Al Ittihad Alexandria, also known as Al Ittihad Elsakandry, is a

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club based in the city of

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

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. The team plays in the

Egyptian Basketball Premier League The Egyptian Basketball Premier League () is the top professional basketball division of the Egyptian basketball league system. Administrated by the Egyptian Basketball Federation (EBBFED), it is contested by 16 teams, with the two lowest-placed te ...

. The team is widely considered one of the basketball powerhouse of Egypt, having won 13 championships. Ittihad has won the FIBA Africa Champions Cup in 1987, crowning itself African champions. The team has also won the Arab Championship seven times.

Honours

Domestic

* Egyptian Super League **Winners (13): 1979 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 , 1987 , 1990 , 1992 , 1996 , 1999 , 2009 , 2010 , 2020 *

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**Winners (11): 1976, 1978, 1982 ,1983, 1984, 1986 1989, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2021 *

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**Winners (2): 2020, 2021

International

* FIBA Africa Champions Cup **Winners (1): 1987 **Runners-up (1):

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**Fourth place (1):

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* Arab Championship **Winners (7): 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2019

Players

Current roster

Notable players

* Ismail Ahmed: (1993–1997; 2001–2003; 2020–2022) * Mouhanad El-Sabagh: (2006–2016) *

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: (2021) *

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: (2021–2022)

Season by season

Head coaches

Ahmed Marei Ahmed Mohamed Marei (Arabic: أحمد مرعي; born 5 January 1959) is an Egyptian professional basketball coach and former player, currently serving as the head coach for Zamalek SC of the Egyptian Basketball Super League (EBSL). Previously h ...

: (2019–2022) * Henrik Rödl: (2022–present)

References

External links

Team profile
at Africabasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Al-Ittihad Alexandria Basketball teams established in 1914 Basketball teams in Egypt Sports clubs in Alexandria

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...