Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (), locally known as El Ittihad El Skandary, is an Egyptian

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

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 ...

. The club is mainly known for its professional

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team, which currently plays in the

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football ...

, the highest league in the

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. 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

. *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 Alexandria Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in the Moharram Bey district of Alexandria, Egypt. It was opened in 1929 by Fuad I of Egypt, King Fouad I. It is the oldest stadium in Egypt and Africa. After its remodeling and renovations in 20 ...

against

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, Portugal, and ended the match with a positive draw 2–2.

Kits and colours

Kit manufacturers

Kits gallery

Alexandria Derby

Both being based in Alexandira; Smouha and Al-Ittihad Alexandria have always been an exciting encounter. The rivalry stems from the fact that both teams are the biggest in Alexandria and share the same stadium Alexandria International Stadium. The rivalry is always sure to deliver good football.

Honours

Graffiti outside Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al A ...

: 6 :: 1926, 1935–36, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976 *

Sultan Hussein Cup The Sultan Hussein Cup (1917–1938) was the first local Egyptian football competition. It preceded the Egypt Cup and the regional leagues in the areas of Cairo, Alexandria, Bahary and Canal Canals or artificial waterways are wat ...

: 1 :: 1935

Regional

Alexandria Zone League Alexandria League 1924–1953 & 1952–53, is an old Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sina ...

: 27 (record) :: From 1927 to 1953

Performance in CAF competitions

*FR = First round *SR = Second round *QF = Quarter-final *SF = Semi-final ;Notes

Performance in domestic competitions

Players

Current squad

(''on loan from ZED'') (''on loan from Enppi'')

All time top Egyptian Premier League Scorers

Management

Board of directors

*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) *

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(July 2006 – 6 Dec) * Mohamed Omar (Dec 2006 – 7 Aug) *

(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) *

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(31 December 2013–14) * Talaat Youssef (Aug 2014 – Oct 2014) *

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(Oct 2014 – July 2015) *

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(July 2015 – Nov 2015) *

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(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) *

(Oct 2020 – March 2022) * Emad El Nahhas (March 2022 – Present) file:نادي الاتحاد السكندري1.jpg file:نادي الاتحاد السكندري2.jpg file:نادي الاتحاد السكندري3.jpg file:نادي الاتحاد السكندري4.jpg file:نادي الاتحاد السكندري5.jpg file:نادي الاتحاد السكندري6.jpg

References

External links

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Egyptian Football Association The Egyptian Football Association () is the governing body of association football in Egypt. A member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of the CAF, the EFA has jurisdiction over the Egyptian football league system and is responsible for ...