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
WebsiteClub website

Misr lel-Makkasa Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي مصر للمقاصة الرياضي), simply 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 adapted.

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Managers

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

References

  1. "Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry". mcsd.com.
  2. Maher, Hatem "MCSD join Smouha in Premier League". Filgoal, 2010-5-5. Retrieved on 5 May 2010.
  3. "Second Egyptian League 2009/10". Goalzz. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.
  4. "Egypt 2009/10". RSSSF. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.
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