Pyramids FC

Pyramids Football Club (Arabic: نادي بيراميدز 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
Full namePyramids Football Club
Short namePYR, PFC
Founded2008 (2008) (as Al Assiouty Sport) 2018 (2018) (as Pyramids FC)
Ground30 June Stadium
Capacity30,000
OwnerSalem Al Shamsi
ChairmanMamdouh Eid
ManagerAnte Čačić
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2018–19Egyptian 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

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]

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

Players

Current squad
As of 1 February 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK El Mahdy Soliman
2 DF Ahmed Ayman Mansour
3 DF Abdallah Bakry
4 DF Omar Gaber (Vice-captain)
5 DF Ali Gabr (3rd captain)
6 MF Mohamed Fathy
7 FW Eric Traoré
8 FW Islam Issa
9 FW John Antwi
10 FW Ibrahim Hassan
11 DF Tarek Taha
12 MF Ahmed Tawfik
13 DF Ragab Bakar
14 MF Nabil Emad
15 MF Mahmoud Hamada
No. Position Player
16 GK Ahmed El Shenawy
17 FW Mohamed Farouk
18 FW Amor Layouni
19 MF Abdallah El Said (Captain)
20 DF Mohamed Atwa
21 DF Mohamed Hamdy
22 FW Lumala Abdu
23 DF Ahmed Fathy
24 DF Wilfried Kanon
25 GK Ahmed Daador
26 FW Mohamed El Gabbas
27 GK Sherif Ekramy
28 DF Mahmoud Abdel Kader
29 FW Ibrahim Adel
30 FW Hossam Ghanem

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Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
MF Azubuike Okechukwu (at İstanbul Başakşehir until 30 June 2020)
FW Ahmed Ali (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020)
FW Cristian Benavente (at Nantes until 30 June 2020)
No. Position Player
FW Nasser Mansi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2020)
FW Amr Marey (at Misr Lel Makkasa until 30 June 2020)
FW Ribamar (at Vasco da Gama until 31 December 2020)
FW 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 ""Present"" 14 9 1 4 064.29 .[12]

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.
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