| Al Ahly | |||
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| Nickname | Red Devils Reds Matadors | ||
| Leagues | Egyptian Super League | ||
| Founded | 1930; 95 years ago (1930) | ||
| Arena | Al Ahly Sports Hall | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Location | Cairo,Egypt | ||
| Team colors | Red, White and Gold | ||
| Main sponsor | Telecom Egypt | ||
| CEO | Mohammed Morgan | ||
| President | Mahmoud El Khatib | ||
| General manager | Hosny Elgarhy | ||
| Head coach | Augustí Julbe | ||
| Team captain | Seif Samir | ||
| Ownership | Al Ahly FC | ||
| Championships | 8Egyptian Super League 11Egypt Cup 10Egyptian Mortabat League 1Basketball Africa League 1FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup 2African Basketball Cup Winners' Cup 1Arab Club Basketball Championship | ||
| Website | Link | ||
Al Ahly is an Egyptianbasketball club ofAl Ahly SC, located inCairo,Cairo Governorate,[1] that plays in theEgypt Basketball Super League. Currently, two of its athletes play for theEgypt men's national basketball team.[2] The team is a part of themulti-sports club of thesame name.
The club has won eightEgyptian Super League titles and elevenEgyptian Cup titles. Internationally, Al Ahly has won theFIBA Africa Champions Cup in2016, the BAL in 2023, and theArabophone Championship in2021.[citation needed]
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 againstAl Ittihad Alexandria in front of the Egyptian King Farouq in 1937.[citation needed] Al Ahly won its first Egyptian national championship in the 1988–89 season.[citation needed]
In July 2021, Al Ahly signed Spanish coachAugustí Julbe as their new head coach.[4] In the following 2021–22 season, Ahly won its sixth Premier League title and thus qualified for the2023 season of theBasketball Africa League (BAL).[citation needed]
In the following season, Al Ahly made their debut in the BAL and had a 4–1 record in theNile Conference, which was hosted in Cairo. In theplayoffs, Al Ahly defeatedREG andStade Malien in the quarter- and semi-finals. In thefinal, Al Ahly defeated the Senegalese championsAS Douanes 80–65, to win their second continental title and first BAL title.[5] Al Ahly forwardNuni Omot was named theleague MVP.[5] In the 2022–23 domestic season, Al Ahly won the double once again under Julbe.[citation needed]
In the following season, Al Ahly represented Africa in the2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup inSingapore. 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 theNBA G League Ignite.[6]
Winners(1) : 2023| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Egyptian Cup | International competitions | Head coach | ||||||
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| 2016–17 | 1 | Super League | 4th | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | N/A | Runner-up | DNQ | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | Super League | 7th | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | Won quarterfinals (Smouha) 2–0 Won semifinals (Sporting) 2–0Won finals (Gezira) 2–0 | Winner | DNQ | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Super League | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | Won quarterfinals (Smouha) 2–1 Lost semifinals (Zamalek) 1–3 | Runner-up | ABL | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Super League | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | Won quarterfinals (Insurance) 3–0 Won semifinals (Gezira) 3–1 Lost finals (Ittihad) 1–3 | Runner-up | N/A | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Super League | 4th | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | Won quarterfinals (Sporting) 3–0 Lost semifinals (Ittihad) 0–3 | Runner-up | DNQ | Mário Palma | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Super League | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | Won quarterfinals (Insurance) 3–0 Won semifinals (Gezira) 3–0 Won finals (Ittihad) 3–2 | Winners | DNQ | Augustí Julbe | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Super League | 2nd | 14 | 13 | 1 | .929 | Won quarterfinals (Telecom) 3–0 Won semifinals (Zamalek) 3–0 Won finals (Ittihad) 3–1 | Winners | BAL | Champions | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Super League | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | Won quarterfinals (Telecom) 3–0 Won semifinals (Zamalek) 3–0 Lost finals (Ittihad) 1–3 | Runner-up | BAL | Quarterfinalist | ||
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 1FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup + 2African 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 |
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| C | Omar Tarek | Ahmed Ismail | Abdullah Nasser | ||
| PF | Marwan Sarhan | Seif Samir | |||
| SF | Amr Gendy | Amr Zahran | Mohamed Abouelnasser | ||
| SG | Ehab Amin | Ahmed Mohieb | Moamen Khairy | ||
| PG | Walter Hodge | Omar Azab | Karim Hatem |
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| 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] /Egyptians Steel [ar] /Domino's Pizza |
| 2017–2018 | Hummel | |
| 2018–2019 | Vodafone / LAVA / TORNADO | |
| 2019–2022 | Kelme | WE / TIGER / GLC Paints |
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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:
Mário Palma: (2021)[55]Augustí Julbe: (2021–present)| No | Period | Name | From | 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 |
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