Al Ahly SC

egyptian professional football cabaret

football club
Al Ahly Sporting Club ( Arabic : النادي الأهلي للرياضة البدنية‎, actual translation : The National Club [ 1 ] ), normally referred to as Al Ahly, is an egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo. In terms of trophies won, it is the most successful club in global football. [ 2 ] Its professional football team plays in the egyptian Premier League, the top tier in the egyptian football league system. The club was founded on 24 April 1907, as a assembly place for Cairo ‘s Student Unions.

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Al Ahly has a record of 42 national league titles, 37 national cup titles and 11 national extremely cup titles, making them the most deck club in Egypt. The club has never been relegated to the egyptian Second Division. Al Ahly is considered the most successful team in Africa and is one of the celibate ‘s giants. [ 3 ] In international competitions, the golf club has won a record 10 CAF Champions League titles, a CAF Confederation Cup, a record seven CAF Super Cups, a read four african Cup Winners ‘ Cups, an afro-asian Club Championship, an arab Club Champions Cup, an arab Cup Winners ‘ Cup, a record two Arab Super Cups, and has won two bronze medals in the FIFA Club World Cup. With 23 continental titles, Al Ahly is the most successful football club in african history, and was voted by CAF as African club of the twentieth century. [ 4 ] The club ’ s international trophy catch is the second largest in global football, behind only real Madrid. [ 5 ]

history [edit ]

establishment and startle of the baseball club [edit ]

Omar Lotfy, the founder of Al Ahly . The first gear official meeting of the club ‘s board . Saad Zaghloul, the Minister of Education, became the first honorary president of Al Ahly . The mind of establishing Al Ahly in the first decade of the twentieth century was raised by Omar Lotfy during his presidency of the High School Students Club which was established in 1905. The establishment of the club of high school students was for political reasons, and found that these students needed a sports club that gathers them for leisure and exert. He discussed the idea of establishing the golf club with a group of friends who were enthusiastic about it, and in 1907 Al Ahly was established. [ 6 ]
The golf club was beginning headed by Alfred Mitchell-Innes, who was a british adviser to the Ministry of Finance at the time, in order to facilitate fiscal hold for the club. An official converge of the club ‘s display panel was held on 24 April 1907. The committee met at 5:30 autopsy in the house of Mitchell-Innes in Giza under his chairmanship and the membership of Idris Ragheb Bey, Ismael Seri Pasha, Amin Sami Pasha, Omar Lotfi Bek and Mohamed Effendi Sherif as secretary. [ 7 ] The administration of the cabaret was approved and Ismail Seri, as an architect, designed the independent building of the golf club which was revised by Mitchell-Innes to locate the build in the south easterly corner of the down so that the build main entrance would face north. A civil company on behalf of Al Ahly Sports Club was established and shares of the party worth 5EGP Pounds per share, and was the goal of the baseball club when it was established to raise the amount of 5000 pounds, but it was Collected 3165 pounds over a year and that was not adequate, which forced the club to borrow 1,000 pounds from the National Bank of Egypt in March 1908 by Omar Sultan and Idris Ragheb and Talaat Harb which contributed 100 pounds to the administration of the club. The beginning honorary president of the golf club was the Minister of Education Saad Zaghloul. [ 8 ] The diagnose of the Al Ahly Sporting Club was suggested by Amine Samy Amin, to serve the students and graduates of high schools who were the mainstay of the revolution against the british occupation. [ 9 ] On 2 April 1908, Mitchell-Innes stepped down as president of the club. Aziz Ezzat was appointed as the modern president of the united states and became the foremost egyptian president of the united states of Al Ahly. The official opening ceremony of the clubhouse was held in the club ‘s main building on 26 February 1908 .
Mokhtar El Tetsh, one of the club legends, the club’s old stadium and current training stadium was named after him Although the game of football was not one of the goals of the founders of Al Ahly club the goal of the club was opening its doors to students of higher schools to meet and exercise political dialogues, but the graduates of high schools members of the club have fallen in love with football, which prompted Ahly to build the beginning stadium in 1909 and they used to call it the time ( Al-Hawsh ), which is a colloquial discussion from egyptian dialect means the court in Arabic. The stadium was developed over the years to be Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium. [ 10 ] The first official football team was established in 1911. The team is one of the chief and secondary educate players who played the testis in Al-Hawash, which was established in 1909 in the cabaret ‘s down. The names of the first players of Al Ahly club were as follows : Hussain Higazi, Abdel Fattah Taher, Fouad Darwish, Hussein Mansour, and Ibrahim Fahmy. The headliner of this team was the striker Hussein Hegazi. [ 11 ] In 1915, Al Ahly made tours inside Egypt cities in order to play respective matches and to spread football and its culture. Al Ahly played in Alexandria, Port Said, Assiut, and Ismailia. The team, led by the star Hussein Hegazy, faced many teams, including foreign teams belonging to the british united states army, which increased the popularity of Al Ahly and the new crippled in Egypt. [ 12 ] Ahly contributed with Zamalek SC, El Sekka El Hadid SC in the constitution of the first football team of Egypt to participate in the Olympic games 1920. Al-Ahly contributed to the establishment of the Egyptian Football Association. In 1923, Al Ahly played an active function in the constitution of the egyptian Tennis Federation. [ 13 ]

first Titles ( 1918–1948 ) [edit ]

