Al Ahly

Al-Ahly (Arabic: النادي الاهلى) 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. Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the African Club of the Century.

History

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

Al-Ahly began to dominate the Egyptian game in the 1940s. In the 1980s the club became successful on a continental level, winning the winning the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in the renamed competition in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008 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. --------------

Honours

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

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

• • 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