Al-Ahly

This article is about the Egyptian football club. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation)

Al-Ahly

Nickname(s)	The Red Devils
Ground	Cairo Stadium (Capacity: 74,100)
Chairman	Hassan Hamdy
Manager	Hossam El-Badry
League	Egyptian Premier League
2009-10	Egyptian Premier League, 1st
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Al-Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي‎), also knowns as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo. Founded in April 1907. Al-Ahly, which means "national" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Egypt, having won the Egyptian League thirty-four times and the Egyptian Cup thirty-five times.^[1] Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century" (second best Africa's club according IFFHS).^[2]

Al-Ahly has a fierce rivalry with local rivals Zamalek SC which manifests itself in the Cairo Derby.

History

Al-Ahly was formed in 1907 as a club where leaders of Cairo's students' unions could meet during the struggle against colonisation.^[3]

Al-Ahly began to dominate the Egyptian game in the 1940s. In the 1980s the club became successful on a continental level, winning the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in the renamed competition in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008^[4] under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel Jose making them the most crowned team in Africa, with six Champions League titles, four Cup-Winners' Cups, four Super Cups and one Afro-Asian Club Championship.

Al-Ahly was the first club to reach the FIFA Club World Cup two times following two consecutive appearances in 2005 and 2006 winning the Bronze Medal in the latter. After qualifing for 2008 Edition, Al-Ahly became the team with the most appearances in FIFA Club World Cup, having qualified for 3 times out of 5 competitions held.

Crest

Al Ahly has had three logos in its history. The first, adopted in 1907, lasted until the 1952 Revolution. The second logo was used from 1952 until 2007, when the club unveiled a new design to commemorate Al Ahly's first century of existence.

Stadia

Al-Ahly formerly played their home games at their own ground, Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium, but its capacity is too small for the club's support. As a consequence, Al-Ahly play their home ties at the Cairo International Stadium.^[3]

Presidents

Name	From	To
Mitchel Ince	April 1907	April 1908
Aziz Ezzat Pasha	April 1908	February 1916
/ Abd El-Khalik PashaTharwat	February 1916	February 1924
Gaafar Pasha Wali	February 1924	July 1940
Mohamed Pasha Taher	July 1940	February 1941
Jaafar Pasha Wali	February 1941	January 1944
Ahmed Pasha Hasanain	January 1944	February 1946
// Ahmed Pasha Abboud	February 1946	December 1961
Salah Eldine El-Desouky	December 1961	December 1965
Gen. Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy	December 1965	July 1967
Dr. Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakeel	July 1967	November 1972
Gen. Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy	November 1972	December 1980
/ Saleh Selim	December 1980	December 1988
Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh	December 1988	February 1992
Saleh Selim	February 1992	May 2002
Hassan Hamdy	May 2002	Present

Honours

Al-Ahly's Fans Celebrating after winning the African champions League 2005

International

• FIFA Club World Cup
  • Bronze Medalist, 2006
  • 6th place, 2005 and 2008

• CAF Champions League(6)
  • Winners 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008
• African Cup Winners' Cup(4)
  • Winners 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993
• CAF Super Cup(4)
  • Winners 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
• Afro-Asian Club Championship(1)
  • Winners 1988
• Arab Champions Cup(1)
  • Winners 1996
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup(1)
  • Winners 1995
• Arab Super Cup (2)
  • Winners 1997, 1998

Domestic

• Egyptian Premier League (34)
  • Champions 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
• Egypt Cup (35)
  • Winners 1923-24, 1924-25, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-1930, 1930-31, 1936-37, 1939-40, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1960-61, 1965-66, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2006-07
• Egyptian Super Cup (5)
  • Winners 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Sultan Hussein Cup (7)
  • Winners 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1938
• Cairo League (5)
  • Champions 1938-39, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1947-48, 1949-50
• United Arab Republic League (2)
  • Champions 1960-1961
• El-Ittihad el tanshiteya Cup (1)
  • Winners 1989

Players and Coaching staff

Current first team squad

Correct as Al-Ahly official website ^[5]

