Al Ahly Handball Club ( ar, النادي الاهلي لكرة اليد) is one of Al Ahly Sporting Club's sections that represent the club in

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as well as in international

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

competitions. Al Ahly's Handball team was founded in 1959. The Al Ahly handball team has participated in the

Egyptian Handball League Egyptian handball League is the premier professional handball league in Egypt, It was founded in 1958, Egyptian handball League which is played under CAHB rules, currently consists of 18 teams, including famous ones like Zamalek SC, Al Ahly SC, ...

since the beginning in 1960s until the present. The Championship was played under the name of the Republic League. The first championship win for the Al Ahly team in the Egyptian Handball League was in 1968 and 1969. The Al Ahly Handball Club has won the most titles in the league, 23 of which were gold medals. It participated in 6 different championships every season: the

, the Egypt cup, the

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, the

African Handball Champions League African Handball Champions League is an annual international club handball competition run by the African Handball Confederation. The top club sides from Africa's handball leagues are invited to participate in the tournament, which serves as a qu ...

, the

African Handball Cup Winners' Cup African Men's Handball Championship for Clubs Winner's Cup is an annual international club handball competition run by the African Handball Confederation. The cup winners from Africa's national handball leagues are invited to participate in this ...

, and the

African Handball Super Cup African Handball Super Cup or Super Cup Babacar Fall is an annual international club handball competition run by the African Handball Confederation. It is between the winners of the Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup. Finals Winners by ...

. Al Ahly had the best record in the

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when it achieved a silver medal in 2007. For many years, Al Ahly preferred to participate in Arab tournaments instead of African tournaments, causing Al Ahly to remain at the top of Arab handball clubs with 8 total trophies. Al Ahly was the first team to qualify to the African Super Cup in 1994, but it withdrew its participation in Arab Championships. Al Ahly has had many successful generations of handball, but during the 90s they have had the most success. During this time, they won 6 Egyptian Leagues, 2 Egypt Cups, 2 African Handball Champion Leagues, and 6 Arab Championships, not including the great efforts with the

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. Al Ahly player Gohar Nabil was nominated as the Best Handball Player in the World in 1998 and 2000. Further, Sameh Abdel Warth was chosen at the Handball World Team in 1997.

Men's team honours

National titles

23 (Record): :: Champions : 1968–69, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

Egypt Handball Cup Egyptian Handball Cup is an annual cup competition for Egypt handball teams. Organized by the Egyptian Handball Federation, it was originally known as the Egyptian Handball Cup. It was the second nationwide handball competition played in Egypt, ...

9: :: Champions: 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 * Egyptian Federation Handball Cup 3 (Record): :: Champions: 2015, 2016, 2017 * 25 January Cup 1 : :: Champions: (played instead of cancelled league due to shortage time after 25 January Revolution and the champion qualify to

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1 : :: Champions: 2002–03

International titles

: :: Runners-up: 2007 (Best African team record in IHF Super Globe) *

5: ::

Champions: 1985, 1993, 1994,

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Runners-up:

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4: ::

Champions:

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Runners-up: 1985, 2001,

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, 2019 *

2 : ::

Champions:

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Runners-up: 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021

Regional titles

Arab Handball Championship of Champions Arab Handball Championship of Champions Club is an international club handball competition organized by the Arab Handball Federation for champions of the Arab World countries. Results :' A round-robin tournament determined the final standings. ...

5: ::

Champions: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2010 :: Simple silver cup

Runners-up: 1986, 1999 *

Arab Handball Championship of Winners' Cup The Arab Handball Championship of Club Winners' Cup also known Prince Faisal bin Fahd Handball Championship is an international club handball competition organized by the Arab Handball Federation, it concerne the club winners' cup of countries of ...

3 (Record Shared) : :: Simple gold cup

Champions: 1996, 1997, 2011 :: Simple silver cup

Runners-up: none

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–2023 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 01 Abdelrahman Homayed * 16 Abdelrahman Taha * 97 Mohammed Ibrahim ;Right Wingers * 19 Omar sami * 98 Omar Castilo ;Left Wingers * 11 Abdel Aziz Ehab * 79 Ahmed Hesham sessa * 04 Islam Rady ;Line players * 24 Ibrahim El-Masry * 72 Yasser Seif Eldin * 80 Ahmed Adel * 44 Omar Sherif ;Left Backs * 07 Mostafa Khalil * 08 Shehab Abdallah * 10 Abd alrhaman Faisel * 49

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;Central Backs * 09

Islam Hassan Islam Hassan ( ar, إسلام حسن) also known as Eslam Issa or Eslam Eissa () (born 2 July 1988) is an Egyptian handball player for Al Ahly and the Egyptian national team. He has also played for clubs in Tunisia and Qatar. Honours National te ...

