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Nickname: | Red Devils Reds Matadors |
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Arena: | Al Ahly Sports Hall |
Capacity: | 2,500 |
Location: | Cairo, Egypt |
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Sponsor: | Telecom Egypt |
Ceo: | Mohammed Morgan |
President: | Mahmoud El Khatib |
Gm: | Hosny Elgarhy |
Coach: | Augustí Julbe |
Captain: | Seif Samir |
Championships: | 7 Egyptian Super League 11 Egypt Cup 8 Egyptian Mortabat League 1 Basketball Africa League 1 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup 2 African Basketball Cup Winners' Cup 1 Arab Club Basketball Championship |
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Current: | 2023–24 Al Ahly men's basketball season |
Al Ahly is an Egyptian basketball club of Al Ahly SC, located in Cairo, Cairo Governorate,[1] that plays in the Egypt Basketball Super League. Currently, two of its athletes play for the Egypt men's national basketball team.[2] The team is a part of the multi-sports club of the same name.
The club has won six Egyptian Super League titles and eleven Egyptian Cup titles. Internationally, Al Ahly has won the FIBA Africa Champions Cup in 2016, the BAL in 2023, and the Arabophone Championship in 2021.
Ahly Basketball team was founded in 1930. It is one of the oldest basketball clubs in Egypt and in Africa.[3]
The team played his first game against Al Ittihad Alexandria in front of the Egyptian King Farouq in 1937. Al Ahly won its first Egyptian national championship in the 1988–89 season.
In July 2021, Al Ahly signed Spanish coach Augustí Julbe as their new head coach.[4] In the following 2021–22 season, Ahly won its sixth Premier League title and thus qualified for the 2023 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
In the following season, Al Ahly made their debut in the BAL and had a 4–1 record in the Nile Conference, which was hosted in Cairo. In the playoffs, Al Ahly defeated REG and Stade Malien in the quarter- and semi-finals. In the final, Al Ahly defeated the Senegalese champions AS Douanes 80–65, to win their second continental title and first BAL title.[5] Al Ahly forward Nuni Omot was named the league MVP. In the 2022–23 domestic season, Al Ahly won the double once again under Julbe.
In the following season, Al Ahly represented Africa in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore. On 21 September 2023, Al Ahly became the first African club to win a game in the competition's 33-year existence, following a win over the NBA G League Ignite.[6]
Winners (7) : 1988–89,[7] [8] 1999–00,[9] [10] 2000–01,[11] 2011–12,[12] [13] 2015–16,[14] [15] 2021–22, 2022–23
Winners (11) (shared record): 1987–88,[16] 1992–93,[17] 1994–95,[18] 1998–99,[19] 2003–04,[20] 2006–07,[21] [22] 2008–09,[23] 2010–11,[24] 2017–18,[25] [26] 2021–22,[27] 2022–23[28]
Winners (9) (record): 2005–06,[29] 2006–07,[30] 2016–17,[31] 2017–18,[32] [33] 2018–2019,[34] 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24.
Winners (1) : 2023
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Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Egyptian Cup | International competitions | Head coach | ||||||||||
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Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win% | League | Result | |||||||||||
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2016–17 | 1 | Super League | 4th | 14 | 6 | 8 | N/A | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | DNQ | |||||||
2017–18 | 1 | Super League | 7th | 12 | 7 | 5 | N/A | bgcolor=gold | Winner | DNQ | |||||||
2018–19 | 1 | Super League | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 4 | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | Quarterfinalist | |||||
2019–20 | 1 | Super League | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 3 | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | N/A | |||||
2020–21 | 1 | Super League | 4th | 14 | 8 | 6 | Semifinalists | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | DNQ | Mário Palma | ||||||
2021–22 | 1 | Super League | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 3 | bgcolor=gold | Champions | bgcolor=gold | Winners | DNQ | Augustí Julbe | ||||
2022–23 | 1 | Super League | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 14 | 13 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | Champions | bgcolor=gold | Winners | BAL | bgcolor=gold | Champions | Augustí Julbe |
The 2016 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (31st edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Cairo, Egypt from 7 to 16 December 2016. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Al Ahly, was contested by 10 clubs split into 2 groups of five, the top four of each group qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semi-finals, and final.Al Ahly won the trophy as the first Egyptian basketball team to win it in the new format. At this time, no Egyptian basketball team has reached the final match. By winning this trophy Al Ahly (basketball) became the most titled Egyptian Basketball team 3 titles 1 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup + 2 African Basketball Cup Winners' Cup.
