Al-Tilal Sports Club () is a
Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...
i multi-sports club based in
Aden
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,
Yemen
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.
The club was founded in 1905, making it one of the oldest football clubs in the
Middle East
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and the oldest in the
Arabian Peninsula
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. Al-Tilal Sports Club is a Yemeni football team that plays in the
Yemeni League
Yemeni League is the top football division of the Yemen Football Association. It was created in 1990 after the unification of North and South Yemen. It was set up in a four-level system with Premier, First, Second and Third Division.
16 norther ...
, the country's top football league.
History
Al-Tilal SC was founded in 1905 under the name "Al-Ittihad al-Mohammadi".
Al-Tilal SC is the oldest football team in the
Arabian peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (, , or , , ) or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated north-east of Africa on the Arabian plate. At , comparable in size to India, the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.
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. The team has won the league title on two occasions and six National Cup tournaments.
At the international level, they have participated in five continental tournaments, where their best participation has been in the 2012 AFC Cup, where they advanced to the Round of 16.
Achievements
* South Yemeni League: 5
** 1970–71, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87
*
Yemeni League
Yemeni League is the top football division of the Yemen Football Association. It was created in 1990 after the unification of North and South Yemen. It was set up in a four-level system with Premier, First, Second and Third Division.
16 norther ...
: 2
** 1991, 2005
*
Yemeni Presidents Cup
The Yemen President Cup
is the top knockout tournament of Yemeni football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, ...
: 2
** 2007, 2010
*
Yemeni Naseem Cup The Naseem Cup was an association football competition run by the Yemen Football Association (YFA). It lasted for two seasons before being dissolved.
Al-Tilal
Al-Tilal Sports Club () is a Yemeni multi-sports club based in Aden, Yemen. The club ...
: 2
** 2000, 2003
*
Yemeni Unity Cup The Unity Cup is an association football competition run by the Yemen Football Association
The Yemen Football Association () is the governing body of football in Yemen. The organisation joined FIFA in 1980 as the Yemen Arab Republic, and was late ...
: 1
** 1999
*
Ali Muhsin al-Murisi Cup: 1
** 2003
Performance in AFC competitions
*
AFC Cup
The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC C ...
: 3 appearances
::
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 ...
: Group Stage
::
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
: Group Stage
::
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
: Group Stage
*
Asian Club Championship
The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious cl ...
: 1 appearance
::
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
: Qualifying – second round
*
Asian Cup Winners Cup
The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confedera ...
: 1 appearance
::
1994–95: Withdrew in First Round
See also
*
List of football clubs in Yemen Yemeni League Clubs
2nd Level
* Al-Eli Hamudi (Hadiboh)
* Al-Wufaa (Aden)
* Al-Wahda (Aden)
* May 22 San'a'
* Salam (al-Garfa)
* Al-Shula
* Shabah Al Jeel
{{Asia topic, List of football clubs in
Yemen
Football clubs
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References
External links
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تأسيس ونشأة النادي
Tilal
Association football clubs established in 1905
20th-century establishments in the Aden Protectorate
1905 establishments in Asia
1905 establishments in the British Empire
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