page_title: Al Ahly SC
section_title: Dominating the league (1948–1967)
hierarchical_section_title: Al Ahly SC / History / Dominating the league (1948–1967)
caption_attribution_description: English: Al Ahly squad in First Egyptian League
context_page_description: Al Ahly Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Al Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo.
  It is known as "The Club of the Century" in African football. It is best known for its professional football team that plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier in the Egyptian football league system, and is the most decorated football club in Africa. It was founded on 24 April 1907, as a gathering place for Cairo's Student Unions.
  Al Ahly has a record of 41 national league titles, 36 national cups titles, and 11 national super cup titles making Al Ahly the most decorated club in Egypt. In addition, Al Ahly has never been relegated to the Egyptian Second Division.
  In international competitions, the club has won a record 8 CAF Champions League titles, a CAF Confederation Cup title, a record 6 CAF Super Cup titles, a record 4 African Cup Winners' Cup titles, an Afro-Asian Club Championship title, an Arab Club Champions Cup title, an Arab Cup Winners' Cup title, a record 2 Arab Super Cup titles, and won a bronze medal in the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.
context_section_description: In The first edition of the Egyptian Premier League that was held for the first time in 1948, Al Ahly won the first match 5–0 against Greece Alexandria team. Ahmed Makkawi scored the first goal for Al Ahly in the history of the competition in the 11th minute.
  Mekkawi added a second goal in the second half, and Helmy Abu El-Maaty, Mohamed Lahita and Fathi Khattab scored one goal.
  The first team to represent Al Ahly in the competition was composed of: Kamal Hamed – Abdulaziz Hamami – Muhammad Abu Habajah – Abdel Moneim Shatara – Sayed Othman – Hilmi Abu Al-Moaty – Fouad Sidqi – Muhammad Lheta – Ahmed Makawi – Saleh Selim – Fathi Khattab.
  Mokhatr al Tetsh led Al Ahly to win the first championship in the clubs's history as a player and also led Al Ahly to win the first league in the club's history,
  Al Ahly snapped the league and cup (the double) for the first time after defeating Zamalek 3–1 in the 1949 Egypt Cup final Toto, Hussein Madkour and Fathi Khattab scored for Al Ahly.
  The 1949–1950 seasson witnessed a historical superiority for Al Ahly by the golden fifties generation led by Saleh Selim and Toto and Ahmed Makkawi won all the local championships, Al Ahly won the Egyptian Premier League after strong competition with Tersana ended with the two teams tying in points, The league winner was decided by a play off match, Al Ahly clinched the league the after defeating Tersana 2–1 in the play-off goals were scored by Toto and Fathi Khattab. Al Ahly also won the Cairo League, one point ahead of Tersana.
  In Egypt Cup Al Ahly Defeated Tersana in the final by a big score 6–0.
  In 1950–1951 Al Ahly won the double, by winning the league for the third consecutive time despite the strong competition with Zamalek, 
  Then the Red Giants completed the double with a difficult victory in the Egyptian Cup final against El Sekka El Hadid
  Following the dethroning of King Farouk in the revolution of 1952, Ahly appointed Gamal Abdel Nasser as club honorary president.
  The 1951–1952 league championship was canceled due to the revolution of 1952, the competition returned the following season and Al Ahly managed to win it for the fourth time in a row with only two points ahead of Zamalek, after the two teams tied 2–2 in the last round, In the Egypt Cup, Al Ahly managed to defeat the defending champions Zamalek 4–1 in the final in a match in which Saleh Selim scored two goals and his older brother Abdel-Wahab Selim also scored a goal.
  In The 1956–1957 League the number of teams increased to 14 teams, and Al-Ahly managed win the league with a difference of 9 points ahead from Zamalek the runner-up, to win the seventh title in a row, It was the first time that the team had reached 40 points.
  Al Ahly won the 1958–1959 league championship for the ninth time in a row and it was the first time that the top goal scorer of the league is a player for Al Ahly El-Sayed El-Dhizui,
  The Al Ahly scored 55 goals in just 18 games this season, more than 20 goals from its nearest competitors.
  After losing the league for the first time since the start of the competition, Al Ahly won the league for the tenth time in the club history in 1960–1961 season.
  Al Ahly Won Egypt Cup after defeating El Qanah 5–0, Mimi El-Sherbini scored two goals for Al Ahly.
caption: Al Ahly squad in First Egyptian League
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