Olympic Azzaweya S.C.

Olympic Azzaweya

Full name	Olympic Azzaweya Sports Club
Founded	1947
Ground	Olympic Stadium Zawiya, Libya (Capacity: 8,000)
League	Libyan Premier League
2007-08	8th
Home colours Away colours

Olympic Azzaweya (Arabic: أولمبي الزاوية‎) is a Libyan football club based in Zawiya, Libya.

They are the only club from outside Tripoli or Benghazi to win the Libyan Premier League title. They achieved this in the 2003-04 season. The club boasts former players such as Nader Kara, Marei Al Ramly and Younes Al Shibani. The club did compete in the CAF Champions League once in 2005, where they went out in the first round to USM Alger, 7-0 on aggregate, having beaten Renaissance FC of Chad 3-2 in the Preliminary Round.

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2005 - First Round

Current squad

As of December 7, 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Hesham Musbah Al-Ajnaf 3 DF Artur da Silva 4 DF Younes Salmaan 5 DF Hamza Ali 6 DF Ashraf Abdusalam Al-Gheryani 7 MF Abdulbaset Shahaat 8 MF Abdelmu'een Mohamed Mawloud Khmaaj 9 FW Saleh Al Tawerghe 10 MF Marwan Mohamed Ibrahim Mabrouk 12 GK Ali Mukhtar Ali Sheawah 13 MF Faraj Salah Abdallah Al-Jamet 14 DF Al-Ameen Seesi

No. Position Player 15 DF Ahmed Al-Sheebani Mohamed Shbeal Al-Nuwairi 16 GK Mansour Abdallah Mansour 'Akay 17 MF Yacine Belaid 18 FW Ramzi Kakaweah 19 FW Ayoob Al Saba 20 MF Niksan Bado Arthur 21 MF Hussein Deamas 23 DF Ahmed Fawzi Ahmed Al-Mazoughi 24 FW Abdusalam Hassan 25 FW Khalifa Qarira Ali Abdallah Al-Nuwairi - MF Nuno Carlos - FW Nadir Al-Tariqi

Transfers

Summer 2008

Players In

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Artur da Silva (From Al Mustaqbal) 4 DF Younes Salmaan (From Al Nasr) 5 DF Hamza Ali (From Al Akhdar) 7 MF Abdulbaset Shahaat (From Al Akhdar) 9 FW Saleh Al Tawerghe (From Ittihad Al Aman Al 'Aam) 18 FW Ramzi Kakaweah (From Al Mustaqbal)

No. Position Player 19 FW Ayoob Al Saba (From Olympique Khouribga) 21 MF Hussein Deamas (From New Benghazi) 24 FW Abdusalam Hassan (From Nojoom Ajdabiya)  ? FW Tiam Bamba (From Senegal Premier League, unknown team)  ? FW Ahmed Abdul Kader (From Al Madina)

Players Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player  ? MF Ismail Bangoura (To Al Madina)  ? DF Mansour Al Ajaylah (Released)  ? DF Osama Al Ghashim (To Al Shat)  ? DF Abubakr Al Hrak (To Al Ahly Tripoli)  ? FW Abdul Majeed Al Jilany (To Al Nasr)  ? MF Marei Al Ramly (To Al Akhdar)

No. Position Player  ? DF Siraj Al Swea'ee (To Al Akhdar)  ? MF Najeeb Al Tarhouni (To Al Tersana)  ? DF Abdul Raouf Faheema (To Al Madina)  ? FW Rabee' Abu Saif (To Ittihad Al Aman Al 'Aam)  ? DF Osama Zaqlaam (To Wefaq Sabrata, loan)

External links

• Official site