Union Alexandria

"Alexandrian Union" redirects here. For the basketball team, see Al-Ittihad Alexandria.

Alexandrian Union
نادى الإتحاد السكندرى

Full name	Alexandrian Union Club نادى الإتحاد السكندرى
Nickname(s)	Seed El Balad Zeim El Thaghr (team) Ultras Green Magic (supporters)
Founded	1914
Ground	Alexandria Stadium Alexandria, Egypt (Capacity: 13,660)
Chairman	Effat El Sadat
Manager	José Maqueda
League	Egyptian Premier League
2010/11	14th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Alexandrian Union Club (Arabic: نادى الاتحاد السكندري - Nadi Al-Ittihad Al-Sakandary‎) is one of the biggest soccer teams in Egypt. The team founded in 1914 in Alexandria, who play in the Egyptian Premier League. It has the third largest number of fans in Egypt, after Al-Ahly and El Zamalek]. The club Al-Ittihad of Alexandria is the first club that rushed to endorse the idea of founding the Egyptian Football Association in 1921 which contributed to increased popularity in Alexandria, where he is public-funded first for the club.

Honors

Total number of Honors: 34.

• Egypt Cup: 6

1926, 1936, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976

• Sultan Hussein Cup: 1

1935

• Alexandria League: 27

(Most successful club)

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2006 - Second Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1975 - withdrew in Quarter-Finals

1977 - Semi-Finals

1979 - First Round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK El-Hany Soliman 2 DF Sayed Farid 3 DF Mostafa Moshir 4 MF Mahmoud Fathi 6 DF Ibrahim El Shayeb 7 MF Hussein Fahmi (captain) 8 FW Mahmoud Ramadan 9 FW Mohamed El Morsi 10 MF Karim Fathallah 11 FW Ahmed Galal 12 DF Mostafa Salah 14 FW Samuel Kyere 16 FW Mahmoud Samir

No. Position Player 17 FW Rami Rabie 19 DF Ahmed Assem 20 GK Essam El-Hadary 21 DF Mohamed Fawzi 22 DF Ahmed Atwa 23 MF Francis Akwaffo-Boateng 25 FW Mustafa Karim 26 DF Ahmed Sabry 28 DF Mohamed Saleh 30 DF Salah Sheleta 33 MF Afroto (on loan from Al-Ahly) 34 FW Mohamed Hamdi

Notable players

• Walid Salah El-Din
• Ahmad Abu El-Enein
• Karim El Sayed
• Nader El-Sayed
• Idris Gomaa
• Hossam Hassan
• Ahmed Kato
• Mohamed "Gedo" Nagy
• Ayman Ramadan
• Joshua Izuchukwu

See also

• Egyptian Premier League
• Egypt Cup
• Sultan Hussein Cup

External links

• itthad.com