Al Ahly Handball Club () is one of Al Ahly Sporting Club's sections that represent the club in Egypt as well as in international handball competitions. Al Ahly Handball team was founded in 1959. The Al Ahly handball team has participated in the Egyptian Handball League 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, 26 of which were gold medals. It participated in 6 different championships every season: the Egyptian Handball League, the Egypt cup, the Egyptian Handball Federation, the African Handball Champions League, the African Handball Cup Winners' Cup, and the African Handball Super Cup.
Al Ahly had the best record in the IHF Super Globe 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 in handball, with the 1990s being particularly successful. During this period, they won six Egyptian Leagues, two Egypt Cups, two African Handball Champion Leagues, and six Arab Championships, in addition to contributing significantly to the Egypt men's national handball team.
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
Egyptian Handball League 27 (Record) Champions: 1968–69, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 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, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 Egyptian Handball Cup 12 Champions: 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2024–25, 2025–26 Egyptian Handball Super Cup 3 Champions: 2023, 2024, 2025 Egyptian Excellence Cup (Defunct) Champions: 2003 Egyptian Federation Handball Cup 3 (Record) Champions: 2015, 2016 ,2017 25 January Cup : (Played instead of cancelled league due to shortage time after 25 January Revolution and the champion qualify to African Handball Champions League) Champions: 2011
International titles
IHF Super Globe Runners-up: 2007 (Best African team record in IHF Super Globe) Third place: 2024, 2026 African Handball Champions League 8 Champions: 1985, 1993, 1994, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025 Runners-up: 2013, 2014, 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup 5 Champions: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2025 Runners-up: 1985, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2019 African Handball Super Cup 5 Champions: 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Runners-up: 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021
Regional titles Arab Handball Championship of Champions 5 Champions: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2010 Runners-up: 1986, 1999 Arab Handball Championship of Winners' Cup 3 (Record Shared) Champions: 1996, 1997, 2011 Runners-up: none
Squad Squad for the 2022–2023 season :
Goalkeepers 01 Abdelrahman Mohamed 16 Abdelrahman Taha 97 Mohammed Ibrahim Right Wingers 19 Omar Sami 98 Omar Castilo
Left Wingers 11 Abdel Aziz Ehab 79 Mohamed Hesham 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 Abdelrahman Abdou
Central Backs 13 Seif Hany 17 Ahmed Khairy
Right Backs 05 Mohsen Ramadan 48 Mohab Saeed 55 Mohamed Lashin
Transfers Transfers for the 2022–23 season
Joining Raul Nantes From CS Dinamo București Ahmed Khairy From CS Dinamo București Shehab Abdallah From Tala'ea El Gaish SC Mohammed Ibrahim From KH Kopřivnice
Leaving Oussama Jaziri to ?? Mahmoud Noaman to ?? Omar Haggag to ??
Transfers for the 2020–21 season Joining Mostafa Khalil From Zamalek SC Omar Haggag From Molayha
Leaving Mohamed El-Tayar to DHfK Leipzig Mamdouh Taha to ?? Baher Elbadrawy to ?? Mohamed Gamal to Sporting Omar Yassin to ?? Transfers for the 2019–20 season Joining Mohsen Ramadan From Heliopolis Sporting Club Oussama Jaziri From Espérance Sportive Mahmoud Noaman From Smouha SC Omar Yassin From Al Sadd SC Ahmed Sessa From Tala'ea El Gaish SC Omar Sami From Tala'ea El Gaish SC
Leaving Ahmed Khairey to CSA Steaua București Fayez Naeem to Sharjah FC Skander Zaïdi to Espérance Sportive de Tunis Youssef Maaraf to Espérance Sportive de Tunis Mahmoud Assem Hammad to Al Ahly Bank SC Abdelrahman Homayed to Wisła Płock loan
Joining Mohamed Gamal from ElGazira SC Baher El Badrawy From Tala'ea El Gaish SC Ahmed Adel From Tala'ea El Gaish SC Abdel Aziz Ehab From Smouha SC Skander Zaïdi From Club Africain
Leaving Hady Refaat to Heliopolis Sporting Club Mostafa Khalil to Zamalek SC Ahmed Hossam to Zamalek SC Baggio to Al Ahly Bank SC Omar Elwakeel to Zamalek SC Mohamed Ibrahim to Alexandria Sporting Club Omar Hagag to mulaiha fc Ahmed Abd ElRahman Smouha SC Hady Hamido to El maadi fc
Transfers for the 2018–19 seasonJoining Ahmed Khairey from ElGazira SC Youssef Maaraf From El Makarem de Mahdia
Leaving Mahmoud Hassaballa to Al Ahli SC (Doha) Mohamed Abd Elwarth to Al Wahda FC Mohamed Amer Boody to Smouha SC ِAbd Alhamid Elsayed to Smouha SC ElSayed Mohamed to Smouha SC Mohamed Aktham to ?? Ahmed Hesham to Smouha SC Aktham ElKhamisi to Nordsjælland Håndbold
