 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ad-Diba akaberekerwa muAlexandria uye akabatana neAl Ittihad Alexandria Club senzvimbo yekumberi muna 1944. Muna 1948 akabatsira timu kuhwina mukombe weEjipitori uye ndiye aive akahwina zvibodzwa mumakwikwi ekutanga eEjipitori Premier League pamwe naEl-Sayed El-Dhizui. Akaramba ari muchikwata ichi kusvika muna 1958, pavakadzoserwa kuEgypt Second Division, ndokubva vasiya basa kuti vatambe semutongi. Munyika yose, akanga ari nhengo yeEgypt national football team uye akakwikwidza pamitambo miviri yeMitambo yeOlympic mu1948 na1952. Akabatsirawo Egypt kuhwina mukombe wekutanga wenhabvu pamitambo yePan Arab Games muna 1953 neAfrican Cup of Nations muna 1957. Muchiitiko chekupedzisira, ndiye akanga ari muchengeti wepamusoro wemakwikwi ane zvinangwa zvishanu, zvina zvacho zvakauya mukukunda kweEgypt 4-0 pamusoro peEthiopia mumagumo. 