Al Ahli SC, also known as Al Ahli Tripoli, is a Libyan basketball team based in Tripoli. It is the basketball section of the multi-sports club with the same name. Al Ahli has won the Libyan Basketball League eight times, with its last title being in 2024, as well as five Libyan Cups and two Super Cups.
Al Ahli made its debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2025 season, and immediately won their first championship, their first continental title.
The home arena of the team is the Great Hall, which is a 15,000-seater in the city of Tripoli.
History The team was founded in 1950.
Al Ahli has competed in the Arab Club Basketball Championship three times, and reached the quarterfinals on two occasions, in 2015 and 2019.
As the champions of the 2023–24 Libyan League, Al Ahli played in the Road to BAL in the end of 2024. On November 9, 2024, they qualified for the 2025 BAL season, by defeating ABC Fighters in the semifinal. In the league season, they finished undefeated in the group phase, and would win the BAL championship, after defeating Petro de Luanda in the final. Fouad Abou Chakra won the Coach of the Year Award, while Jean Jacques Boissy was named the league MVP. In the 2024–25 season domestic season, however, Tripoli lost to Al Ahly Benghazi and thus was not eligible to defend its BAL title in the 2025–26 season.
As the African continental champions, Al Ahli played in the 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore, and won the bronze medal, becoming the first African team to finish on the podium.
Various internationally renowned players have played for Al Ahli, including Terrell Stoglin, Walter Hodge and Anas Mahmoud.
Honours
National Libyan Division I Basketball League
Champions (8): 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1985–86, 2000–01, 2013–14, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24 Runners-up (5): 2007–08, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022–23
Libyan Cup
Winners (5): 1976–77, 2001–02, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2024–25
Libyan Super Cup
Winners (4): 2018, 2021, 2024, 2025
International Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Champions (1): 2025
Road to BAL
Division Champions (1): 2025
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Third Place (1): 2025
Arab Club Basketball Championship
Quarterfinalist (2): 2015, 2019
Players
Current roster As of 1 September 2025
Notable players
Walter Hodge Xavier Cannefax Anas Mahmoud Terrell Stoglin Wajdi Dawo
References