Jump to content

Al Masry SC: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Line 858: Line 858:
[[Category:Football clubs in Port Said]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Port Said]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1920]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1920]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1920]]
[[Category:1920 establishments in Egypt]]
[[Category:1920 establishments in Egypt]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Egypt]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Egypt]]

Revision as of 12:23, 26 July 2024

Al Masry
Full nameAl Masry Sporting Club
Nickname(s)
Short nameMSC, MAS
Founded18 March 1920; 104 years ago (1920-03-18)
GroundBorg el-Arab Stadium
Capacity86,000
ChairmanKamel Abou-Aly
CoachAli Maher
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2022–23Egyptian Premier League, 5th
Websitehttp://www.al-masryclub.com/
Current season
Al Masry's active sections

Football

Handball

Athletics

Swimming

Field hockey

Al Masry Sporting Club (Template:Lang-ar), commonly known as Al Masry, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team that currently competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest tier of the Egyptian football league system.

Al Masry won one title of Egypt Cup in 1998, 3 Sultan Hussein Cup and has a record of 17 Canal Zone League but has never won the Egyptian Premier League, despite being the third most participating club in the league after the two giants Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC. Al Masry used to play their home matches at the Port Said Stadium, which is under reconstruction, but now all their matches (Home & Away) are being played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.


History

Establishment and Early years

Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said, Al Masry was the first club for Egyptians in this Cosmoplitan city that used to have many clubs for the foreign communities living there at that time.[1] 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.[2]

First titles (1927 - 1949)

Masry_Club_1932-1934
Al Masry team, winners of Sultan Hussein Cup in 1934
Abdulrahman Fawzi, one of Al Masry players who represented Egypt in the World Cup 1934

Al Masry won the first official title in the club's history in 1927, by being the champions of the first editions of the Canal Zone League in 26-27 season at the expense of the “Hesperia” team. Al Masry also succeeded in reaching the final match of the Egyptian Cup in the same season, however, the club lost the final match to Al Ahly. Al Masry maintained the Canal Zone League title for five seasons in row until the 30-31 season, before losing the title in the 31-32 season, then returned to win the title in the following season 32-33, then in the 36-37 season, before regaining the dominance over the title for five consecutive seasons, from the 40-41 season until the 44-45 season, then Al Masry finished runner-up in the following season 45-46, then regained its control of the tournament for three consecutive seasons from the 46-47 season until the 48-49 season. This long history in the Canal Zone League qualified the club to be nicknamed as Boss of the Canal. In 1933, Al Masry won their first Sultan Hussein Cup after beating Olympic Club, then maintained the title in the following year 1934 after beating Al-Ahly SC 4-2 in Cairo. Al Masry also won the third title of the Sultan Hussein Cup after beating Zamalek SC 2-1 in 1937. Al Masry contributed to the formation of the first football team of Egypt to participate in the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy by two players Abdulrahman Fawzi and Mohammed Hassan, Abdulrahman Fawzi scored 2 goals in the tournament to be the first Egyptian, Arab and African player to score in the World Cup.

Beginning of the Egyptian League

Al Masry participated in the Egyptian Premier League since its inception in 1948.The club came in the fourth place at the end of the first edition of the league, and Al Masry's all-time top scorer in the league, El-Sayed El-Dhizui (89 goals), was the top goal scorer in the first edition of the league with 15 goals. Al Masry also reached the final of the Egypt Cup twice during the 1940s, in 1945 and 1947, but lost the title both times to Al Ahly. Al Masry suffered severely due to the repercussions of the tripartite aggression of Britain, France and Israel against Egypt in 1956 in the context of the Suez Crisis. The aggression took place mainly in Port Said, this led to the relegation of the club to the second division for the only time in the club's history in 1957–58, before returning to the Egyptian Premier League in 1960–61. After the 1967 Six-Day War and the suspension of sporting activity in Egypt, Al Masry's players among Port Said's inhabitants were forced to displace internally in different cities in Egypt after the decision of the Egyptian government to evacuate Port Said from its inhabitants to protect them from the Israeli airstrikes. Some of Al Masry players were either recruited or volunteered to the Egyptian Armed Forces such as Abdo Abou Hussein, who was a player in Al Masry and got martyred in Yom Kippur War in October 1973. Despite the hard conditions, lack of financial resources and absence of suitable ground for trainings and matches during the period of the wars after 1967, Al Masry's board decided to compete normally in the 1972–73 Egyptian Premier League, which was the first season to be held since the suspension of the sporting activity in Egypt. Al Masry succeeded to maintain its position in the Egyptian Premier League and the matches of the team were the occasions that allowed the supporters of the club and the people of Port Said to meet together.

