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| Full name | Al Masry Sporting Club | ||
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| Short name | MAS, MSC | ||
| Founded | 18 March 1920; 105 years ago (1920-03-18) | ||
| Ground | Suez Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 27,000 | ||
| Chairman | Kamel Abou Ali | ||
| Coach | Ali Maher | ||
| League | Egyptian Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | Egyptian Premier League, 5th | ||
| Website | www | ||
 Current season | |||
| Al Masry's active sections | ||
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 Football |  Handball |  Athletics |
 Swimming |  Field hockey | |
Al Masry Sporting Club (Arabic:النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian sports club based inPort Said,Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professionalfootball team that competes in theEgyptian Premier League, the highest tier of theEgyptian football league system.
Al Masry has never won the league, but won their oneEgyptian Cup in 1998. The club used to play their home matches at thePort Said Stadium, with a capacity of 17,988.
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Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians inPort Said, it was the first club for Egyptians in aCosmoplitan city that already had many clubs for the foreign communities living there.[1] The idea of creating a club for Egyptians was one of the manifestations of the1919 Egyptian revolution against theBritish 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, bothMuslims andChristians, 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 songOum Ya Masry "Arise Egyptian" ofSayed Darwish. They also derived the color of Al Masry's green jersey from the greenFlag 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 theCanal 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 theEgyptian Football Association in 1921.
In February 2012 thePort Said Stadium disaster took place, where rioting Masry fans caused the deaths of 72rival 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 the2011–12 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 theCourt 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.[2] 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 the2015–16 season under the coaching of theEgyptian former player of the teamHossam 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 theCAF Confederation Cup after 14 years of absence from African completions.
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Al Masry's crest is composed of a greenpharaonicHorus eagle that holds the Sun disk over its head in between its two upraised wings; the crest was inspired by the shape ofTutankhamun'spendants referring to challenge and strength, so the team is nicknamedthe green eagles. The club's main colours, green and white come fromEgypt's flag after theEgyptian Revolution of 1919 as a symbol ofpatriotism.[3]
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 namedAl Masry Club Stadium in 1953 and was officially inaugurated in 1955.[4]
| Location | Port Said,Egypt |
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| Owner | Al Masry SC |
| Operator | Al Masry SC |
| Capacity | No Seats |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Renovated | 2011 |
| Tenants | |
| Al Masry SC Al Masry Juniors and all other youth levels | |
TheSayed Metwally Complex is the training center ofEgyptian 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.[5]
| Name | From | To |
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 / Sir Ahmed Hosny[6] | 1920 | 1925 |
| Mohamed El-Tobshy | 1925 | 1930 |
| Sir Awad Fakosa | 1930 | 1935 |
| Ibrahim Youssef Lehita | 1935 | 1940 |
/ / Abd El RahmanPasha Lotfi | 1940 | 1964 |
| Major General Khalil Tarman | 1964 | 1967 |
/ Abd El Hamid Hussien | 1971 | 1974 |
| Mohamed Moussa | 1974 | 1978 |
| Ahmed Fouad El-Makhzangy | Feb 1978 | Dec 1979 |
| Major General Ibrahim El-Mor | May 1980 | Aug 1980 |
/ Sayed Metwaly | 1980 | 1988 |
| Major General Ibrahim El-Mor | 1988 | 1989 |
| Sayed Metwaly | 1989 | 1991 |
| Adel El-Gazar | March 1991 | May 1991 |
| Sayed Metwaly | 1991 | 1997 |
| Kamel Abou-Aly | Aug 1997 | Dec 1997 |
| Abd El wahab Kouta | Jan 1998 | 2002 |
| Sayed Metwaly | Sept 2002 | 2008 |
| Aly Fragallah | 2008 | 2009 |
| Kamel Abou-Aly | 2009 | 2013 |
| Yasser Yehia | 2014 | July 2015 |
| Samir Halabia | 23 July 2015 | 2022 |
| Kamel Abou-Aly | 2022 | Present |
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Club world ranking[edit]These are thefootballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.[8]
| These are thefootballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.
