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Football club

Olympic Club

Full name

Egyptian Olympic Club
النادي الأوليمبي المصري

Short name

OLY

Founded

17 April 1905; 119 years ago (1905-04-17) (as Red Star Club)

Ground

Izz al-Din Yacoub Stadium

Capacity

15,000

Chairman

Nasser El Shazly

Manager

Ahmed Sari

League

Egyptian second Division

2020–2021

Second Division, 1st (Group C)

Website

http://olympiclub.com/

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Egyptian Olympic Club (Egyptian Arabic: النادي الأوليمبي المصري) is an Egyptian football and sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest tier in the Egyptian football league system. 'Izz al-Din Yacoub' Stadium is the home ground for the club, which has been renovated in 2019 for 20 million EGP.

Founded in 1905, the club is one of the oldest clubs in Egypt and Africa, and it is mostly known for its achievements in the Track and field games for winning several medals in continental championships and also in the Olympiad; and its football team is also known for winning the Egyptian Premier League once in 1966 and for winning the Egypt Cup twice in 1933 and 1934.

Name changes

Red Star Club (1905–1924)
Olympic Club (1924–Present)

Football

The football Team won the Egyptian Premier League in 1966. The team's level began to drop due to financial problems, until it was relegated in the 2008–09 season and has never showed up in the Premier League since.