Al Ittihad Alexandria (basketball)

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 most basketball powerhouse of Egypt, having won the most record 16 Premier League championships, the most 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]

Al Ittihad
Nickname	Masters of the City (سيد البلد)
Leagues	Egyptian Super League BAL
Founded	1914; 110 years ago (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
2023–24 position	Super League, 1st of 18
Championships	1 FIBA Africa Champions Cup 16 Egyptian Super Leagues 14 Egyptian Cups 7 Arab Championships
Website	None
Home Away Third

The team plays its home games in the Kamal Shalaby Hall. Al Ittihad is nicknamed Masters of the City.

Honours

Domestic

• Egyptian Super League
  • Winners (16): 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2020, 2024^[4]
• Egyptian Cup
  • Winners (14): 1976, 1978, 1982 ,1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2021, 2024
• 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, 2018, 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) 37 – (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) 28 – (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 C 10 Mahmoud, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 SF 12 Aboushousha, Youssef 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 31 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 G/F 13 El Sabbagh, Ahmed (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 39 – (1985-05-26)26 May 1985 G/F 20 Saleh, Yaser 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (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 G/F 52 McRae, Jordan (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 33 – (1991-03-28)28 March 1991 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

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

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.

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

Season by season

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		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		Arab Championship	QF	Miodrag Perišić /Henrik Rödl
2023–24	1	Premier League	1st	14	13	1	.929	Champions	Champion			Ahmed Omar

Head coaches

• Ahmed Marei: (2019–2022)
• Miodrag Perišić: (June – October 2022)
• Henrik Rödl: (2022–2023)^[7]
• Ahmed Omar: (2023–present)^[8]

See also

• Al Ittihad Alexandria Club

Notes

1. 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]

References

1. "Arab Club Championship in basketball in Alexandria". Demotix.com. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
2. Eurobasket. "Al Ittihad Alexandria basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
3. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
4. "الاتحاد السكندري يهزم الأهلي ويتوج بلقب دوري السوبر لكرة السلة". btolat.com (in Arabic). 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
5. El-Ramady, Ahmed (2022-12-24). "BASKETBALL: Al Ahly-Ittihad game suspended as venue collapses". KingFut. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
6. El-Ramady, Ahmed (2023-01-11). "BASKETBALL: Al Ahly concede Super Cup to Ittihad of Alexandria". KingFut. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
7. "Al Ittihad inks coach Henrik Rodl, ex Trier". Afrobasket.com. 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
8. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

External links

• Team profile at Africabasket.com