Pyramids FC

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.

Pyramids FC

Full name	Pyramids Football Club
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008) as Al Assiouty Sport, 2018; 7 years ago (2018) as Pyramids FC
Ground	30 June Stadium
Capacity	30,000
Owner	Salem Al Shamsi
Chairman	Mamdouh Eid
Manager	Krunoslav Jurčić
League	Egyptian Premier League
2023–24	Egyptian Premier League, 2nd of 18
Website	https://www.pyramidsfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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 from Beni Seuf.^[2][6] The team's name was changed to Pyramids FC, and the club moved 120 km to Cairo.^[7] 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]

On April 25 2025, Pyramids FC qualified for the CAF Champions League final for the first time after defeating South African club Orlando Pirates 3-2 on aggregate to face South African club Mamelodi Sundowns.

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

• Egyptian Premier League

Runners-up (3): 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

• Egypt Cup

Winners (1): 2023–24

Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2021–22

• Egyptian Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 2023

African

• CAF Confederation Cup

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

Performance in CAF competitions

• PR = Preliminary round
• FR = First round
• SR = Second round
• PO = Play-off round
• QF = Quarter-final
• SF = Semi-final

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Champions

Runners-up

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	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.	3–1	1–1	4–2
		Group D	Angola	Sagrada Esperança	5–1	1–0	2nd
			Mali	Djoliba	6–0	0–0
			Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	2–1	0–2
		QF	Morocco	AS FAR	4–1	0–2	4–3
		SF	South Africa	Orlando Pirates	3–2	0–0	3–2
		Final	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns

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 11 January, 2025

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 Ahmed El Shenawy (captain) 3 DF  EGY Mahmoud Marei 4 DF  EGY Ahmed Samy 5 DF  EGY Ali Gabr 6 DF  EGY Osama Galal 7 MF  EGY Youssef Obama 8 MF  BFA Blati Touré 9 FW  COD Fiston Mayele 10 FW  EGY Ramadan Sobhi 11 FW  EGY Mostafa Fathi 12 DF  EGY Ahmed Tawfik 13 MF  EGY Dunga 14 MF  EGY Mohanad Lasheen 15 DF  MAR Mohamed Chibi 16 GK  EGY Youssef Nader

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  EGY Mohamed Reda 18 MF  MAR Walid El Karti 19 FW  EGY Marwan Hamdy 20 FW  EGY Abdel Rahman Magdy 21 DF  EGY Mohamed Hamdy 22 GK  EGY Sherif Ekramy 23 MF  EGY Ahmed Atef 24 DF  EGY Tarek Alaa 26 FW  EGY Mohamed El Gabbas 27 FW  NGA Sodiq Awujoola 28 GK  EGY Ahmed Mayhoub 29 DF  EGY Karim Hafez 30 FW  EGY Ibrahim Adel 34 FW  EGY Emad Mayhoub 40 MF  NGA Samuel Amusan

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		36	26	7	3	072.22