After Al Ahly refusal to compete with extraneous Allied clubs in the Sultan Hussein Cup in its first edition in 1917, the clubhouse ‘s management decided to participate in the 1918 championship. [ 14 ] In 1923, Al-Ahly won the Sultan Hussain Cup after beating the defending champion Zamalek, then added 6 other titles to be the record holder in the number of wins until the end version in 1938. [ 15 ]
Gaafar Waly, The first president of both the Egyptian Football Association and Al Ahly sports clubhouse at the same time After one class of winning the Sultan Hussain Cup, Al Ahly won the King Farouk Cup in 1924 for the first time after defeating El Sekka El Hadid 4–1. The man of the pit was Mokhtar Eltetsh, who scored two goals. [ 16 ] In the summer of 1929, the Al Ahly football team made a go, the first base of its kind where the team traveled to face respective european clubs, such as Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray in Turkey and BFC Preussen, 1860 Munich and Schalke in Germany. The go ended after Al Ahly played the last two games in Bulgaria against Levski Sofia and Slavia Sofia. [ 17 ] In November 1930, Al-Ahly defeated traditional rival Zamalek 4–0 in a meet in the Cairo League. In that game, Mokhtar El Tetsh was the first actor to score a hat trick in the Cairo Derby. [ 18 ] At the end of the 1936–1937 season, Al Ahly won the double by winning the Cairo League tournaments and then the Egypt Cup, beating Zamalek and El Sekka El Hadid. Al Ahly managed to win the league in the stopping point round off, defeating Zamalek 4–1 and winning the league 3 points ahead of its traditional rival. In the cup final examination, Al Ahly defeated Al Sikka 3–2 in an excite match. Al Ahly ‘s winning goal was scored by Abdel Karim Saqr in the last minutes. [ 19 ] 1938 was the last class in which the Sultan Hussein Cup was held, which started in 1917, and Al Ahly won its last adaptation with a unmanageable 1–0 victory over Al Masry in the final couple after Mustafa Latif scored a goal in the first half of extra time. In the Cairo League competition, Al Ahly won it in the last round again, with a bombastic 5–1 victory over the second placed team Zamalek, in a match in which Saleh Al Sawwaf scored two goals, and Mokhtar El-Tetsh, Jamil Saber and Abdel-Majid El-Ashry scored one finish. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Al Ahly football team traveled to Palestine in 1943 on a 23-day tour headed by the caption Mokhtar El Tetsh to play respective matches with Arab teams to support Palestine against the Zionists. The decision came, despite the refusal of the president of the Egyptian Football Association Haider Pasha due to the coerce from the british, due to their known position against the palestinian topic. [ 22 ]

Dominating the league ( 1948–1967 ) [edit ]

Al Ahly police squad in First Egyptian League. In the first edition of the egyptian Premier League that was held for the inaugural time in 1948, Al Ahly won the first match 5–0 against greek Alexandria. Ahmed Makkawi scored the inaugural goal for Al Ahly in the history of the contest in the 11th moment. Mekkawi added a moment goal in the second half, and Helmy Abu El-Maaty, Mohamed Lahita and Fathi Khattab each scored one goal. The first team to represent Al Ahly in the competition was composed of : Kamal Hamed – Abdulaziz Hamami – Muhammad Abu Habajah – Abdel Moneim Shatara – Sayed Othman – Hilmi Abu Al-Moaty – Fouad Sedki – Muhammad Lheta – Ahmed Mekkawi – Saleh Selim – Fathi Khattab. Mokhatr al Tetsh led Al Ahly to win the first championship in the club ‘s history as a player and besides led Al Ahly to win the first league in the club ‘s history as a coach, Al Ahly snapped the league and cup ( the doubling ) for the first time after defeating Zamalek 3–1 in the 1949 Egypt Cup final. Toto, Hussein Madkour and Fathi Khattab scored for Al Ahly. [ 23 ] The 1949–50 season witnessed a historical superiority for Al Ahly by the golden fifties generation led by Saleh Selim and Toto and Ahmed Makkawi, winning all the local championships. Al Ahly won the egyptian Premier League after firm competition with Tersana ended with the two teams tying in points. The league winner was decided by a play-off equal ; Al Ahly clinched the league the after defeating Tersana 2–1 in the play-off. Goals were scored by Toto and Fathi Khattab. Al Ahly besides won the Cairo League, one point ahead of Tersana. In the Egypt Cup, Al Ahly Defeated Tersana in the final by a big score 6–0. [ 24 ] In the 1950–51 season, Al Ahly won the doubling, by winning the league for the third gear consecutive time despite the strong competition with Zamalek, then the crimson Giants completed the double with a unmanageable victory in the egyptian Cup concluding against El Sekka El Hadid. [ 25 ] Following the dethrone of King Farouk in the rotation of 1952, Ahly appointed Gamal Abdel Nasser as cabaret honorary president. [ 26 ] In the 1951–52 season the league backing was cancelled due to the rotation of 1952 and to allow the national team to prepare for the 1952 Summer Olympics. however, the Egypt Cup and the Cairo League were played normally. Al Ahly lost both tournaments to Zamalek. The competition returned the postdate season and Al Ahly managed to win it for the fourthly time in a row with merely two points ahead of Zamalek, after the two teams tied 2–2 in the last round off, In the Egypt Cup, Al Ahly managed to defeat the defending champions Zamalek 4–1 in the final in a match in which Saleh Selim scored two goals and his older brother Abdel-Wahab Selim besides scored a goal. [ 27 ] In the 1956–57 season, the numeral of teams increased to 14 teams, and Al-Ahly managed to win the league with a dispute of 9 points ahead from Zamalek the runner-up, to win the seventh title in a course. It was the first clock that the team had reached 40 points. [ 28 ] Al Ahly won the 1958–59 league championship for the one-ninth time in a row. El-Sayed El-Dhizui became the first Al Ahly player to be the top goal scorer in the league. Al Ahly scored 55 goals in just 18 games this temper, more than 20 goals from its nearest competitors. [ 29 ] After losing the league for the first time since the startle of the rival, Al Ahly won the league for the tenth time in the cabaret history in 1960–61 season. [ 30 ] Al Ahly won the Egypt Cup after defeating El Qanah 5–0. Mimi El-Sherbini scored two goals for Al Ahly. [ 31 ]

first participation in african championships ( 1967–1980 ) [edit ]

