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| Full name | Al Masry Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | |||
| Short name | MAS, MSC | ||
| Founded | 18 March 1920 | ||
| Ground | Borg el-Arab Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 86,000 | ||
| Chairman | Kamel Abou Ali | ||
| Coach | Ali Maher | ||
| League | Egyptian Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | Egyptian Premier League, 5th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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| Al Masry's active sections | ||
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 Football |
 Handball |
 Athletics |
 Swimming |
 Field hockey |
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Al Masry Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest tier of the Egyptian football league system.
Al Masry has never won the league, but won their one Egyptian Cup in 1998. The club plays their home matches at the Port Said Stadium, with a capacity of 17,988.
History
Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said, it was the first club for Egyptians in a city that already had many clubs for the foreign communities living there.
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.[1] 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
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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.[2]
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.[3]
Sayed Metwally Complex
| Location | Port Said, Egypt |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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.[4]
Presidents
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
 / Sir Ahmed Hosny[5]
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1920 | 1925 |
| Mohamed El-Tobshy
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1925 | 1930 |
| Sir Awad Fakosa
|
1930 | 1935 |
| Ibrahim Youssef Lehita
|
1935 | 1940 |
/ / Abd El Rahman Pasha 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 |
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
