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This article is about the Egyptian football club. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).
Al-Ahly S.C. Full name Al-Ahly Sports Club
النادي الأهلي للرياضة البدنيةNickname(s) Red Devils
Club of the Century
The Greatest Club In The UniverseFounded 24 April 1907 Ground Cairo Stadium
(Capacity: 75,000)Chairman Hassan Hamdy Manager Manuel José League Egyptian Premier League 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League, 1st Website Club home page Home coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent season Al-Ahly Sports Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي), commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century". Al-Ahly claim to have more than 50 million fans in Egypt[1], a country with an overall population of approximately 80 million,[2] including the Ultras Ahlawy.
Al-Ahly are one of the most successful football clubs in Africa, together with their rivals Zamalek SC and TP Mazembe from DR Congo.
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History
Al-Ahly was founded in 1907 as a club where leaders of Cairo's students' unions could meet during the struggle against colonisation.[3]
On 25 February 1907, Amine Samy chose the name 'Ahly' for the newly founded club to fit with its purpose. It started out as an Egyptian Limited Liability Company with a capital of 5000 EGP. The club's first chairman was an English man named Mitchell Ince, who facilitated the foundation of the club and issued planning permissions for the land it owned. In the year 1922, electricity was connected to the club's headquarters for the first time to replace gasoline in a major project that cost 52 EGP at the time.
Three years later, the club's congress decided to make membership exclusive to Egyptians, earning them the title of the 'the people's club'. From these humble origins, Al Ahly have attracted a large number of followers all over Africa, and claim to have over 50 million supporters, making them one of the most popular clubs in the world.
The club also has a reputation for being one of the most organised and sophisticated in the Middle East, adopting a high moral stance in its business dealings. For this reason it is known as 'the club of values' - a phrase initially coined by the club's all-time idol and former president Saleh Selim.[4]
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[5] under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel José 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 twice following two consecutive appearances in 2005 and 2006 winning the Bronze Medal in the latter, becoming the first African club to win a medal in the competition. After qualifying for the 2008 edition, Al Ahly became the team with the most appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup, having qualified for 3 times out of 6 competitions held.
Crest
Al Ahly has had three crests in its history. The first, adopted in 1907, lasted until the 1952 Revolution. The second crest was used from 1952 until 2007, when the club unveiled a new design to commemorate Al Ahly's first century of existence. The club's main colours, red , white and the flying eagle come from Egypt's flag during the Khedives era.
Colours
Al Ahly's home kit, since the club's founding, had always been the red shirt with the white shorts. The team's away kit is the dark blue shirt with dark blue shorts, although the team formerly played with white shorts in the away kit. The old away kit used until the 90s was a green shirt with white shorts and green socks. In 2008, Al Ahly unveiled their third kit for the first time since the club's founding. It was a match against rivals Zamalek SC. The kit is composed of Ahly's home shirt and black shorts. It is still currently in use as a third kit and is still worn by the team in all Al-Ahly versus Zamalek Derbies. This is due to the fact that Zamalek SC wears a white home kit, with two red stripes on the shirt. If Al-Ahly wore their home kit in the derby matches, there would be only a small difference in the shirt colour and no difference in the shorts' colour.
Season Kit providers Sponsors 1993/94-1999/00 Adidas Coca-Cola 2000/01 Nike 2001/02 Vodafone 2002/03-2008/09 Puma 2009/10-2010/2011 Adidas 2011–Present Etisalat Egypt Stadiums
For more details on this topic, see Cairo International Stadium.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. As a consequence, Al-Ahly now play their home ties at the Cairo International Stadium.[3] Before seats were added to all sections in 2005, the stadium was notorious for holding more people than it was intended to. Cairo Stadium has a record of hosting over 120,000 fans in Egypt versus Cameroon match in 1986.[6]
Presidents
Name From To Aziz Pasha Ezzat April 1908 February 1916 Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha February 1916 February 1922 / Jaafar Pasha Wali February 1922 January 1944 Ahmed Pasha Hasanain January 1944 February 1947 // Ahmed Pasha Abboud February 1947 December 1961 Salah Al-Desoky December 1962 December 1965 Colonel General Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy December 1965 July 1967 Dr. Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakeel July 1967 July 1971 / Colonel General Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy July 1971 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 Ultras Fan Groups
Al-Ahly had the first Ultras Fan Group in Egypt the Ahly Fans Club (AFC) the group disbanded in 2007 into two big ultras groups, Ultras Ahlawy (UA07) and Ultras Devils (UD07). Ultras Ahlawy (based in Cairo) is the largest fan group in Egypt. while, Ultras Devils are based in Alexandria and having members from other coastal cities near Alexandria. In the following years other Fan Groups were formed as Curva Red Venom Then Al-Ahly fans made a great step forward by forming an Ultras Fan Group in the 2nd class seats called Ultras Red Storm however the group was the smallest of them. Despite having several fan groups. All of them cheer together in the matches and have the same part of the stadium called TALTA CHIMAL or Curva Nord section.
