Full name | Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club |
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Nickname(s) | El Fallahen (team) The Blue Ghoasts (supporters) |
Founded | 1936 |
Ground |
El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt. |
Capacity | 29,000 |
Chairman | Ahmed Maher |
Head Coach | Ashraf Kasem |
League | Egyptian Second Division |
2015–16 | Premier League, 18th (Relegated) |
Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club is an Egyptian football club based in El-Mahalla El-Kubra. They are members of the Egyptian Premier League. They won the Egyptian Premier League once in 1973. Ghazl Mahalla history has witnessed many achievements , most significantly during the age of the Golden Generation which led the team to reach the final of the African championship African Champions League in 1974, only beaten in the final by CARA Brazzaville from the People's Republic of the Congo. The team also reached the final of the Egypt Cup six times, won the third place in the championship of the Arab Clubs Champions Cup in Tunisia in 1996.
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