Al Ahly Club 110 years


Al Ahly Club 110 Years




Al Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: ‎‎), is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. Founded in April 24, 1907 as a gathering place for Cairo's students' unions in the struggle against colonization.

Al Ahly is the most successful club in Egyptian football history and Africa, having won a record 38 national titles, 35 national cups and 9 national super cups. In addition, Al Ahly has never been relegated to the Second Division. On the continental side, Al Ahly was named in 2000 by CAF as the African Club of the Century. The club has 8 CAF Champions League titles, 1 CAF Confederation Cup title, 6 CAF Super Cup titles and 4 African Cup Winners' Cup titles. Internationally, Al Ahly has won the Bronze medal in FIFA Club World Cup 2006 and 1 Afro-Asian Cup title.

Al Ahly is the second most successful club in the world in terms of number of international titles , together with Barcelona  but behind Real Madrid ). The club plays their home matches in the Cairo 
International Stadium, with a capacity of 75,000

Al Ahly was founded by Omar Lotfi in 1907, as a gathering place for Cairo's students' unions in the struggle against colonization.[3] Al Ahly, meaning "the national", was chosen, and Englishman Mitchell Ince became the club's first president. In the absence of a national league, Al Ahly initially took part in regional competitions, including the Sultan Hussein Cup, which they won seven times between 1917 and 1938.

HISTORY
In the 1980s the club became successful on a continental level, winning the CAF Champions League in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008 under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel José, and in 2012 and finally in 2013 under the coaching of Hossam El-Badry in 2012 and Mohamed Youssef in 2013; making them the most crowned team in Africa, with 8 Champions League, One Confederation Cup, 4 Cup Winners' Cups, 6 Super Cups and One Afro-
Asian Club Championship.

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Total Number of Trophies: 132

International
FIFA Club World Cup
Third place (1): 2006
Afro-Asian Club Championship
Winners (1): 1988
African
CAF Champions League
Winners (8): 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 (record)
Runners-up (2): 1983, 2007
African Cup Winners' Cup
Winners (4): 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993 (record)
CAF Confederation Cup:
Winners (1): 2014
CAF Super Cup
Winners (6): 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014. (record)
Runners up (2): 1994, 2015.
Arab Champions League
Winners: (1) 1996
Runners-up: (1) 1997
Arab Cup Winners' Cup
Winners: (1) 1994
Arab Super Cup
Winners: (2) 1997, 1998

Egyptian Premier League
Winners: (38) 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, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16 (record)
Runners up: (11) 1966–67, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15
Egypt Cup (33 solo titles and 2 titles in conjunction with Zamalek SC in 1943 and 1958)
Winners: (35) 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 (record)
Runners up: (15) 1926, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1944, 1952, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2016
Egyptian Super Cup
Winners: (9) 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 (record)
Runners up: (2) 2009, 2017
Cairo League
Winners: (16) 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1941–42, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1957–58 (record)
United Arab Republic Cup
Winners: (1) 1961 (record)
Egyptian Federation Cup
Winners: (1) 1989 (Shared record)
Sultan Hussein Cup
Winners: (7) 1922–23, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1937–38 (record)

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