Haras El Houdood SC

Full name	Haras El Hoodod Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	El Sawahel
Short name	HRC
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932) (as Khafr El Sawahel) 16 July 1974; 49 years ago (1974-07-16) (as Haras El Hodood)
Ground	Haras El Hodood Stadium
Capacity	22,000
Coordinates	31°09′03″N 29°50′54″E / 31.150936°N 29.848453°E / 31.150936; 29.848453
Chairman	Abdel Hakim Ibrahim
Manager	Mohammad Mekky
League	Egyptian Premier League
2021–22	Egyptian Second Division Group C, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.

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)