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Al Masry SC
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Full nameAl-Masry Sporting Club
النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية
Nickname(s)Zeim El Qanah (team)
The Green Eagles (supporters)
Founded1920
GroundPort Said Stadium
Port Said, Egypt
Capacity18,000
ChairmanEgypt Kamel Abou Aly
ManagerEgypt Hossam Hassan
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2010/11Egyptian Premier League, 7th
WebsiteClub website
Current season
Al-Masry's active sections

Football
Handball
Athletics

Field hockey

Al-Masry Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية), is an Egyptian sporting club (that is best known for its association football team) based in Port Said. Founded in 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for the Egyptians in the city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said. Al-Masry, which means "The Egyptian" in Arabic, won 22 official titles along his history. It is one of the five clubs that have the largest number of fans in Egypt, beside Al-Ahly, Zamalek SC, Ismaily SC and Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary. The club's football team plays in the Egyptian Premier League.

History

Al-Masry was founded in 1920 after the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 to assert the national identity of the people of Port Said against the clubs of the foreign communities in the city.

The team began a golden era in 1932 until 1948 and won a number of titles and succeeded during this period to win the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1933, 1934 and 1937 also losing in the final of 1930.[1] Meanwhile it won the Canal Zone League 17 consecutive times, although the greatest achievement for the team remains the winning of the Egypt Cup in 1998 after beating Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab in the final (4-3).[2]

Al-Masry turned professional in the 1983-1984 season and were amongst the first clubs to buy foreign players; the players bought were Iranians and were Port Qasim and Abd al-Rida Brzkri who led the team that season to reach the Egyptian Cup Final losing the match to Al-Ahly Cairo (1-3).

Al-Masry is one of the clubs which was a founder member in the Egyptian Premier League at its launch in 1948, although Al-Masry is third in terms of seasons in the Egyptian Premier League after both Al-Ahly and Zamalek SC, as it has missed only two seasons. This was during the fifties due to the repercussions of the Suez Crisis on Port Said. Al-Masry has never won the Egyptian Premier League, but has come third several times.

After the events of the Port Said Stadium disaster in February 2012, the remainder of the 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League season was cancelled by the Egyptian FA. Al-Masry has been barred from competing in the Egypt Cup and the "Martyrs Cup", a friendly tournament organized to raise money for families of the victims of the Port Said clashes.

Colours and Crest

The Egyptian flag (1922-1958).

Al-Masry's Crest is composed of a green eagle that holds a green ball 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.[3]

Stadiums

Further information: Port Said Stadium

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.[4]

Presidents

Name From To
Egypt/Egypt Sir Ahmed Hosny[5] 1920 1925
Egypt Mohamed Al-Tobshy 1925 1930
Egypt Sir Awad Fakosa 1930 1935
Egypt Ibrahim Youssef Lehita 1935 1940
Egypt/Egypt/Egypt Abdulrahman Pasha Lotfi 1940 1964
Egypt Major General Khalil Tarman 1964 1967
Egypt/Egypt Abdulhamid Hussien 1971 1974
Egypt Mohamed Moussa 1974 1978
Egypt Ahmed Fouad Al-Makhzangy February 1978 December 1979
Egypt Major General Ibrahim Al-Mor May 1980 August 1980
Egypt/Egypt Sayed Metwaly 1980 1988
Egypt Major General Ibrahim Al-Mor 1988 1989
Egypt Sayed Metwaly 1989 1991
Egypt Adel Al-Gazar March 1991 May 1991
Egypt Sayed Metwaly 1991 1997
Egypt Kamel Abou Aly August 1997 December 1997
Egypt Abdulwahab Kouta January 1998 2002
Egypt Sayed Metwaly September 2002 2008
Egypt Aly Fragallah 2008 2009
Egypt Kamel Abou Aly 2009 Present

Honours

Total number of cups: 22

  • Egypt Cup: 1
    • Winners: 1998
    • Runners-up: 1927, 1930, 1945, 1947, 1954, 1957, 1983, 1984, 1989
  • Sultan Hussein Cup: 3
    • Winners: 1933, 1934, 1937
    • Runners-up: 1930
  • Canal Zone League : 17
    • Winners: 1932, 1933, 1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948 (Most successful team)
  • Confederation Cup Refresher: 1
    • Winners: 1992
    • Runners-up: 1989

Performance in CAF competitions

1999 - Semi-Finals
2002 - Semi-Finals
2009

Performance in Arab competitions

1999 - Bronze Medalist
2008 - First Round

Players and coaching staff

Current first team squad

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 Amir Abdelhamid
2 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Fawzi
3 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Shaker
4 MF Egypt EGY Abdelaziz Tawfik
5 DF Mali MLI Issiaka Eliassou
6 MF Egypt EGY Essam Abdel Aaty
7 DF Egypt EGY Osama Azab
8 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Zahran
9 MF Egypt EGY Moamen Zakaria
10 MF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Abdel Hakim
11 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Khalifa
13 DF Egypt EGY Karim Zekri
14 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Magdy
15 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed El-Zayat
17 FW Sierra Leone SLE Julius Wobay
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Egypt EGY Abdul Salam Nagah
20 MF Egypt EGY Ayman Said
21 DF Egypt EGY Rami Amin
25 FW Egypt EGY Ihab El-Masry
26 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Taha
27 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Daouda
28 MF Egypt EGY Rami Gamal
30 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Shroyda
31 GK Egypt EGY Amr Magdy
33 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Hassan
35 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed Hussein
36 MF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Tobah
40 DF Egypt EGY Saad Samir

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed El-Shenawy (at Zamalek SC)
- DF Egypt EGY Yassin Kamel (at Baladeyet El-Mahalla)
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF Egypt EGY Alaa Abdelnaby (at El-Marekh)
- MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Basiouny (at El-Marekh)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Egypt Hossam Hassan[6]
Football Director Egypt Ibrahim Hassan
General Coach Egypt Tarek Soliman
Goalkeeper Coach Egypt Emad El-Mandoh
Fitness, Strength & Conditioning Coach Egypt Ahmed Abdellatif
Administrative Director Egypt Waleed Badr
Administrator Egypt Mahmoud Gaber
Club Doctor Egypt Dr. Magdy Al-Alfy
Doctor Egypt Dr. Yousry Sadek
Doctor Egypt Dr. Medhat Mokhtar
Masseur Egypt Alaa Salem

Source: [citation needed]

Captains

Notable former players

Managers

Other sports

Al-Masry club also competes in other sports such as Handball, Athletics and Field hockey.

Sponsors

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.almasryclub.com/post.php?post=371
  2. ^ http://www.almasryclub.com/posthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Masry_Club&action=submit.php?post=97
  3. ^ http://www.almasryclub.com/topic.php?post=154
  4. ^ http://www.almasryclub.com/topic.php?post=134
  5. ^ http://www.almasryclub.com/lastcouncil.php
  6. ^ http://www.almasryclub.com/post.php?post=4186

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