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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 (1914-08-04)
Ground	Alexandria Stadium,  Alexandria
Capacity	19,676
Chairman	Mohamed Moselhi
Manager	Nikodimos Papavasiliou
League	Egyptian Premier League
2023–24	Egyptian Premier League, 11th
Website	www.itthadclub.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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.

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
		QF	Cameroon	Tonnerre Yaoundé	4–0	w/o	w/o
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
2006	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Rwanda	Rayon Sports	3–0	0–1	3–1
		SR	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–4 p)

Notes

1. 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

Players

Current squad

As of 3 October 2023

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

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

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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)

See also

• Egyptian Premier League
• Egypt Cup
• Sultan Hussein Cup

References

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.
3. "Al Ittihad Alexandria: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
4. "Ithad Scorers in Egyptian League" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Al Ittihad Alexandria Club at Egyptian Football Association
• Al Ittihad Alexandria Club at Egyptian Premier League

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