Misr Lel Makkasa SC

Makkasa
Full nameMisr lel-Makkasa Sporting Club
Founded1937 (1937)
GroundFaiyum Stadium
Capacity20,000
PresidentMohamed Abdel Salam
Head coachMohamed Abdel-Galil
LeagueEgyptian Second Division
2021–22Egyptian Premier League, 18th
Websitewww.makasasc.com

Misr lel-Makkasa Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي مصر للمقاصة الرياضي), commonly known as Makkassa, is an Egyptian sports club based in Faiyum, Egypt. The club is related to Misr lel-Makkasa Company (Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry).[1]

Misr lel-Makkasa is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

The club was formerly known as Hweidi Club and El-Fara'na before the current name was adopted.

History

Football record

After few attempts, Misr eventually gained promotion to the Egyptian Premier League from the Second Division in 2009–10 for the first time in its history. It earned promotion after a 2–0 win against Wadi El Gedid FC at home ground.[2] Misr Lel Makasa came top on its group ahead of Telephonaat Bani Suweif FC.[3][4] El Mekkasa finished 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League in the second position to be the second time for the team to finish in the top four and first time to qualify to the CAF Champions League.

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
2016 CAF Confederation Cup PR  Ethiopia Defence Force 3–0 3–1 6–1
FR  DR Congo CS Don Bosco 3–1 0–1 3–2
SR  Algeria CS Constantine 3–1 0–1 3–2
PO  Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2018 CAF Champions League PR  Senegal Génération Foot 0–0 0–2 0–2

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  EGY Mohamed Koko
2 DF  EGY Ahmed Abdelaziz
3 DF  EGY Mohamed Desouki
4 MF  EGY Hesham Mohamed
5 MF  EGY Abdallah Magdy
6 MF  EGY Mostafa Shebeita
7 MF  EGY Emad Fathy
8 DF  EGY Asem Said
9 FW  EGY Basem Morsy
10 MF  EGY Salah Ashour
11 FW  MAD Paulin Voavy
12 DF  EGY Hosny Fathy (Captain)
14 MF  EGY Ahmed Adel
15 MF  UGA Khalid Aucho
16 GK  EGY Mahmoud Hamdy
17 DF  EGY Essam Sobhy
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  ETH Shimelis Bekele
20 MF  EGY Mahmoud El Ghazali
21 MF  EGY Ali Wezza
22 DF  EGY Osama Azab
24 MF  EGY Mohamed Makhlouf
25 GK  EGY Beltagy Samir
26 GK  EGY Mahmoud Abdel Monsef
27 MF  LBY Muftah Taktak
30 FW  EGY Ahmed Meteb
31 DF  EGY Fares Tarek
32 MF  EGY Ziad Ashraf
35 MF  MAR Ahmed Marchuh
36 DF  EGY Ahmed Sabeha
38 DF  EGY Mohamed Adel
42 MF  EGY Khaled Mostafa
MF  EGY Islam Saleh

Managers

  • Ahmed Abdel Halim (July 1, 2009 – May 23, 2010)
  • Tarek Yehia (June 6, 2010 – Oct 3, 2012)
  • Mohamed Abdel-Galil (Oct 6, 2012 – Feb 27, 2013)
  • Hossam Hassan (Feb 26, 2013 – May 28, 2013)
  • Tarek Yehia (May 27, 2013 – 2014)
  • Ehab Galal (July 19, 2014 – 2017)
  • Talaat Youssef (Feb 17, 2019 – April 20, 2019)
  • Jamal Omar (April 22, 2019 – June 9, 2019)
  • Mido (June 10, 2019 – Jan 21, 2020)
  • Jamal Omar (caretaker) (Jan 21, 2020 – Jan 31, 2020)
  • Emmanuel Amunike (Jan. 31, 2020 – Feb. 29, 2020)
  • Ehab Galal (Feb. 29, 2020 – Sept. 22, 2020)
  • Ali Ashour (Sept. 22, 2020 – Oct. 12, 2020)
  • Jamal Omar (caretaker) (Oct. 12, 2020 – Nov. 26, 2020)
  • Ehab Galal (Nov. 26, 2020 – Mar. 19, 2021)
  • Mohamed Azima (Mar. 24, 2021 – Jun. 28, 2021)
  • Mohamed Abdel-Galil (Jun. 29, 2021 – present)

References

  1. ^ "Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry". mcsd.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ Maher, Hatem "MCSD join Smouha in Premier League" Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. Filgoal, 2010-5-5. Retrieved on 5 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Second Egyptian League 2009/10" Archived 2020-11-24 at the Wayback Machine. Goalzz. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Egypt 2009/10" Archived 2023-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. RSSSF. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.