Honours
Total number of cups: 122. [7]Worldwide / Intercontinental
- FIFA Club World Cup
- Bronze Medalist, 2006
- Afro-Asian Cup
- Winners (1) : 1988
- Arab Champions Cup
- Winners (1) : 1996
- Arab Super Cup
- Winners (2) : 1997, 1998 (record)
- Arab Cup Winners' Cup
- Winners (1): 1994–1995
African
- CAF Champions League
- Winners (6) : 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008 (record)
- African Cup Winners' Cup
- Winners (4) : 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993 (record)
- CAF Super Cup
- Winners (4) : 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 (record)
Domestic
League
- Egyptian Premier League
- Winners (36) :1948/1949, 1949/1950, 1950/1951, 1952/1953, 1953/1954, 1955/1956, 1956/1957, 1957/1958, 1958/1959, 1960/1961, 1961/1962, 1974/1975, 1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1978/1979, 1979/1980, 1980/1981, 1981/1982, 1984/1985, 1985،1986, 1986/1987, 1988/1989, 1993/1994, 1994/1995, 1995/1996, 1996/1997, 1997/1998, 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011 (record)
- 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, 1942/43, 1947/48, 1949/50, 1957/58 (record)
Cup
- Egypt Cup
- 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)
- Egyptian Super Cup
- Winners (6): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 (record)
- Sultan Hussein Cup
- Winners (7): 1923,1925,1926,1927,1929,1931,1938 (record)
- United Arab Republic Cup (during the United Arab Republic era)
- Winners (1) : 1961 (record)
- Confederation Cup refresher
- Winners (1) : 1989
Competitive record
African Club Competitions
African Club Competitions Year CAF Champions League African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Super Cup 1964–74 Did not enter Did not enter Started in
19931976 Second round Did not enter 1977 Quarter-Finals Did not enter 1978 Withdraw after qualify 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 Did not enter Second Round 1991 Quarter-Finals Did not enter 1992 Did not enter Quarter-Finals 1993 Did not enter Winner Runner-up 1994 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1995 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1996 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1997 Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter 1998 First round Did not enter Did not enter 1999 Group Phase Runners-up Did not enter Did not enter 2000 Group Phase Runners-up Did not enter Did not enter 2001 Winner Did not enter Did not enter 2002 Group stage Did not enter Winner 2003 Did not enter Quarter-Finals Did not enter 2004 Second round Stopped in
2003Did not enter 2005 Winner Did not enter 2006 Winner Winner 2007 Runner-up Winner 2008 Winner Did not enter 2009 Second round Winner 2010 Semi-Finals Did not enter 2011 Group stage Did not enter Domestic Competitions
Egyptian Clubs Competitions Year Premier League Egypt Cup Super Cup 1921–22 Started in
1948- Started in
20011922–23 - 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 held 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 Semifinal 1998–99 Winner Round of 32 1999–00 Winner Semifinal 2000–01 Runner-up Winner 2001–02 Runner-up Round of 16 Withdrew 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 Withdrew 2011-12 Withdrew CAF Overall Ranking of African Clubs
Current ranking
CAF Club Points 1 Al-Ahly 81 2 Étoile du Sahel 50 3 Zamalek 47 4 Asante Kotoko 44 5 ASEC Mimosas 42 6 Espérance 42 7 Canon Yaoundé 36 8 JS Kabylie 35 9 Hearts of Oak 31 10 Africa Sports 30 Ranking of the Century
ACUC Club Points 1 Al Ahly 40 2 Zamalek 37 3 Asante Kotoko 34 4 Canon Yaoundé 34 5 Espérance Tunis 27 6 ASEC Mimosas 27 7 Hearts of Oak 26 8 Africa Sports 25 9 JS Kabylie 20 10 Englebert 19 Players and coaching staff
