List of Al Ahly SC records and statistics

Al Ahly Football Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي), commonly referred to as Al Ahly, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo, It is known as "The Club of the Century" in African football.[1] It is best known for its professional football team that plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier in the Egyptian football league system, and is the most decorated football club in Africa.[2][3] It was founded on 24 April 1907, as a gathering place for Cairo's Student Unions.

Mahmoud El Khatib Al Ahly's all-time top-scorer with 159 goals in all competitions

Al Ahly has a record of 43 national league titles, 38 national cup titles, and 14 national super cup titles, making them the most decorated club in Egypt. In addition, Al Ahly has never been relegated to the Egyptian Second Division. In international competitions, the club has won a record ten CAF Champions League titles, a CAF Confederation Cup, a record Seven CAF Super Cups, a record four African Cup Winners' Cups, an Afro-Asian Club Championship, an Arab Club Champions Cup, an Arab Cup Winners' Cup, a record two Arab Super Cups, and won a bronze medal in the 2006, 2020, 2021 and 2023 Club World Cup.

Honours edit

Al Ahly winning the 2023 Egyptian Super Cup raised the club's trophy count to 150, making them the most decorated club in the world. This includes 24 continental titles. Al Ahly won the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1982 and 1987. Following the tournament's rebranding as the CAF Champions League, Al Ahly triumphed again in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008 under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel José,[4] in 2012 under Hossam El-Badry, in 2013 under Mohamed Youssef, and in 2020 and 2021 under Pitso Mosimane. This makes them the most decorated team in continental competitions in Africa with eleven Champions League titles, as well as one CAF Confederation Cup, four African Cup Winners' Cups, eight CAF Super Cups and one Afro-Asian Club Championship. At local level, Al Ahly has won more titles than any other club, with 43 Egyptian Premier League titles, 38 Egypt Cups, 14 Egyptian Super Cups, 7 Sultan Hussein Cups and 17 Cairo League titles, along with winning the cup of the United Arab Republic on one occasion and the Egyptian Confederation Cup once as well.[5][6]

Domestic (121 titles) edit

Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons Runners Up
Egyptian Egyptian Premier League 43 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20

2022–23

1966–67, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15, 2020–21
Egypt Cup 38 1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22 1925–26, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1943–44, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2020–21
Egyptian Super Cup 14 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 2009, 2016, 2019, 2020
Sultan Hussein Cup 7 1922–23, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1937–38 1927–28, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
Cairo League 17 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1957–58
Egyptian Confederation Cup 1 1989
United Arab Republic Cup 1 1960-1961

Africa (24 titles) edit

Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons Runners Up
CAF CAF Champions League 11 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2019–20, 2020–21 , 2022-23 1983, 2007, 2017, 2018, 2021-22
African Cup Winners' Cup 4 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993
CAF Confederation Cup 1 2014
CAF Super Cup 8 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021 (May), 2021 (December) 1994, 2015

Worldwide (5 titles) edit

Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons Runners Up
Intercontinental Afro-Asian Cup 1 1988
FIFA Club World Cup Third Place 2006, 2020, 2021, 2023
UAFA Arab Club Champions Cup 1 1996 1997
Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1 1994
Arab Super Cup 2S 1997, 1998
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Awards & recognitions edit

All-time statistics edit

All stats correct as of 26 December 2021.[7]

Competition Matches Wins Draws Losses Win %
Egyptian Premier League 1,590 1,073 355 162 067.48
African Competitions 384 199 101 84 051.82

Players records edit

Most appearances edit

Competitive, professional matches only. Goals (in parentheses) included in total.[8][9][10]

Name Years League Cup Africa World Cup Other Total
1   Hossam Ashour 2003–2020 292 0(3) 037 0(0) 0156 0(0) 11 (0) 016 0(0) 512 00(3)
2   Hady Khashaba 1991–2006 301 0(26) 043 0(5) 057 0(3) 000 0(0) 040 0(1) 444 0(42)
3   Essam El Hadary 1996–2008 306 0(0) 0017 0(?) 91 0(1) 003 0(0) 04 0(0) 421 00(1)
4   Osama Orabi 1982–1999 280 0(?) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 000 0(0) 00? 0(?) 400 0(?)
5   Wael Gomaa 2001–2014 241 0(11) 018 0(0) 0114 0(4) 011 0(0) 015 0(0) 399 0(16)
6   Ahmed Fathy 2007–2014
2015–2020
224 0(16) 021 (4) 0103 0(5) 7 0(0) 010 0(1) 364 0(26)
7   Shady Mohamed 1999–2009 203 00(6) 025 0(1) 089 0(3) 07 0(0) 013 0(1) 337 0(11)
8   Emad Moteab 2003–2018 190 0(75) 024 0(19) 093 0(28) 009 0(2) 004 0(0) 320 0(124)
9   Ahmed Shobair 1980–1997 222 0(0) 032 0(0) 049 0(0) 000 0(0) 012 0(0) 316 00(0)
10   Moustafa Abdou 1972–1987 234 0(43) 0? 0(?) 0? 0(?) 000 0(0) 000 0(0) 311 0(?)

