Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد السكندري), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in

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 club is mainly known for its professional

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team, which currently plays in the

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, the highest league in the

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. Founded in 1914 in

, the club is one of the oldest and most popular football clubs in Egypt. Al Ittihad was the first club that rushed to endorse the idea of founding the Egyptian Football Association in 1921, which significantly contributed to increasing the club's popularity in Alexandria and his famous Chairman was Tawfik Abouhashem.

Highlights

*1906 Establishment of a club under the name of the club of the Union headed by Hassan Ismail. *1908 Change the name of the club from Union club to the Union National Club. *1910 Creation of United Champions Club headed by Abu Zeidi. *1912 Abdo El Hamami heads the United Champions Club. *1912 The merger of the National Union Club with El Haditha club under the name of the modern club headed by Hassan Rasmi, and this club became the strongest football club in

. *1914 The merger of El Haditha club with the United Champions Club under the name of Al Ittihad Club and so the name of Al Ittihad Club reappeared. *1918 The merger of Al Ittihad Club with the Alexandria Club under the name of Al Ittihad Club of Alexandria headed by Mohammed Shaheen. *2014 As Al Ittihad club was celebrating their year number (100) A match was held for Al Ittihad Club of Alexandria in the

Alexandria Stadium Alexandria Stadium ( ar, إستاد الأسكندرية) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Moharram Bey district of Alexandria, Egypt. It was built in 1929 by King Fouad I. Alexandria stadium now holds over 20,000 people after the remodeling an ...

against

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, Portugal, and ended the match with a positive draw 2–2.

Kits and colours

Kit manufacturers

Kits gallery

Honours

Graffiti outside Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

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: 6 :: 1926, 1935–36, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976 * Sultan Hussein Cup: 1 :: 1935

Regional

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: 27 (record) :: From 1927 to 1953

Performance in CAF competitions

*FR = First round *SR = Second round *QF = Quarter-final *SF = Semi-final ;Notes

Performance in domestic competitions

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

All time top Egyptian Premier League Scorers

Board of directors

*Source

Managers

* Diethelm Ferner (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2002) * Mohamed Omar (Jan 2002 – 2 July) *

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(23 July 2013 – 16 December 2013) * Mounir Oukala ''(interim)'' (21 December 2013 – 31 December 2013) *

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(March 2022 – Present)

References

External links

Official sitearticle about Al Ittihad club after 100 year of creationAl Ittihad club's history
{{Authority control 1914 establishments in Egypt Association football clubs established in 1914 Football clubs in Alexandria