Pyramids FC

Pyramids Football Club (Arabic: نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or نادي الأهرام لكرة القدم), is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.[1] Pyramids FC play their home matches at the 30 June Stadium.

Pyramids FC
Full namePyramids Football Club
Short namePYR, PFC
Founded2008 (2008) as Al Assiouty Sport
27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) as Pyramids FC
Ground30 June Stadium
Capacity30,000
OwnerSalem Al Shamsi
ChairmanMamdouh Eid
ManagerRodolfo Arruabarrena
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2019–20Egyptian Premier League, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

History

Al Assiouty Sport era: 2008–2018

Al Assiouty Sport was formed in 2008 in Assiut. The club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in its history in 2014, after winning the promotion play-offs.[2]

Pyramids FC era: 2018–present

Pyramids first logo used from 2018 to 2020.

In the summer of 2018 the Chairman of the Saudi Sports Authority Turki Al Sheikh took over the team. The team's name was changed from Al Assiouty Sport to Pyramids FC and the money he invested in the club went on to affect the Egyptian Premier League.[3] On 28 June 2018, former Al Ahly’s coach, Hossam El Badry was announced as chairman of the club, Ahmed Hassan as spokesman and football team supervisor, Hady Khashaba as football director and former Botafogo coach Alberto Valentim as the new manager.[4]

On 4 July 2019, the Emirati businessman Salem Al Shamsi managed to acquire the ownership of Pyramids FC.[5]

Honours

National

Egypt Cup

International

CAF Confederation Cup

Kits

Kits supplier and shirt's sponser

Years Supplier Sponsor
2018–19 Kappa Saudia, Swyp
2019–20 Adidas Swyp
2020– Puma

Statistics

Domestic competitions

Year Premier League Egypt Cup Super Cup
2018–19Third placeRunners-updid not enter
2019–20Third placeQuarter-finaldid not enter

Performance in CAF competitions

  • PR = Preliminary round
  • FR = First round
  • PO = Play-off round
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • SF = Semi-final
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup PR  Congo Étoile du Congo 4–1 1–0 5–1
FR  Algeria CR Belouizdad 1–1 1–0 2–1
PO  Tanzania Young Africans 3–0 2–1 5–1
Group A  Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 6–0 1–0 1st
 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 0–1 3–1
 Egypt Al Masry 2–0 2–1
QF  Zambia Zanaco 0–1 3–0 3–1
SF  Guinea Horoya 2–0[lower-alpha 1]
Final  Morocco RS Berkane 0–1
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup FR  Libya Al Ittihad Tripoli 3–2 1–0 4–2
PO  Ivory Coast RC Abidjan
Notes
  1. Tie was played as a one-legged fixture at a neutral venue in Morocco due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

Players

Current squad

As of 8 December 2020

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  EGY El Mahdy Soliman
2 DF  EGY Ahmed Ayman Mansour
3 DF  EGY Abdallah Bakry
4 DF  EGY Omar Gaber (Vice-captain)
5 DF  EGY Ali Gabr (3rd captain)
7 FW  BFA Eric Traoré
8 FW  EGY Islam Issa
9 FW  GHA John Antwi
10 FW  EGY Ramadan Sobhi
11 DF  EGY Tarek Taha
12 MF  EGY Ahmed Tawfik
13 FW  PLE Mahmoud Wadi
14 MF  EGY Nabil Emad
16 GK  EGY Ahmed El Shenawy
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  EGY Mohamed Farouk
18 FW  EGY Ibrahim Hassan
19 MF  EGY Abdallah El Said (Captain)
20 MF  EGY Mahmoud Hamada
21 DF  EGY Mohamed Hamdy
22 GK  EGY Sherif Ekramy
23 FW  EGY Ahmed El Sheikh
24 DF  EGY Ahmed Fathy
25 DF  EGY Ahmed Samy
26 FW  EGY Mohamed El Gabbas
28 DF  CIV Wilfried Kanon
30 FW  EGY Ibrahim Adel
33 DF  EGY Mahmoud Saber
FW  URU Diego Rolán (on loan from Deportivo de La Coruña)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  BRA Ribamar (at CR Vasco da Gama until 30 December 2020)
DF  EGY Ragab Bakar (at Ceramica Cleopatra FC until 30 June 2021)
MF  PER Cristian Benavente (at Royal Antwerp until 30 June 2021)
FW  EGY Nasser Mansi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021)
FW  EGY Amr Marey (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021)
FW  EGY Mahmoud Salah (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020)

Pyramids FC managers

Name Nationality From To P W D L Win % Notes
Record
Alberto Valentim  Brazil 1 July 2018 16 August 2018 3 2 1 0 066.67 [6]
Ricardo La Volpe  Argentina 18 August 2018 29 October 2018 7 3 3 1 042.86 [7]
Hossam Hassan  Egypt 29 October 2018 25 January 2019 11 6 5 0 054.55 [8]
Ramón Díaz  Argentina 26 January 2019 6 July 2019 12 8 3 1 066.67 [9]
Sébastien Desabre  France 7 July 2019 18 December 2019 25 16 6 3 064.00 [10]
Abdel Aziz Abdel Shafy (Caretaker)  Egypt 18 December 2019 26 December 2019 2 1 1 0 050.00 [11]
Ante Čačić  Croatia 26 December 2019 1 November 2020 36 23 5 8 063.89 [12]
Rodolfo Arruabarrena  Argentina 11 November 2020 3 1 1 1 033.33 [13]

References

  1. "Pyramids FC |نادي الأهرام الرياضي".
  2. "الأسيوطي سبورت يتأهل للدوري الممتاز" [Al Assiouty Sport promoted to the Egyptian Premier League] (in Arabic). FilGoal. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. "Egyptian football revolution to take Africa by storm". ESPN.com. 4 July 2018.
  4. "Pyramids FC announces their chairman, coach and new signings". EgyptToday.
  5. "UAE businessman Salem Al Shamsi acquires Egyptian football team Pyramids FC". The National. 6 July 2019.
  6. "KingFut - Egyptian Football News, Opinion and Scores". KingFut.
  7. "Pyramids FC name Ricardo La Volpe as new head coach". Seif Soliman. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. "OFFICIAL: Hossam Hassan appointed as Pyramids FC manager". kingfut.com. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  9. "Pyramids FC appoint Argentina's Ramon Diaz as new manager". kingfut.com. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  10. "Exclusive: Desabre to join Egyptian money bags". football-256.com. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  11. "زيزو مديرًا فنيًا مؤقتًا لبيراميدز.. وفتح الله مساعدًا" [Zizou is a temporary technical director for Pyramids ... and Fathallah is his assistant]. Mohamed El-Sweify (in Arabic). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  12. "الكرواتي شاشيتش مدربًا جديدًا لبيراميدز" [Croatian Cacic new coach for Pyramids]. Mohamed El-Sweify (in Arabic). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  13. "رودولفو أروابارينا مدربًا جديدًا لبيراميدز" [Pyramids FC announce appointment of Rodolfo Arruabarrena as new head coach]. Seif Soliman (in Arabic). 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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