After the 1967 Six Day War and the suspension of sporting bodily process in Egypt, the Club ’ s Board headed by Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakil announced that the baseball club will host the military educate for the members that will volunteer in the united states army, american samoa well as collect donations in the name of the club to support the military. [ 32 ] An entire genesis of football stars retired because of the war, like Saleh Selim, Tariq Salim, Taha Ismail, Rifaat El-Fanagily, Adel Haikal and Mahmoud El-Gohary. Al-Ahly did not win the league for another 13 years . Nándor Hidegkuti and Mahmoud El Khatib El Khatib with the 1976–77 League championship. After years of deterioration, Ahly took the first steps to recovery when the management decided to sign Nándor Hidegkuti as head coach in September 1973 at a wage of fewer than 600 dollars. [ 33 ] Hidegkuti brought up a new generation known as El Talamza ( the students ). The league style returned to Al Ahly in 1974–75, with the team scoring 70 goals in 34 games. [ 34 ] Al Ahly ’ s first engagement in the african Champions League was in 1976, and the start was unsuccessful for the future Club of the Century, as the team got knocked out from the first gear round by MC Alger. Al Khatib scored the beginning continental goal for Al Ahly. [ 35 ] Ahly won the league championship in 1975–76 [ 36 ] and 1976–77. This season saw the second engagement in african competition, where the team fared better than the first base time. They finally bowed out in the quarter-finals by Hearts of Oak. [ 37 ] From 1978 to 1980, Hidegkuti refused to take separate in the african Cup of Champions Clubs due to lack of fiscal resources and exhausting journeys in Africa. [ 38 ]

Invading Africa ( 1980–1990 ) [edit ]

Zamalek remained ahead of Al Ahly by six points in the 1981–82 egyptian Premier League season. In this season the winner of the game received two points and not three. last matches in the competition witnessed bad performance by Zamalek until Al Ahly managed to win the championship after a scoreless draw against Zamalek in the last round. Al Ahly won the backing in the end by three points ahead of Zamalek. Al Ahly reached the semi-final of 1981 african Cup of Champions Clubs but withdrew because of the assassination of the President Anwar Sadat. [ 39 ]
Al Ahly Players with the 1982 CAF Champions League. Al Ahly won the 1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs ( today known as the CAF Champions League ), defeating Asante Kotoko S.C. in the final. They won the first leg 3–0. Mahmoud El Khatib scored two goals and Alaa Mayhoub scored one goal. The first leg was held on Sunday ( 28 November ) at the Cairo Stadium in front of 60,000 spectators. In the second leg match in Kumasi, Mahmoud El Khatib returned to score again and the game ended 1–1. The second gear leg was held on Wednesday ( 12 December ) in Kumasi, Ghana, and was attended by more than 70,000 spectators. Al Ahly during this version of the tournament played ten-spot games, achieved victory in five games at home, lost two games and tied in three aside. The biggest result was a 5–0 victory against Young Africans in the attack of 16. Al Ahly scored 16 goals and conceded 5 goals only in this tournament. After 15 years, Al-Ahly last won their first continental backing. [ 40 ] Al Ahly reached the final of the african Champions League for the second time in a row in 1983, but rivals Kotoko managed to avenge their defeat by scoring the only goal in both matches. The first branch was played on Sunday ( 27 November ) at Cairo Stadium in the presence of 90,000 spectators, attended by the former President Hosni Mubarak, and ended 0–0. The second base leg, which took put on Sunday ( 11 December ) in Kumasi in the presence of 70,000 spectators, ended with 1–0 win scored by Opoku Nti in the 22nd minute. The goal of the match was from a clear offside. [ 41 ] Al Ahly reached a continental concluding again in 1984 this clock time in the african Cup Winners ‘ Cup against Canon Yaoundé. Al-Ahly won on penalties in the cameroonian capital after a 1–1 draw in both games. [ 42 ] The 1984–85 season was one of the best seasons in the history of Al Ahly, as the Red Giants won the cup and the league and won the african Cup Winners Cup for the second prison term in a row by defeating Leventis United 2–1 on aggregate. [ 43 ] For the third meter in a rowing, Al Ahly won the african Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1986 after winning the league, by defeating AS Sogara in the final 3–2 on aggregate, with Taher Abouzeid scoring two goals and Magdi Abdel Ghani scoring once. [ 44 ] Al Ahly won the egyptian League in the 1986–87 season under the management of the bus Taha Ismail. The competition with Zamalek continued until the last round, when Al Ahly was two points ahead. Al Ahly was able to beat Zamalek in the last round 2–1 with two goals scored by Ayman Shawky. [ 45 ] Al Ahly won the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs by defeating Al-Hilal Club in the final. The first leg was a 0–0 describe played on Sunday ( 29 November ) in the sudanese capital Khartoum attended by 50,000 sudanese and 500 egyptian spectators. The second gear branch in Cairo ended 2–0 for Al Ahly, Jamal Thaalab scored an own goal and Ayman Shawky scored the second finish. The peer was held on Friday 18 December at Cairo Stadium in the presence of 80,000 spectators. Three days after the match, Al Ahly legend Mahmoud El Khatib decided to retire after 17 years at a press league attended by a large crowd of journalists. [ 46 ]

arabian Tournaments Glory & Boycotting CAF ( 1990–2005 ) [edit ]

