El Raja Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الرجاء الرياضي), simply known as El Raja, is an Egyptian football and sports club based in Mersa Matruh, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Third Division, the third-highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
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| Full name | El Raja Sporting Club نادي الرجاء الرياضي | |||
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| Short name | RAJ | |||
| Founded | 1999 | |||
| Ground | MS Matruh Stadium | |||
| Chairman | Saad Abou Sondouq | |||
| Manager | Ramadan El Sayed | |||
| League | Egyptian Third Division | |||
| 2017–18 | Egyptian Premier League, 16th (relegated) | |||
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Current squad edit
Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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notable players edit
- Mahmoud Abdel Aati
- Ahmed Abdelaal
- Bassam Abou Hadid
- Islam Abou Ouffa
- Islam Adel
- Emad Alaa
- Mahmoud Ateya
- Adel Belal
- Hany El Agazy
- Ali El-Araby
- Nader El Ashry
- Mohamed El Baaly
- Karim El Deeb
- Mostafa El Gamal
- Mahmoud El Maghriby
- Shawky El Said
- Mahmoud El Zonfouly
- Mahmoud Farag
- Wael Farrag
- Hesham Fathallah
- Mohamed Fathy
- Ahmed Felix
- Islam Gaber
- Islam Abdel Ghani
- Ahmed Gomaa
- Ahmed Haggag
- Ibrahim Helal
- Mohamed Ibrahim
- Ramzy Khaled
- Mohamed Magdy
- Mohamed Mamdouh
- Milo
- Mohamed Mohsen
- Karim Munch
- Amr Nabil
- Ibrahim Rakha
- Hesham Ramadan
- Ahmed Sabri
- Mohamed Sadek
- Tarek Salem
- Tarek Salim
- Ahmed Samy
- Alaa Shaaban
- Islam Tarek
- Mohamed Tarek
notable coaches edit
- Ayman El Mizzayn (2011–2014)
- Khaled Eid (2014)
- Mohamed Abdel-Samiea (2014)
- Samir Kamouna (2014–2016)
- Ahmed El Agouz (2017)
- Khaled El Kamash (2017)
External links edit
- El Raja SC at Soccerway
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