Tersana Sporting Club () is an Egyptian sports club based in Meet Okba, Giza, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest tier in the Egyptian football league system.

Tersana's most important accomplishments include winning the Egypt Cup title six times and the Egyptian league title once. On the continental side, Tersana also participated in the CAF Cup Winners' Cup once in 1987 and was eliminated in the second round by Tunisian Espérance. The first leg, played in Cairo, ended with a draw, while the second leg, played in Tunisia ended in a 0–2 loss.

History

The Tersana SC was established in 1921, when Egypt was a British protectorate, by English Major E.W. Slaughter. He became the first president of the club which was based first in Bulaq, then to Agouza, and to its current headquarters in Mit Okba in 1958.

The main reason for its establishment was to serve the staff of the Maritime Administration (currently the Ministry of Irrigation), so it was called Tersana. Blue uniforms were chosen to represent the sea.

There are different explanations for the nickname 'Hammers', typically signifying the hardness of the team. The most famous legend involves the team recruiting a number of former fedayeen.

The nickname was popularized by sports critics Abdul Majid Noman and Najib Almstkawi after the intervention of defender Fouad Gouda, causing injury on foot Saleh Selim.

Record

Top scorers in Egyptian Premier League By season Season Player Goals 1949–50 Hamdeto Ahmed 10 1953–54 Abdel Nabi Mahmoud 21 1956–57 Hamdi Abdel Fattah 22 1957–58 Hamdi Abdel Fattah 19 1959–60 Hamdi Abdel Fattah 14 1961–62 Moustafa Reyadh 20 1962–63 Hassan El-Shazly 29 1963–64 Moustafa Reyadh 26 1964–65 Hassan El-Shazly 23 1965–66 Hassan El-Shazly 18 1974–75 Hassan El-Shazly 34

Total goals for Tersana

# Player Goals 1 Hassan El-Shazly 173 2 Moustafa Reyadh 123 3 Hamdi Abdel Fattah 92 4 Mohamed Ramadan 40 5 Badawi Abdel Fattah 39 6 Mahmoud Hassan 38 7 Gamal Abdel Halim 31 8 Abdel Nabi Mahmoud 30 9 Mohamed Aboutraika 27 10 Abdel Mohsen El-Tonsi 22

Egyptian caps # Player Caps Goals 1 Hassan El-Shazly 62 42 2 Moustafa Reyadh 46 21 3 Mohamed Ramadan 41 10 4 Hamza Abdel Mawla 31 2 5 Hassan Ali 29 0 6 Ali Maher 28 10 7 Hamdi Abdel Fattah 22 9 8 Mohamed Aboul Ezz 18 1 9 Mahmoud Hassan 16 5 10 Shaker Abdel Fattah 14 2

Formal records

Egyptian Premier League Tersana holds the record for highest goals in a single season with 71 in 1963–64. Hassan El-Shazly has the highest goals by a player with 34 in 1974–75.

Hassan El-Shazly has the most hat-tricks with ten. Hassan El-Shazly is top league scorer with 173 goals. Hassan El-Shazly won top scorer in record four seasons

Africa Cup of Nations Hassan El-Shazly has the most hat-tricks with two, in Nigeria 1963 and Ivory Coast 1970. Hassan El-Shazly is most valuable player in 1963. Hassan El-Shazly is top scorer in 1963 with six goals Hassan El-Shazly is top Egyptian scorer and fourth top scorer with 12 goals 1964 Summer Olympics Moustafa Reyadh is second top scorer with 8 goals Moustafa Reyadh is the only Egyptian player to score 6 goals in one match

Rivalry

The Mit Okba Derby is a football match between Tersana SC and Zamalek SC. The two Egyptian clubs have been rivals since their creations, and have both contested in the Egyptian Premier League, the country's top-flight football league.

Tersana SC won the league title in the 1962–63 season, while Zamalek won the title 14 times. The largest winning margin in this derby was 7–3 for Zamalek, in the 1962–63 season.

Statistics

Competition Total Tersana Wins Draws Zamalek Wins Tersana Goals Zamalek Goals Egyptian Premier League 91 11 19 61 65 167 Egypt Cup 16 5 3 8 15 23 Sultan Hussein Cup 2 2 0 0 2 0 October League 2 1 0 1 2 2 Total 111 19 22 70 84 192

Honours Egyptian Premier League Winners (1): 1962–63 Runners up (5): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1974–75 Egypt Cup Winners (6): 1923, 1929, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1986 Runners up (3): 1950, 1956, 1966 Sultan Hussein Cup Winners (2): 1928, 1930 Runners up (2): 1926, 1931 Cairo League Winners (1): 1932–33 Runners up (4): 1930–31, 1933–34, 1947–48, 1949–50

