Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Club (Arabic: نادي الإتحاد السكندري‎), simply known as Al- Ittihad, is an Egyptian football club that plays in the Egyptian Premier League. They were founded in 1914 in Alexandria. It has the third largest number of fans in Egypt, after Al Ahly, Zamalek. The club is the first club that rushed to endorse the idea of founding the Egyptian Football Association in 1921 which contributed to increased popularity in Alexandria. Often referred to as "sid el balad"(الاتحاد سيد البلد) meaning Masters of the City.

For the basketball team, see Al Ittihad Alexandria (basketball).

Al-Ittihad
Full nameAl Ittihad Alexandria Club
Nickname(s)
  • Masters of the City
    (سيد البلد)
  • El Thagher's Leaders
    (زعيم الثغر)
Short nameITT
Founded4 August 1914 (1914-08-04)
GroundAlexandria Stadium
Capacity13,660
Chairman Mohamed Mouselhy
Manager Talaat Youssef
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2018–19Egyptian Premier League, 11th
WebsiteClub website

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.
  • 1912The 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 Lisbon, Portugal, and ended the match with a positive draw 2–2.[1]

Honors
1926, 1936, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976
1935

Regional
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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]
  2. Gor Mahia won on walkover after Al Ittihad withdrew.

Performance in domestic competitions
Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year League Position Egypt Cup Super Cup
2003–04Egyptian Premier League5Round of 16
2004–05Egyptian Premier League9Runner Up
2005–06Egyptian Premier League7Round of 16
2006–07Egyptian Premier League13Round of 32
2007–08Egyptian Premier League10Quarter Final
2008–09Egyptian Premier League11Round of 32
2009–10Egyptian Premier League10Quarter-finals
2010–11Egyptian Premier League14Round of 16
2011–12Egyptian Premier Leaguenot finishednot held
2012–13Egyptian Premier Leaguenot finishedRound of 16
2013–14Egyptian Premier League3 (Group 1)Round of 32
2014–15Egyptian Premier League14Quarter Final
2015–16Egyptian Premier League14Quarter Final
2016–17Egyptian Premier League8Round of 16
2017–18Egyptian Premier League11Round of 16
2018–19Egyptian Premier League11Semi Final

Players

Current squad
As of 1 January 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  EGY Emad El Sayed
2 DF  TOG Wilson Akakpo
4 DF  EGY Mahmoud Rizk
5 DF  EGY Islam Gamal
6 DF  EGY Sabry Raheel
7 FW  EGY Ahmed Refaat (on loan from Zamalek)
8 MF  EGY Ahmed Nabil
9 FW  EGY Khaled Kamar
10 MF  EGY Khaled El Ghandour
11 FW  EGY Ayman El Ghobashy (on loan from Nogoom)
12 DF  EGY Osama El Azab
13 DF  EGY El Sayed Salem
14 MF  EGY Nour El Sayed (Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  EGY Gedo (4th captain)
16 GK  EGY Mahmoud El Zonfouly
17 DF  EGY Karim El Deeb
19 FW  EGY Ahmed Heggy
20 FW  CIV Razack Cissé (on loan from Zamalek)
21 DF  EGY Mahmoud Shaaban (Vice-captain)
22 FW  EGY Ahmed Rashed
23 GK  EGY Amr Khalil
24 MF  EGY Hesham Mohamed
25 DF  EGY Mohamed Anwar
27 FW  UGA Emmanuel Okwi
28 MF  EGY Marwan Attia
30 DF  EGY Marwan El Nagar (3rd captain)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  EGY Hesham Salah (at El Raja until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  EGY Karim Mamdouh (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2020)

All time top Egyptian Premier League Scorers
Goalscorers[3]
# Player Goals
1Mohamed Diab Al-Attar81
2Ahmed Sary40
3Eid Ahmed38
4Abdel Fattah El-Garm36
5Shehta (Abdel Rehim Younes)31
6Raafat Attia26
7Youssef Hamdy26
8Gaber El-Khawaga25
9Ahmed Saleh24
10Fouad Morsi24

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 –
  • Talaat Youssef (Jun 2019 –)

See also

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.
  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. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. "Ithad Scorers in Egyptian League" (PDF).
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