Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (), locally known as El Ittihad El Skandary, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
Founded in 1914 in Alexandria, 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. Its 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 Alexandria. 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 against Sporting CP, Portugal, and ended the match with a positive draw 2–2.
Kits and colours
Kit manufacturers Period Kit manufacturer Notes 2011–2013 Givova 2013–2014 Macron 2014 Erreà Used in centenary match only 2014–2017 Adidas 2017–2020 Uhlsport 2020–2022 Xtep 2022–2023 Adidas 2023– Kelme
Kits gallery
Alexandria Derby Both being based in Alexandria; Smouha and Al Ittihad have a famous rivalry. The rivalry stems from the fact that both teams are the biggest in Alexandria and share the same stadium Alexandria International Stadium.
Honours
Egypt Cup: 6 1926, 1935–36, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976 Sultan Hussein Cup: 1 1935
Regional Alexandria Zone League: 27 (record) From 1927 to 1953
Performance in CAF competitions FR = First round SR = Second round QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1975African Cup Winners' CupFRSaint George2–00–02–0QFTonnerre Yaoundé4–01977African Cup Winners' CupSRMO Constantine3–10–13–2QFRangers International2–00–02–0SFTonnerre Yaoundé1–00–21–21979African Cup Winners' CupFRGor Mahia2006CAF Confederation CupFRRayon Sports3–00–13–1SREspérance de Tunis1–00–11–1 (3–4 p) Notes
Performance in Arab competitions
Season Competition Round Country Club Result2018–19Arab Club Champions CupPlay-off roundFUS Rabat1-1Play-off roundAl-Salmiya5-0Play-off roundASAS Djibouti Télécom8-0First RoundEspérance Sportive de Tunis3-3 on aggregate Al Ittihad won on away goalsSecond RoundZamalek1-1 on aggregate Al Ittihad won 4-3 on penaltiesQuarter FinalAl HilalAl Hilal won 3-0 on aggregate.
Performance in domestic competitions Egyptian Clubs CompetitionsYearLeaguePositionEgypt CupLeague CupSuper Cup2003–04Egyptian Premier League5Round of 16not held2004–05Egyptian Premier League9Runner Upnot held2005–06Egyptian Premier League7Round of 16not held2006–07Egyptian Premier League13Round of 32not held2007–08Egyptian Premier League10Quarter Finalnot held2008–09Egyptian Premier League11Round of 32not held2009–10Egyptian Premier League10Quarter-finalsnot held2010–11Egyptian Premier League14Round of 16not held2011–12Egyptian Premier Leaguenot finishednot heldnot held2012–13Egyptian Premier Leaguenot finishedRound of 16not held2013–14Egyptian Premier League3 (Group 1)Round of 32not held2014–15Egyptian Premier League14Quarter Finalnot held2015–16Egyptian Premier League14Quarter Finalnot held2016–17Egyptian Premier League8Round of 16not held2017–18Egyptian Premier League11Round of 16not held2018–19Egyptian Premier League11Semi Finalnot held2019–20Egyptian Premier League10Semi Finalnot held2020–21Egyptian Premier League7Round of 16not held2021–22Egyptian Premier League12Round of 32Group Stage2022–23Egyptian Premier League8Round of 16Semi Final2023–24Egyptian Premier League11Round of 32Semi Final2024–25Egyptian Premier League15Round of 32Group Stage2025–26Egyptian Premier League17Round of 32Group Stage
Players Current squad
(on loan from ZED)
(on loan from National Bank)
(on loan from Cleopatra)
(on loan from National Bank)
(on loan from Pyramids)
All time top Egyptian Premier League Scorers
+Goalscorers#PlayerGoals 1 Mohamed Diab Al Attar 81 2 Ahmed Sary 40 =2 Mabululu 40 4 Eid Ahmed 38 5 Abdel Fattah El Garm 36 6 Shehta (Abdel Rehim Younes) 31 7 Raafat Attia 26 =7 Youssef Hamdy 26 9 Gaber El Khawaga 25 10 Ahmed Saleh 24 =10 Fouad Morsi 24
Management Board of directors OfficeName President Mohamed Salama Vice President Ibrahim Shaaban Fund Secretary Hazem ElRegal Executive Manager Gasser Mounir Member Mohamed ElHelw Member Mohamed Khamis Member Ahmed Rafaat Member Yasser Abdallah Member Ismail Mohamed Member Hesham ElTorky Member Elsayed Faisal Member Samy Bateaa Member Mohamed Ramadan Source:
Managers
Diethelm Ferner (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2002) Mohamed Omar (Jan 2002 – 2 July) Rainer Zobel (4 November 2002 – 31 December 2003) Mohamed Omar (May 2003 – 4 April) Mohamed Salah (July 2004 – 4 Oct) Slobodan Pavković (July 2006 – 6 Dec) Mohamed Omar (Dec 2006 – 7 Aug) Mohamed Salah (Sept 2007 – 8 Jan) Taha Basry (1 January 2008 – 26 August 2009) Cabralzinho (4 September 2009 – 21 November 2010) Mohamed Amer (22 November 2010 – 6 April 2011) Ahmed Sary (April 2011) José Maqueda (2 August 2011 – 1 December 2012) Ahmed Sary (16 December 2012 – 12 March 2013) Jose Kléber (20 March 2013 – 12 May 2013) Ahmed Sary (12 May 2013 – 22 July 2013) Talaat Youssef (23 July 2013 – 16 December 2013) Mounir Oukala (interim) (21 December 2013 – 31 December 2013) Denis Lavagne (31 December 2013–14) Talaat Youssef (Aug 2014 – Oct 2014) Hossam Hassan (Oct 2014 – July 2015) Stoycho Mladenov (July 2015 – Nov 2015) Leonel Pontes (Nov 2015 – March 2016) Mokhtar Mokhtar (March 2016 – Feb 2017) José Maqueda (February 2017 – 2018) Talaat Youssef (Jun 2019 – Oct 2020) Mounir Oukala (interim) (Oct 2020 – Oct 2020) Hossam Hassan (Oct 2020 – March 2022) Emad El Nahhas (March 2022 – 9 August 2022) Mohamed Omar (9 August 2022 – 9 September 2022) Zoran Manojlović (10 September 2022 – 17 July 2023) Nikodimos Papavasiliou (19 August 2024 – 8 January 2025) Talaat Youssef (9 January 2025 – 14 March 2025) Magdy Abdelaty (14 March 2025 – June 2025) Ahmed Sami (25 June 2025 – 18 September 2025) Tamer Mostafa (20 September 2025 – 10 April 2026) Miloud Hamdi (11 April 2026 – 29 May 2026) Hamza El Gamal (9 June 2026 – present)
See also Al Ittihad Alexandria (basketball) Egyptian Premier League Egypt Cup Egyptian League Cup Sultan Hussein Cup
References
External links
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club at Egyptian Football Association Al Ittihad Alexandria Club at Egyptian Premier League