EL-Ahly ( African champion )

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

African Club Competitions
Year	CAF Champions League	African Cup Winners’ Cup	CAF Super Cup
1964–74	Did not enter	Did not enter	Started in 1993
1976	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	Did not enter
1994	Did not enter	Did not enter	Runner-up
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 2003	Did 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

Domestic Competitions

Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year	Premier League	Egypt Cup	Super Cup
1921–22	Started in 1948	–	Started in 2001
1922–23		–
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	Did not enter
2003–04	Runner-up	Runner-up	Winner
2004–05	Winner	Round of 16	Did not enter
2005–06	Winner	Winner	Winner
2006–07	Winner	Winner	Winner
2007–08	Winner	Round of 32	Winner
2008–09	Winner	Round of 16	Winner
2009–10	Winner	Runner-up	Winner
2010–11			Winner

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

01- Ahmed Fouad Anwar 02- Hussein Hegazi 03- Riyad Shawki 04- Ali El-Hassany 05- Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch 06- Mohamed Ali Rasmi 07- Ahmed Soliman 08- Amin Shoa’air 09- Moustafa Kamel Mansour 10- Saleh El-Sawwaf 11- Hussein Madkour 12- Mohamed El-Guindi 13- Ahmed Mekawi

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 29- Ahmed Kato 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- Wael Gomaa 39- Hossam Ghaly

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