Pyramids FC

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Pyramids FC
Full namePyramids Football Club
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Ground30 June Stadium
Capacity30,000
OwnerSalem Al Shamsi
ChairmanMamdouh Eid
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2022–23Egyptian Premier League, 2nd of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Pyramids Football Club (Arabic: نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or نادي الأهرام لكرة القدم) is an Egyptian professional football club based in New Cairo,Cairo that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.[1] Formed in 2008 as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Suef, the club was bought and moved to Cairo in 2018. Pyramids FC play their home matches at the 30 June Stadium in New Cairo.

History[edit]

Al Assiouty Sport[edit]

The club was formed as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Seuf in 2008.[2] The club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in 2014,[3] but finished 19th and were relegated in their first season.[4] They won Group A of the Second Division in 2016–17 and were promoted back to the Premier League.[5]

Pyramids FC era: 2018–present[edit]

Pyramids first logo used from 2018 to 2020.

In the summer of 2018, the Chairman of the Saudi Sports Authority Turki Al-Sheikh bought Al Assiouty Sport. Previously the honorary president of Al Ahly, Al Sheikh resigned from his position following disagreements about signings and stadium construction, and bought the club from Beni Seuf.[2][6] The team's name was changed to Pyramids FC, and the club moved 400 km to Cairo.[7] Former Al Ahly coach, Hossam El-Badry was announced as chairman of the club, Ahmed Hassan as spokesman and football team supervisor, Hady Khashaba as football director and former Botafogo coach Alberto Valentim as the new manager.[8]

In their first season under the new name, Pyramids finished the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League in third place,[9] qualifying for the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup, and reached the 2019 Egypt Cup Final, where they lost 3–0 to Zamalek.[10] In July 2019, the Emirati businessman Salem Al Shamsi acquired the ownership of the club.[11] Pyramids FC managed to establish thenselves as Egypt's 3rd best team always placing third except in the 21-22 season where they finished second only behind Zamalek.

First participation in African tournaments[edit]

Competing in a continental tournament for the first time, Pyramids reached the final of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup despite starting the competition in its preliminary rounds. After beating Étoile du Congo, CR Belouizdad, and Young Africans in the qualifiers they went on to top their group in the First Round, containing Enugu Rangers, FC Nouadhibou, and Al-Masry, winning all bar one of their games.[12] In the quarter-final they beat Zanaco 3–1 over two legs, and then won 1–0 against Horoya in the semi-final.[12] In the final, held in Rabat, they lost 1–0 to Moroccan side RS Berkane.[13] In the league, Pyramids again finished third,[14] in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, again qualifying for the following season's CAF Confederation Cup.

Value[edit]

Pyramids FC became one of the most valuable African sports clubs in 2022:[15]

Team Country Value
Al Ahly Egypt €30.75m
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa €21.3m
Zamalek Egypt €20.55m
Pyramids FC Egypt €19.43m

Honours[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

Runners-up (2): 2021–22, 2022–23
Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2021–22
Runners-up (1): 2022–23
Third place (1): 2023–24

International competitions[edit]

Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Pyramids Women[edit]

Pyramids has announced the formation of the women's team in 2022, they currently compete in Egyptian Women's Premier League

Television channel[edit]

Pyramids TV Channel logo.

Pyramids FC TV, is Egyptian sport television channel owned by Pyramids FC, launched in 2018.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pyramids FC kits.
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2018–19 Kappa Saudia Swyp
2019–20 Adidas None
2020–21 Puma TikTok
2021– MyWhoosh None

Statistics[edit]

Performance in competitions[edit]

Year Premier League Egypt Cup Super Cup CAF Confederation Cup
2018–19 Third place Runners-up did not enter did not enter
2019–20 Third place Quarter-finals did not enter Runners-up
2020–21 Third place Quarter-finals did not enter Semi-finals
2021–22 Runners-up Runners-up did not enter Quarter-finals

Performance in CAF competitions[edit]

