The SATUC Cup

The SATUC Cup is an international five-a-side football tournament for U15 boys who are war refugees, orphans or come from underprivileged backgrounds. It was created by Princess Sheikha Al Thani and initially staged in Egypt in 2014. In 2015, eight international teams competed in Cairo and, in 2017, 24 nations will be represented in an expanded competition.

The inaugural event took place in Cairo when teams from all across the country were brought together to compete in the pilot competition.

The event was expanded to eight teams and there were representatives from Egypt, England, Syria, Philippines, Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Mauritania.

The matches took place in the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex in Egypt during August 28 – September 3, 2015 and the competition was won by Egypt who beat Ivory Coast 5-2 in the final. England came third, having beaten Morocco 5-2 in their 3/4 placed play-off match.

50 Syrian refugees and 100 Egyptian orphans competed in a 5 aside football tournament in Sharm El Sheikh between December 31, 2015 and January 3, 2016. New SATUC Ambassador George Weah attended the event as guest of honour

Teams from 24 countries will take part in the expanded competition in July 2017. An announcement about the venue will be made in January 2016.

The honorary President of the SATUC Cup is the former manager of Egypt, Hassan Shehata. The SATUC Cup ambassadors include Royal Ballet soloist Fernando Montano, Egypt's Ahmed Hassan, the most capped male international footballer of all time, Nader El-Sayed who won 110 caps as goalkeeper of the Egyptian national team, Moroccan footballer Aziz Bouderbala, Honduran national coach Jorge Luis Pinto, Wigan's FA Cup winning goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi, former Chelsea and Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini, Algerian European Cup winner Rabah Madjer and the Ivory Coast's Abdoulaye Traore.

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