Wadi Degla SC

Coordinates: 29°57′26″N 31°18′49″E / 29.95722°N 31.31361°E

Wadi Degla SC

Full name	Wadi Degla Sporting Club نادي وادي دجلة الرياضي
Nickname(s)	Community of Champions (مجتمع الأبطال)
Short name	WDG
Founded	2002
Ground	30 June Stadium
Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Maged Samy
Manager	Mido
League	Egyptian Premier League
2015–16	Egyptian Premier League, 5th
Home colours Away colours

Wadi Degla Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي وادي دجلة الرياضي‎‎) is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo. In 2009–10, it was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for its first time in its history.

History

In 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division, Wadi Degla made history. The team defeated Al-Sekka Al-Hadid 3–1 in the last week of the competition to seal promotion to the highest level of football in Egypt, Egyptian Premier League, for the first time in its history.^[1][2] It took Wadi Degla only one season to promote from the second division to the premier league. This is a historical achievement that was only reached once before by Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab (a.k.a. Arab Contractors) in 1981.^[1]

Satellite clubs

Wadi Degla is known to have a large youth football academy.^[3] It is a similar project to that of ASEC Mimosas. The club has a close relationship with England's Arsenal Football Club.^[4]

The following clubs are affiliated with Wadi Degla:

• Lierse^[5]
• Arsenal^[6]

Honours & Achievements

Cup

• Egypt Cup
  •  : Runners up (1) : 2013

Performance in CAF competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2014	CAF Confederation Cup	1		AS Douanes Lomé	2–0	1–1	3–1
		2		Djoliba	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–3 p)

Current squad

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 Essam El-Hadary 2 DF Sameh Abdel-Fadil 3 DF Karim Mosaad 4 MF Mostafa Galal 5 DF Ragab Nabil 6 DF Ahmed El Aash 7 MF Mostafa Talaat 8 MF Karim Mamdouh 10 FW Arafa El-Sayed 13 DF Elsayed Salem 14 MF Islam Adel 16 MF Mostafa Galal

No. Position Player 17 DF Abdelrahman Ramadan 18 MF Tamer Moheb 19 MF Hossam Arafat 20 MF Ahmed Abdel-Raouf 23 FW Samuel Afum 24 DF Mahmoud Alaa El-Din 27 FW Alaa Ali 28 FW Mahmoud Shawky 29 MF Boubacar Diarra 30 MF Mohamed Helal 32 MF Mohamed Sherif 90 MF Ayman Adel 94 MF Ibrahima Ndiaye

Managers

• Hesham Zakaria (July 1, 2007 – May 23, 2010)
• Walter Meeuws (May 24, 2010 – June 30, 2012)
• Hesham Zakaria (July 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012)
• Mohamed Gamal (Jan 1, 2013 – April 5, 2013)
• Hany Ramzy (April 6, 2013 – Jan 12, 2014)
• Hesham Zakaria (Jan 13, 2014– Oct 1, 2014)
• Hamada Sedki (Oct 1, 2014–Jan 14, 2016)
• Patrice Carteron (Jan 15, 2016– Nov 15, 2016)
• Mido (Nov 15, 2016– )

References

1. Maher, Hatem "Wadi Degla promoted to Premier League". Filgoal, 2010-5-12. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
2. "Wadi Degla in 1st Division..." Wadi Degla Official Web site. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
3. Arsenal Soccer School
4. BBC.co.uk Arsenal set up shop in Cairo
5. K.Lierse S.K. – A Belgian Football Club under Wadi Degla’s ownership
6. among us

External links

• Wadi Degla Official Website