Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club (), known locally as Al Mokawloon, is an

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professional sports club based in

Nasr City Nasr City ( ) forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is administratively divided into Nasr City West/One ''(Gharb Madinet Nasr/awwal),'' and Nasr City East/Two (''Sharq Madinet Nasr/thani''). In 2021, Nasr C ...

and owned by

Arab Contractors The Arab Contractors, known locally as Al Mokawloon Al Arab (), is an Egyptian regional construction and contracting company. History It was established in 1955 by Osman Ahmed Osman, an Egyptian entrepreneur and politician who served as Egypt's ...

(Al Mokawloon Al Arab). The club is best known for their

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team, which currently plays in the

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. The club over the years have produced some of the most famous and talented players in Egypt, including

Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdel Majid Mahmoud (; born 19 June 1974), known as Sabry, is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. Club career A skilled offensive player, Sabry was born in Cairo, and started playi ...

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, and Mohamed Elneny.

History

Arab Contractors

The club was founded in 1973 by the Egyptian

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, contractor,

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, and

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Osman Ahmed Osman as the official sporting club for his prominent,

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company, the

, arguably the biggest one in the entire Middle East at that time. The 1983 championship club included

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(''Cameroon''),

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(''Ghana'') and Ishmael Dyfan (''Sierra Leone'').

Honours and achievements

Domestic

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 ...

** Winners (1): 1983 *

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 ...

** Winners (3): 1990, 1995, 2004 *

Egyptian Super Cup The Egyptian Super Cup is Football in Egypt, Egyptian football's annual match contested between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League season and the holders of the Egypt Cup. If the Egyptian Premier League champions also won the Egypt Cup ...

** Winners (1):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Continental

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and w ...

** Winners (3): 1982, 1983, 1996 ** Runners-up (1): 1991 *

CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup, known as TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The competition was f ...

** Runners-up (1):

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

Performance in CAF competitions

*FR = First round *SR = Second round *PO = Play-off round *QF = Quarter-final *SF = Semi-final

Performance in domestic competitions

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

Michael Krüger Michael Krüger may refer to: * Michael Krüger (footballer) Michael Krüger (born 28 May 1954) is a German Association football, football coach and former player. Playing career Krüger was born in Scharnebeck. He played for Arminia Hannover ...

(Jan 1, 1996 – July 1, 1997) *

Josef Hickersberger Josef Hickersberger (born 27 April 1948) is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and Austrian club side Rapid Wien. Club career Hickersberger was born in Amstetten, Austria. He started hi ...

(July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1999) *

Hassan Shehata Hassan Hassan Shehata (; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian retired association football, football manager and former professional football player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is considered as one of the best forwar ...

(2004–05) *

Ghanem Sultan Ghanem is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname. The Ghanem family is descended from Jafna ibn Amr of the Azd Dynasty, one of the oldest Pre-Islamic communities that inhabited southwestern Arabia, mainly Yemen, and the Al-Bahah and 'Asir ...

(2005) * Mohamed Radwan (2005–06) *

Taha Basry Taha Basry (; 2 October 1946 – 2 April 2014) was an Egyptian professional football player and manager. Early life Taha Basry Bekheit Mokhtar was born on October 2, 1946 in the village of El-Gabal El-Asfar, Qalyubiyya. He comes from a fina ...

(July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007) * Alaa Nabiel (2007–08) * Mohamed Radwan (May 1, 2008 – May 23, 2009) * Mohamed Amer (May 23, 2009 – Aug 13, 2010) * Hamza El Gamal (Aug 13, 2010 – Nov 8, 2010) * Ivica Todorov (Nov 9, 2010 – April 15, 2011) * Mohamed Radwan (April 18, 2011 – Jan 20, 2012) *

Talaat Youssef Talaat Youssef (; born 21 January 1955) is an Egyptian football manager and former player who coaches Modern Future FC in the Egyptian Premier League. Playing career El Ittihad El Sakandary Youssef is considered one of El Ittihad El Sakandary ...

(Jan 2012–1?) * Mohamed Abdel-Samiea (201?–March 8, 2013) *

Hamdi Nouh Hamdi Hussein Mohamed Ibrahim Nouh (; born 23 April 1954) is an Egyptian football manager. References Living people Egyptian men's footballers Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players Ismaily SC players Egypt men's international footballers F ...

(March 8, 2013 – March 17, 2013) * Mohamed Radwan (March 17, 2013–?) *

(2014–15) *

Tarek El-Ashry Tarek El Ashry () is an Egyptian football coach who is the current manager of the Libyan Premier League club Al-Nasr. He established his name as a young manager by winning three cup titles. In addition, he is considered to be the first manager t ...

(2015–16) *

Emad El Nahhas Emad El Nahhas (; born 15 February 1976) is an Egyptian football coach and former player. El-Nahhas finished his career at Al-Ahly Club after retiring, undertaking training several times. Playing career Aswan SC El Nahhas began his football care ...

(2018–)

Notes

References

External links

Independent websites

Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab SC
at Egyptian Premier League {{DEFAULTSORT:Mokawloon Al Arab Football clubs in Egypt Football clubs in Cairo Association football clubs established in 1973 1973 establishments in Egypt Multi-sport clubs in Egypt Works association football clubs in Egypt African Cup Winners Cup winning clubs Egyptian Premier League clubs