Al Ahly (field hockey)

There were unofficial competitions that were played at the inception of the last century by the English military teams while Egypt was under occupancy by the UK.

Al Ahly as usual took the lead by 30's to be the first 100% Egyptian club to introduce this sport to his members and followers.

In 1936, Al Ahly legend Mahmoud Mokhtar El Titish[1] was a member of the Egyptian Football Team who participated in 1936 Summer Olympic games in Berlin .

There was only one competition for Hockey in Egypt at that tine named Luker cup, but it was dedicated for schools, so Al Ahly was not permitted to join and play.

Next year, Al Ahly managed to clinch the first hockey title in its history after beating Farouk club (Zamalek) by 7–0 in the final.

In addition to clinch the most local titles at the time, Al Ahly effect on this sport in Egypt was wider.

The national Egyptian hockey team that participated in multiple global competition such as the Mediterranean games, was basically depending totally on Al Ahly team/ players.

The most notable players of the team at 50's was: Mostafa Kamal, AbdelAziz Shokr, Mohamed AlZend, Youssed Abo Al Ezz, Mostafa Hamdy, Nabil Sheta, Hamdy Azzam, Mahmoud Al Zoghaby, Ismail AbdelFattah, AbdelAziz Salama, Mohamed Ali AlZahr, Gerges Ibrahim, Rao’d Izzat, Abbas Arafat.

By inception of 60's last century, Al Ahly president Ahmed Aboud Pasha was enforced by the government to leave Egypt.

Even Al Dessouki left the club by inception of 1967, succeeded by Mortagy, but his bad management implications lasted for not short time.

And Al Ahly was not lucky to have enough time to recover financially, as Egypt was at war situation starting from June 1967.

This prompted Al-Ahly's board of directors on both occasions to honor the entire Al Ahly hockey team in appreciation of outstanding performance and great achievement Al Ahly formed a female hockey team at the same time formed the male one.

AbdelAziz Shokr, Mohamed AlZend, Youssed Abo AlEzz, Mostafa Hamdy, Nabil Shetta, Hamdy Azzam, Mahmoud AlZoghaby, Ismail AbdelFattah, AbdelAziz Salama, Gerges Ibrahim, Ra’of Izzat, Abbas Arafat, Zaki Mourad, Maher Fattin, Ali Al Zomor.

Al Ahly fans watching Al Ahly hockey match
Al Ahly hockey team winner of Egyptian League and Cairo league
Al Ahly hockey team VS Indian Forces team at 1944
Mahmoud Raafat the Best hockey player in 1940's