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
Nickname(s)(PSG - مصر)
Short namePYR, PFC
Founded27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) as Pyramids FC
Ground30 June Stadium
Capacity30,000
OwnerSalem Al Shamsi
ChairmanMamdouh Eid
ManagerEhab Galal
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2019–20Egyptian Premier League, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

History

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[2] 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 sponsor
Years Supplier Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2018–19 Kappa Saudia Swyp
2019–20 Adidas None
2020– Puma TikTok

Statistics

Performance in competitions
Year Premier League Egypt Cup Super Cup CAF Confederation Cup
2018-19Third placeRunners-updid not enterdid not enter
2019-20Third placeQuarter-finaldid not enterRunners-up
2020-21Third placeTBDdid not entersemifinalist

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 2–0 2–0 4–0
Group D  Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–3 0–2 2nd
 Zambia Nkana 3–0 1–0
 Tanzania Namungo 1–0 2–0
QF  Nigeria Enyimba 4–1 1–1 5–2
SF  Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–0 0–0 0–0 (4–5 p)
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup SR  Tanzania Azam 1–0 0–0 1–0
PO  DR Congo AS Maniema Union 1–0 1–0 2–0
Group TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD
TBD TBD
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 18 August 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
1 GK  EGY El Mahdy Soliman
3 DF  EGY Ahmed Ayman Mansour
4 DF  EGY Omar Gaber
5 DF  EGY Ali Gabr (3rd captain)
6 DF  EGY Osama Galal
7 FW  BFA Eric Traoré
8 FW  EGY Islam Issa
9 FW  PLE Mahmoud Wadi
10 FW  EGY Ramadan Sobhi
11 FW  EGY Nasser Mansi
12 DF  EGY Ahmed Tawfik
14 MF  EGY Nabil Emad
15 DF  EGY Ahmed Samy
16 GK  EGY Ahmed El Shenawy
17 MF  EGY Hesham Mohamed
18 FW  EGY Ibrahim Hassan
19 MF  EGY Abdallah El Said (Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  EGY Abdallah Magdy
21 DF  EGY Mohamed Hamdy
22 GK  EGY Sherif Ekramy
23 MF  MAR Walid El Karti
24 DF  EGY Ahmed Fathy
25 GK  EGY Ahmed Daadour
26 FW  EGY Mohamed El Gabbas
27 DF  EGY Hussein El Sayed
28 FW  TUN Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
29 GK  EGY Abdelrahman Ayman
30 FW  EGY Ibrahim Adel
31 GK  EGY Youssef Nader
32 FW  EGY Emad Mayhoub
33 MF  EGY Mahmoud Saber
37 FW  EGY Salah Yehia
39 DF  EGY Abdelrahman Sayed

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
— DF  CIV Wilfried Kanon (at Al-Gharafa SC until 30 June 2021)
— DF  EGY Ragab Bakar (at Ceramica Cleopatra FC 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)
— FW  GHA John Antwi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2022)

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 (interim)  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 29 June 2021 37 18 7 12 048.65 [13]
Takis Gonias  Greece 29 June 2021 10 September 2021 12 5 6 1 041.67 [14]
Ehab Galal  Egypt 11 September 2021 4 3 1 0 075.00

References
  1. "Pyramids FC نادي الفلوم 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.
  14. "OFFICIAL: Pyramids FC sack Arruabarrena, appoint Takis Gonias". Seif Soliman. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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