Al Ahly Quiz
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In which year was Al Ahly founded in Cairo?
WhyThe club's founding board meeting was held on 24 April 1907; the first official football team followed in 1911. -
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Al Ahly's old stadium, now the club's training ground, is named after which club legend?
WhyMokhtar El-Tetsh starred for Al Ahly from 1922 to 1940 and later managed them to their first league title in 1948-49. -
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Al Ahly won their fourth Club World Cup bronze in Jeddah in December 2023 with a 4-2 win over which club?
WhyMarcel Koller's side beat Urawa Red Diamonds after losing the semi-final 2-0 to Fluminense. -
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Al Ahly won the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs by beating which club in the final?
WhyAfter a 0-0 draw in Khartoum, Al Ahly beat Sudan's Al-Hilal 2-0 at Cairo Stadium. -
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Who coached Al Ahly to the 2013 CAF Champions League title against Orlando Pirates?
WhyMohamed Youssef took over from Hossam El-Badry and won the eighth title with a 2-0 second-leg win. -
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Up to and including the 2023 edition, how many FIFA Club World Cup bronze medals had Al Ahly won?
WhyAl Ahly finished third in 2006, 2020, 2021 and 2023. -
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In Manuel Jose's first spell, Al Ahly won the 2001 CAF Champions League by beating which club in the final?
WhyAl Ahly drew 1-1 in Pretoria, then won 3-0 at Cairo International Stadium for a 4-1 aggregate win. -
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Pitso Mosimane's previous club had beaten Al Ahly 5-0 in the 2018-19 CAF Champions League. Which club?
WhyMosimane left that club in September 2020 to become Al Ahly's first non-Egyptian African coach. -
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Cairo International Stadium, Al Ahly's home ground, was formerly known by which name?
WhyThe stadium was opened by President Gamal Abdel Nasser on 23 July 1960 and was originally named after him. -
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Before joining Al Ahly in 2022, Marcel Koller managed which national team?
WhyKoller, a Swiss former Grasshoppers midfielder, coached Austria from 2011 to 2017. -
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Manuel Jose's Al Ahly won the 2004-05 Egyptian Premier League by a record 31-point margin over which runner-up?
WhyAl Ahly won all of their first 14 league games that season and finished 31 points clear of Enppi. -
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Who scored Al Ahly's 86th-minute winner against Zamalek in the 2020 CAF Champions League final?
WhyMohamed Magdy "Afsha" won the first all-Egyptian final 2-1 at Cairo International Stadium for a ninth title. -
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Under Pitso Mosimane, Al Ahly won bronze at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup by beating which club on penalties?
WhyThe third-place match in Qatar in February 2021 finished 0-0 and Al Ahly won the shoot-out 3-2 against Palmeiras. -
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Which law student first raised the idea of founding Al Ahly while heading the High School Students Club?
WhyOmar Lotfy pitched the club to friends; Saad Zaghloul became honorary president and Aziz Ezzat the first Egyptian president. -
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Al Ahly signed defender Wael Gomaa in 2001 from which club?
WhyWael Gomaa impressed against Al Ahly in the 2001 Egypt Cup final for Ghazl El Mahalla and joined soon after. -
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Manuel Jose's first match in charge of Al Ahly, in August 2001, was a 1-0 friendly win over which club?
WhyAl Ahly stunned Real Madrid 1-0 at Cairo Stadium in Manuel Jose's debut; Wael Gomaa also made his Al Ahly debut in that friendly. -
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Which Hungarian great became Al Ahly coach in September 1973 and built the "El Talamza" generation?
WhyNandor Hidegkuti's young side brought the league title back to Al Ahly in 1974-75. -
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After winning the 2023-24 CAF Champions League, how many titles in the competition had Al Ahly won, a record?
WhyThe 1-0 aggregate win over Esperance in 2024 was Al Ahly's 12th African title, after 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021 and 2023. -
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Al Ahly signed Mohamed Aboutrika in January 2004 from which Egyptian club?
WhyAboutrika came through at Tersana and scored 11 goals in his first 13 league games for Al Ahly. -
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Wael Gomaa headed a goal in the 2008 CAF Champions League final against which club?
WhyAl Ahly beat Cameroon's Coton Sport 4-2 on aggregate for their sixth African title; Gomaa won six in all. -
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Three days after the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs final, which Al Ahly legend retired after 17 years at the club?
