Al Masry SC

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Al Masry's active sections
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Football
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Handball
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Athletics
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Swimming
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Field hockey

Al Masry Sporting Club (Template:Langx) is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest tier of the Egyptian football league system.

Al Masry has never won the league, but won their one Egyptian Cup in 1998. The club used to play their home matches at the Port Said Stadium, with a capacity of 17,988.

History

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Establishment and Early years

Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said, it was the first club for Egyptians in a Cosmoplitan city that already had many clubs for the foreign communities living there.[1] The idea of creating a club for Egyptians was one of the manifestations of the 1919 Egyptian revolution against the British occupation. The first board of directors of the club was headed by Ahmed Hosni, Secretary General of the Municipal Council in Port Said. The board of directors comprised a group of Egyptians from the city’s notables, without any foreign member. It was taken into account that the formation of the board of directors reflected the representation of all Egyptians, both Muslims and Christians, to emphasize the nature of the club as a gathering entity for all spectrums of national identity, and the founding fathers of the club chose “Al Masry” which means in "The Egyptian" as a name for the club to emphasize this idea.

The founding members of Al Masry inspired the club's name from the famous national song Oum Ya Masry "Arise Egyptian" of Sayed Darwish. They also derived the color of Al Masry's green jersey from the green Flag of Egypt that the revolutionaries raised during the 1919 revolution for the first time. Al Masry began its activities by playing against Egyptian and foreign teams in the Canal region, the matches against foreign teams was full of enthusiasm that led to the increase of Al Masry's popularity to be the most popular team in Port Said. The club also contributed with some other Egyptian clubs to the establishment of the Egyptian Football Association in 1921.

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Al Masry team, winners of Sultan Hussein Cup in 1934

In February 2012 the Port Said Stadium disaster took place, where rioting Masry fans caused the deaths of 72 rival fans, and hundreds of injuries. 69 Masry fans were convicted, with 26 receiving the death penalty, and numerous others receiving life sentences.

After the riots, the remainder of the 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League season was cancelled by the Egyptian Football Association. Al Masry decided to refrain from competing in the 2012–13 season as a sign of respect to the relatives of the victims of the disaster, although it obtained a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirming the club's right to participate in the Egyptian Premier League and all other activities of the Egyptian Football Association.[2] Nevertheless, 2012–13 season was not completed and was cancelled due to the political situation in Egypt.

Al Masry resumed participation in the Egyptian Premier League in the 2013–14 season; the club suffered from inconsistent performance and results for two consecutive seasons, although it maintained its position in the Egyptian Premier League. Al Masry started the 2015–16 season under the coaching of the Egyptian former player of the team Hossam Hassan, who adopted a new policy depending on youth and unknown players. That season the team came in at fourth place in the Egyptian Premier League and succeeded to qualify to the CAF Confederation Cup after 14 years of absence from African completions.

Colours and crest

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The Egyptian flag (1922–1958).

Al Masry's crest is composed of a green pharaonic Horus eagle that holds the Sun disk over its head in between its two upraised wings; the crest was inspired by the shape of Tutankhamun's pendants referring to challenge and strength, so the team is nicknamed the green eagles. The club's main colours, green and white come from Egypt's flag after the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 as a symbol of patriotism.[3]

Stadiums

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Sayed Metwally Complex

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The Sayed Metwally Complex is the training center of Egyptian multi-sport club Al Masry SC. It has two grass pitches and is mainly used by the senior squad and the youth teams. It was renovated in 2011 to be ready to host the training sessions of the first team and its friendly matches. In November 2013 Al Masry board of directors took a decision to name the pitches after the club's late president Sayed Metwally who remained in the office for almost 26 years.[5]

Presidents

Name From To
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Sir Ahmed Hosny[6] 1920 1925
Template:Flagicon Mohamed El-Tobshy 1925 1930
Template:Flagicon Sir Awad Fakosa 1930 1935
Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Youssef Lehita 1935 1940
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Abd El Rahman Pasha Lotfi 1940 1964
Template:Flagicon Major General Khalil Tarman 1964 1967
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Abd El Hamid Hussien 1971 1974
Template:Flagicon Mohamed Moussa 1974 1978
Template:Flagicon Ahmed Fouad El-Makhzangy Feb 1978 Dec 1979
Template:Flagicon Major General Ibrahim El-Mor May 1980 Aug 1980
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Sayed Metwaly 1980 1988
Template:Flagicon Major General Ibrahim El-Mor 1988 1989
Template:Flagicon Sayed Metwaly 1989 1991
Template:Flagicon Adel El-Gazar March 1991 May 1991
Template:Flagicon Sayed Metwaly 1991 1997
Template:Flagicon Kamel Abou-Aly Aug 1997 Dec 1997
Template:Flagicon Abd El wahab Kouta Jan 1998 2002
Template:Flagicon Sayed Metwaly Sept 2002 2008
Template:Flagicon Aly Fragallah 2008 2009
Template:Flagicon Kamel Abou-Aly 2009 2013
Template:Flagicon Yasser Yehia 2014 July 2015
Template:Flagicon Samir Halabia 23 July 2015 2022
Template:Flagicon Kamel Abou-Aly 2022 Present

