Full name | Tripoli Sporting Club | |
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Nickname(s) | سفير الشمال (Ambassador of the North)[1] | |
Founded | Unknown, as Al Majd Sports Association 4 April 2001 , as Olympic Beirut Sporting Club 24 November 2005 , as Tripoli Sporting Club | |
Ground | Tripoli Municipal Stadium | |
Capacity | 22,000 | |
Chairman | Raed Saddik | |
Manager | Wissam Abdallah | |
League | Lebanese Second Division | |
2023–24 | Lebanese Premier League, 12th of 12 (relegated) | |
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Tripoli Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي طرابلس الرياضي), also known as AC Tripoli or simply Tripoli, is a football club based in Tripoli, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Second Division,[2] and is primarily supported by the Sunni Muslim community.[3]
Founded as Al Majd Sports Association (Arabic: جمعية المجد الرياضي), the club was renamed Olympic Beirut Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي اولمبيك بيروت الرياضي) in 2001, winning the domestic double in the 2002–03 season. In 2005 they were re-established as AC Tripoli, and won a Lebanese FA Cup in 2014–15.