Sultan Hussein Cup

The Sultan Hussein Cup (1917-1938) 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, including the British. The competition was named after Sultan Hussein Kamil.

Initially Al-Ahly, which was founded to resist the British occupation of Egypt, refused to take part. This left Al-Zamalek as the only Egyptian club. In 1918, Al-Ahly decided to take part as a sign of resistance to the British and a way to display the Egyptian presence in the sport.

Honours

* 1917 British signal forces
* 1918 British bomber forces
* 1919 British army
* 1920 shroudz british club
* 1921 Al-Zamalek
* 1922 Al-Zamalek
* 1923 Al-Ahly
* 1924 Sekka elhadid
* 1925 Al-Ahly
* 1926 Al-Ahly
* 1927 Al-Ahly
* 1928 Tersana
* 1929 Al-Ahly
* 1930 Tersana
* 1931 Al-Ahly
* 1932 Port Foad
* 1933 Al-Masry
* 1934 Al-Masry
* 1935 Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary
* 1936 Virtos italian club of port said
* 1937 Al-Masry
* 1938 Al-Ahly

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/SultanCup.html Egyption Sports- Sultan Cup]
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/752/sp2.htm "Al-Ahram Weekly"- Pride of Place]