Current first team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Sherif Ekramy 4 DF Sherif Abdel-Fadil 5 DF Ahmad El-Sayed 6 DF Wael Gomaa (Vice-captain) 7 FW Mohamed Fadl 8 MF Mohamed Barakat 9 FW Emad Moteab 10 MF Moataz Eno 11 MF Walid Soliman 12 DF Ahmad Shedid Qinawi 13 GK Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam 14 MF Hossam Ghaly (Captain) 15 FW Mohamed Nagy "Geddo" 16 GK Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud 17 MF Sayed Moawad No. Position Player 18 FW Al-Sayed Hamdy 19 FW Abdallah Said 20 MF Mohamed Shawky 21 FW Fábio Junior 22 MF Mohamed Aboutrika 23 DF Mohamed Nagieb 24 MF Ahmed Fathy 25 MF Hossam Ashour 26 FW Dominique Da Silva 30 MF Shehab El-Din Ahmed 34 DF Mohamed Abdel Fattah 35 MF Ramy Rabia 38 MF Amr Warda 39 DF Ayman Ashraf Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player - DF Mohamed Samir (at Smouha) - DF Saad Samir (at Al Masry) - DF Ahmed Ali (at Ittihad El-Shorta) - MF Ahmed Shoukry (at Telephonat Bani Sweif) - MF Hussein El-Sayed (at Misr El Makasa) - MF Mahmoud Tobah (at Al Masry) No. Position Player - MF Mostafa Afroto (at Al Ittihad) - MF Hesham Mohamed (at Ittihad El-Shorta) - MF Amir Sayoud (at Ismaily) - FW Mohamed Talaat (at Ittihad) - FW Abdul Hameid Shabana (at Telephonat Bani Sweif) Youth academy squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player GK Mohamed Mokhtar DF Adel Bekhit DF Ahmed Said "Mido" DF Saad Samir DF Mohamed Abo Saif DF El-Sayed El-Araby DF Ahmed Elesh DF Ayman Ashraf DF Abdullah Abdul-Azim MF Ahmed Mamdouh "Toota" MF Ahmed Abdel-Azize MF Mohamed El-Sayed MF Reda Shehata MF Abdel-Rahman Ahmed MF Ahmed Nasser MF Mahmoud Mohamed MF Salah El-Din Farouq No. Position Player MF Osama Abdel-Mageed MF Mohamed Gamal MF Mahmoud Tobah MF Hesham Mohamed MF Ahmed Shoukry MF Mostafa Mahmoud "Afroto" FW Reda Bakhit FW Mahran Megahed FW Marwan Hesham FW Alaa Shaaban FW Islam Abdel-Latif FW Abdel-Rahman Ahmed FW Ahmed Mamdouh Mabrouk FW Mohamed Mostafa Zidan FW Ahmed Nabil "Manga" FW Mohamed Talaat FW Islam Magdy Retired numbers
Main article: Retired numbers in association footballNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 3 DF Mohamed Abdelwahab (posthumous honour) Since 2006, Al Ahly have not issued the squad number 3. It was retired in memory of Mohamed Abdelwahab, who died of a heart attack while he was in a training with Al-Ahly in Cairo and since then no one wore the number three.
Coaching staff
Position Staff Manager Manuel José Football Director Sayed Abdel Hafeez General Coach Pedro Barny Assistant Coach Mohamed Youssef Goalkeeper Coach Ahmed Nagy Fitness, Strength & Conditioning Coach Fidalgo Performance Analyzer Oscar Elizondo Administrative Director Emad El-Yamani Club Doctor Dr. Ehab Ali Doctor Dr. Tarek Abdel-Aziz Dietitian Dr. Hany Wahba Masseur Attia Bassiuny Masseur Sameh Mohamed Masseur Tarek Hussien Masseur Ahmed Mahmoud Source:[citation needed]
Managers List
- 15- John McBrid
- 16- Brosicz
- 17- Horvatek
- 18- Tadicz
- 19- Nándor Hidegkuti
- 20- Géza Kalocsay
- 21- Mahmoud El-Gohary
- 22- Don Revie
- 23- Mahmoud El-Sayes
- 24- Taha Ismail
- 25- Geoff Butler
- 26- Anwar Salama
- 27- Dietrich Weise
- 28- Michael Evert
- 29- Shawky Abdel-Shafy
- 30- Allan Harris
- 31- Reiner Hollmann
- 32- Reiner Zobel
- 33- Hans-Jürgen Dörner
- 34- Manuel José
- 35- Jo Bonfrere
- 36- Tony Oliveria
- 37- Manuel José
- 38- Nelo Vingada
- 39- Hossam El-Badry
- 40- Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi
- 41- Manuel José
Captains
- 14- Abdel Galil Hemaida
- 15- Ahmed maher
- 16- Rifaat El-Fanageely
- 17- Taha Ismail
- 18- Mimi El-Sherbini
- 19- Essam Abdel Monem
- 20- Hany Moustafa
- 21- Anwar Salama
- 22- Hassan Hamdy
- 23- Moustafa 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- Ahmad El-Sayed
- 39- Hossam Ghaly
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.
Sponsors
See also
References
- ^ Al Ahly Sporting Club – FIFA.com
- ^ – Al-Ahly resume continental title chase – FIFA.com (with Agence France-Presse – AFP), 15 April 2009
- ^ a b "El Ahly: Spirit of success". FIFA. 25 February 2009. http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=1031856.html. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=1897032/
- ^ "Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly". BBC Sport. 16 November 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7732186.stm. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- ^ Cairo International Stadium
- ^ http://ahlyegypt.com/ahly/node/59
External links
- Official website
- BBC World Service: African Footballer of the Year 2008
- BBC News article referencing "Club of the Century"
- BBC News article referencing unbeaten streak
- Al-Ahly Legends 1907–2011 (Arabic)
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