Wadi Degla SC

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Wadi Degla SC (women).

Wadi Degla Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي وادي دجلة الرياضي) is an Egyptian sports club, from Cairo, known for its football team who currently play in Egyptian Second Division A. The club is related to Wadi Degla Holding, a construction company established in 1994.^[1]

Wadi Degla

Full name	Wadi Degla Sporting Club
Nicknames	Community of Champions مجتمع الأبطال
Short name	WDG
Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Ground	Petro Sport Stadium
Capacity	16,000
Coordinates	29°57′26″N 31°18′49″E
Chairman	Tarek Rashed
Manager	Igor Tolic
League	Egyptian Premier League
2024–25	Egyptian Second Division A, 2nd of 20 (Promoted)
Home colours Away colours
Current season

In 2009–10, the club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in its history.

History

In 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division, Wadi Degla made history. The team defeated El-Sekka El-Hadid 3–1 in the last week of the competition to seal promotion to the highest level of football in Egypt, Egyptian Premier League, for the first time in its history.^[2][3] It took Wadi Degla only one season to gain promotion from the second division to the Premier League. This is a historical achievement that was only reached once before by Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab (a.k.a. Arab Contractors) in 1981.^[2]

Omar Marmoush used to play for Wadi Degla.^[4]

Wadi Degla was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the 2025-26 season^[5], securing a place in the top division after finishing second in the 2024–25 Egyptian Second Division A. They joined Al Mokawloon Al Arab and Kahraba Ismailia as the three promoted teams, with the league expanding to 21 teams

Associated clubs

In 2003, English club Arsenal ran an academy training program with the club's youth system,^[6] the program is no longer operational.

The following clubs are affiliated with Wadi Degla:^{[citation needed]}

• Lierse
• Arsenal^[6]

Honours

League

• Egyptian Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2009–10

Cup

• Egypt Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Performance in CAF competitions

• FR = First round
• SR = Second round

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2014	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Togo	AS Douanes Lomé	2–0	1–1	3–1
		SR	Mali	Djoliba	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–3 p)

Performance in domestic competitions

Egyptian Clubs Competitions
Year	League	Position	Egypt Cup	Super Cup
2009–10	Egyptian Second Division	1 (Group B)	Third round
2010–11	Egyptian Premier League	12	Round of 16
2011–12	Egyptian Premier League	not finished	not held
2012–13	Egyptian Premier League	not finished	Runners-up
2013–14	Egyptian Premier League	6 (Group 2)	Semi-final
2014–15	Egyptian Premier League	5	Round of 16
2015–16	Egyptian Premier League	5	Round of 16
2016–17	Egyptian Premier League	12	Quarter-final
2017–18	Egyptian Premier League	15	Quarter-final
2018–19	Egyptian Premier League	10	Round of 16
2019–20	Egyptian Premier League	15	Round of 16
2020–21	Egyptian Premier League	16	Quarter-finals

Current squad

As of 20 August, 2025

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 Amr Hossam 2 DF  EGY Shady Maher 3 DF  EGY Omar Adly 4 MF  EGY Islam Adel 5 DF  EGY Ahmed Dahroug 6 DF  EGY Kamal Aboul-Fetouh 7 FW  EGY Ali Hussein (Captain) 8 MF  EGY Ahmed Scholes 9 FW  CIV Franck Boli 10 FW  EGY Mahmoud Diasty 11 FW  EGY Mohamed Abdelrahim 12 DF  EGY Ahmed Dahesh 14 MF  EGY Mohamed Abdelaati 17 MF  EGY Mahmoud Talaat 18 GK  EGY Amr Shaaban 19 MF  EGY Hesham Mohamed 20 FW  EGY Youssef Oya

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  EGY Ahmed Reda 22 MF  EGY Ziad Anwar 23 DF  EGY Ahmed Ayman 24 DF  EGY Mohamed Ragab 25 MF  EGY Ibrahim El Bahnasi 26 GK  EGY Hassan El Hattab 27 FW  EGY Ahmed Refaat 28 DF  TUN Seif Teka 30 MF  GHA Winful Cobbinah 31 MF  EGY Mahmoud Adel 32 FW  EGY Ahmed Farouk 34 FW  NED Mees Kaandorp 40 DF  EGY Mohamed Samy El Degwy 44 MF  EGY Ahmed El Shimi 45 GK  EGY Ziad Mohamed

Out on loan

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

Managers

• Hesham Zakaria (1 July 2007 – 23 May 2010)
• Walter Meeuws (24 May 2010 – 30 June 2012)
• Hesham Zakaria (1 July 2012 – 31 December 2012)
• Mohamed Gamal (1 January 2013 – 5 April 2013)
• Hany Ramzy (6 April 2013 – 12 January 2014)
• Hesham Zakaria (13 January 2014 – 1 October 2014)
• Hamada Sedki (1 October 2014 – 14 January 2016)
• Patrice Carteron (15 January 2016 – 15 November 2016)
• Mido (15 November 2016 – December 2017)
• Tarek El Ashry (17 January 2018 – May 2018)
• Takis Gonias (12 June 2018 – 10 February 2020)
• Mustafa Al-Kharoubi (Caretaker) (10 February 2020 – 20 February 2020)
• Nikodimos Papavasiliou (20 February 2020 – 21 January 2021)
• Mario Salas (1 February 2021 – 27 May 2021)
• Abdul Baki Jamal (27 May 2021 – present)

Women

Wadi Degla women SC, the women's team won the 2020 Egyptian Women's Premier League for the 11th time and will feature in the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League.^[7]