Al Ahly SC

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Al Ahly SC
Full name Al Ahly Sporting Club
النادي الأهلى للرياضة البدنية
Nickname(s) Club of the Century
The Red Devils
Patriotism Club
Masters of the World
Short name ASC
Founded 24 April 1907 (1907-04-24)
Ground Cairo International Stadium
Ground Capacity 75,000
Chairman Mahmoud Taher
Manager Sayed Abdel Hafeez
Coach Hossam El-Badry
League Egyptian Premier League
2015–16 Egyptian Premier League, 1st
Website Club home page
Active departments of Al Ahly SC
Swimming
Water polo
Karate
Athletics

Al Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي للرياضة البدنية), is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. Founded in April 24, 1907 as a gathering place for Cairo's students' unions in the struggle against colonization.

Al Ahly is the most successful club in Egyptian football history, having won a record 38 national titles, 35 national cups and 9 national super cups. In addition, Al Ahly has never been relegated to the Second Division. On the continental side, Al Ahly was named in 2000 by CAF as the "African Club of the Century". The club has 8 CAF Champions League titles, 1 CAF Confederation Cup title, 6 CAF Super Cup titles and 4 African Cup Winners' Cup titles. Internationally, Al Ahly has won the Bronze medal in FIFA Club World Cup 2006 and 1 Afro-Asian Cup title. Worldwide, Al Ahly is considered the most successful club in world history with 20 international titles. The club plays their home matches in the Cairo International Stadium, with a capacity of 75,000.[1]

History

Al Ahly was founded by Omar Lotfi in 1907, as a gathering place for Cairo's students' unions in the struggle against colonization.[2] Al Ahly, meaning "the national", was chosen, and Englishman Mitchell Ince became the club's first president. In the absence of a national league, Al Ahly initially took part in regional competitions, including the Sultan Hussein Cup, which they won seven times between 1917 and 1938.

In the 1980s the club became successful on a continental level, winning the CAF Champions League in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008 under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel José,[3] and in 2012 and finally in 2013 under the coaching of Hossam El-Badry in 2012 and Mohamed Youssef in 2013; making them the most crowned team in Africa, with 8 Champions League, 1 Confederation Cup, 4 Cup Winners' Cups, 6 Super Cups and one Afro-Asian Club Championship.

Perfect season

2005 represented an especially unique season in Ahly's illustrious history. The team would go on to set an unprecedented record of going an entire season being unbeaten in almost all possible competitions. 46 matches were played in the Egyptian Premier League,[4] Egyptian Cup, Egyptian Super Cup and CAF Champions League,[5] with Ahly remaining unbeaten in all of them (as well as winning 5 from all 6 trophies).

Al Ahly remained unbeaten in 2016 in all competitions until conceding their first loss of the year on May 7, 2016, when they lost 0–1 to Wadi Degla SC in the stoppage time in the Egyptian Premier League.[6][7]

Grounds

Al Ahly formerly played their home games at their own ground, Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium, but its capacity was too small for the club's support so They turned Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium to their Training Ground. As a consequence, Al-Ahly now play their home ties at the Cairo International Stadium.[2]

Championships

Total Number of Trophies: 131 (Record) . [8]

International

African

Arabic

Local

Competitive record

Regional competitions

African Club Competitions
Year CAF Champions League African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup CAF Super Cup
1964–74Did not enterDid not enterStarted in
1992
Started in
1993
1976Second roundDid not enter
1977Quarter-finalsDid not enter
1978Withdrew after qualifyingDid not enter
1979Did not enterDid not enter
1980Did not enterDid not enter
1981Withdraw from semi-finalsDid not enter
1982WinnerDid not enter
1983Runner-upDid not enter
1984Did not enterWinner
1985Did not enterWinner
1986Did not enterWinner
1987WinnerDid not enter
1988Semi-finalsDid not enter
1989--
1990Second roundDid not enter
1991Quarter-finalsDid not enter
1992Did not enterQuarter-finalsDid not enter
1993Did not enterWinnerDid not enterRunner-up
1994Did not enterDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter
1995Did not enterDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter

African Club Competitions
Year CAF Champions League African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup CAF Super Cup
1996Did not enterDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter
1997Did not enterDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter
1998First roundDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter
1999Group Phase Runners-upDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter
2000Group Phase Runners-upDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter
2001WinnerDid not enterDid not enterDid not enter
2002Group stageDid not enterDid not enterWinner
2003Did not enterDid not enterQuarter-finalsDid not enter
CAF Confederation Cup
2004Second roundDid not enterDid not enter
2005WinnerDid not enterDid not enter
2006WinnerDid not enterWinner
2007Runner-upDid not enterWinner
2008WinnerDid not enterDid not enter
2009Second roundRound of 16Winner
2010Semi-finalsDid not enterDid not enter
2011Group stageDid not enterDid not enter
2012WinnerDid not enterDid not enter
2013WinnerDid not enterWinner
2014Second roundWinnerWinner
2015Second roundSemi-finalsRunner-up

National competitions

Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year Premier League Egypt Cup Super Cup
1921–22Started in
1948
-Started in
2001
1922–23-
1923–24Winner
1924–25Winner
1925–26Runner-up
1926–27Winner
1927–28Winner
1928–29-
1929–30Winner
1930–31Winner
1931–32-
1932–33-
1933–34-
1934–35Runner-up
1935–36-
1936–37Winner
1937–38-
1938–39-
1939–40Winner
1940–41Runner-up
1941–42Winner
1942–43Winner
1943–44Runner-up
1944–45Winner
1945–46Winner
1946–47Winner
1947–48-
1948–49WinnerWinner
1949–50WinnerWinner
1950–51WinnerWinner
1951–52not heldRunner-up

Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year Premier League Egypt Cup Super Cup
1952–53WinnerWinner
1953–54Winner-
1954–55not finished-
1955–56WinnerWinner
1956–57Winner-
1957–58WinnerWinner
1958–59WinnerRunner-up
1959–60Third placeWinner
1960–61Winner-
1961–62Winner-
1962–63Third place-
1963–64Group Fifth-
1964–65Fourth place-
1965–66Sixth placeWinner
1966–67Runner-up-
1968–69not heldnot held
1969–70not heldnot held
1970–71not finishednot held
1971–72not heldnot held
1972–73Fourth placeRunner-up
1973–74not finishednot finished
1974–75Winner-
1975–76WinnerRunner-up
1976–77Winner-
1977–78Runner-upWinner
1978–79Winner-
1979–80Winnernot held
1980–81WinnerWinner
1981–82Winnernot finished
1982–83Third placeWinner
1983–84Runner-upWinner

Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year Premier League Egypt Cup Super Cup
1984–85WinnerWinner
1985–86Winner-
1986–87Winnernot held
1987–88Runner-up-
1988–89WinnerWinner
1989–90not finished-
1990–91Runner-upWinner
1991–92Fourth placeWinner
1992–93Runner-upWinner
1993–94Winnernot held
1994–95Winner-
1995–96WinnerWinner
1996–97WinnerRunner-up
1997–98WinnerSemi-final
1998–99WinnerRound of 32
1999–00WinnerSemi-final
2000–01Runner-upWinner
2001–02Runner-upRound of 16Withdrew
2002–03Runner-upWinnerDid not enter
2003–04Runner-upRunner-upWinner
2004–05WinnerRound of 16Did not enter
2005–06WinnerWinnerWinner
2006–07WinnerWinnerWinner
2007–08WinnerRound of 32Winner
2008–09WinnerRound of 16Winner
2009–10WinnerRunner-upRunner-up
2010–11WinnerRound of 16Winner
2011–12not finishednot heldWinner
2012–13not finishedWithdrewnot held
2013–14WinnerSemi-finalnot held
2014–15Runner-upRunner-upWinner
2015–16WinnerRunner-upWinner

Players and Coaching staff

Current squad

As of 17 September 2016.[10]

Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad.

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

No. Position Player
1 Egypt GK Sherif Ekramy
3 Egypt DF Ramy Rabia
5 Egypt DF Ahmed Hegazy
6 Egypt DF Sabri Raheel
7 Egypt DF Hussein El Sayed
8 Egypt MF Moamen Zakaria
9 Egypt FW Amr Gamal
10 Egypt FW Emad Moteab
11 Egypt MF Walid Soliman
12 Egypt DF Basem Ali
13 Egypt GK Ahmed Adel
14 Egypt MF Hossam Ghaly
15 Egypt FW Mohamed Hamdy Zaky
16 Egypt GK Mossad Awad
17 Egypt MF Amr Al-Sulaya
18 Egypt FW Marwan Mohsen
No. Position Player
19 Egypt MF Abdallah Said
20 Egypt DF Saad Samir
21 Tunisia DF Ali Maâloul
22 Egypt MF Saleh Gomaa
23 Egypt DF Mohamed Nagieb
24 Egypt DF Ahmed Fathy
25 Egypt MF Hossam Ashour
26 Egypt GK Mohamed El Shenawy
27 Egypt MF Mohamed Gaber
28 Nigeria FW Junior Ajayi
29 Ghana FW John Antwi
30 Egypt DF Mohamed Hany
34 Egypt MF Ahmed Hamdy
35 Egypt MF Karim Nedvěd
38 Egypt MF Akram Tawfik

On loan

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

No. Position Player
Egypt MF Ahmed El Sheikh (at Makkasa SC until 30 June 2017)
No. Position Player
Egypt MF Mohamed Rizk (at El-Gaish SC until 30 June 2017)

Loan Deals Expired 30 June 2017.

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Egypt Hossam El-Badry
General coach Egypt Ahmed Ayoub
Assistant coach Egypt Sayed Moawad
Goalkeepers coach Egypt Tarek Soliman
Fitness coach Netherlands Michael Lindeman
Football Director Egypt Sayed Abdel Hafeez
General Director Egypt Zizo
Club doctor Egypt Dr. Khaled Mahmoud
Doctor Egypt Dr. Tarek Abdel-Aziz
Dietician Egypt Dr. Hany Wahba

Source: [11]

Managers list

Notes

Presidents

  • Mitchel Ince[12] (1907–08)
  • Aziz Ezzat Pacha (1908–16)
  • Abdelkhaleq Tharwat Pacha (1916–24)
  • Gaafar Waly Pacha (1924–40)
  • Mohamed Taher Pacha (1940–41)
  • Gaafar Waly Pacha (1941–44)

  • Ahmed Hasanein Pacha (1944–46)
  • Ahmed Aboud Pacha (1946–61)
  • Salah Desouky Sheshtawy (1961–65)
  • Abdelmohsen Kamel Mortagy (1965–67)
  • Ibrahim El Wakil (1967–72)
  • Abdelmohsen Kamel Mortagy (1972–80)

Captains

See also

References

External links

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