Wadi Degla Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي وادي دجلة الرياضي) is an Egyptian sports club known for its football team. The club is related to Wadi Degla Holding, a construction company established in 1994.[1]
In 2009–10, the club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in its history.
In 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division, Wadi Degla made history. The team defeated El-Sekka El-Hadid 3–1 in the last week of the competition to seal promotion to the highest level of football in Egypt, Egyptian Premier League, for the first time in its history.[2][3] It took Wadi Degla only one season to gain promotion from the second division to the Premier League. This is a historical achievement that was only reached once before by Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab (a.k.a. Arab Contractors) in 1981.[2]
In 2003, English club Arsenal ran an academy training program with the club's youth system,[4] the program is no longer operational.
The following clubs are affiliated with Wadi Degla:[citation needed]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Walter Meeuws (24 May 2010 – 30 June 2012) Hesham Zakaria (1 July 2012 – 31 December 2012) Mohamed Gamal (1 January 2013 – 5 April 2013) Hany Ramzy (6 April 2013 – 12 January 2014) Hesham Zakaria (13 January 2014 – 1 October 2014) Hamada Sedki (1 October 2014 – 14 January 2016)
Patrice Carteron (15 January 2016 – 15 November 2016) Mido (15 November 2016 – December 2017) Tarek El Ashry (17 January 2018 – May 2018)
Takis Gonias (12 June 2018 – 10 February 2020)
Mustafa Al-Kharoubi (Caretaker) (10 February 2020 – 20 February 2020)
Nikodimos Papavasiliou (20 February 2020 – 21 January 2021)
Mario Salas (1 February 2021 – 27 May 2021) Abdul Baki Jamal (27 May 2021 – present)Wadi Degla women SC, the women's team won the 2020 Egyptian Women's Premier League for the 11th time and will feature in the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League.[5]
