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El-Masry

Al Masry
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Full name Al-Masry Sporting Club
النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية
Nickname(s) Boss of the Canal
The Green Eagles
The Pharaonic Horus
Short name MSC
Founded 18 March 1920; 96 years ago (1920-03-18)
Ground Port Said Stadium
Ground Capacity 17,988
Chairman Egypt Samir Halabia
Coach Egypt Hossam Hassan
League Egyptian Premier League
2015–16 Egyptian Premier League, 4th
Website Club home page
Current season
Al-Masry's active sections
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Football
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Handball
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Athletics
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Swimming
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Field hockey
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

Al-Masry Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية‎‎), is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for Egyptians in this coastal city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited there.

Al-Masry has won 22 official titles throughout its history. It is one of the five clubs that have the largest number of fans in Egypt, beside Al Ahly, Zamalek, Ismaily and El Ittihad El Sakandary.The club plays their home matches in the Port Said Stadium, with a capacity of 17,988.

Al-Masry was founded in 1920 after the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 not only to assert the Egyptian national identity facing the foreign communities clubs in Port Said, but also to resist the colonization in the sports field.

The club's name "Al-Masry" means "The Egyptian" originated from the patriotic song ("Qwm Ya Masry" – "Rise you Egyptian") sang and composed by the great musician Sayed Darwish who truly expressed national feelings against the British occupiers.

Al-Masry was one of the leading founder members of the Egyptian Football Association in 1921 which was considered a significant phase of the national struggle against colonization seeking independence and national liberation from foreign dominance in various fields.

The team witnessed a golden era since 1932 until 1948 as, it won many championships including three Sultan Hussein Cup in 1933, 1934 and 1937 before losing the final of 1938. Meanwhile, Al-Masry won the Canal Zone League 17 consecutive times (from 1932 to 1948).


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