Haras El Hodoud SC

Haras El Hodood Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي حرس الحدود الرياضي, lit. 'Border Guard Club'), is an Egyptian professional sports club based in El Max, Alexandria. It is best known for its professional football team, that competes in the Egyptian Premier League.

Haras El Houdood SC

Full name	Haras El Hoodod Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	El Sawahel
Short name	HRC
Founded	1932 (1932) (as Khafr El Sawahel) 16 July 1974 (1974-07-16) (as Haras El Hodood)
Ground	Haras El Hodood Stadium
Capacity	22,000
Coordinates	31°09′03″N 29°50′54″E
Chairman	Abdel Hakim Ibrahim
Manager	Mohammad Mekky
League	Egyptian Premier League
2021–22	Egyptian Second Division Group C, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	http://www.harshododclub.com.eg/
Home colours Away colours

History

Haras El Hodood was founded in 1932 under the name of El-Sawahel Social Sporting Club, before being renamed to its current name on 16 July 1974.

They were in the first place after 14 matches in the 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League, before the season was cancelled due to the Port Said Stadium disaster. In the 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League season, Haras El Hodood finished 16th to be relegated to the Egyptian Second Division, the second tier of the Egyptian football league system.

Crest

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  Former logo
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  Present logo

Honours

• Egyptian Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2017–18 (Group C).
• Egypt Cup
  • Winners (2): 2008–09, 2009–10.
• Egyptian Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2009.

Performance in CAF competitions

• PR = Preliminary round
• FR = First round
• SR = Second round
• PO = Play-off round

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Libya	Al Akhdar	4–0	0–1	4–1
		FR	Guinea	AS Kaloum Star	6–0	1–0	7–0
		SR	Nigeria	Heartland	0–0	2–3	2–3
2008	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Algeria	MC Alger	1–0	0–0	1–0
		SR	Libya	Al Akhdar	1–0	1–1	2–1
		PO	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Group A	Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	3–1	0–1	2nd
			Angola	Inter de Luanda	4–1	0–1
			Tunisia	Club Africain	2–1	1–1
2009	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Rwanda	APR	2–0	0–0	2–0
		SR	Tunisia	EGS Gafsa	3–0	3–1	6–1
		PO	Libya	Al Ahli Tripoli	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Group B	Nigeria	Bayelsa United	1–0	0–2	4th
			Angola	1º de Agosto	5–1	0–1
			Mali	Stade Malien	1–1	0–2
2010	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Ethiopia	Banks	5–0	1–1	6–1
		SR	Tanzania	Simba	5–1	1–2	6–3
		PO	Botswana	Gaborone United	8–1	0–1	8–2
		Group B	Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	0–0	1–3	4th
			Morocco	FUS Rabat	1–2	0–1
			Zambia	Zanaco	1–1	1–1
2011	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Ethiopia	Dedebit	4–0	1–1	5–1
		SR	DR Congo	DC Motema Pembe	2–1	1–2	3–3 (3–4 p)

Current squad

As of 4 February, 2023. 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	Karim Emad
2	DF	EGY	Mohamed Reda
4	MF	EGY	Mohamed Abdallah
5	DF	EGY	Khaled Samy
6	DF	LBY	Mahmoud Benwali
7	FW	EGY	Mostafa Sobhi
8	FW	NGA	Valentine Odoh
9	FW	EGY	Omar Bassam
10	FW	EGY	Mostafa Ziko
11	FW	EGY	Mahmoud Abou-Gouda
12	DF	EGY	Ahmed Shedid Qenawi
14	MF	EGY	Mostafa Gamal
15	DF	EGY	Ahmed Ayman
16	GK	EGY	Mohamed Fawzi
17	MF	EGY	Ahmed Daouda

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	EGY	Ibrahim El Kadi
20	FW	EGY	Gharib Yasser
22	DF	EGY	Gharib Yasser
23	FW	EGY	Ahmed Ali
24	MF	EGY	Ahmed Felix
25	FW	EGY	Islam Gamal
27	FW	NGA	Salisu Mubarak
28	FW	NGA	Kingsley Kuku
33	DF	EGY	Hamed El Gabry
35	MF	EGY	Ahmed Kasem (on loan from ENPPI)
40	DF	EGY	Momen Awad
44	DF	EGY	Islam Abdellah
55	FW	EGY	Mahmoud Mamdouh
77	FW	NGA	Emmanuel David

Managers

• Helmy Toulan (July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2006)
• Tarek El Ashry (July 1, 2006 – May 23, 2012)
• Helmy Toulan (July 1, 2012 – July 6, 2013)
• Abu-Taleb Al-Essawy (July 21, 2013 – Feb 3, 2014)
• Abdul Hamid Bassiouny (Feb 3, 2014 – Dec 2015)
• Ahmed Ayoub (Dec 2015 – 2016)
• Tarek El Ashry (Sep 18, 2018 – Feb 20, 2020)
• Mohamed Halim (Feb 20, 2020 – Sep 15, 2020)
• Tarek El Ashry (Sep 15, 2020 – Oct 9, 2020)
• Mohamed Halim (Oct 9, 2020 – present)

External links

• Team profile – EFA official website (archived 2 March 2014)