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Al-Ahly Sporting Club , also knowns as Al-Ahly, is an Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...

ian football club based in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab World. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life...

. 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. Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football
Confederation of African Football
The Confédération Africaine de Football , is the administrative and controlling body for African football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym CAF ....

 as the "African Club of the Century
CAF Clubs of the 20th Century
On 31 December 2000 the Confederation of African Football has published a ranking with the most successful clubs of the 20th century in the African continent ....

" (second best Africa's club according IFFHS).

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

Al-Ahly was formed in 1907 as a club where leaders of Cairo's students' union
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools...

s could meet during the struggle against colonisation
Colonisation
Colonization, , occurs whenever any one or more species populate an area. The term, which is derived from the Latin colere, "to inhabit, cultivate, frequent, practice, tend, guard, respect," originally related to humans...

.

Al-Ahly began to dominate the Egyptian game in the 1940s.
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Al-Ahly Sporting Club , also knowns as Al-Ahly, is an Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...

ian football club based in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab World. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life...

. 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. Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football
Confederation of African Football
The Confédération Africaine de Football , is the administrative and controlling body for African football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym CAF ....

 as the "African Club of the Century
CAF Clubs of the 20th Century
On 31 December 2000 the Confederation of African Football has published a ranking with the most successful clubs of the 20th century in the African continent ....

" (second best Africa's club according IFFHS).

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

History


Al-Ahly was formed in 1907 as a club where leaders of Cairo's students' union
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools...

s could meet during the struggle against colonisation
Colonisation
Colonization, , occurs whenever any one or more species populate an area. The term, which is derived from the Latin colere, "to inhabit, cultivate, frequent, practice, tend, guard, respect," originally related to humans...

.

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
African Cup of Champions Clubs 1982
The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1982 was the 18th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

 and 1987
African Cup of Champions Clubs 1987
The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1987 was the 23rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...

. They triumphed again in the renamed competition in 2001
CAF Champions League 2001
-Preliminary Round:|}-First Round:|}-Second Round:|}- Group A :- Group B :-Semifinals:|}-Final:|}
-External links:*...

, 2005
CAF Champions League 2005
The CAF Champions League 2005 started on 29 January 2005 with a preliminary round. The two legs of the final were played on 28 October and 12 November, with Egypt's Al-Ahly coming out as 3-0 aggregate winners.-Preliminary Round:...

, 2006
CAF Champions League 2006
The CAF Champions League 2006 started on 17 February 2006 with a preliminary round. The second leg of the final was played in Tunisia on the 11th of November. Al-Ahly won the tournament for the second time in a row with a late winner by Mohamed Aboutreika....

 and 2008
CAF Champions League 2001
-Preliminary Round:|}-First Round:|}-Second Round:|}- Group A :- Group B :-Semifinals:|}-Final:|}
-External links:*...

 under the coaching of the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...

 Manuel Jose
Manuel José
Manuel José is a Portuguese football manager, who has coached Sporting Portugal, Boavista FC, Belenenses, and SL Benfica, among other teams. He is credited for discovering Luís Figo. He replaced Paulo Autuori as Benfica manager in the middle of the 1996/97 season, but finished in 3rd place....

 making them the most crowned team in Africa
International club competition records
Below is a list of clubs with the most international titles won in the world, and in each continent organized by one of the six continental confederations of international football and the International Federation of Association Football...

, with six Champions League titles, four Cup-Winners' Cups
African Cup Winners' Cup
The African Cup Winners' Cup is a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of national competitions in CAF-affiliated nations.-Winners:...

, four Super Cups
CAF Super Cup
The CAF Super Cup is an African football competition. It is a game between the reigning champions of the Confederation Cup and the Champions League. Starting in 1992, it was originally contested by the winners of African Cup of Champions Clubs and the African Cup Winners' Cup...

 and one Afro-Asian Club Championship
Afro-Asian Club Championship
The Afro-Asian Club Cup is played between the winners of the CAF Champions League and AFC Champions League. The competition was discontinued following a CAF decision on July 30, 2000, after AFC representatives had supported Germany rather than South Africa in the vote for hosting the 2006 World...

.

