Editing Al Ahly SC (section)

===First participation in African championships (1967–1980)===
After the [[Six-Day War|1967 Six-Day War]] and the suspension of sporting activity in Egypt, Al Ahly's board, headed by Ibrahim Kamel El-Wakil, announced that the club will host the military training for the members volunteering in the [[Egyptian Army]], as well as collecting donations in the name of the club to support the military.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-1967/ |script-title=ar:الأهلي-وحرب-1967 |publisher=Al Ahly Egypt |access-date=17 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717170158/http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-1967/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Many players on the team retired to volunteer for the war. Al-Ahly did not win the league for another 13 years.[[File:Hidegkuti and El Khatib.png|thumb|[[Nándor Hidegkuti]] and [[Mahmoud El Khatib]]]]
[[File:محمود الخطيب ودرع الدوري .jpg|thumb|El Khatib with the 1976–77 League championship.]]
After years of deterioration, the club took the first steps in recovery when the management decided to sign [[Nándor Hidegkuti]] as [[Head coach (association football)|head coach]] in September 1973, at a salary of fewer than 600 dollars.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nandor-hidegkuti-9215721.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617001627/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nandor-hidegkuti-9215721.html |archive-date=17 June 2019 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Nandor Hidegkuti |work=[[The Independent]] |date=26 March 2014 |access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref> Hidegkuti introduced a new generation known as ''El Talamza'' (the students). The league title returned to Al Ahly in [[1974–75 Egyptian Premier League|1974–75]], with the team scoring 70 goals in 34 games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA/ |script-title=ar:الجيل-الذهبي-وعودة-البطولات |publisher=Al Ahly SC |access-date=15 February 2022 |archive-date=2 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102063702/http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Al Ahly's first participation in the [[CAF Champions League|African Champions League]] was in 1976. The team got knocked out from the first round by [[MC Alger]]. Al Khatib scored the first continental goal for Al Ahly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-1976/ |script-title=ar:اول-مشاركة-قارية-1976 |publisher=Al Ahly SC |access-date=17 July 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718001759/http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-1976/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Al-Ahly won the Egyptian top-flight football league in [[1975–76 Egyptian Premier League|1975–76]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%82%D8%B7-%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85/ |script-title=ar:هدفين-فقط-طوال-الموسم |publisher=Al Ahly SC |access-date=17 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717230230/http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%82%D8%B7-%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[1976–77 Egyptian Premier League|1976–77]]. The latter season saw the second participation in African competition, where the team fared better than the first time. They eventually bowed out in the quarter-finals by [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A/ |script-title=ar:تطور-إفريقي |publisher=Al Ahly SC |access-date=17 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717204905/http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A/ |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1978 to 1980, Hidegkuti refused to take part in the CAF Champions League due to lack of financial resources and exhausting journeys in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%8A/ |script-title=ar:جيل السبعينات الذهبي |access-date=10 June 2022 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812022536/http://alahlyegypt.com/announcement/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%8A/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>