Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli)

Al -Ittihad (Arabic الاتحاد الليبي, DMG al -Ittihad al - Libi, the Libyan Union ' ) is the largest Libyan sports club. The club colors are red and white.

Departments

The club has a volleyball, handball and basketball division whose teams are all located in the respective top division. Additionally, smaller sports in the club are still practiced. But as in Libya football enjoys the highest priority, is the football team the most highly represented in this club. Ittihad also has one of the largest Fußballfangemeinden in Libya, which is very European -oriented.

History

Officially, the establishment of the association from the Libyan capital is dated to 1944, so he is one of the oldest clubs in the North African Mediterranean state.

The football team celebrated 16 championships and five national cup victories in the existing since 1963 First Libyan Football League. Internationally, the club was able to make in the 1980s in the African and Arab Champions League by a good showing attention and internationally as the most successful Libyan football club. Thus, the club also enjoys a high reputation in the Arab world and Sport in Italy. al -Ittihad Tripoli maintains as close contacts with the Italian clubs Lazio, AC Milan and Juventus. To be represented in the late 1980s and early 1990s, however, there were problems internationally ( Political isolation of Libya ). Due to the reintegration of Libya into the international community in the late 1990s, the club was able to attack and internationally again in the new millennium.

In the 2006/07 season the club reached in the Arab Champions League after all the knockout stages and failed there in the penalty shoot-out (outbound and return leg 0-1, 1-0) in the strong Egyptian representatives Zamalek Cairo. In the 2007 season, al -Ittihad was in the semifinals of the African Champions League.

Current technical equipment of the association is Nike. The club is coached by the Serbs Miodrag Ješić since July 2009.

Status

The association is very polarizing and controversial in Libya. The despised a part of the Libyan soccer fans Ittihad and the other part worships the club. The club was under the strong influence of the former ( de facto ) President of Libya Muammar al - Gaddafi. His son Saadi, who himself played in Perugia Calcio in Italy and maintains good contacts with Silvio Berlusconi (owner of AC Milan and Italian Prime Minister ), sat on the board of al -Ittihad Tripoli, which also had the consequence that Ittihad for a time of the referees was favored in the league. There is a great rivalry of the association to the smaller town club Al- Ahly Tripoli.

Traditionally, al -Ittihad, the framework of players for the Libyan national team. However, there are also players from Brazil and the African countries at Ittihad under contract.

Stadium

The football team wears their home games at the 67,000 -seat stadium "Stadion of June 11 " from. It is a new stadium on the model of modern European, multi-functional arenas under construction.

Achievements

National success

  • Libyan Champion (16 ): 1965, 1966, 1969, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Libyan Cup: Winner (6 ): 1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009
  • Finalist ( 2): 1988, 1994

International success

  • African Cup Winners' Cup competition: the semi-finals in 2000
  • CAF Champions League: the semi-finals in 2007

Former notable players

June 11 Stadium DIN 31635 UAFA Club Cup S.S. Lazio A.C. Milan 2007 CAF Champions League
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