Top goalscorers edit

All Competitions edit

Ranking Name Nationality Years Matches Goals Percentage%
1 Mahmoud El Khatib   Egypt 1972–1988 275 159 0.57
2 Hossam Hassan   Egypt 1984-1990
1992–2000
301 142 0.47
3 Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt 2004–2014 287 126 0.44
4 Emad Moteab   Egypt 2003–2018 320 124 0.39
5 Mokhtar El Tetsh   Egypt 1922–1940 119 112 1.19
6 Saleh Selim   Egypt 1948–1962
1963–1967
202 100 0.49
7 Ahmed Mekkawi   Egypt ? 137 95 0.74
8 El Sayed Ateya (Toto)   Egypt ? 133 88 0.69
9 Taha Ismail   Egypt 1958–1970 199 81 0.41
10 Walid Soliman   Egypt 2011–2022 313 75 0.44

League edit

Ranking Name Nationality Years Goals
1 Mahmoud El Khatib   Egypt 1972–1988 109
2 Hossam Hassan   Egypt 1984–1990
1992–2000
109
3 Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt 2004–2014 79
4 Saleh Selim   Egypt 1948–1962
1963–1967
78
5 El Sayed Ateya (Toto)   Egypt ? 75
6 Emad Moteab   Egypt 2003–2018 75
7 Taha Ismail   Egypt 1958–1970 64
8 Ahmad Belal   Egypt 2000–2005
2007–2010
55
9 Abdallah El Said   Egypt 2011–2018 50
10 Felix Aboagye   Ghana 1993–1998 47

Africa edit

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Ranking Name Nationality Years Goals
1 Mahmoud El Khatib   Egypt 1972–1988 37
2 Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt 2004–2014 32
3 Emad Moteab   Egypt 2003–2018 28
4 Walid Soliman   Egypt 2011–2022 20
5 Mohamed Barakat   Egypt 2004–2013 18
6 Flávio Amado   Angola 2005–2009 18
7 Hossam Hassan   Egypt 1984–1990
1992–2000
17
8 Ayman Shawky   Egypt 1984–1995 15
9 Walid Azaro   Morocco 2017–2020 13
10 Taher Abouzeid   Egypt 1980–1993 13

Individual honours edit

Player of the season edit

 
Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the club legends.
Season Nationality Player
2019–2020   Egypt Mohamed El Shenawy
2018–2019   Tunisia Ali Maâloul
2017–2018   Morocco Walid Azaro
2016–2017   Egypt Saad Samir
2015–2016   Egypt Abdallah El Said
2014–2015   Egypt Moamen Zakaria
2013–2014   Egypt Ahmed Fathy
2012–2013   Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
2010–2011   Egypt Ahmed Fathy
2009–2010   Egypt Mohamed Barakat

Players' individual honours and awards while playing with Al Ahly edit

Team records edit

Matches edit

Firsts edit

Record wins edit

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League edit

Points edit

  • Most points in a season (record):
    • 89 points in the 2019–20 season (Egyptian League record).
  • Highest Point Average (record):
    • 2.84 points during the 2004–05 season (Egyptian League Record).

Goals edit

  • Season with most goals scored in League matches (record):
  • Highest Goal Average Scored by a club in 1 season (record):
    • 3.06 in 1957–58 season (Egyptian League Record).
  • Season with fewest goals conceded in League matches (record):
    • The club conceded a total number of 2 goals in 23 games in the 1975–76 season.
  • Lowest Goals Received Average by a season (record):
    • 0.09 in the 1975–76 season (Egyptian League Record).

Streaks edit

  • Consecutive Egyptian League titles (record):
  • Longest consecutive unbeaten matches in the league (record):
    • 71 (between loss to Zamalek on 15 May 2004 and loss to Ismaily on 25 May 2007)
  • Longest consecutive unbeaten matches in one league season (record):
    • 26 games during the 1974–75 season.

Record transfer fee paid edit

Ranking Name Nationality From Transfer Fee
( millions)
Year Ref
1 Hussein El Shahat   Egypt   Al Ain €4.35m 2019 [19]
2 Junior Ajayi   Nigeria   Sfaxien €2.50m 2016 [20]
3 Malick Evouna   Gabon   Wydad €2.25m 2015 [21]
4 Aliou Badji   Senegal   Rapid Wien €2.00m 2020 [22]
5 Percy Tau   South Africa   Brighton & Hove Albion €1.80m 2021 [23]

Record transfer fee received edit

Ranking Name Nationality To Transfer Fee
( millions)
Year Ref
1 Malick Evouna   Gabon   Tianjin €7.25m 2016 [24]
2 Ahmed Hegazi   Egypt   West Bromwich Albion €5.00m 2017 [25]
3 Ramadan Sobhi   Egypt   Stoke City €5.00m 2016 [26]
4 Flávio Amado   Angola   Al Shabab €2.75m 2009 [27]
5 Mahmoud Hassan   Egypt   R.S.C. Anderlecht €2.20m 2016 [28]

See also edit

References edit

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