Al Masry SC

Establishment and Early years

Founded on 18 March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said, it was the first club for Egyptians in a Cosmoplitan city that already had many clubs for the foreign communities living there. 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…

Egypt Cup Winners (1): 1997–98 Runners-up (9): 1926–27, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1988–89, 2016–17 Sultan Hussein Cup Winners (3): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1936–37 Runners-up (1): 1937–38 Egyptian Confederation Cup Winners (1): 1992 (shared record) Runners-up (1): 1989 Egyptian League Cup Winners (1): 2025–26 Runners-up (1): 2022–23 Canal Zone League Winners (17): 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 (record)