Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

Al Ittihad
Full name	Al Ittihad Alexandria Club; (El Ittihad El Skandary)
Nickname(s)	سيد البلد (Masters of the City); زعيم الثغر (El Thagher's Leaders)
Founded	4 August 1914; 110 years ago
Ground	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Capacity	13,660
Chairman	Mohamed Moselhi
Manager	Nikodimos Papavasiliou
League	Egyptian Premier League
2023–24	Egyptian Premier League, 11th
	Current season

Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (Arabic: نادي الإتحاد السكندري), locally known as El Ittihad El Skandary, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

Founded in 1914 in Alexandria, the club is one of the oldest and most popular football clubs in Egypt. Al Ittihad was the first club that rushed to endorse the idea of founding the Egyptian Football Association in 1921, which significantly contributed to increasing the club's popularity in Alexandria. Its famous Chairman was Tawfik Abouhashem.

Highlights

1906 Establishment of a club under the name of the club of the Union headed by Hassan Ismail.
1908 Change the name of the club from Union club to the Union National Club.
1910 Creation of United Champions Club headed by Abu Zeidi.
1912 Abdo El Hamami heads the United Champions Club.
1912 The merger of the National Union Club with El Haditha club under the name of the modern club headed by Hassan Rasmi, and this club became the strongest football club in Alexandria.
1914 The merger of El Haditha club with the United Champions Club under the name of Al Ittihad Club and so the name of Al Ittihad Club reappeared.
1918 The merger of Al Ittihad Club with the Alexandria Club under the name of Al Ittihad Club of Alexandria headed by Mohammed Shaheen.
2014 As Al Ittihad club was celebrating their year number (100) A match was held for Al Ittihad Club of Alexandria in the Alexandria Stadium against Sporting CP, Portugal, and ended the match with a positive draw 2–2.^[1]

Kits and colours

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer	Notes
2011–2013	Givova
2013–2014	Macron
2014	Erreà	Used in centenary match only
2014–2017	Adidas
2017–2020	Uhlsport
2020–2022	Xtep
2022–2023	Adidas
2023–	Kelme

Kits gallery

2018-2019 Home

2018-2019 Away

2019-2020 Home

2019-2020 Away

2020-2021 Home

2020-2021 Away

2021-2022 Home

2021-2022 Away

Alexandria Derby

Both being based in Alexandira; Smouha and Al-Ittihad Alexandria have always been an exciting encounter. The rivalry stems from the fact that both teams are the biggest in Alexandria and share the same stadium Alexandria International Stadium. The rivalry is always sure to deliver good football.

Honours

Egypt Cup: 6

1926, 1935–36, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976

Sultan Hussein Cup: 1

1935

Regional

Alexandria Zone League: 27 (record)

From 1927 to 1953

Performance in CAF competitions

FR = First round
SR = Second round
QF = Quarter-final
SF = Semi-final

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Ethiopia	Saint George	2–0	0–0	2–0
1975	African Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Cameroon	Tonnerre Yaoundé	4–0	w/o	w/o^[a]
1977	African Cup Winners' Cup	SR	Algeria	MO Constantine	3–1	0–1	3–2
		QF	Tanzania	Rangers International	2–0	0–0	2–0
		SF	Cameroon	Tonnerre Yaoundé	1–0	0–2	1–2
1979	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Kenya	Gor Mahia	w/o^[b]
2006	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Rwanda	Rayon Sports	3–0	0–1	3–1
2006	CAF Confederation Cup	SR	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–4 p)

Notes

^ The second leg was abandoned in the second half with Tonnerre Yaoundé leading 3–0 after Al Ittihad players walked off to protest the officiating and the improper match atmosphere. Al Ittihad were disqualified from the competition by CAF and the tie was awarded to Tonnerre Yaoundé. After coming back to Egypt, Al Ittihad players said that they were attacked by both the fans and the local police officers during the match after protesting against the match officials.^[2]
^ Gor Mahia won on walkover after Al Ittihad withdrew.

Performance in domestic competitions

Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year	League	Position	Egypt Cup	Super Cup
2003–04	Egyptian Premier League	5	Round of 16
2004–05	Egyptian Premier League	9	Runner Up
2005–06	Egyptian Premier League	7	Round of 16
2006–07	Egyptian Premier League	13	Round of 32
2007–08	Egyptian Premier League	10	Quarter Final
2008–09	Egyptian Premier League	11	Round of 32
2009–10	Egyptian Premier League	10	Quarter-finals
2010–11	Egyptian Premier League	14	Round of 16
2011–12	Egyptian Premier League	not finished	not held
2012–13	Egyptian Premier League	not finished	Round of 16
2013–14	Egyptian Premier League	3 (Group 1)	Round of 32
2014–15	Egyptian Premier League	14	Quarter Final
2015–16	Egyptian Premier League	14	Quarter Final
2016–17	Egyptian Premier League	8	Round of 16
2017–18	Egyptian Premier League	11	Round of 16
2018–19	Egyptian Premier League	11	Semi Final
2019–20	Egyptian Premier League	10	Semi Final
2020–21	Egyptian Premier League	7	Round of 16

