Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary

al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary
Basic data
Seat	Alexandria
founding	1914
Colours	green
president	Mohamed Farag Amer
Website	www.itthadclub.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Helmy Toulan
Venue	Alexandria Stadium
Places	20,000
league	Egyptian Premier League
2018/19	11th place
home Away

Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary ( Arabic نادي الإتحاد السكندري, DMG Nādī l-Ittiḥād as-Sakandarī ), also known as Al Ittihad , is an Egyptian football club that plays in the Egyptian Premier League . The team was founded in Alexandria in 1914 . It is one of the most traditional clubs in the country and has the third largest number of fans in Egypt after Al Ahly and Zamalek . The club is the first club to support the founding of the Egyptian Football Association in 1921, which contributed to its popularity in Alexandria.

history

• 1906 Foundation of an association called Club of the Union of Hassan Ismail.
• 1908 Change of name of the club from Union Club to United National Club.
• 1912 The merger of the Union Club with the El Haditha Club, this club became the strongest football club in Alexandria.
• 1912 Abdo El-Hamami founds the United Victory Club.
• 1914 El Haditha Club merges with the United Victory Club under the name Al-Ittihad.
• 1918 The merger of the al-Ittihad club with the Alexandria club under the name Al Ittihad-Klub Alexandria under the direction of Mohammed Shaheen.
• In 2014 al-Ittihad celebrated its 100th anniversary with a game in the Alexandria Stadium against Sporting Lisbon from Portugal , which ended in a 2-2 draw.

successes

• Egyptian Cup Winner (6): 1926, 1936, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976
• Sultan Hussein Cup (1): 1935
• Mayor of Alexandria (27): From 1927 to 1953

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ittihad: 100 Years Old. Retrieved February 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 100 سنه اتحاد. (No longer available online.) In: الموقع الرسمي لجماهير نادي الإتحاد. October 3, 2015, archived from the original on September 26, 2018 ; Retrieved February 28, 2019 (Arabic). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ alexnews: تعادل الاتحاد السكندري مع سبورتنج لشبونة البرتغالي بمناسبة مئوية سيد البلد. In: أنباء الإسكندرية المصورة APN. August 5, 2014, accessed February 28, 2019 (Arabic).