Khaleej Sirte is a Libyan football club based in

Sirte Sirte (; , ), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf of Sirte, almost right in the middle between Tripoli and Benghazi. It is famously known for its battles, ethnic groups and loyal ...

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. They play in the Libyan first division . They play their home matches at the 2 March Stadium in

. The stadium holds around 2,000 people.

History

Sirte was founded on 5 May 1963. It continued under this name, and on 29 July 1999, the two other clubs in

, Al-Najm Al-Sate and Al-Intilaaq, merged to form Khaleej Sirte

Recent years

Having gained promotion to the Premier League in 2005–06, they managed to stay up in their first season, achieving a 7th-place finish. They finished 5th in 2007–08, and manager Abdulhafeedh Arbeesh managed to guide the club to their first pieces of silverware, the Libyan League Cup and the Libyan Cup, after a 1–0 win over Madina. They therefore gained qualification to the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup. After a 6–0 aggregate win over Tanzanian side

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in the first round, they were handed a tricky draw against Algerian giants

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. Having been narrowly defeated 1–0 in the home leg, they were crushed 5–0 in

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, as they bowed out to the eventual finalists. In the 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, they were defeated 4–0 on aggregate by Moroccan side Maghreb Fez.

Achievements

Libyan Football Cup The Libyan Cup is the main knock-out competition for association football, 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 Libyan Prem ...

**Winners (1): 2008 *

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**Runners-up (1):

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* Libyan League Cup **Winners (1): 2008

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– First Round

Coaching staff

References

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