Players

Current squad

As of 3 October 2023^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	EGY	El Mahdy Soliman
2	DF	EGY	Karim Yehia
3	DF	EGY	Abdallah Bakri (Loan From ZED)
4	MF	EGY	Ahmed El Shimi
5	DF	EGY	Mostafa Ibrahim
6	DF	EGY	Mahmoud Shabana
7	FW	GHA	Benjamin Boateng
8	MF	EGY	Naser Naser
9	FW	EGY	Fady Farid
11	FW	EGY	Hesham Adel
12	MF	EGY	Omar El Wahsh
14	DF	EGY	Mahmoud Metwalli
16	GK	EGY	Sobhi Soliman
17	MF	EGY	Karim El Deeb
18	MF	GHA	Moro Salifu
19	FW	NGA	Manu Apeh
20	FW	GAB	Bekale Aubame


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	EGY	Abdelghani Mohamed
23	MF	POR	Filipe Nascimento
28	FW	EGY	Ahmed Eid
30	FW	EGY	Amr Gomaa
33	DF	EGY	Marwan Dawoud Loan From (Enppi)
38	FW	EGY	Mohamed Fares
47	GK	EGY	Kabaka
66	DF	EGY	Mohamed El Maghrabi
77	MF	EGY	Amr Saleh
99	FW	EGY	Islam Samir

All time top Egyptian Premier League Scorers

Goalscorers^[4]
#	Player	Goals
1	Mohamed Diab Al Attar	81
2	Ahmed Sary	40
3	Eid Ahmed	38
4	Abdel Fattah El Garm	36
5	Shehta (Abdel Rehim Younes)	31
6	Raafat Attia	26
7	Youssef Hamdy	26
8	Gaber El Khawaga	25
9	Ahmed Saleh	24
10	Fouad Morsi	24

Management

Board of directors

Office	Name
President	Mohamed Mouselhy
Vice President	Hesham Hussien
Member	Ibrahim Shaaban
Member	Ahmed Abd El Mejed
Member	Ahmed Fouad
Member	Hazem El Regal
Member	Ismail Mohamed
Member	Mahmoud Medhat
Member	Khalil Hesham

Source: [1]^[usurped]

Managers

Diethelm Ferner (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2002)
Mohamed Omar (Jan 2002 – 2 July)
Rainer Zobel (4 November 2002 – 31 December 2003)
Mohamed Omar (May 2003 – 4 April)
Mohamed Salah (July 2004 – 4 Oct)
Slobodan Pavković (July 2006 – 6 Dec)
Mohamed Omar (Dec 2006 – 7 Aug)
Mohamed Salah (Sept 2007 – 8 Jan)
Taha Basry (1 January 2008 – 26 August 2009)
Cabralzinho (4 September 2009 – 21 November 2010)
Mohamed Amer (22 November 2010 – 6 April 2011)
Ahmed Sary (April 2011)
José Maqueda (2 August 2011 – 1 December 2012)
Ahmed Sary (16 December 2012 – 12 March 2013)
Jose Kléber (20 March 2013 – 12 May 2013)
Ahmed Sary (12 May 2013 – 22 July 2013)
Talaat Youssef (23 July 2013 – 16 December 2013)
Mounir Oukala (interim) (21 December 2013 – 31 December 2013)
Denis Lavagne (31 December 2013–14)
Talaat Youssef (Aug 2014 – Oct 2014)
Hossam Hassan (Oct 2014 – July 2015)
Stoycho Mladenov (July 2015 – Nov 2015)
Leonel Pontes (Nov 2015 – March 2016)
Mokhtar Mokhtar (March 2016 – Feb 2017)
José Maqueda (February 2017 – 2018)
Talaat Youssef (Jun 2019 – Oct 2020)
Mounir Oukala (interim) (Oct 2020 – Oct 2020)
Hossam Hassan (Oct 2020 – March 2022)
Emad El Nahhas (March 2022 – Present)

References

^ "تعادل الاتحاد السكندري مع سبورتنج لشبونة البرتغالي بمناسبة مئوية سيد البلد" [The Alexandrian Federation tied with Sporting Lisbon, Portugal, on the occasion of the country’s centenary]. Alexandria news (in Arabic). 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
^ Shafey, Sherif (11 January 2019). "ذكرياتى مع مشوار الاتحاد فى افريقيا 75 و مأساة مباراة الرعد الكاميرونى - جزء من الحلقة 15" [Episode 15 - My memories with Al Ittihad journey in the 1975 African Cup Winners' Cup and Tonnerre Yaoundé match disaster]. youtube.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ "Al Ittihad Alexandria: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Ithad Scorers in Egyptian League" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

External links

[3] The second leg was abandoned in the second half with Tonnerre Yaoundé leading 3–0 after Al Ittihad players walked off to protest the officiating and the improper match atmosphere. Al Ittihad were disqualified from the competition by CAF and the tie was awarded to Tonnerre Yaoundé. After coming back to Egypt, Al Ittihad players said that they were attacked by both the fans and the local police officers during the match after protesting against the match officials.^[2]

[4] Gor Mahia won on walkover after Al Ittihad withdrew.

[1] "تعادل الاتحاد السكندري مع سبورتنج لشبونة البرتغالي بمناسبة مئوية سيد البلد" [The Alexandrian Federation tied with Sporting Lisbon, Portugal, on the occasion of the country’s centenary]. Alexandria news (in Arabic). 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

[2] Shafey, Sherif (11 January 2019). "ذكرياتى مع مشوار الاتحاد فى افريقيا 75 و مأساة مباراة الرعد الكاميرونى - جزء من الحلقة 15" [Episode 15 - My memories with Al Ittihad journey in the 1975 African Cup Winners' Cup and Tonnerre Yaoundé match disaster]. youtube.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[5] "Al Ittihad Alexandria: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[6] "Ithad Scorers in Egyptian League" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

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