Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC

Al Mokawloon Al Arab

Full name	Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Mountain Wolves
Founded	1973 (1973)
Ground	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Capacity	35,000
Owner	Arab Contractors Construction Company
Chairman	Mohsen Salah
Manager	Emad El Nahhas
League	Egyptian Premier League
2018–19	Egyptian Premier League, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المقاولون العرب الرياضي‎), also known as The Arab Contractors Sporting Club and shortly as El Mokawloon between the locals, is an Egyptian sports club based in Nasr City, Cairo. The club was founded in 1973 by the Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician Osman Ahmed Osman as the official sporting club for his prominent, regional construction company, the Arab Contractors, arguably the biggest one in the entire Middle East at that time. The club is best known for their football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

The club over the years have produced some of the most famous and talented players in Egypt, including Abdel Sattar Sabry, Mohamed Salah, and Mohamed Elneny.

History

The 1983 championship club included Joseph-Antoine Bell (Cameroon), Karim Abdul Razak (Ghana) and Ishmael Dyfan (Sierra Leone).

Honours and achievements

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 3

1982, 1983, 1996

First Egyptian Team to win this Championship.

• CAF Super Cup: 0

Finalist : 1997

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 0

Finalist : 1991

• Egyptian Premier League: 1

1983

• Egyptian Cup: 3

1990, 1995, 2004

• Egyptian Super Cup: 1

2004

Performance in CAF competitions

• FR = First round
• SR = Second round
• PO = Play-off round
• QF = Quarter-final
• SF = Semi-final

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1982	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Sudan	Hay Al Arab	3–1	1–1	4–2
		SR	Mozambique	Desportivo Maputo	3–2	2–0	5–2
		QF	Ivory Coast	Africa Sports	3–0	0–2	3–2
		SF	Ghana	Hearts of Oak	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Final	Zambia	Power Dynamos	2–0	2–0	4–0
1983	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Burundi	Vital'O	6–1	0–0	6–1
		SR	Uganda	KCCA	2–2	2–2	4–4 (3–1 p)
		QF	Zimbabwe	CAPS United	2–0	1–2	3–2
		SF	Guinea	Horoya	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Final	Togo	OC Agaza	0–0	1–0	1–0
1984	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Somalia	Horseed	7–0	0–2	7–2
		SR	Sudan	Al Merrikh	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QF	Uganda	SC Villa	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		SF	Egypt	Al Ahly	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1991	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Chad	Renaissance	3–0	1–0	4–0
		SR	Uganda	KCCA	2–0	0–1	2–1
		QF	Burundi	AS Inter Star	0–0	0–0	0–0 (4–5 p)
1996	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Rwanda	Rayon Sports	2–1	0–0	2–1
		SR	Tanzania	Simba	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		QF	Morocco	FUS Rabat	1–0	0–0	1–0
		SF	Cameroon	Canon Yaoundé	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Final	Zaire	AC Sodigraf	4–0	0–0	4–0
1997	CAF Super Cup	Final	Egypt	Zamalek	0–0 (2–4 p)
1997	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Kenya	Mumias Sugar	2–0	0–0	2–0
		SR	Zambia	Nchanga Rangers	3–0	1–2	4–2
		QF	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	2–2	0–2	2–4
2005	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Ethiopia	Banks	3–1	0–0	3–1
		SR	Sudan	Al Merrikh	3–0	1–3	4–3
		PO	Ivory Coast	Africa Sports	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Group B	Gabon	FC 105 Libreville	2–1	0–1	3rd
			Egypt	Ismaily	2–3	1–0
			Nigeria	Dolphins	0–1	1–2

Performance in domestic competitions

Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year	League	Position	Egypt Cup	Super Cup
2000–01	Premier League	8	Quarter-finals
2001–02		5	Quarter-finals	Runner-up
2002–03		12	Round of 16
2003–04	Second Division		Winner	Winner
2004–05		1	Round of 16
2005–06	Premier League	9	Round of 16
2006–07		8	Round of 16
2007–08		12	Semi-finals
2008–09		10	Round of 16
2009–10		11	Quarter-finals
2010–11		16	Semi-finals
2011–12		not finished	not held
2012–13		not finished	not held
2013–14		4 (Group 1)	Round of 32
2014–15		7	Round of 16
2015–16		13	Round of 32
2016–17		9	Round of 32
2017–18		10	Quarter-finals

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mahmoud Abou El–Saoud 2 DF Ahmed Abdelaziz Mody 3 DF Fathi Mabrouk 4 DF Ramy Adel 5 MF Ali Rabo 6 DF Mohamed Samir 11 MF Omar Gamal 12 DF Ahmed Ali 13 FW Hossam Paulo 14 MF Mohamed Shaaban 15 DF Mohamed Abou–Sheashaa 16 GK Hassan Mahmoud Shahin 17 FW Sylvain Badji 19 FW Islam Fouad

No. Position Player 21 MF Hamada El Ghanam 22 MF Abdallah Yaisien 23 DF Ibrahim Adel 24 DF Mahmoud Shedid Kenawi 26 FW Mohamed Samara 27 FW Ahmed Ali 28 MF Didier Kore 28 MF Ahmed Mounein 29 MF Abdelrahman Khaled 34 MF Moataz Naguib 97 MF Taher Mohamed DF Karim Yakan DF Mohamed Hamdy FW Gedo DF Abdullah Jaber FW Luiz Júnior

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Karim El Deeb (at El Ittihad Alexandria until 30 June 2018)

No. Position Player MF Karim Mostafa (at El Ittihad Alexandria until 30 June 2018)

Managers

• Michael Krüger (Jan 1, 1996 – July 1, 1997)
• Josef Hickersberger (July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1999)
• Hassan Shehata (2004–05)
• Ghanem Sultan (2005)
• Mohamed Radwan (2005–06)
• Taha Basry (July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007)
• Alaa Nabiel (2007–08)
• Mohamed Radwan (May 1, 2008 – May 23, 2009)
• Mohamed Amer (May 23, 2009 – Aug 13, 2010)

• Hamza El Gamal (Aug 13, 2010 – Nov 8, 2010)
• Ivica Todorov (Nov 9, 2010 – April 15, 2011)
• Mohamed Radwan (April 18, 2011 – Jan 20, 2012)
• Talaat Youssef (Jan 2012–1?)
• Mohamed Abdel-Samiea (201?–March 8, 2013)
• Hamdi Nouh (March 8, 2013 – March 17, 2013)
• Mohamed Radwan (March 17, 2013–?)
• Hassan Shehata (2014–15)
• Tarek El-Ashry (2015–16)

External links

• Official website
• Team profile – kooora.com
• Team profile – footballogue.com