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

n professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club 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 ...

that competes in the

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 ...

. 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 was ...

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

Current players

(in alphabetical order by surname) :*

Faisal Al Badri Faisal Saleh Al-Badri (; born 4 June 1990) is a Libyan professional footballer as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middl ...

:* Hossam Anbieh :*

Hemeya Tanjy Hemeya Tanjy (born 1 May 1998) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritanian club Nouadhibou and the Mauritania national team. Club career Tanjy grew up playing street football in the streets of his hometown o ...

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 * Abu Salim SC * Al Ahly Benghazi *Al Ahly Tripoli Al Ahli Sports ...

References

External links

Al-Hilal SC
at Soccerway * Hilal Association football clubs established in 1952 1952 establishments in Libya Sport in Benghazi {{Libya-footyclub-stub