Transfers for the 2017–18 seasonJoining Mahmoud Hassaballa from El-Sadd (Qatar) Omar Haggag from ElShaab UAE Mohamed Aktham (back from loan)
Leaving karem El saeed Retire Baher ElBadrwey to ElGeish Mostafa Bisher Khaleej FC Mohamed Ali to Zamalek SC Khaled Essam to Ferencvárosi TC Transfers for the 2016–17 seasonJoining Islam Hassan Omar Yassin Hady Refaat Omar El Qualuobby (back from loan)
Leaving Mohamed Aktham Mohamed Abu Alatta Mohamed Ramadan Hitlr
Technical and managerial staff
+NameRoleNationality David Davis Head coach Spanish Ahmed Salem Assistant coach Egyptian Mohamed Ibrahim Assistant coach Egyptian Yasser Labib Team Manager Egyptian Mostafa naguib Physiotherapist Egyptian Moahmed Elattar Masseur Egyptian Venio Losert Goalkeepers' Trainer Croatian
Recent titles
Egyptian league title ≥ Final round matches Round Team Home Away 1 & 6 Sporting 26–28 36–25 2 & 7 Smouha SC 27–21 32–22 3 & 8 Heliopolis SC 26–21 34–26 4 & 9 El Gaish 29–29(ET) 5–4(Pen) 27–24 5 & 10 Zamalek SC 21–18 17–18 ≥ Final League Ranking
RNK Team PLD W-L () () ()()()()1st Al Ahly SC108-2280 236 +44 26 3292nd Zamalek SC108-2278267+11263293rd El Gaish106-4309277 +23202224th Sporting105-5272268+4201215th Smouha SC103-7260282-22161176th Heliopolis SC101-9267336-6912214
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 # Round Team Home 1Group stage(Group A) Police HBC 43–20 2 AS Caïman34-23 3 Minuh Yaoundé 34–23 4 Espérance de Tunis29-24 5 Quarter Final JS Kinshasa31-20 6 Semifinal Widad Smara31-23 7 Final Espérance de Tunis26-23The road to 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
# Round Team Home 1Group stage(Group D) AS Minuh 28–15 2 Al-Ittihad28-20 3 Quarter Final Red Star41-17 4 Semifinal Widad Smara37-19 7 Final Al-Ittihad25-12
Men's African competition records
Men's African Club CompetitionsYearAfrican Handball Champions LeagueAfrican Handball Cup Winners' CupAfrican Handball Super Cup1979198019811982198319841985Winner1986Semi-finalsRunner-up198719881989Semi-finals1990199119921993Winner1994WinnerWithdrew after qualifying1995Withdrew after qualifying1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001Runner-up 2002 2003Semi-finals 2004 200520062007200820092010Quarter-finals 2011Quarter-finals 2012Winner 2013Runner-upWinnerRunner-up2014Runner-upRunner-upRunner-up 2015Quarter-finalsRunner-up2016winner 2017Semi-finalswinnerwinner2018Runner-upwinnerRunner-up2019Did not qualifyRunner upRunner-up2021CanceledwinnerRunner up2022Semi-finalsRunner upwinner2023winnerRunner upwinner2024winnerThird placewinner2025winnerwinnerwinner
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 in Burkina Faso after beat Espérance de Tunis 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 five 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 Egyptian Handball League 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. +2025–présent David Davis 2024–2025 Stefan Madsen 10/2022–2024 David Davis 4/2022–10/2022 Daniel Gordo 2021–2022 Tarek Mahrous 2019–2020 Ola Lindgren 2019 Niko Markovič 2016–2018 Assem Hammad 2014–2016 Tarik Mahrous 2012–2014 Assem Hammad 2010–2012 Mamdouh Seleman 2008–2010 Mohamed Abd moaty 2007–2008 Zoran Kurteš 2004–2007 Ashraf Shokry 2000–2004 Assem El Saadany 1998–2000 Assem Hammad 1993–1998 Gamal Shams 1991–1993 Mohamed Abd moaty 1990–1991 Khaled Khatab 1989–1990 Gamal Shams 1989 Mosaad Abbas 1985–1987 Edward Strząbała 1984–1985 Gamal Shams 1982–1984 Talaat Sheta Fawzy Fadaaly Abdelaziz Tawfik ِKhalil Zaki Hassan Moustafa Kamal Abdel Hameed Mohamed Wahdan
Al Ahly in Super Globe Championship → Al Ahly participate 4 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: NOTeam 1ResultTeam 2 1 Ahly SC 35-13 Al-Qadsiya2 Ahly SC 26-23 Metodista SBC3 Ahly SC 28-20 Mouloudia MCA4 Ahly SC 28-29 Ciudad Real Final Ranking: Ciudad Real Al Ahly SC Mouloudia MCA4 Metodista SBC5 Al-Qadsiya
2015 IHF Super Globe This competition was held in Knock out format starting form Quarter Finals, and 8 teams participated in this competition. Al Ahly Fixtures was: NOTeam 1ResultTeam 2Quarter Final Ahly SC 16-20 FC Barcelona Handbol5–8th place Ahly SC 20-17 Club Africain 5-6th place Ahly SC 28-24 HC Taubaté Final ranking Füchse Berlin MKB Veszprém FC Barcelona4 Sydney University5 Al Ahly6 HC Taubaté7 Club Africain8 Al Sadd
2017 IHF Super Globe 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
2022 IHF Men's Super Globe Al Ahly Qualified to super globe after beat Zamalek SC in the 2022 African Handball Super Cup 32–31 The draw was held on 29 September 2022. and put Al Ahly beside both of SL Benfica and Mudhar Group B
Championship bracket
Semifinals