Al Masry chasing the glory (1980-1990)

Al Masry started a new era under the leadership of the club's historical president Sayed Metwally after being elected as a president in 1980. One of the important decisions taken by Metwally was appointing the legend Ferenc Puskás as a manager for the team. Puskas pushed Al Masry's legend Mosaad Nour and his comrades to be a fierce competitor for titles, he led the club to the third place in the Premier League for two times in 1979–80 and 1980–81 after Al Ahly and Zamalek, then to the fifth place in 1981-82 despite dominating the top of the league most of the season. Al Masry celebrated the club's Golden Jubilee in 1980, ten years after the normal date, due to the hard conditions related to the period of the wars, Al Masry stunned the UEFA Cup champions Eintracht Frankfurt with a 2-1 victory in a friendly match in Port Said Stadium.[3] Despite the big stars that played for Al Masry during the eighties like Mosaad Nour, Eno, Gamal Gouda, Tarek Soliman, Ebrahim Ghasempour and Abdolreza Barzegari, the club faced a bad luck by losing three finals of the Egyptian cup in 1983, 1984 and 1989.

New titles and African appearance (1990-2002)

Al Masry's most prominent star of this period was Ibtahim El-Masry, who was nicknamed Maradona of Port Said. He led the the club to win the Egyptian Confederation Cup in 1992 over Olympic Club, which withdrew from the final. The Club also won the first Egyptian Cup title in 1998 under the leadership of the German manager Michael Krüger who led Al Masry to beat his former club Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC 4-3 in Cairo Stadium. As a champion of Egypt Cup, Al Masry participated for the first time in the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1999. Al Masry had a successful journey in the tournament by beating famous African teams like Al-Merreikh, Asante Kotoko and AS Dragons but got knocked out in the semi-final by Club Africain. Year 2002 witnessed the second participation of the club in African competitions, through participating in the CAF Cup after coming in third place in the former season of the Egyptian Premier League. Al Masry reached the semi-final for the second time in an African coemption, before getting knocked out by JS Kabylie.

Period of regression (2003-2013)

Despite signing mega Egyptian stars like Hossam Hassan, Ibrahim Hassan, Nader El-Sayed, Mohamed Emara and Samir Kamouna who led Al Masry to the semi-final of Egypt Cup in 2005, the club witnessed a decade of regression due to the lack of financial resources and the rising of the phenomena of the clubs affiliated to rich companies or state institutions, which caused deterioration in the performance and results of the majority of traditional popular clubs in Egypt. The president of the club passed away in 2008 to exacerbate the crisis of the club and to becomes threatened with relegation. The quick solution came when Kamel Abou-Aly assumed the responsibility as a new president for the club. Kamel Abou-Aly started to restructure the club administratively, financially and signed new players to form a new strong team capable of returning back as a competitor for titles.

Kamel Abou-Aly's project started to be productive, as the club regained much of its strength, but this project received a severe blow that aborted it due to Port Said Stadium disaster which took place in February 2012 caused the deaths of 72 from Al Ahly fans, and hundreds of injuries. 69 from Al-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 the club 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.[4] Nevertheless, 2012–13 season was not completed and was cancelled due to the political situation in Egypt after the June 2013 Egyptian protests.

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, but it managed to maintain its position in the Egyptian Premier League.

Restoration of shine

Al Masry started the 2015–16 season under the coaching of the Egyptian legend and 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 qualified to the CAF Confederation Cup after 14 years of absence from African completions.

Al Masry came at the fourth place in the 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League and also reached the final of the 2016–17 Egypt Cup for the eleventh time in the club's history but lost to Al Ahly 2–1 in extra time at Borg El Arab Stadium.[5] Al Masry lost the Egyptian Super Cup, after a defeat to Al Ahly SC 1–0 in the 12th minute of the first extra half of the match.[6]

Starting from 2017, Al Masry maintained regular participation at most of the seasons in the CAF Confederation Cup and the club managed under the leadership of Ali Maher to qualify to the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup.[7]

Kits and crest

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, subsequently Al Masry is nicknamed The Green Eagles. The club's main colors, green and white inspired from Egypt's flag after the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 as a symbol of patriotism and belonging to Egypt.[8]

Rivalries

The Canal Derby is a rivalry between Egyptian clubs Al Masry SC and Ismaily SC. Both clubs are located in the Suez Canal Region, and their matches are considered one of the most prominent matches in Egypt with a live broadcast and relatively big media coverage. Typically, the derby is played twice each season with two matches in the Egyptian Premier League, but it is not uncommon to find the teams meeting each other in the Egypt Cup or the Egyptian League Cup.