Al Ahly won the Egypt Cup title in 1992 by defeating the league ace Zamalek 2–1 in an excite final. The hero was Ayman Shawky, who scored the winning goal in the 92nd hour after he scored a outstanding heading. [ 47 ] After winning the Egypt Cup for the third time in a rowing in 1993, Al Ahly returned to Africa by winning the african Cup Winners ‘ Cup for the fourthly time in its history in 1993, which was the final participation of the cabaret in this tournament, Al Ahly defeated Africa Sports d’Abidjan in the concluding with a penalty scored by Adel Abdelrahman in Cairo Stadium after a 1–1 draw in the first base leg. In the same season, Al Ahly won the Egypt Cup by beating Ghazl El Mahalla SC 3–2 in the final. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] After three years without winning the league, the title returned to Al Ahly in the 1993–94 season under the management of Alan Harris after a solid contest with Ismaily SC, which was merely decided by a playoff couple in which the Red Giants won 4–3 in Alexandria by a fantastic hat-trick scored by Mohamed Ramadan. [ 50 ] Al Ahly participated in the arabian Championships for the first fourth dimension in 1994 after a decision to boycott the african tournaments ascribable to weak fiscal returns and complaints on the referee decisions in the 1994 CAF Super Cup. Al Ahly won the 1994 Arab Cup Winners ‘ Cup by defeating Al Shabab in the final 1–0 with a goal scored by Felix Aboagye. [ 51 ] After leading Al Ahly to its moment consecutive league deed and the Arab Super Cup in Morocco, Reiner Hollmann left Al Ahly at the end of 1997, after finishing second in the 1997 Arab Club Champions Cup in Tunisia. He was replaced by his countryman Rainer Zobel, who succeeded in winning the league championship for the fifth consecutive season in 1997–98 and winning the 1998 Arab Super Cup title with Zobel for the second consecutive temper after beating MC Oran, Al-Shabab, and drawing with Club Africain. In 1998, Al Ahly returned to the African championships for the first meter in six years. [ 52 ] In the summer of 2001, Ahly signed Manuel José to take on the leadership of the team and this was the first base meter in the history of the club to have a coach from Portugal. Jose ‘s beginning acquaintance with Al Ahly was the friendly pit against Real Madrid in August 2001, when Al Ahly stunned spanish giants real Madrid with a 1–0 win with a goal by Sunday Chibuike at the Cairo Stadium. The goal came after Khaled Bebo embarked on a superb counter-attacking solo run before passing to Hossam Ghaly who beat the Real goalkeeper and passed it Sunday who shoot it into the empty net income. [ 53 ] This was the fourth prison term Al Ahly had defeated a european team with a newly crowned Champions League championship, after defeating Benfica 3–2 in 1963 who had won the european Cup in 1961 and 1962 and reached the concluding in 1963, Bayern Munich in 1977 winning 2–1 and ultimately, Steaua București in 1986, winning 3–0. [ 54 ] Al-Ahly won the african Champions League claim after a 4–1 victory over Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. The first gear leg was held on Saturday ( 8 December ) at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in the south african capital Pretoria and ended in a 1–1 draw. Gift Kampamba scored in the 26th minute, and Sayed Abdel Hafeez equalized in the 58th minute. The second leg was held on 21 December at Cairo International Stadium in the presence of 75,000 spectators, and ended with a victory for Al Ahly with three goals scored : Khaled Bebo in the 36th moment from a punishment, at the 45th infinitesimal from an help by Mohamed Farouk, and at the 90th moment from an assist by Walid Salah. [ 55 ] Al Ahly besides confirmed its continental domination by grabbing the Super Cup with a victory over so far another south african team. This time the victim was Kaizer Chiefs F.C., who lost 4–1 in Cairo in a pit in which Al Ahly goalkeeper Essam El Hadary scored his historic goal. Jose was unable to collect any local championships in his first term, [ 56 ] but he was able to achieve a identical extra accomplishment by beating Zamalek 6–1 in the league. The defending champions Zamalek had a identical hard team, but Khaled Bebo, the asterisk of Al Ahly, managed to score 4 goals. It is the first and only clock in the history of the Cairo bowler hat that any actor had achieved this. At the end of the season Jose was sacked and replaced by the Dutchman Johannes Bonfrere on a annual shrink, on a monthly wage of $ 18,000, The golf club ‘s decision to sack Jose was not welcomed by the majority of the fans. [ 57 ] [ 58 ]

The Golden Era ( 2005–2013 ) [edit ]

2005 : Undefeated Season [edit ]

