# Al Ahly (table tennis)

Al Ahly Tennis Table Club (Arabic: النادي الاهلي للتنس الطاولة, often referred to as) is one of Al Ahly SC club's sections that represent the club in Egypt and international Table tennis competitions, the club team section based in Cairo.

## History

- Table tennis was first played in AlAhly in 1939. Al Ahly is the biggest team in Egypt, Africa, and the Middle east.
- The players of first-team names were: Farouk Yousef, Nabih Eskander, Samir Beltagy, and Mokhtar Abdelhamid.
- The team manager was Amin Abu Haif.
- The first two championships that the Al Ahly table tennis team won was the Cairo Zone Championship and the El Ebrashy Beek Cup

## Honors
### National titles

Active departments of Al Ahly SC :
| Football | Volleyball (Men's) | Volleyball (Women's) |
| Handball (Men's) | Handball (Women's) | Basketball (Men's) |
| Basketball (Women's) | Table tennis | Water polo |
| Field hockey | Roller hockey | Tennis |
* Egyptian Table Tennis League 34 (Record):
       Champions : 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1990-91 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18., 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
* Egyptian Table tennis Cup: (5) Record
       Champions : 1991-92, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2016-17, 2018-19

### International titles

* African Table tennis Champions League (3) :
       Champions : 1983, 2015, 2017
       Runners-up : 2011

### Regional titles

* Arab table tennis championship 21 (Record):
       Champions : 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
       Runners-up (5): 1991, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015.

## Men's current squad

Team roster - season 2016/2023 :
| Al Ahly tennis Team ||||||
| Omar Assar | Khaled Assr |
| EL-SAYED LASHIN | Mohamed EL-Beiali |
| Quadri Aruna (loan) |
| Yassin Elanany |

## Women's current squad

Team roster - season 2016/2017 :
| Al Ahly Table tennis Team ||||||
| Yossra ASHRAF | Nadeen EL-DAWLATLY |
| Dina Meshref | Aida RAHMO | ROKIA NASER |
| Fagr SHOUMAN | Daniela Dodean (loan) |

## Notable players

* 01- Alaa Meshref
* 02- Sherief ElSaket
* 03- Ashraf Sobhey
* 04- Sherif Diaa
* 05- El Sayed Lashin
* 06- Omar Asser
* 07- Adel Massaad
* 08- Ahmed Noussir
* 09- Ashraf Abdel Fatah
* 10- Adel Shoman
* 11- Samy Saaeed
* 12- Mohamed El Sharqwey
* 13- Galal Eiz
* 14- Fathey Abdou
* 15- Sayed Metwaley

## Home Arena

When Al Ahly created handball, basketball, and volleyball teams, they believed it was incumbent upon them to erect an arena to host the home games. In 1978, they were low on funding. Because of this, the project was postponed. Later, on February 4, 1994, Al Ahly opened his sports hall officially in time of Al Ahly Chairman Saleh Selim
Opening Ceremony After many years of waiting, Al Ahly finally achieved his dream of having his very own sports hall arena. On February 4, 1994, Al Ahly officially opened his arena in grand fashion. The ceremony started with words from then-incumbent Al Ahly chairman, Saleh Selim. With this speech, he declared that the name of the hall would be the "Prince Abdalla El Faisl Hall" because of the role he played in creating Al Ahly.

## Club Presidents

| No | Period | Name | From | To |
| 1 | 1st | Mitchel Ince | 1907 | 1908 |
| 2 | 1st | Aziz Ezzat Pacha | 1908 | 1916 |
| 3 | 1st | Abdelkhaleq Tharwat Pacha | 1916 | 1924 |
| 4 | 1st | Gaafar Waly Pacha | 1924 | 1940 |
| 5 | 1st | Mohamed Taher Pacha | 1940 | 1941 |
| 6 | 2nd | Gaafar Waly Pacha | 1941 | 1944 |
| 7 | 1st | Ahmed Hasanein Pacha | 1944 | 1946 |
| 8 | 1st | Ahmed Aboud Pacha | 1946 | 1961 |
| 9 | 1st | Salah Desouky Sheshtawy | 1961 | 1965 |
| 10 | 1st | Abdelmohsen Kamel Mortagy | 1965 | 1967 |
| 11 | 1st | Ibrahim El Wakil | 1967 | 1972 |
| 12 | 2nd | Abdelmohsen Kamel Mortagy | 1972 | 1980 |
| 13 | 1st | Saleh Selim | 1980 | 1988 |
| 14 | 1st | Mohamed Abdou Saleh El Wahsh | 1988 | 1992 |
| 15 | 2nd | Saleh Selim | 1992 | 2002 |
| 16 | 1st | Hassan Hamdy | 2002 | 2014 |
| 17 | 1st | Mahmoud Taher | 2014 | 2017 |
| 18 | 1st | Mahmoud El Khatib | 2017 | Present |