Saturday 10/January/2026 – 06:31 PM
Lawyer Khaled Suleiman Abu Al-Ela filed two appeals before the Supreme Administrative Court of the State Council, against both the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Ahly Club and the Minister of State for Sports Affairs, to challenge the validity of the decisions of the Al-Ahly Club’s General Assembly held on September 19, 2025, related to the adoption of amendments to the club’s bylaws.
Two appeals before the Supreme Administrative Court demanding the invalidation of the amendments to the Al-Ahly Club regulations
The first appeal included the ruling issued by the Administrative Court in Case No. 152 of 80 BC, which ruled to accept the case in form and reject the request to stop the implementation of the contested decision, while referring the case to the State Commissioners Authority to prepare a report with the legal opinion on the cancellation request.
The appellant explained that the special general assembly called by the club president did not give members complete freedom of expression in voting, as the voting card was limited to only two options, namely: “I agree to the proposal as it is,” and “I agree to the proposal taking into account the proposed amendment,” without a “I do not agree” box or an explicit rejection option.
He added that the number of attendees, amounting to 9,329 members, did not achieve a quorum for the validity of the special assembly in accordance with Article 18 of Law No. 171 of 2025 and Article 10 of the club’s bylaws, as the law requires the attendance of 50% + 1 of the members or ten thousand members, whichever is less, while a smaller number attended than that.
The appellant pointed out that the Minister of Sports’ Decision No. 1112 of 2025, regarding setting the controls for the special meeting, was not in accordance with the provisions of the law, stressing that the Minister does not have the right to amend the legal attendance quorum, which results in invalidating the adoption of the amendments voted on by the members.
The second appeal also included the ruling issued by the Administrative Court in Case No. 149 of 80 BC, which ruled to refuse to stop the implementation of the contested decision and to approve the validity of the assembly’s convening.
The appellant asserted that the special assembly did not achieve the required quorum, and that the voting form presented to members did not give them the option to reject the amendments, thus wasting their right to express their will freely. He added that the appealed ruling violated the law, the constitution, and the club’s bylaws, and was corrupt in reasoning when it deemed the association’s decisions correct, despite their violation of the law and the lack of the required quorum.
Lawyer Khaled Suleiman Abu Al-Ela asked the court to accept the two appeals in form, and to halt the implementation of the decisions to adopt the amendments to the Al-Ahly Club regulations issued by the General Assembly held on September 19, 2025, as a matter of urgency, until the matter of the appeal is decided, and to cancel the decisions to adopt the amendments for not reaching a quorum, and for wasting the members’ right to vote completely freely, which would result in the invalidation of the electoral process and its results, while obligating the appellants to pay expenses and attorney’s fees for the two levels of litigation.
The appellant indicated that the appeals are based on the invalidity of the Special Assembly meeting, and the presence of defects in the voting paper that imposed one direction to approve the amendments, in violation of the provisions of the law, the constitution, and the Al-Ahly Club’s regulations, which results in the invalidity of the electoral process and its results.
