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ZED Football Club (Arabic: نادي زد لكرة القدم), formerly known as FC Masr, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Giza, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

ZED FC

Full name	ZED Football Club نادي زد لكرة القدم
Short name	ZED
Founded	1 November 2009; 12 years ago (2009-11-01) as FC Masr 24 November 2020; 23 months ago (2020-11-24) as ZED FC
Ground	ZED Park
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Onsi Sawiris II
Manager	Magdy Abdel Aaty
League	Egyptian Second Division
2020–21	Second Division Group B, 9th
Home colours Away colours

The club was known as FC Masr since its establishment in 2009 until 24 November 2020, when ZED Egypt acquired the club and renamed it to ZED FC prior to the start of the 2020–21 season in Egypt. They played in the Egyptian Premier League only once during the 2019–20 season under the name of FC Masr; their last season under that name.[1]

History

2009–2014: Founding and time in lower leagues

On 1 November 2009, Egyptian football management company Masr for Football SAE announced the establishment of the club, with the aim of becoming a leading football club in Egypt concentrating on the youth system. As the 2009–10 season in Egyptian football had already started before November, the club couldn't participate in the lowest league in the Egyptian football league system and was available to enter the Egyptian Fourth Division from the next season. However, FC Masr registered for the league for the 2011–12 season, almost two years after the club was officially founded. Since the Egyptian Fourth Division is a regional league, FC Masr were placed into a group for teams from Cairo.

FC Masr enjoyed a good start to their first-ever season and were close to secure a place in the promotion play-offs, however all football related activities in Egypt were suspended (later abandoned) by the Egyptian Football Association after the Port Said Stadium riot occurred in February 2012 following a 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League match between Al Masry and Al Ahly, which resulted in the death of 74 attendants.[2] In the following season, the club competed in the same group and again finished first, earning themselves this time an immediate promotion to the Egyptian Third Division.

In the Third Division, and similar to the lowest league, FC Masr entered a group for teams from Cairo, Giza, El Monufia and other nearby governorates. The club qualified to the next round of the league, known as the Promotion Groups where teams are divided into groups of 6 teams per group, after leading their regional group. In the Promotion Groups, they succeeded in earning promotion to the Egyptian Second Division for the first time in their history; earning back-to-back promotions from the lowest league to the second-tier league in the league system in only two years.

In November 2020, the club was renamed to ZED FC after the club was purchased by ZED Sports. The new ownership structure implemented former captain Osama Nabieh as manager.[3]

ZED FC's academy won the "Best Academy in Africa" award at the 2021 Globe Soccer Awards.[4] In December 2021, the club announced a partnership with English Premier League club Aston Villa (which is part-owned by ZED FC owner Onsi Sawiris' uncle Nassef Sawiris) to allow young players from their academy to play in Europe.[5]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
2011–2015	Diadora
2015–2020	Macron
2020–0000	Nike

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Season	Division	Position
2011–12	Egyptian Fourth Division	1st (Cancelled)
2012–13	Egyptian Fourth Division	1st ↑
2013–14	Egyptian Third Division	1st ↑
2014–15	Egyptian Second Division	4th (Group C)
2015–16	Egyptian Second Division	2nd (Group C)
2016–17	Egyptian Second Division	2nd (Group B)
2017–18	Egyptian Second Division	4th (Group B)
2018–19	Egyptian Second Division	1st (Group B) ↑
2019–20	Egyptian Premier League	18th ↓
2020–21	Egyptian Second Division	9th (B Group)

Current squad

As of 31 December 2021.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EGY Walid Tawfik 2 MF  EGY Omar Ragab 3 DF  EGY Islam Abdel Ghani 4 DF  EGY Ahmed Mohsen 5 MF  EGY Waleed Hassan 6 DF  EGY Milo 7 FW  EGY Omar El Habashi 8 MF  EGY Karim Bedir 9 FW  EGY Mohamed Nasr 10 FW  BRA Ygor 12 DF  PLE Michel Termanini 13 DF  EGY Sherif Ashraf 14 MF  EGY Moemen Mohamed 15 MF  KEN Cliff Nyakeya 16 MF  EGY Ramzy Khaled 17 FW  EGY Omar Farouk 21 FW  EGY Osama Refai Shakhlot

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  EGY Mohamed Hamdy 23 FW  EGY Mohamed Shahin 25 GK  EGY Mohamed Sherif 26 MF  EGY Islam El Far 27 MF  EGY Ramez Farag 29 MF  EGY Mohammed El Kott 30 DF  EGY Ali Gamal 31 MF  EGY Hossny Zaki 34 GK  EGY Abdul Aziz Ahmed 35 GK  EGY Saeed Fathi 36 DF  EGY Mostafa Kalosha 37 DF  EGY Belal Salem 38 MF  EGY Hesham Abdelhamid 39 FW  EGY Mahmoud Rambo 40 FW  EGY Ahmed Tarik 44 DF  EGY Ahmed Dowidar

Managers

• Hesham Zakaria (1 August 2014 - 30 June 2015)
• Mohamed Salah - 2 Times - (22 September 2015 - 30 December 2015, 13 October 2018 - 5 August 2019)
• Ahmed El-Kass (11 December 2016 - 21 January 2017)
• Ayman El Mizzayn (1 July 2017 - 18 December 2017)
• Khaled Galal - 2 Times - (18 December 2017 - 13 April 2018, 5 February 2020 –17 September 2020)
• Osama Nabieh - 2 Times - (5 August 2019 - 6 September 2019, 1 November 2020 - 13 March 2021)
• Abdelnaser Mohamed (7 September 2019 - 5 February 2020)
• Tareq Abdullah (15 September 2020 - 1 November 2020)
• Ismail Youssef (15 March 2021 – 1 June 2022)
• Magdy Abdel Aaty (18 June 2022 – Present)

Managers Stats

As of 23 November 2020

Name	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Tarek Abdallah	15 September 2020	""Present""	7	0	2	5	000.00

References

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