() * 13 Seif Hany (Fox) * 17 Ahmed Khairy ;Right Backs * 05 Mohsen Ramadan * 48 Mohab Saeed * 55

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Transfers

:*''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' Joining *

From CS Dinamo București * Ahmed Khairy From CS Dinamo București * Shehab Abdallah From

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* Mohammed Ibrahim From KH Kopřivnice ; Leaving *

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Technical and managerial staff

Recent titles

Egyptian league title

After the equal points of Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC they played a tiebreak game when Al Ahly won 27-26, and were then announced as the Champion of Egyptian Handball league

The road to
2016 African Handball Champions League The 2016 African Handball Champions League was the 38th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from Octobe ...

Men's African Competition Records

The "Glory Season"

In the 2016/2017 season, Al Ahly HB had one of its best seasons when the team won five championships from six competitions competed. * In the first months of the season, specifically in October 2017, Al Ahly won the

2016 African Handball Champions League The 2016 African Handball Champions League was the 38th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from Octobe ...

in Burkina Faso after beat

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in the final 26-23 achieving the fifth title in this tournament and the first title of this season. * In the beginning of 2018 in January specifically Al Ahly crowned the Egyptian Federation Handball Cup after beat Al Gazira in the final and thus Al Ahly added his second title in this season * In the same month Al Ahly crowned A friendly championship of Alshaab club after the victory over the Algerian GS Pétroliers in the final 28-21, But this friendly Championship is not calculated among the 5 Trophies * In April 2018 the team won three trophies: **On April 12, in Agadir, Morocco Al Ahly won the 2017 African Handball Super Cup after beat Zamalek SC 29-23, this was the third title of Al Ahly in the season **On April 22, Al Ahly won the 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup after beat AS Hammamet in the final 31-22, this was the fourth title of this season **On April 30, Al Ahly won the

after beating Sporting SC in the 24th round, Al Ahly had 24 wins in row (without any loss or a draw), this was the fifth title in this great season.

Head coaches

This is a list of the senior team's head coaches in the recent years.

Al Ahly in Super Globe Championship

→ Al Ahly participate 2 times in IHF Super Globe. Al Ahly Hosted the IHF Super Globe 2007 In Al ahly hall in Gezira * 2007 IHF Super Globe This competition was held in league format, and 5 teams took part. Al Ahly Fixtures was: Final Ranking: *

2015 IHF Super Globe The 2015 IHF Super Globe was the ninth edition. It was held at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar from 7–10 September 2015. Füchse Berlin captured their first title by defeating MKB Veszprém in the final. Teams Eight teams partic ...

This competition was held in Knock out format starting form Quarter Finals, and 8 teams participated in this competition. Al Ahly Fixtures was: * Final ranking *

2017 IHF Super Globe The 2017 IHF Super Globe was the eleventh edition of the tournament. It was held in Doha, Qatar at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall from 25 to 28 August 2017. Barcelona captured their third title after a 29–25 final win over Berlin. Teams The be ...

Al Ahly Qualified to super globe after beat Zamalek SC in the 2017 African Handball Super Cup but later withdraw due to Political problems with Host Country Qatar . and Espérance participate instead of Al Ahly sc

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Notable players

* 01-

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* 02- Gamal Shams * 03- Mohamed ElAlfey * 04- Yasser Labib * 05- Assem El Saadney * 06- khaled ElAwady * 07- Sameh Abdel wareth * 08- Ashraf Awad * 09- Hazem Awad * 10- Gohar Nabil * 11- Hany Elfakarney * 12- Ashraf Shokrey * 13- Atef Abdelrahman * 14- Mahmoud Ashour * 15- Saber Heussin * 16- Ahmed Salem * 17- Mamdouh seleman * 18- Tarek el dorey * 19- Karim Elsaaeed () * 20- Karim shokrey () * 21- Ayman ElAlfey