Al Masry SC

Al-Masry Sporting Club () 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

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. 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.

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. 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

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.

Stadiums

Al Masry formerly played their home games at a small stadium in Port Said, but its capacity was too small for the club's support. As a consequence, Al Masry built its own new stadium which is named Al Masry Club Stadium in 1953 and was officially inaugurated in 1955.

Sayed Metwally Complex

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.

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

Honours Egypt Cup Winners (1): 1997–98 Runners-up (9): 1926–27, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1988–89, 2016–17 Sultan Hussein Cup Winners (3): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1936–37 Runners-up (1): 1937–38 Egyptian Confederation Cup Winners (1): 1992 (shared record) Runners-up (1): 1989 Egyptian League Cup Winners (1): 2025–26 Runners-up (1): 2022–23 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 Aggregate1999African Cup Winners' CupFRAl Merrikh1–00–11–1 (4–3 p)SRAsante Kotoko1–00–11–1 (4–2 p)QFAS Dragons3–00–13–1SFClub Africain0–40–00–42002CAF CupFRMathare United2–02–04–0SRBotswana Defence Force XI2–02–44–4 (a)QFAS Adema2–01–03–0SFJS Kabylie1–00–21–22017CAF Confederation CupPRIfeanyi Ubah1–00–11–1 (3–0 p)FRDjoliba0–2POKCCA1–00–11–1 (3–4 p)2018CAF Confederation CupPRGreen Buffaloes4–01–25–2FRSimba0–02–22–2 (a)POCF Mounana2–11–13–2Group BUD Songo2–01–12ndAl Hilal2–01–1RS Berkane1–00–0QFUSM Alger1–01–02–0SFAS Vita Club0–00–40–42018–19CAF Confederation CupFRSalitas0–20–00–22019–20CAF Confederation CupFRMalindi3–14–17–2POCôte d'Or2–04–06–0Group AFC Nouadhibou1–03–22ndEnugu Rangers4–21–1Pyramids1–20–2QFRS Berkane2–20–12–32021–22CAF Confederation CupSRURA1–00–01–0PORivers United1–01–22–2 (a)Group CTP Mazembe2–00–22ndCoton Sport2–00–0AS Otohô1–00–1QFRS Berkane2–10–12–2 (a) Notes

Performance in Arab competitions Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance 1999 – Bronze Medalist Arab Champions League: 1 appearance 2008 – First Round

IFFHS rankings

Club world ranking These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018. Pos.TeamPoints381 El Nacional1458382 Viitorul Constanţa1458383 Al Masry SC1457384 Motagua 1457385 FC Ufa1457

These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018. Pos.TeamPoints21 Club Africain146722 Djoliba AC146323 Al Masry SC 145724 Orlando Pirates143825 DC Motema Pembe1437

National club rankings These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018. Pos.TeamPoints2 Zamalek14873 Ismaily14834 Al Masry14575 Smouha14156 Misr Lel Makkasa1413

Players Current squad

Coaching staff

Captains

01- Ali Mabrouk 02- Hassan Al-Deeb 03- Helmi Mostafa 04- Abdulrahman Fawzi 05- Mohammed Hassan 06- Mohammed Gouda 07- Hamdeen Al-Zamek 08- Aly Helal 09- El-Sayed El-Tabei 10- El-Sayed Ali 11- Munir Gerges (Al-lewy) 12- Adel Al-Gazar 13- Mohamed Shahen 14- Aboud El Khodary 15- Mosaad Nour 16- Tarek Soliman 17- Mostafa Abu-Dahab 18- El-Sayed Eid 19- Ali Al-Said 20- Talaat Mansour 21- Ibrahim El-Masry 22- Mohamed Omar (Al-Ako) 23- Amr Al-Desoky 24- Abdallah Ragab 25- Hossam Hassan 26- Karim Zekri 27- Mohamed Gouda 28- Mohamed Ashour El-Adham 29- Akwety Mensah 30- Amr Al-Desoky 31- Mohamed Ashour El-Adham 32- Osama Azab 33- Ahmed Fawzi 34- Karim Zekri 35- Mohamed Ashour El-Adham 36- Osama Azab 37- Islam Salah

Managers

Mahmoud El-Gohary Ferenc Puskás (1979–82) Wojciech Łazarek (1 July 1992 – 30 June 1993) Ahmed Rifaat (9 July 1996 – 26 Oct 1996) Michael Krüger (1 Jan 1998 – 31 Oct 1998) Mohsen Saleh (12 Oct 1998 – 10 Dec 1998) Zlatko Kranjčar (1 Feb 1999 – 30 June 2000) Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1 Aug 2000 – 26 Nov 2001) Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi (27 Nov 2001 – 1 July 2002) Tarek Soliman (9 Dec 2001 – 28 Jan 2002) Fuad Muzurović (1 July 2002 – 30 Dec 2002) Farouk Gaafar (1 July 2004 – 1 Dec 2004) Otto Pfister (1 July 2005 – Sept 22, 2005) Alexandru Moldovan (Aug 2006 – Sept 06) Mohamed Omar (Sept 28, 2006–07) Tarek Soliman (interim) (1 April 2007 – 30 June 2007) Helmy Toulan (1 July 2007 – 1 Nov 2007) Hossam Hassan (29 Feb 2008 – 28 Dec 2008) Tarek Soliman (interim) (28 Dec 2008 – 11 Feb 2009) Bertalan Bicskei (11 Feb 2009 – 29 Aug 2009) Anwar Salama (29 Aug 2009 – 24 Jan 2010) Theo Bücker (29 Jan 2010 – 4 May 2010) Mohammed Helmy (4 May 2010 – 26 May 2010) Mokhtar Mokhtar (1 June 2010 – 26 Nov 2010) Alaa Mayhoob (interim) (27 Nov 2010 – 16 Dec 2010) Alain Geiger (16 Dec 2010 – 6 April 2011) Tarek El Sawy (6 April 2011 – 4 May 2011) Taha Basry (4 May 2011 – 13 July 2011) Talaat Youssef (17 July 2011 – 15 Jan 2012) Hossam Hassan (15 Jan 2012 – 13 May) Sabry El-Menyawy (18 Aug 2013 – 21 Jan 2014) Anwar Salama (22 Jan 2014 – 14 May 2014) Tarek Soliman (interim) (14 May 2014 – 13 July 2014) Tarek Yehia (13 July 2014 – 16 Dec 2014) Juan José Maqueda (20 Dec 2014 – 28 Apr 2015) Mokhtar Mokhtar (28 Apr 2015 – 24 July 2015) Hossam Hassan (25 July 2015 – 28 October 2018) Ehab Galal (15 December 2018 – 20 February 2020) Tarek El Ashry (20 February 2020 – 31 August 2020) Ali Maher (31 August 2020 – 3 September 2021) Moïne Chaâbani (12 September 2021 – 29 May 2022) Hossam Hassan (29 May 2022 – 31 August 2022) Ehab Galal (8 September 2022 – 3 December 2022) Hossam Hassan (14 December 2022 – 7 May 2023) Mimi Abdelrazek (7 May 2023 – 23 July 2023) Ali Maher (27 July 2023 – )

Other sports Al Masry SC also competes in other sports, such as handball, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, billiards, table tennis and field hockey.

Al Masry FM Radio Al Masry FM is the official radio station of the club; it was launched as an Internet radio station on 28 December, making it Egypt's first radio station belonging to a club.

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