AC Tripoli

Tripoli Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي طرابلس الرياضي‎), also known as AC Tripoli or simply Tripoli, is a football club based in Tripoli, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League.[1]

Tripoli
Full nameTripoli Sporting Club
FoundedUnknown, as Al Majd Sporting Club
2000 (2000), as Olympic Beirut
2005 (2005), as AC Tripoli
GroundTripoli Municipal Stadium
Capacity22,000
ChairmanGhassan Yaken
ManagerSalim Mikati
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2019–20Lebanese Premier League (season abandoned)

Founded as Al Majd Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المجد الرياضي‎), the club was renamed Olympic Beirut (Arabic: أولمبيك بيروت‎) in 2000, winning the domestic double in the 2002–03 season. In 2005 they were re-established as AC Tripoli, and won a Lebanese FA Cup in 2014–15.

History

Olympic Beirut

Founded as Al Majd Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المجد الرياضي‎), the club was renamed Olympic Beirut (Arabic: أولمبيك بيروت‎) in 2000 by Taha Koleilat.[2] In 2001–02 the club won the Lebanese Second Division, and were promoted to the Lebanese Premier League.[2] Koleilat allocated a budget of USD$7 million, with the goal of winning the league and building a competitive team for the AFC Cup.[2] Having strengthened the team with the signings of Pierre Issa, Edílson, Faisal Antar, Youssef Mohamad, and Abbas Ali Atwi, among others, Olympic Beirut won the domestic double in 2002–03, winning both the league and FA Cup.[2]

On 14 February 2003, the Al Medina Bank, which funded the club's activities, declared bankruptcy.[2] The decline was felt the following season, in 2003–04, with Olympic Beirut being knocked out of the 2004 AFC Cup in the quarter-finals against Singaporean club Home United, and finishing the league in third place.[2] In 2004–05 Olympic Beirut finished in fourth place.[2]

AC Tripoli

Prior to the 2005–06 season, Koleilat sold the club's license to former national team player Walid Kamareddine for $400,000, with the club being relocated to Tripoli.[2] The club was first renamed Olympic, then Olympic Tripoli, and finally AC Tripoli (Arabic: نادي طرابلس الرياضي‎).[2] The Lebanese Football Association (LFA) approved of the move on 24 November 2005.[3]

In 2015 Tripoli won the Lebanese FA Cup, their first trophy under their new name.[4] Starting from the 2016–17 season, Tripoli found themselves in financial issues due to Najib Mikati, the club's main funder, deciding to cut the club's salary year by year, leaving the club to rely on social donations and TV sponsorship payments.[5]

Club rivalries

Tripoli plays the Tripoli derby with Egtmaaey, as they are both located in the same city.[6] The club also contests the North derby with Salam Zgharta, also on the basis of location.[7]

Players

Current squad
As of 1 October 2020[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  LBN Ahmad Korhani
3 DF  LBN Khaled Al Jassem
4 DF  LBN Mohammad Sadek
7 FW  LBN Mohammad Maksoud
8 MF  LBN Ghazi Hussein
10 FW  LBN Mohammad Sadek
11 FW  LBN Ali Al Rachid
12 DF  LBN Omar Kayed
13 DF  LBN Abdel Razzak Dakramanji
14 DF  LBN Ahmad Moghrabi (captain)
15 DF  LBN Ahmad Yassine
17 MF  LBN Bilal Matar
19 DF  LBN Abdallah Moghrabi
20 DF  LBN Abdel Rahman Abdel Khalek
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  LBN Hassan Kraytem
22 MF  LBN Mohamad Arja
23 FW  LBN Samir Abdel Rahman
70 MF  LBN Alaa Ezzo
95 GK  LBN Mostafa Matar (on loan from Ahed)
99 FW  LBN Jihad Eid
— GK  LBN Mohammad Salem Hammoud
— GK  LBN Omar Sabra
— DF  LBN Alexander Kharma
— DF  LBN Ibrahim Al Mahmoud
— MF  LBN Khodor Al Ahmad
— MF  LBN Said Al Ali
— FW  LBN Abdallah Al Ali

Out on loan
As of 1 October 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  LBN Saad Youssef (at Shabab Bourj until 30 June 2021)[9]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  LBN Fouad Eid (at Al Ahed FC until 30 June 2021)[10]

Honours

Asian record
2004: Quarter-finals
2016: Group stage

Managerial history
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  • Ihsan Sayeed (1999–2002)
  • Estevam Soares (2002)
  • Mohammed Sahel (2002–2004)
  • Vartan Ghazarian (2017)
  • Fadi Ayad (2018–2019)
  • Ismael Kortam (2019)
  • Ahmad Hafez (2019–2020)
  • Ismael Kortam (2020)
  • Salim Mikati (2018–present)

See also

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 2 August 2018.
  2. "أولمبيك بيروت.. تعلموا كيف تصنع البطولات". كووورة. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. "Lebanon 2005/06". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. "Summary - Cup - Lebanon - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. اللواء, جريدة. "ماذا يجري في طرابلس.. نداء الى الرئيس ميقاتي!". جريدة اللواء (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. "ديربي الشمال ينتهي لصالح طرابلس على حساب الاجتماعي". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. Lebanon, Football. "السلام زغرتا يحسم ديربي الشمال ويضمن البقاء في دوري الأضواء". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. "AC Tripoli". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. Mahfoud, Maroun (28 July 2020). "Saad Youssef joins Shabab Al Bourj FC". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. Abdallah, Rakan (28 September 2020). "Swap deal between Ahed FC and AC Tripoli". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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