Al Ahly SC

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
Ground	Cairo International Stadium
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
Home colours Away colours

Active departments of Al Ahly SC
Football	Basketball	Handball
Volleyball	Table tennis	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]

Cairo International Stadium

Championships

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

International

• FIFA Club World Cup
  • Third Place, 2006
  • Fourth place, 2012
  • Sixth place, 2005, 2008, 2013
• Afro-Asian Cup
  • Winners: (1) 1988

African

• CAF Champions League
  • Winners: (8) 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 (record)
  • Runners up: (2) 1983, 2007
• African Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners: (4) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993 (record)
• CAF Confederation Cup:
  • Winners: (1) 2014^[9]
• CAF Super Cup
  • Winners: (6) 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014. (record)
  • Runners up: (2) 1994, 2015.

Arabic

• Arab Champions League
  • Winners: (1) 1996
  • Runners-up: (1) 1997
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners: (1) 1994
• Arab Super Cup
  • Winners: (2) 1997, 1998

Local

• Egyptian Premier League
  • Winners: (38) 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16 (record)
  • Runners up: (11) 1966–67, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15
• Egypt Cup (33 solo titles and 2 titles in conjunction with Zamalek SC in 1943 and 1958)
  • Winners: (35) 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 (record)
  • Runners up: (15) 1926, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1944, 1952, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2016
• Egyptian Super Cup
  • Winners: (9) 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 (record)
  • Runners up: (1) 2009
• Cairo League
  • Winners: (17) 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1941–42, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1957–58 (record)
• United Arab Republic Cup
  • Winners: (1) 1961 (record)
• Egyptian Federation Cup
  • Winners: (1) 1989 (Shared record)
• Sultan Hussein Cup
  • Winners: (7) 1922–23, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1937–38 (record)

Competitive record

Regional competitions

African Club Competitions Year CAF Champions League African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup CAF Super Cup 1964–74 Did not enter Did not enter Started in 1992 Started in 1993 1976 Second round Did not enter 1977 Quarter-finals Did not enter 1978 Withdrew after qualifying Did not enter 1979 Did not enter Did not enter 1980 Did not enter Did not enter 1981 Withdraw from semi-finals Did not enter 1982 Winner Did not enter 1983 Runner-up Did not enter 1984 Did not enter Winner 1985 Did not enter Winner 1986 Did not enter Winner 1987 Winner Did not enter 1988 Semi-finals Did not enter 1989 - - 1990 Second round Did not enter 1991 Quarter-finals Did not enter 1992 Did not enter Quarter-finals Did not enter 1993 Did not enter Winner Did not enter Runner-up 1994 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1995 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter

African Club Competitions Year CAF Champions League African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup CAF Super Cup 1996 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1997 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1998 First round Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1999 Group Phase Runners-up Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 2000 Group Phase Runners-up Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 2001 Winner Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 2002 Group stage Did not enter Did not enter Winner 2003 Did not enter Did not enter Quarter-finals Did not enter CAF Confederation Cup 2004 Second round Did not enter Did not enter 2005 Winner Did not enter Did not enter 2006 Winner Did not enter Winner 2007 Runner-up Did not enter Winner 2008 Winner Did not enter Did not enter 2009 Second round Round of 16 Winner 2010 Semi-finals Did not enter Did not enter 2011 Group stage Did not enter Did not enter 2012 Winner Did not enter Did not enter 2013 Winner Did not enter Winner 2014 Second round Winner Winner 2015 Second round Semi-finals Runner-up

National competitions

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

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

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

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 GK Sherif Ekramy 3 DF Ramy Rabia 5 DF Ahmed Hegazy 6 DF Sabri Raheel 7 DF Hussein El Sayed 8 MF Moamen Zakaria 9 FW Amr Gamal 10 FW Emad Moteab 11 MF Walid Soliman 12 DF Basem Ali 13 GK Ahmed Adel 14 MF Hossam Ghaly 15 FW Mohamed Hamdy Zaky 16 GK Mossad Awad 17 MF Amr Al-Sulaya 18 FW Marwan Mohsen

No. Position Player 19 MF Abdallah Said 20 DF Saad Samir 21 DF Ali Maâloul 22 MF Saleh Gomaa 23 DF Mohamed Nagieb 24 DF Ahmed Fathy 25 MF Hossam Ashour 26 GK Mohamed El Shenawy 27 MF Mohamed Gaber 28 FW Junior Ajayi 29 FW John Antwi 30 DF Mohamed Hany 34 MF Ahmed Hamdy 35 MF Karim Nedvěd 38 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 — MF Ahmed El Sheikh (at Makkasa SC until 30 June 2017)

No. Position Player — MF Mohamed Rizk (at El-Gaish SC until 30 June 2017)

Loan Deals Expired 30 June 2017.