WhyMahmoud El Khatib announced his retirement at a crowded press conference; he was later elected club president in 2017. -
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Mohamed Aboutrika scored twice as Al Ahly won bronze at the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. Who did they beat in the third-place match?
WhyAl Ahly beat Club America 2-1 in Yokohama, the first medal won by an African club at the tournament; Aboutrika finished top scorer with 3 goals. -
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Al Ahly's 3-0 win in the second leg of the 2005 CAF Champions League final was played at which venue, because Egypt's national stadium was being prepared for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations?
WhyCairo International Stadium was being prepared for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, so Mohamed Aboutrika and co. beat Etoile du Sahel at the Military Academy Stadium. -
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The name "Al Ahly" translates into English as what?
WhyAmine Samy suggested the name because it echoes the word for "national" in Egyptian Arabic. -
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Months after the Port Said disaster, Al Ahly won the 2012 CAF Champions League by beating which club in the final?
WhyAfter 1-1 at Borg El Arab, Al Ahly won 2-1 at Rades to claim their seventh African title. -
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Al Ahly's first ground, built in 1909, was known by which colloquial name meaning "the courtyard"?
WhyAl-Hawsh was developed over the years and became the stadium now named after a club legend. -
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Who scored a hat-trick for Al Ahly in their 4-4 draw with Porto at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?
WhyWessam Abou Ali scored three times, but Al Ahly still finished bottom of Group A. -
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Hossam Hassan shared most of his career, including at Al Ahly, with his twin brother. What is the twin's first name?
WhyIbrahim Hassan played alongside his twin for most of his career, including spells abroad. -
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In June 2023, Marcel Koller's Al Ahly won the CAF Champions League against the club that had beaten them in the previous final. Which club?
WhyWydad AC beat Al Ahly 2-0 in the 2022 final; a year later Al Ahly won 3-2 on aggregate. -
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Al Ahly won their first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1982 by beating which club in the final?
WhyAl Ahly won 3-0 in Cairo and drew 1-1 in Kumasi; Asante Kotoko beat them in the following year's final. -
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Al Ahly and Zamalek met for the first time, a 1-0 Al Ahly win, in which year?
WhyThe first Cairo derby was played on 9 February 1917 at Zamalek's ground, with Abdel Hamid Moharram scoring the only goal. -
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Mohamed Aboutrika scored a 91st-minute winner in the 2006 CAF Champions League final against which club?
WhyAboutrika was also the competition's top scorer that year with 8 goals as Al Ahly retained the title. -
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Essam El-Hadary left Al Ahly in 2008 for which Swiss club, despite still being under contract?
WhySion announced the signing in February 2008; FIFA later suspended El-Hadary and penalised Sion over the move. -
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What was removed from Al Ahly's crest after the 1952 revolution?
WhyThe 1917 crest carried a crown for Egypt's royal rule; in 1952 it was replaced by the word "Nady", meaning club. -
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Goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary scored in Al Ahly's 4-1 win in the 2002 CAF Super Cup. Who were the opponents?
WhyEl-Hadary's goal against Kaizer Chiefs in Cairo became one of the most famous moments of his 12 years at the club. -
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Al Ahly drew 0-0 with which club in the opening match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?
WhyThe opener at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens kicked off the first 32-team Club World Cup. -
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The Port Said Stadium disaster of 1 February 2012, in which 72 Al Ahly supporters lost their lives, followed a league match against which club?
WhyThe tragedy at Port Said Stadium after the Al Masry match led to the Egyptian league being suspended.
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Al Ahly began as a meeting place rather than a football team. Omar Lotfy, a law student heading the High School Students Club, raised the idea of a club for Cairo's secondary-school students, and the founding board met on 24 April 1907. Amine Samy suggested the name because it echoes the Egyptian Arabic word for national — Al Ahly means "the national" — Saad Zaghloul became honorary president, and Aziz Ezzat became the club's first Egyptian president. Football came afterwards. The members who had caught the game wanted somewhere to play it, and in 1909 the club built its first ground, known colloquially as Al-Hawsh, the courtyard. The first official team followed in 1911. Al-Hawsh was developed over the years into the stadium named after Mokhtar El-Tetsh, who starred for Al Ahly from 1922 to 1940 and then, as manager, brought home the club's first league title in 1948-49; it became the club's training ground. The first meeting with Zamalek was played on 9 February 1917 at Zamalek's ground, and Abdel Hamid Moharram scored the only goal in a 1-0 win. The 1917 crest carried a crown for Egypt's royal rule; after the 1952 revolution the crown was removed and replaced by the word Nady, meaning club, and Gamal Abdel Nasser was appointed honorary president. Nasser opened Cairo International Stadium, Al Ahly's home ground, on 23 July 1960, and it carried his name before it was renamed.
