Al Ittihad Alexandria (; ) is an Egyptian professional

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club based in

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

. Founded in 1914, the team plays in the

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. The team is widely considered the most basketball powerhouse of Egypt, having won the most record 16 Premier League championships, the most record 14 Egyptian Cups and 3 Super Cups. In continental and international competitions, Ittihad has won the FIBA Africa Champions Cup (BAL) in 1987, its only African continental title. The team has also won the Arab Championship a record 7 seven times. The team plays its home games in the Kamal Shalaby Hall. Al Ittihad is nicknamed ''Masters of the City''.

Honours

Domestic

* Egyptian Super League **Winners (16): 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2010,

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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**Winners (14): 1976, 1978, 1982 ,1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2021,

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**Winners (4): 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

International

* FIBA Africa Champions Cup **Winners (1): 1987 **Runners-up (1):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

**Fourth place (1):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

* Arab Championship **Winners (7): 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019 *Bahraini-Egyptian Super Cup **Winners (1): 2024

Players

Current roster

Notable players

* Ismail Ahmed: (1993–1997; 2001–2003; 2020–2022) * Mouhanad El-Sabagh: (2006–2016) *

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: (2021) * Corey Webster: (2021–2022)

Season by season

Head coaches

Ahmed Marei Ahmed Mohamed Marei (Arabic: أحمد مرعي; born 5 January 1959) is an Egyptian professional basketball coach and former player, currently serving as the head coach for Zamalek SC of the Egyptian Basketball Super League (EBSL). Previously ...

: (2019–2022) *

Miodrag Perišić Miodrag Perišić ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Перишић; 31 July 1948 – 6 May 2003) was a Serbian writer, literary critic and politician. He was one of the founders and a vice-president of the Serbian modern-day Democratic Party, the first ...

: (June – October 2022) * Henrik Rödl: (2022–2023) * Ahmed Omar: (2023–present)

Notes

References

External links

Team profile
at Africabasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Al-Ittihad Alexandria Basketball teams established in 1914 Basketball teams in Egypt Sports clubs and teams in Alexandria

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...