Round | Team | Result | Video | |
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Group Stage | Nzui Manto | 82–53 | Full match | |
Club Africain | 79–74 OT | Full match + Highlights | ||
1º de Agosto | 68–64 | Full match + Highlights | ||
Kano Pillars | 92–76 | Full match + Highlights | ||
Quarter finals | BEAC Yaoundi | 63-60 | Full match | |
Semifinal | Kano Pillars | 71–65 | Full match + Highlights | |
Final | Rec do Libolo | 68-66 | Full match + Highlights |
Roster for the 2023 BAL season.[45]
Transfers for the 2023–24 season Joining Leaving
Name | Role | Nationality |
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Augustí Julbe | Head coach | Spanish |
Ahmed El Garhy | Assistant coach | Egyptian |
Rami Eldaisty | Assistant coach | Egyptian |
Walid Elkhratt | Manager | Egyptian |
Tarek Elgannam | Team Manager | Egyptian |
Mohamed Gad | physician | Egyptian |
Haitham Atef | Physiotherapist | Egyptian |
Nader Kozam | nutrition specialist | Egyptian |
Mohamed Essa | Masseur | Egyptian |
Alaa Lotfy | scouting | Egyptian |
Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsors | |
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2006–2009 | Puma | Vodafone / Juhayna / Chevrolet / Coca-Cola | |
2009–2011 | Adidas | ||
2011–2015 | Etisalat[50] / uhayna / Chevrolet | ||
2015–2017 | Diadora | Vodafone[51] / Juhayna[52] / Huawei[53] / Shell Helix[54] / / Domino's Pizza | |
2017–2018 | Hummel | ||
2018–2019 | Vodafone / LAVA / TORNADO | ||
2019–2022 | Kelme | WE / TIGER / GLC Paints/ Shell Helix |
As Al Ahly started to create teams for handball, basketball, and volleyball; they saw the importance of building an arena to host home matches for these clubs. The process of developing designs and searching for funds began in 1978, but was ultimately postponed due to funding issues. It wasn't until the 4th of February, 1994, that Al Ahly opened its sports hall.
On the 4th of February, 1994, Al Ahly officially opened his hall in a large opening ceremony. The ceremony started with a few words from Al Ahly chairman Saleh Selim. He declared that the hall would be named "Prince Abdalla El Faisl Hall" due to his efforts and assistance for Al Ahly, in his place, Abdallas' son Mohammed El Faisl received a commemorative medal. The first match held at the hall was friendly basketball game between Al Ahly and Ithhadd Alex. Following the friendly was a futsal match between retired players from Al Ahly and El Esmailly, with the likes of Mohmoud El Khatib and Aly Abu Greisha participating in the match.
The following is a (incomplete) list of Al Ahly's head coaches:
No | ! style="width:5%;" | Period | Name | From | ! style="width:15%;" | To |
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1 | 1st | Mitchel Ince | 1907 | 1908 | ||
2 | 1st | Aziz Ezzat Pacha | 1908 | 1916 | ||
3 | 1st | Abdelkhaleq Tharwat Pacha | 1916 | 1924 | ||
4 | 1st | Gaafar Waly Pacha | 1924 | 1940 | ||
5 | 1st | Mohamed Taher Pacha | 1940 | 1941 | ||
6 | 2nd | Gaafar Waly Pacha | 1941 | 1944 | ||
7 | 1st | Ahmed Hasanein Pacha | 1944 | 1946 | ||
8 | 1st | Ahmed Aboud Pacha | 1946 | 1961 | ||
9 | 1st | Salah Desouky Sheshtawy | 1961 | 1965 | ||
10 | 1st | Abdelmohsen Kamel Mortagy | 1965 | 1967 | ||
11 | 1st | Ibrahim El Wakil | 1967 | 1972 | ||
12 | 2nd | Abdelmohsen Kamel Mortagy | 1972 | 1980 | ||
13 | 1st | Saleh Selim | 1980 | 1988 | ||
14 | 1st | Mohamed Abdou Saleh El Wahsh | 1988 | 1992 | ||
15 | 2nd | Saleh Selim | 1992 | 2002 | ||
16 | 1st | Hassan Hamdy | 2002 | 2014 | ||
17 | 1st | Mahmoud Taher | 2014 | 2017 | ||
18 | 1st | Mahmoud El Khatib | 2017 | Present |