Al Ahly SC
Al Ahly Sports Club (Arabic الأهلى al -Ahli, often al Ahli ) is a football club based in Cairo.
History
The club was founded on 24 April 1907, and is the most successful club in Egypt. So far he reached 35 Egyptian league titles and 33 Cup wins. Al Ahly is also one of the strongest clubs in Africa and was in 2000 elected by the CAF to the "Club of the Century".
1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2013 won al Ahly CAF Champions League, making it Record title winner of this competition. As the team reached the final again in 2007, but Étoile Sportive du Sahel defeated, you get four finals in a row, which could show previously only Tout Puissant Mazembe ( 1967-1970 ). 1988 also succeeded in winning the intercontinental Afro Asian Cup.
At the FIFA Club World Championship in Japan in 2005, the club finished last as representatives of the CAF. With his title defense in the CAF Champions League, the team was qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup 2006, where they finished third. 2008, the club took part in the FIFA Club World Cup for the third time. Here they dropped out in the quarterfinals. With three appearances the club record holder in this competition.
The derby with local rivals Al Zamalek SC are very emotionally charged. For the management of the games regularly foreign officials must be brought into the country. The greatest success in the Derby celebrated al Ahly a 6-1 victory in a league match of the season 2002. Largest defeat was a 0-6 in the cup final in 1943.
On February 1, 2012, died in an away match in Port Said against al Masry serious fan riots that killed 74 people and more than 1,000 were injured. The fan group Ultras al - Ahlawy had previously participated in the revolution in Egypt in 2011. The Fanausschreitungen took place shortly after the anniversary of the uprising. The team then presented al Ahly temporarily the operation of gambling.
Achievements
National:
- Egyptian Champion: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Egyptian Cup Winners: 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007
- Egyptian Super Cup Winners: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
International:
- Afro Asian Cup: 1988
- CAF Champions League winner: 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993
- African Super Cup Winners: 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
Known (former) players
- Mohamed Abo Treka
- Hossam Ghaly
- Hossam Hassan
- Gilberto
- Mahmoud El -Khatib ( African Footballer of the Year 1983)
- Hany Ramzy
- Flávio da Silva Amado
- Essam El Hadary -
- Ahmed Salah Hosny
- Radwan Yasser
- Mohamed Emara