Al Ahly (handball)

Al Ahly (handball)
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's 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, 24 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 of handball, but during the 90s they have had the most success. During this time, they won 6 Egyptian Leagues, 2 Egypt Cups, 2 African Handball Champion Leagues, and 6 Arab Championships, not including the great efforts with 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 24 (Record):
Champions : 1968–69, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 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
Egypt Handball Cup 10:
Champions: 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022-23
Egyptian Federation Handball Cup 3 (Record):
Champions: 2015, 2016, 2017
25 January Cup 1 :
Champions: 2011 (played instead of cancelled league due to shortage time after 25 January Revolution and the champion qualify to African Handball Champions League
Egyptian Excellence Cup 1 :
Champions: 2002–03
International titles
IHF Super Globe :
Runners-up: 2007 (Best African team record in IHF Super Globe)
African Handball Champions League 6:
Champions: 1985, 1993, 1994, 2012, 2016, 2023
Runners-up: 2013, 2014, 2018
African Handball Cup Winners' Cup 4:
Champions: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021
Runners-up: 1985, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2019
African Handball Super Cup 3 :
Champions: 2017, 2022, 2023
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
Current 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 Ahmed 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
09 Islam Hassan
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 ??
Technical and managerial staff
Recent titles
Egyptian league title
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
Men's African Competition Records
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 5 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.
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:
Final Ranking:
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:
Final ranking
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
Third place game
Final ranking
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Notable players
01- Hassan Moustafa
02- Gamal Shams
03- Mohamed ElAlfey
04- Yasser Labib
05- Assem El Saadney
06- khaled ElAwady
07- Sameh Abdel wareth
08- Ashraf Awad
09- Hazem Awad
10- Gohar Nabil
11- Hany Elfakarney
12- Ashraf Shokrey
13- Atef Abdelrahman
14- Mahmoud Ashour
15- Saber Heussin
16- Ahmed Salem
17- Mamdouh seleman
18- Tarek el dorey
19- Karim Elsaaeed
20- Karim shokrey
21- Ayman ElAlfey
Club Presidents
See also
Al Ahly FC
Al Ahly (volleyball)
Al Ahly Women's Volleyball
Al Ahly (basketball)
Al Ahly Women's Basketball
Al Ahly (handball)
Al Ahly Women's Handball
Al Ahly (table tennis)
Al Ahly (water polo)
Port Said Stadium riot
Al-Ahly TV
External links
Twitter Account
Facebook Account
Al Ahly website
Fan website
Fan page
References
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Handball clubs in Egypt
Handball clubs established in 1959
1959 establishments in Egypt