Professional Sports in Egypt

Professional Sports in Egypt

By: Lowell Tong

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• Founded in 1911• Team colors are Red, White, and Black• Abdelwahed El-Sayed• Team captain• Responsible for 14 titles

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• Founded in 1907• Named "African Club of the Century"• Has an estimated 50 million fans• Cannot play on their home field because it is

too small• Cairo International Stadium 75,000 seats

• Captain of Al-Ahly• Plays for Egyptian

national team• Considered best Egyptian

striker• Has won 16 titles for

Al-Ahly

• 16 premier clubs from Egypt• 28th most competitive league in the world• No more then three foreign players per team• Al-Ahly have won 35 and Zamalek have won

11 times• When Al-Ahly and Zamalek face everyone in

Egypt stops to watch

• Annual international club football competition• Determines which club in Africa

is the best• Al-Ahly have won 6 times Zamalek have won 5