Olympic Club (Egypt)

Olympic Club
Full name	Egyptian Olympic Club; النادي الأوليمبي المصري
Short name	OLY
Founded	17 April 1905; 119 years ago (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/

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.^[1]^[2]

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.