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Al-Masry Sporting Club, (Egyptian pronunciation: (:elˈmasry)), commonly known as Al Masry or El Masry, النادي المصري is an Egyptian sporting club that is best known for its association football team, based in Port Said. Founded on 18th of March 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for Egyptians in the great revolutionary city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said. Al-Masry, which means "The Egyptian" in the native Egyptian Arabic, won 22 official titles along its history. It is one of the five clubs that have the largest number of fans in Egypt, beside Al Ahly, Zamalek, Ismaily and Al Ittihad El Sakandary. The club's football team plays in the Egyptian Premier League. ==History== Al-Masry was founded in 1920 after the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 to assert the national identity of the people of Port Said against the clubs of the foreign communities in the city and to be a tool to resist colonisation in the field of sport. The club's name "Al-Masry" which means "The Egyptian" originated from the patriotic song ("Qwm Ya Masry" – "Rise you Egyptian") sang and composed by the great musician Sayed Darwish who truly expressed national feelings against the British occupiers. The team began a golden era in 1932 until 1948 and won a number of titles and succeeded during this period to win the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1933, 1934 and 1937 also losing in the final of 1938. Meanwhile it won the Canal Zone League 17 consecutive times, although the greatest achievement for the team remains the winning of the Egypt Cup in 1998 after beating El Mokawloon in the final (4–3).〔()〕 Al-Masry turned professional in the 1983–84 season and was among the first clubs to buy foreign players; the first ever foreign players bought were Iranians called Ebrahim Ghasempour and Abd al-Rida Brzkri who led the team that season to reach the Egyptian Cup Final losing the match to Al Ahly of Cairo (1–3). Al-Masry is one of the clubs which was a founder member in the Egyptian Premier League at its launch in 1948, although Al-Masry is third in terms of seasons in the Egyptian Premier League after both Al Ahly and Zamalek, as it has missed only two seasons. This was during the fifties due to the repercussions of the Suez Crisis on Port Said. Al-Masry has never won the Egyptian Premier League, but has come third several times. After the events of the Port Said Stadium disaster in February 2012, the remainder of the 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League season was cancelled by the Egyptian FA. Al-Masry decided to refrain from competing in season 2012–13 as a sign of respect to the relatives of the victims of the disaster although it obtained a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) asserting the right of the club to participate in the Egyptian Premier League and all the other activities of the Egyptian FA. Meanwhile, season 2012–13 was not completed and cancelled due to the political situation in Egypt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Masry SC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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