Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

Al-Ittihad Alexandria
Full name Al-Ittihad Alexandria Club
Nickname(s)
  • Master of the country سيد البلد
  • Alexandria Chief زعيم الثغر
Founded 4 August 1914 (1914-08-04)
Ground Alexandria Stadium
Alexandria, Egypt
Capacity 13,660
Chairman Mohamed Mouselhy
Manager Helmy Toulan
League Egyptian Premier League
2017–18 Egyptian Premier League, 11th
Website Club website

Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (Arabic: نادي الإتحاد السكندري‎), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian football club that plays in the Egyptian Premier League. The team was founded in 1914 in Alexandria. It has the third largest number of fans in Egypt, after Al Ahly and Zamalek. The club 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.

Highlights

  • 1906 Establishment of a club under the name of the club of the Union headed by Hassan Ismail.
  • 1908 Change the name of the club from Union club to the Union National Club .
  • 1910 Creation of United Champions Club headed by Abu Zeidi.
  • 1912 Abdo El-Hamami heads the United Champions Club.
  • 1912The merger of the National Union Club with El-Haditha club under the name of the modern club headed by Hassan Rasmi, and this club became the strongest football club in Alexandria.
  • 1914 The merger of El-Haditha club with the United Champions Club under the name of Al-Ittihad Club and so the name of Al-Ittihad Club reappeared.
  • 1918 The merger of Al Ittihad Club with the Alexandria Club under the name of Al Ittihad Club of Alexandria headed by Mohammed Shaheen.
  • 2014 as al ittihad club was celebrating their year number (100) A match was held for Al Ittihad Club of Alexandria in the Alexandria Stadium against Sporting Lisbon, Portugal, and ended the match with a positive draw 2–2.[1]

Honors

1926, 1936, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976
1935

Regional

From 1927 to 1953

Performance in CAF competitions

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1975 African Cup Winners' Cup 1 Ethiopia Saint George 2–0 0–0 2–0
QF Cameroon Tonnerre Yaoundé 4–0 0–31 w/o
1977 African Cup Winners' Cup 2 Algeria MO Constantine 3–1 0–1 3–2
QF Tanzania Rangers International 2–0 0–0 2–0
SF Cameroon Tonnerre Yaoundé 1–0 0–2 1–2
1979 African Cup Winners' Cup 1 Kenya Gor Mahia w/o
2006 CAF Confederation Cup Round of 32 Rwanda Rayon Sports 3–0 0–1 3–1
Round of 16 Tunisia Espérance 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–4 p)

Notes:

  • 1 The match was abandoned at the 70' minutes after Al Ittihad players walked off to protest the officiating with Tonnerre Yaoundé leading 3–0; Al Ittihad were disqualified from the tournament due to their action and Tonnerre Yaoundé advanced to the next round.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Egypt GK El Hany Soliman (Captain)
2 Togo DF Wilson Akakpo
3 Egypt DF Mohamed Gabr
4 Egypt DF Mahmoud Rizk
5 Egypt MF Ahmed Dawouda (on loan from Zamalek)
6 Egypt MF Ahmed Magdy
7 Egypt DF Ramzy Khaled
8 Egypt MF Mohamed Adel
9 Egypt FW Mohamed Abdel Maguid
10 Egypt MF Khaled El Ghandour
11 Egypt FW Ahmed El Alfi
12 Ivory Coast MF Didier Koré
13 Egypt DF Mohamed Nasef (on loan from Tala'ea El Gaish)
14 Egypt MF Nour El Sayed
15 Egypt FW Gedo
No. Position Player
16 Egypt GK Mahmoud El Zonfouly
17 Egypt DF Karim El Deeb (on loan from Al Mokawloon)
18 Ghana FW Emmanuel Banahene
19 Egypt FW Khaled Kamar
20 Egypt DF Bazoka (Vice-captain)
21 Egypt FW Khalil Haggagy
22 Egypt MF Ashour El Adham
23 Egypt MF Mohamed Hassan
25 Egypt GK Mahmoud El Gharabawy
27 Egypt DF Mahmoud Shaaban
28 Egypt MF Mohamed Osama
32 Egypt FW Fawzy El Henawy (on loan from Al Ahly)
33 Egypt FW Mohamed Kamel
66 Ivory Coast FW Razack Cissé (on loan from Zamalek)
90 Egypt DF Marwan El Nagar

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Egypt GK Amr Khalil (at Tersana until 30 June 2019)

Managers

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://alexnews.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AC-%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8/
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