Friday, June 6, 2014

Arabic

The original Al Ahli logo reflected a falcon on top of football and the words "Al Ahli Club" written horizontally. After rebranding themselves to Red Knights in 2006, the logo changed to a horse head shape with the letters A C (Al Ahli Club) on top. The new logo represents strength and high spirits also it goes along with the new nickname Red Knights instead of the old nickname the Red Devils.

It took Al Ahli only four years after its establishment to win the UAE League twice consecutively in 1975 and 1976 then again in 1980. Drawing home-town fans, Al Ahli has been and continues to be one of the most popular sports teams in the UAE.

 However,Al Ahli club have suffered a lot in the last decades,and they went back to the second division when they played against Al shabab which alahli was willing just for a point from the match to stay in the 1 division. Al ahli has lost the match and Al Shabab has won the league. After a period of decline, Al Ahli went back on top winning its fourth league title in 2006 but throughout these years, Al Ahli continued to be a successful club in the UAE by winning 6 Emir Cups.

This season started up with the Super Cup against Al-Ain, winners of the President's Cup. The match headed to penalty shootout after the final score was 2–2, and Al Ahli lost. As the league began, Al Ahli club officials lost faith in their new manager Ioan Andone, as the team lost their two opening games, and managed to draw in a couple following.

 The replacement was the assistant manager Noor Al Deen Al Obaidi. He managed to pick up the team a little bit, before the Big Emarati coach Mahdi Ali started coaching the team, and getting them back into shape and ready for the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

With a lot of the key players out injured, the team couldn't do much in the Club World Club, and exited after the first game. Mahdi Ali left the team because his contract would expire with the end of Al Ahli's journey in the Club World Cup. Before another manager was to be recruited, Noor Al Deen Al Obaidi temporarily became the manager again.

Al Ahli then announced the name of their fourth manager this season, Henk ten Cate. Again, the new manager couldn't make a difference, and exited with his own will. Noor Al Deen Al Obaidi finished the season as the first manager, and was able to get Al Ahli fight in the Asian Champions league, however, because of the performance of the first two match in the beginning of the season, the couldn't advance to the second stage.
 As the season ended, Al Ahli's administration were in action to bring change.