Al Ahly SC

Egyptian Patriot Saad Zaghloul, the Minister of Education became the first honorary president of Al Ahly

The idea of establishing Al Ahly in the first decade of the 20th century was raised by Omar Lotfy during his presidency of the High School Students Club which was established in 1905. The establishment of the club of high school students was for political reasons, and found that these students needed a sports club that gathers them for leisure and exercise. He discussed the idea of establishing the club with a group of friends who were enthusiastic about it, and in 1907 Al Ahly was established.

Talaat Harb, president of the Bank of Egypt, contributed 100 pounds to the establishment of the club

The club was first headed by Mitchell-Innes, who was a British advisor to the Ministry of Finance at the time, in order to facilitate financial support for the club. An official meeting of the club's board was held on 24 April 1907. The committee met at 5:30 pm in the house of Mitchell-Innes in Giza under his chairmanship and the membership of Idris Ragheb Bey, Ismael Seri Pasha, Amin Sami Pasha, Omar Lotfi Bek and Mohamed Effendi Sherif as secretary. The establishment of the club was approved and Ismail Seri, as an architect, designed the main building of the club which was revised by Mitchell-Innes to locate the building in the south eastern corner of the land so that the building main entrance would face north. A civil company on behalf of Al Ahly Sports Club was established and shares of the company worth 5EGP Pounds per share, and was the goal of the club when it was established to raise the amount of 5000 pounds, but it was Collected 3165 pounds over a year and that was not enough, which forced the club to borrow 1,000 pounds from the National Bank of Egypt in March 1908 by Omar Sultan and Idris Ragheb and Talaat Harb which contributed 100 pounds to the establishment of the club. First honorary president of the club was the Minister of Education Saad Zaghloul. The name of the Al Ahly Sporting Club was suggested by Amine Samy Amin, to serve the students and graduates of high schools who were the mainstay of the revolution against the British occupation.

On 2 April 1908, Mitchell-Innes stepped down as president of the club. Aziz Ezzat was appointed as the new president and became the first Egyptian president of Al Ahly. The official opening ceremony of the club was held in the club's main building on 26 February 1909.

Mokhtar El Tetsh, one of the club legends, the club's old stadium and current training stadium was named after him

Although the game of football was not one of the goals of the founders of Al Ahly club the goal of the club was opening its doors to students of higher schools to meet and practice political dialogues, but the graduates of high schools members of the club have fallen in love with football, which prompted Ahly to build the first stadium in 1909 and they used to call it the time (Al-Hawsh), which is a colloquial word from Egyptian dialect means the courtyard in Arabic. The stadium was developed over the years to be Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium.

The first official football team was established in 1911. The team is one of the primary and secondary school players who played the ball in Al-Hawash, which was established in 1909 in the club's land. The names of the first players of Al Ahli club were as follows: Hussain Higazi, Abdel Fattah Taher, Fouad Darwish, Hussein Mansour, and Ibrahim Fahmy. The star of this team was the striker Hussein Hegazi.

In 1915 Al Ahly made tours inside Egypt cities in order to play various matches and to spread football and its culture. Al Ahly played in Alexandria, Port Said, Assiut, and Ismailia. The team, led by the star Hussein Hegazy, faced many teams, including foreign teams belonging to the British army, which increased the popularity of Al Ahly and the new game in Egypt.[5]

Ahly contributed with Zamalek SC, El Sekka El Hadid SC in the formation of the first football team of Egypt to participate in the Olympic games 1920. Al-Ahly contributed to the establishment of the Egyptian Football Association. In 1923, Al Ahly played an active role in the establishment of the Egyptian Tennis Federation.

After Al Ahly refused to compete with foreign Allied clubs in the Sultan Hussein Cup in its first edition in 1917, the club's management decided to participate in the 1918 championship. In 1923, Al-Ahly won the Sultan Hussain Cup after beating the defending champion Zamalek, then added 6 other titles to be the record holder in the number of wins until the last edition in 1938.

After one year of winning the Sultan Hussain Cup, Al Ahly won the King Farouk Cup in 1924 for the first time after defeating El Sekka El Hadid 4–1. The man of the match was Mokhtar Eltetsh, who scored two goals.[6]

In the summer of 1929, the Al Ahly football team made a tour, the first of its kind where the team traveled to face several European clubs, such as Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray in Turkey and BFC Preussen, 1860 Munich and Schalke in Germany, the tour ended after Al Ahly played the last two games in Bulgaria against Levski Sofia and Slavia Sofia.[7]

In November 1930, Al-Ahly defeated his traditional rival Zamalek 4–0 in a match in the Cairo League in that game Mokhtar El Tetsh was the first player to score hat trick in the Cairo Derby.

At the end of the 1936–1937 season, Al Ahly won the double by winning the Cairo League tournaments and then the Egypt Cup, beating Zamalek and El Sekka El Hadid. Al Ahly managed to win the league in the last round, when Al Ahly defeated Zamalek 4-1 and win the league 3 points ahead its traditional rival. In the cup final, Al Ahly defeated Al Sikka 3–2 in an exciting match, Al Ahly's winning goal was scored by Abdel Karim Saqr in the last minutes.[8]

1938 was the last year in which the Sultan Hussein Cup was held, which started in 1917, and Al Ahly won its last version with a difficult 1–0 victory over Al Masry in the final match after Mustafa Latif scored a goal in the first half of extra time. In the Cairo league competition, Al Ahly won it in the last round again, with a large 5–1 victory over the second placed team Zamalek, in a match in which Saleh Al Sawwaf scored two goals, and Mokhtar El-Tetsh, Jamil Saber and Abdel-Majid El-Ashry scored one goal.[9]

Al Ahly football team traveled to Palestine in 1943 on 23 day tour headed by the legend Mokhtar El Tetsh to play several matches with Arab teams to support Palestine against the Zionists. The decision came, despite the refusal of the president of the Egyptian Football Association Haider Pasha due to the pressure from the British, due to their known position against the Palestinian issue.[10]