No. Position Player 1 GK Amir Abdelhamid 2 DF Mohamed Samir 3 MF Wael Shafik 4 DF Sherif Abdel-Fadil 5 DF Ahmad El-Sayed (2nd Vice-captain) 7 FW Mohamed Fadl 8 MF Mohamed Barakat 9 FW Emad Moteab 10 FW Ahmed Belal (Captain) 11 MF Hussein Yasser * 12 MF Gilberto 14 DF Sayed Moawad 15 DF Ahmed Ali 17 MF Ahmed Hassan 18 FW Osama Hosny (Vice-captain)

No. Position Player 19 DF Abdullah Farouk 20 DF Mohamed Khalaf 21 GK Ramzi Saleh ** 22 MF Mohamed Aboutrika 23 MF Mostafa Shebeita 24 MF Ahmed Fathy 25 MF Hossam Ashour 26 DF Wael Gomaa (3rd Vice-captain) 27 MF Moataz Eno 28 GK Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam 29 FW Francis Doe 30 FW Hany El-Agazy 31 MF Amir Sayoud 32 MF Ahmed Shoukry 37 FW Mohamed Talaat

* Despite the fact that he is registered by FIFA as a Qatari national, nevertheless, as he is also an Egyptian, Egyptian law allows him to play in Egypt as an Egyptian.

** According to Egyptian law Palestinian players are treated as being local and not included in a club's foreign player quota of three.

Players on Loan

No. Position Player DF Ateya El-Belqasy on loan to Ahly Benghazi [6] DF Moaz El-Henawy on loan to El-Masry [7]

No. Position Player DF Ahmed Said on loan to El-Masry [8]

Youth Academy squad

No. Position Player DF Ayman Ashraf DF El-Sayed El-Araby DF Saad Samir DF Adel Bekhit MF Shehab El-Din Ahmed MF Ahmed Mamdouh "Toota" MF Ahmed Abdel-Aziz MF Mohamed El-Sayed MF Reda Shehata MF Amir Sayoud MF Ahmed Nasser MF Salah El-Din Farouq MF Mahmoud Mohamed

No. Position Player MF Osama Abdel-Mageed MF Mohamed Gamal MF Hesham Mohamed MF Mostafa "Afroto" MF Ayman Ashraf MF Ahmed Shokry FW Reda Bakhit FW Mahran Megahed FW Marwan Hesham FW Ahmed Mamdouh Mabrouk FW Mohamed Mostafa Zidan FW Ahmed Nabil "Manga" FW Mohamed Talaat

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Hossam El-Badry
Football Director	Hady Khashaba
Assistant Football Director	Emad El-Nahhas
General Coach	Alaa Mayhoob
Coach	Mohamed Youssef
Goalkeeper Coach	Ahmed Nagy
Fitness, Strength & Conditioning Coach	Mohamed Abo El-Ela
Administrative Director	Emad El-Yamani
Club Doctor	Dr. Ihab Ali
Doctor	Dr. Tarek Abdel-Aziz
Dietitian	Dr. Hany Wahba
Masseur	Attia Bassiuny
Masseur	Sameh Mohamed
Masseur	Tarek Hussien
Masseur	Ahmed Mahmoud

Managers

It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article titled List of Ah-Ahly managers. (Discuss)

Current: Hossam El-Badry

Past:

Captains

It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article titled List of Ah-Ahly captains. (Discuss)

Current: Ahmed Belal

Past:

Other sports

Al Ahly club compete in different other sports. Al Ahly's Handball, Athletics, Volleyball and Basketball teams have won many national, African and Arabic competitions.

See also

• Egyptian Premier League
• Egypt Cup
• Egyptian Super Cup
• IFFHS African Clubs of the 20th Century
• CAF Clubs of the 20th Century

References

External links

• Official website
• Fans Website
• Fans Website
• Ultras Ahlawy "official website" (ultras group for Al-Ahly)
• BBC World Service: African Footballer of the Year 2008
• BBC News article referencing "Club of the Century"
• BBC News article referencing unbeaten streak