Ghazl El Mahalla SC
Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club is an Egyptian football club based in El-Mahalla El-Kubra. They are members of the Egyptian Premier League. They won the Egyptian Premier League once in 1973. Ghazl Mahalla history has witnessed many achievements , most significantly during the age of the Golden Generation which led the team to reach the final of the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1974, only beaten in the final by CARA Brazzaville from the People's Republic of the Congo. The team also reached the final of the Egypt Cup six times, won the third place in the championship of the Arab Clubs Champions Cup in Tunisia in 1996.
Full name | Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Blue Ghoasts (supporters) | ||
Founded | 1 October 1936 | ||
Ground | El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt. | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
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League | Egyptian Second Division | ||
2017–18 | Second Division, 7th (Group C) | ||
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Honors
- Egyptian Premier League:
- Winners (1): 1972–73
- Runners-up (1): 1975–76
- Egypt Cup:
- Runners-up (6): 1975, 1979, 1986, 1993, 1995, 2001
- Egyptian Super Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 2001
- CAF Champions League:
- Runners-up (1): 1974
Performance in CAF competitions
- FR = First round
- SR = Second round
- QF = Quarter-final
- SF = Semi-final
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1974 | African Cup of Champions Clubs | SR | Al Hilal | 4–1 | 1–4 | 5–5 (4–2 p) | |
QF | Abaluhya | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |||
SF | Simba | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (3–0 p) | |||
Final | CARA Brazzaville | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 | |||
1975 | African Cup of Champions Clubs | SR | Express | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
QF | Al Merrikh | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |||
SF | Enugu Rangers | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | |||
2002 | African Cup Winners' Cup | FR | Express | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 (4–1 p) | |
SR | Al Ahli Tripoli | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |||
QF | Asante Kotoko | 4–2 | 0–3 | 4–5 |
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Sherif El-Khashab (March 21, 2009 – Aug 26, 2009) Mohamed Radwan (Aug 27, 2009–??) Salah El-Nahy (Aug 19, 2011 – Oct 20, 2011) Ibrahim Youssef (Oct 25, 2011 – April 26, 2013) Abdel-Latif El-Doumany (April 26, 2012 – June 12, 2013) Farouk Gaafar (Sept 9, 2013 – Jan 19, 2014) Ashraf Kasem (Jan 30, 2014 – June 15, 2014) Mohamed Fayz (Jan 30, 2015–)