In The first edition of the Egyptian Premier League that was held for the first time in 1948, Al Ahly won the first math 5–0 against Greece Alexandria team. Ahmed Makkawi scored the first goal for Al Ahly in the history of the competition in the 11th minute. Mekkawi added a second goal in the second half, and Helmy Abu El-Maaty, Mohamed Lahita and Fathi Khattab scored one goal. The first team to represent Al Ahly in the competition was composed of: Kamal Hamed - Abdulaziz Hamami - Muhammad Abu Habajah - Abdel Moneim Shatara - Sayed Othman - Hilmi Abu Al-Moaty - Fouad Sidqi - Muhammad Lheta - Ahmed Makawi - Saleh Selim - Fathi Khattab. Mokhatr al Tetsh led Al Ahly to win the first championship in the clubs's history as a player and also led the Al Ahly to win the first league in the club's history Al Ahly snapped the league and cup (the double) for the first time after defeating Zamalek 3–1 in the 1949 Egypt Cup final Toto, Hussein Madkour and Fathi Khattab scored for Al Ahly. Al Ahly won the first of nine successive league titles.[11]

Following the dethroning of King Farouk in the revolution of 1952, Ahly appointed Gamal Abdel Nasser as club honorary president.[12]

After the 1967 war and the suspension of sporting activity in Egypt, the Club Board headed by Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakil announced that the club will host the military training for the members that will volunteer in the popular resistance, as well collecting donations in the name of the club to support the army.

The war resulted in the end of an entire generation of football stars, like Saleh Selim, Tariq Salim, Taha Ismail, Rifaat El-Fanagily, Adel Haikal and Mahmoud El-Gohary. Al-Ahly did not win the league for 13 years. After years of deterioration, Ahly took the first steps to recovery when the management decided to sign Nándor Hidegkuti as Head coach in September 1973 at a salary of fewer than 600 dollars.[13] The title returned to Al Ahly in 1974–1975, with the team scoring 70 goals in 34 games.

Al Ahly first participation in the African Champions League was in 1976, and the start was unsuccessful for the club of century, as the team got knocked out from the first round by MC Alger, Al-Khatib scored the first continental goal for Al Ahly.

Ahly won the league championship in 1975–76 and 1976–1977. This season saw the second participation in African competition, where the team fared better than the first time, bowing out in the quarter-finals to Hearts of Oak. From 1978 to 1980, Hidegkuti refused to take part in the African Cup of Champions Clubs because of the Due to lack of financial resources and exhausting journeys in Africa.[14]

Zamalek remained ahead of Al Ahly by six points in the 1981–82 Egyptian Premier League season, at this season the winner of the game gets two points and not three. Last matches in the competition witnessed bad performance by Zamalek until Al Ahly managed to win the championship after a goalless draw against Zamalek. Al Ahly won the championship in the end by three points ahead of zamalek.

Al Ahly reached the semi final of 1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs but withdrew because of the assassination of the President Anwar Sadat. Al Ahly won the 1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs—which was later renamed to CAF Champions League—defeating Ghana's Asante Kotoko S.C. in the final, winning the first leg 3–0 thanks to two goals by Mahmoud El Khatib and one by Alaa Mayhoub, The match was held on Sunday (28 November) at the Cairo Stadium in front of 60,000 spectators. In the return match in Kumasi, Mahmoud Khatib returned to score again and the game ended 1–1, held on Wednesday (12 December) in Kumasi, Ghana, was attended by more than 70,000 spectators. Al Ahly during this edition of the tournament played ten games, achieved victory in five games at home, lost two games and tied in three away, the biggest result was the victory against Young Africans in the round of 16 5–0, Al Ahly scored 16 goals and conceded 5 goals only in this tournament. with Al-Ahly winning their first continental championship.

Al Ahly reached the final of the African Champions League for the second time in a row in 1983, but rivals Kotoko managed to avenge their defeat by scoring the only goal in both matches The first leg was played on Sunday (27 November) at Cairo Stadium in the presence of 90,000 spectators, attended by the former President Hosni Mubarak, and ended 0-0, The second leg, took place on Sunday (11 December) in Kumasi in the presence of 70,000 spectator, ended with 1–0 win scored by Opoku Nti in the 22nd minute. The goal of the match was a clear offside.

Al Ahly reached a continental final again in 1984 this time in the African Cup Winners' Cup. Against Cameroon's Yaounde, Al-Ahly won on penalties in the Cameroonian capital after a 1–1 draw in both games. The 1984–1985 season was one of the best seasons in the history of Al Ahly, as the red giant won the cup and the league and won the African Cup Winners Cup for the second time in a row beating Nigeria's Leventis United 2–1 on aggregate. For the third time in a row, Al Ahly won the competition in 1986 after winning the league, they defeated AS Sogara in the final 3–2 on aggregate, with Taher Abouzeid scoring two goals and Magdi Abdel Ghani contributing once.

Al Ahly won the Egyptian League 1986–1987 season under the management of the coach Taha Ismail, the competition with Zamalek continued until the last week, when Al Ahly was two points ahead, Al Ahly was able to beat Zamalek in the last round 2–1 with two goals scored by Ayman Shawky.

Al Ahly won the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs defeating Al-Hilal Club in the final, drawing in the first leg 0–0 The first leg was played on Sunday (29 November) in the Sudanese capital Khartoum attended by 50,000 Sudanese and 500 Egyptian spectator. In the second leg in Cairo, Gamal Eddine scored an own goal and Ayman Shawky scored the second goal. The match was held on Friday 18 December at Cairo Stadium in the presence of 80 thousand spectators. Three days after the match, Al Ahly legend Mahmoud El Khatib decided to retire after 17 years at a press conference attended by a large crowd of journalists.

Al Ahly won the Egypt Cup title in 1992 by defeating the league champion Zamalek 2–1 in an exciting final, whose hero was Ayman Shawky, who scored the winning goal in the 92nd minute after he scored a spectacular header.

