Khaleej Sirte

Full name	Khaleej Sirte
Founded	5 May 1963
Ground	2 March Stadium Sirte, Libya
Capacity	2,000
Manager	Tariq Thabit
League	Libyan Premier League
2007–08	Libyan Premier League, 5th

Khaleej Sirte is a Libyan football club based in Sirte, Libya. They play in the Libyan Premier League. They play their home matches at the 2 March Stadium in Sirte. The stadium holds around 2,000 people.

History

Sirte was founded on 5 May 1963. It continued under this name, and on 29 July 1999, the two other clubs in Sirte, Al-Najm Al-Sate and Al-Intilaaq, merged to form Khaleej Sirte

Recent years

Having gained promotion to the Premier League in 2005–06, they managed to stay up in their first season, achieving a 7th-place finish. They finished 5th in 2007–08, and manager Abdulhafeedh Arbeesh managed to guide the club to their first pieces of silverware, the Libyan League Cup and the Libyan Cup, after a 1–0 win over Madina.

They therefore gained qualification to the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup. After a 6–0 aggregate win over Tanzanian side Prisons FC in the first round, they were handed a tricky draw against Algerian giants ES Sétif. Having been narrowly defeated 1–0 in the home leg, they were crushed 5–0 in Sétif, as they bowed out to the eventual finalists. In the 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, they were defeated 4–0 on aggregate by Moroccan side Maghreb Fez.

Achievements

• Libyan Football Cup
  • Winners (1): 2008
• Libyan SuperCup
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
• Libyan League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2008

CAF Competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2009 – First Round

Current squad

2009–10 season 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  LBY Salim Al Jaaly 2 DF  LBY Tariq Al Jemal 5 DF  LBY Issam Al Dughaili 6 DF  LBY Hussein Al Ammari 7 MF  LBY Hussein Al Idrissy 8 MF  LBY Hamza Al Juhaimi 9 FW  LBY Anwar Al Tahir 10 FW  SEN Sheikh Sedaolai 11 DF  LBY Muhammad Khalifa 12 GK  LBY Saif Eddine Al Waa'er 13 MF  LBY Tariq Q'tait 14 MF  LBY Mas'oud Al Ghunaay

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  TUN Maher Nayili 16 MF  LBY Fathi Raheel 17 FW  NGA Dumaka Francis 18 MF  LBY Akram Al Azzabi 19 MF  LBY Ibrahim Heballu 20 MF  TUN Muhammad Rizqi 21 FW  TUN Tariq Al Aqrabi 22 GK  LBY Hassan Ashkaal 23 FW  LBY Waleed Al Shebli 24 DF  LBY Muhammad Abu Raqiqah (Captain) 25 MF  LBY Sa'ad Belaid

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Mukhtar Taleely
Assistant manager	Abdul 'Atee Qubay
Team doctor	Mohammed Khalifa