Ahly Benghazi
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| Full name | Al-Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The long journey (المشوار الطويل) |
| Founded | 1938 (1947 as "Ahly Benghazi" ) |
| Ground | March 28 Stadium, Benghazi |
| Capacity | 55,000 |
| Chairman | Aref ِAli Al Nayed |
| Manager | Tarek Thabet |
| League | Libyan Premier League |
| 2013–14 | 5th |
| Active departments of Al-Ahly Benghazi | |||
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 Basketball |
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 Football |
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Al-Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) is a Libyan football club based in Benghazi, Libya. Mohammed Bashir Al-Mogherbi was the first president of the club. Al-Ahly Benghazi has its roots in a political party, the Omar al Mukhtar society.
The club won 5 cups in a successful period from 1980 to 1996. Al-Ahly Benghazi was made a professional football club in 1947, although they had existed years before then. Al Ahly is the most supported club in Benghazi and is famous in Libya for its passionate, loyal and sometimes violent crowds, who stood by the club through frustrating times.
In 2000, the club's stadium was demolished by the Libyan government, supposedly destroying records, trophies and medals of the club. The demolition was allegedly carried out in response to Al-Ahly fans insulting Saadi Gaddafi by dressing a donkey in a shirt baring his squad number, but other sources pointed to the burning a few days before of the Libyan Football Federation offices in Benghazi by angry Al-Ahly fans as the matter. The club was then given an indefinite ban which lasted until 2005. Saadi Gadafi had denied all the allegations.
The club has been given 77 acres (310,000 m2) of land for a new ground by the Libyan Jamahiriya government, although it cannot afford to develop it. Al Ahly is one of the biggest clubs in Libya, and along with Tripoli's clubs, the most prevalent in Libya.
Ahly Benghazi have the second largest football popularity in Libya. It has a big amount of fans in Libya. There are about 1 million Ahly Benghazi fans in the country.
The 2013–14 season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The club have 3 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1971 to 1976 and 2 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2010 till now.
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