Pyramids FC

Association football club in Cairo, Egypt

Football club
Pyramids FC
Full namePyramids Football Club
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008) as Al Assiouty Sport
2018; 6 years ago (2018) as Pyramids FC
Ground30 June Stadium
Capacity30,000
OwnerSalem Al Shamsi
ChairmanMamdouh Eid
ManagerKrunoslav Jurčić
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2023–24Egyptian Premier League, 2nd of 18
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season

Pyramids Football Club (Arabic: نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or نادي الأهرام لكرة القدم) is an Egyptian professional football club based in New Cairo, Cairo that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.[1] Formed in 2008 as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Suef, the club was bought and moved to Cairo by Turki Al-Sheikh in 2018. Later on, Salem Al Shamsi bought the club in July 2019.

History

Al Assiouty Sport

The club was formed as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Seuf in 2008.[2] The club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in 2014,[3] but finished 19th and were relegated in their first season.[4] They won Group A of the Second Division in 2016–17 and were promoted back to the Premier League.[5]

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 bought Al Assiouty Sport. Previously the honorary president of Al Ahly, Al Sheikh resigned from his position following disagreements about signings and stadium construction, and bought the club from Beni Seuf.[2][6] The team's name was changed to Pyramids FC, and the club moved 120 km to Cairo.[7] Former Al Ahly 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.[8]

In their first season under the new name, Pyramids finished the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League in third place,[9] qualifying for the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup, and reached the 2019 Egypt Cup Final, where they lost 3–0 to Zamalek.[10] In July 2019, the Emirati businessman Salem Al Shamsi acquired the ownership of the club.[11] Pyramids FC managed to establish themselves as Egypt's 3rd best team always placing third except in the 21-22 season where they finished second only behind Zamalek.

First participation in African tournaments

Competing in a continental tournament for the first time, Pyramids reached the final of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup despite starting the competition in its preliminary rounds. After beating Étoile du Congo, CR Belouizdad, and Young Africans in the qualifiers they went on to top their group in the First Round, containing Enugu Rangers, FC Nouadhibou, and Al-Masry, winning all bar one of their games.[12] In the quarter-final they beat Zanaco 3–1 over two legs, and then won 1–0 against Horoya in the semi-final.[12] In the final, held in Rabat, they lost 1–0 to Moroccan side RS Berkane.[13] In the league, Pyramids again finished third,[14] in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, again qualifying for the following season's CAF Confederation Cup.

On 25 December 2023, in the Egyptian Super Cup semi-final, Pyramids lost on penalty kicks to Modern Future, failing to achieve their first championship.[15] On 30 August 2024, the club achieved their first-ever title following a 1–0 win over ZED in the 2024 Egypt Cup final.[16]

Value

Pyramids FC became one of the most valuable African sports clubs in 2024

Team Country Value
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa €35.40m
Al Ahly Egypt €28.45m
Pyramids FC Egypt €22.25m
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia €20.88m
Zamalek Egypt €18.80m

Honours

Domestic

Runners-up (3): 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Winners (1): 2023–24
Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2021–22
Runners-up (1): 2022–23

African

Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Pyramids Women

Pyramids has announced the formation of the women's team in 2022, they currently compete in Egyptian Women's Premier League

Television channel

Pyramids FC TV, is Egyptian sport television channel owned by Pyramids FC and Turki Al-Sheikh, launched in 2018.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2018–2019 Kappa Saudia Swyp
2019–2020 Adidas None
2020–2021 Puma TikTok
2021– MyWhoosh None

Statistics

Performance in competitions

Year EPL Egypt Cup Egyptian Super Cup CAF Confederation Cup CAF Champions League
2018–19 Third place Runners-up did not enter did not enter did not enter
2019–20 Third place Quarter-finals did not enter Runners-up did not enter
2020–21 Third place Quarter-finals did not enter Semi-finals did not enter
2021–22 Runners-up Runners-up did not enter Quarter-finals did not enter
2022–23 Runners-up Semi-finals Runners-up Quarter-finals did not enter
2023–24 Runners-up Champions Third place did not enter Group stage
2024–25 TBD TBD TBD did not enter Second round

