Al Ahly Club (Giza)

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  Al-Ahly (Arabic: الأهلي) is an Egyptian Sports club founded and headed by the English gentleman Mitchel Ince in April, 1907 in Cairo, Egypt. The club has risen from popular roots to become Africa’s greatest Club. Al-Ahly, best known as the “people’s club”, is believed to have 50 million supporters in Egypt, making them the most supported club in Africa and the Middle East and one of the most popular clubs in the world. Al-Ahly, which means "national" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Egypt, having won the Egyptian League 31 times (more than the sum of all other Egyptian clubs including their arch-rivals Al-Zamalek) and the Egyptian Cup a record 34 times. Moreover, Al-Ahly is the best club in Africa, winning the CAF champions league 5 times (a joint record), the African Cup-Winners-Cup 4 times (a record), the CAF super cup 3 times (a joint record), and the Afro-Asian Cup 1 time, being named "African club of the 20th century" by CAF in 2000. Al-Ahly began to dominate the Egyptian game in the 40s due to its popularity among people and rulers of Egypt at that period. But it was not until the 80s that the Red Devils truly emerged to the African level, winning the top club competition in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in 2001, 2005 and 2006 under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel Jose and now, less than three years into his record-breaking second stint, Ahly have added another continental crown in an undefeated streak that has gone beyond 50 matches. Al-Ahly has a fierce rivalry with local rivals Al-Zamalek; the derby matches are so intense, that foreign referees are brought in to officiate the game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIPilNMn0Zw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ti1MFJ40s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VcHViSMvE

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