Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC

Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المقاولون العرب الرياضي), shortly known as El Mokawloon (The contractors) locally, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Nasr City, Cairo, and owned by the prominent constructional engineer Osman Ahmed Osman. 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 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.

Al Mokawloon Al Arab

Full name	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Nickname(s)	Mountain Wolves (Ze'ab El-Gabal)
Founded	1973; 50 years ago (1973)
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	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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

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
		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		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 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 FW   MTN Mamadou Niass 28 FW   NGA John Okoli 32 DF   EGY Mohamed Hozian 35 MF   EGY Ahmed Fawzi 38 DF   EGY Omar Fayed 70 FW   EGY Ahmed Atef

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

1. First Egyptian Team to win this Championship.

References

1. "لاعبي الفريق الأول" [First team players]. Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
2. "Michael Krüger". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC.

• Official website
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• Team profile – footballogue.com