Al Ahly achieved victory in all the matches of the first 14 rounds of the 2004–05 egyptian Premier League, to win the Premier League style for the 29th fourth dimension in the club history and the foremost local backing for the portuguese coach Manuel José who was rehired again by the cabaret. Al Ahly won the league by a record 31 luff dispute from Enppi, the closest rival, a beginning in the history of the competition. It was the first prison term that a club won all their matches in the first base one-half of a season since the league began in 1948. [ 59 ]
Al Ahly fans Celebrating after winning the 2005 CAF Champions League Al Ahly besides won their second egyptian Super Cup in July 2005 with an exciting 1–0 succeed over Enppi, including a goal scored in extra time by Wael Gomaa. At the end of 2005, Al Ahly clinched the CAF Champions League for the fourthly time in their history after defeating Étoile du Sahel 3–0 in the finals in Cairo. The foremost leg was played on 29 October at the Stade Olympique de Sousse, Tunisia, and ended 0–0. The irregular leg was played on 12 November at the Cairo Military Academy Stadium in the presence of 30,000 spectators, due to renovations at Cairo International Stadium in planning for hosting the 2006 African Nations Cup. Al Ahly won 3–0, with goals scored by Mohamed Aboutrika, Osama Hosni, and Mohammed Barakat. With their Champions League triumph, the team would go on to set an unprecedented record of going an entire season being unbeaten in all competitions. 46 matches were played in the egyptian Premier League, [ 60 ] Egypt Cup, Egyptian Super Cup, and the CAF Champions League combined, with the cabaret winning all the aforesaid competitions, consequently completing a quadruple. The club besides set another record of not losing in 52 games in 852 days. Al Ahly then made their first appearance at a FIFA Club World Cup in December 2005, but had an abortive campaign as the team lost to Al-Ittihad in the inaugural round of golf and then lost the fifth-place to Sydney FC. [ 61 ]
many believe that 2006 is the best in the history of Al Ahly in terms of versatile achievements, starting with the egyptian Super Cup for the moment time with another exciting gain over Enppi with a finish of in the blockage fourth dimension. Al Ahly besides won the league claim for the second prison term in a quarrel. Al Ahly then returned to the egyptian Cup with a adult 3–0 win over Zamalek SC, scoring the wax mark in local championships. They dominated Africa again by reaching the final against CS Sfaxien. The resultant role of the first peg between Al Ahly and Sfaxien ended 1–1 in Cairo Stadium, with goals scored by Abu Trika in the first one-half from a directly release kick, and then an counterweight from Frimpong for Sfaxien after only five minutes of the moment half. Every one predicted that the cup will go to CS Sfaxien for the first gear time in its history and that Ahly was only 90 minutes away from losing the title. In the final seconds of the second leg, the resultant role was 0–0 until the historic here and now where the leave foot of Mohamed Aboutrika scoring a spectacular finish, setting a new history in the letters of gold in the records of Ahly. Al Ahly returned to participate in 2006 FIFA Club World Cup for the second time in a quarrel in the championship that was held in Japan. Al Ahly ‘s participation this time was much better than the inaugural time, as Al Ahly defeated Auckland City FC in the quarter-final 2–0 with two goals scored by Flávio Amado and Mohamed Aboutrika in the second half. The team qualified for the semi-finals to face the brazilian club Internacional. Al Ahly played a great match but lost 2–1. Alexandre Pato and Luiz Adriano scored for the brazilian team and Flavio scored for Al Ahly in the second base half. Al Ahly played a pit to determine the third and fourthly places. Al Ahly managed to defeat Club América in Yokohama 2–1 for the bronze decoration. Mohamed Aboutrika scored the two goals for Al Ahly, while Salvador Cabañas scored the lone goal for the Mexican club. Al Ahly won the bronze decoration for the first time in african history. [ 62 ] Al Ahly played the 2007 CAF Super Cup on 18 February at the Addis Ababa Stadium. As the champion of the 2006 CAF Champions League against the ES Sahel, the champion of the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Al Ahly suffered from many absences at this time because of injuries. however, the peer reached to penalties after extra prison term ended with a scoreless draw, and Al Ahly won the punishment gunfight 5–4. After achieving the Super Cup title, Al Ahly was able to equal the record set by Zamalek with 3 Super Cup titles, before achieving three other titles more than any other club. Al Ahly besides set another record as the club that participated most in the African Super Cups ( 8 times ). [ 63 ]
The bolshevik restraint continued on the league ‘s shield. Al Ahly won the egyptian Premier League for the 4th consecutive time by 17 points away from Ismaily SC. The team besides won the Super Cup for the fourthly time in a course by beating Zamalek 2–0 with goals by Ahmed Hassan and Moataz Eno. It was the second victory in a workweek for Ahly over Zamalek after they met in the CAF Champions League a week earlier. Al Ahly won the CAF Champions league for the sixth time with a 4–2 acquire on aggregate over Coton Sport FC de Garoua in the concluding after finishing the beginning branch with a 2–0 succeed and draw in the second branch 2–2. Ahly set off for the Club World Cup again, but this clock time the results were not good, with two defeats from C.F. Pachuca and Adelaide Football Club. [ 64 ] Al Ahly started the 2008–09 season with the title of the CAF Super Cup after defeating CS Sfaxien 2–1. Al Ahly had two goals scored by Flávio Amado before the originate of an stimulate race on the league ‘s shield with Ismaily. The two teams played a playoff match to determine the champion. Al Ahly won the match 1–0 by Flavio ‘s finish that came after just five minutes with a header from a free complain delivered by his compatriot Gilberto. [ 65 ] It was the last championship for Manuel José during his second terminus before leaving the team ‘s leadership to Hossam El-Badry. [ 66 ] Hossam Al Badry managed to keep the 2009–10 league shield in Al Ahly ‘s cupboard to become the first national coach to win the league backing in 23 years. Al Ahly won the egyptian Super Cup by defeating Haras El Hodoud SC 1–0 .
Al Ahly starting line up in 2011. In the CAF Champions League, Al Ahly qualified for the semi-finals but was knocked out by Espérance Sportive de Tunis because of a celebrated reviewer Joseph Lamptey mistake that gave the hosts a win in the second branch with a open handball in the goal scored by Michael Eneramo. [ 67 ] The sports activity in Egypt was postponed because of the Port Said Stadium belly laugh. In the foremost match after the return of sports activeness, Ahly won the egyptian Super Cup after defeating Enppi 2–1 in a deplorable match at the empty stadium of Borg El Arab Stadium. Despite the difficult events, Al Ahly players overcame all circumstances and achieved the 2012 CAF Champions League for the one-seventh time after they beat Esperance in the Final. After finishing the first peg 1–1 at the Borg El Arab Stadium, Al Ahly was able to defeat Esperance in the second leg at the Stade Olympique de Radès 2–1. Gedo scored Al Ahly ‘s undoer from a nip inside the 18 yard box before half-time, and Walid Soliman scored to make the sexual conquest 2–0 in the 61st minute. Esperance ‘s striker Yannick N’Djeng pulled a goal back to give Esperance fans hope again. Mohamed Aboutrika missed a penalty, but Al Ahly held on to become african champions for a seventh meter. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Al Ahly, led by Hossam Al Badri, achieved one-fourth place in the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, achieving victory in the inaugural couple against Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1, with goals by El Sayed Hamdy and Ahly ‘s talismanic striker Mohamed Aboutrika who came off the bench to score the succeed finish after entirely 12 minutes into the second half. [ 70 ] then, Al Ahly lost 1–0 to the Copa Libertadores supporter Corinthians, and then Al Ahly was defeated by Monterrey in the third-place match. [ 71 ] Hossam Al Badri left the team to Mohamed Youssef, who managed to complete the border successfully and lead Ahly to achieve the 2013 CAF Champions League for the one-eighth time by beating the south african club Orlando Pirates 2–0 in the second leg peer after a 1–1 draw in the first base leg. Mohamed Aboutrika scored for Al Ahly in the first stage from a freekick from outside the punishment area on the 14th infinitesimal. The second peg match was the last impression of the fans of the legend Mohamed Aboutrika when he scored the first goal of the match to be the end goal of his ageless travel in the red shirt. [ 72 ]