Performance in the Egyptian Premier League

Season G W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Group Notes 1948–49 21 11 5 5 33 24 9 27 Runner up 1949–50 19 10 3 6 31 24 7 23 Runner up 1950–51 18 8 4 6 17 14 3 20 4th 1952–53 18 9 2 7 42 38 4 20 4th 1953–54 18 10 1 7 54 27 27 21 3rd 1955–56 20 4 8 8 22 31 −9 16 8th 1956–57 26 9 7 10 36 39 −3 25 7th 1957–58 14 7 3 4 36 18 18 17 4th Group A 1958–59 18 7 7 4 32 24 8 21 3rd 1959–60 18 11 5 2 39 20 19 27 Runner up 1960–61 18 6 8 4 28 23 5 20 3rd 1961–62 18 12 1 5 36 21 15 25 3rd 1962–63 27 19 3 5 66 41 25 41 Champion Group B 1963–64 24 16 3 5 71 34 37 35 Runner up Group A 1964–65 22 10 7 5 48 28 30 27 3rd 1965–66 21 9 5 7 37 27 10 23 4th 1966–67 22 11 6 5 31 20 11 28 3rd 1972–73 22 9 6 7 18 18 0 24 6th 1974–75 34 22 8 4 43 19 24 52 Runner up 1975–76 22 10 6 6 32 18 14 26 6th Group B 1976–77 28 9 8 11 22 26 -4 26 8th 1977–78 26 9 7 10 18 21 -3 25 9th 1978–79 22 7 7 8 11 19 -8 21 8th 1979–80 30 10 7 13 17 25 -8 27 11th 1980–81 26 5 9 12 21 28 -7 19 12th 1981–82 26 6 9 11 14 23 -9 21 11th Relegation 1983–84 22 6 7 9 15 21 -6 19 8th 1984–85 22 9 5 8 26 21 5 23 5th 1985–86 22 8 7 7 17 15 2 23 6th 1986–87 22 8 10 4 18 16 2 34 3rd 1987–88 22 6 7 9 25 27 -2 25 6th 1988–89 22 10 2 10 25 25 0 32 5th 1990–91 34 11 13 10 25 24 1 35 9th 1991–92 26 2 14 10 16 28 -12 18 13th Relegation 1993–94 26 6 9 11 19 27 -8 21 12th Relegation 1995–96 30 5 10 15 16 35 19 25 14th Relegation 2000–01 26 6 9 11 33 45 -12 27 11th 2001–02 26 8 6 12 36 45 9 30 8th 2002–03 26 8 6 12 32 43 11 30 10th 2003–04 26 6 8 12 31 39 -8 26 11th 2004–05 26 6 7 13 25 42 -17 25 13th Relegation 2006–07 30 6 13 11 26 28 -2 31 12th 2007–08 30 8 8 14 30 40 -10 32 11th 2008–09 30 5 9 16 29 45 -16 24 15th Relegation Egyptian Premier League 1046 380 295 371 1319 1216 103 1137

Performance in CAF competitions FR = First round SR = Second round

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1964–65African Cup of Champions ClubsSRCotton Factory1987African Cup Winners' CupFRMukura Victory Sports5–01–16–1SREspérance de Tunis0–00–20–2 Notes

Performance in Arab competitions

Arab Club Championship: 1 appearance 1987 – Fourth place

Season Competition Round Country Club Result1987Arab Club ChampionshipGroup StageAl-Jaish1 – 0JE Tizi Ouzou0 – 0Al-Hilal0 – 0Al-Arabi3 – 1Semi-finalsIttihad0 – 13rd PlaceJE Tizi Ouzou1 – 2

Board of directors PositionStaffPresident Ahmed mohsenVice-president Salah Abdel FattahTreasurer Ayman AliMember Ahmed SalmanMember Ragab Abdel LatifMember Ahmed El-KhatebMember Naser AfifyMember Mohamed Hasan El-ShazliMember Ghalia Hasan

Current squad

Current technical staff Position Name Manager Alaa Nouh Assistant manager Yasser Farouk First-team coaches Mo'men Abdel Ghafaar Goalkeeping coach Hassan Ali Chart Loads Hussein Mohamed Director of Players Affairs Hossam Mabrouk Administrative Hatem Mohamed Administrative Ibrahim Hassan Injury Specialist Sayed Hamed

Notable players

Abdel Halim El-Hamalawi Abdel Kader Mohamed Abdel Khair Saleh Abdel Nabi Mahmoud Ahmed Nagui Ali Maher Ali Mohamed Riad Badawi Abdel Fattah Fathi Baioumy Gamal Abdel Halim Hamdeto Ahmed Hamdi Abdel Fattah Hamza Abdel Mawla Hassan Ali Hassan Allouba Hassan El-Shazly Hossam Hassan João Rafael Kapango Mahmoud El-Shaghbi Mahmoud Hassan Mahmoud Fouad Mohamed Abdel Wahed Mohamed Aboul Ezz Mohamed Aboutraika Mohamed Ramadan Mouhanad Boushi Mohei Sharshar Moustafa Reyadh Raafat Mekki Shaker Abdel Fattah

References

External links Tersana History