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, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
Full name | Al Masry Sporting Club | |
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Short name | MAS, MSC | |
Founded | 18 March 1920 | |
Ground | Al Masry Club Stadium | |
Capacity | 18,000 | |
Chairman | ||
Coach | ||
League | Egyptian Premier League | |
2018–19 | Egyptian Premier League, 4th | |
Website | Club website | |
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Al Masry's active sections | ||
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Football |
Handball |
Athletics |
Swimming |
Field hockey |
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.
Al Masry has won 5 official titles and 17 local ones throughout its history. It is one of the five clubs with the most fans in Egypt, alongside Al Ahly, Zamalek, Ismaily and El Ittihad El Sakandary. The club plays their home matches in Port Said Stadium, with a capacity of 17,988.
History
After the Port Said Stadium riots in February 2012, 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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
Sayed Metwally Complex
Location | Port Said, Egypt |
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Owner | Al Masry SC |
Operator | Al Masry SC |
Capacity | No Seats |
Surface | Grass |
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Renovated | 2011 |
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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 took the office for almost 26 years.[4]
Presidents
Name | From | To |
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1920 | 1925 | |
1925 | 1930 | |
1930 | 1935 | |
1935 | 1940 | |
1940 | 1964 | |
1964 | 1967 | |
1971 | 1974 | |
1974 | 1978 | |
Feb 1978 | Dec 1979 | |
May 1980 | Aug 1980 | |
1980 | 1988 | |
1988 | 1989 | |
1989 | 1991 | |
March 1991 | May 1991 | |
1991 | 1997 | |
Aug 1997 | Dec 1997 | |
Jan 1998 | 2002 | |
Sept 2002 | 2008 | |
2008 | 2009 | |
2009 | 2013 | |
2014 | July 2015 | |
23 July 2015 | Present |
Honours
- Egypt Cup
: Winners (1) : 1998 : Runners up (9) : 1927, 1945, 1947, 1954, 1957, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2017
: Winners (3) : 1933, 1934, 1937 : Runners up (1) : 1938
- EFA Revitalization Cup
: Winners (1) : 1992 (Shared record) : Runners up (1) : 1989
Regional
: 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 |
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1999 | African Cup Winners' Cup | FR | Al Merrikh | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (4–3 p) | |
SR | Asante Kotoko | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (4–2 p) | |||
QF | AS Dragons | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |||
SF | Club Africain | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |||
2002 | CAF Cup | FR | Mathare United | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
SR | Botswana Defence Force XI | 2–0 | 2–4 | 4–4 (a) | |||
QF | AS Adema | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
SF | JS Kabylie | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |||
2017 | CAF Confederation Cup | PR | Ifeanyi Ubah | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (3–0 p) | |
FR | Djoliba | w/o | 0–2 | w/o[lower-alpha 1] | |||
PO | KCCA | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (3–4 p) | |||
2018 | CAF Confederation Cup | PR | Green Buffaloes | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | |
FR | Simba | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 (a) | |||
PO | CF Mounana | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
Group B | UD Songo | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||
Al Hilal | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||
RS Berkane | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||
QF | USM Alger | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
SF | AS Vita Club | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |||
2018–19 | CAF Confederation Cup | FR | Salitas | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
2019–20 | CAF Confederation Cup | FR | Malindi | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 | |
PO | Côte d'Or | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | |||
Group A | FC Nouadhibou | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||
Enugu Rangers | 4–2 | 1–1 | |||||
Pyramids | 1–2 | 0–2 | |||||
QF | RS Berkane | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
- Notes
- 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.[6]
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 rankingThese are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.[7]
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CAF club rankingsThese are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.
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National club rankingsThese are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.
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Players
Current Squad
- As of 26 September 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Manager | |
General Coach | |
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Goalkeeper Coach | |
Football Director | |
Administrator | |
Club Doctor | |
Physiotherapist | |
Masseur | |
Masseur | |
Masseur |
Source: [8]
Captains
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Managers
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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
- Kelme (company)
- Presentation Sports
- WE
- GLC
- SAIBBank
- OPPO
- EGYPTAIR
References
- "محكمة دولية تنتصر للمصري بـ"مجزرة بورسعيد"". CNN. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- "Al Masry Sporting Club :: الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية :: تأسس عام 1920 :: كيف و متى أصبح للمصري شعار؟". Al Masry club. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- "Al Masry Sporting Club: الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية :: تأسس عام 1920 ::استاد المصرى". Al Masry club. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- "Al Masry board names the club's training pitch after Metwally". almasryclub.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- "Al Masry Sporting Club: الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية :: تأسس عام 1920 ::مجلس الإدارة الحالى السابق". Al Masry club. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- "FIFA Suspends Malian Football Association (FEMAFOOT)". FIFA.com. 17 March 2017.
- "Club World Ranking by footballdatabase". footballdatabase. 3 June 2018.
- "الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية -". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- Yallakora.com
- Filgoal.com
- http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.ahmed.refaat.60871.en.html