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Alittihad

Full name	Alittihad Gymnast Cultural Social Club
Nickname(s)	Tehaa
Founded	1944
Ground	11 June Stadium Tripoli, Libya (Capacity: 80,000)
Chairman	Abdul Majeed Salah
Head Coach	Miodrag Ješić
League	Libyan Premier League
2008-09	Champions
Home colours Away colours

Alittihad (Arabic: الإتحاد ‎) is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Geshier -Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Premier League fifteen times, the Libyan Cup six times and the Libyan SuperCup eight times. They are the current league champions of the end of the Libyan Premier League 2008-09.

Alittihad became the first Libyan club to qualify for the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League in 2007, where they lost to eventual runners-up Al-Ahly 1-0 on aggregate.

[edit] History

Al-Ittihad Club was founded on Saturday July 29, 1944 after a merger between two clubs Al Nahda & Al Shabab, Mohamed Al-Krewi (Arabic: محمد الكريو‎) was the founder and first president[1].

[edit] Honours

[edit] Libyan Championships

• Tripoli Championship (competition founded 1948)
  • Winner : 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958

• Libyan Premier League 15 (Libyan Record)
  • Champion : 1965, 1966, 1969, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Libyan Cup 6 (Libyan Record)
  • Winner : 1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009
  • Finalist : 1994, 1987, 2002, 2003

• Libyan SuperCup 9 (Libyan Record)
  • Winner : 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

[edit] African Championships

• African Cup of Champions Clubs
  • Quarter-Final: 1967

• CAF Champions League
  • Semi-Final: 2007
  • 1/8-Final: 2008
• African Cup Winners' Cup
  • Semi-Final: 2000

• CAF Confederation Cup
  • 1/8-Final: 2005
  • 1/8-Final: 2008

[edit] Supporters

Al Ittihad is one of the most well supported football clubs in Libya. They held the record for the highest attendance in the CAF Champions League 2007, The Nickname of Al Ittihad Fans is (RED Aurora Supporters) & (Tehaa Supporters).

[edit] Old Crest

The crest pictured here is the old crest that was in use. The current one (pictured at the top of the page) replaced the old one in 2003 (a star was added) after the club's 10th league title.

CAF CL 2007

CAF CL 2007

Libyan SuperCup 2006

LPL 2006-2007

[edit] Stadium

Alittihad play their home games at the 11 June Stadium, 6 km from center of Tripoli. They share the 80,000 capacity ground with Ahli Tripoli FC. The club owns the 5,00 capacity 7 October Stadium, previously called Al Mala'b Al Balade (Arabic: الملعب البلدي‎). Located in central Tripoli, the ground is now used for training.

[edit] Current Squad

As of March 21, 2009

No. Position Player 1 GK Samir Aboud (captain) 2 DF Alaa al Shami 3 DF Naji Shushan 4 FW Atef Hussein Abu Zaid 5 DF Younes Shibani 6 MF Mohamed Esnany 7 MF Arafa Nakuaa 8 MF Ibrahim al Haasy 10 FW Pan Pierre Koulibaly 11 FW Salem Rewani 12 GK Meftah Ghazalla 13 MF Emmanuel Osei Kuffour 14 MF Ali Rahuma 15 DF Hesham Shaban 16 MF Nadir al Tarhouni

No. Position Player 17 DF Keba Paul Koulibaly 18 DF Osama Al Hamady 19 FW Ahmed Zuway 20 MF Lassina Abdoul Karim 21 MF Walid Mhadeb 22 DF Mahmoud Makhlouf 23 MF Abdulnaser Slil 24 FW Reyad Ellafi 25 FW Daouda Kamilou 26 GK Mohammad Abu Khrees 27 FW Mohamed Zubya 28 MF Sapol Mani 29 DF Abdelaziz Belreesh 30 FW Ahmed Krawaa' 44 DF Muaad Aboud -- DF Larbi Jabeur

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Other Sports

Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports. Al Ittihad's Handball , Volleyball and Basketball teams have won many national competitions.

[edit] Sponsorship

[edit] Official Sponsor

Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Total are the official Sponsors for Al Ittihad Sporting Club

[edit] Kit providers

• 1995-2006: Adidas.
• 2006-2008: Nike.
• 2008-Present: Puma AG

[edit] Former Famous Coaches

Miodrag Jesic

[edit] External links

• (Arabic) Official website
• Al-Ittihad Photo Gallery
• Club Information @ Goalzz.com
• (Arabic) www.ittihad4ever.com - Fans Site
• (Arabic) ittihad13
• (Arabic) kooora.com - Lybian soccer forums
• Al Ittihad Photo Gallery @ Flickr
• (Arabic) History of the Club
• http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.almadar.ly/

[edit] References

• http://www.alittihad.ly/

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