Al-Ahly was the first club to reach the FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a football competition contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, although, since 2007, the champions of Oceania must play a qualifying play-off against the champion club of the host...

 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
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a football competition contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, although, since 2007, the champions of Oceania must play a qualifying play-off against the champion club of the host...

, 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
Cairo International Stadium
Cairo International Stadium or "Stad El-Qahira El-Dawly", is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 74,100. It is the Arab World and Africa's second largest and foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the...

.

Presidents

Name From To
England Mitchel Ince April 1907 April 1908
Egypt Aziz Ezzat Pasha
Aziz Ezzat Pasha
Aziz Ezzat Pasha was an Egyptian politician.-Foreign Ministry:Born in Cairo, Aziz Ezzat Pasha was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and the now defunct Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He began his career in the court of Khedive Isma'il Pasha and was then promoted to deputy minister of...

April 1908 February 1916
Egypt/Egypt Abd El-Khalik Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries...

Tharwat
February 1916 February 1924
Egypt Gaafar Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries...

 Wali
February 1924 July 1940
Egypt Mohamed Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries...

 Taher
July 1940 February 1941
Egypt Jaafar Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries...

 Wali
February 1941 January 1944
Egypt Ahmed Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries...

 Hasanain
January 1944 February 1946
Egypt/Egypt/Egypt Ahmed Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries...

 Abboud
February 1946 December 1961
Egypt Salah Eldine El-Desouky December 1961 December 1965
Egypt Gen. Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy December 1965 July 1967
Egypt Dr. Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakeel July 1967 November 1972
Egypt Gen. Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy November 1972 December 1980
Egypt/EGY Saleh Selim
Saleh Selim
Saleh Selim was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of leading the Ahly football team to many victories. He then became the manager of the team, then member of the board of directors of the club...

December 1980 December 1988
Egypt Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh December 1988 February 1992
Egypt Saleh Selim
Saleh Selim
Saleh Selim was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of leading the Ahly football team to many victories. He then became the manager of the team, then member of the board of directors of the club...

February 1992 May 2002
Egypt Hassan Hamdy
Hassan Hamdy
Hassan Hamdy is the 13th and current president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club. He was the vice president of the club during Saleh Selim's presidency and the chairman of Al-Ahram advertising agency which is part of the Al-Ahram association and the president of the International Advertising...

May 2002 Present

Honours



International

  • FIFA Club World Cup
    FIFA Club World Cup
    The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a football competition contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, although, since 2007, the champions of Oceania must play a qualifying play-off against the champion club of the host...

    • Bronze Medalist, 2006


  • CAF Champions League
    CAF Champions League
    The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...

    (6)
    • Winners 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008
  • African Cup Winners' Cup
    African Cup Winners' Cup
    The African Cup Winners' Cup is a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of national competitions in CAF-affiliated nations.-Winners:...

    (4)
    • Winners 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993
  • CAF Super Cup
    CAF Super Cup
    The CAF Super Cup is an African football competition. It is a game between the reigning champions of the Confederation Cup and the Champions League. Starting in 1992, it was originally contested by the winners of African Cup of Champions Clubs and the African Cup Winners' Cup...

    (4)
    • Winners 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
  • Afro-Asian Club Championship
    Afro-Asian Club Championship
    The Afro-Asian Club Cup is played between the winners of the CAF Champions League and AFC Champions League. The competition was discontinued following a CAF decision on July 30, 2000, after AFC representatives had supported Germany rather than South Africa in the vote for hosting the 2006 World...

    (1)
    • Winners 1988
  • Arab Champions Cup(1)
    • Winners 1996
  • Arab Cup Winners' Cup
    Arab Cup Winners' Cup
    The Arab Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1989 and merged with the Arab Club Champions Cup in 2002 to form the Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs. It was a competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations.- Winners...

    (1)
    • Winners 1995
  • Arab Super Cup
    Arab Super Cup
    The Arab Super Cup was an Arab football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Arab Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup. It started in 1992 with an unofficial edition, and was discontinued after the 2001 edition.- Winners :...

