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Al Ahly Sports Cultural and Social Club (), known as Al Ahly SCSC, is a
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
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based in
Benghazi Benghazi () () is the List of cities in Libya, second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, Ben ...
. Al Ahly has its roots in a political party, the Omar al Mukhtar society.


History

Al-Ahly SC Libya was made a professional football club in 1947, although they had existed years before then. In 2000, the club's headquarters and training complex was demolished by the Libyan government, supposedly destroying records, trophies and medals of the club. The demolition was allegedly carried out in response to Al-Ahly fans insulting Saadi Gaddafi by dressing a donkey in a shirt baring his squad number, but other sources pointed to the burning a few days before of the
Libyan Football Federation The Libyan Football Federation (; abbreviated as LFF) is the governing body of association football, football in Libya. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA in 1964 and to Confederation of African Football, CAF in 1965. It organizes the Liby ...
offices in Benghazi by angry Al-Ahly fans as the matter.Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi, His Son and the Politics of Libyan Soccer
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The club was then given an indefinite ban which lasted until 2005. Saadi Gaddafi had denied all the allegations. The club has been given of land for a new ground by the Libyan Jamahiriya government, although it cannot afford to develop it.


Crest

File:Al-Ahly SC Benghazi (logo).png, Former logo Note: Alahly SC (Benghazi) is the only club in Libya which has a star in its logo before reaching 10 league titles.


Squad


Current squad

''The 2024–25 season'' (''
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Staff

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Head coach


History


Head coaches


Team captains since founding


Former players


Honours

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Libyan Premier League The Libyan Premier League () is the men's top professional football division of the Libyan football league system. Administered by the Competition Organizing Committee in the Libyan Football Federation, Libyan Premier League is contested by 22 t ...
: **Winners (4):1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1991–92 **Runners-up (11): 1963–64, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2009–10 *
Libyan Cup The Libyan Cup is the main knock-out competition for football clubs in Libya. History *The Libyan Cup competition started in 1976. *From the year 1978 to the year 1995 the Libyan Cup was played only 3 times, The LPL's runner-up was named (''non ...
**Winners (3): 1987, 1991, 1996 * Libyan Eastern Championship - League of Cyrenaica **Winners (6): 1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970 * Benghazi Championship **Winners (4): 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956


Performance in CAF competitions

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CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...
: 7 appearances ::
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
 – First Round ::
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
 – Second Round ::
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
 – First Round ::
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
 – Preliminary Round ::
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
 – Group stage – Quarter-finals :: 2018–19 – First Round ::
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– First Round *
CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...
: 1 appearance ::
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
 – First Round *
CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or t ...
: 1 appearance ::1999 – First Round


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