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The Port Said Stadium riot was a riot which occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt on 1 February 2012, following an Egyptian Premier League football match between Al Masry and Al Ahly. Seventy-four people were killed and more than 500 injured after thousands of Al Masry fans invaded the pitch following a 3–1 victory by their club ...
The 2017 Egypt Cup Final was the 85th final of the Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition. It was played on 15 August 2017 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria and was contested between Al Ahly and Al Masry. The winners would have entered the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup had they not already qualified.
The match is usually contested by the winners of the Premier League and the Egypt Cup, but since Al Ahly won the double (2016–17 Egyptian Premier League and 2016–17 Egypt Cup), Al Masry qualified by default as the runners-up of the cup.
On 1 February 2012, a riot began at Port Said Stadium at a match between Al Masry and Al Ahly. Fans of Al Masry had brought weapons and stormed the field after their team won the match. These fans then charged Al Ahly fans, who could not flee because the gates behind them were locked.
Al Ahly won and secured their record-extending fortieth Egyptian Premier League title with six games to spare, following Al Masry's 0–0 draw with El Entag El Harby on 12 March 2018. [2] The team broke numerous league records over the course of the season, including: most points (88), most wins (28) and most goals scored (75). [ 3 ]
This was the fourth time Al Ahly had defeated a European champion, the others being a 3–2 victory over Benfica in 1963, a 2–1 win against Bayern Munich in 1977, and a 3–0 win against Steaua București in 1986. [54] Al-Ahly won the African Champions League title after a 4–1 on aggregate victory over Mamelodi Sundowns.
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This was the second time in the club's history to reach the Premier League, with the first time being in 2019 when the club was known as FC Masr. The second team to promote to the Premier League was Baladiyat El Mahalla , who were promoted to the league as Group C winners following a 4–0 away win against promotion-rivals Dikernis on 14 June ...