# Wadi Degla SC

Wadi Degla Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي وادي دجلة الرياضي) is an Egyptian sports club known for its football team who currently play in Egyptian Second Division A. The club is related to Wadi Degla Holding, a construction company established in 1994.
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. 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.

## Associated clubs

In 2003, English club Arsenal ran an academy training program with the club's youth system, the program is no longer operational.
The following clubs are affiliated with Wadi Degla:
* Lierse
* Arsenal

## Honours
### League

* Egyptian Second Division
** Winners (1): 2009–10

### Cup

* Egypt Cup
** Runners-up (1): 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 |
| 2014 | CAF Confederation Cup | SR | Mali | Djoliba | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 (2–3 p) |

## Performance in domestic competitions

Egyptian Clubs Competitions :
| Year | League | Position | Egypt Cup |
| 2009–10 | Egyptian Second Division | 1 (Group B) | Third round |
| 2010–11 | Egyptian Premier League | 12 | Round of 16 |
| 2011–12 | Egyptian Premier League | not finished | not held |
| 2012–13 | Egyptian Premier League | not finished | Runners-up |
| 2013–14 | Egyptian Premier League | 6 (Group 2) | Semi-final |
| 2014–15 | Egyptian Premier League | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 2015–16 | Egyptian Premier League | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 2016–17 | Egyptian Premier League | 12 | Quarter-final |
| 2017–18 | Egyptian Premier League | 15 | Quarter-final |
| 2018–19 | Egyptian Premier League | 10 | Round of 16 |
| 2019–20 | Egyptian Premier League | 15 | Round of 16 |
| 2020–21 | Egyptian Premier League | 16 | Quarter-finals |

## Current squad

    As of 20 August 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## 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.