Alexandria Sporting Club

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Alexandria Sporting Club
Alexandria Sporting Club logo.png
League Egyptian Super League
Founded10 September 1890;133 years ago (1890-09-10)
ArenaSporting Club Hall
Location Alexandria, Egypt
Team colors  
Green and red
Website www.alexsportingclub.com

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.

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The club's basketball team is a three-time Egyptian Basketball Premier League champion, having last 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

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Men's team

National

Champions (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18
Champions (7): 1976–77, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Champions (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

International

FIBA Africa Basketball League

Women's team

National

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

FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League

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

Notable players

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.

Other sports

Volleyball

The club is currently active in the Egyptian Volleyball League

Football

The club is currently active in the Egyptian League B

Honors

Handball

The club is currently active in the Egyptian Professional League

Honors

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References

  1. Superleague: Season 2014-2015
  2. "Sporting Alexandria crowned 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women winners". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  3. "Alexandria Sporting Club – History". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  4. 1 2 tab=roster Egypt - Afrobasket 2015 FIBA.com, accessed 10 March 2017.