Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المقاولون العرب الرياضي), shortly known as El Mokawloon
(The contractors) locally, is an
Egyptian
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sports club based in
Nasr City
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,
Cairo
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, and owned by the prominent constructional engineer Osman Ahmed Osman. The club was founded in 1973 by the Egyptian
engineer
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,
contractor
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Business roles
* Defense contractor, arms industry which provides weapons or military goods to a government
* General contractor, an individual o ...
,
entrepreneur, and
politician
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Osman Ahmed Osman
Osman Ahmed Osman ( ar, عثمان أحمد عثمان) (April 6, 1917 – May 1, 1999) was an Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician. Known commonly as el-mo'alim ("the boss"), Osman founded the Arab Contractors (th ...
as the official sporting club for his prominent,
regional construction
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company, the
Arab Contractors
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, arguably the biggest one in the entire Middle East at that time. The club is best known for their
football
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team, which currently plays in the
Egyptian Premier League
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, the highest league in the
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.
The club over the years have produced some of the most famous and talented players in Egypt, including
Abdel Sattar Sabry
Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdel Majid Mahmoud ( ar, عبد الستار صبري عبد المجيد محمود; born 19 June 1974), known as Sabry, is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
A ski ...
,
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly ( ar, محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Liverpool and captains the Egypt na ...
, and
Mohamed Elneny
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Elneny began his senior career in the Egyptian Premier League, before m ...
.
History
The 1983 championship club included
Joseph-Antoine Bell
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(''Cameroon''),
Karim Abdul Razak (''Ghana'') and
Ishmael Dyfan
Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ...
(''Sierra Leone'').
Honours and achievements
Domestic
*
Egyptian Premier League
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: 1983
*
Egyptian Cup: 1990, 1995, 2004
*
Egyptian Super Cup
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:
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
Continental
*
African Cup Winners' Cup
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: 1982, 1983, 1996; runner-up: 1991
*
CAF Super Cup
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runner-up:
1997
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Performance in CAF competitions
*FR = First round
*SR = Second round
*PO = Play-off round
*QF = Quarter-final
*SF = Semi-final
Performance in domestic competitions
Current squad
Out on loan
Managers
*
Michael Krüger (Jan 1, 1996 – July 1, 1997)
*
Josef Hickersberger
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Club career
Hickersberger was born in Amstetten, Austria. He started hi ...
(July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1999)
*
Hassan Shehata
Hassan Shehata ( ar, حسن شحاتة; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian former professional football player. Before retirement he played as a forward. He then became a football manager, who is now retired. Shehata led Egypt to victory in 3 ti ...
(2004–05)
*
Ghanem Sultan
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* Ghanem Nuseibeh (born 1977), founde ...
(2005)
*
Mohamed Radwan
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaki ...
(2005–06)
*
Taha Basry
Taha may refer to:
* Ta-Ha
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(July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007)
*
Alaa Nabiel (2007–08)
*
Mohamed Radwan
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaki ...
(May 1, 2008 – May 23, 2009)
*
Mohamed Amer (May 23, 2009 – Aug 13, 2010)
*
Hamza El Gamal
Hamza El-Gamal ( ar, حمزة الجمل) is a retired Egyptian footballer.
Career
El-Gamal played club football for Ismaily.
He was also part of the Egypt national football team at the 1994 African Cup of Nations
The 1994 African Cup of Nat ...
(Aug 13, 2010 – Nov 8, 2010)
*
Ivica Todorov
Ivica Todorov, known in France as Yves Todorov (born 4 July 1950) is a Serbian-French association football, football coach who manages Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab, Arab Contractors.
He previously coached Congo national football team, the Congo nationa ...
(Nov 9, 2010 – April 15, 2011)
*
Mohamed Radwan
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A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaki ...
(April 18, 2011 – Jan 20, 2012)
*
Talaat Youssef
Talaat Youssef ( arz, طلعت يوسف) is an Egyptian former football player. He last managed Al Ittihad in the Egyptian Premier League.
Playing career El Ittihad El Sakandary
Youssef is considered one of El Ittihad El Sakandary's (aka Al ...
(Jan 2012–1?)
*
Mohamed Abdel-Samiea (201?–March 8, 2013)
*
Hamdi Nouh (March 8, 2013 – March 17, 2013)
*
Mohamed Radwan
Mohamed Radwan (born 25 March 1958) is an Egyptian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaki ...
(March 17, 2013–?)
*
Hassan Shehata
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(2014–15)
*
Tarek El-Ashry
Tarek El Ashry ( ar, طارق العشري) is an Egyptian football coach who was last the manager of the Egyptian Premier League team Tala'ea El Gaish SC. He established his name as a young manager by winning three cup titles. In addition, he ...
(2015–16)
*
Emad El Nahhas (2018–)
Notes
References
External links
Official websiteTeam profilenbsp;– ''kooora.com''
nbsp;– ''footballogue.com''
{{CAF Cup Winners' Cup winners
Football clubs in Egypt
Association football clubs established in 1973
1973 establishments in Egypt
Sports clubs in Egypt
Sports clubs in Africa
Works association football clubs in Egypt
African Cup Winners Cup winning clubs