Al Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي للرياضة البدنية, literal translation: The National Club), commonly referred to as Al Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo. Al Ahly is the most successful team in Africa and is one of the continent's giants. Its professional football team plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier in the Egyptian football league system. It is the most decorated football club in the world. The club was founded on 24 April 1907, as a gathering place for Cairo's Student Unions.
Al Ahly has a record 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 never been relegated to the Egyptian Second Division.
In international competitions, the club has won a record 10 CAF Champions League titles, a CAF Confederation Cup, a record seven CAF Super Cups, a record four African Cup Winners' Cups, an Afro-Asian Club Championship, an Arab Club Champions Cup, an Arab Cup Winners' Cup, a record two Arab Super Cups, and has won two bronze medals in the FIFA Club World Cup. With 22 African titles, Al Ahly is the most successful football club in African history, and was voted by CAF as African club of the 20th century. Al Ahly is the second most successful club in the world with 142 titles in terms of number of trophies won and second in terms of international titles won with 23 trophies, behind Real Madrid.