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Al Ahly FC Women

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Al Ahly FC Women
Full nameAl Ahly Women's Football Club
Nickname(s)
  • Nadi El Watanniyah (Club of Patriotism)
  • Nadi El Shayateen El Homr (The Red Devils)
  • Nadi El Mared El Ahmar (The Red Giant)
Short nameASC, AFC, AHL
Founded2 September 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-02)
GroundMokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium
ChairmanMahmoud El Khatib
ManagerDimitri Lipoff
LeagueEgyptian Women's Premier League
Websitehttps://www.alahlyegypt.com/en

Al Ahly Women's Football Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي لكرة القدم سيدات), commonly known as Al Ahly FC Women, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Women's Premier League, the highest tier in the Egyptian football league system.

History

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Formation (2021)

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On 2 September 2021, Al Ahly announced that it will started Their Own Women's Football Team by accepting applications from young girls aged four to 20-years-old to help them form their first women's football team.[1]

On 26 June 2023, Al Ahly Club's Board of Directors decided to establish a junior women's football team in the club as a beginning to prepare a basic team to participate in the tournaments organized by the Football Association for women's football.[2]

Senior Team and the first season

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On 15 July 2024, Amir Tawfik, Acting CEO of Al-Ahly Football Company and Director of Contracts, announced the appointment of Frenchman Dimitri Lipoff as technical director of the women's football team for a period of three years.[3]

On 28 July 2024, Al Ahly signed the duo Nadine Ghazi and Omnia Samir to support the women's football team in the Premier League for the 2024–2025 season to become the first two players in the women first team.[4]

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Egypt EGY Maha El Demrdash (captain)
2 DF Egypt EGY Rodina Abdelrasool
3 DF State of Palestine PLE Sara Kord
4 DF Egypt EGY Noura Khaled
5 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandra Đorđević
6 MF Egypt EGY Nada Khaled
7 FW Egypt EGY Nadine Ghazi
8 MF Egypt EGY Nour Idris
9 FW United States USA Mia Darden
10 MF Egypt EGY Habiba Hafez
11 FW Egypt EGY Menna Tarek
13 GK Egypt EGY Wafaa Rabea
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Egypt EGY Thorya Ashraf
16 GK Egypt EGY Esraa El Saka
17 MF State of Palestine PLE Nadine Mohammed
19 FW Nigeria NGA Charity Reuben
20 DF Egypt EGY Habiba Omar
22 DF Egypt EGY Amal Nasser
24 MF Egypt EGY Omnia Samir
25 MF State of Palestine PLE Lolo Nasser
28 FW Egypt EGY Shahd Hesham
30 MF Egypt EGY Jana Mahmoud
45 FW Egypt EGY Mariam Afify
74 FW Egypt EGY Kamilia El Deeb

Managerial history

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Below is a list of Al Ahly Women coaches from 2024 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years
Dimitri Lipoff  France 2024–current

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Al-Ahly SC is Starting Their Own Women's Football Team". scenenow.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ^ "مصدر: الأهلي يستقر على إقامة فريق نسائي لكرة القدم". الوطن سبورت. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "ديميتري لوبوف مديرا فنيا للكرة النسائية في الأهلي". الشروق نيوز. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ "الأهلي يتعاقد مع الثنائي نادين غازي وأمنية سمير لتدعيم فريق كرة القدم النسائية". اليوم السابع. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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