Al Ahly Sporting Club is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo. The club was founded on 24 April 1907, as a gathering place for Cairo’s Student Unions. Al Ahly is popular for its professional football team that plays in the top tier of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League. Except, Al Ahly SC every other club in the Egyptian Premier League have cut down their players’ wages while Al Ahly players salaries will be paid irrespective of a pandemic.
Al Ahly is recognized as the most decorated football club in terms of trophies in the world. Apart from being the most successful football club in Egypt, they have never been relegated from the top tier of the Egyptian Premier League.
The club is only second when it comes to the number of international titles ever won, they have won 25 and are one behind Real Madrid who has won 26 international titles.
Al Ahly Players Salaries 2024-22
| Player Name | Position | Weekly Wage | Annual Wage |
| Mohamed El Shenawy – (captain) | Goalkeeper | $72,000 | $864,000 |
| Mahmoud Wahid | Defender | $10,000 | $120,000 |
| Ahmed Ramdan Beckham – | Defender | $83,300 | $996,000 |
| Mahmoud Metwalli | Defender | $55,000 | $660,000 |
| Ramy Rabia (4th captain) | Defender | $75,0000 | $900,000 |
| Yasser Ibrahim | Defender | $70,000 | $840,000 |
| Mahmoud Kahraba | Forward | $35,000 | $400,000 |
| Hamdy Fathy | Midfielder | $4,600 | $50,000 |
| Marwan Mohsen – | Forward | $66,000 | $800,000 |
| Mohamed Sherif | Forward | $ 50,000 | $600,000 |
| Walid Soliman | Midfielder | $6,600 | $80,000 |
| Ayman Ashraf (vice-captain) | Defender | $33,300 | $400,000 |
| Badr Benoun | Defender | $83,000 | $1 million |
| Hussein El Shahat | Midfielder | $83,000 | $1 million |
| Mali Aliou Dieng | Midfielder | $75,000 | $900,000 |
| Ali Lotfi – | Goalkeeper | _ | _ |
| Amr El Solia | Midfielder | $40,000 | $480,000 |
| Egypt Salah Mohsen | Forward | $70,000 | $840,000 |
| Mohamed Magdy | Midfielder | $8,500 | $100,000 |
| Saad Samir (3rd captain) | Defender | $33,300 | $400,00 |
| Tunisia Ali Maâloul | Defender | $12,500 | $150,000 |
| Nasser Maher | Midfielder | $8,500 | $100,000 |
| Karim Nedved | Midfielder | _ | _ |
| Akram Tawfik | Midfielder | $13,300 | $160,000 |
| Walter Bwalya | Forward | $4,500 | $54,000 |
| Taher Mohamed | Forward | _ | _ |
| Junior Ajayi | Forward | $64,250 | $771,000 |
Who is the highest-paid football player at Al Ahly SC?
Egyptian midfielder Hussein El Shahat and Morrocan defender Badr Benoun earns the highest salary at Al Ahly, both are paid $1 million annually. Defender Ramy Rabia, Captain of Al Ahly Mohamed El Shenawy, and Marwan Mohsen are next in line as they receive quite high salaries of $900,000, $876,000, $800,000, and $771,000 annually.
Al Ahly FC Trophies
- Al Ahly has won a total of 42 national league titles, 37 national cup titles, and 11 national super cup titles.
- making them the most decorated club in Egypt.
- Al Ahly has won a record nine CAF Champions League titles.
- Al Ahly has won a CAF Confederation Cup.
- Al Ahly have won a record six CAF Super Cups,
- Al Ahly has won a record four African Cup Winners’ Cups, an Afro-Asian Club Championship.
- They have also won an Arab Club Champions Cup and an Arab Cup Winners’ Cup.
- Al Ahly has won a record two Arab Super Cups.
- Al Ahly also managed to bag a bronze medal in the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.