Al-Ahly S.C.

Al-Ahly Sports Club (), commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club (that is best known for its football achievements) based in Cairo. Founded in April 1907 by a group of Egyptian nationalists, Al-Ahly, which means "The National" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Africa, having won the Egyptian League thirty-six times and the Egyptian Cup thirty-five times.List of Egyptian Cup Winners Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century". Al-Ahly claim to have more than 60 million fans in Egypt, a country with an overall population of approximately 80 million, including the Ultras Ahlawy.

Al-Ahly are one of the most successful football clubs in Africa, together with their rivals Zamalek SC and TP Mazembe from DR Congo.

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 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 José making them the......
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