Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (Arabic: نادي الإتحاد السكندري), locally known as El Ittihad El Skandary, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

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 Alexandria.
• 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 against Sporting CP, Portugal, and ended the match with a positive draw 2–2.

Kits and colours

Kit manufacturers

Kits gallery

Alexandria Derby

Both being based in Alexandria; Smouha and Al Ittihad 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

• Egypt Cup: 6

1926, 1935–36, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976

• Sultan Hussein Cup: 1

1935

Regional

• Alexandria Zone League: 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 Arab competitions

Performance in domestic competitions

Players

Current squad

As of 21 August, 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

All time top Egyptian Premier League Scorers

Management

Board of directors

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Managers

• Germany Diethelm Ferner (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2002)
• Egypt Mohamed Omar (Jan 2002 – 2 July)
• Germany Rainer Zobel (4 November 2002 – 31 December 2003)
• Egypt Mohamed Omar (May 2003 – 4 April)
• Egypt Mohamed Salah (July 2004 – 4 Oct)
• Serbia Slobodan Pavković (July 2006 – 6 Dec)
• Egypt Mohamed Omar (Dec 2006 – 7 Aug)
• Egypt Mohamed Salah (Sept 2007 – 8 Jan)
• Egypt Taha Basry (1 January 2008 – 26 August 2009)
• Brazil Cabralzinho (4 September 2009 – 21 November 2010)
• Egypt Mohamed Amer (22 November 2010 – 6 April 2011)
• Egypt Ahmed Sary (April 2011)
• Spain José Maqueda (2 August 2011 – 1 December 2012)
• Egypt Ahmed Sary (16 December 2012 – 12 March 2013)
• Brazil Jose Kléber (20 March 2013 – 12 May 2013)
• Egypt Ahmed Sary (12 May 2013 – 22 July 2013)
• Egypt Talaat Youssef (23 July 2013 – 16 December 2013)
• Egypt Mounir Oukala (interim) (21 December 2013 – 31 December 2013)
• France Denis Lavagne (31 December 2013–14)
• Egypt Talaat Youssef (Aug 2014 – Oct 2014)
• Egypt Hossam Hassan (Oct 2014 – July 2015)
• Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov (July 2015 – Nov 2015)
• Portugal Leonel Pontes (Nov 2015 – March 2016)
• Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar (March 2016 – Feb 2017)
• Spain José Maqueda (February 2017 – 2018)
• Egypt Talaat Youssef (Jun 2019 – Oct 2020)
• Egypt Mounir Oukala (interim) (Oct 2020 – Oct 2020)
• Egypt Hossam Hassan (Oct 2020 – March 2022)
• Egypt Emad El Nahhas (March 2022 – 9 August 2022)
• Egypt Mohamed Omar (9 August 2022 – 9 September 2022)
• Serbia Zoran Manojlović (10 September 2022 – 17 July 2023)
• Cyprus Nikodimos Papavasiliou (19 August 2024 – 8 January 2025)
• Egypt Talaat Youssef (9 January 2025 – 14 March 2025)
• Egypt Magdy Abdelaty (14 March 2025 – June 2025)
• Egypt Ahmed Sami (25 June 2025 – 18 September 2025)
• Egypt Tamer Mostafa (20 September 2025 – 10 April 2026)
• Algeria Miloud Hamdi (11 April 2026 – present)

See also

• Al Ittihad Alexandria (basketball)
• Egyptian Premier League
• Egypt Cup
• Egyptian League Cup
• Sultan Hussein Cup

External links

• at Egyptian Football Association
• at Egyptian Premier League