Coaching staff

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

Source: ^[11]

Managers list

01- Gamil Osman 02- Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch 03- Labib Mahmoud 04- Hussein El-Far 05- Mohamed El-Guindi 06- Mustafa Kamel Mansour 07- Foad Sedki 08- Ahmed Mekawi 09- Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh 10- Abdel Aziz Hammami 11- Foad Shaaban 12- Curtis Booth 13- Friedrich Pimperl 14- Pál Titkos 15- John McBride 16- Ljubiša Broćić 17- Horvatić 18- Tadić 19- Nándor Hidegkuti (1973–80) 20- Géza Kalocsay (1980–82) 21- Mahmoud El-Gohary (1982–84) 22- Don Revie (1 July 1984 – 7 November 1984)

23- Mahmoud El-Sayes (8 November 1984 – 31 May 1985) 24- Mahmoud El-Gohary (2nd term) (31 May 1985 – 30 June 1986) 25- Taha Ismail 26- Geoff Butler 27- Anwar Salama 28- Dietrich Weise (1988–89) 29- Mahmoud El-Sayes (2nd term) 30- Michael Everitt 31- Fathi Mabrouk (interim) ^1 32- Anwar Salama (2nd term) 33- Allan Harris (1 July 1993 – 30 June 1995) 34- Reiner Hollmann (1 July 1995 – 30 November 1997) 35- Reiner Zobel (1998 – August 31, 2000) 36- Dixie Dörner (14 October 2000 – 30 June 2001) 37- Ahmed Maher (interim) 38- Manuel José (July 2001 – May 2) ^2 39- Jo Bonfrere (1 July 2002–02) 40- Fathi Mabrouk (interim) ^1 41- Toni Oliveira (1 January 2003 – 30 June 2003) 42- Fathi Mabrouk (interim) ^1 43- Manuel José (2nd term) (1 January 2004–09) ^2

44- Hossam El-Badry (22 June 2009 – 22 November 2010) 45- A. Abdul-Shafi (interim) (23 November 2010 – 31 December 2010) ^3 46- Manuel José (3rd term) (31 December 2010 – 19 May 2012) ^2 47- Hossam El-Badry (2nd term) (21 May 2012 – 6 May 2013) 48- Mohamed Youssef (interim) (29 April 2013 – 7 May 2013) 49- Mohamed Youssef (7 May 2013 – 30 April 2014) 50- Fathi Mabrouk (interim) (1 May 2014 – 7 July 2014) ^1 51- Juan Carlos Garrido (8 July 2014 – 3 May 2015) 52- Fathi Mabrouk (interim) (4 May 2015 – Oct 5,2015) ^1 53- A. Abdul-Shafi (interim) (5 October 2015 – 15 October 2015) ^3 54- José Peseiro (16 October 2015 – 18 January 2016) 55- A. Abdul-Shafi (interim) (18 January 2016 – 27 February 2016) ^3 56- Martin Jol (28 February 2016- 22 August 2016 ) 57- Hossam El-Badry (3rd term) (24 August 2016-

Notes

• Note 1: Fathi Mabrouk was an interim manager 5 times.
• Note 2: Manuel José is the only 3 term manager in Al-Ahly history.
• Note 3: A. Abdul-Shafi was an interim manager 3 times.

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)

Saleh Selim (1980–88) Mohamed Abdou Saleh El Wahsh (1988–92) Saleh Selim (1992–02) Hassan Hamdy (2002–14) Mahmoud Taher (2014–)

Captains

01- Ahmed Fouad Anwar 02- Hussein Hegazi 03- Riyad Shawki 04- Ali El-Hassany 05- Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch 06- Mohamed Ali Rasmi 07- Ahmed Soliman 08- Amin Shoa'air 09- Moustafa Kamel Mansour 10- Saleh El-Sawwaf 11- Hussein Madkour 12- Mohamed El-Guindi 13- Ahmed Mekawi 14- Abdel Galil Hemaida

15- Saleh Selim 16- Rifaat El-Fanagily 17- Taha Ismail 18- Mimi El-Sherbini 19- Essam Abdel Monem 20- Hany Moustafa 21- Anwar Salama 22- Hassan Hamdy 23- Mustafa Younis 24- Moustafa Abdou 25- Mahmoud El-Khateeb 26- Thabet El-Batal 27- Taher Abouzaid 28- Ahmed Shobair

29- Osama Orabi 30- Ibrahim Hassan 31- Hossam Hassan 32- Walid Salah El-Din 33- Hady Khashaba 34- Sayed Abdel Hafeez 35- Essam El-Hadary 36- Shady Mohamed 37- Ahmed Belal 38- Osama Hosny 39- Ahmad El-Sayed 40- Wael Gomaa 41- Emad Motaeb 42- Hossam Ghaly

See also

• Al-Ahly TV
• Port Said Stadium riot

References

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2. "Al Ahly: Spirit of success". FIFA. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
3. "Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly". BBC Sport. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
4. "Summary – Premier League – Egypt – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway".
5. "Summary – CAF Champions League – Africa – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway".
6. "Al Ahly SC vs Wadi Degla SC". www.123kora.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
7. "Al Ahly's League Statistics". www.123kora.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
8. "ahlyegypt.com".
9. "رياضة – الأهلي المصري يفوز بكأس الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم بعد هدف "قاتل" من متعب". فرانس 24.
10. "FilGoal - بطولات - الدوري المصري - الأهلي". Retrieved 10 July 2016.
11. "الموقع الرسمي للنادي الأهلي المصري -". Retrieved 10 July 2016.
12. Gifford, Clive. "Al-Ahly". Brittaniaca.com. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Al Ahly Sporting Club at FIFA.com
• BBC News article referencing "Club of the Century"
• El-Ahly is the most titled club in the world
• BBC World Service: African Footballer of the Year 2008
• BBC News article referencing unbeaten streak