# Suez SC

Suez Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي منتخب السويس للألعاب الرياضية), also known as Suez Montakhab, is an Egyptian football club based in Suez, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

## History

After two clubs of Suez city were relegated to the Egyptian Second Division (the first was Ittihad Suez club in season 1965/1966 and the second was Suez El-Riyadi club in season 1966/1967) the two clubs joined to found Suez Montakhab Club in 1967.
* Ittihad Suez club played in the Egyptian Premier League for ten seasons starting from season 1955/1956.
* Suez El-Riyadi club played in the Egyptian Premier League for five seasons starting from season 1957/1958 and reached the final of the Egypt Cup in season 1964/1965 but lost the final against Tersana 4/1.
* Suez Montakhab played in the Egyptian Premier League for fifteen seasons starting from season 1974/1975 and reached the final of the Egypt Cup in season 1989/1990 but lost the final against Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 2/1 and won fourth place in the League Cup in season 1999/2000 when Suez Montakhab beat Ma'aden 2/1. The EFA abolished this result because Suez Montakhab used an ineligible player and Ma'aden won the third place.
Since that time, Suez Montakhab has played in the Egyptian Second Division.

## Colours

Suez Montakhab's colours, white and blue, come from Suez's flag. Suez Montakhab's home kit is a white shirt with blue shorts. The team's away kit is a blue shirt with white shorts.

## Stadium

Suez Montakhab formerly played their home games at Suez Stadium.

### Suez Stadium

* Capacity : 25,000
* Site : Zayteyat, Suez
In addition to Suez Montakhab, the Suez Stadium is the main stadium for Petrojet and Suez Cement as well.

## Performance in the Egyptian Premier League
### Ittihad Suez's history in the Egyptian Premier League

| Season | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Group | |
| 1955–56 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 18 | 7th | | |
| 1956–57 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 21 | 13th | | |
| 1957–58 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 14 | 4th | Group A | |
| 1958–59 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 5th | | |
| 1959–60 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 15 | 7th | | |
| 1960–61 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 13 | 10th | | |
| 1961–62 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 16 | 6th | | |
| 1962–63 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 26 | 4th | Group A | |
| 1963–64 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 7th | Group B | Relegation |
| 1965–66 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 13 | 11th | | Relegation |
| Egyptian Premier League | 151 | 51 | 40 | 60 | 180 | 203 | −23 | 142 |

### Suez El-Riyadi's History in The Egyptian Premier League

| Season | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Group | |
| 1957–58 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 6th | Group B | Relegation |
| 1962–63 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 17 | 7th | Group B | |
| 1963–64 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 6th | Group A | |
| 1964–65 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 16 | 11th | | Relegation |
| 1966–67 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 13 | 12th | | Relegation |
| Egyptian Premier League | 102 | 31 | 20 | 51 | 107 | 144 | −37 | 82 |

### Suez Montakhab's History in the Egyptian Premier League

| Season | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Group | |
| 1974–75 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 28 | 13th | | |
| 1975–76 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 8th | Group A | |
| 1976–77 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 29 | 6th | | |
| 1977–78 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 27 | 8th | | |
| 1978–79 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 20 | 9th | | |
| 1979–80 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 22 | 14th | | Relegation |
| 1985–86 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 18 | 10th | | |
| 1986–87 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 17 | 11th | | Relegation |
| 1988–89 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 24 | 9th | | |
| 1990–91 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 39 | −29 | 20 | 17th | | Relegation |
| 1994–95 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 32 | 6th | | |
| 1995–96 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 9th | | |
| 1996–97 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 33 | 12th | | |
| 1997–98 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 31 | 14th | | Relegation |
| 1999–00 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 35 | −21 | 27 | 12th | | Relegation |
| Egyptian Premier League | 404 | 98 | 151 | 155 | 255 | 386 | −131 | 391 |

## Best achievements

* Egyptian Premier League
** Ittihad Suez : 4th : 1957–58, 1962–63
** Suez El-Riyadi : 6th : 1963–64
** Suez Montakhab : 6th : 1976–77, 1994–95
* Egyptian Cup
** Suez El-Riyadi : Final : 1964–65
** Suez Montakhab : Final : 1989–90
* Egyptian League Cup
** Suez Montakhab : 4th : 1999–00

## Board of directors

| Position | Staff |
| President | Ahmed Abou Nazel |
| Member | Reda Abdel Samad |
| Member | Ahmed Ghareb |
| Member | Mahmoud Etman |
| Member | Osama Al Moshi |
| Member | Kamel Sa'fan |
| Member | Saed Khalefa |

## Players and coaching staff
### Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Ramadan Al-Sayed |
| Football Director | Mohamed Seyam |
| General Coach | Khaled Metwali |
| Coach | Emam Mohamaden |
| Goalkeeper Coach | vacant |

### Current First Team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | EGY | Ali Abdel Rahem |
| — | GK | EGY | Mohamed Ibrahim |
| — | GK | EGY | Abdel Latif Mostafa |
| — | DF | EGY | Ibrahim Abdel Fattah |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Ghani "Eno" |
| — | DF | EGY | Khaled Abdel Naser |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Wahed |
| — | DF | EGY | Sameh Shosha |
| — | DF | EGY | Yassin Ahmed |
| — | DF | EGY | Ayman Mostafa "Kotta" |
| — | DF | EGY | Farouq Wahba |
| — | DF | EGY | Amr Ramadan |
| — | MF | EGY | Kamal Tayser |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Zekri |
| — | MF | EGY | Essam Hassan |
| — | MF | EGY | Nader Al Sayed |
| — | MF | EGY | Waled Bakr |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Ragab |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Yehya |
| — | MF | EGY | Ahmed Samir |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Gabbar |
| — | MF | EGY | Ahmed Fawzi |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Fadi |
| — | FW | EGY | Alaa Abdel Tawab |
| — | FW | EGY | Mohamed Abdul allah |
| — | FW | EGY | Ahmed Mansour |
| — | FW | EGY | Adel Emam |
| — | FW | EGY | Ahmed Abdul allah |
| — | FW | EGY | Abdul Gallel Hosni "Kamatsho" |
| — | FW | EGY | Waled Mosa |
| — | FW | EGY | Mohamed Ali Al Soghayar |
| — | FW | EGY | Soma Mostafa |
| — | FW | EGY | Hani Gamal |