Sports
Al-Ahly fans mark October War anniversary with wartime banners at Cairo derby
October 11, 2026 at 07:00 PM
3 reports · over 1 hour
Al-Ahly supporters commemorated the 53rd anniversary of the October 1973 War by raising banners at Cairo Stadium during their league match against Zamalek.
- Fans raised banners reading "Al-Ahly demands converting the club into a training center for popular resistance."
- Other banners noted 8,000 club members donated blood in the war and that Al-Ahly visited the front and hosted war heroes.
- The club's 1973 board opened blood donation to all members, receiving 8,000 donors within 24 hours and opening the club to civil-defense volunteers.
- The board under Abdel-Mohsen Mortagy visited wounded soldiers, then granted membership to martyrs' sons and sent support telegrams to Sadat and El-Gamasy.



