Al Ahly SC
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| Full name | Al-nady Al-Ahly Lel-ryada Albadaneya | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Red Devils, The Reds, The Red Castle | ||
| Founded | 1907 | ||
| Ground | Mokhtar El-tetch, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Capacity | 60,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Hassan Hamdy | ||
| Manager |  Manuel Jose de Jesus | ||
| League | Egyptian League | ||
| 2006-07 | Egyptian League, 1st | ||
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Al-Ahly (Arabic: النادى الاهلى للرياضة البدنية ) is an Egyptian football club founded and headed by the English gentleman Mitchell Ince in April, 1907 in Cairo, Egypt. The club has risen from popular roots to become one of Africa’s good teams. Al-Ahly best known as the “people’s club”, is believed to have 40 million supporters, making them one of the most popular clubs in Egypt.
Al-Ahly, which means "national" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Egypt, having won the Egyptian League thirty-one times and the Egyptian Cup thirty-four times. Moreover, Al-Ahly is one of the good club sides in Africa.
AL-Ahly began to dominate the Egyptian game in the 40s due to its popularity among people and rulers of Egypt at that period. But it was not until the 80s that the Red Devils truly emerged to the African level, winning the top club competition in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in 2001 and 2005 under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel Jose and now, less than three years into his record-breaking second stint, Ahly have added another continental crown in an undefeated streak that has gone beyond 50 matches. Currently Al-Ahly is in in the final and set to defend its title, although the chances are fading away after the draw with Safaxien in Cairo.
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. It is a well known fact that Al-Ahly is supported by 70 % of Egypt's middle and working classes. While the first Ahly president (Mitchell Ince) carried the british passport, Al-Zamalek was founded by a belgian, hence the deep hatred between the two set of fans that can be compared to Celtic-Rangers
History
The idea
The idea of establishing Al-Ahly was aroused by Mitchel Ince. He shared the idea with Edrees Rageb Pasha, Omar Sultan Pasha, Ismaeel Serry, Abdul El Khalek Tharwat, and Ameen Samy. 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 get the blessings of the occupation authorties and 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 Ince as chairman and Omar Lotfi, Edrees Rageb Pasha, Ismaeel Serry, and Ameen Sammy as members and Mohamed Sherif as a secretary. Ince remained president until April 2, 1908.
It is worth mentioning that Al-Ahly has a great rivalery with Al-Zamalek club of Egypt. Both teams exchanged several players throughout their history leading to a lot of disputes and challenges. They have met more than 80 times in derbies. The biggest score was for Al-Zamalek defeating Al-ahly 6:0 in the Egyptian Cup in 1944.
The name
On February 25 1908, Ameen Samy suggested the name Ahly Athletic Club (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.
Colours
El-Ahly derived its color from the early 20th century Flag of Egypt. Story of the color goes back to year 1911 when the jersey was linear striped in red and white. Then, it was changed to a half red-a half white linear jersey ,until it rests at the red color only as it was the color of the Egyptian flag in the reign period of Abbas Helmy the second at that time.
Logo
Al-Ahly’s logo was designed on November 3 1917 by Mohammad Sherif Sabry Bek, a member in the club at that time and was the King Farouk uncle. The logo was adorned with the king’s crown which was the symbol of reign in the upper part.