Mahmoud Taher Era ( 2014–2017 ) [edit ]

Ultras Ahlawy Tifo in the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup Final Al Ahly made their way to the african Confederations Cup after an early exit from the Champions League, but the bolshevik Giants had a strong new drift, which was the addition of this continental tournament to the baseball club ‘s cupboard for the first gear time. indeed, Al Ahly reached the final against Séwé FC but lost the first stage 2–1. In the return match, the score stayed 0–0 until the one-sixth hour of arrest time. At a historic consequence, Ahly ‘s decision to win, Emad Moteab grabbed the finish of the coronation with a deadly header that made every fan celebrating in Cairo Stadium and made coach Juan Carlos Garrido run in Hysteria on the pitch. Garrido was sacked after the cabaret was eliminated from CAF Champions League on penalties to Moghreb Tétouan. [ 73 ] Al Ahly went through a critical phase after most of the stars of the old generation retired, causing the personnel casualty of a number of tournaments until the team regained its balance when they met with Zamalek to determine the Super Cup champion in the game that was held in Dubai for the first clock at the end of 2015 .
Al Ahly fans Tifo before the egyptian Super Cup in 2015.

Mahmoud El Khatib Era & Return to African Triumph ( 2017–Present ) [edit ]

On 1 December 2017, Mahmoud El Khatib was elected as the new club president of the united states. El Khatib won the polls ahead of Mahmoud Taher. El Khatib won 20,956 votes while Taher, who had been president since 2014 until 2017, polled 13,182. In the race to be vice-president Mustafa Fahmy collected 14,269 votes compared to former egyptian sports minister El Amry Farouk who won 19,923 votes. [ 78 ] Al Ahly won the egyptian Super Cup title for the tenth time in its history, after defeating Al Masry SC 1–0, in the match that was held on 12 January 2019 at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The winning goal was scored by Walid Azaro in the 12th minute of the beginning excess one-half of the meet, which gave the Red Devils the entitle. [ 79 ] The inaugural football team in Al Ahly managed to clinch the egyptian Premier League for the third base consecutive season under the leadership of the director Hossam El-Badry, and fortieth in its history, reaching the fourth star. Al Ahly officially won the deed 6 weeks before the end of the championship, achieving the second base fastest league in its history after the historic 2004–05 egyptian Premier League season. [ 80 ] Al Ahly managed to win the 2018–19 egyptian Premier League title for the one-fourth straight season and for the 41st in its history under the leadership of the Uruguayan director Martín Lasarte, after defeating Al Mokawloon Al Arab 3–1 in a meet that gathered the two on 23 July 2019. This result put Ahly five points well-defined of their rivals Zamalek with one game of the league season left to play. [ 81 ] Al Ahly winning the 2018–19 egyptian Premier League Shield raised the club tournaments to 136 trophies. This made Al Ahly the most crown golf club in the world with 20 continental titles : 9 Champions Leagues, one Confederation Cup, 4 Cup Winners ‘ Cups, 6 Super Cups and one afro-asian Club Championship. Al Ahly won CAF Champions League in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008 under the coach of the Portuguese Manuel José, [ 82 ] in 2012 and last in 2013 under the coach of Hossam El-Badry in 2012 and Mohamed Youssef in 2013 ; making them the most crown team in Africa. At the national flat, Al Ahly achieved 41 egyptian Premier League and 36 Egypt Cup, 11 egyptian Super Cup entitle, and 7 Sultan Hussein Cup, 16 Cairo League more than any other club, along with winning the cup of the United Arab Republic on one occasion and the cup of the egyptian Confederation Cup once besides. [ 83 ] On 31 August, Rene Weiler was named as the new coach of Al Ahly. Weiler replaced Martin Lasarte who was sacked despite guiding Ahly to win the egyptian Premier League title with a game to spare. [ 84 ] Weiler was able to win his first title with the club in less than one month as Al Ahly managed to win the egyptian Super Cup for the 11th time in the club history after defeating Zamalek 3–2 in the match that gathered the two teams on 20 September 2019 at the Borg El Arab Stadium. The nigerian striker Junior Ajayi scored the first and third goals in Zamalek, to become the second base foreigner to score in the history of the egyptian Super Cup. The foremost foreign musician to score in the tournament was moroccan hitter Walid Azaro when he scored the winning goal against Al Masry in the 2017–18 egyptian Super Cup. however, Junior Ajayi became the first gear extraneous actor to score two goals in egyptian Super Cup. [ 85 ]
On September 18, after Zamalek ‘s loss to Aswan SC, Al Ahly won their 42nd egyptian Premier League title in the 2019–20 season ; this was the second base title for the swiss coach Rene Weiler before who left the club and was replaced by Pitso Mosimane, the first South African coach in the history of the baseball club. [ 86 ] On November 27, Al Ahly faced Zamalek in the 2020 CAF Champions League Final, which Al Ahly won 2–1 with goals from El Solia who opened the score for Al Ahly in the fifth hour with a down header from four yards out a corner on the right. Shikabala equalized for Zamalek in the 31st hour when he cut in from the correctly before shooting left-footed form the border of the penalty area to the peak exit corner of the net past Mohamed El Shenawy who did not move. [ 87 ] Magdy got the fetching goal for Al Ahly in the 86th moment when he controlled the ball on his knee after it was cleared, before volleying to the correct corner of the net with his veracious foot from outside the penalty area to clinch Al Ahly ‘s one-ninth title and their first since 2013. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] About a week late, Al Ahly defeated El-Gaish in the Egypt Cup Final 3–2 on penalties. With this Victory, Al Ahly won the double for the third base time in their history, besides becoming the first African team to complete the continental soprano three times. The FIFA Club World Cup was up next in February. In the beginning match, Al Ahly defeated the hosts Al Duhail thanks to a fantastic strike from Hussein El Shahat, sending Al Ahly to its first official match with the european champions Bayern Munich in the Semi-finals. Bayern were able to defeat Al Ahly 2–0 by a couple scored by Robert Lewandowski. [ 90 ] however, Al Ahly was able to secure the bronze decoration for the second clock time in the club ‘s history after defeating Palmeiras, the winners of the 2020 Copa Libertadores in the Third position play off, becoming the first base and only Arab or African team to have won two medals in the tournament. [ 91 ] On 28 May 2021, Al Ahly rhythm RS Berkane 2–0 in the 2021 CAF Super Cup in Qatar clinching their twenty second continental deed. On 17 July 2021, Al Ahly defeated Kaizer Chiefs 3–0 in the Champions League Final in Morocco, hence winning their tenth Champions League and twenty dollar bill third gear continental title. [ 92 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Al Ahly and Zamalek historic positions in the league The Cairo Derby is a equal football peer between egyptian clubs Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC, which are arguably the two most successful clubs in Egypt and Africa. Al Ahly and Zamalek were named by the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) as the 1st and 2nd african Clubs of the twentieth Century, respectively. Both teams are located in Greater Cairo and their matches are considered the highlight of the football season with a live circulate to most of the Middle Eastern and union african countries since the 1970s. typically, the bowler hat is played twice each temper with two matches in the egyptian Premier League, but it is not uncommon to find the teams meeting each other in the Egypt Cup, specially in the final, and in Africa ‘s most prestigious clubhouse competition, the CAF Champions League .

