Al Ahly (basketball)

Ahly Basketball team was founded in 1930. It is one of the oldest basketball clubs in Egypt and in Africa.^[3]

The team played his first game against Al Ittihad Alexandria in front of the Egyptian King Farouq in 1937. Al Ahly won its first Egyptian national championship in the 1988–89 season.

In July 2021, Al Ahly signed Spanish coach Augustí Julbe as their new head coach.^[4] In the following 2021–22 season, Ahly won its sixth Premier League title and thus qualified for the 2023 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

In the following season, Al Ahly made their debut in the BAL and had a 4–1 record in the Nile Conference, which was hosted in Cairo. In the playoffs, Al Ahly defeated REG and Stade Malien in the quarter- and semi-finals. In the final, Al Ahly defeated the Senegalese champions AS Douanes 80–65, to win their second continental title and first BAL title.^[5] Al Ahly forward Nuni Omot was named the league MVP.^[5] In the 2022–23 domestic season, Al Ahly won the double once again under Julbe.

In the following season, Al Ahly represented Africa in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore. On 21 September 2023, Al Ahly became the first African club to win a game in the competition's 33-year existence, following a win over the NBA G League Ignite.^[6]

The 2016 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (31st edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Cairo, Egypt from 7 to 16 December 2016. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Al Ahly, was contested by 10 clubs split into 2 groups of five, the top four of each group qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semi-finals, and final. Al Ahly won the trophy as the first Egyptian basketball team to win it in the new format. At this time, no Egyptian basketball team has reached the final match. By winning this trophy Al Ahly (basketball) became the most titled Egyptian Basketball team 3 titles 1 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup + 2 African Basketball Cup Winners' Cup.

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Round	Team	Result	Video
Group Stage	Nzui Manto	82–53	Full match
	Club Africain	79–74 OT	Full match + Highlights
	1º de Agosto	68–64	Full match + Highlights
	Kano Pillars	92–76	Full match + Highlights
Quarter finals	BEAC Yaoundi	63-60	Full match
Semifinal	Kano Pillars	71–65	Full match + Highlights
Final	Rec do Libolo	68-66	Full match + Highlights

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Roster for the 2023 BAL season

Roster for the 2023 BAL season, which saw the team crowned champions.[45] (Ages in parentheses show players' age during the Finals) Al Ahly roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Thompson, Michael (I) (age 34) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 37 – (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 PF 4 Sarhan, Marwan (age 31) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 34 – (1992-05-02)2 May 1992 SF 5 Gendy, Amr (age 31) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 35 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 PF 7 Omot, Nuni (I) (age 28) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994 G 10 Camara, Dramane (DP) (age 19) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 22 – (2004-01-24)24 January 2004 SG 13 Abouzeid, Moamen (age 20) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 23 – (2003-01-01)1 January 2003 G/F 14 Zahran, Amr (age 21) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 24 – (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 SG 15 Webster, Corey (I) (age 34) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 37 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 SF 23 Abdelkawy, Mohamed (age 31) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 35 – (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 F/C 24 Samir, Seif (C) (age 29) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1993-06-05)5 June 1993 C 34 Ismail, Ahmed (age 28) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 31 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 C 41 Oraby, Omar (age 31) 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 35 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 G 45 Amin, Ehab (age 27) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 Head coach Augustí Julbe Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 27 May 2023

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As Al Ahly started to create teams for handball, basketball, and volleyball; they saw the importance of building an arena to host home matches for these clubs. The process of developing designs and searching for funds began in 1978, but was ultimately postponed due to funding issues. It wasn't until the 4th of February, 1994, that Al Ahly opened its sports hall.

On the 4th of February, 1994, Al Ahly officially opened his hall in a large opening ceremony. The ceremony started with a few words from Al Ahly chairman Saleh Selim. He declared that the hall would be named "Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Hall" due to his efforts and assistance for Al Ahly, in his place, Abdallas' son Mohammed El Faisl received a commemorative medal. The first match held at the hall was friendly basketball game between Al Ahly and Ithhadd Alex. Following the friendly was a futsal match between retired players from Al Ahly and El Esmailly, with the likes of Mohmoud El Khatib and Aly Abu Greisha participating in the match.

The following is a (incomplete) list of Al Ahly's head coaches :

• Mário Palma : (2021)^[55]
• Augustí Julbe : (2021–2025)
• Linos Gavriel : (2025–present)

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