El-Ahly was formed in 1907 as a club where leaders of Cairo’s students’ unions could meet during the struggle against colonisation.^[4]

El-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 Jose 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.

El Ahly was the first club to reach the FIFA Club World Cup two times following two consecutive appearances in 2005 and 2006 winning the Bronze Medal in the latter. After qualifying for 2008 Edition, El-Ahly became the team with the most appearances in FIFA Club World Cup, having qualified for 3 times out of 6

Total number of cups: 109.

• FIFA Club World Cup
  • Bronze Medalist, 2006

• CAF Champions League
  • Winners (6) 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008 (Most successful team)
• African Cup Winners’ Cup
  • Winners (4) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993 (Most successful team)
• CAF Super Cup
  • Winners (4) 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 (Most successful team)
• Afro-Asian Cup
  • Winners (1) 1988
• Arab Champions Cup
  • Winners (1) 1996
• Arab Super Cup
  • Winners (2) 1997–1998,1998–1999 (Most successful team)
• Arab Cup Winners’ Cup
  • Winners (1) 1994–1995
• Egyptian Premier League (35)
  • Winners 1948–1949, 1949–1950, 1950–1951, 1952–1953, 1953–1954, 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1957–1958, 1958–1959, 1960–1961, 1961–1962, 1974–75, 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. (Most successful team)
• Egypt Cup (35)
  • Winners 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. (Most successful team)
• Egyptian Super Cup (6)
  • Winners 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010. (Most successful team)
• Sultan Hussein Cup
  • Winners (7) 1923,1925,1926,1927,1929,1931,1938 (Most successful team)
• Cairo League
  • Winners (5) 1938–1939,1941–1942,1942–1943,1947–1948,1949–1950
• United Arab Republic Cup(played once when EGYPT and SYRIA were only one republic country)
  • Winners (1) 1961
• Confederation Cup refresher
  • Winners (1) 1989

African Club Competitions

Domestic Competitions

CAF Overall Ranking of African Clubs

[edit] 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 20th Century

CAF	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 2 DF Mohamed Samir 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 Mo’taz Bellah Eno 12 MF Amr Warda 11 MF Abdul Hameid Shabana 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 Ahmed Hassan

No. Position Player 18 FW Osama Hosny 20 MF Mohamed Shawky 21 DF Sayed Moawad 22 MF Mohamed Aboutrika 23 FW Francis Doe 24 MF Ahmed Fathy 25 MF Hossam Ashour 26 FW Dominique Da Silva 27 FW Mohamed Talaat 30 MF Shehab El-Din Ahmed 31 MF Amir Sayoud 32 MF Ahmed Shoukry 33 MF Mostafa Afroto 37 MF Ramy Rabiea 39 DF Ayman Ashraf

Players 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 Ahmed Ali (on loan to El-Ittihad) FW Hany El-Egaizy (on loan to El-Ittihad) MF Mostafa Shebeita (on loan to Wadi Degla) DF Saad Samir (on loan to Al Moqaweloon Al Arab) DF Mohamed Abdel Fattah (on loan to Al-Masry) MF Hesham Mohamed (on loan to Al-Masry)

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 Ayman Ashraf DF Abdullah Abdul-Azim MF Shehab El-Din Ahmed MF Ahmed Mamdouh “Toota” MF Ahmed Abdel-Aziz MF Mohamed El-Sayed MF Reda Shehata MF Abdel-Rahman Ahmed MF Ahmed Nasser MF Mahmoud Mohamed MF Salah El-Din Farouq MF Amr Warda

No. Position Player MF Osama Abdel-Mageed MF Mohamed Gamal MF Mahmoud Tobah MF Hesham Mohamed MF Ahmed Shoukry MF Mostafa Mahmoud “Afroto” MF Amir Sayoud 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 FW Dominique Da Silva

Retired numbers

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 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 is in a training with al 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
Assisstant Coach	Mohamed Youssef
Goalkeeper Coach	Ahmed Nagy
Fitness, Strength & Conditioning Coach	Hidalgo
Performance Analyzer	Oscar Elizondo
Administrative Director	Emad El-Yamani
Club Doctor	Dr. Magdy Abdel-Aziz
Doctor	Dr. Tarek Abdel-Aziz
Dietitian	Dr. Hany Wahba
Masseur	Attia Bassiuny
Masseur	Sameh Mohamed
Masseur	Tarek Hussien
Masseur	Ahmed Mahmoud

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Captains

Presidents

Name	From	To
Sir Omar Khaled (Gold)	April 1906	April 1908
Omar Zaghloul Pasha	April 1908	February 1916
/ Karim Azizi Pasha	February 1916	February 1924
Gaafar Pasha Wali	February 1924	July 1940
Mohamed Pasha Taher	July 1940	February 1941
Jaafar Pasha Wali	February 1941	January 1944
Ahmed Pasha Hasanain	January 1944	February 1946
// Ahmed Pasha Abboud	February 1946	December 1961
Mohamed Mahmoud Shehab Basha	December 1961	December 1965
Colonel General Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy	December 1965	July 1967
Dr. Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakeel	July 1967	November 1972
Colonel General Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy	November 1972	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