The Al-Ahly Men’s Basketball Team is a Libyan

Libyan

A Libyan is a person or thing of, from, or related to Libya in North Africa.The term Libyan may also refer to:* A person from Libya, or of Libyan descent. For information about the Libyan people, see Demographics of Libya and Culture of Libya. For specific persons, see List of Libyans.* Libyan...

 basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, Libya. Housni Shembesh is the current club president and Othman Al-Mozogy is the head coach. Founded in 1950, the Al-Ahly (Benghazi) sports club has its roots in a political party known as the Omar al Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar , of the Mnifa, was born in the small village of Janzour, near Tobruk in eastern Barqa in Libya. Beginning in 1912, he organized and, for nearly twenty years, led native resistance to Italian colonization of Libya. The Italians captured and hanged him in 1931...

 society.

Libyan Basketball League 2008-09

During the Libyan Basketball League 2008-09

Libyan Basketball League 2008-09

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 season, Al-Ahly Benghazi placed third overall, behind Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr. Ahmed Saad Dhib, a shooting guard

Shooting guard

The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

for Al-Ahli Benghazi, was awarded the best basket of the season. In the final championship playoff standings, Al-Nasr finished with 13 points, followed by Al-Ittihad (10), Al-Ahli Benghazi (9) and Al-Ahli Tripoli with seven points.

Fixtures

Week	Date	Against	Score
01	November 16, 2008	@ Al-Ittihad	64-89
02	November 23, 2008	@ Al-Muroj	59-54
03	December 1, 2008	Al-Madina	79-59
04	December 25, 2008	Al-Hilal	70-62
05	January 2, 2009	Al-Ahly T.	63-55
06	January 8, 2009	@ Al-Nasser	63-80
07	January 16, 2009	@ Al-Shabab	63-54
08	January 29, 2009	Al-Ittihad	79-67
09	February 6, 2009	@ Al-Madina	70-50

Standing

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Al-Nasser	9	8	1	17
2	Al-Ittihad	9	8	1	17
3	Al Ahly Benghazi	9	7	2	16
4	Al Ahly Tripoli	9	4	5	13
5	Al-Shabab	9	4	5	12
6	Al-Hilal	9	2	7	11
7	Al-Madina	9	3	6	12
8	Al-Muroj	9	0	9	9