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Al-Ahly
Nickname(s)	The Red Devils
Ground	Cairo Stadium; (Capacity: 74,100)
Chairman	Hassan Hamdy
Manager	Hossam El-Badry
League	Egyptian Premier League
2009-10	Egyptian Premier League, 1st
Home colours	Away colours

This article is about the Egyptian football club. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation)

Al-Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي‎), also knowns as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo. Founded in April 1907. Al-Ahly, which means "national" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Egypt, having won the Egyptian League thirty-four times and the Egyptian Cup thirty-five times.^[1] Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century" (second best Africa's club according IFFHS).^[2]

Al-Ahly has a fierce rivalry with local rivals Zamalek SC which manifests itself in the Al-Ahly versus Zamalek SC Derby.

[edit] History

Al-Ahly was formed in 1907 as a club where leaders of Cairo's students' unions could meet during the struggle against colonisation.^[3]

Al-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^[4] 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.

Al-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 qualifing for 2008 Edition, Al-Ahly became the team with the most appearances in FIFA Club World Cup, having qualified for 3 times out of 5 competitions held.

[edit] Crest

Al Ahly has had three logos in its history. The first, adopted in 1907, lasted until the 1952 Revolution. The second logo was used from 1952 until 2007, when the club unveiled a new design to commemorate Al Ahly's first century of existence.

[edit] Stadia

Al-Ahly formerly played their home games at their own ground, Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium, but its capacity is too small for the club's support. As a consequence, Al-Ahly play their home ties at the Cairo International Stadium.^[3]

[edit] Presidents

Name	From	To
Mitchel Ince	April 1907	April 1908
Aziz Ezzat Pasha	April 1908	February 1916
/ Abd El-Khalik PashaTharwat	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
Salah Eldine El-Desouky	December 1961	December 1965
Gen. Abd El-Mohsen Mortagy	December 1965	July 1967
Dr. Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakeel	July 1967	November 1972
Gen. 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

[edit] Current Season

[edit] Competitions

Season	League									Domestic Cup		International Cup		Other Competitions		Top scorer
Season	Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts	Domestic Cup		International Cup		Other Competitions		Name	Goals
2009-10	Egyptian Premier League	1st	7	5	2	0	13	6	17	Egyptian Cup	X	CAF Champions League	X	Egyptian Super Cup	2nd	Ahmed Hassan	4
														CAF Super Cup	W

Legend:
Pos. = Position; Pl. = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; Pts = Points; X = Competition has not started yet

[edit] Scorers

Egyptian Premier League

Last updated: 21 October 2009

[edit] Honours

Al-Ahly's Fans Celebrating after winning the African champions League 2005

[edit] International

FIFA Club World Cup
- Bronze Medalist, 2006

CAF Champions League(6)
- Winners 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008
African Cup Winners' Cup(4)
- Winners 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993
CAF Super Cup(4)
- Winners 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
Afro-Asian Club Championship(1)
- Winners 1988
Arab Champions Cup(1)
- Winners 1996
Arab Cup Winners' Cup(1)
- Winners 1995
Arab Super Cup (2)
- Winners 1997, 1998

[edit] Domestic

Egyptian Premier League (34)
- Champions 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, 2007-08, 2008-09
Egypt Cup (35)
- Winners 1923-24, 1924-25, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-1930, 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, 2006-07
Egyptian Super Cup (5)
- Winners 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Sultan Hussein Cup (7)
- Winners 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1938
Cairo League (5)
- Champions 1938-39, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1947-48, 1949-50
United Arab Republic League (2)
- Champions 1960-1961
El-Ittihad el tanshiteya Cup (1)
- Winners 1989

[edit] Players and Coaching staff

[edit] Current first team squad

Correct as Al-Ahly official website ^[5]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Amir Abdelhamid
2	DF	Mohamed Samir
3	MF	Wael Shafik
4	DF	Sherif Abdel-Fadil
5	DF	Ahmad El-Sayed (2nd Vice-captain)
7	FW	Mohamed Fadl
8	MF	Mohamed Barakat
9	FW	Emad Moteab
10	FW	Ahmed Belal (Captain)
11	MF	Hussein Yasser *
12	MF	Gilberto
14	DF	Sayed Moawad
15	DF	Ahmed Ali
17	MF	Ahmed Hassan

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Osama Hosny (1st Vice-captain)
19	DF	Abdullah Farouk
20	DF	Mohamed Khalaf
21	GK	Ramzi Saleh **
22	MF	Mohamed Aboutrika
23	MF	Mostafa Shebeita
24	MF	Ahmed Fathy
25	MF	Hossam Ashour
26	DF	Wael Gomaa (3rd Vice-captain)
27	MF	Moataz Eno
28	GK	Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
29	FW	Francis Doe
30	FW	Hany El-Agazy
	FW	Ibrahim Elsafy

* Despite the fact that he is registered by FIFA as a Qatari national, nevertheless, as he is also an Egyptian, Egyptian law allows him to play in Egypt as an Egyptian.

** According to Egyptian law Palestinian players are treated as being local and not included in a club's foreign player quota of three.

[edit] Players on Loan

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Ateya El-Belqasy on loan to Ahly Benghazi ^[6]
		DF	Moaz El-Henawy on loan to El-Masry ^[7]

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Ahmed Said on loan to El-Masry ^[8]

[edit] Reserves & Youth Academy squad

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Ayman Ashraf
		DF	El-Sayed El-Araby
		DF	Saad Samir
		DF	Adel Bekhit
		MF	Shehab El-Din Ahmed
		MF	Ahmed Mamdouh "Toota"
		MF	Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
		MF	Mohamed El-Sayed
		MF	Reda Shehata
		MF	Amir Sayoud
		MF	Ahmed Nasser
		MF	Salah El-Din Farouq
		MF	Mahmoud Mohamed

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Osama Abdel-Mageed
		MF	Mohamed Gamal
		MF	Hesham Mohamed
		MF	Mostafa "Afroto"
		MF	Ayman Ashraf
		MF	Ahmed Shokry
		FW	Reda Bakhit
		FW	Mahran Megahed
		FW	Marwan Hesham {{fs player \| nat=Egypt \| pos=FW \| name=Ahmed Mamdouh Mabrouk
		FW	Mohamed Mostafa Zidan
		FW	Ahmed Nabil "Manga"
		FW	Mohamed Talaat

[edit] Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Hossam El-Badry
Football Director	Hady Khashaba
Assistant Football Director	Emad El-Nahhas
General Coach	Alaa Mayhoob
Coach	Mohamed Youssef
Goalkeeper Coach	Ahmed Nagy
Fitness, Strength & Conditioning Coach	Mohamed Abo El-Ela
Administrative Director	Emad El-Yamani
Club Doctor	Dr. Ihab Ali
Doctor	Dr. Tarek Abdel-Aziz
Dietitian	Dr. Hany Wahba
Masseur	Attia Bassiuny
Masseur	Sameh Mohamed
Masseur	Tarek Hussien
Masseur	Ahmed Mahmoud

[edit] Managers

Current: Hossam El-Badry

Past:

[edit] Captains

Current: Ahmed Belal