Tersana SC

Tersana Sporting Club (نادي الترسانة للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian sports club based in Meet Okba, Giza, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest tier in the Egyptian football league system.

Tersana's most important accomplishments include winning the Egypt Cup title six times and the Egyptian league title once. On the continental side, Tersana also participated in the CAF Cup Winners' Cup once in 1987 and was eliminated in the second round by Tunisian Espérance. The first leg, played in Cairo, ended with a draw, while the second leg, played in Tunisia ended in a 0–2 loss.

History
The Tersana SC was established in 1921, when Egypt was a British protectorate, by English Major E.W. Slaughter. He became the first president of the club which was based first in Bulaq, then to Agouza, and to its current headquarters in Mit Okba in 1958.



The main reason for its establishment was to serve the staff of the Maritime Administration (currently the Ministry of Irrigation), so it was called Tersana. Blue uniforms were chosen to represent the sea.

There are different explanations for the nickname 'Hammers', typically signifying the hardness of the team. The most famous legend involves the team recruiting a number of former fedayeen.





The nickname was popularized by sports critics Abdul Majid Noman and Najib Almstkawi after the intervention of defender Fouad Gouda, causing injury on foot Saleh Selim.

Formal records

 * Egyptian Premier League
 * Tersana holds the record for highest goals in a single season with 71 in 1963–64.
 * Hassan El-Shazly has the highest goals by a player with 34 in 1974–75.


 * Hassan El-Shazly has the most hat-tricks with ten.
 * Hassan El-Shazly is top league scorer with 173 goals.
 * Hassan El-Shazly won top scorer in record four seasons


 * Africa Cup of Nations
 * Hassan El-Shazly has the most hat-tricks with two, in Nigeria 1963 and Ivory Coast 1970.
 * Hassan El-Shazly is most valuable player in 1963.
 * Hassan El-Shazly is top scorer in 1963 with six goals
 * Hassan El-Shazly is top Egyptian scorer and fourth top scorer with 12 goals
 * 1964 Summer Olympics
 * Moustafa Reyadh is second top scorer with 8 goals
 * Moustafa Reyadh is the only Egyptian player to score 6 goals in one match

Rivalry
The Mit Okba Derby is a football match between Tersana SC and Zamalek SC. The two Egyptian clubs have been rivals since their creations, and have both contested in the Egyptian Premier League, the country's top-flight football league.

Tersana SC won the league title in the 1962–63 season, while Zamalek won the title 14 times. The largest winning margin in this derby was 7–3 for Zamalek, in the 1962–63 season.

Honours

 * Egyptian Premier League
 * Winners (1): 1962–63
 * Runners up (5): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1974–75
 * Egypt Cup
 * Winners (6): 1923, 1929, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1986
 * Runners up (3): 1950, 1956, 1966
 * Sultan Hussein Cup
 * Winners (2): 1928, 1930
 * Runners up (2): 1926, 1931
 * Cairo League
 * Winners (1): 1932–33
 * Runners up (4): 1930–31, 1933–34, 1947–48, 1949–50

Performance in CAF competitions

 * FR = First round
 * SR = Second round


 * Notes

Performance in Arab competitions

 * Arab Club Championship: 1 appearance
 * 1987 – Fourth place

Notable players

 * 🇪🇬 Abdel Halim El-Hamalawi
 * 🇪🇬 Abdel Kader Mohamed
 * 🇸🇩 Abdel Khair Saleh
 * 🇪🇬 Abdel Nabi Mahmoud
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Nagui
 * 🇪🇬 Ali Maher
 * 🇪🇬 Ali Mohamed Riad
 * 🇪🇬 Badawi Abdel Fattah
 * 🇪🇬 Fathi Baioumy
 * 🇪🇬 Gamal Abdel Halim
 * 🇸🇩 Hamdeto Ahmed
 * 🇪🇬 Hamdi Abdel Fattah
 * 🇪🇬 Hamza Abdel Mawla
 * 🇪🇬 Hassan Ali
 * 🇪🇬 Hassan Allouba
 * 🇪🇬 Hassan El-Shazly
 * 🇪🇬 Hossam Hassan
 * 🇲🇿 João Rafael Kapango
 * 🇪🇬 Mahmoud El-Shaghbi
 * 🇪🇬 Mahmoud Hassan
 * 🇪🇬 Mahmoud Fouad
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Abdel Wahed
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Aboul Ezz
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Aboutraika
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Ramadan
 * Mouhanad Boushi
 * 🇪🇬 Mohei Sharshar
 * 🇪🇬 Moustafa Reyadh
 * 🇪🇬 Raafat Mekki
 * 🇪🇬 Shaker Abdel Fattah