Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المقاولون العرب الرياضي), shortly known as El Mokawloon (The contractors) locally, is an

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

sports club based in

Nasr City Nasr City ( ar, مدينة نصر ) is a district of Cairo, Egypt. It is located to the east of the Cairo Governorate and consists mostly of condominia. It was established in the 1960s as an extension to neighboring settlement of Heliop ...

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, and owned by the prominent constructional engineer Osman Ahmed Osman. The club was founded in 1973 by the Egyptian

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, contractor,

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, and

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Osman Ahmed Osman as the official sporting club for his prominent,

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company, the

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, arguably the biggest one in the entire Middle East at that time. The club is best known for their football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. The club over the years have produced some of the most famous and talented players in Egypt, including Abdel Sattar Sabry,

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, and Mohamed Elneny.

History

The 1983 championship club included Joseph-Antoine Bell (''Cameroon''),

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(''Ghana'') and Ishmael Dyfan (''Sierra Leone'').

Honours and achievements

Domestic

* Egyptian Premier League: 1983 *

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: 1990, 1995, 2004 *

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: 2004

Continental

* African Cup Winners' Cup: 1982, 1983, 1996; runner-up: 1991 * CAF Super Cup runner-up:

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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) *

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(July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1999) * Hassan Shehata (2004–05) *

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(2005) * Mohamed Radwan (2005–06) * Taha Basry (July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007) * Alaa Nabiel (2007–08) * Mohamed Radwan (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 (April 18, 2011 – Jan 20, 2012) * Talaat Youssef (Jan 2012–1?) * Mohamed Abdel-Samiea (201?–March 8, 2013) *

Hamdi Nouh Hamdi Nouh (born 23 April 1954) is an Egyptian football manager. References Living people Egyptian men's footballers Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players Ismaily SC players Egypt men's international footballers Competitors at the 1978 All- ...

(March 8, 2013 – March 17, 2013) * Mohamed Radwan (March 17, 2013–?) * Hassan Shehata (2014–15) * Tarek El-Ashry (2015–16) *

Emad El Nahhas Emad El Nahhas ( ar, عماد النحاس; born 15 February 1976) is an Egyptian football coach and former player who is the manager of the Al Ittihad Alexandria. El-Nahhas finished his career at Al-Ahly Club after retiring, undertaking trainin ...

(2018–)

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Team profile
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