Al Masry SC

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 unstable 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.

The Egyptian flag (1922–1958).

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]

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.[3]

• 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)

• 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
1999	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Sudan	Al Merrikh	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–3 p)
		SR	Ghana	Asante Kotoko	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–2 p)
		QF	DR Congo	AS Dragons	3–0	0–1	3–1
		SF	Tunisia	Club Africain	0–4	0–0	0–4
2002	CAF Cup	FR	Kenya	Mathare United	2–0	2–0	4–0
		SR	Botswana	Botswana Defence Force XI	2–0	2–4	4–4 (a)
		QF	Madagascar	AS Adema	2–0	1–0	3–0
		SF	Algeria	JS Kabylie	1–0	0–2	1–2
2017	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Nigeria	Ifeanyi Ubah	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–0 p)
		FR	Mali	Djoliba	w/o	0–2	w/o[lower-alpha 1]
		PO	Uganda	KCCA	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–4 p)
2018	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Zambia	Green Buffaloes	4–0	1–2	5–2
		FR	Tanzania	Simba	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		PO	Gabon	CF Mounana	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Group B	Mozambique	UD Songo	2–0	1–1	2nd
			Sudan	Al Hilal	2–0	1–1
			Morocco	RS Berkane	1–0	0–0
		QF	Algeria	USM Alger	1–0	1–0	2–0
		SF	DR Congo	AS Vita Club	0–0	0–4	0–4
2018–19	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Burkina Faso	Salitas	0–2	0–0	0–2
2019–20	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Zanzibar	Malindi	3–1	4–1	7–2
		PO	Seychelles	Côte d'Or	2–0	4–0	6–0
		Group A	Mauritania	FC Nouadhibou	1–0	3–2	2nd
			Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	4–2	1–1
			Egypt	Pyramids	1–2	0–2
		QF	Morocco	RS Berkane	2–2	0–1	2–3
2021–22	CAF Confederation Cup	SR	Uganda	URA	1–0	0–0	1–0
		PO	Nigeria	Rivers United	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Group C	DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2–0	0–2	2nd
			Cameroon	Coton Sport	2–0	0–0
			Congo	AS Otohô	1–0	0–1
		QF	Morocco	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

Notes

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

1999 – Bronze Medalist

• Arab Champions League: 1 appearance

2008 – First Round

Position	Staff
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

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Al Masry SC also competes in other sports, such as handball, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, billiards, table tennis and field hockey.

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.

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• WE
• GLC
• SAIBBank
• OPPO
• EGYPTAIR

• Egyptian Premier League
• Egypt Cup
• Sultan Hussein Cup

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• Official website
• El-Masry fans official website Archived 11 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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