Al Ahly SC Nabatieh

Ahly Nabatieh
Full nameAl Ahly Sporting Club Nabatieh
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
GroundKfarjoz Municipal Stadium
Capacity2,000
ChairmanVacant
ManagerMalek Hassoun
LeagueLebanese Second Division
2023–24Lebanese Premier League, 11th of 12 (relegated)
Current season

Al Ahly Sporting Club Nabatieh (Arabic: نادي الأهلي الرياضي النبطية), known as Ahly Nabatieh or simply Nabatieh, is a football club based in Nabatieh, Lebanon. It was established in 1968 and competes in the Lebanese Second Division.

They were first promoted to the Lebanese Premier League in 2023, and finished runners-up in the Lebanese Federation Cup the same year. They however got relegated back to the Second Division at the end of the season.

History

On 3 March 2023, Ahly Nabatieh defeated Sporting 2–1 in the final matchday of the 2022–23 Lebanese Second Division, and were thus promoted to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time.[1] The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 2022–23 Lebanese FA Cup, losing 3–0 to Shabab Sahel.[2]

Ahly Nabatieh finished runners-up in the 2023 Lebanese Federation Cup as a newly promoted Premier League club, after losing to league holders Ahed 4–0 in the final on 27 July 2023.[3] They were relegated back to the Second Division, after finishing the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League season in 11th place.[4]

Badge

On 2 August 2023, to commemorate Ahly Nabatieh's first season in the Lebanese Premier League and their 55th anniversary, the club unveiled a new logo featuring Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, a Nabatieh-born engineer, mathematician and inventor.[5]

Players

See also: Category:Al Ahly SC Nabatieh players

Current squad

As of 13 February 2024[6]

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 Lebanon LBN Afif Zreik
2 DF Lebanon LBN Raed Sabbah
3 DF Lebanon LBN Hussein Fahes
4 DF Lebanon LBN Abdallah Fahes
6 FW Lebanon LBN Ali Ibrahim
7 MF Lebanon LBN Ali Sbeity
8 MF Lebanon LBN Mohammad Ghamlouch
9 FW Lebanon LBN Haidar Awada
10 MF Lebanon LBN Hassan Kadi
11 DF Lebanon LBN Ahmad El Lhaf
13 FW Lebanon LBN Imad Ghaddar
15 FW Ghana GHA Godfred Yeboah
17 MF Lebanon LBN Hussein Jradi
20 FW Lebanon LBN Mohammad Halawi
21 GK Lebanon LBN Abed Sbeity
22 DF Lebanon LBN Hussein Reda
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 FW Nigeria NGA Ifeanyi Eze
55 MF Lebanon LBN Jawad Reda
66 DF Lebanon LBN Mohammad Nehme
70 DF Lebanon LBN Ali Reda
71 MF Lebanon LBN Hussein Zeineddine
77 FW Lebanon LBN Shadi Jouni
88 DF Lebanon LBN Shadi Al-Hajj
90 MF Lebanon LBN Khaled Sati
96 GK Lebanon LBN Ali Daher
99 FW Lebanon LBN Haidar Abou Zeid
— MF Lebanon LBN Haidar Khreis
— MF Lebanon LBN Talal Dahrouj
— GK Lebanon LBN Hassan Nahli
— MF Tunisia TUN Hamza Zaak
— FW Syria SYR Rafat Mohtadi

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ يوم تاريخي في ذاكرة النبطية وفريقها الأهلي [A historic day in the memory of Nabatieh and its Al Ahly team]. Al Akhbar (in Arabic). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ Khaled, Nasser (18 March 2023). بيطار لكووورة: طموحنا البقاء في الدرجة الأولى [Bitar To Kooora: 'Our ambition is to stay in the first class']. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ "بالصور: العهد بطلًا لكأس الاتحاد اللبناني". كووورة. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "طرابلس يودع الدوري اللبناني بتعادل أبيض". كووورة. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ مدينة بدأت مسيرتها حاضرة العلم ومهبط العلماء ، فكان النابغة حسن كامل الصباح عنوانها ، ونادي الشعب نادي الناس ،نادي الأهلي عصارة نتاج شبابها على مدى أجيالنا... Al Ahly Nabatieh (in Arabic). 2 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via Facebook.
  6. ^ "Al Ahli SC Nabaṭīya". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2023.


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