Modern Future FC
Full nameModern Future Football Club
نادي مودرن فيوتشر لكرة القدم
Short nameMOF
Founded2011 (2011) as Coca-Cola FC
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) as Future FC
August 2023 (2023-08) as Modern Future FC
GroundAl Salam Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanWalid Zaki
ManagerRicardo Formosinho
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2022–234th

Modern Future Football Club (Arabic: نادي مودرن فيوتشر لكرة القدم), formerly known as Future FC and Coca-Cola FC, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

History

The club was owned by the Egyptian branch of The Coca-Cola Company since its establishment in 2011 until 2021.[1] Coca-Cola's last season under that name witnessed their promotion to the 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history, as they finished top of their group in the 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division.[2]

On 2 September 2021, Future company for sports investments announced the acquisition of the club for a reported fee of £E80 million (approximately €4 million), and renamed the club to Future FC.[3] In their first season in the Premier League, Future finished 5th in the league but still qualified to the CAF Confederation Cup as the league was not finished by the CAF deadline. In the Confederation Cup, the club were eliminated in the group stage due to a mistake in Ahmed Refaat registration; hence, their results were ruled forfeited in all matches in which this player participated.

In the 2022–23 season, Future managed to win the inaugural Egyptian League Cup after a 5–1 win over Ghazl El Mahalla in the final. Meanwhile, they finished fourth in the league to qualify to the Confederation Cup for the second consecutive season.

In August 2023, the club had new ownership and was renamed to Modern Future FC ahead of the 2023–24 season.[4]

Current squad

As of 26 September 2023[5]

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 Mahmoud Hamdy
3 FW Guinea GUI Hadji Barry
4 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Rizk
5 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Marei
6 DF Egypt EGY Ali El Fil
7 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Farouk
9 FW Egypt EGY Marwan Mohsen
10 MF Egypt EGY Nasser Maher
11 DF Egypt EGY Tarek Taha
13 DF Cameroon CMR Jonathan Ngwem
14 MF Egypt EGY Mohanad Lasheen
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Tunisia TUN Aymen Sfaxi
16 GK Egypt EGY Mahmoud Genish (captain)
18 FW Egypt EGY Omar El Said
22 FW Morocco MAR Abdelkabir El Ouadi
21 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Shaaban
25 GK Egypt EGY Mohamed Tarek
27 MF Egypt EGY Ghanam Mohamed
29 DF Egypt EGY Omar Kamal
30 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Atef
— MF Gabon GAB Christ Bekale
— MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Mahmoud

Performance in CAF competitions

  • FR = First round
  • SR = Second round
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup FR  Uganda BUL Jinja 1–0 0–0 1–0
SR  Sierra Leone Kallon 4–0 2–0 6–0

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "آخرها كوكاكولا.. مليارات على المستطيل الأخضر في مصر". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 2 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Coca-Cola FC secure historic promotion to Egyptian Premier League". kingfut.com. 2 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (2021-09-03). "Sports investment company take over newly-promoted Coca-Cola FC". KingFut. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  4. ↑ "مفاجأة من العيار الثقيل بشأن مستقبل نادي فيوتشر" (in Arabic). one3.news. 22 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Modern Future: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

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