Alexandria_Sporting_Club Knowpia

Alexandria Sporting Club
Alexandria Sporting Club
League	Egyptian Super League
Founded	10 September 1890; 133 years ago
Arena	Sporting Club Hall
Location	Alexandria, Egypt
Team colors	; Green and red
Website	www.alexsportingclub.com
Home	Away

Alexandria Sporting Club, also commonly known as Sporting Alexandria and Sporting among the locals, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. Founded in 1890, the club is one of the oldest clubs in Egypt and Africa. The club was taken over by the Egyptian government and converted to a national club in 1952. The club is best known for their handball and basketball team.

The club's basketball team is a three-time Egyptian Basketball Premier League champion, having won the 2017–18 season title.^[1]

Sporting's women's team won the FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup in 2022, becoming the first Egyptian club to win the competition.^[2] In 2023, Sporting won its second consecutive title.

Honours edit

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Men's team edit

National edit

Egypt Super League

Champions (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18

Egypt Basketball Cup

Champions (7): 1976–77, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Egyptian Mortabat League

Champions (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

International edit

FIBA Africa Basketball League

Fourth Place (2): 2013, 2014

Women's team edit

National edit

Egyptian Basketball Women's League^[3]

Champions (2): 2021, 2022

Egyptian Basketball Women's Cup

Winners (2): 2013, 2020

Egyptian Basketball Women's SuperCup

Winners (2): 2017, 2021

International edit

FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League

Champions (2): 2022, 2023
Fourth Place (1): 2019

Notable players edit

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Omar Abdeen^[4]
Ahmed Mounir.^[4]

Other sports edit

Volleyball edit

The club is currently active in the Egyptian Volleyball League

Football edit

The club is currently active in the Egyptian League B

Honors edit

Egyptian Third Division: 2019–20 (Group 11)

Handball edit

The club is currently active in the Egyptian Professional League

Honors edit

Egyptian Professional Super Cup: 2019
Egypt Cup: 2022
African Champions League runners-up: 2019
Arab Championship of Champions: 1997

References edit

^ Superleague: Season 2014-2015
^ "Sporting Alexandria crowned 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women winners". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
^ "Alexandria Sporting Club – History". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
^ ^a ^b tab=roster Egypt - Afrobasket 2015 FIBA.com, accessed 10 March 2017.