After winning the Egypt Cup for the third time in a row in 1993, Al Ahly returned to Africa by winning the African Cup Winners' Cup for the fourth time in its history in 1993, which was the last participation of the club in this tournament. They beat Ivory Coast's Africa Sports d'Abidjan in the final with a penalty by Adel Abdelrahman in Cairo Stadium after a 1–1 draw in the first leg. In the same season, Al Ahly won the Egypt Cup by beating Ghazl El Mahalla SC 3–2 in the final.[15]

After three years without winning the league, the League returned to Al Ahly in 1993-1994 seasson under the management of Alan Harris after a strong competition with Ismaily SC, which was only decided by a playoff match that the red giant won 4–3 in Alexandria a wonderful hat-trick was scored by Mohamed Ramadan.

Al Ahly participated in the Arab Championships for the first time in 1994 after a decision to boycott the African tournaments due to weak financial returns. They won the cup by defeating Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) with a goal by Felix Aboagye in the final.[16] After leading Al Ahly to its second consecutive league title and the Arab Super Cup in Morocco, Reiner Hollmann left Al Ahly at the end of 1997, after finishing second in the Arab League Champions League in Tunisia. He was replaced by his countryman Rainer Zobel, who succeeded in winning the league championship for the fifth consecutive season in 1997–1998. Al Ahly won the 1998 Arab Super Cup title with Zobel for the second successive season after beating MC Oran, Algerian, Saudi Arabia, and African-Tunisian. Al-Ahly returned to the African partnership for the first time in six years.[17]

In the summer of 2001, Ahly signed Manuel Jose to take on the technical leadership of the team and this was the first time in the history of the club, which is used by a coach from the Portuguese school. Jose's first acquaintance with Al Ahly was the friendly match against Real Madrid in August 2001, when the Reds shocked Europe's oldest club with the goal of Nigerian Sunday Ebege. This was the fourth time they had defeated a European team with a newly crowned Champions League title, after defeating Benfica 3–2 in 1963 who had won the European Cup in 1961 and 1962 and reached the final in 1963, Bayern Munich in 1977 winning 2-1 and finally, Steaua București in 1986, winning 3–0.

Al-Ahly won the African Champions League title 4–1 victory over South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. The first leg was held on Saturday (8 December) at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in the South African capital Pretoria and ended in 1-1, Gift Kampamba scored in the 26th minute, and Sayed Abdel Hafeez in the 58th minute, The second leg was held on 21 December at Cairo International Stadium in the presence of 75,000 spectators, and ended with the victory of Al Ahly with three-goal scored by Khaled Bebo in the 36th minute from a penalty and at the 45th minute from an assist by Mohamed Farouk, and at the 90th minute from an assist by Walid Salah.

Al Ahly also confirmed his continental supremacy by grabbing the Super Cup with another landslide victory over South African team. This time the victim was Kaizer Chiefs F.C., who lost 4–1 in Cairo in a match in which Al Ahly goalkeeper Essam El Hadary scored his historic goal. Jose was unable to collect any local championship in his first term.

Manuel Jose could not achieve any local championship in his first term, but he was able to achieve a very special achievement by beating Zamalek 6–1 in the league. The defending champions Zamalek had a very strong team, but Khaled Bebo, the star of Al Ahly, managed to score 4 goals It is the first and only time in the history of the fixture that any player had achieved this feat.

Al Ahly achieved victory in all the matches of the first 14 rounds of the 2004–05 Egyptian Premier League, to win the Premier League title by a record difference from Enppi the closest competitor, which was 31 points for the first time in the history of the competition. Al Ahly also won the first Egyptian Super Cup with an exciting win over ENPPI Club 1–0, with a goal in extra time by Wael Gomaa. At the end of 2005, Ahly won the African Champions League for the fourth time in their history after Tunisia's 3–0 defeat of Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Cairo, The first leg was played on Saturday (29 October) at the Stade Olympique de Sousse, Tunisia, and ended 0-0, second leg was played on Saturday (12 November) at the Cairo Military Academy Stadium in the presence of 30,000 spectators, due to renovations at Cairo International Stadium in preparation for hosting the 2006 African Nations Cup, Al Ahly won a 3–0, goals scored by Mohamed Aboutrika in the 19th minute with, and Osama Hosni from a header in the 52nd minute, and Mohammed Barakat from a screamer, Al Ahly has set a record of not losing in 52 games in 852 days. And winning the Super Cup by beating Association Sportive des FAR with penalties. Al Ahly then appeared at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan for the first time, but the start was not successful as the team lost to Sydney FC and then Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad.

Many believe that 2006 is the best in the history of Al Ahly in terms of various achievements, starting with the Super League for the second time with another exciting win over Enppi with the goal of in stoppage time. Al-Ahly is also re-winning the league title for the second time in a row. Al Ahly then returned to the Egyptian Cup with a big 3–0 win over Zamalek SC, scoring the full mark in local championships. Then Africa again and reaches the final with CS Sfaxien, The result of the first leg between Al Ahly and Sfaxien ended 1–1 in Cairo Stadium, goals scored by Abu Trika in the first half from direct free kick, and Frimpong equalized for Sfaxien after only five minutes of the second half. Every one predicted that the cup will go to CS Sfaxien for the first time in its history and that Ahly is only 90 minutes away from losing the title. in the second leg last seconds and the result was 0-0 until the historic moment where left foot of Mohamed Aboutrika set a new history in the letters of gold in the records of Ahly.

Al Ahly returned to participate in 2006 FIFA Club World Cup for the second time in a row in the championship that was held in Japan, but Al Ahly's participation this time was much better than the first time, as Al Ahly defeated Auckland City FC in the Quarter-final 2–0 with two goals scored by Flávio Amado and Mohamed Aboutrika in the second half.

The team qualified for the semi-finals to face the Brazilian club Internacional. Al Ahly played a great match but lost 2–1, Alexandre Pato, Luiz Adriano scored for the Brazilian team and Flavio scored for Al Ahly in the second half.

Al Ahly played a match to determine the third and fourth places, Al Ahly managed to defeat Club América in Yokohama 2-1 Mohamed Aboutrika scored the two goals for Al Ahly, Salvador Cabañas scored the only goal for the Mexican club, and Al-Ahly won the bronze medalfor the first time in African history. The red control continued on the league's shield and Al Ahly won the league by 17 points away from Ismaily SC. The team also won the Super Cup for the fourth time in a row by beating Al Zamalek 2–0 with goals by Ahmed Hassan and Moataz Eno.

