Factbox on Ahli, who have won their sixth successive Egyptian Premier League title, 35th overall, on Thursday. Business card: • Founded: April 1907 • President: Hassan Hamdi • Head coach: Hossam Al-Badri • Nickname: The Red Devils • Ground: Cairo Stadium • Home kit: Red jersey, white shorts and red socks • Away kit: Blue jersey, shorts and socks Trophy cabinet: • Egyptian Premier League (35): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. • Egyptian Cup (35): 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943 (shared the title with Zamalek), 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958 (shared the title with Zamalek), 1961, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2007. • Egyptian Super Cup (5): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. • African Champions League (6): 1982 (finalists: Asante Kotoko of Ghana), 1987 (finalists: Hilal of Sudan), 2001 (finalists: Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa), 2005 (finalists: Etoile Sahel of Tunisia), 2006 (finalists: Sfaxien of Tunisia) and 2008 (finalists: Coton Sport of Cameroon) – Ahli finished as runners-up in 1983 and 2007 after losing to Kotoko and Etoile respectively. • African Cup Winners Cup (4): 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1993. • African Super Cup (4): 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2009. Facts: • All-time most capped player: Hadi Khashaba – 446 appearances from 1990 to 2006. (Current occupation: Ahli's football director). • All-time top scorer: Hossam Hassan – 109 goals from 1987 to 2000. (Current occupation: Zamalek's head coach). • Coach longest tenure: Hungarian manager Nandor Hidegkuti – from 1971 to 1980. • Ahli's top scorer in the 2009-2010 season: Emad Meteb (nine goals). • All-time biggest win: An 8-0 home victory over Ismaili in 1958. • All-time biggest defeat: A 6-0 loss to Zamalek in the 1944 Egyptian Cup final. • Ahli have never been relegated from the Egyptian Premier League since the competition's inaugural edition in 1948. Their arch-rivals Zamalek have always been a top-flight team too. Records: • The late Saleh Selim set the highest single-match scoring record in the Egyptian Premier League by netting seven goals in the memorable 8-0 victory over Ismaili in 1958. • Ahli boast the highest one-season scoring tally in the Egyptian Premier League, having scored 69 goals in the 1974-1975 season. The competition included 18 teams at the time. • The Red Devils possess the best string of results in the Egyptian Premier League history, having won 24 matches out of 26 in the 2004-2005 season. • Ahli boast the highest winning record in one term, having scored 26 victories in the 1974-1975 season. • The Cairo giants enjoyed the longest unbeaten run in the Egyptian Premier League from May 2004 to January 2007 under the guidance of Portuguese coach Manuel Jose. • Ahli are the only team to have won the league title nine times on the trot from 1949 to 1959 (the 1951-1952 season was cancelled). • Ahli are the only team to have ended six league campaigns without losing a single match (1975-1976, 1978-1979, 1985-1986, 1998-1999, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006).
