AC Tripoli

Tripoli
Full name Tripoli Athletic Club
(formerly Olympic Beirut)
Founded 2000 (2000)
Ground Tripoli Municipal Stadium
Tripoli, Lebanon
Capacity 22,000
Chairman Ghassan Yaken
Manager Fadi Ayad
League Lebanese Premier League
2017–18 Lebanese Premier League, 8th

AC Tripoli (Arabic: نادي طرابلس الرياضي‎), formerly Olympic Beirut, is a Lebanese football club founded in 2000.[1]

History

AC Tripoli was initially founded as Olympic Beirut winning the 2003 Lebanese Premier League and appearing in AFC Cup.[2]

Due to financial problems, the club was moved to the Northern city of Tripoli and renamed Tripoli Sports Club. Prime Minister Najib Mikati funds the Team.

Domestic history

Season League Lebanese FA Cup
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P
2002–03 1st 1 22 16 2 4 39 12 50 Winners
2003–04 1st 3 22 10 5 7 32 27 35
2004–05 1st 4 20 9 6 5 33 22 33
2005–06 1st 8 18 2 8 8 8 21 14
2006–07 1st 10 22 5 7 10 27 33 22
2007–08 1st 7 22 6 5 11 26 40 23
2008–09 1st 12 Withdrew from the league
2009–10 2nd First Round
2010–11 2nd
2011–12 1st 7 22 5 9 8 26 26 24 Round of 16
2012–13 1st 10 22 6 6 10 27 30 24 Quarterfinal
2013–14 1st 6 22 8 7 7 23 26 31 Runners-up
2014–15 1st 4 22 10 3 9 36 24 33 Winners
2015–16 1st 7 22 7 6 9 28 31 27
2016–17 1st 9 22 8 4 10 34 31 28
2017–18 1st 8 22 6 7 9 28 33 25
2018–19 1st

Continental history

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004 AFC Cup Group Syria Al-Jaish 0-0 0-2 2nd
Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat 2-0 2-1
Quarterfinal Singapore Home United 3-3 1-2 4-5
2016 AFC Cup Play-off Kyrgyzstan Alay Osh 0–0 (p)
Group Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 1–3 0–1 3rd
Jordan Al-Faisaly 1–1 1-3
Tajikistan Istiklol 2–1 3-1

Honours

• Total Trophies: 3 ☆

Players

Current squad

As of 21 September 2018[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Lebanon GK Nazih Assad
4 Lebanon DF Khaled El Ali
8 Lebanon MF Ghazi Houssein
12 Lebanon DF Abed Aich
14 Lebanon DF Ahmad Moghrabi
19 Lebanon DF Abed Moghrabi
20 Lebanon FW Walid Fatouh
21 Lebanon MF Ahmad Diab
Lebanon GK Siraj Al Samad
Lebanon GK Yusuf Elmasri
Lebanon FW Abdallah Adra
Lebanon FW Mohamad Maksoud
Lebanon Ahmad Al Sayed
Lebanon Abdulrahman Abed El Khalek
Lebanon Mohammad Abed El Mawla
Lebanon Ibrahim Abed El Wahhab
Lebanon Rami Al Rachidi
Ghana Wilson Andoh
No. Position Player
Lebanon Ibrahim Bahsoun
Ivory Coast Sede Marc Dion
Lebanon Fouad Eid
Lebanon Yehya Faheme
Lebanon Mohamad Hammoud
Lebanon Hassan Hayek
Lebanon Youssef Hmedeh
Lebanon Karim Jawhar
Lebanon Houssam Eldine Kanj
Lebanon Adnan Kheir
Lebanon Bilal Matar
State of Palestine Omar Omarin
Lebanon Ismail Sadek
Senegal Mamadou Sylla
Lebanon Hilal Warid
Lebanon Ahmad Yassine
Lebanon Saad Youssef
Lebanon Bassam Zakaria

Notable former players

Former managers

  • Lebanon Ihsan Sayeed (1999–02)
  • Brazil Estevam Soares (2002)
  • Morocco Mohammed Sahel (2002–04)

References

  1. ↑ Groll, Daniel. "AC Tripoli SC - Lebanon - نادي طرابلس الرياضي - Club Profile, Club History, Club Badge, Results, Fixtures, Historical Logos, Statistics". www.weltfussballarchiv.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Olympic Beirut (02/03)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  3. ↑ "2018/2019 Lebanese Premier League Squads confirmed". YOUR HOME OF NEWS. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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