The modern club was rebuilt by a Hungarian. Nandor Hidegkuti, a member of the great Hungary side of the 1950s, arrived in September 1973 and put his faith in a young generation the supporters called El Talamza, the students; the league title came back to Al Ahly in 1974-75. Africa followed. In 1982 Al Ahly won their first African Cup of Champions Clubs, beating Asante Kotoko 3-0 at Cairo Stadium and drawing 1-1 in Kumasi, and the Ghanaians had their revenge in the very next final, in 1983. The second continental title arrived in 1987 against Sudan's Al-Hilal: 0-0 in Khartoum, then 2-0 at Cairo Stadium. Three days after that final, Mahmoud El Khatib called a press conference so crowded with journalists that it became part of the story, and announced his retirement after 17 years at the club. He did not leave for good: El Khatib was elected club president in 2017. The forwards who carried the attack into the next era included Hossam Hassan, who spent most of his career, his years at Al Ahly included, playing alongside his twin brother Ibrahim.
The golden era has a Portuguese face. Manuel Jose's first match in charge, in August 2001, was a friendly against Real Madrid at Cairo Stadium, and Al Ahly won it 1-0; Wael Gomaa, signed from Ghazl El Mahalla after impressing against Al Ahly in that year's Egypt Cup final, made his debut the same night. By December the third African title was in, a 1-1 draw in Pretoria and a 3-0 win at Cairo International Stadium against Mamelodi Sundowns. In the 2002 CAF Super Cup, a 4-1 win over Kaizer Chiefs in Cairo, the goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary scored. Mohamed Aboutrika came from Tersana in January 2004 and scored 11 goals in his first 13 league games, and when Jose returned for 2004-05 Al Ahly won all of their first 14 league games and finished 31 points clear of the runners-up, Enppi. The 2005 African final was won 3-0 in the second leg against Etoile du Sahel at the Cairo Military Academy Stadium, because Cairo International Stadium was being prepared for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. In 2006 Aboutrika scored a 91st-minute winner against CS Sfaxien to retain the trophy, finished the competition as top scorer with 8 goals, and then scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Club America in Yokohama that gave Al Ahly bronze at the Club World Cup, the first medal won by an African club at the tournament. El-Hadary left for FC Sion in February 2008 while still under contract, and FIFA later suspended him and penalised the Swiss club; that December Gomaa headed a goal in the final against Coton Sport of Cameroon, a 4-2 aggregate win for a sixth African title, and he won six in all.
On 1 February 2012, 72 Al Ahly supporters lost their lives at Port Said Stadium after a league match against Al Masry, and the Egyptian league was suspended. Months later the team won the 2012 CAF Champions League, 1-1 against Esperance at Borg El Arab and 2-1 at Rades, for a seventh title, and in 2013 Mohamed Youssef, who had taken over from Hossam El-Badry, completed an eighth with a 2-0 second-leg win over Orlando Pirates. Pitso Mosimane's Mamelodi Sundowns beat Al Ahly 5-0 in April 2019; in September 2020 Mosimane left Sundowns to become Al Ahly's first non-Egyptian African coach, and within weeks Mohamed Magdy "Afsha" scored an 86th-minute winner against Zamalek in the first all-Egyptian final, 2-1 at Cairo International Stadium, for a ninth title. Bronze at the Club World Cup followed in Qatar in February 2021, a 0-0 draw with Palmeiras and a 3-2 shoot-out, and again from the 2021 edition. Marcel Koller, a Swiss who had managed Austria from 2011 to 2017, arrived in 2022 after Wydad AC had beaten Al Ahly 2-0 in that year's final, and in June 2023 his side beat Wydad 3-2 on aggregate. That December, after a 2-0 semi-final defeat to Fluminense, Al Ahly beat Urawa Red Diamonds 4-2 in Jeddah for a fourth Club World Cup bronze, and the 1-0 aggregate win over Esperance in the 2023-24 final made it 12 African titles, a record in the competition at that point. In June 2025 Al Ahly drew 0-0 with Inter Miami at Hard Rock Stadium in the opening match of the first 32-team Club World Cup, and Wessam Abou Ali's hat-trick earned a 4-4 draw with Porto, though they finished bottom of Group A. Every answer here explains itself.