Al Ahly Played 2007 CAF Super Cup on 18 February at the Addis Ababa Stadium As the champion of the 2006 CAF Champions League against the ES Sahel that was the champion of the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup, Al Ahly was suffering from many absences at this time because of injuries. the mach reached to penalties after the extra time ended with goalless draw and Al Ahly won the penalty shootout 5–4. After achieving the Super title, Al Ahly managed to equal the record set by Zamalek with 3 Super Cup titles, before achieving three other titles more than any other club, and Al Ahly also maintains another record It is the club that participated most in the African Super cup (8 times).

Al Ahly won the CAF champions league for the sixth time with a 4–2 win over Coton Sport FC de Garoua in the final two games, Ahly set off for the Club World Cup again, but this time the results were not good, with two defeats from C.F. Pachuca and Adelaide Football Club. Al-Ahly started 2009 with the title of the Super African Cup after defeating CS Sfaxien 2–1 with Flávio Amado's goals, before the start of an exciting race on the league's shield with Ismaily, who became the top until the last two minutes of the season. After Ismaily beat Tersana SC, Al-Ahly held the lead against Tala'ea El-Gaish SC until the 93rd minute, when Ahmed Fathi scored the winner's winner and striker Mohamed Talaat added the goal of the promotion to lead the two leaders to a playoff to determine the hero. Al Ahly won the match 1-0 by Flavio goal and won the Egyptian league shield. It was the last Portuguese championship for Manuel Jose during his second term before leaving and leaving the team's leadership to Hossam El-Badry.[18] Hossam Al-Badri managed to keep the shield in Al-Ahly's 2009–2010 cupboard to become the first national coach to win the league championship in 23 years, before Al Ahly won the Egyptian Super Cup by defeating Haras El Hodoud SC 1–0.

Al Ahly starting line up in 2011

In the African Champions League, Al Ahly qualified for the semi-finals but was knocked out by Espérance Sportive de Tunis because of a famous referee Joseph Lamptey mistake that gave the hosts a win in the return game with a clear touch of hand goal by Michael Eneramo.[19] the sports activity in Egypt was postponed because of Port Said Stadium riot. In the first match after the return of sports activity, Ahly won the Egyptian Super Cup when defeated Enppi 2–1 in a sad match at the empty stadium of Borg El Arab Stadium. Despite the difficult events, the men of Al Ahly overcame all circumstances and achieved the 2012 CAF Champions League for the seventh time when they beat Esperance in the Tunisian home 2-1 by Gedo and Walid Soliman, after finishing the first leg 1–1.[20]

Al Ahly led by Hossam Al Badri achieved the fourth place in the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, achieving victory in the first match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1, El Sayed Hamdy and Mohamed Aboutrika scored for Al Ahly. Then Al Ahly hardly lost 1–0 to the Copa Libertadores champion Corinthians, and Al Ahly was defeated by Monterrey in the third-place match.

Hossam Al Badri left the team to Mohamed Youssef, who managed to complete the march successfully and lead Ahly to the 2013 CAF Champions League for the eighth time by beating South African Orlando Pirates 2–0 in the second leg match after a 1–1 draw. The return match was the last impression of the fans of the legend Mohamed Abotreka when he scored the first goal to be the last goal of his eternal journey in the red shirt.[21]

Al Ahly made his way to the African Confederations Cup after an early exit from the Champions League, but the Red Giant had a strong new impetus, which was the addition of this continental tournament to the club's first-ever cupboard. Indeed, Al Ahly reached the final against Séwé FC but lost the first game 2–1. In the return match, the draw went on until the sixth minute of stoppage time. At a historic moment, Ahly's determination to win, Emad Moteab grabbed the goal of the coronation with a deadly header that made every fan celebrating in Cairo stadium and made coach Juan Carlos Garrido running in Hysteria on the pitch. With this victory.[22]

Al Ahly fans Tifo before Egyptian super cup 2015

Al Ahly went through a critical phase after the most of stars of the old generation retired, causing the loss of a number of tournaments until the team regained its balance when they met with Zamalek to determine the Super Cup champion in the game that was held in Dubai for the first time at the end of 2015. Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi led the Red Giant to a 3–2 win over Zamalek to add the ninth Egyptian Super cup in the club's history.[23]

Al Ahly won the league title after only missing one season in 2015–2016, seven points difference between champions Zamalek, and Ahly finished the competition as the strongest attack and the strongest defense under the leadership of Dutchman Martin Jol.[24]

Al Ahly won Premier League title for the 39th time in his history before the end of the league with four rounds, he has also managed to play the 39th game in a row without losing any defeat at all competitions. Al Ahly has achieved a special number in the number of games without defeat 30 games in the league. under the leadership of Hossam El-Badry Al Ahly was able able to keep clean sheet in 30 games this season in various local and continental competitions so far this season.

Al-Ahly won the Egyptian Cup for the 36th time in his history after beating Egypt 2–1 in a marathon match at the Egyptian Cup final at Borg El Arab Stadium. Al-Ahly proved Al-Masri scored in the 102nd minute before Amr Gamal equalized in the 117th minute and Ahmed Fathy added the winner in the 120th minute.

