Al-Ahly
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Al-Ahly (Arabic: الأهلي) is an Egyptian football club founded in April, 1907 and based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is the most successful club in Egypt, having won the Egyptian Premier League thirty-one times and the Egyptian Soccer Cup thirty-three times. Moreover, Al-Ahly is one of the, if not the, strongest club sides in Africa. In 2000, it was named the African "Club of the Century" by the Confederation of African Football.
Al-Ahly has a fierce rivalry with local rivals Al-Zamalek; the derby matches are so intense, that foreign referees are brought in to officiate the game.
Al-Ahly recently broke a 45-match winning streak. This is the longest undefeated streak in the Egyptian league. The team defeated Tunisian club Étoile Sahel to win the CAF Champions League in 2005, thereby advancing to the revived FIFA Club World Championship to be held in Japan.
History
The Idea
The idea of establishing Al-Ahly was aroused by Omar Lotfi who was the Chairman of High School Students Union. He shared the idea with Edrees Rageb Pasha, Omar Sultan Pasha, Ismaeel Serry, Abdul El Khalek Tharwat, and Ameen Sammy. They came together with the idea to establish a club for high school students to spend their spare time, as the Union was formed for political reasons in the first place. They decided to establish a company with five thousand Egyptian Pounds.The higher administrative committee (The Board) chose Englishman Mitchel Ince as the first president of Al-Ahly in order to influence occupation authorties to help obtain suitable land (from the government) for establishing the club.
The first official meeting of higher administrative committee was held in April 24, 1907, in Anas' residence, as Mitchel Anas as president and Omar Lotfi, Edrees Rageb Pasha, Ismaeel Serry, and Ameen Sammy as members and Mohamed Sherif as a secretary.
Anas remained president until April 2, 1908.
The Name
Amin Samy suggested the name Ahly Athletic Club (English translation: National Athletic Club), as it was founded to contain High School Students who were the main pillar for the resistance against British occupation of Egypt. So, it was founded as an Egyptian national club to unite these students, and named Al-Ahly to represent nationalism with the literal meaning of the word. Ahly is considered the first club founded for Egyptians in Egypt and was established during British occupation of Egypt.
Presidents
- No From To President
- *1: 24/4/1907 - 1/4/1908 Mitchel Ince (England)
- *2: 2/4/1908 - 9/2/1916 Aziz Pasha Ezzat
- *3: 9/2/1916 - 14/2/1924 Abdel Khalik Pasha Tharwat
- *4: 14/2/1924 - 7/7/1940 Gaafar Pasha Wali
- *5: 7/7/1940 - 2/2/1941 Mohamed Pasha Taher
- *-: 3/2/1941 - 2/1/1944 Gaafar Pasha Wali
- *6: 3/1/1944 - 19/2/1946 Ahmed Pasha Hasanain
- *7: 19/2/1946 - 19/12/1961 Ahmed Pasha Abboud
- *8: 19/12/1961 - 15/12/1965 Salah Eldine El-Desouky El-Shishtawi
- *9: 15/12/1965 - 13/7/1967 Gen. Abdel Mohsen Kamel Mortagy
- *10: 13/7/1967 - 8/11/1972 Dr. Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakeel
- *-: 8/11/1972 - 12/11/1976 Gen. Abdel Mohsen Kamel Mortagy
- *-: 12/11/1976 - 12/12/1980 Gen. Abdel Mohsen Kamel Mortagy
- *11: 12/12/1980 - 7/12/1984 Mohamed Saleh Selim
- *-: 7/12/1984 - 16/12/1988 Mohamed Saleh Selim
- *12: 16/12/1988 - 6/2/1992 Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh
- *-: 6/2/1992 - 6/5/2002 Mohamed Saleh Selim
- *13: 6/5/2002 - Present -- Hassan Hamdi (Vice-president to the late Saleh Selim)
Manager (Coaches)
- *1-Gamil Osman
- *2-Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch
- *3-Labib Mahmoud
- *4-Hussein El-Far
