Tersana SC

Tersana SC
Tersana Sporting Club is an Egyptian sports club based in Meet Okba, Giza, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
Tersana's most important accomplishments include winning the Egypt Cup title six times and the Egyptian league title once. On the continental side, Tersana also participated in the CAF Cup Winners' Cup once in 1987 and was eliminated in the second round by Tunisian Espérance. The first leg, played in Cairo, ended with a draw, while the second leg, played in Tunisia ended in a 0–2 loss.
History
The Tersana SC was established in 1921, when Egypt was a British protectorate, by English Major E.W. Slaughter. He became the first president of the club which was based first in Bulaq, then to Agouza, and to its current headquarters in Mit Okba in 1958.
The main reason for its establishment was to serve the staff of the Maritime Administration (currently the Ministry of Irrigation), so it was called Tersana. Blue uniforms were chosen to represent the sea.
There are different explanations for the nickname 'Hammers', typically signifying the hardness of the team. The most famous legend involves the team recruiting a number of former fedayeen. The nickname was popularized by sports critics Abdul Majid Noman and Najib Almstkawi after the intervention of defender Fouad Gouda, causing injury on foot Saleh Selim.
Record
Top scorers in Egyptian Premier League
By season
Total goals for Tersana
Egyptian caps
Formal records
Egyptian Premier League
Tersana holds the record for highest goals in a single season with 71 in 1963–64.
Hassan El-Shazly has the highest goals by a player with 34 in 1974–75.
Hassan El-Shazly has the most hat-tricks with ten.
Hassan El-Shazly is top league scorer with 173 goals.
Hassan El-Shazly won top scorer in record four seasons
Africa Cup of Nations
Hassan El-Shazly has the most hat-tricks with two, in Nigeria 1963 and Ivory Coast 1970.
Hassan El-Shazly is most valuable player in 1963.
Hassan El-Shazly is top scorer in 1963 with six goals
Hassan El-Shazly is top Egyptian scorer and fourth top scorer with 12 goals
1964 Summer Olympics
Moustafa Reyadh is second top scorer with 8 goals
Moustafa Reyadh is the only Egyptian player to score 6 goals in one match
Rivalry
The Mit Okba Derby is a football match between Tersana SC and Zamalek SC. The two Egyptian clubs have been rivals since their creations, and have both contested in the Egyptian Premier League, the country's top-flight football league.
Tersana SC won the league title in the 1962–63 season, while Zamalek won the title 12 times. The largest winning margin in this derby was 7–3 for Zamalek, in the 1962–63 season.
Statistics
Honours
Egyptian Premier League
Winners (1): 1962–63
Runners up (5): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1974–75
Egypt Cup
Winners (6): 1923, 1929, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1986
Runners up (3): 1950, 1956, 1966
Sultan Hussein Cup
Winners (2): 1928, 1930
Runners up (2): 1926, 1931
Cairo League
Winners (1): 1932–33
Runners up (4): 1930–31, 1933–34, 1947–48, 1949–50
Performance in the Egyptian Premier League
Performance in CAF competitions
FR = First round
SR = Second round
Notes
Performance in Arab competitions
Arab Club Championship: 1 appearance
1987 – Fourth place
Board of directors
Current squad
Current technical staff
Notable players
Abdel Halim El-Hamalawi
Abdel Kader Mohamed
Abdel Khair Saleh
Abdel Nabi Mahmoud
Ahmed Nagui
Ali Maher
Ali Mohamed Riad
Badawi Abdel Fattah
Fathi Baioumy
Gamal Abdel Halim
Hamdeto Ahmed
Hamdi Abdel Fattah
Hamza Abdel Mawla
Hassan Ali
Hassan Allouba
Hassan El-Shazly
Hossam Hassan
João Rafael Kapango
Mahmoud El-Shaghbi
Mahmoud Hassan
Mahmoud Fouad
Mohamed Abdel Wahed
Mohamed Aboul Ezz
Mohamed Aboutraika
Mohamed Ramadan
Mouhanad Boushi
Mohei Sharshar
Moustafa Reyadh
Raafat Mekki
Shaker Abdel Fattah
References
External links
Tersana History
Egyptian Football League clubs
Egyptian Second Division
Football clubs in Cairo
Football clubs in Egypt
Sport in Giza
1921 establishments in Egypt
Association football clubs established in 1921