Supporters [edit ]

Ultras Ahlawy [edit ]

Al Ahly has a large fan base of ultras named Ultras Ahlawy ( UA07 ) which are known for their firework displays. Their motto is Together Forever. Ultras Ahlawy raised its banner for the first time at a pit against ENPPI Club on 13 April 2007. Ultras Ahlawy besides supports the Al-Ahly basketball, volleyball, and handball teams. Ultras Ahlawy members include college graduates, workers, and young person from many social levels in Egypt. Their motto is “ together Forever ”, meant to highlight the connections between their members. other slogans are “WE ARE EGYPT”, “ The best club in the universe ” or “ The best cabaret in being ” ( egyptian pronunciation : A’zam Nady Fi El Koon ). Clubs in Egypt became a major political storm during the resurrect against Mubarak in 2011, but were known for long-standing animosity with the patrol. When 38 members of the Ultras Devils were arrested in Shebeen al-Kom for “ belonging to an illegal group ”, along with extra violent offences, it was seen as a crackdown on the organizations by authorities. [ 93 ]

other Supporting groups [edit ]

Type of group

Name

Creation date

Ultras group

Ultras Ahlawy

13 April 2007

Ultras group

Ultras Red Devils

2007 (Dissolution in 2015)

Ultras group

Ultras Winners

2012 (Dissolution in 2014)

Fans Association

ALU

1996 (Dissolution in 2005)

Fans Association

AFC

2005 (Dissolution in 2007)

Port Said Stadium carouse [edit ]

On 1 February 2012, a massive carouse occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt, following an egyptian Premier League football match between Al-Masry and Al Ahly, following a 3–1 victory by Al-Masry. Al-Masry supporters violently attacked supporters of Al Ahly by trapping them inside the stadium and attacking them with clubs, stones, bottles, and fireworks. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] As a result, 72 supporters of Al Ahly were killed with more than 500 injured after thousands of Al-Masry spectators stormed the stadium stands and pitch. Many of the deaths were due to the patrol ‘s refusal to open the stadium gates. Members of Ultras Ahlawy claim that the supporters were specifically targeted because of their highly televised calls for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to step down, arsenic well as their open jeer of the previous regimen and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces .

hymn [edit ]

“ Arise, Al Ahly ” is the club ‘s official anthem written by the journalist Fekry Abaza in 1957 and composed by Umm Kulthum ‘s conserve Mahmoud Sherif. It was influenced by the anthem of the egyptian Revolution of 1919 “ Arise egyptian ”. [ 96 ] The lyrics of the hymn are as follows : [ 97 ]

                       Arise, Al Ahly, see your sons and the soldiers        see your Battalions, see your soldiers and the crowds
                       See the signs of victory through all the generations      see and record the glories of immortality in them
                                              You are always you are always always on the top
                       Every blessing in your life is with us                      and that is the will of our Lord
                       From your elders we gained our glory                     and with your youth we kept our name
                                              You are always you are always always on the top

diagnose Origin [edit ]

Amin Sami Pasha was the first person to propose the name of “ Al Ahly Sporting Club ”. Al Ahly, which means “ The National ”, was named as such because it was created to serve the students and graduates of the high schools who were the anchor of the rotation against the british occupation of Egypt. [ 98 ]

Grounds [edit ]

Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium [edit ]

Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium at good morning . Al Ahly fans supporting the team in Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium The game of football was not one of the goals of the founders of Al Ahly club ; the goal of the club was opening its doors to students of higher schools to meet and practice political dialogues. however, the graduates of high schools members of the clubhouse had fallen in love with football, which prompted Al Ahly to build its first stadium in 1909 and they used to call it the time ( Al-Hawsh ), which is a colloquial discussion from the egyptian dialect mean “ the court ” in Arabic. The stadium was developed over the years to become known as Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium. In 1929, the stadium was named after Egypt ‘s prince at this time, the Prince Farouk Stadium. By 1956, light stands were added to the stadium. The stadium was late re-named to Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium. Mokhtar El Tetsh was one of the club legends and was considered to be one of the most talented footballers in the country ‘s history and attracted the hearts of many of his countrymen. Al Ahly continued to play their dwelling games at Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium until Cairo Stadium was opened. [ 99 ]

