Wadi Degla

Full name	Wadi Degla Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Community of Champions مجتمع الأبطال
Short name	WDG
Founded	2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Ground	Petro Sport Stadium
Capacity	16,000
Coordinates	29°57′26″N 31°18′49″E / 29.95722°N 31.31361°E / 29.95722; 31.31361
Chairman	Tarek Rashed
Manager	Igor Tolic
League	Egyptian Second Division
2020–21	Egyptian Premier League, 16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Wadi Degla Sporting Club ( Arabic: نادي وادي دجلة الرياضي) is an Egyptian sports club known for its football team. The club is related to Wadi Degla Holding, a construction company established in 1994. ^[1]

In 2009–10, the club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in its history.

History

In 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division, Wadi Degla made history. The team defeated El-Sekka El-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. ^{[2] [3]} It took Wadi Degla only one season to gain promotion 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. ^[2]

Associated clubs

In 2003, English club Arsenal ran an academy training program with the club's youth system, ^[4] the program is no longer operational.

The following clubs are affiliated with Wadi Degla:^{[ citation needed]}

• Lierse
• Arsenal ^[4]
• Ergotelis

Honours

League

Egyptian Second Division

• Winners: 2009–10

Cups

Egypt Cup

• Runners-up: 2012–13

Performance in CAF competitions

• FR = First round
• SR = Second round

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

Performance in domestic competitions

Current squad

As of 20 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 Oussa ( Vice-captain) 3 DF   EGY Mohamed Gamal 4 DF   EGY Khaled Reda 5 DF   TUN Iheb Mbarki 6 DF   EGY Mahmoud Marei 7 DF   EGY Ahmed Magdy ( Captain) 8 MF   EGY Ahmed Said 9 FW   EGY Salah Amin 10 MF   EGY Mohamed Helal 11 DF   GHA Issahaku Yakubu 14 MF   EGY Mohamed Abdelaati 15 DF   EGY Bassam Walid 16 GK   EGY Mosaad Awad

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   EGY Amr Saleh 18 FW   ECU Diego Calderón 19 FW   EGY Hossam Arafat 20 DF   EGY Ibrahim Ragab 21 MF   EGY Ibrahim Ayesh 23 FW   EGY Ahmed Atef 27 MF   EGY Reda Abdelaal 28 GK   EGY Ahmed Mayhoub 30 MF   EGY Alexander Jakobsen 35 MF   EGY Saleh Nasr 55 GK   EGY Hussein Zekry 77 MF   EGY Mohamed Reda — MF   CRO Muhamed Alghoul

Out on loan

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

Managers

• Hesham Zakaria (1 July 2007 – 23 May 2010)
• Walter Meeuws (24 May 2010 – 30 June 2012)
• Hesham Zakaria (1 July 2012 – 31 December 2012)
• Mohamed Gamal (1 January 2013 – 5 April 2013)
• Hany Ramzy (6 April 2013 – 12 January 2014)
• Hesham Zakaria (13 January 2014 – 1 October 2014)
• Hamada Sedki (1 October 2014 – 14 January 2016)
• Patrice Carteron (15 January 2016 – 15 November 2016)
• Mido (15 November 2016 – December 2017)
• Tarek El Ashry (17 January 2018 – May 2018)
• Takis Gonias (12 June 2018 – 10 February 2020)
• Mustafa Al-Kharoubi (Caretaker) (10 February 2020 – 20 February 2020)
• Nikodimos Papavasiliou (20 February 2020 – 21 January 2021)
• Mario Salas (1 February 2021 – 27 May 2021)
• Abdul Baki Jamal (27 May 2021 – present)

Women

Wadi Degla women SC, the women's team won the 2020 Egyptian Women's Premier League for the 11th time and will feature in the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League. ^[5]

References

External links

• Official website