    (2)
    • Winners 1997, 1998

Domestic

  • Egyptian Premier League
    Egyptian Premier League
    The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The three most popular Egyptian clubs are Al-Ahly, Zamalek SC and Ismaily. Other historically established sides include El-Ittihad El-Iskandary, Al-Mokawloon...

    (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
    Egyptian Super Cup
    The Egyptian Super Cup is an Egyptian association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League and the winners of the Egyptian Cup. If a team wins The Double , then the Double winner plays the Premier League runner-up...

    (5)
    • Winners 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Sultan Hussein Cup
    Sultan Hussein Cup
    The Sultan Hussein Cup was the first local Egyptian football competition. It preceded the Egyptian Cup & Cairo League.In 1916, the idea of establishing a football league in the sultanate of Egypt was proposed. The league would include Egyptian teams and teams from the allies' military clubs,...

    (7)
    • Winners 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1938
  • Cairo League
    Cairo League
    Cairo League 1938-1953, is an old egyptian football tournament.Before the start of Egyptian league in its current form, the main competition was the Egyptian Cup which started 1922. Egyptian federation started its 1st league competition in the form of regional leagues...

    (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

Current first team squad


Correct as Al-Ahly official website
*

**
  • * 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.


Reserves & Youth Academy squad


Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Egypt Hossam El-Badry
Hossam El-Badry
Hossam El-Badry is an Egyptian Manager , former Footballer he used to play as Midfielder. He is the Football Manager for Egyptian Giant El Ahly.-Club Career:...

Football Director Egypt Hady Khashaba
Hady Khashaba
Hady Khashaba is a retired Egyptian football player who played for Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national side.Khashaba played for Egypt at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....

Assistant Football Director Egypt Emad El-Nahhas
Emad El-Nahhas
Emad El Nahhas is an Egyptian footballer. He plays in defense for Egypt's African Super Cup Championship club el-Ahly...

General Coach Egypt Alaa Mayhoob
Coach Egypt Mohamed Youssef
Goalkeeper Coach Egypt Ahmed Nagy
Fitness, Strength & Conditioning Coach Egypt Mohamed Abo El-Ela
Administrative Director Egypt Emad El-Yamani
Club Doctor Egypt Dr. Ihab Ali
Doctor Egypt Dr. Tarek Abdel-Aziz
Dietitian Egypt Dr. Hany Wahba
Masseur Egypt Attia Bassiuny
Masseur Egypt Sameh Mohamed
Masseur Egypt Tarek Hussien
Masseur Egypt Ahmed Mahmoud

Managers



Current:
Egypt Hossam El-Badry
Hossam El-Badry
Hossam El-Badry is an Egyptian Manager , former Footballer he used to play as Midfielder. He is the Football Manager for Egyptian Giant El Ahly.-Club Career:...

Past:>
  • 01- Egypt Gamil Osman
  • 02- Egypt Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch
  • 03- Egypt Labib Mahmoud
  • 04- Egypt Hussein El-Far
  • 05- Egypt Mohamed El-Guindi
  • 06- Egypt Moustafa Kamel Mansour
  • 07- Egypt Foad Sedki
  • 08- Egypt Ahmed Mekawi
  • 09- Egypt Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh
  • 10- Egypt Abdel Aziz Hammami
  • 11- Egypt Foad Shaaban
  • 12- England Both
  • 13- Austria Fritz Pimperl
  • 14- USSR Jitcos
  • 15- England John McBride
    John McBride
    John McBride was an American labor union leader.McBride was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1854. He started working in the coal mines at the age of nine. In 1870, McBride joined the Ohio Miners' Union, and in 1883 he became its president—a post he retained until 1889...

  • 16- Yugoslavia Brosicz
  • 17- Yugoslavia Horvatek
  • 18- Hungary Tadicz
  • 19- Hungary Nandor Hidegkuti
    Nándor Hidegkuti
    Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a prominent member of the legendary Hungary team known as the Golden Team...

  • 20- Hungary Géza Kalocsay
    Géza Kalocsay
    Géza Kalocsay was a footballer and manager from Hungary, who played internationally for both Czechoslovakia and Hungary.-Player:Sparta Prague*Czechoslovakia's Champion: 1935/36*Mitropa Cup: 1935...