Al Ahly quiz answers, explained
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In which year was Al Ahly founded in Cairo?
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1907. The club's founding board meeting was held on 24 April 1907; the first official football team followed in 1911.
Al Ahly's old stadium, now the club's training ground, is named after which club legend?
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Mokhtar El-Tetsh. Mokhtar El-Tetsh starred for Al Ahly from 1922 to 1940 and later managed them to their first league title in 1948-49.
Al Ahly won their fourth Club World Cup bronze in Jeddah in December 2023 with a 4-2 win over which club?
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Urawa Red Diamonds. Marcel Koller's side beat Urawa Red Diamonds after losing the semi-final 2-0 to Fluminense.
Al Ahly won the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs by beating which club in the final?
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Al-Hilal. After a 0-0 draw in Khartoum, Al Ahly beat Sudan's Al-Hilal 2-0 at Cairo Stadium.
Who coached Al Ahly to the 2013 CAF Champions League title against Orlando Pirates?
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Mohamed Youssef. Mohamed Youssef took over from Hossam El-Badry and won the eighth title with a 2-0 second-leg win.
Up to and including the 2023 edition, how many FIFA Club World Cup bronze medals had Al Ahly won?
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4. Al Ahly finished third in 2006, 2020, 2021 and 2023.
In Manuel Jose's first spell, Al Ahly won the 2001 CAF Champions League by beating which club in the final?
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Mamelodi Sundowns. Al Ahly drew 1-1 in Pretoria, then won 3-0 at Cairo International Stadium for a 4-1 aggregate win.
Pitso Mosimane's previous club had beaten Al Ahly 5-0 in the 2018-19 CAF Champions League. Which club?
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Mamelodi Sundowns. Mosimane left that club in September 2020 to become Al Ahly's first non-Egyptian African coach.
Cairo International Stadium, Al Ahly's home ground, was formerly known by which name?
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Nasser Stadium. The stadium was opened by President Gamal Abdel Nasser on 23 July 1960 and was originally named after him.
Before joining Al Ahly in 2022, Marcel Koller managed which national team?
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Austria. Koller, a Swiss former Grasshoppers midfielder, coached Austria from 2011 to 2017.
Manuel Jose's Al Ahly won the 2004-05 Egyptian Premier League by a record 31-point margin over which runner-up?
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Enppi. Al Ahly won all of their first 14 league games that season and finished 31 points clear of Enppi.
Who scored Al Ahly's 86th-minute winner against Zamalek in the 2020 CAF Champions League final?
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Mohamed Magdy. Mohamed Magdy "Afsha" won the first all-Egyptian final 2-1 at Cairo International Stadium for a ninth title.
Under Pitso Mosimane, Al Ahly won bronze at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup by beating which club on penalties?
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Palmeiras. The third-place match in Qatar in February 2021 finished 0-0 and Al Ahly won the shoot-out 3-2 against Palmeiras.
Which law student first raised the idea of founding Al Ahly while heading the High School Students Club?
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Omar Lotfy. Omar Lotfy pitched the club to friends; Saad Zaghloul became honorary president and Aziz Ezzat the first Egyptian president.
Al Ahly signed defender Wael Gomaa in 2001 from which club?
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Ghazl El Mahalla. Wael Gomaa impressed against Al Ahly in the 2001 Egypt Cup final for Ghazl El Mahalla and joined soon after.
Manuel Jose's first match in charge of Al Ahly, in August 2001, was a 1-0 friendly win over which club?
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Real Madrid. Al Ahly stunned Real Madrid 1-0 at Cairo Stadium in Manuel Jose's debut; Wael Gomaa also made his Al Ahly debut in that friendly.
Which Hungarian great became Al Ahly coach in September 1973 and built the "El Talamza" generation?
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Nandor Hidegkuti. Nandor Hidegkuti's young side brought the league title back to Al Ahly in 1974-75.
After winning the 2023-24 CAF Champions League, how many titles in the competition had Al Ahly won, a record?
