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Akhaa Ahly

Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli
Full name Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley
Nickname(s) Black Horse
Founded 1962; 56 years ago (1962)
Ground Amin AbdelNour StadiumBhamdounLebanon (Capacity: 3,500)
Chairman Lebanon Ali Abd Allatif
Head Coach Lebanon Husaun Afash
League Lebanese Premier League
2016–17 Lebanese Premier League, 8th

Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley ( Arabic pronunciation: الاخاء الاهلي ) is a recognized football club headquartered in Aley, Lebanon. The club buttressed by the MP Arkram Shehayeb who was the key person to ratify the confederation of the two main clubs (Ahli & Akhaa) in the City of Aley. The club languished recently in the Lebanese Second Division before returning to the Lebanese Premier League in the 2010–11 season.

Akhaa was first found in 1962 by Adel Baz and led by Adel Baz till the early 1980s amid the Lebanese civil war. Baz immigrated to United States during the war of Lebanon and returned in the early 1990s, he is currently retired and broadly supporting the team. The club obtained its license in 1966 and was bordering on to be promoted to the first division in 1971 but failed in the last match. Akhaa had the privilege to organize the Cup Of Aley City contest several times especially in 1972 & 1974 crowned by Safa Beirut SC. The club halted its activities in 1982 during the Lebanese war and resumed in 1989.

Ahli Club was established in the 1970s by Mr. Ahmad Radwan, an educator and the owner of a school in Aley. Mr. Radwan immigrated to Canada in 1990 and he died in 2009. The Ahli club obtained its license later and joined the Lebanese Third Division in 1987. Ahli club was remarked with lots of star players in the Lebanese Premier League at that time such as, Walid Zeineddine List of Druze#Sports, Fouad Sayegh, Riad Al Halabi, Yazeed Halimi and others. Ahli club was ranked first in the American University of Beirut football cup twice in a row in 1987 & 1988.


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