Performance in CAF competitions

  • PR = Preliminary round
  • FR = First round
  • SR = Second 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[a]
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 CA 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 CA 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 A  Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–0 1–1 2nd
 Zambia Zanaco 1–0 2–0
 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 2–1 0–1
QF  DR Congo TP Mazembe 0–0 0–2 0–2
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup SR  Sudan Hilal Al Sahil 7–0 2–0 9–0
PO  Niger ASN Nigelec 3–0 0–1 3–1
Group C  Togo ASKO Kara 1–0 4–1 2nd
 Egypt Future FC 2–1 1–1
 Morocco ASFAR 2–2 0–1
QF  South Africa Marumo Gallants F.C. 1–1 0–1 1–2
2023–24 CAF Champions League SR  Rwanda APR F.C. 6–1 0–0 6–1
Group A  DR Congo TP Mazembe 1–0 0–3 4th
 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 2–2 0–2
 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 0–0
2024–25 CAF Champions League FR  Zanzibar JKU S.C. 6–0 3–1 9–1
SR  Rwanda APR F.C. 1–1
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 20 September, 2024

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 Ahmed El Shenawy (captain)
3 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Marei
4 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Samy
5 DF Egypt EGY Ali Gabr
6 DF Egypt EGY Osama Galal
7 MF Burkina Faso BFA Blati Touré
8 MF Egypt EGY Islam Issa
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Fiston Mayele
10 FW Egypt EGY Ramadan Sobhi
11 FW Egypt EGY Mostafa Fathi
12 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Tawfik
13 MF Egypt EGY Dunga
14 MF Egypt EGY Mohanad Lasheen
15 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Chibi
16 GK Egypt EGY Youssef Nader
17 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Reda
18 MF Morocco MAR Walid El Karti
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Saber
20 FW Egypt EGY Mahmoud Zalaka
21 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Hamdy
22 GK Egypt EGY Sherif Ekramy
23 FW South Africa RSA Fagrie Lakay
25 FW Egypt EGY Youssef Osama
26 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed El Gabbas
27 FW Egypt EGY Karim El Tayeb
28 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed Mayhoub
29 DF Egypt EGY Karim Hafez
30 FW Egypt EGY Ibrahim Adel
32 FW Nigeria NGA Tolulope Samuel Ojo
33 FW Egypt EGY Marwan Hamdy
35 FW Egypt EGY Abdel Rahman Magdy
40 MF Nigeria NGA Samuel Amusan
— MF Egypt EGY Youssef Obama
— MF Egypt EGY Abdallah Magdy

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 [17]
Ricardo La Volpe  Argentina 17 August 2018 29 October 2018 7 3 3 1 042.86 [18]
Hossam Hassan  Egypt 29 October 2018 25 January 2019 11 6 5 0 054.55 [19]
Ahmed Hassan (interim)  Egypt 25 January 2019 5 February 2019 1 1 0 0 100.00
Ramón Díaz  Argentina 5 February 2019 31 May 2019 13 8 4 1 061.54
Sébastien Desabre  France 8 July 2019 19 December 2019 19 12 4 3 063.16 [20]
Abdel Aziz Abdel Shafy (interim)  Egypt 20 December 2019 27 December 2019 2 1 1 0 050.00 [21]
Ante Čačić  Croatia 26 December 2019 1 November 2020 33 21 3 9 063.64 [22]
Rodolfo Arruabarrena  Argentina 11 November 2020 30 June 2021 37 18 12 7 048.65 [23]
Takis Gonias  Greece 29 June 2021 11 September 2021 12 5 6 1 041.67 [24]
Ehab Galal  Egypt 11 September 2021 24 April 2022 27 17 6 4 062.96
Takis Gonias  Greece 25 April 2022 4 January 2023 39 24 5 10 061.54
Jaime Pacheco  Portugal 5 January 2023 5 February 2024 58 31 14 13 053.45
Krunoslav Jurčić  Croatia 7 February 2024 35 25 7 3 071.43

References

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  22. ^ "الكرواتي شاشيتش مدربًا جديدًا لبيراميدز" [Croatian Cacic new coach for Pyramids]. Mohamed El-Sweify (in Arabic). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ "OFFICIAL: Pyramids FC sack Arruabarrena, appoint Takis Gonias". Seif Soliman. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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