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12. The 1-0 aggregate win over Esperance in 2024 was Al Ahly's 12th African title, after 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021 and 2023.
Al Ahly signed Mohamed Aboutrika in January 2004 from which Egyptian club?
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Tersana. Aboutrika came through at Tersana and scored 11 goals in his first 13 league games for Al Ahly.
Wael Gomaa headed a goal in the 2008 CAF Champions League final against which club?
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Coton Sport. Al Ahly beat Cameroon's Coton Sport 4-2 on aggregate for their sixth African title; Gomaa won six in all.
Three days after the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs final, which Al Ahly legend retired after 17 years at the club?
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Mahmoud El Khatib. Mahmoud El Khatib announced his retirement at a crowded press conference; he was later elected club president in 2017.
Mohamed Aboutrika scored twice as Al Ahly won bronze at the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. Who did they beat in the third-place match?
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Club America. Al Ahly beat Club America 2-1 in Yokohama, the first medal won by an African club at the tournament; Aboutrika finished top scorer with 3 goals.
Al Ahly's 3-0 win in the second leg of the 2005 CAF Champions League final was played at which venue, because Egypt's national stadium was being prepared for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations?
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Cairo Military Academy Stadium. Cairo International Stadium was being prepared for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, so Mohamed Aboutrika and co. beat Etoile du Sahel at the Military Academy Stadium.
The name "Al Ahly" translates into English as what?
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The National. Amine Samy suggested the name because it echoes the word for "national" in Egyptian Arabic.
Months after the Port Said disaster, Al Ahly won the 2012 CAF Champions League by beating which club in the final?
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Esperance de Tunis. After 1-1 at Borg El Arab, Al Ahly won 2-1 at Rades to claim their seventh African title.
Al Ahly's first ground, built in 1909, was known by which colloquial name meaning "the courtyard"?
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Al-Hawsh. Al-Hawsh was developed over the years and became the stadium now named after a club legend.
Who scored a hat-trick for Al Ahly in their 4-4 draw with Porto at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?
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Wessam Abou Ali. Wessam Abou Ali scored three times, but Al Ahly still finished bottom of Group A.
Hossam Hassan shared most of his career, including at Al Ahly, with his twin brother. What is the twin's first name?
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Ibrahim. Ibrahim Hassan played alongside his twin for most of his career, including spells abroad.
In June 2023, Marcel Koller's Al Ahly won the CAF Champions League against the club that had beaten them in the previous final. Which club?
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Wydad AC. Wydad AC beat Al Ahly 2-0 in the 2022 final; a year later Al Ahly won 3-2 on aggregate.
Al Ahly won their first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1982 by beating which club in the final?
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Asante Kotoko. Al Ahly won 3-0 in Cairo and drew 1-1 in Kumasi; Asante Kotoko beat them in the following year's final.
Al Ahly and Zamalek met for the first time, a 1-0 Al Ahly win, in which year?
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1917. The first Cairo derby was played on 9 February 1917 at Zamalek's ground, with Abdel Hamid Moharram scoring the only goal.
Mohamed Aboutrika scored a 91st-minute winner in the 2006 CAF Champions League final against which club?
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CS Sfaxien. Aboutrika was also the competition's top scorer that year with 8 goals as Al Ahly retained the title.
Essam El-Hadary left Al Ahly in 2008 for which Swiss club, despite still being under contract?
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FC Sion. Sion announced the signing in February 2008; FIFA later suspended El-Hadary and penalised Sion over the move.
What was removed from Al Ahly's crest after the 1952 revolution?
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A crown. The 1917 crest carried a crown for Egypt's royal rule; in 1952 it was replaced by the word "Nady", meaning club.
Goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary scored in Al Ahly's 4-1 win in the 2002 CAF Super Cup. Who were the opponents?
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Kaizer Chiefs. El-Hadary's goal against Kaizer Chiefs in Cairo became one of the most famous moments of his 12 years at the club.
Al Ahly drew 0-0 with which club in the opening match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?
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Inter Miami CF. The opener at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens kicked off the first 32-team Club World Cup.
The Port Said Stadium disaster of 1 February 2012, in which 72 Al Ahly supporters lost their lives, followed a league match against which club?
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Al Masry. The tragedy at Port Said Stadium after the Al Masry match led to the Egyptian league being suspended.
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