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)
GroundHaras El Hodoud Stadium
Capacity22,000
Chairman Mohamed Farag Amer
Manager Hamada Sedki
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2018–19Egyptian Premier League, 12th
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

Domestic

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 29 september 2019

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 Mohamed Abou Gabal
2 DF Mahmoud Moaaz
3 DF Osama Ibrahim
4 DF Ragab Nabil
5 DF El Sayed Farid
6 DF Mahmoud Mansour
7 MF Mahmoud Sayed
8 MF Islam Saleh
9 FW Ahmed Hassan Mekky
10 MF Ahmed Nabil
11 FW Mohamed Hamdy Zaky
12 MF Abdel Aziz Emam
14 MF Ahmed Homos
No. Position Player
15 FW Benson Shilongo
16 GK Essam Tharwat
17 FW Oumed Oukri
18 FW Hossam Hassan
19 FW Derrick Nsibambi
20 DF Mahmoud Ezzat
22 DF Amir Abed
23 DF Yasser Ibrahim
31 MF Sherif Reda
32 MF Mahmoud Samy
34 FW Yamodou Touré
35 MF 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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