Al Ittihad
Nickname	Masters of the City (سيد البلد)
Leagues	Egyptian Super League
Founded	1914
History	Al Ittihad Alexandria 1914–present
Arena	Kamal Shalaby Hall
Location	Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
President	Mohamed Mouselhy
Head coach	Ahmed Omar
Team captain	Ismail Ahmed
2020–21 position	Super League, 2nd of 18
Championships	1 FIBA Africa Champions Cup 13 Egyptian Super Leagues 11 Egyptian Cups 7 Arab Championships
Website	None
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Al Ittihad Alexandria, also known as Al Ittihad Elsakandry, is a basketball club based in the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The team plays in the Egyptian Basketball Premier League. ^[1] The team is widely considered one of the basketball powerhouses of Egypt,^{[ citation needed]} having won 13 championships.

Ittihad has won the FIBA Africa Champions Cup in 1987, crowning itself African champions. The team has also won the Arab Championship seven times.^{[ citation needed]}

Honours

Domestic

• Egyptian Super League
  • Winners (13): 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2020
• Egyptian Cup
  • Winners (11): 1976, 1978, 1982 ,1983, 1984, 1986 1989, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2021
• Egyptian Super Cup
  • Winners (3): 2020, 2021, 2022 ^[a]

International

• FIBA Africa Champions Cup
  • Winners (1): 1987
  • Runners-up (1): 1996
  • Fourth place (1): 2012
• Arab Championship
  • Winners (7): 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2019

Players

Current roster

Al Ittihad roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0 Metwaly, Ahmed 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1997-02-15)15 February 1997 PG 3 Shehata, Yusuf 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 28 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 PG 4 Fouda, Moustafa 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1997-11-15)15 November 1997 SG 5 Johnson, Dominique (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 36 – (1987-06-09)9 June 1987 C 6 Khalifa, Haytham 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 36 – (1987-11-17)17 November 1987 SF 7 Behiry, Hatem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-11-30)30 November 1992 SG 9 Mohamed, Mido 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 C 10 Mahmoud, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 SF 12 Aboushousha, Youssef 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 G/F 13 El Sabbagh, Ahmed (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 38 – (1985-05-26)26 May 1985 G/F 20 Saleh, Yaser 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 25 – (1998-09-30)30 September 1998 C 22 Khalaf, Ahmed 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-02-24)24 February 1999 PF 42 Ahmed, Aly 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 32 – (1992-03-15)15 March 1992 PF 88 Ibrahim, Rami 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 36 – (1988-02-06)6 February 1988	Head coach Miodrag Perisic Henrik Rödl Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: January 31, 2023

Notable players

• Ismail Ahmed: (1993–1997; 2001–2003; 2020–2022)
• Mouhanad El-Sabagh: (2006–2016)
• Solo Diabate: (2021)
• Corey Webster: (2021–2022)

Season by season

Head coaches

• Ahmed Marei: (2019–2022)
• Miodrag Perišić: (June – October 2022)
• Henrik Rödl: (2022–2023) ^[4]
• Ahmed Omar: (2023–present) ^[5]

See also

• Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

Notes

References

External links

• Team profile at Africabasket.com