| National club rankings[edit]These are thefootballdatabase club's points 3 June 2018.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Ali Maher |
| General Coach | Mohammed Abdul-Kareem |
| Assistant coach | Saif Dawood |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Mostafa Fathi |
| Football Director | Vacant |
| Administrator | Mahmoud Gaber |
| Club Doctor | |
| Physiotherapist | Ahmed Sameh |
| Masseur | Yousry Sadek |
| Masseur | Hussien Hassan |
| Masseur | Mohamed Ayad |
Source:[10]
Ali Mabrouk Hassan Al-Deeb Helmi MostafaAbdulrahman FawziMohammed Hassan Mohammed Gouda Hamdeen Al-Zamek Aly Helal El-Sayed El-Tabei El-Sayed Ali Munir Gerges (Al-lewy) Adel Al-Gazar Mohamed ShahenAboud El KhodaryMosaad NourTarek Soliman Mostafa Abu-Dahab El-Sayed Eid Ali Al-Said Talaat MansourIbrahim El-Masry Mohamed Omar (Al-Ako) Amr Al-DesokyAbdallah RagabHossam HassanKarim ZekriMohamed GoudaMohamed Ashour El-Adham
Akwety Mensah Amr Al-DesokyMohamed Ashour El-Adham Osama Azab Ahmed FawziKarim ZekriMohamed Ashour El-Adham Osama AzabIslam SalahMahmoud El-Gohary
Ferenc Puskás (1979–82)
Wojciech Łazarek (1 July 1992 – 30 June 1993)Ahmed Rifaat (9 July 1996 – 26 Oct 1996)[citation needed]
Michael Krüger (1 Jan 1998 – 31 Oct 1998)Mohsen Saleh (12 Oct 1998 – 10 Dec 1998)
Zlatko Kranjčar (1 Feb 1999 – 30 June 2000)Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1 Aug 2000 – 26 Nov 2001)Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi (27 Nov 2001 – 1 July 2002)Tarek Soliman (9 Dec 2001 – 28 Jan 2002)
Fuad Muzurović (1 July 2002 – 30 Dec 2002)Farouk Gaafar (1 July 2004 – 1 Dec 2004)Otto Pfister (1 July 2005 – Sept 22, 2005)
Alexandru Moldovan (Aug 2006 – Sept 06)Mohamed Omar (Sept 28, 2006–07)Tarek Soliman(interim) (1 April 2007 – 30 June 2007)Helmy Toulan (1 July 2007 – 1 Nov 2007)Hossam Hassan (29 Feb 2008 – 28 Dec 2008)Tarek Soliman(interim) (28 Dec 2008 – 11 Feb 2009)Bertalan Bicskei (11 Feb 2009 – 29 Aug 2009)Anwar Salama (29 Aug 2009 – 24 Jan 2010)Theo Bücker (29 Jan 2010 – 4 May 2010)Mohammed Helmy (4 May 2010 – 26 May 2010)Mokhtar Mokhtar (1 June 2010 – 26 Nov 2010)Alaa Mayhoob(interim) (27 Nov 2010 – 16 Dec 2010)
Alain Geiger (16 Dec 2010 – 6 April 2011)Tarek El Sawy (6 April 2011 – 4 May 2011)Taha Basry (4 May 2011 – 13 July 2011)Talaat Youssef (17 July 2011 – 15 Jan 2012)Hossam Hassan (15 Jan 2012 – 13 May)Sabry El-Menyawy (18 Aug 2013 – 21 Jan 2014)Anwar Salama (22 Jan 2014 – 14 May 2014)Tarek Soliman(interim) (14 May 2014 – 13 July 2014)Tarek Yehia (13 July 2014 – 16 Dec 2014)
Juan José Maqueda (20 Dec 2014 – 28 Apr 2015)Mokhtar Mokhtar (28 Apr 2015 – 24 July 2015) Hossam Hassan (25 July 2015 – 28 October 2018)Ehab Galal (15 December 2018 – 20 February 2020)Tarek El Ashry (20 February 2020 – 31 August 2020)Ali Maher (31 August 2020 – 3 September 2021)
Moïne Chaâbani (12 September 2021 – 29 May 2022) Hossam Hassan (29 May 2022 – 31 August 2022)Ehab Galal (8 September 2022 – 3 December 2022) Hossam Hassan (14 December 2022 – 7 May 2023) Mimi Abdelrazek (7 May 2023 – 23 July 2023) Ali Maher (27 July 2023 – )Al Masry SC also competes in other sports, such as handball, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, billiards, table tennis and field hockey.[citation needed]
Al Masry FM is the officialradio station of the club; it was launched as anInternet radio station on 28 December,[year missing] making it Egypt's first radio station belonging to a club.[citation needed]
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