Olympic Azzaweya is a Libyan football club based in Zawiya, Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

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They are the only club from outside Tripoli

Tripoli

Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...

 or Benghazi

Benghazi

Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...

 to win the Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League

The Libyan Premier League is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. The players that play in this league are mainly professional...

 title. They achieved this in the 2003-04 season. The club boasts former players such as Nader Kara

Nader Kara

Nader Mohammed Kara is a Libyan football attacker who, as of 2006/2007 season is playing for Al Ahly Tripoli. Having received offers to play abroad, by the Bahraini and Turkish national leagues, he decided instead to remain in Libya, instead moving to Al- Ahly Tripoli from Al Olympic Zaouia.He...

, Marei Al Ramly

Marei Al Ramly

Marei Al Ramly is a Libyan football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Nasr, and is a member of the Libya national football team.-External links:*...

 and Younes Al Shibani

Younes Al Shibani

Younes Hussein Al Shibani is a Libyan footballer who plays for Al-Ittihad as a defender. He is a member of the Libya national team.-External links:**...

. The club did compete in the CAF Champions League

CAF Champions League

The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...

 once in 2005

CAF Champions League 2005

The CAF Champions League 2005 started on 29 January 2005 with a preliminary round. The two legs of the final were played on 28 October and 12 November, with Egypt's Al-Ahly coming out as 3-0 aggregate winners.-Preliminary Round:...

, where they went out in the first round to USM Alger

USM Alger

Union Sportive Médina d'Alger, , known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is an football club based in the city of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their venue, the Stade Omar Hammadi, has a capacity of some 10,000...

, 7-0 on aggregate, having beaten Renaissance FC

Renaissance FC

Renaissance FC or RFC is a football club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club won Chad Premier League 6 times, last time in 2007. It produced few Chad national football team players, such as Mondésir Alladjim, Yaya Kerim, Esaie Djikoloum and Hassan Diallo.-History:RFC was national champion 6...

 of Chad

Chad

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 3-2 in the Preliminary Round.

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 1 appearance

2005

CAF Champions League 2005

The CAF Champions League 2005 started on 29 January 2005 with a preliminary round. The two legs of the final were played on 28 October and 12 November, with Egypt's Al-Ahly coming out as 3-0 aggregate winners.-Preliminary Round:...

 - First Round

Current squad

As of December 7, 2008

Players In

Players Out