Presidents
| No | Name | From | To |
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| 1 |  Mitchel Ince
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24 Apr 1907 | 01 Apr 1908 |
| 2 |  Aziz Pasha Ezzat
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02 Apr 1908 | 09 Feb 1916 |
| 3 | Abd El-Khalik PashaTharwat
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09 Feb 1916 | 14 Feb 1924 |
| 4 | Gaafar Pasha Wali
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14 Feb 1924 | 07 Jul 1940 |
| 5 | Mohamed Pasha Taher
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07 Jul 1940 | 02 Febr 1941 |
| - | Jaafar Pasha Wali
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03 Feb 1941 | 02 Jan 1944 |
| 6 | Ahmed Pasha Hasanain
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03 Jan 1944 | 19 Feb 1946 |
| 7 | Ahmed Pasha Abboud
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19 Feb 1946 | 19 Dec 1961 |
| 8 | Salah Eldine El-Desouky
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19 Dec 1961 | 15 Dec 1965 |
| 9 | Gen. Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy
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15 Dec 1965 | 13 Jul 1967 |
| 10 | Dr. Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakeel
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13 Jul 1967 | 8 Nov 1972 |
| - | Gen. Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy
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08 Nov 1972 | 12 Dec 1980 |
| 11 | Saleh Selim
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12 Dec 1980 | 16 Dec 1988 |
| 12 | Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh
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16 Dec 1988 | 06 Feb 1992 |
| - | Saleh Selim
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06 Feb 1992 | 06 May 2002 |
| 13 | Hassan Hamdy
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06 May 2002 | Present |
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Stadium
Mokhtar El-Tetch Stadium
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- Capacity: 8,000
- Place: El-Gezira, Cairo
- Inauguration: 1909
Mukhtar Al-Tetsh Stadium is Al-Ahly’s training ground, located in Al-Ahly Club in El-Gezira and used currently as a training ground.
- Capacity: 75,000
- Place: Heliopolis, Cairo
- Inauguration: 1960
Cairo international Stadium is the formal ground for Al-Ahly since 1970's.
Honours
Egyptian Championships
- Egyptian League, 32 times(Egyptian Record)
Years: 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
- Egyptian Cup, 34 times(Egyptian Record)
Years: 1923/24 - 1924/25 - 1926/27 - 1927/28 - 1929/30 - 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
- Egyptian Super Cup, 3 times(Egyptian Record)
Years: 2003 - 2005 - 2006
- Sultan Hussein Cup, 7 times
Years: 1922/23 - 1923/24 - 1925/26 - 1926/27 - 1928/29 - 1930/31 - 1938/39
- Cairo League, 5 times
Years: 1938/39 - 1941/42 - 1942/43 - 1947/48 - 1949/50
- United Arab Republic League, 1 time
Year: 1960/1961
African Championships
- CAF Champions League, 5 times (Current Champion)
Years: 1982 - 1987 - 2001 - 2005 - 2006
- African Cup Winners' Cup, 4 times(African Record)
Years: 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1993
- African Super Cup, 3 times
Years: 2002 - 2006 - 2007
- Afro-Asian Cup, 1 time
Year: 1989
- Afro-European Cup, 1 time
Year: 2001
Arab Championships
- Arab Champions' Cup, 1 time
Year: 1996
- Arab Cup Winners Cup, 1 time
Year: 1995
- Arab Super Cup, 2 times
Years: 1997 - 1998
Al-Ahly's Championships From 1907 till present (year by year)
Current Squad
Technical Staff
| Head Coach: |  Manuel José de Jesus
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| Assistant Coach: | Hossam El-Badry
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| 2º Assistant Coach: | Alaa Mayhob
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| Goalkeepers Coach: | Ahmed Nagy
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| Club Doctor: | Ehab Aly
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|- | |Starting11:Hadary|Gomaa|Nahaas|Sayed|Saied|Barakat|Shawky|Mostafa|Abou-Treika|Falvio|Motaeb|
Board of Directors
| President: | Hassan Hamdy | ||
| Vice-president: | Mahmoud El-Khateeb | ||
| Treasurer: | Mahmoud Baganed | BOD Members: | Khaled Mortagy El-Amry Farouk Hisham Said Khaled El-Darandaly Mohamed AbdElwahab Mohamed Elghazawy Rania Elwany Mahmoud Fahmy Yassin Mansour Mohamed Shawky |
| General Manager: | Moharam El-Ragheb |
See also
References
External links
- Al-Ahly Official Site
- Ahly fans site
- Al-Ahly's First website
- Ahlynews.com
- El-Ahly Fans Site
- ALL ABOUT EGYPTIAN PLAYERS