Grounds

Al Masry Club 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 Al Masry Club Stadium in 1953 and was officially inaugurated in 1955 by the presence of Hussein El-Shafei on behalf of Gamal Abdel Nasser.[9] However, Al Masry Club Stadium was demolished in 2021, and a new sports complex is currently being built in the same area that will include a new stadium with a capacity of 20,000.

Borg El Arab Stadium

Al Masry currently plays all the domestic matches (Home & Away) in Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria 307.2 km away from Port Said.

Abdel Wahab Kouta Pitch

It is located in Al Masry Club branch in Al Dawahi district in Port Said. It is considered the main training ground for the first team; it holds some friendly games of the first team, and it is also the official home ground for the youth and junior teams.

Sayed Metwally Complex

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.[10]

Honours

Performance in CAF competitions

  • 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[a]
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 RS Berkane 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
Notes
  1. ^ FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation on 17 March 2017. As a result, Djoliba could not play the second leg, and Al Masry won on walkover.[11]

Performance in Arab competitions

1999 – Bronze Medalist
2008 – First Round

IFFHS ranking

Al Masry is ranked in the 499 place among the MEN CLUB WORLD RANKING in June 2024 by IFFHS.[12]

Football database ranking

Club world ranking

CAF 5-year ranking

The club ranking for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup is be based on results from each CAF club competition from the 2019–20 to the 2023–24 seasons.


Rank Club 2018
(× 1)
2018–19
(× 2)
2019–20
(× 3)
2020–21
(× 4)
2021–22
(× 5)
Total
36 Morocco ASFAR Rabat 0 0 0 2 0 8
36 Tunisia US Monastir 0 0 0 2 0 8
38 Egypt Al Masry SC 2 0 2 0 0 8
39 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 2 1 0 0 7
40 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 0 0 0 1 0.5 6.5
41 Libya Al Ittihad 0 0 2 0 0 6
41 South Africa AmaZulu 0 0 2 0 0 6
43 Algeria MC Alger 0 3 0 0 0 6
44 Nigeria Enyimba 2 2 0 0 0 6
45 Ghana Medeama 0 0 0 0 1 5
46 Tunisia Club Africain 0 0 0 0 1 5

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024[14]

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 Essam Tharwat
3 DF Algeria ALG Imadeddine Boubekeur
4 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Dabash
7 DF Egypt EGY Karim El Eraki
8 MF Egypt EGY Amr Moussa (captain)
9 FW Egypt EGY Amr Marei
10 MF Egypt EGY Hassan Ali
13 DF Egypt EGY Amr El Saadawy
14 MF Tunisia TUN Elyes Jelassi
17 DF Egypt EGY Hussein Al Sayed
18 FW Algeria ALG Abderrahim Deghmoum
19 MF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Hamada
20 MF Nigeria NGA Emeka Christian Eze
22 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed El Sheikh
27 GK Egypt EGY Mahmoud Gad
28 FW Tunisia TUN Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Tunisia TUN Mootez Zaddem (on loan from Espérance de Tunis)
30 MF Egypt EGY Islam Abou Slemma
31 GK Egypt EGY Mohamed Shehata
35 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Shadad
37 FW Cameroon CMR Franck Mbella Etouga
38 DF Egypt EGY Islam Al Mazayen
39 MF Egypt EGY Zyad Farag
40 MF Egypt EGY Osama El Gazzar
GK Egypt EGY Ihab El Aiady
DF Egypt EGY Karim Alaa
DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Gad
MF Egypt EGY Islam Ateia
MF Egypt EGY Mostafa Abou El Hassan
MF Egypt EGY Ragab Omran
MF Egypt EGY Sherif Dabo
FW Egypt EGY Mohamed El Gamal