Al Ahly won the Egyptian Super Cup title for the tenth time in its history, after defeating Al Masry SC 1–0, in the match that was held on 12 January 2019 at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The winning goal was scored by Walid Azaro in the 12th minute of the first extra half of the match, which gave the Red devils the title.[25]

The first football team in Al Ahly managed to clinch the Egyptian Premier League for the third consecutive season under the leadership of the manager Hossam El-Badry, and forty in its history, reached the fourth star. Al Ahly officially won the title 6 weeks before the end of the championship, achieving the second fastest league in its history after the historic 2004–05 Egyptian Premier League season, during which Al Ahly achieved the league title 12 weeks before its ending.[26]

Al Ahly managed to win the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League title for the fourth consecutive season and for the 41st in its history under the leadership of the Uruguayan manager Martín Lasarte, after defeating Al Mokawloon Al Arab 3–1 in a meeting that gathered the two on 23 July 2019. Al Ahly winning the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League Shield raised the club tournaments to 136 tournament, it made Al Ahly the most crowned club in the world with 20 continental titles, Al Ahly won CAF Champions League in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008 under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel José,[27] 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. At the local level, Al Ahly achieved 41 Egyptian Premier League and 36 Egypt Cup, 11 Egyptian Super Cup title, and 7 Sultan Hussein Cup, 16 Cairo League more than any other club, along with winning the cup of the United Arab Republic on one occasion and the cup of the Egyptian Confederation Cup once also.[28]

Al Ahly managed to win the Egyptian Super Cup for the 11th time in the club history after defeating Zamalek 3–2 in the match that Gathered the two teams on 20 September 2019 at the Borg El Arab Stadium, this was the first title for the team under the management of René Weiler. The Nigerian striker Junior Ajayi scored the first and third goals in Zamalek, to become the second foreigner to score in the history of the Egyptian Super Cup, the first foreign player to score in the tournament was also Al Ahly striker Walid Azaro when he scored the winning goal against Al Masry in the 2017–18 Egyptian Super Cup. However, Junior Ajayi became the first foreign player to score two goals in Egyptian Super.[29]

Mokhtar El tetsh stadium at morning.

Al Ahly fans supporting the team in Mokhtar El tetsh stadium.

Although the game of football was not one of the goals of the founders of Al Ahly club the goal of the club was opening its doors to students of higher schools to meet and practice political dialogues, but the graduates of high schools members of the club have fallen in love with football, which prompted Ahly to build the first stadium in 1909 and they used to call it the time (Al-Hawsh), which is a colloquial word from Egyptian dialect means the courtyard in Arabic. The stadium was developed over the years to become known as Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium. In 1929, the stadium was named after Egypt's prince at this time, the Prince Farouk Stadium. By 1956, light stands were added to the stadium. Later the stadium was named Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium, Mokhtar El Tetsh was one of the club legends and was considered to be one of the most talented footballers in the country's history and attracted the hearts of many of his countrymen. Al Ahly continued to play their home games at Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium until Cairo Stadium was opened.

Al Ahly formerly played their home games at their own ground, Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium, but its capacity was far too small for the club's supporters. As a consequence, Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium became the official training ground, and Cairo International Stadium replacing it as the official home ground. Since 2014, Al Ahly stopped playing their home games at the Cairo International Stadium for an indefinite period due to security reasons. In the 2016–2017 season, Al Ahly played most of their home games at Al Salam Stadium and played their matches in the African competitions at Borg El Arab Stadium. At the first leg of the Egyptian Premier League 2017–2018 season, Al Ahly returned to Cairo International Stadium as its official home ground.

A Panorama view of the stadium interior

Al Ahly SC Stadium (Arabic: استاد النادي الاهلي‎) is a football stadium currently under construction in Cairo, Egypt. It is set to become the official home stadium of Al Ahly SC, replacing Cairo International Stadium. It will have a capacity of 60,000 spectators.

On 4 December 2019 Al Ahly Announced that they bought Al Salam Stadium as usufruct for 25 years or until Al Ahly SC Stadium is built and important matches that needs larger capacity will be played on Cairo Stadium, Later the stadium was named Al Ahly Stadium.

The first match hosted by the stadium was on 6 December Against Al-Hilal Club at the 2019–20 CAF Champions League group stage.

•   record
• ^S shared record

• PR = Preliminary round
• FR = First round
• SR = Second round
• PO = Play-off round
• QF = Quarter-final
• SF = Semi-final

