2024–25 Modern Sport FC season

Modern Sport
2024–25 season
Chairman	Walid Daabas
Manager	Talaat Youssef; (until 15 December); Franck Dumas; (from 15 December)
Stadium	Al Salam Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	18th
Egypt Cup	Round of 16
Egyptian League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: ; Ahmed Atef (2)
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 5 January 2025.

The 2024–25 season is the 14th season in Modern Sport FC's history and the fourth consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Modern Sport is set to compete in the domestic cup, and the Egyptian League Cup.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024	FW	Diyaa El Sayed	El Mansoura
1 July 2024	FW	Enock Sakala	ZESCO United		^[2]
18 July 2024	MF	Mohamed Mosaad	Suez SC
24 July 2024	GK	Karim Emad	Haras El Hodoud
1 August 2024	DF	Nader Hesham	Wadi Degla
3 August 2024	MF	Mohamed Sabry	Proxy SC
12 August 2024	DF	Tarek Mohamed	Sporting
20 August 2024	FW	Omar El Said	Tala'ea El Gaish	Loan return
20 August 2024	MF	Ahmed Mostafa	Smouha
21 August 2024	GK	Mohamed Magdy	El Dakhleya
21 August 2024	DF	Mohamed Desouki	Ismaily
21 August 2024	MF	Abdelrahman Shika	El Entag El Harby
6 September 2024	MF	Mohamed Amissi	Baladiyat El Mahalla
6 September 2024	FW	Fejiri Okenabirhie	Cambridge United	Free
8 September 2024	MF	Mostafa Hamada	Pharco	€75,000
9 September 2024	MF	Abdallah Hafez	Arka Gdynia	Free	^[3]
10 September 2024	MF	Frederick Kessie	Accra Lions		^[4]
25 October 2024	MF	Ibraheem Ajasa			^[5]
24 January 2025	MF	Mootez Zaddem	Espérance de Tunis	Loan	^[6]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
8 September 2024	FW	Omar El Said		Contract terminated	^[7]
8 September 2024	MF	Mohamed Mahmoud		Contract terminated	^[8]
9 September 2024	MF	Mostafa Hamada	El Sekka El Hadid	Loan
25 September 2024	FW	Marwan Mohsen	El Gouna	Contract terminated	^[9]
25 September 2024	MF	Abdelkabir El Ouadi	Smouha	Contract terminated	^[9]

Friendlies

Modern Sport began its pre-season camp on 14 September.^[10]

22 October 2024 Friendly	Modern Sport	1–0	La Viena
	Eba

1 November 2024 Friendly	Modern Sport	2–1	Team FC
	El Sisi Okenabirhie	Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	31 October 2024	30 May 2025	Matchday 1	8	0	4	4	2	10	−8	000.00
Egypt Cup	5 January 2025		Round of 32	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Egyptian League Cup	11 December 2024		Group stage	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total				10	1	4	5	7	13	−6	010.00

Last updated: 12 January 2025
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Ghazl El Mahalla	17	5	2	10	16	24	−8	17	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	El Gouna	17	4	5	8	10	15	−5	17
16	Ismaily	17	3	5	9	11	21	−10	14
17	ENPPI	17	2	6	9	10	21	−11	12
18	Modern Sport	17	1	6	10	9	24	−15	9

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2025. Source: Soccerway (regular season)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pyramids	18	13	4	1	0	0	0	43	Qualification for the Champions League first or second round
2	Al Ahly	18	11	6	1	0	3	−3	36^[a]
3	Zamalek	18	10	5	3	3	0	+3	35	Qualification for the Confederation Cup first or second round
4	Al Masry	18	8	7	3	0	0	0	31
5	National Bank of Egypt	18	8	5	5	1	2	−1	29
6	Pharco	18	7	5	6	2	1	+1	26
7	Petrojet	18	6	7	5	2	1	+1	25
8	Ceramica Cleopatra	17	6	6	5	0	0	0	24
9	Haras El Hodoud	18	6	4	8	1	2	−1	22

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2025. Source: Soccerway (championship round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off tie.
(Note: Clubs qualified for this phase with the full regular season points they got, but without goals for or against)
Notes:

^ Al Ahly were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Zamalek, scheduled to be played on 11 March 2025.^[12]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Al Ittihad	18	4	6	8	0	2	−2	18
6	Ismaily	18	4	5	9	1	0	+1	17
7	Ghazl El Mahalla	18	5	2	11	0	3	−3	17
8	ENPPI	17	2	6	9	0	0	0	12	Relegation to Second Division A
9	Modern Sport	18	2	6	10	2	0	+2	12	Relegation to Second Division A

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2025. Source: Soccerway (relegation round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off tie.
(Note: Clubs qualified for this phase with the full regular season points they got, but without goals for or against)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	0	4	4	2	10	−8	4	0	2	2	0	4	−4	0	2	2	2	6	−4

Last updated: 12 January 2025.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	L
Position	8	10	12	15	17

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 19 October 2024.^[13]

31 October 2024 1	Modern Sport	0–0	ENPPI	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Ngwem 90+8'			Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mustafa Al-Shahdi

8 November 2024 2	Petrojet	1–1	Modern Sport	Cairo
17:00 UTC+2	Mousa 57'		Zaazaa 48'	Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Wafa

24 November 2024 3	Modern Sport	0–0	ZED	Cairo
20:00 UTC+2			Gamal 45+3'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