- *5-Mamdouh Mokhtar
- *6-Mohamed El-Guindi
- *7-Moustafa Kamel Mansour
- *8-Foad Sedki
- *9-Ahmed Mekawi
- *10-Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh
- *11-Abdel Aziz Hammami
- *12-Foad Shaaban
- *13-Both
- *14-Freitz
- *15-Jitcos
- *16-John McBride
- *17-Brosicz
- *18-Horvatek
- *19-Tadicz
- *20-Hidegkuti
- *21-Kalotcai
- *22-Mahmoud El-Gohary
- *23-Don Rivey
- *24-Mahmoud El-Sayes
- *25-Mahmoud El-Gohary
- *26-Taha Ismail
- *27-Jeff Buttler
- *28-Anwar Salama
- *29-Detrich Vaista
- *30-Mahmoud El-Sayes
- *31-Michael Evert
- *32-Fathi Mabrouk
- *33-Anwar Salama
- *34-Alan Harris
- *35-Reiner Holman
- *36-Reiner Zobeil
- *37-Hans-Jürgen Dörner (Dixie)
- *38-Manuel Jose Jesus Silva
- *39-Jo Bonfrere
- *40-Toni
- *41-Manuel José (2nd time)
Captains of the team in History
- *1-Hussein Hegazi
- *2-Ali El-Hassany
- *3-Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch
- *4-Mohamed Ali Rasmi
- *5-Ahmed Soliman
- *6-Amin Shoa'air
- *7-Moustafa Kamel Mansour
- *8-Saleh El-Sawwaf
- *9-Hussein Madkour
- *10-Mohamed El-Guindi
- *11-Ahmed Mekawi
- *12-Abdel Galil Hemaida
- *13-Saleh Selim
- *14-Rifaat El-Fanageely
- *15-Taha Ismail
- *16-Mimi El-Sherbini
- *17-Essam Abdel Monem
- *18-Hany Moustafa
- *19-Anwar Salama
- *20-Hassan Hamdi
- *21-Moustafa Younis
- *22-Mahmoud El-Khateeb
- *23-Moustafa Abdou
- *24-Rabei Yassin
- *25-Taher Abouzaid
- *26-Magdi Abdel Ghani
- *27-Thabet El-Batal
- *28-Ahmed Shobair
- *29-Osama Orabi
- *30-Ibrahim Hassan
- *31-Hossam hassan
- *32-Walid Salah El-Din
- *33-Hady Khashaba
Achievements
- Egyptian League, 31 times
- Egyptian Soccer Cup, 34 times
- Egyptian Super Cup, 2 times
- CAF Champions League, 4 times
- African Cup Winners' Cup, 4 times
- Afro-Asian Cup, 1 time
- Arab Champions' Cup, 1 time
- Arab Cup Winners Cup, 1 time
- Arab Super Cup, 2 times
- 31 times (Egyptian Record)
- 34 times (Egyptian Record)
- 12 times (Egyptian Record)
- CAF African club of the century
Current first team squad
| Number |
| Player | Position | Year Joined Club | Previous Club
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers
| |||||
| 1 | Essam El-Hadary | GK | 1996 | Damietta
| |
| 26 | Amir Abdul Hamid | GK | 2003 | Al-Ahly Youth
| |
| 28 | Nader El-Sayed | GK | 2005 | Al-Masry
| |
| Defenders
| |||||
| 2 | Islam El-Shater | RB | 2004 | Al-Ismaily
| |
| 3 | Mohamed Abdul Wahab | LB | 2004 | Al-Zaffra
| |
| 4 | Emad El Nahas | CB | 2004 | Al-Ismaily
| |
| 5 | Ahmed El-Sayed | CB | 1987 | Al-Ahly Youth
| |
| 7 | Shady Mohamed | CB | 1998 | Al-Koroum
| |
| 26 | Wael Gomaa | CB | 2001 | Ghazl El-Mahala
| |
| 30 | Rami Adel | CB | 2004 | Arab Contractors
| |
| Midfielders / Wingers
| |||||
| 8 | Mohamed Barakat | CAM | 2004 | El-Ismaily
| |
| 10 | Wael Reyad | RAM | 1997 | Al-Ahly Youth
| |
| 12 | Sebastiao Gilberto | LM | 2002 | Petro Atletco
| |
| 13 | Akouty Mansah | DM | 2005 | Al-Masry
| |
| 14 | Hassan Mostafa | DM | 2003 | Itthad
| |
| 17 | Mohamed Shawky | DM | 2003 | Al-Masry
| |
| 20 | Hady Kashaba | DM | 1987 | Al-Ahly Youth
| |
| 21 | Mohamed Abdullah | RM | 2005 | Al-Ismaili
| |
| 22 | Mohamed Abo Treka | AM | 2003 | Tersana
| |
| 24 | Ahmad Hassan | CM | 2004 | Eastern Company
| |
| 29 | Amr Samaka | AM | 2005 | Tersana
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| 31 | Hossam Ashour | CM | 1999 | Al-Ahly Youth
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| Forwards
| |||||
| 9 | Emad Motaeb | CF | 1999 | Al-Ahly Youth
| |
| 31 | Osama Hosny | CF | 1986 | Al-Ahly Youth
| |
| 23 | Flavio | CF | 2005 | Petro Atlético
| |
| Manager
| |||||
| - | Manuel José de Jesus | - | 2003 | Belenenses
| |
See also
References
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