Tersana Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الترسانة للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian

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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 league in the

Egyptian football league system The Egyptian football league system refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system (league pyramid) for association football in Egypt. All divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The system consists of ...

. 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

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, then to

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, and to its current headquarters in

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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

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after the intervention of defender Fouad Gouda, causing injury on foot

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Record

Top scorers in Egyptian Premier League

By season

Total goals for Tersana

Egyptian caps

Formal records

* Egyptian Premier League ** Tersana holds the record for highest goals in a single season with 71 in 1963–64. **

Hassan El-Shazly Hassan Ahmed El-Shazly (Egyptian Arabic: ''حسن الشاذلي'', Hassan El Shazly) (13 November 1943 – 20 April 2015) was an Egyptian footballer. El-Shazly is considered as a historic player of Tersana. He was described as a "devastating sh ...

has the highest goals by a player with 34 in 1974–75. ** Hassan El-Shazly has the most

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with ten. ** Hassan El-Shazly is top league scorer with 176 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 **

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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 Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

. 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 12 times. The largest winning margin in this derby was 7–3 for Zamalek, in the 1962–63 season.

Statistics

Honours

* Egyptian Premier League ** Winners (1): 1962–63 ** Runners up (5): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1974–75 *

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** 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 *

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** Winners (1): 1932–33 ** Runners up (4): 1930–31, 1933–34, 1947–48, 1949–50

Performance in the Egyptian Premier League

Performance in CAF competitions

*FR = First round *SR = Second round ;Notes

Performance in Arab competitions

Arab Club Championship The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by eli ...

: 1 appearance **

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– Fourth place

Board of directors

Current squad

Current technical staff

Notable players

* Abdel Halim El-Hamalawi *

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* Abdel Khair Saleh * Abdel Nabi Mahmoud * Ahmed Nagui * Ali Maher * Ali Mohamed Riad *

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* Fathi Baioumy * Gamal Abdel Halim * Hamdeto Ahmed *

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Hamza Abdel Mawla Hamza Abdel Mawla (26 October 1923 – 26 July 1987) was an Egyptian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He competed with Tersana SC for over a decade, and worked with both the Egyptian Egyptian ...

* Hassan Ali * Hassan Allouba *

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* Mahmoud El-Shaghbi * Mahmoud Hassan * Mahmoud Fouad *

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* Mohamed Aboul Ezz *

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* Mohamed Ramadan * Mouhanad Boushi * Mohei Sharshar *

* Raafat Mekki *

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References

External links

Tersana History
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