Italy 1928

Amsterdam, June 9th 1928- Italy beat Egypt in the Olympic Bronze medal match. The final score is 11-3. Schiavo, Banchero and Magnozzi score 3 each, Baloncieri gets 2.
And the Italians celebrate by ... I always thought that this photograph depicted a fascist salute, which had entered common usage in Italy in 1925.  The contemporary Dutch and French descriptions refer to an Olympic greeting .

The Cairo Derby- Al Ahly v El Mokhtalat

The Cairo Derby between Al Ahly and Zamalek represents one of the most passionate rivalries in world football. Here we will look at the earlier days of this fixture.
Al Ahly Sporting Club was founded 1907 and is considered the first Egyptian club. In 1910 membership was limited exclusively to Egyptians. 
Kasr El Nil was founded in 1911, a Belgian,George Marzbach. The club changed its name to El Mokhtalat in 1913. (In 1941 the name changed to King Farouk and then in 1952 to Zamalek SC). The 2 Cairo rivals first met in 1917 and played each other 40 times up to the summer of 1937.*
In compiling this post I have drawn on the work of Dr Tarik Ahmed Said. His pages include line ups, scorers etc. for these matches. However, I have only been able to establish which was the home team in the matches marked *

Date					Competition
09.02.17	Al Ahly	1	0	El Mokhtalat*	Friendly
02.03.17	Al Ahly*	0	1	El Mokhtalat	Friendly
17.03.24	Al Ahly	1	1	El Mokhtalat	Sultan Cup SF
21.03.24	Al Ahly	0	2	El Mokhtalat	Sultan Cup SF (R)
??.10.26	Al Ahly	3	0	El Mokhtalat	League
12.11.26	Al Ahly	2	0	El Mokhtalat	League
25.10.27	Al Ahly	2	1	El Mokhtalat	League
20.04.28	Al Ahly	1	0	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup F
30.11.28	Al Ahly	0	3	El Mokhtalat	League
21.12.28	Al Ahly	0	0	El Mokhtalat	League
15.03.29	Al Ahly	1	0	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup QF
Abandoned after 81 mins.
25.10.29	Al Ahly	0	0	El Mokhtalat*	Friendly
06.12.29	Al Ahly	0	1	El Mokhtalat	League
07.03.30	Al Ahly	1	3	El Mokhtalat	Sultan Cup SF
06.06.30	Al Ahly	2	2	El Mokhtalat	League
28.11.30	Al Ahly	4	0	El Mokhtalat	League
26.12.30	Al Ahly	3	3	El Mokhtalat	League
23.01.31	Al Ahly*	1	0	El Mokhtalat	Friendly
13.02.31	Al Ahly	3	2	El Mokhtalat*	Friendly
26.06.31	Al Ahly	4	1	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup F
06.11.31	Al Ahly	1	1	El Mokhtalat	League
18.12.31	Al Ahly	1	2	El Mokhtalat	League
06.05.32	Al Ahly	1	2	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup F
18.11.32	Al Ahly	3	3	El Mokhtalat	League
23.12.32	Al Ahly	0	0	El Mokhtalat	League
24.03.33	Al Ahly	3	1	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup SF
03.11.33	Al Ahly	2	3	El Mokhtalat	League
11.05.34	Al Ahly	0	3	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup SF
02.11.34	Al Ahly	3	0	El Mokhtalat	League
22.02.35	Al Ahly	2	1	El Mokhtalat	League
10.05.35	Al Ahly	0	3	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup F
03.11.35	Al Ahly	1	1	El Mokhtalat	League
24.01.36	Al Ahly	2	2	El Mokhtalat	League
08.01.37	Al Ahly	5	1	El Mokhtalat	League
19.02.37	Al Ahly	1	1	El Mokhtalat	Sultan Cup R1
02.04.37	Al Ahly	2	1	El Mokhtalat	Sultan Cup R1 (R)
16.04.37	Al Ahly	4	1	El Mokhtalat	League
30.04.37	Al Ahly	1	1	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup QF
14.05.37	Al Ahly	2	2	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup QF (R)
30.05.37	Al Ahly	5	0	El Mokhtalat	Egypt Cup QF (R)

Balance of power:

	Wins	Drawn	Goals
Al Ahly	17	13	68
El Mokhtalat	10		49

Titles:

	League	Sultan Cup	Egypt Cup
1920-21		El Mokhtalat
1921-22		El Mokhtalat	El Mokhtalat
1922-23	El Mokhtalat	Al Ahly
1923-24			Al Ahly
1924-25	Al Ahly	Al Ahly	Al Ahly
1925-26		Al Ahly
1926-27	Al Ahly	Al Ahly	Al Ahly
1927-28	Al Ahly		Al Ahly
1928-29	El Mokhtalat	Al Ahly
1929-30	El Mokhtalat		Al Ahly
1930-31	Al Ahly	Al Ahly	Al Ahly
1931-32	El Mokhtalat		El Mokhtalat
1932-33
1933-34	El Mokhtalat
1934-35	Al Ahly		El Mokhtalat
1935-36	Al Ahly
1936-37	Al Ahly		Al Ahly

In earlier posts we have looked at Egyptian players who played in the UK, and it comes as no surprise to find them featuring in the Cairo Derby.

The remarkable Tewfik Abdallah aka Tewfick Abdullah aka Tawfik Abdallah (who played in Egypt, Scotland, England, Wales, Canada and the USA) appeared for Ahly on his return from North America (he appeared in the 1929 and 1931 matches).

Hussein Hegazi appeared for Ahly in the 1917 matches, he later switched allegiances between the 2 clubs and is credited with the revival of El Mokhtalat's fortunes.

Hussein Hegazi's  associations with the 2 clubs were as follows: 
1915–23 Al-Ahly 
1923–28 El Mokhtalat 
1928–29 Al-Ahly 
1929–31 El Mokhtalat 

*This blog covers the history of Association football up to July 1937.