  • 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
2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup PR  Congo Étoile du Congo 4–1 1–0 5–1
FR  Algeria CR Belouizdad 1–1 1–0 2–1
PO  Tanzania Young Africans 3–0 2–1 5–1
Group A  Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 6–0 1–0 1st
 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 0–1 3–1
 Egypt Al Masry 2–0 2–1
QF  Zambia Zanaco 0–1 3–0 3–1
SF  Guinea Horoya 2–0[a]
Final  Morocco RS Berkane 0–1
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup FR  Libya Al Ittihad Tripoli 3–2 1–0 4–2
PO  Ivory Coast RC Abidjan 2–0 2–0 4–0
Group D  Morocco Raja CA 0–3 0–2 2nd
 Zambia Nkana 3–0 1–0
 Tanzania Namungo 1–0 2–0
QF  Nigeria Enyimba 4–1 1–1 5–2
SF  Morocco Raja CA 0–0 0–0 0–0 (4–5 p)
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup SR  Tanzania Azam 1–0 0–0 1–0
PO  DR Congo AS Maniema Union 1–0 1–0 2–0
Group A  Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–0 1–1 2nd
 Zambia Zanaco 1–0 2–0
 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 2–1 0–1
QF  DR Congo TP Mazembe 0–0 0–2 0–2
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup SR  Sudan Hilal Al Sahil 7–0 2–0 9-0
PO  Niger ASN Nigelec 3–0 0–1 3–1
Group C  Togo ASKO Kara 1–0 4–1 2nd
 Egypt Future FC 2–1 1–1
 Morocco ASFAR 2–2 0–1
QF  South Africa Marumo Gallants F.C. 1–1 0–1 1–2
2023–24 CAF Champions League PR  Niger APR F.C. 6–1 0–0 6–1
Notes
  1. ^ Tie was played as a one-legged fixture at a neutral venue in Morocco due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 29 September 2023[16]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed El Shenawy
4 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Samy
5 DF Egypt EGY Ali Gabr (3rd captain)
6 DF Egypt EGY Osama Galal
7 MF Burkina Faso BFA Blati Touré
8 FW Egypt EGY Islam Issa
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Fiston Mayele
10 FW Egypt EGY Ramadan Sobhi
11 MF Egypt EGY Mostafa Fathi
12 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Tawfik
13 MF Egypt EGY Dunga
14 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Sadek
15 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Chibi
17 MF Egypt EGY Hesham Mohamed
18 MF Morocco MAR Walid El Karti
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Egypt EGY Abdallah Magdy
21 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Hamdy
22 GK Egypt EGY Sherif Ekramy
23 FW South Africa RSA Fagrie Lakay
24 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Fathy
25 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed Daador
26 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed El Gabbas
29 DF Egypt EGY Karim Hafez
30 FW Egypt EGY Ibrahim Adel
31 GK Egypt EGY Youssef Nader
33 MF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Saber
39 DF Egypt EGY Abdo Semida
— MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Reda
— MF Burkina Faso BFA Eric Traoré
— FW Egypt EGY Karim El Tayeeb
— FW Nigeria NGA Tolulope Samuel Ojo

Pyramids FC managers[edit]

Name Nationality From To P W D L Win % Notes
Record
Alberto Valentim  Brazil 1 July 2018 16 August 2018 3 2 1 0 066.67 [17]
Ricardo La Volpe  Argentina 17 August 2018 29 October 2018 7 3 3 1 042.86 [18]
Hossam Hassan  Egypt 29 October 2018 25 January 2019 11 6 5 0 054.55 [19]
Ahmed Hassan (interim)  Egypt 25 January 2019 5 February 2019 1 1 0 0 100.00
Ramón Díaz  Argentina 5 February 2019 31 May 2019 13 8 4 1 061.54
Sébastien Desabre  France 8 July 2019 19 December 2019 15 9 4 2 060.00 [20]
Abdel Aziz Abdel Shafy (interim)  Egypt 20 December 2019 27 December 2019 2 1 1 0 050.00 [21]
Ante Čačić  Croatia 26 December 2019 1 November 2020 33 21 3 9 063.64 [22]
Rodolfo Arruabarrena  Argentina 11 November 2020 30 June 2021 38 19 12 7 050.00 [23]
Takis Gonias  Greece 29 June 2021 11 September 2021 12 5 6 1 041.67 [24]
Ehab Galal  Egypt 11 September 2021 24 April 2022 25 16 5 4 064.00
Takis Gonias  Greece 25 April 2022 36 24 5 7 066.67

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pyramids FC نادي الفلوم الرياضي" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "The Crazy Story of Egyptian Football Club Pyramids FC". Hooligan F.C. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "الأسيوطي سبورت يتأهل للدوري الممتاز" [Al Assiouty Sport promoted to the Egyptian Premier League] (in Arabic). FilGoal. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Egyptian Premier League 2014/2015 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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  7. ^ "Egyptian football revolution to take Africa by storm". ESPN.com. 4 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Pyramids FC announces their chairman, coach and new signings". EgyptToday. 28 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings Egyptian League 2018-2019 - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  10. ^ Salama, Mohamed (8 September 2019). "Zamalek down Pyramids 3–0 to win Egypt Cup title". KingFut. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ^ "UAE businessman Salem Al Shamsi acquires Egyptian football team Pyramids FC". The National. 6 July 2019.
  12. ^ a b "2019/20 CAF Confederation Cup matches". African Football. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Pyramids lose CAF Confederation Cup final". EgyptToday. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Tables - Premier League - Egypt - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Sundowns, Pirates, Chiefs among Africa's Top 20 most valuable clubs".
  16. ^ "First Team". Pyramids FC. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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  20. ^ "Exclusive: Desabre to join Egyptian money bags". football-256.com. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  21. ^ "زيزو مديرًا فنيًا مؤقتًا لبيراميدز.. وفتح الله مساعدًا" [Zizou is a temporary technical director for Pyramids ... and Fathallah is his assistant]. Mohamed El-Sweify (in Arabic). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  22. ^ "الكرواتي شاشيتش مدربًا جديدًا لبيراميدز" [Croatian Cacic new coach for Pyramids]. Mohamed El-Sweify (in Arabic). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  23. ^ "رودولفو أروابارينا مدربًا جديدًا لبيراميدز" [Pyramids FC announce appointment of Rodolfo Arruabarrena as new head coach]. Seif Soliman (in Arabic). 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  24. ^ "OFFICIAL: Pyramids FC sack Arruabarrena, appoint Takis Gonias". Seif Soliman. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

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