El Masry

Al Masry Sporting Club ( ar, 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 division of the Egyptian football league system.

Al Masry has never won the league, but won their one Egyptian Cup in 1998. The club plays their home matches at the Port Said Stadium, with a capacity of 17,988.

History

Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said, it was the first club for Egyptians in a city that already had many clubs for the foreign communities living there.

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 unstable 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 Port Said 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 took the office for almost 26 years.

Presidents

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
* EFA Revitalization Cup
:: Winners (1): 1992 (shared record)
:: Runners-up (1): 1989

Regional

*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

;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

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CAF club rankings

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National club rankings

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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 – present)

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.

Sponsors

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

See also

* Egyptian Premier League
* Egypt Cup
* Sultan Hussein Cup

References

External links

Official website

El-Masry fans official website


Website (in arabic)

Masry Club FU

Masry Lovers

Masry Eagles

{{Egyptian Premier League

Football clubs in Egypt
Football clubs in Port Said
Association football clubs established in 1920
Port Said
1920 establishments in Egypt
Sports clubs in Egypt
Clubs and societies in Egypt