Wadi Degla Sporting Club () is an Egyptian sports club, from Cairo, known for its football team who currently play in

Egyptian Second Division A The Egyptian Second Division A (), also known locally as the Professionals League (), is the second tier of the Egyptian football league system since the 2023–24 season. It is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. It is below the t ...

. The club is related to Wadi Degla Holding, a construction company established in 1994. In 2009–10, the club was promoted to the

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football ...

for the first time in its history.

History

2009–10 Egyptian Second Division The 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division was the 2009–10 season of the Egyptian Second Division competition. A total of 48 teams are divided into 3 groups based on geographical distribution. The top team of each group promotes to the highest Egyp ...

, 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,

, for the first time in its history.Maher, Hate
"Wadi Degla promoted to Premier League"
Filgoal, 12 May 2010. Retrieved on 12 May 2010. 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

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( Arab Contractors) in 1981. Omar Marmoush used to play for Wadi Degla.

Associated clubs

In 2003, English club

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ran an academy training program with the club's youth system, the program is no longer operational. The following clubs are affiliated with Wadi Degla: * Lierse *

Honours

League

Egyptian Second Division The Egyptian Second Division () was an Egyptian semi-professional football league representing the second tier of the Egyptian football league system until 2023. It was administered by the Egyptian Football Association. It was below the top profes ...

**Winners (1): 2009–10

Cup

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**Runners-up (1):

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Performance in CAF competitions

*FR = First round *SR = Second round

Performance in domestic competitions

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

* Hesham Zakaria (1 July 2007 – 23 May 2010) *

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(24 May 2010 – 30 June 2012) * Hesham Zakaria (1 July 2012 – 31 December 2012) * Mohamed Gamal (1 January 2013 – 5 April 2013) *

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(6 April 2013 – 12 January 2014) * Hesham Zakaria (13 January 2014 – 1 October 2014) *

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(1 October 2014 – 14 January 2016) *

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(15 January 2016 – 15 November 2016) * Mido (15 November 2016 – December 2017) * Tarek El Ashry (17 January 2018 – May 2018) *

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(12 June 2018 – 10 February 2020) * Mustafa Al-Kharoubi (Caretaker) (10 February 2020 – 20 February 2020) *

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(20 February 2020 – 21 January 2021) * Mario Salas (1 February 2021 – 27 May 2021) * Abdul Baki Jamal (27 May 2021 – ''present'')

Women

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

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References

{{Egyptian Second Division Football clubs in Egypt Football clubs in Cairo Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Egypt Egyptian Second Division clubs Egyptian Premier League clubs Egyptian Second Division A clubs