Al-Ahli Club (Manama)

This article is about the Bahraini football team. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).

Al-Ahli Club
Full nameAl-Ahli Sports Club of Manama
Nickname(s)Al Nusoor (The Eagles)
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
GroundAl Ahli Stadium
Manama
Capacity10,000
ChairmanKhalid Kanoo
ManagerÁngel López
LeaguePremier League
2023–24Premier League, 4th of 12
Current season

Al-Ahli Club of Manama (Arabic: النادي الأهلي البحريني) is a Bahraini sports club based in the capital city of Manama. Their men's football section plays in the Bahraini Premier League, the top division of domestic football competitions.[1] The club also fields players in other sports such as basketball, handball and volleyball. Their home stadium is Al Ahli Stadium, although like all other teams in Bahrain they mainly play at Bahrain National Stadium.

History

Al Ahli (formerly known as Al Nusoor), along with Muharraq Club, is considered to be the pillar of sports in Bahrain. Another club known as Al Tursana (which reached the Bahraini King's Cup in 1969) merged with Al Nusoor to form Al-Ahli Club.[2]

The matches between Al Ahli and Muharraq are known to draw the largest fan attendance in the Bahraini league and is considered to be the Bahrain derby.[1] Today they still are known to have the best youth products on their side, and focus primarily on the youth players to challenge for the league title. Amongst the players that Al Ahli has produced are A'ala Hubail (the Asian Cup 2004 top scorer), Ali Saeed, Mohammed Hubail, and Mohammed Husain.

Achievements

1969, 1972, 1977, 1996, 2010.
  • Bahraini Second Division League: 1
2015.
1960, 1968, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2024.
2007, 2016.
2003.

Former players

Handball

Current squad

Squad 2023–2024

Head coach: Sofiane Hiouani

Goalkeepers
Left wingers
Right wingers
Line players
Left backs
Center backs
Right backs

References

  1. ^ a b Hamzah, Mohammed (8 November 2012). "Bahrain at risk of losing one of its fiercest Derbies!". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. ^ "فريق الترسانة". alayam.com (in Arabic). 19 October 2012.
  3. ^ "TBT: Blaise Lelo Mbele, Pirates' DRC Magician". Soccer Laduma.co.za. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.