  • 21- Egypt Mahmoud El-Gohary
    Mahmoud El-Gohary
    Mahmoud El-Gohary , born February 20, 1938, is an Egyptian football coach and former player. He is one of the most important figures in the history of Egyptian and African football, and is considered by many as the best Egyptian football coach ever.He was the top scorer of the 1959 edition of the...

  • 22- England Don Revie
    Don Revie
    Donald George 'Don' Revie, OBE, , was a footballer for Leicester City, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds United as a deep-lying centre forward...

  • 23- Egypt Mahmoud El-Sayes
  • 24- Egypt Taha Ismail
  • 25- England Jeff Buttler
  • 26- Egypt Anwar Salama
  • 27- Germany Dietrich Weise
  • 28- England Michael Evert
  • 29- Egypt Shawky Abdel-Shafy
  • 30- England Allan Harris
    Allan Harris
    Allan Harris was a footballer who played for Chelsea, Coventry City and QPR. His brother Ron was also a professional footballer....

  • 31- Germany Reiner Hollmann
    Reiner Hollmann
    Renier Hollmann is a German former football player and now manager.-Footballer:Before coming to Duisburg, Hollmann was in the youth section of Eintracht Duisburg...

  • 32- Germany Rainer Zobel
    Rainer Zobel
    Rainer Zobel is a former German football player and current football coach.- Coaching career :In 2005, Zobel was head coach of Persepolis F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League...

  • 33- Germany Hans-Jürgen Dörner
    Hans-Jürgen Dörner
    Hans-Jürgen Dörner is a former German football player and who now coaches. He distinguished himself during his career by being named East Germany's player of the year three times - the only East German player to do this besides goalkeeper Jürgen Croy.Dörner's playing career began in 1960 with...

  • 34- Portugal Manuel José de Jesus
  • 35- Netherlands Jo Bonfrere
    Jo Bonfrere
    Johannes Bonfrere or Jo Bonfrere is a Dutch soccer coach, and a former striker, who played for MVV Maastricht and K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot .-Coaching career:...

  • 36- Portugal António José Conceição Oliveira
  • 37- Portugal Manuel José de Jesus
  • 38- Egypt Hossam El-Badry
    Hossam El-Badry
    Hossam El-Badry is an Egyptian Manager , former Footballer he used to play as Midfielder. He is the Football Manager for Egyptian Giant El Ahly.-Club Career:...


  • Captains



    Current: Egypt Ahmed Belal Past:>
    • 01- Egypt Hussein Hegazi
      Hussein Hegazi
      Hussein Hegazi was an Egyptian international footballer who became the first African player to play in England after playing with Dulwich Hamlet and Fulham in 1911. Hegazi also played for Sekka, Al-Ahly and El Zamalek in Egypt, and participated at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer...

    • 02- Egypt Ali El-Hassany
    • 03- Egypt Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch
    • 04- Egypt Mohamed Ali Rasmi
    • 05- Egypt Ahmed Soliman
      Ahmed Soliman
      Ahmed Soliman is a former Egyptian basketball player. Soliman competed for Egypt at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he scored 4 points in 4 games....

    • 06- Egypt Amin Shoa'air
    • 07- Egypt Moustafa Kamel Mansour
    • 08- Egypt Saleh El-Sawwaf
    • 09- Egypt Hussein Madkour
    • 10- Egypt Mohamed El-Guindi
    • 11- Egypt Ahmed Mekawi
    • 12- Egypt Abdel Galil Hemaida
    • 13- Egypt Saleh Selim
      Saleh Selim
      Saleh Selim was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of leading the Ahly football team to many victories. He then became the manager of the team, then member of the board of directors of the club...

    • 14- Egypt Rifaat El-Fanageely
    • 15- Egypt Taha Ismail
    • 16- Egypt Mimi El-Sherbini
    • 17- Egypt Essam Abdel Monem
    • 18- Egypt Hany Moustafa
  • 19- Egypt Anwar Salama
  • 20- Egypt Hassan Hamdy
    Hassan Hamdy
    Hassan Hamdy is the 13th and current president of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Sporting Club. He was the vice president of the club during Saleh Selim's presidency and the chairman of Al-Ahram advertising agency which is part of the Al-Ahram association and the president of the International Advertising...

