Khaleej Sirte SC

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Khaleej Sirte
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Full nameKhaleej Sirte
Founded5 May 1963;61 years ago (5 May 1963)
Ground 2 March Stadium
Sirte, Libya
Capacity2,000
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.

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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

Performance in CAF competitions

2009  – First Round

Coaching staff

PositionName
Manager Flag of Tunisia.svg Mukhtar Taleely
Assistant manager Flag of Libya.svg Abdul 'Atee Qubay
Team doctor Flag of Libya.svg Mohammed Khalifa


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