 2003 * Libyan SuperCup: 10 (Libyan Record) **1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 * Tripoli Championship: 13 (competition founded 1948) ::48/49 - 49/50 - 50/51 - 51/52 - 52/53 - 53/54 - 54/55 - 55/56 - 56/57 - 57/58 - 58/59 - 61/62 - 62/63

Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs: 15 appearances The club have 5 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1967 to 1992 and 10 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2003 till now. ::

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– Quarter-finals ::

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– First round :: 1990 – First round ::

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– First round :: 1992 – First round :: 2003 – First round :: 2004 – Preliminary round :: 2006 – Preliminary round :: 2007 – Semi-finals ::

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– Second round :: 2009 – First round :: 2010 – Second round :: 2011 – Second round ::

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– Preliminary round :: 2021–22 – First round * CAF Confederation Cup: 11 appearances :: 2005 – Second round ::

– Play-off round :: 2010 – Semi-finals :: 2011 – Play-off round :: 2015 – First round ::

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– First round ::

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– First round :: 2018–19 – First round :: 2019–20 – First round :: 2020–21 – First round :: 2021–22 – Quarter-finals * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance ::

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– Semi-finals

Supporters

Al Ittihad is one of the most well supported football clubs in Libya. They held the record for the 2nd highest Libyan club attendance in the CAF Champions League 2007, The

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Stadium

Alittihad play their home games at the Tripoli Stadium, 6 km from center of Tripoli. They share the 80,000 capacity ground with Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al Madina. The club owns the 5,000 capacity Al Mala'b Al Baladi ( ar, الملعب البلدي). Located in central Tripoli, the ground is now used for training.

Current squad

Managers

* Ion Moldovan (1995–96) * Semen Osynovskyi (Aug 1998 – Nov 1998) * Giuseppe Dossena (2002–03) * Ion Moldovan (2005–06) *

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(July 2006 – June 8) * Stefano Cusin (Dec 2008 – June 9) * Miodrag Ješić (July 2009 – May 10) * Anwar Salama (May 2010 – Oct 10) * Baltemar Brito (2010–11) * Marcos Paquetá (2011–12) * José Vidigal (2012–13) * Baltemar Brito (2013–14) * Osama Al Hamadi (2020–21) * Giuseppe Sannino (2021) * Osama Al Hamadi (2021–22)

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.

Sponsorship

Official Sponsor

Kia, Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Total are the current official sponsors for Al Ittihad Sporting Club

Kit providers

* Adidas: 1995–06 *

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: 2006–08 *

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: 2008– * Adidas: 2011

References

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Association football clubs established in 1944 Sport in Tripoli 1944 establishments in Libya