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Al Ittihad Alexandria (Arabic: نادي الإتحاد السكندري; transl. Union Alexandria Club) is an Egyptian professional basketball club based in Alexandria. Founded in 1914, the team plays in the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.[1] The team is widely considered the basketball powerhouse of Egypt, having won a record 16 Premier League championships, a record 14 Egyptian Cups and 3 Super Cups.[2] 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.[3]

NicknameMasters of the City (سيد البلد)
LeaguesEgyptian Super League
BAL
Founded1914; 112 years ago (1914)
HistoryAl Ittihad Alexandria
(1914–present)
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Al Ittihad
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NicknameMasters of the City (سيد البلد)
LeaguesEgyptian Super League
BAL
Founded1914; 112 years ago (1914)
HistoryAl Ittihad Alexandria
(1914–present)
ArenaKamal Shalaby Hall
LocationAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
PresidentMohamed Mouselhy
Head coachAhmed Omar
Team captainIsmail Ahmed
2025–26 positionSuper League, 2nd
Championships1 FIBA Africa Champions Cup
16 Egyptian Super Leagues
14 Egyptian Cups
7 Arab Championships
WebsiteNone
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The team plays its home games in the Kamal Shalaby Hall. Al Ittihad is nicknamed Masters of the City.

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International

Players

Current roster

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Al Ittihad roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 0 Egypt Metwaly, Ahmed 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1997-02-15)15 February 1997
PG 3 Egypt Shehata, Yusuf 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 30 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996
PG 4 Qatar Fouda, Moustafa 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1997-11-15)15 November 1997
SG 5 United States Johnson, Dominique (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 39 – (1987-06-09)9 June 1987
C 6 Egypt Khalifa, Haytham 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 38 – (1987-11-17)17 November 1987
SF 7 Egypt Behiry, Hatem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 33 – (1992-11-30)30 November 1992
SG 9 Egypt Mohamed, Mido 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1996-07-06)6 July 1996
C 10 Egypt Mahmoud, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995
SF 12 Egypt Aboushousha, Youssef 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 33 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993
G/F 13 Egypt El Sabbagh, Ahmed (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 41 – (1985-05-26)26 May 1985
G/F 20 Egypt Greece Saleh, Yaser 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1998-09-30)30 September 1998
C 22 Egypt Khalaf, Ahmed 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1999-02-24)24 February 1999
G 29 United States Cherry, Will (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 35 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
PF 42 Egypt Ahmed, Aly 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 34 – (1992-03-15)15 March 1992
PF 88 Egypt Ibrahim, Rami 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 38 – (1988-02-06)6 February 1988
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  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: January 31, 2023
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Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

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Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
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Season by season

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Season Tier League Regular season Playoffs Egyptian Cup International competitions Head coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Win% League Result
Al Ittihad Alexandria
2016–17 1 Premier League 5th 12 6 9 .400 N/A DNQ
2017–18 1 Premier League 3rd 12 7 5 .583 Quarterfinalist DNQ
2018–19 1 Premier League 1st 14 10 4 .714 Semifinalist QF DNQ
2019–20 1 Premier League 1st 14 12 2 .857 Champions Champion Not held Ahmed Marei
2020–21 1 Premier League 1st 14 12 2 .857 Runners-up Champion DNQ
2021–22 1 Premier League 1st 14 11 3 .786 Runners-up Runner-up Arab Championship 4th
2022–23 1 Premier League 1st 14 13 1 .929 Runners-up SF Arab Championship QF Miodrag Perišić /Henrik Rödl
2023–24 1 Premier League 1st 14 13 1 .929 Champions Champion Arab Championship Runners-up Ahmed Omar
2024–25 1 Premier League 2nd 5 4 1 .800 Runners-up Champion BAL 4th
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Head coaches

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Notes

  1. [a]
    The 2022 Egypt Basketball Super Cup was suspended after a stand in the stadium collapsed and 27 fans got injured.[5] Afterwards, the game was rescheduled but opponent Al Ahly conceded the game, giving an automatic win to Al Ittihad.[6]

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