Al-Ittihad

Al Ittihad
Full name	Al Ittihad
Nickname(s)	Tehaa
Founded	1944
Ground	11 June Stadium Tripoli, Libya
Capacity	80,000
Chairman	Abdul Majeed Salah
Head Coach	Branko Smiljanić
League	Libyan Premier League
2006-2007	Libyan Premier League 1st
Home colours 　 Away colours

Al Ittihad of Libya (Arabic: الاتحاد الليبي) is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Ghesher -Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Championship thirteen times and the Libyan Cup five times. They are the current league champions (Libyan Championship) as of the end of the 2006/07 season.

Al Ittihad become the first Libyan Club qualifiers for the CAF Champions League Semi-Finals phase of the 11-year competition.

Last and next games

• Last game Al Ittihad - Al Wahda ( 5-1 ) - Tripoli - October 11, 2007 LPL 2007-2008.

• Next game Al Ittihad - Al Majd ( ?-? ) - Tripoli - October 22, 2007 ACL 2007-2008.

History

Al-Ittihad Club was founded on Saturday July 29, 1944 after a merger between two clubs Al Nahda & Al Shabab, Mohamed Al-Krewe was the first president of Al-Ittihad club.

Honours

Libyan Championships

• Libyan Premier League 13 (Libyan Record)
  • Champion : 1965, 1966, 1969, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

• Libyan Cup 5
  • Winner : 1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

• Libyan SuperCup 6 (Libyan Record)
  • Winner : 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

African Championships

Tehaa Fans Celebrating

• CAF Champions League
  • Quarter-Final: 1967
  • Semi-Final: 2007

• African Cup Winners' Cup
  • Semi-Final: 2000

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

Stadium

11 June Stadium

• 11 June Stadium (Arabic: ملعب 11 يونيو)
• Capacity: 80,000
• Place: Tripoli, Libya - 6 km from center of Tripoli, Libya
• Inauguration: 1970

11 June Stadium is the formal ground for Al-Ittihad since 1970's.

7 October Stadium

• Old Name: Al Mala'b Al Balade (Arabic: الملعب البلدي)
• Capacity: 5,000
• Place: Center of Tripoli, Libya
• Inauguration: 1939

7 October Stadium is Al-Ittihad’s training ground, used currently as a training ground.

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.

Current players

No. Position Player 1 GK Samir Abbud (captain) 2 DF Walid Osman 3 DF Ahmed Musbah 4 DF Mohammed Mouldi 5 DF Younes Shibani 6 DF Naji Shushan 7 MF Arafa Nakuaa 9 FW Ahmed El Masli 10 FW Pan Pierre Koulibaly 11 FW Salem Rewani 12 GK Meftah Ghazalla 13 MF Yoann Langlet 14 MF Ali Rahuma

No. Position Player 15 DF Hesham Shaban 16 MF Muhammed Alsnany 17 MF Musbah Saad 18 DF Osama Al Hamadi 19 FW Alseny Camara 20 MF Mohamed Coubageat 21 FW Waled Mhadeb 22 DF Mahmud Makhlof 23 MF Abdulnaser Slil 24 MF Mansour Al Borki 25 GK Nizar Gresh x FW Mohamed Zubya (Banned for 1 year by CAF)

Squad Changes

(2007/2008 Transfer window)

Players In

No. Position Player 6 DF Ahmed Musbah (From Khaleej Sirt) 9 FW Ahmed El Masli (From Al Naser)

No. Position Player 29 GK Nizar Gresh (From Youth Team) 20 MF Mohamed Coubageat (From YF Juventus)

Players out

No. Position Player 6 MF Enam Alexis (to Club Africain) 8 MF Nenad Mladenovic (to ??) 21 MF Abdusalam Khames (to Al Olympic) 25 DF Reda Al Tawrghe (to Al Olympic)

No. Position Player 29 GK Luis de Agustini (to ??) 24 MF Akram Ayyad (to Al Ahly Benghazi) 10 FW Ehab Al Bousefi (to Al Wahda)

External links

• Official website - Arabic
• ittihad4ever Fans Site - Arabic
• ittihad13 - Arabic
• Kooora - منتديات كووورة ليبية
• Al Ittihad Club 2007-2008 Photo Gallery

Libyan Premier League • 2007/08 clubs
Al Ahly Benghazi | Al Ahly Tripoli | Al Akhdar | Al Ittihad | Al-Jazeera | Al Madina Al Nasr | Al Olympic | Al Shat | Al Soukour | Al Tahaddy | Al-Uruba | Al-Wahda | Khaleej Sirt | Ngom Egdabya
Libyan Premier League seasons
1963/64 | 1964/65 | 1965/66 | 1966/67 | 1968/69 | 1969/70 | 1970/71 | 1971/72 | 1972/73 1973/74 | 1974/75 | 1975/76 | 1976/77 | 1977/78 | 1982/83 | 1983/84 | 1984/85 | 1985/86 1986/87 | 1987/88 | 1988/89 | 1989/90 | 1990/91 | 1991/92 | 1992/93 | 1993/94 | 1994/95 1995/96 | 1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/00 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08

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