Smouha SC

Smouha Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي سموحة الرياضي), simply known as Smouha, is an Egyptian sports club based in Smouha, Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

Active departments of Smouha SC
Football Basketball
(Men's)
Handball
(Men's)
Squash Basketball
(Women's)
Handball
(Women's)
Swimming Tennis Volleyball
(Men's)
Table tennis Karate Volleyball
(Women's)
Taekwondo Judo Athletics
Gymnastics Hockey Croquet
Equestrian Billiards Chess
Smouha SC
Full nameSmouha Sporting Club
(Egyptian Pronunciation: سموحة, Semouha)
Nickname(s)The Blue Wave
(Egyptian Pronunciation: الموج الأزرق, El Moug El Azra')
Founded29 December 1949 (1949-12-29)
GroundAlexandria Stadium
Capacity22,000
Chairman Mohamed Farag Amer
Manager Ahmed Samy
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2019–20Egyptian Premier League, 5th
WebsiteClub website

Football club

In football, Smouha finished in second place in the 2008–09 Egyptian Second Division season. They were close to being promoted to the Egyptian Premier League, but they lost their final match against Kafr El-Zayat, so Mansoura was promoted instead. In the 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division Smouha secured promotion to the 2010-11 Egyptian Premier League after a 7–1 win against Abu Qair Semad on 28 April 2010.[1] Smouha played in the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in its history. The current president of Smouha sporting club is Egyptian millionaire and member of parliament Mohamed Farag Amer, founder and chief executive of Faragallah Group, a producer of food products. The club was close to being relegated in the 2010–11 season. They had a good start in the 2012–2013 premier league season, defeating Cairo Giant Al Ahly 1–0, Ghazl El Mahalla 5–1 and Wadi Degla 3–0.

Honours and achievements

League

Cup

Performance in CAF competitions

  • PR = Preliminary round
  • FR = First round
  • SR = Second round
  • PO = Play-off round
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2015 CAF Champions League PR  Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 1–0 0–1 1–1 (5–3 p)
FR  Nigeria Enyimba 2–0 0–1 2–1
SR  Congo AC Léopards 2–0 0–1 2–1
Group A  Morocco Moghreb Tétouan 3–2 1–2 4th
 Sudan Al Hilal 1–1 0–2
 DR Congo TP Mazembe 0–2 0–1
2017 CAF Confederation Cup FR  Kenya Ulinzi Stars 4–0 0–3 4–3
PO  South Africa Bidvest Wits 1–0 0–0 1–0
Group C  Zambia ZESCO United 1–1 0–1 4th
 Angola Recreativo do Libolo 2–0 0–0
 Sudan Al Hilal El Obeid 1–1 1–2

Current squad

As of 10 January 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  EGY Mahmoud Moaaz
3 DF  EGY Osama Ibrahim
4 DF  EGY Ragab Nabil
5 DF  EGY El Sayed Farid
6 DF  EGY Mahmoud Mansour
7 MF  EGY Mahmoud Sayed
8 MF  EGY Islam Saleh
9 FW  EGY Ahmed Hassan Mekky
10 MF  EGY Ahmed Nabil
11 FW  EGY Mohamed Hamdy Zaky
12 MF  EGY Abdel Aziz Emam
14 MF  EGY Ahmed Homos
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  NAM Benson Shilongo
16 GK  EGY Essam Tharwat
17 FW  ETH Oumed Oukri
18 FW  EGY Hossam Hassan
19 FW  UGA Derrick Nsibambi
20 DF  EGY Mahmoud Ezzat
22 DF  EGY Amir Abed
23 DF  EGY Yasser Ibrahim
24 MF  EGY Ali Ghazal
26 DF  SDN Athar El Tahir
31 MF  EGY Sherif Reda
32 MF  EGY Mahmoud Samy
34 FW  GUI Yamodou Touré
35 MF  EGY Ibrahim Abdelkawi

Managers

References

  1. Maher, Hatem "Smouha seal first Premier League promotion". Filgoal, 2010-4-28. Retrieved on 28 April 2010.


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