Al Ahly SC

Al Ahly Sporting Club (Egyptian pronunciation: [elˈahly][1]) commonly known as Al Ahly (English: The National) is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, they were named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century".

Al Ahly SC
Full nameAl Ahly Sporting Club
[1]
Nickname(s)Patriotism Club
Club of the Century
Red Devils
Founded24 April 1907 (1907-04-24) (116 years ago)
GroundAl Salam Stadium
Cairo International Stadium
(capacity: 30,000 (record 120,000)
75,000)
ChairmanMahmoud El Khatib
ManagerPitso John Mosimane
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2022–23Champions
WebsiteClub home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season

Al Ahly has 135 official trophies. 24 trophies being international. This makes them the most successful football club in the world in terms of trophies.[2]

Titles

 
Al-Ahly fans celebrating after winning the African Champions League in 2005.

Total number of trophies: 132. [3]

Worldwide / Intercontinental

African

  • CAF Champions League
    •   : Winners (9) : 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020(record)
    •   : Runners up (3) :1983, 2007, 2017
  • African Cup Winners' Cup
    •   : Winners (4) : 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993 (record)
  • CAF Super Cup
    •   : Winners (7) : 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021 (record)
    •   : Runners up (2) : 1994, 2015

UAFA competitions

Domestic

League

  • Egyptian Premier League
    •   : Winners (43) 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, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020–21 (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
  • Cairo League
    •   : Winners (16) 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1957–58 (record)

Cup

  • Egypt Cup (34 solo titles)
    •   : Winners (36) : 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, 2017 (record)
    •   : Runners up (13) : 1926, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1952, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2016
  • Egyptian Super Cup
    •   : Winners (7): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 (record)
    •   : Runners up (1) : 2009
  • Sultan Hussein Cup
    •   : Winners (7): 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1938 (record)
    •   : Runners up (4) : 1928, 1934, 1935, 1936
  • United Arab Republic Cup (during the UAR era)
    •   : Winners (1): 1961 (record)
  • Egyptian Federation Cup
    •   : Winners (1): 1989 (Shared record)

Al Ahly SC Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Naming and colors of Al-Ahly". Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  2. "Ahly tops clubs with most titles". CAF. 24 February 2014.
  3. "Loading..." ahlyegypt.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

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