Al Ahly SC

Al-Ahly Sporting Club (in Arabic: النادي الاهلى للرياضة البدنية), popularly known as Al-Ahly, which in Spanish means “The National”, is a multi-sport club from the city of Cairo (Egypt). It was founded on 24 April 1907, its main activity is football and it plays in the Egyptian Premier League. Al-Ahly plays its home matches at the Cairo International Stadium, the second largest stadium in Egypt and the fifth in Africa, with a capacity of 74,000 spectators. Its traditional rival is Zamalek Sporting Club, against whom it plays the Cairo Derby.

Al-Ahly is the most successful team in its country, and one of the most decorated in the world. Nationally, Al-Ahly won the Egyptian first division championship 44 times, the Egypt Cup 39 times and the Egyptian Super Cup 14 times, being the team with the most titles in the aforementioned competitions, and the Egyptian club with the most domestic titles.

Internationally, the club has won the CAF Champions League twelve times, which makes it the record winner of the competition. It also won the African Cup Winners' Cup four times, the CAF Super Cup eight times, and the CAF Confederation Cup once, in 2014. With 26 titles at confederation and inter-confederation level, it is the club with the second most international titles in the world, surpassed only by Real Madrid of Spain, which has 32.

The club has won 134 official titles (104 at national level and 30 at international level), and another 17 of a regional nature (not considered official). One of the most important milestones in the history of Al-Ahly is the recognition given by the Confederation of African Football as the “best club of the 20th century” in the year 2000. Al-Ahly has around 50 million fans worldwide. Al-Ahly's transfer value is ~$50 million.