Al Masry SC

Al Masry Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية) 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

Full name	Al Masry Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Boss of the Canal (Zaeem Al Qanāh) The Green Eagles (El Nosour El Khodr) The Pharaonic Horus
Short name	MAS, MSC
Founded	18 March 1920; 105 years ago (1920-03-18)
Ground	Suez Stadium
Capacity	27,000
Chairman	Kamel Abou Ali
Coach	Ali Maher
League	Egyptian Premier League
2024–25	Egyptian Premier League, 4th
Website	www.al-masryclub.com
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.^[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.

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

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

Further information: Al Masry Club Stadium

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.^[4]

Sayed Metwally Complex

Sayed Metwally Complex

Location	Port Said, Egypt
Owner	Al Masry SC
Operator	Al Masry SC
Capacity	No Seats
Surface	Grass
Construction
Renovated	2011
Tenants
Al Masry SC Al Masry Juniors and all other youth levels

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
/ Sir Ahmed Hosny[6]	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): 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
• Egyptian Confederation Cup^{[clarification needed]}
  • 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	Sudan	Al Merrikh	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–3 p)
		SR	Ghana	Asante Kotoko	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–2 p)
		QF	DR Congo	AS Dragons	3–0	0–1	3–1
		SF	Tunisia	Club Africain	0–4	0–0	0–4
2002	CAF Cup	FR	Kenya	Mathare United	2–0	2–0	4–0
		SR	Botswana	Botswana Defence Force XI	2–0	2–4	4–4 (a)
		QF	Madagascar	AS Adema	2–0	1–0	3–0
		SF	Algeria	JS Kabylie	1–0	0–2	1–2
2017	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Nigeria	Ifeanyi Ubah	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–0 p)
		FR	Mali	Djoliba	w/o	0–2	w/o[a]
		PO	Uganda	KCCA	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–4 p)
2018	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Zambia	Green Buffaloes	4–0	1–2	5–2
		FR	Tanzania	Simba	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		PO	Gabon	CF Mounana	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Group B	Mozambique	UD Songo	2–0	1–1	2nd
			Sudan	Al Hilal	2–0	1–1
			Morocco	RS Berkane	1–0	0–0
		QF	Algeria	USM Alger	1–0	1–0	2–0
		SF	DR Congo	AS Vita Club	0–0	0–4	0–4
2018–19	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Burkina Faso	Salitas	0–2	0–0	0–2
2019–20	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Zanzibar	Malindi	3–1	4–1	7–2
		PO	Seychelles	Côte d'Or	2–0	4–0	6–0
		Group A	Mauritania	FC Nouadhibou	1–0	3–2	2nd
			Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	4–2	1–1
			Egypt	Pyramids	1–2	0–2
		QF	Morocco	RS Berkane	2–2	0–1	2–3
2021–22	CAF Confederation Cup	SR	Uganda	URA	1–0	0–0	1–0
		PO	Nigeria	Rivers United	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Group C	DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2–0	0–2	2nd
			Cameroon	Coton Sport	2–0	0–0
			Congo	AS Otohô	1–0	0–1
		QF	Morocco	RS Berkane	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

Notes

1. FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation on 17 March 2017. As a result, Djoliba could not play the second leg, and Al Masry won on walkover.^[7]

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.[8] Pos. Team Points 381 El Nacional 1458 382 Viitorul Constanţa 1458 383 Al Masry SC 1457 384 Motagua 1457 385 FC Ufa 1457

These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018. Pos. Team Points 21 Club Africain 1467 22 Djoliba AC 1463 23 Al Masry SC 1457 24 Orlando Pirates 1438 25 DC Motema Pembe 1437

National club rankings These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018. Pos. Team Points 2 Zamalek 1487 3 Ismaily 1483 4 Al Masry 1457 5 Smouha 1415 6 Misr Lel Makkasa 1413

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EGY Essam Tharwat 2 DF  EGY Baher El Mohamady 4 DF  EGY Mohamed Dabash 6 MF  EGY Mohamed Makhlouf 7 DF  EGY Karim El Eraki 8 MF  EGY Hassan Ali 9 FW  EGY Salah Mohsen 10 MF  EGY Karim Bambo 11 FW  EGY Mohammed Al Shamy 12 MF  EGY Khaled El Ghandour 13 DF  EGY Amr El Saadaw 14 MF  EGY Mahmoud Hamada 15 MF  EGY Ahmed El Armouty 16 GK  EGY Mohamed Shehata 17 DF  EGY Youssef El Gohary 18 GK  EGY Mahmoud Hamdy 19 MF  EGY Hussein Faisal

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  EGY Ahmed Eid 22 MF  EGY Mido Gaber 23 FW  NGA John Ebuka 24 FW  SEN Pape Badji 25 MF  BEN Attidjikou Samadou 26 DF  EGY Khaled Sobhy 27 GK  EGY Mahmoud Gad 28 FW  TUN Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 29 DF  EGY Mohamed Hashem 30 MF  ALG Abderrahim Deghmoum 31 GK  EGY Mohamed Mohsen Hamdy 33 FW  GHA Listowell Amankona 34 MF  EGY Ahmed Fouad 36 MF  GUI Amadou Djoulde Bah 37 FW  EGY Ahmed Ashraf 40 GK  EGY Ahmed Wahba

Coaching staff

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

Source: ^[10]

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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)^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}

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,^{[year missing]} making it Egypt's first radio station belonging to a club.^{[citation needed]}

Sponsors

• Nike
• Presentation Sports
• WE
• GLC
• SAIBBank
• OPPO
• EGYPTAIR

See also

• Egyptian Premier League
• Egypt Cup
• Sultan Hussein Cup