Al Ahly Sporting Club (; ), commonly referred to as Ahly, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo. The club plays in the Egyptian Premier League. Founded on 24 April 1907 as a gathering place for Cairo's Student Unions, Al Ahly has a record of 42 Egyptian Premier League titles, 37 Egypt Cup titles and 12 Egyptian Super Cups. Al Ahly is the most successful club in Africa. In international competitions, the club has won a record 10 CAF Champions League titles, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, a record of 8 CAF Super Cups, a record of 4 African Cup Winners' Cups, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship, an Arab Club Champions Cup, an Arab Cup Winners' Cup, a record of 2 Arab Super Cups, and has won 3 bronze medals in the FIFA Club World Cup. With 24 continental titles, Al Ahly is the most successful football club in African history, and was voted by CAF as the African club of the 20th century. History Establishment and start of the club The idea of establishing Al Ahly in the first 10 years of the 20th century was raised by Omar Lotfy who was a student in the Egyptian Law School during his presidency of the High School Students Club, which was established in 1905. The establishment of a club of high school students was for political reasons, and the students needed a sports club to gather them for leisure and exercise. He discussed the idea of establishing the club with a group of friends who were enthusiastic about it, and in 1907 Al Ahly was established. The club was first headed by Alfred Mitchell-Innes, who was a British advisor to the Ministry of Finance at the time, in order to facilitate financial support for the club. An official meeting of the club's board was held on 24 April 1907. The committee met at 5:30 pm in the house of Mitchell-Innes in Giza under his chairmanship and the membership of Idris Ragheb Bey, Ismael Seri Pasha, Amin Sami Pasha, Omar Lotfi Bek and Mohamed Effendi Sherif as secretary. The establishment of the club was approved and architect Ismail Seri designed the main building of the club, which was revised by Mitchell-Innes to place the building in the south-eastern corner of the land, so that the building main entrance would face north. A civil company on behalf of Al Ahly Sports Club