Al Ahly
2023–24 Al Ahly men's basketball season
Nickname	Red Devils Reds Matadors
Leagues	Egyptian Super League
Founded	1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Arena	Al Ahly Sports Hall
Capacity	2,500
Location	Cairo, Egypt
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	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
Website	Link
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Active departments of Al Ahly SC
Football Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Handball (Men's) Handball (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Table tennis Water polo Field hockey Roller hockey Tennis

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.^{[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 against Al 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 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).^{[citation needed]}

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.^[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 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]

• Egyptian Super League

  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

• Egypt Cup

  Winners (11) : 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]

• Egyptian Mortabat League

  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.

• Egyptian Super Cup

  Winners (1) : 2023

• Basketball Africa League: 1
  • Champions (shared record): 2023^[35]
• FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup: 1
  • Champions : 2016^{[36][37][38][39][40]}
  • Third place : 2004, 2012
• African Basketball Cup Winners' Cup: 2
  • Champions (record): 1998,^[41] 2000^[42][43]

• Arab Club Basketball Championship:
  • Champions: 2021^[44]
  • Runners-up :1991, 1999, 2000 , 2022
  • Third place : 1995

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
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]

Al Ahly roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Thompson, Michael (I) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 35 – (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 PF 4 Sarhan, Marwan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1992-05-02)2 May 1992 SF 6 Gendy, Amr 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 33 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 PF 7 Omot, Nuni (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994 PG 10 Camara, Dramane (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 20 – (2004-01-24)24 January 2004 SG 13 Abouzeid, Moamen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2003-01-01)1 January 2003 G/F 14 Zahran, Amr 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 23 – (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 SG 15 Webster, Corey (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 36 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 SF 23 Abdelkawy, Mohamed 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 PF/C 24 Samir, Seif (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-06-05)5 June 1993 C 34 Ismail, Ahmed 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 29 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 C 41 Oraby, Omar 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 33 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 G 45 Amin, Ehab 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995	Head coach Augustí Julbe Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 24 April 2023

Roster for the 2023 BAL season

Roster for the 2023 BAL season.[45] Al Ahly roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Thompson, Michael (I) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 35 – (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 PF 4 Sarhan, Marwan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1992-05-02)2 May 1992 SF 6 Gendy, Amr 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 33 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 PF 7 Omot, Nuni (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994 PG 10 Camara, Dramane (DP) 20 – (2004-01-24)24 January 2004 SG 13 Abouzeid, Moamen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2003-01-01)1 January 2003 G/F 14 Alaa Zahran, Amr 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 23 – (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 SG 15 Webster, Corey (I) 36 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 SF 23 Abdelkawy, Mohamed 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 F/C 24 Samir, Seif (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-06-05)5 June 1993 C 34 Desouki, Ahmed 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 C 41 Oraby, Omar 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 33 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 G 45 Amin, Ehab 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 Head coach Augustí Julbe Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 24 April 2023

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Name	Role	Nationality
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
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 / Shell Helix

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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
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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