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Egypt Ali Maher
General Coach Egypt Mohammed Abdul-Kareem
Assistant Coach Egypt Amine Omar
Goalkeeper Coach Egypt Mostafa Fathi
Fitness Coach Egypt Wael Raafat
Fitness Analyst Egypt Abdelrahman El Zoghbi
Football Director Egypt Vacant
Administrator Egypt Mahmoud Gaber
Club Doctor Egypt Mahmoud El Shahat
Physiotherapist Egypt Ahmed Sameh
Masseur Egypt Yousry Sadek
Masseur Egypt Hussien Hassan
Masseur Egypt Mohamed Ayad

Source: [15]

[16] [17]

Board of directors

Office Name
President Egypt Kamel Abou-Aly
Vice President Egypt Rajab Abdel Qader
Vice President Egypt Al-Husseini Abu Qamar
Secretary of the fund Egypt Mohamed Al-Feqi
Board Member Egypt Yasser Salem
Board Member Egypt Imad Al-Barsha
Board Member Egypt Yasser Yahya
Board Member Egypt Abu Al-Azayem Salama
Board Member Egypt Ahmed Essam Shaaban
Board Member Egypt Mohamed Moussa
Board Member Egypt Ahmed Al-Tahan

Club figures

Presidents

Name From To
Egypt/Egypt Sir Ahmed Hosny[18] 1920 1925
Egypt Mohamed El-Tobshy 1925 1930
Egypt Sir Awad Fakosa 1930 1935
Egypt Ibrahim Youssef Lehita 1935 1940
Egypt/Egypt/Egypt Abd El Rahman Pasha Lotfi 1940 1964
Egypt Major General Khalil Tarman 1964 1967
Egypt/Egypt Abd El Hamid Hussien 1971 1974
Egypt Mohamed Moussa 1974 1978
Egypt Ahmed Fouad El-Makhzangy Feb 1978 Dec 1979
Egypt Major General Ibrahim El-Mor May 1980 Aug 1980
Egypt/Egypt Sayed Metwaly 1980 1988
Egypt Major General Ibrahim El-Mor 1988 1989
Egypt Sayed Metwaly 1989 1991
Egypt Adel El-Gazar March 1991 May 1991
Egypt Sayed Metwaly 1991 1997
Egypt Kamel Abou-Aly Aug 1997 Dec 1997
Egypt Abdel Wahab Kouta Jan 1998 2002
Egypt Sayed Metwaly Sept 2002 2008
Egypt Aly Fragallah 2008 2009
Egypt Kamel Abou-Aly 2009 2013
Egypt Yasser Yehia 2014 July 2015
Egypt Samir Halabia 23 July 2015 2022
Egypt Kamel Abou-Aly 2022 Present

Captains

Managers

Other sports

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

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 2013 to be Egypt's first radio station for a club.[citation needed]

Sponsors

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Template:استشهاد ويب/بسيط
  3. ^ "OnThisDay in 1980, Al Masry stunned UEFA Cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 on the Port Said side's Golden Jubilee". KingFut.com. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "محكمة دولية تنتصر للمصري بـ"مجزرة بورسعيد"". CNN. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ^ "الأهلي يتوج بالكأس رقم 37 في تاريخه". Goal.com.
  6. ^ "الأهلي يتوّج بلقب كأس السوبر للمرة العاشرة في تاريخه". Al Ahly SC Website. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. ^ "اتحاد الكرة: الأهلى وبيراميدز يشاركان فى دورى الأبطال.. والزمالك والمصرى للكونفدرالية" [EFA confirms Al Ahly and Pyramids participation in the Champions League next season, Zamalek and Al Masry to play in the Confederation Cup]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Al Masry Sporting Club :: الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية :: تأسس عام 1920 :: كيف و متى أصبح للمصري شعار؟". Al Masry club. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Al Masry Sporting Club: الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية :: تأسس عام 1920 ::استاد المصرى". Al Masry club. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Al Masry board names the club's training pitch after Metwally". almasryclub.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  11. ^ "FIFA Suspends Malian Football Association (FEMAFOOT)". FIFA.com. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  12. ^ "MEN CLUB WORLD RANKING June 2024 by IFFHS". IFFHS. 25 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Club World Ranking by footballdatabase". footballdatabase. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Al Masry: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  15. ^ "الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية -". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Yallakora.com". Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Filgoal.com". 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Al Masry Sporting Club: الموقع الرسمي للنادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية :: تأسس عام 1920 ::مجلس الإدارة الحالى السابق". Al Masry club. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Ahmed Refaat - Stats and titles won". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

Independent websites