ULtras Ahlawy (UA-07) (Arabic: التراس اهلاوي) is an Egyptian ultras group who support Cairo based Egyptian Premier League football club Al-Ahly.[1] The group was founded in 2007 and first appeared at a match against ENPPI on 13 April 2007 Al-Ahly, when they raised their banner for the first time. Ultras Ahlawy also support Al-Ahly basketball, volleyball, and handball teams. Ultras ahlawy Supporting Al-Ahly club of Egypt . The founders of Ultras Ahlawy are former members of Ahly Fans Club (AFC) the first " Ahly " supporter group . Their place is the Curva nord.[TALTA CHIMAL]
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Ultras Ahlawy made some of the best banners and introductions in the big matches also learned how to make a pyro(flare)shows. The group made one of the best banners in Egypt. Ultras Ahlawy made home and away banners. Later this group started the introductions to derby matches making one of the best introduction in Egypt;the WE ARE EGYPT introduction and also one of the best flare shows in Ismaily match over 200 flare was lighted in the stadium. Ultras Ahlawy and the new way of singing, a new way of long songs and supportive songs also was out to Egyptian stadiums.
Ultras Ahlawy are the most organised group at making paper displays almost every match. They do it professionally and it's almost perfect every time. The most famous ones are: !Al-Ahly logo on SuperSport United F.C. match in CAF Champions League !HELL and red devil on Zamalek match in the Premier League !Freedom for Ultras on Espérance in CAF Champions League
During the match against ZESCO United F.C. in CAF Champions League and in the 55th minute, Ultras Ahlawy made a pyro show lighting more than 300 flares at the same time the pyro show was named the ring of fire where a big fire ring surrounded the stadium and the letters UA and UD were written by flares in the Talta Chimal seats area.
Ultras Ahlawy mostly consisted of well educated graduates and workers and youth from many social levels in Egypt. Ultras Ahlawy takes a slogan that says (Together Forever) that shows how much their members are connected. Other slogans of Ultras ahlawy are (We Are Egypt), (اعظم نادى فى الكون) . The Mentality of the members develops fast and their role in the group work increases by time. The group produced a CD titled " اعظم نادى فى الكون " (greatest team in the world) which features all the songs of the Ultras Ahlawy. One of the greatest things that Ultras Ahlawy did was Pyroshows. In a match against Zesco-United they made a pyroshow with more than 300 flares and it was around the hole stadium. Also against Supersport they did a pyroshow with more than 300 flames and wrote UA and UD in the seats. Also they did many intros, some of the best were against Supersport when the drew Al Ahly's Logo on all of Talta Chimal. Also against Zamalek they wrote "HELL" and they drew a red devil. Another one was against Taraji a Tunisian Team when the group members put in jail and they drew the faces of every person that got in jail and they wrote "FREEDOM FOR ULTRAS" but in Arabic.
In July 2010 The fan group decided not to attend the Cairo giants' games after clashing fiercely with the police in a pre-season friendly.
Ultras Ahlawy senior members interview about the boycotting of the matches During Monday's meeting, Hamdi the board president called on the fans to stop boycotting Ahly's matches and once again support the six-time African champions from the stands.
"We sat down with Ahly's board to discuss how we will get back to the stands," one of Ultras Ahlawy senior members said "We apologized for our mistakes and called for protection from the police's persistent attacks on us. After all, we are football fans, not criminals.
"Should Ahly agree on our requests, we will support Ahly right away."
The reconciliation efforts came days ahead of Ahly's crucial Champions League showdown against Algeria's JS Kabylie
Ultras Ahlawy are seen as playing a key role in the 2011 Egyptian protests side by side to the Ultras White Knights .[2]
Domestic responses to the 2011 Egyptian protests