El-Olympi

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El-Olympi
Full name Egyptian Olympic Athletes Club, Alexandria
النادي الأوليمبي المصري بالأسكندريه
Founded 1905 (1905)
Ground Alexandria Stadium,
Alexandria, Egypt.
Ground Capacity 19,700
Manager Mohamed Helmy
League Egyptian Second Division
Home colours
Away colours

Egyptian Olympic Athletes Club, Alexandria shortened for El-Olympi (Arabic: النادي الأوليمبي المصري بالاسكندرية) is an Egyptian athletic club based in Alexandria,Founded in 1905, It is one of the oldest clubs in Egypt mostly known for its achievements in the Track and field games winning several gold medals in continental championships and also in the Olympiad.

Football

The Team's golden age was in the 1960s when the team could defeat Egypt's strongest teams at that time, winning the Egyptian Premier League in 1966. The team's level begun to drop due to financial problems. The team relegated in 2008-09 season and never show up in the Premier League again.

Honors

1966
1933, 1934

Performance in CAF competitions

  • African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance
1967: Quarter-Finals

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Egypt GK Mohamed Abbas
2 Egypt DF Karam Abou Taleb
6 Egypt DF Mostafa Fouad
9 Egypt FW Mohamed Dawood
11 Ghana MF Abdallah Othman
12 Egypt DF Basem Rasq Allah
17 Burkina Faso MF Issa Nikiema
18 Egypt FW Karim Adel
19 Egypt DF Ayman Shaaban
No. Position Player
21 Egypt MF Wakil Salama
22 Egypt FW Osama Ezz El-Din
23 Egypt MF Hani Ragab
24 Egypt DF Ahmed Gomaa
28 Ghana GK Ekow Caesar
29 Egypt GK Mahmoud El-Sayed
Egypt MF Khairy Abdel-Azim
Egypt FW Mohamed Sayed Ahmed
Egypt MF Ahmed Khalifa

Notable former players

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