Cairo International Stadium [edit ]

Al Ahly once played their base games at their own anchor, Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium, but its capacity was far besides small for the clubhouse ‘s supporters. As a consequence, Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium became the official trail ground, and Cairo International Stadium replaced it as the official home ground. Since 2014, Al Ahly stopped playing their home games at the Cairo International Stadium for an indefinite period due to security system reasons. In the 2016–17 temper, Al Ahly played most of their home games at Al Salam Stadium and played their matches in the african competitions at Borg El Arab Stadium. At the first leg of the egyptian Premier League 2017–18 season, Al Ahly returned to Cairo International Stadium as its official home earth .

Al Ahly WE Stadium [edit ]

On 4 December 2019 Al Ahly Announced that they bought Al Salam Stadium as usufruct for 25 years or until Al Ahly SC Stadium is built and authoritative matches that needs larger capacity will be played on Cairo Stadium, the stadium was late re-named to Al Ahly Stadium. The foremost match hosted by the stadium was on 6 December against Al-Hilal Club at the 2019–20 CAF Champions League group stagecoach. Despite acquiring the stadium, Al Ahly confirmed that El Entag El Harby, a clubhouse owned by the egyptian Ministry of Military Production that used to play their home matches there, would be allowed to play at the stadium normally until the end of the 2019–20 season to avoid any potential problems or conflicts in the league ‘s schedule, with the option to extend it for far seasons. Al Ahly besides confirmed that all national teams would be allowed to play on the venue. [ 100 ]

Media [edit ]

Al Ahly television is an Egyptian-Arab impart that presently broadcasts the football team ‘s friendly matches, youth team matches and other sports matches. The distribution channel was established in 2008, in cooperation with Arab Radio and Television Network. The official broadcast of the duct was launched on 3 December 2010 when former clubhouse president Hassan Hamdy announced the open of the channel. [ 101 ] The baseball club besides has a YouTube distribution channel that has over 1 million subscribers as of June 2021. Training video, exclusive features, and match highlights are frequently published on the transmit. On 22 January 2021, the club ‘s distribution channel on YouTube released a documentary called Secret of the 9th, it reached one million views in less than one day. In addition, the club has its own weekly magazine which covers the cabaret ’ s versatile news .

Kits and crest [edit ]

On 3 November 1917, Mohammed Sharif Sabri Bek who was the uncle of King Farouk, became a extremity of the club and designed the beginning logo for Al Ahly ( 10 years after the basis of the club ). It was an ellipse determine adorned with the crown of the egyptian baron at the upper end, symbolizing the royal convention of Egypt at the time. The eagle was shaved then changed to half crimson and half white and then became crimson entirely because of Egypt ‘s flag at the time of the era of Abbas Hilmi II. [ 102 ] In 1952 Following the July revolution and changing the ruling method acting of Egypt to presidency, the crown was removed. The logo remained unaltered until 2007 when it had slight changes celebrating the club becoming a centenarian. In belated 2018, a 4th headliner was added on exceed of the badge after the team won the league championship for the fortieth time
The Evolution of the Crest of Al Ahly
1917–1952
1952–2007
2007 – present

[ 103 ]

Honours [edit ]

Domestic ( 115 titles ) [edit ]

Africa ( 22 titles ) [edit ]

Worldwide ( 5 titles ) [edit ]

criminal record
S shared record

Awards & recognitions [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

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

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

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

1999–2000
Winner
Semi-final

2000–01
Runner-up
Winner
Withdrew

2001–02
Runner-up
Round of 16
Did not enter

2002–03
Runner-up
Winner
Winner

2003–04
Runner-up
Runner-up
Did not enter

2004–05
Winner
Round of 16
Winner

2005–06
Winner
Winner
Winner

2006–07
Winner
Winner
Winner

2007–08
Winner
Round of 32
Winner

2008–09
Winner
Round of 16
Runner-up

2009–10
Winner
Runner-up
Winner

2010–11
Winner
Round of 16
Winner

2011–12
not finished
not held
not held
2012–13
not finished
Withdrew
not held
2013–14
Winner
Semi-final
Winner

2014–15
Runner-up
Runner-up
Winner

2015–16
Winner
Runner-up
Runner-up

2016–17
Winner
Winner
Winner

2017–18
Winner
Quarter Final
Winner

2018–19
Winner
Round of 16
Runner-up

2019–20
Winner
Winner
Runner-up

2020–21
Runner-up
TBD
TBD

CAF overall rank of african clubs [edit ]

CAF 5-Year Ranking [edit ]

Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 4 November 2020, points which may increase marked by ≥.

Rank
Club
2016
( × 1 )
2017
( × 2 )
2018
( × 3 )
2018–19
( × 4 )
2019–20
( × 5 )
Total

1

2
5
5
3
6

2
Wydad Casablanca

4
6
3
5
4

3
Espérance de Tunis

0
3
6
6
3

4
TP Mazembe

5
5
3
4
3

5
Zamalek

5
2
0
5
5

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

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youth Academy [edit ]

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Out on lend [edit ]

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Coaching staff [edit ]

Board of directors [edit ]

The Club ’ s presidents [edit ]

clubhouse presidents [edit ]

[ 106 ]
Statue of Saleh Selim, former player and president in the club ‘s headqaurters

Captains [edit ]

Throughout its history, Al Ahly has had 48 club captains, the first captain was Ahmed Fouad Anwar.
Mohamed El-Shenawy is the current captain since 2020. [ 107 ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

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