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Alittihad (Tripoli)

Al-Ittihad Tripoli
الاتحاد طرابلس
Full name Al-Ittihad Sports & Cultural & Social Club
نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي
Nickname(s) Al Ameed
Al Teeha
Founded 29 July 1944
Ground Tripoli Stadium
Tripoli, Libya
Ground Capacity 80,000
Chairman Omar El Maghierbi
Head Coach Abdulhafidh Erbish
League Libyan Premier League
2013–14 2nd

Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي‎‎) known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Premier League sixteen times, the Libyan Cup six times and the Libyan SuperCup ten times.

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 of Egypt (1–0) on aggregate. They also reached the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup in 2010.

Al-Ittihad Club was founded on Saturday July 29, 1944 after a merger between three clubs " العمال -al-Ummal", "Al Nahda & Al Shabab, Mohamed Al-Krewi (Arabic: محمد الكريو‎‎) was the founder and first president.

The club have 2 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1967 to 1985 and 3 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2007 till now.

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) & (Tiha Supporters).

CAF CL 2007

CAF CL 2007

Libyan SuperCup 2006


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