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1976	African Cup of Champions Clubs	SR	Algeria	MC Alger	1–0	0–3	1–3
1977	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Somalia	Horseed	3–0	1–1	4–1
		SR	Libya	Al Madina	7–2	0–1	7–3
		QF	Ghana	Hearts of Oak	1–0	0–3	1–3
1978	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Uganda	KCCA	w/o[lower-alpha 1]
1981	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Kenya	Abaluhya	3–1	1–1	4–2
		SR	Uganda	Nile Breweries	5–0	0–2	5–2
		QF	Gabon	USM Libreville	3–0	1–1	4–1
		SF	Algeria	JE Tizi Ouzou	w/o[lower-alpha 2]
1982	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Somalia	Lavori Publici	1–0	0–0	1–0
		SR	Tanzania	Young Africans	5–0	1–1	6–1
		QF	Zambia	Green Buffaloes	3–0	0–1	3–1
		SF	Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	4–0	0–1	4–1
		Final	Ghana	Asante Kotoko	3–0	1–1	4–1
1983	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Sudan	Al Merrikh	1–0	0–0	1–0
		SR	Zimbabwe	Dynamos	4–1	2–1	6–2
		QF	Cameroon	Canon Yaoundé	5–0	0–1	5–1
		SF	Zambia	Nkana Red Devils	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Final	Ghana	Asante Kotoko	0–0	0–1	0–1
1984	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Morocco	CLAS Casablanca	3–1	2–0	5–1
		SR	Algeria	MP Alger	3–1	0–1	3–2
		QF	Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	3–1	1–2	4–3
		SF	Egypt	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Final	Cameroon	Canon Yaoundé	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–2 p)
1985	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Tunisia	AS Marsa	4–0	1–0	5–0
		SR	Tanzania	Simba	2–0	1–2	3–2
		QF	Benin	Dragons de l'Ouémé	4–0	1–1	5–1
		SF	Libya	Al Nasr	w/o[lower-alpha 3]
		Final	Nigeria	Leventis United	2–0	0–1	2–1
1986	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Uganda	Express	2–0	0–1	2–1
		SR	Swaziland	Mbabane Highlanders	3–0	5–0	8–0
		QF	Zambia	Power Dynamos	2–0	0–1	2–1
		SF	Egypt	Ismaily	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Final	Gabon	AS Sogara	3–0	0–2	3–2
1987	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Rwanda	Panthères Noires	4–0	1–1	5–1
		SR	Kenya	AFC Leopards	6–0	1–2	7–2
		QF	Ivory Coast	Africa Sports	2–0	0–2	2–2 (4–2 p)
		SF	Ghana	Asante Kotoko	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Final	Sudan	Al Hilal	2–0	0–0	2–0
1988	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Tanzania	Young Africans	4–0	0–0	4–0
		SR	Uganda	SC Villa	3–1	3–2	6–3
		QF	Mozambique	Matchedje	2–0	0–1	2–1
		SF	Algeria	ES Sétif	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–4 p)
1990	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Libya	Al Ittihad Tripoli	5–0	3–0	8–0
		SR	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	0–0	0–0	0–0 (2–4 p)
1991	African Cup of Champions Clubs	FR	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa Brewery	w/o[lower-alpha 4]
		SR	Zimbabwe	Highlanders	3–1	1–0	4–1
		QF	Uganda	SC Villa	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–4 p)
1992	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Kenya	AFC Leopards	2–0	1–2	3–2
		SR	Zambia	Kabwe Warriors	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–3 p)
		QF	Ivory Coast	Africa Sports	2–0	0–3	2–3
1993	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Tanzania	Pamba	5–0	0–0	5–0
		SR	Lesotho	Arsenal	1–0	1–0	2–0
		QF	Sudan	Al Merrikh	5–1	2–1	7–2
		SF	Nigeria	El Kanemi Warriors	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Final	Ivory Coast	Africa Sports	1–0	1–1	2–1
1994	CAF Super Cup	Final	Egypt	Zamalek	0–1
1994	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Ethiopia	Saint George	w/o[lower-alpha 5]
1998	CAF Champions League	FR	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Coffee	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
1999	CAF Champions League	FR	Tanzania	Maji Maji	2–0	3–0	5–0
		SR	Rwanda	Rayon Sports	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group A	Nigeria	Shooting Stars	4–1	3–2	2nd
			Morocco	Raja Casablanca	0–1	1–1
			Ghana	Hearts of Oak	2–0	1–2
2000	CAF Champions League	FR	Kenya	Tusker	3–1	0–1	3–2
		SR	Burundi	Vital'O	3–0	1–2	4–2
		Group B	Nigeria	Lobi Stars	3–1	1–3	2nd
			Senegal	Jeanne d'Arc	3–1	1–1
			Ghana	Hearts of Oak	1–1	1–2
2001	CAF Champions League	FR	Eritrea	Red Sea	3–0	0–1	3–1
		SR	Seychelles	Saint Michel United	5–0	1–0	6–0
		Group B	Algeria	CR Belouizdad	1–0	1–0	2nd
			Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	0–1
			Angola	Petro de Luanda	2–4	3–1
		SF	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Final	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	3–0	1–1	4–1
2002	CAF Super Cup	Final	South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs	4–1
2002	CAF Champions League	FR	Kenya	Oserian Fastac	2–1	0–0	2–1
		SR	Sudan	Al Merrikh	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		Group B	Senegal	Jeanne d'Arc	1–2	1–2	4th
			DR Congo	TP Mazembe	1–0	0–0
			Morocco	Raja Casablanca	3–3	1–2
2003	CAF Cup
		SR	Libya	Al Nasr	2–0	2–1	4–1
		QF	Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	0–0	0–4	0–4
2004	CAF Champions League	FR	Sudan	Al Hilal	0–1	0–0	0–1
2005	CAF Champions League	FR	Uganda	SC Villa	0–0	6–0	6–0
		SR	Algeria	USM Alger	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Group A	Morocco	Raja Casablanca	1–0	1–1	1st
			South Africa	Ajax Cape Town	2–0	0–0
			Nigeria	Enyimba	2–1	1–0
		SF	Egypt	Zamalek	2–0	2–1	4–1
		Final	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	3–0	0–0	3–0
2006	CAF Super Cup	Final	Morocco	FAR Rabat	0–0 (4–2 p)
2006	CAF Champions League	FR	Kenya	Tusker	3–0	2–0	5–0
		SR	Equatorial Guinea	Renacimiento	4–0	0–0	4–0
		Group A	Algeria	JS Kabylie	2–0	2–2	2nd
			Ghana	Asante Kotoko	4–0	0–0
			Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	2–1	0–1
		SF	Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Final	Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	1–1	1–0	2–1
2007	CAF Super Cup	Final	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	0–0 (5–4 p)
2007	CAF Champions League	FR	Zimbabwe	Highlanders	2–0	0–0	2–0
		SR	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–0	2–2	4–2
		Group B	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	3–0	0–1	1st
			Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	2–0	1–0
			Sudan	Al Hilal	2–0	0–3
		SF	Libya	Al Ittihad Tripoli	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Final	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	1–3	0–0	1–3
2008	CAF Champions League	FR	Eritrea	Al Tahrir	w/o[lower-alpha 6]
		SR	South Africa	Platinum Stars	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Group A	Egypt	Zamalek	2–1	2–2	1st
			Zimbabwe	Dynamos	2–1	1–0
			Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	2–2	0–0
		SF	Nigeria	Enyimba	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Final	Cameroon	Coton Sport	2–0	2–2	4–2
2009	CAF Super Cup	Final	Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	2–1
2009	CAF Champions League	FR	Tanzania	Young Africans	3–0	1–0	4–0
		SR	Nigeria	Kano Pillars	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2009	CAF Confederation Cup	PO	Angola	Santos	3–0	0–3	3–3 (5–6 p)
2010	CAF Champions League	FR	Zimbabwe	Gunners	2–0	0–1	2–1
		SR	Libya	Al Ittihad Tripoli	3–0	0–2	3–2
		Group B	Nigeria	Heartland	2–1	1–1	2nd
			Egypt	Ismaily	2–1	2–4
			Algeria	JS Kabylie	1–1	0–1
		SF	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2011	CAF Champions League	FR	South Africa	SuperSport United	2–0	0–1	2–1
		SR	Zambia	ZESCO United	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Group B	Algeria	MC Alger	2–0	0–0	3rd
			Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	1–1	0–1
			Morocco	Wydad Casablanca	3–3	1–1
2012	CAF Champions League	FR	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Coffee	3–0	0–0	3–0
		SR	Mali	Stade Malien	3–1	0–1	3–2
		Group B	Ghana	Berekum Chelsea	4–1	1–1	1st
			Egypt	Zamalek	0–1	1–1
			DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2–1	0–2
		SF	Nigeria	Sunshine Stars	1–0	3–3	4–3
		Final	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	1–1	2–1	3–2
2013	CAF Super Cup	Final	Congo	AC Léopards	2–1
2013	CAF Champions League	FR	Kenya	Tusker	2–0	2–1	4–1
		SR	Tunisia	CA Bizertin	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Group A	South Africa	Orlando Pirates	0–3	0–0	1st
			Congo	AC Léopards	2–1	1–0
			Egypt	Zamalek	4–2	1–1
		SF	Cameroon	Coton Sport	1–1	1–1	2–2 (7–6 p)
		Final	South Africa	Orlando Pirates	2–0	1–1	3–1
2014	CAF Super Cup	Final	Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	3–2
2014	CAF Champions League	FR	Tanzania	Young Africans	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–3 p)
		SR	Libya	Al Ahly Benghazi	2–3	0–1	2–4
2014	CAF Confederation Cup	PO	Morocco	Difaâ El Jadidi	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Group B	Zambia	Nkana	2–0	0–1	1st
			Ivory Coast	Séwé Sport	1–0	1–1
			Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	1–1
		SF	Cameroon	Coton Sport	2–1	1–0	3–1
		Final	Ivory Coast	Séwé Sport	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
2015	CAF Super Cup	Final	Algeria	ES Sétif	1–1 (5–6 p)
2015	CAF Champions League	FR	Rwanda	APR	2–0	2–0	4–0
		SR	Morocco	Moghreb Tétouan	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–4 p)
2015	CAF Confederation Cup	PO	Tunisia	Club Africain	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–4 p)
		Group A	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	0–1	1st
			Mali	Stade Malien	1–0	0–0
			Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	3–0	1–0
		SF	South Africa	Orlando Pirates	3–4	0–1	3–5
2016	CAF Champions League	FR	Angola	Recreativo do Libolo	2–0	0–0	2–0
		SR	Tanzania	Young Africans	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Group A	Zambia	ZESCO United	2–2	2–3	3rd
			Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	1–2	0–0
			Morocco	Wydad Casablanca	0–0	1–0
2017	CAF Champions League	FR	South Africa	Bidvest Wits	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Group D	Morocco	Wydad Casablanca	2–0	0–2	2nd
			Cameroon	Coton Sport	3–1	2–0
			Zambia	Zanaco	0–0	0–0
		QF	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	2–1	2–2	4–3
		SF	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	6–2	1–2	7–4
		Final	Morocco	Wydad Casablanca	1–1	0–1	1–2
2018	CAF Champions League	FR	Gabon	CF Mounana	4–0	3–1	7–1
		Group A	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	0–0	1–0	1st
			Botswana	Township Rollers	3–0	1–0
			Uganda	KCCA	4–3	0–2
		QF	Guinea	Horoya	4–0	0–0	4–0
		SF	Algeria	ES Sétif	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Final	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	3–1	0–3	3–4
2018–19	CAF Champions League	FR	Ethiopia	Jimma Aba Jifar	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Group D	Tanzania	Simba	5–0	0–1	1st
			Algeria	JS Saoura	3–0	1–1
			DR Congo	AS Vita Club	2–0	0–1
		QF	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	0–5	1–5
2019–20	CAF Champions League	PR	South Sudan	Atlabara	9–0	4–0	13–0
		FR	Equatorial Guinea	Cano Sport	4–0	2–0	6–0
		Group B	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	0–1	2nd
			Sudan	Al Hilal	2–1	1–1
			Zimbabwe	FC Platinum	2–0	1–1
		QF	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–0	1–1	3–1
		SF	Morocco	Wydad Casablanca

