Al Masry SC

History

Establishment and Early years

Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said, it was the first club for Egyptians in a Cosmoplitan city that already had many clubs for the foreign communities living there. The idea of creating a club for Egyptians was one of the manifestations of the 1919 Egyptian revolution against the British occupation. The first board of directors of the club was headed by Ahmed Hosni, Secretary General of the Municipal Council in Port Said. The board of directors comprised a group of Egyptians from the city’s notables, without any foreign member. It was taken into account that the formation of the board of directors reflected the representation of all Egyptians, both Muslims and Christians, to emphasize the nature of the club as a gathering entity for all spectrums of national identity, and the founding fathers of the club chose “Al Masry” which means in "The Egyptian" as a name for the club to emphasize this idea.

The founding members of Al Masry inspired the club's name from the famous national song Oum Ya Masry "Arise Egyptian" of Sayed Darwish. They also derived the color of Al Masry's green jersey from the green Flag of Egypt that the revolutionaries raised during the 1919 revolution for the first time. Al Masry began its activities by playing against Egyptian and foreign teams in the Canal region, the matches against foreign teams was full of enthusiasm that led to the increase of Al Masry's popularity to be the most popular team in Port Said. The club also contributed with some other Egyptian clubs to the establishment of the Egyptian Football Association in 1921.

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 inconsistent 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 Al Masry Club Stadium in 1953 and was officially inaugurated in 1955.

Sayed Metwally Complex

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 remained in 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
• Egyptian Confederation Cup
  • Winners (1): 1992 (shared record)
  • Runners-up (1): 1989
• Egyptian League Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2023
• 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

These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.

These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.

National club rankings

These are the footballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Captains

• 01- Egypt Ali Mabrouk
• 02- Egypt Hassan Al-Deeb
• 03- Egypt Helmi Mostafa
• 04- Egypt Abdulrahman Fawzi
• 05- Egypt Mohammed Hassan
• 06- Egypt Mohammed Gouda
• 07- Egypt Hamdeen Al-Zamek
• 08- Egypt Aly Helal
• 09- Egypt El-Sayed El-Tabei
• 10- Egypt El-Sayed Ali
• 11- Egypt Munir Gerges (Al-lewy)
• 12- Egypt Adel Al-Gazar
• 13- Egypt Mohamed Shahen
• 14- Egypt Aboud El Khodary
• 15- Egypt Mosaad Nour
• 16- Egypt Tarek Soliman
• 17- Egypt Mostafa Abu-Dahab
• 18- Egypt El-Sayed Eid
• 19- Egypt Ali Al-Said
• 20- Egypt Talaat Mansour
• 21- Egypt Ibrahim El-Masry
• 22- Egypt Mohamed Omar (Al-Ako)
• 23- Egypt Amr Al-Desoky
• 24- Egypt Abdallah Ragab
• 25- Egypt Hossam Hassan
• 26- Egypt Karim Zekri
• 27- Egypt Mohamed Gouda
• 28- Egypt Mohamed Ashour El-Adham
• 29- Ghana Akwety Mensah
• 30- Egypt Amr Al-Desoky
• 31- Egypt Mohamed Ashour El-Adham
• 32- Egypt Osama Azab
• 33- Egypt Ahmed Fawzi
• 34- Egypt Karim Zekri
• 35- Egypt Mohamed Ashour El-Adham
• 36- Egypt Osama Azab
• 37- Egypt Islam Salah

Managers

• Egypt Mahmoud El-Gohary
• Hungary Ferenc Puskás (1979–82)
• Poland Wojciech Łazarek (1 July 1992 – 30 June 1993)
• Egypt Ahmed Rifaat (9 July 1996 – 26 Oct 1996)
• Germany Michael Krüger (1 Jan 1998 – 31 Oct 1998)
• Egypt Mohsen Saleh (12 Oct 1998 – 10 Dec 1998)
• Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar (1 Feb 1999 – 30 June 2000)
• Egypt Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1 Aug 2000 – 26 Nov 2001)
• Egypt Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi (27 Nov 2001 – 1 July 2002)
• Egypt Tarek Soliman (9 Dec 2001 – 28 Jan 2002)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Fuad Muzurović (1 July 2002 – 30 Dec 2002)
• Egypt Farouk Gaafar (1 July 2004 – 1 Dec 2004)
• Germany Otto Pfister (1 July 2005 – Sept 22, 2005)
• Romania Alexandru Moldovan (Aug 2006 – Sept 06)
• Egypt Mohamed Omar (Sept 28, 2006–07)
• Egypt Tarek Soliman (interim) (1 April 2007 – 30 June 2007)
• Egypt Helmy Toulan (1 July 2007 – 1 Nov 2007)
• Egypt Hossam Hassan (29 Feb 2008 – 28 Dec 2008)
• Egypt Tarek Soliman (interim) (28 Dec 2008 – 11 Feb 2009)
• Hungary Bertalan Bicskei (11 Feb 2009 – 29 Aug 2009)
• Egypt Anwar Salama (29 Aug 2009 – 24 Jan 2010)
• Germany Theo Bücker (29 Jan 2010 – 4 May 2010)
• Egypt Mohammed Helmy (4 May 2010 – 26 May 2010)
• Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar (1 June 2010 – 26 Nov 2010)
• Egypt Alaa Mayhoob (interim) (27 Nov 2010 – 16 Dec 2010)
• Switzerland Alain Geiger (16 Dec 2010 – 6 April 2011)
• Egypt Tarek El Sawy (6 April 2011 – 4 May 2011)
• Egypt Taha Basry (4 May 2011 – 13 July 2011)
• Egypt Talaat Youssef (17 July 2011 – 15 Jan 2012)
• Egypt Hossam Hassan (15 Jan 2012 – 13 May)
• Egypt Sabry El-Menyawy (18 Aug 2013 – 21 Jan 2014)
• Egypt Anwar Salama (22 Jan 2014 – 14 May 2014)
• Egypt Tarek Soliman (interim) (14 May 2014 – 13 July 2014)
• Egypt Tarek Yehia (13 July 2014 – 16 Dec 2014)
• Spain Juan José Maqueda (20 Dec 2014 – 28 Apr 2015)
• Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar (28 Apr 2015 – 24 July 2015)
• Egypt Hossam Hassan (25 July 2015 – 28 October 2018)
• Egypt Ehab Galal (15 December 2018 – 20 February 2020)
• Egypt Tarek El Ashry (20 February 2020 – 31 August 2020)
• Egypt Ali Maher (31 August 2020 – 3 September 2021)
• Tunisia Moïne Chaâbani (12 September 2021 – 29 May 2022)
• Egypt Hossam Hassan (29 May 2022 – 31 August 2022)
• Egypt Ehab Galal (8 September 2022 – 3 December 2022)
• Egypt Hossam Hassan (14 December 2022 – 7 May 2023)
• Egypt Mimi Abdelrazek (7 May 2023 – 23 July 2023)
• Egypt Ali Maher (27 July 2023 – )

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

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