30 November 2024 4	Ceramica Cleopatra	4–1	Modern Sport	Cairo
17:00 UTC+2	Zalaka 3', 57', 81' Issa 55'		Ngwem 62'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Hamada Al Qalawi

20 December 2024 5	Modern Sport	0–1	National Bank	Cairo
17:00 UTC+2			Faisal 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

25 December 2024 6	Al Ittihad	0–0	Modern Sport	Alexandria
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafi

1 January 2025 7	Modern Sport	0–3^[a]	Ismaily	Cairo
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

12 January 2025 8	Smouha	1–0	Modern Sport	Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2	Hassan 43'			Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

23 January 2025 9	Modern Sport	v	Zamalek	Cairo
19:00 UTC+2

Egypt Cup

5 January 2025 Round of 32	Modern Sport	5–2 (a.e.t.)	El Shams	Cairo
14:30 UTC+2	Atef 31' (pen.), 105+1' Desouky 41' (pen.) Gomma 98' El Sayed 120+1'		Saad 4' (pen.) Ibrahim 13'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Youssef

7 March 2025 Round of 16	Modern Sport	v	Zamalek	Cairo
21:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Egyptian League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Gouna	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Petrojet	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Zamalek	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4	Modern Sport	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
5	Smouha	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2025. Source: EPL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 December 2024 1	Modern Sport	0–1	Petrojet	Cairo
20:00 UTC+2			Bamba 61'	Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Ahmed Hamdy

23 March 2025 3	Modern Sport	v	Smouha	Cairo
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

2 April 2025 3	Zamalek	v	Modern Sport	Cairo
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

23 April 2025 4	El Gouna	v	Modern Sport	El Gouna
				Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium

Notes

^ Ismaily was awarded a win after Modern Sport exceeded the permitted limit of five foreign players by fielding six. The match had originally ended in a 0-0 draw.^[14]

References

^ "مودرن سبورت يقبل استقالة طلعت يوسف - بوابة الشروق". www.shorouknews.com.
^ "رسميًا.. زيسكو يعلن رحيل لاعبه إلى فيوتشر". كووورة. 1 July 2024.
^ "مودرن سبورت يضم عبد الله حافظ قادما من الدوري البولندي". صدى البلد. 9 September 2024.
^ "Ghana U20 midfielder Frederick Kessie signs for Egyptian side Modern SC". GhanaSoccernet. 10 September 2024.
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^ "عسلامة معتز زدام". Modern Sport FC (in Arabic). 24 January 2025.
^ "عمر السعيد يعلن فسخ تعاقده مع مودرن سبورت". اليوم السابع. 8 September 2024.
^ "مودرن سبورت يستقر على فسخ التعاقد مع محمد محمود واللاعب يقترب من الجونة". اليوم السابع. 8 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "مودرن سبورت يفسخ عقد مروان محسن والوادي". كووورة. 25 September 2024.
^ "طلعت يوسف يحدد 14 سبتمبر موعداً لانطلاق معسكر الفريق استعداداً للموسم الجديد". اليوم السابع. 8 September 2024.
^ "لائحة الدوري المصري موسم 2024-2025" [Egyptian Premier League regulations for the 2024/25 season]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ "Al Ahly withdraw from the Cairo derby in protest over match officials". Al Ahram Online. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "إقامة قرعة الدوري المصري للموسم الجديد السبت المقبل رسميًا". اليوم السابع. 16 October 2024.
^ رسميًا.. رابطة الأندية تعتمد فوز الإسماعيلي على مودرن سبورت

[table_hth_AHL0.51672076364826-13] Al Ahly were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Zamalek, scheduled to be played on 11 March 2025.^[12]

[16] Ismaily was awarded a win after Modern Sport exceeded the permitted limit of five foreign players by fielding six. The match had originally ended in a 0-0 draw.^[14]

[1] "مودرن سبورت يقبل استقالة طلعت يوسف - بوابة الشروق". www.shorouknews.com.

[2] "رسميًا.. زيسكو يعلن رحيل لاعبه إلى فيوتشر". كووورة. 1 July 2024.

[3] "مودرن سبورت يضم عبد الله حافظ قادما من الدوري البولندي". صدى البلد. 9 September 2024.

[4] "Ghana U20 midfielder Frederick Kessie signs for Egyptian side Modern SC". GhanaSoccernet. 10 September 2024.

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[6] "عسلامة معتز زدام". Modern Sport FC (in Arabic). 24 January 2025.

[7] "عمر السعيد يعلن فسخ تعاقده مع مودرن سبورت". اليوم السابع. 8 September 2024.

[8] "مودرن سبورت يستقر على فسخ التعاقد مع محمد محمود واللاعب يقترب من الجونة". اليوم السابع. 8 September 2024.

[auto-9] "مودرن سبورت يفسخ عقد مروان محسن والوادي". كووورة. 25 September 2024.

[10] "طلعت يوسف يحدد 14 سبتمبر موعداً لانطلاق معسكر الفريق استعداداً للموسم الجديد". اليوم السابع. 8 September 2024.

[11] "لائحة الدوري المصري موسم 2024-2025" [Egyptian Premier League regulations for the 2024/25 season]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[12] "Al Ahly withdraw from the Cairo derby in protest over match officials". Al Ahram Online. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[14] "إقامة قرعة الدوري المصري للموسم الجديد السبت المقبل رسميًا". اليوم السابع. 16 October 2024.

[15] رسميًا.. رابطة الأندية تعتمد فوز الإسماعيلي على مودرن سبورت

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