Al-Hilal Sports Cultural & Social Club () also known as Al-Hilal Benghazi is a

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Su ...

n professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

club based in

Benghazi Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη ('' Berenice'') and '' Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Gha ...

that competes in the

Libyan Premier League The Libyan Premier League ( ar, الدوري الليبي الممتاز) is the men's top professional football division of the Libyan football league system. Administered by the Competition Organizing Committee in the Libyan Football Federati ...

. The club has witnessed huge development milestones in terms of infrastructure, strategic development plans and marketing under the leadership of the new board of director (Nader Bushnaf) and the sports director Hossamedin Bedier. Bedier joined Al Hilal SC, as one of the biggest clubs in Libya. and became the youngest Director of Sports Development in Africa. This role was also in the difficult postwar context of the countr

Image:Al-Hilal Benghazi.png, Former logo Image:Al-Hilal Benghazi (logo).png, Current logo

Honours

:Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 2000 *

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 (1): 2000–02 :Runners-up (4): 1976–77, 1997–98, 2003–04, 2016-17, 2017-18

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and w ...

: 2 appearances ::2001 – First Round ::2003 – Second Round

Current players

(in alphabetical order by surname) :*

Faisal Al Badri Faisal Saleh Al-Badri (فيصل صالح البدري) (born 4 June 1990 in Libya) is a Libyan footballer who plays for Al-Hilal SC as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play ...

:* Hossam Anbieh :* Hemeya Tanjy

Basketball team

Al-Hilal SC has a basketball team that competes in the

Libyan Division I Basketball League The Libyan Division I Basketball League (LBL) is the highest tier professional basketball league in Libya. It is organized by the Libyan Arab Basketball Federation. Teams * Al Ittihad Tripoli *Al Ahly Tripoli * Al Shabab * Al Nasr Benghazi *Al ...

References

External links

Al-Hilal SC
at Soccerway *

Hilal Hilal or Al-Hilal may refer to: *Hilal ( ar, هلال, ''hilāl''), a crescent ** the crescent Moon visible after a new Moon, determining the beginning of a month in the Islamic calendar * Banu Hilal, a confederation of tribes of Arabia Arts a ...

Association football clubs established in 1952 1952 establishments in Libya Sport in Benghazi {{Libya-footyclub-stub