Modern Sport FC

Modern Sport FC
Full nameModern Sport Football Club
نادي مودرن سبورت لكرة القدم
Short nameMOD
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011) as Coca-Cola FC
2 September 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-02) as Future FC
22 August 2023; 16 months ago (2023-08-22) as Modern Future FC
2 July 2024; 5 months ago (2024-07-02) as Modern Sport FC
GroundAl Salam Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanWalid Zaki
ManagerTalaat Youssef
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2023–245th
Current season

Modern Sport Football Club (Arabic: نادي مودرن سبورت لكرة القدم), formerly known as Modern Future FC, Future FC and Coca-Cola FC, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

History

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The club was owned by the Egyptian branch of The Coca-Cola Company since its establishment in 2011 until 2021.[1] Coca-Cola's last season under that name witnessed their promotion to the 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history, as they finished top of their group in the 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division.[2]

On 2 September 2021, Future company for sports investments announced the acquisition of the club for a reported fee of £E80 million (approximately 4 million), and renamed the club to Future FC.[3] In their first season in the Premier League, Future finished 5th in the league but still qualified to the CAF Confederation Cup as the league was not finished by the CAF deadline. In the Confederation Cup, the club were eliminated in the group stage due to a mistake in Ahmed Refaat registration; hence, their results were ruled forfeited in all matches in which this player participated.

In the 2022–23 season, Future managed to win the inaugural Egyptian League Cup after a 5–1 win over Ghazl El Mahalla in the final. Meanwhile, they finished fourth in the league to qualify to the Confederation Cup for the second consecutive season.

In August 2023, the club had new ownership and was renamed to Modern Future FC ahead of the 2023–24 season.[4] On 2 July 2024, it was officially announced that the club had changed its name to Modern Sport FC, after receiving approval from all relevant official authorities and was sanctioned by the Egyptian Olympic Committee's as published on 27 May earlier that year.[5]

Current squad

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As of 6 July 2024[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed Yehia
2 DF Egypt EGY Basem Ali
3 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Desouki
4 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Rizk
5 DF Egypt EGY Tarek Mohamed
6 DF Egypt EGY Ali El Fil
7 MF Egypt EGY Amr El Sisi
8 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Nosseir
9 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Atef
11 MF Egypt EGY Abdallah Hafez
12 DF Egypt EGY Nader Hesham
13 DF Cameroon CMR Jonathan Ngwem
14 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Mostafa
15 DF Egypt EGY Mostafa Ashraf
16 GK Egypt EGY Mahmoud Genish (captain)
17 MF Egypt EGY Abdelrahman Shika
18 FW Nigeria NGA Fejiri Okenabirhie
19 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Mosaad
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Zambia ZAM Enock Sakala
21 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Shaaban
22 MF Egypt EGY Ali Zazaa
23 FW Burundi BDI Mohamed Amissi
24 DF Egypt EGY Khaled Reda
25 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Sabry
26 GK Egypt EGY Mohamed Magdy
27 MF Egypt EGY Ghanam Mohamed
28 GK Egypt EGY Karim Emad
29 FW Egypt EGY Diyaa El Sayed
32 FW Egypt EGY Omar Fishawy
33 DF Egypt EGY Abdelrahman Rashdan
34 MF Egypt EGY Kabaka
37 DF Egypt EGY Abdelrahman Rashdan
38 MF Cameroon CMR Arnold Eba
80 MF Ghana GHA Frederick Kesse

Performance in CAF competitions

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  • FR = First round
  • SR = Second round
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup FR  Uganda BUL Jinja 1–0 0–0 1–0
SR  Sierra Leone Kallon 4–0 2–0 6–0

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "آخرها كوكاكولا.. مليارات على المستطيل الأخضر في مصر". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Coca-Cola FC secure historic promotion to Egyptian Premier League". kingfut.com. 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (2021-09-03). "Sports investment company take over newly-promoted Coca-Cola FC". KingFut. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  4. ^ "مفاجأة من العيار الثقيل بشأن مستقبل نادي فيوتشر" (in Arabic). one3.news. 22 August 2023.
  5. ^ "رسمياً وتأكيداً لليوم السابع.. مودرن فيوتشر يعلن تغيير اسمه لـ مودرن سبورت" (in Arabic). youm7.com. 2 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Modern Future: Squad". EPL. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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Independent websites

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