Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC

Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Full name	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Nickname(s)	Mountain Wolves (Ze'ab El-Gabal)
Founded	1973; 51 years ago
Ground	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Capacity	35,000
Owner	Arab Contractors
Chairman	Mohsen Salah
Manager	Shawky Gharib
League	Egyptian Premier League
2022–23	Egyptian Premier League, 7th of 18
Website	https://www.arabcontclub.com/
	Current season

Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المقاولون العرب الرياضي), known locally as El Mokawloon (The contractors), is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Nasr City. 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

Arab Contractors

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

Honours and achievements

Domestic

Egyptian Premier League: 1983

Egyptian Cup: 1990, 1995, 2004

Egyptian Super Cup: 2004

Continental

African Cup Winners' Cup^[a]: 1982, 1983, 1996; runner-up: 1991

CAF Super Cup runner-up: 1997

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
2020–21	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Djibouti	Arta/Solar7	9–1	1–0	10–1
2020–21	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	1–2	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	Second Division	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	–
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
2018–19		5	Round of 16
2019–20		4	Quarter-finals

Current squad

As of 4 February 2023^[1]

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	EGY	Mahmoud Abou El Saoud
2	DF	EGY	Amir Abed
3	MF	EGY	Youssef El Gohary
4	MF	EGY	Ahmed El Shimi
7	FW	MTN	Mamadou Niass
8	MF	EGY	Mohamed Rizk
9	FW	EGY	Mohamed Salem
10	MF	EGY	Omar Saviola
11	DF	EGY	Louay Wael
12	MF	EGY	Ahmed Afifi
14	FW	EGY	Gebna
16	GK	EGY	Hassan Mahmoud Shahin
17	FW	EGY	Fady Farid
18	GK	EGY	Ahmed El Arabi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	EGY	Mohamed Magli
20	DF	EGY	Ahmed Alaa
21	DF	BFA	Farouck Kabore
22	DF	EGY	Mohamed Gharib
23	DF	UGA	Joseph Ochaya
24	FW	COL	Luis Hinestroza
26	DF	EGY	Ahmed Eid
27	MF	EGY	Ammar Hamdy
28	FW	NGA	John Okoli
29	FW	PLE	Mahmoud Wadi (on loan from Pyramids)
32	DF	EGY	Mohamed Hozian
35	MF	EGY	Ahmed Fawzi
70	FW	EGY	Ahmed Atef
74	DF	EGY	Mostafa Mokhtar

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Managers

Michael Krüger (Jan 1, 1996 – July 1, 1997)^[2]
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)
Emad El Nahhas (2018–)

Notes

^ First Egyptian Team to win this Championship.

References

^ "لاعبي الفريق الأول" [First team players]. Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Michael Krüger". footballdatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

External links

Official website

Independent websites

Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC at Egyptian Premier League

[1] First Egyptian Team to win this Championship.

[2] "لاعبي الفريق الأول" [First team players]. Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[3] "Michael Krüger". footballdatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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v t e CAF Cup Winners' Cup winners
1970s	1975: Tonnerre Yaoundé 1976: Shooting Stars 1977: Enugu Rangers 1978: Horoya 1979: Canon Yaoundé
1980s	1980: TP Mazembe 1981: Union Douala 1982: Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 1983: Al-Mokawloon-Al Arab 1984: Al-Ahly 1985: Al-Ahly 1986: Al-Ahly 1987: Gor Mahia 1988: CA Bizertin 1989: Al-Merrikh
1990s	1990: BCC Lions 1991: Power Dynamos 1992: Africa Sports 1993: Al-Ahly 1994: DC Motema Pembe 1995: JS Kabylie 1996: Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 1997: Étoile du Sahel 1998: Espérance de Tunis 1999: Africa Sports
2000s	2000: Zamalek 2001: Kaizer Chiefs 2002: Wydad AC 2003: Étoile du Sahel