Notes

All stats correct as of 5 October 2019.[37]

•   Enter 2018–19 CAF Champions League
•   Enter 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup

Rank	Club	2014 (× 1)	2015 (× 2)	2016 (× 3)	2017 (× 4)	2018 (× 5)	Total
1	TP Mazembe	4	6	5	5	3	66
2	Al Ahly	5	3	2	5	5	62
3	Wydad Casablanca	0	0	4	6	3	51
4	Étoile du Sahel	0.5	5	3	4	3	50.5
5	Espérance de Tunis	2	0.5	0	3	6	45

As of 13 March 2020

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

No. Position Player 4 DF Mahmoud Metwalli 5 DF Ramy Rabia 6 DF Yasser Ibrahim 7 FW Ramadan Sobhi (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 8 MF Hamdy Fathy 9 FW Marwan Mohsen 10 MF Saleh Gomaa 11 MF Walid Soliman 12 DF Ayman Ashraf 13 GK Ali Lotfi 14 MF Hussein El Shahat 15 MF Aliou Dieng 16 GK Mohamed El Shenawy (Captain) 17 MF Amr El Solia

No. Position Player 18 FW Aliou Badji 19 MF Mohamed Magdy 20 DF Saad Samir 21 DF Ali Maâloul 22 MF Ahmed El Sheikh 24 DF Ahmed Fathy 23 DF Mahmoud Wahid 26 FW Mahmoud Kahraba 28 FW Junior Ajayi 29 FW Geraldo 30 DF Mohamed Hany 35 MF Karim Walid 36 MF Mohamed Mahmoud 72 GK Mostafa Shobair MF Moamen Zakaria

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

No. Position Player DF Ahmed Alaa (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021) DF Basem Ali (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) DF Mahmoud El Gazzar (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) DF Hussein El Sayed (at CS Sfaxien until 30 June 2020) MF Amar Hamdy (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2020) MF Nasser Maher (at Smouha until 30 June 2020)

No. Position Player MF Akram Tawfik (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) FW Walid Azaro (at Al Ettifaq until 30 June 2020) FW Amr Gamal (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021) FW Salah Mohsen (at Smouha until 30 June 2020) FW Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) FW Mohamed Sherif (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020)

Throughout its history, Al Ahly has had 44 club captains, the first captain was Ahmed Fouad Anwar.
Mohamed El Shenawy is the current captain since 2020.