  • 21- Egypt Moustafa Younis
  • 22- Egypt Moustafa Abdou
  • 23- Egypt Mahmoud El-Khateeb
    Mahmoud El-Khateeb
    Mahmoud El-Khatib popularly nicknamed Bibo, is a former Egyptian football player.*"Bibo" played for Al-Ahly between 1972-1988 and for the Egyptian National Team between 1974-1986...

  • 24- Egypt Thabet El-Batal
    Thabet El-Batal
    Thabet El-Batal was an Egyptian Goalkeeper for El Ahly and he was one of the greatest successive goalkeepers a long history in Africa, and his name "El-Batal" means in Arabic: The Hero.Began the story of El-Batal with the ball in the club when he saw Hawamdeh Thabet El-Batal (Arabic: ثابت البطل)...

  • 25- Egypt Taher Abouzaid
    Taher Abouzaid
    Taher Abouzeid Sayed is a former midfielder for El-Ahly and the Egyptian national team.Abouzaid made several appearances for the Egypt national football team, including participating in the 1984, where he was top scorer with 4 goals, 1986 where he scored three valuable goals...

  • 26- Egypt Ahmed Shobair
    Ahmed Shobair
    Ahmed Shobeir is former Egyptian goalkeeper who played for El Ahly club & Egypt national football team. He is currently vice-president of the Egyptian Football Association, and a previous official of Egyptian national olympic team. He is also a renowned soccer T.V. commentator and show anchor...

  • 27- Egypt Osama Orabi
    Osama Orabi
    Osama Orabi is a retired Egyptian footballer. During his playing career, he played as a Midfielder for Egypt's African Super Cup Championship club Al-Ahly as well as Egypt, including participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup...

  • 28- Egypt Ibrahim Hassan
    Ibrahim Hassan
    Ibrahim Hassan is considered one of the best Egyptian and African Defender soccer players of all time. He has played more than 120 international matches...

  • 29- Egypt Hossam Hassan
    Hossam Hassan
    Hossam Hassan is an Egyptian association football player. As of 2006, he had amassed 169 caps for his country and scored 69 goals, both Egyptian international records...

  • 30- Egypt Walid Salah El-Din
    Walid Salah El-Din
    Walid Salah El-Din is an Egyptian footballer. Walid played as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian club side El-Ahly as well as the Egypt national football team....

  • 31- Egypt Hady Khashaba
    Hady Khashaba
    Hady Khashaba is a retired Egyptian football player who played for Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national side.Khashaba played for Egypt at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....

  • 32- Egypt Sayed Abdel Hafeez
    Sayed Abdel Hafeez
    Sayed Abdel Hafeez is an Egyptian footballer. Sayed has played right midfielder for Egypt's El-Ahly as well as Egypt's National Football Team....

  • 33- Egypt Essam El-Hadary
    Essam El-Hadary
    Essam El-Hadary is an Egyptian goalkeeper, playing for Egyptian Premier League side Ismaily.-Biography:He started playing professionally for Egyptian club Damietta before transferring to the Egyptian giants Al-Ahly in 1996...

  • 34- Egypt Shady Mohamed
    Shady Mohamed
    Shady Mohamed is an Egyptian footballer,Who plays as Defender for El-Ittihad and Egyptian National Team, Shady is known for his great speed, concentration and outstanding physical fitness.-Career:...

  • 35- Egypt Ahmed Belal

  • 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
      Egyptian Premier League
      The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The three most popular Egyptian clubs are Al-Ahly, Zamalek SC and Ismaily. Other historically established sides include El-Ittihad El-Iskandary, Al-Mokawloon...

    • Egypt Cup
    • Egyptian Super Cup
      Egyptian Super Cup
      The Egyptian Super Cup is an Egyptian association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League and the winners of the Egyptian Cup. If a team wins The Double , then the Double winner plays the Premier League runner-up...

    • IFFHS African Clubs of the 20th Century
    • CAF Clubs of the 20th Century
      CAF Clubs of the 20th Century
      On 31 December 2000 the Confederation of African Football has published a ranking with the most successful clubs of the 20th century in the African continent ....


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