The purpose of this research is to identify the difficulties in reading comprehension faced by 8th grade students of MTs Darul Ulum Semarang. This research is classified as qualitative research with a case study approach. The participants in this study consisted of the teacher and students from class VIII A MTs Darul Ulum Semarang, with a total of four students selected as the research sample. Data collection techniques were carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. Test the validity of the data used in this study is a technique of triangulation. Data were analyzed using Miles and Huberman's data analysis model, namely data reduction, data analysis, and data presentation. The result showed that there are several difficulties faced by students in reading comprehension, those are: (1) difficulties in comprehending a word’s meaning, (2) difficulties in comprehending long sentences, (3) difficulties in comprehending main ideas (4) difficulties to understand the grammar, (5) difficulties in inferencing.