No.	Name
1	Ahmed Fouad Anwar
2	Hussein Hegazi
3	Riyad Shawki
4	Ali El Hassany
5	Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch
6	Mohamed Ali Rasmi
7	Ahmed Soliman
8	Amin Shoa'air
9	Moustafa Kamel Mansour
10	Saleh El-Sawwaf

No.	Name
11	Hussein Madkour
12	Mohamed El-Guindi
13	Ahmed Mekawi
14	Abdel Galil Hemaida
15	Saleh Selim
16	Rifaat El-Fanagily
17	Taha Ismail
18	Mimi El-Sherbini
19	Essam Abdel Monem
20	Hany Moustafa

No.	Name
21	Anwar Salama
22	Hassan Hamdy
23	Mustafa Younis
24	Moustafa Abdou
25	Mahmoud El-Khateeb
26	Thabet El-Batal
27	Taher Abouzaid
28	Ahmed Shobair
29	Osama Orabi
30	Ibrahim Hassan

No.	Name
31	Hossam Hassan
32	Walid Salah El-Din
33	Hady Khashaba
34	Sayed Abdel Hafeez
35	Essam El Hadary
36	Shady Mohamed
37	Ahmed Belal
38	Osama Hosny
39	Ahmad El-Sayed
40	Wael Gomaa

No.	Name
41	Hossam Ghaly
42	Emad Moteab
43	Hossam Ashour
44	Mohamed El Shenawy

Name	Nat	From	To	Honours
Gamil Osman		?	?	?
Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetch		?	?	?
Labib Mahmoud		?	?	?
Hussein El-Far		?	?	?
Mohamed El-Guindi		?	?	?
Mustafa Kamel Mansour		?	?	?
Foad Sedki		?	?	?
Ahmed Mekawi		?	?	?
Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh		?	?	?
Abdel Aziz Hammami		?	?	?
Foad Shaaban		?	?	?
Curtis Booth		?	?
Friedrich Pimperl		?	?	2 Egyptian Premier League 1Egypt Cup
Pál Titkos		?	?	1 Egyptian Premier League 1Egypt Cup
John McBride		?	?	1 Egyptian Premier League
Ljubiša Brocic		?	?
Ivan Horvatic		?	?
Zoran Tadic		?	?
Nándor Hidegkuti		1973	1980	5 Egyptian Premier League 1 Egypt Cup
Géza Kalocsay		1980	1982	1 Egyptian Premier League 1 Egypt Cup
Mahmoud El-Gohary		1982	1984	1 CAF Champions League 2 Egypt Cup
Don Revie		1 July 1984	7 November 1984	1 Egyptian Premier League
Mahmoud El-Sayes		8 November 1984	31 May 1985	1 Egyptian Premier League 1 Egypt Cup 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
Mahmoud El-Gohary		31 May 1985	30 June 1986	1 Egyptian Premier League 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
Taha Ismail		1986	July 1987	1 Egyptian Premier League 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
Jeff Butler		July 1987	December 1987
Anwar Salama		December 1987	1988	1 CAF Champions League
Dietrich Weise		1988	1989	1 Egyptian Premier League 1 Egypt Cup 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
Mahmoud El-Sayes		1988	1991	1 Egypt Cup
Michael Everitt		1991	1991
Anwar Salama		1991	1993	1Egypt Cup
Allan Harris		1 July 1993	30 June 1995	2 Egyptian Premier League 1 Arab Club Champions Cup 1African Cup Winners' Cup
Reiner Hollmann		1 July 1995	30 November 1997	2 Egyptian Premier League 1 Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1Arab Super Cup 1 Egypt Cup
Rainer Zobel		1998	31 August 2000	3 Egyptian Premier League 2 Arab Super Cup
Hans-Jürgen Dörner		14 October 2000	30 June 2001	1 Egypt Cup
Manuel José		July 2001	May 2002	1 CAF Champions League 1 CAF Super Cup
Jo Bonfrère		1 July 2002	2002
Toni Oliveira		1 January 2003	30 June 2003	1 Egyptian Super Cup
Manuel José		1 January 2004	2009	5 Egyptian Premier League 2 Egypt Cup 4 Egyptian Super Cup 3 CAF Champions League 3 CAF Super Cup
Hossam El Badry		22 June 2009	22 November 2010	1 Egyptian Premier League 1 Egyptian Super Cup
Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi (caretaker)		23 November 2010	31 December 2010
Manuel José		31 December 2010	19 May 2012	1 Egyptian Premier League
Hossam El Badry		21 May 2012	6 May 2013	1 CAF Champions League
Mohamed Youssef (footballer)		29 April 2013	30 April 2014	1 CAF Champions League 1 CAF Super Cup
Fathi Mabrouk		1 May 2014	7 July 2014	1 Egyptian Premier League
Juan Carlos Garrido		8 July 2014	3 May 2015	1 CAF Confederation Cup 1 Egyptian Super Cup
Fathi Mabrouk		4 May 2015	5 October 2015
Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi (caretaker)		5 October 2015	15 October 2015	1 Egyptian Super Cup
José Peseiro		16 October 2015	18 January 2016
Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi (caretaker)		18 January 2016	27 February 2016
Martin Jol		28 February 2016	22 August 2016	1 Egyptian Premier League
Hossam El Badry		24 August 2016	15 May 2018	1 Egyptian Premier League 1 Egyptian Super Cup 1 Egypt Cup
Ahmed Ayoub (caretaker)		15 May 2018	11 June 2018
Patrice Carteron		12 June 2018	22 November 2018
Mohamed Youssef (caretaker)		22 November 2018	29 December 2018
Martín Lasarte		30 December 2018	17 August 2018	1 Egyptian Premier League
Mohamed Youssef (caretaker)		18 August 2019	31 August 2019
René Weiler		31 August 2019	Present	1 Egyptian Super Cup

Notes

• Note 1: Fathi Mabrouk was an interim manager 5 times.
• Note 2: Manuel José and Hossam El-Badry are the only 3 term managers in Al-Ahly history.
• Note 3: A. Abdul-Shafi was an interim manager 3 times.