Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary

Full name	El-Ittihad
Nickname(s)	Seed El Balad (King of the city)
Founded	1914
Ground	Alexandria Stadium Alexandria, Egypt (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Mohamed Meselhy
Manager	Carlos Cabral
League	Egyptian Premier League
2008/09	11th
Home colours Away colours

Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary (Arabic: الاتحد السكندري‎) (English: Alexandria Union ) is one of the biggest soccer teams in Egypt. The team founded in 1914 in Alexandria, who play in the Egyptian Premier League. It has the fourth largest number of fans in Egypt, after Al-Ahly, El Zamalek and Ismaily. The club Al-Ittihad of Alexandria is the first club that rushed to endorse the idea of founding the Egyptian Football Association in 1921 which contributed to increased popularity in Alexandria, where he is public-funded first for the club.

[edit] Achievements

• Egyptian Soccer Cup: 6

1926, 1936, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976

[edit] Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2006 - Second Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1975 - withdrew in Quarter-Final

1977 - Semi-Final

1979 - First Round

[edit] Current Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK El-Hany Soliman 2 DF Ahmed Hossam 3 DF Youssef Abdel-Rehim 4 DF Ahmed Bakry 5 MF Mahmoud Shaker 6 MF Ibrahim El-Shayeb () 7 MF Hussein Fahmy 8 MF Mahmoud Sobhy 9 FW Abdelhamid Hassan 10 FW Mohamed Regab 11 MF Ahmad Adel 15 DF Mohamed Gaber 18 FW Mohamed Reao 19 FW Mohamed El Morsy

No. Position Player 20 DF Hani Abdallah 21 MF Mohamed Abdullah 25 DF Shady Mohamed 30 MF Mahmoud Fathy 32 FW Mohamed 'Geddo' Nagy GK Samir Ashour GK Islam El-Naggari DF Sayed Farid MF Ahmed Hossam Taher MF Ahmed Saad MF Mohamed Ibrahim MF Osama Hassan MF Ahmed Khattab

[edit] Notable Players

• Nader El-Sayed
• Ahmad Abu El-Enein
• Idris Gomaa
• Karim El Sayed
• Hossam Hassan
• Walid Salah El-Din

[edit] External links

• http://www.itthad.com (fan site)

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