Al-Tilal Sports Club () is a

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i multi-sports club based in

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. The club was founded in 1905, making it one of the oldest football clubs in the

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and the oldest in the

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. Al-Tilal Sports Club is a Yemeni football team that plays in the

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, 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

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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 *

: 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

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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 {{Yemen-footyclub-stub

History

Achievements

Performance in AFC competitions

See also

References

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