Pyramids Football Club ( ar, نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or ) is an Egyptian professional

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club based in

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that competes in the

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, the highest league in the

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. Formed in 2008 as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Seuf, the club was bought and moved to Cairo in 2018. Pyramids FC play their home matches at the

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History

Al Assiouty Sport

The club was formed as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Seuf in 2008. The club was promoted to the

for the first time in 2014, but finished 19th and were relegated in their first season. They won Group A of the

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in 2016–17 and were promoted back to the Premier League.

Pyramids FC era: 2018–present

In the summer of 2018 the Chairman of the Saudi Sports Authority Turki Al Sheikh bought Al Assiouty Sport. Previously the honorary president of

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, Al Sheikh resigned from his position following disagreements about signings and stadium construction, and bought the club from Beni Seuf. The team's name was changed to Pyramids FC, and the club moved 400 km to Cairo. Former

coach,

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was announced as chairman of the club, Ahmed Hassan as spokesman and football team supervisor,

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as football director and former

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coach

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as the new manager. In their first season under the new name, Pyramids finished the

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in third place, qualifying for the

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, and reached the 2019 Egypt Cup Final, where they lost 3-0 to

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. In July 2019 the Emirati businessman Salem Al Shamsi acquired the ownership of the club.

First participation in African tournaments

Competing in a continental tournament for the first time, Pyramids reached the final of the 2019-20 CAF Confederation Cup despite starting the competition in its preliminary rounds. After beating

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, and

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in the qualifiers they went on to top their group in the First Round, containing

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, FC Nouadhibou, and Al-Masry, winning all bar one of their games. In the quarter-final they beat Zanaco 3-1 over two legs, and then won 1-0 against Horoya in the semi-final. In

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, held in

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, they lost 1-0 to Moroccan side

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. In the league, Pyramids again finished third, in a season disrupted by the

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, again qualifying for the following season's CAF Confederation Cup.

Value

Pyramids FC became one of the most valuable African sports clubs in 2022:

Honours

Domestic competitions

:Runners-up (1): 2021–22 *

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:Runners-up (1): 2018–19

International competitions

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:Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Statistics

Performance in competitions

Performance in CAF competitions

*PR = Preliminary round *FR = First round *SR = Second round *PO = Play-off round *QF = Quarter-final *SF = Semi-final ;Notes

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Pyramids FC managers

References

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