Honours

  • Egypt Cup
    • Winners (1): 1998
    • Runners-up (9): 1927, 1945, 1947, 1954, 1957, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2017
  • Sultan Hussein Cup
    • Winners (3): 1933, 1934, 1937
    • Runners-up (1): 1938
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    • Winners (1): 1992 (shared record)
    • Runners-up (1): 1989
  • Egyptian League Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 2023
  • Canal Zone League
    • Winners (17): 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 (record)

Performance in CAF competitions

  • PR = Preliminary round
  • FR = First round
  • SR = Second round
  • PO = Play-off round
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • SF = Semi-final
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1999 African Cup Winners' Cup FR Template:Flagcountry Al Merrikh 1–0 0–1 1–1 (4–3 p)
SR Template:Flagcountry Asante Kotoko 1–0 0–1 1–1 (4–2 p)
QF Template:Flagcountry AS Dragons 3–0 0–1 3–1
SF Template:Flagcountry Club Africain 0–4 0–0 0–4
2002 CAF Cup FR Template:Flagcountry Mathare United 2–0 2–0 4–0
SR Template:Flagcountry Botswana Defence Force XI 2–0 2–4 4–4 (a)
QF Template:Flagcountry AS Adema 2–0 1–0 3–0
SF Template:Flagcountry JS Kabylie 1–0 0–2 1–2
2017 CAF Confederation Cup PR Template:Flagcountry Ifeanyi Ubah 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–0 p)
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PO Template:Flagcountry KCCA 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–4 p)
2018 CAF Confederation Cup PR Template:Flagcountry Green Buffaloes 4–0 1–2 5–2
FR Template:Flagcountry Simba 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
PO Template:Flagcountry CF Mounana 2–1 1–1 3–2
Group B Template:Flagcountry UD Songo 2–0 1–1 2nd
Template:Flagcountry Al Hilal 2–0 1–1
Template:Flagcountry RS Berkane 1–0 0–0
QF Template:Flagcountry USM Alger 1–0 1–0 2–0
SF Template:Flagcountry AS Vita Club 0–0 0–4 0–4
2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup FR Template:Flagcountry Salitas 0–2 0–0 0–2
2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup FR Template:Flagcountry Malindi 3–1 4–1 7–2
PO Template:Flagcountry Côte d'Or 2–0 4–0 6–0
Group A Template:Flagcountry FC Nouadhibou 1–0 3–2 2nd
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QF Template:Flagcountry RS Berkane 2–2 0–1 2–3
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup SR Template:Flagcountry URA 1–0 0–0 1–0
PO Template:Flagcountry Rivers United 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Group C Template:Flagcountry TP Mazembe 2–0 0–2 2nd
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Notes

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Performance in Arab competitions

1999 – Bronze Medalist
2008 – First Round

IFFHS rankings

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Players

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Essam Tharwat
2 DF Template:Fba/core Baher El Mohamady
4 DF Template:Fba/core Mohamed Dabash
6 MF Template:Fba/core Mohamed Makhlouf
7 DF Template:Fba/core Karim El Eraki
8 MF Template:Fba/core Hassan Ali
9 FW Template:Fba/core Salah Mohsen
10 MF Template:Fba/core Karim Bambo
11 FW Template:Fba/core Mohammed Al Shamy
12 MF Template:Fba/core Khaled El Ghandour
13 DF Template:Fba/core Amr El Saadaw
14 MF Template:Fba/core Mahmoud Hamada
15 MF Template:Fba/core Ahmed El Armouty
16 GK Template:Fba/core Mohamed Shehata
17 DF Template:Fba/core Youssef El Gohary
18 GK Template:Fba/core Mahmoud Hamdy
19 MF Template:Fba/core Hussein Faisal
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Template:Fba/core Ahmed Eid
22 MF Template:Fba/core Mido Gaber
23 FW Template:Fba/core John Ebuka
24 FW Template:Fba/core Pape Badji
25 MF Template:Fba/core Attidjikou Samadou
26 DF Template:Fba/core Khaled Sobhy
27 GK Template:Fba/core Mahmoud Gad
28 FW Template:Fba/core Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
29 DF Template:Fba/core Mohamed Hashem
30 MF Template:Fba/core Abderrahim Deghmoum
31 GK Template:Fba/core Mohamed Mohsen Hamdy
33 FW Template:Fba/core Listowell Amankona
34 MF Template:Fba/core Ahmed Fouad
36 MF Template:Fba/core Amadou Djoulde Bah
37 FW Template:Fba/core Ahmed Ashraf
40 GK Template:Fba/core Ahmed Wahba

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Template:Flagicon Ali Maher
General Coach Template:Flagicon Mohammed Abdul-Kareem
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Saif Dawood
Goalkeeper Coach Template:Flagicon Mostafa Fathi
Football Director Template:Flagicon Vacant
Administrator Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Gaber
Club Doctor Template:Flagicon
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Ahmed Sameh
Masseur Template:Flagicon Yousry Sadek
Masseur Template:Flagicon Hussien Hassan
Masseur Template:Flagicon Mohamed Ayad

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Captains

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Managers

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Other sports

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Al Masry FM Radio

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Sponsors

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See also

References

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External links

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