 |
||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
|
The history of Al-Ahly Club needs more than just a page to be mentioned. Here are what you need to know about the club :
Name: Al-Ahly which means in
English as National.
Shirt Color: Red, taken from
the old Egyptian flag.
Stadium: Mukhtar EL-Tetsh
(previously know as Prince Farouk)
First Football Engagement: 1916
(Sultan Hussein Cup) Established in 1907. It is one of
the oldest Egyptian clubs. The original idea came from Edrees Rageb
Pasha, Omar Sultan Pasha, Ismaeel Serry, Abdul El Khalek Tharwat,
Omar Lotfi, and Ameen Sammy. They came together with idea to
establish a club for high school students to spend their spare time.
They decided to establish a company with five thousand Egyptian
Pounds. They chose El-Gezirah as headquarter and paid one third of
the capital and borrowed the rest from El-Ahly bank. Ismaeel Pasha
Serry had designed the building and gave the construction job to
Yussef Afandi Aly for a price of LE2,250. A name of The Ahly Club for
Exercise was given to it and then was changed to Al Ahly Club for
physical exercise after one year.The national hero "Saad Saghlool"
was the first president of the club for one year. Then followed by
Aziz Pasha Ezat for eight years, Abdul Khalik Tharwat for for eight
years, Gaffar Pasha for four years, Ahmed Hassanean Pasha for two
years, Ahmad Aboud Pasha for 14 years. During which Al Ahly has won
nine consequtive tournaments during 1947-1956.Then came Abdul Mohsen
Mortagi from 1965 to 1967. Followed by Dr. Ibrahim ElWakeel till
1973. El Fareek Mortaga returned till 1980, followed by Saleh Seleem
who took over the presidency and considered the first player taking
over this top executive position. In 1988 Abdu Saleh Elwahsh became
the president. The Shareholders decided to lay him off. Since then
Saleh Seleem returned back as president again and remained in this
position till present. |
||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|||||||
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|