El Raja SC

{{Short description|Association football club in Mersa Matruh, Egypt}} {{about|the club based in Mersa Matruh, Egypt|the club based in Casablanca, Morocco|Raja CA}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = El Raja SC | image = El Raja SC logo.png | upright = 0.7 | fullname = El Raja Sporting Club<br/>نادي الرجاء الرياضي | nickname = | short name = RAJ | founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1999||}} | ground = MS Matruh Stadium | capacity = | chairman = Saad Abou Sondouq | manager = Ramadan El Sayed | league = Egyptian Third Division | season = 2017–18 | position = Egyptian Premier League, 16th<br />(relegated) | website = | pattern_la1 =_shoulder_stripes_green_stripes | pattern_b1= _shoulder_stripes_green_stripes | pattern_ra1 =_shoulder_stripes_green_stripes | pattern_sh1 = _green_stripes |pattern_so1 = _3_stripes_green | leftarm1 = CC0000 | body1 = CC0000 | rightarm1 = CC0000 | shorts1 = CC0000 | socks1 = CC0000 |pattern_la2 = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_b2 = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_ra2 = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_sh2 = _red_stripes |pattern_so2 = _3_stripes_red | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF |pattern_la3 = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_b3 = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_ra3 = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_sh3 = _red_stripes |pattern_so3 = _3_stripes_red | leftarm3 = 048341 | body3 = 048341 | rightarm3 = 048341 | shorts3 = 048341 | socks3 = 048341 }} '''El Raja Sporting Club''' ({{langx|ar|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.

==Current squad== Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad. {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Egypt|name=Ahmed Khair|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Egypt|name=Youssef Mansour|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Egypt|name=Saad Kamel|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Egypt|name=Mohamed Abdullah|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Egypt|name=Mahmoud Qurany|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Egypt|name=Ahmed El Akily|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Egypt|name=Mohamed El Mougi|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Egypt|name=Mohamed Abo Asa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Egypt|name=Ibrahim Issa|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Egypt|name=Islam Abdulghani|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Egypt|name=Ahmed Atef Socrate|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Egypt|name=Ibrahim El Shaieb|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=Egypt|name=Ehab El Masry|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Egypt|name=Bassem Eid|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Egypt|name=Mahmoud Fathi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Egypt|name=Ali Hussien|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Egypt|name=Mahmoud Samir|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=Egypt|name=Ahmed Haggag|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=Egypt|name=Mohamed Montaser|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Egypt|name=Ahmed Farouk|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=Egypt|name=Hamada Naser|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=Egypt|name=Abdel Hamid Samy|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=Egypt|name=Islam El Foly|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=Egypt|name=Hamada El Ghanam|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=Egypt|name=Rizk Abdelhalim|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=Egypt|name=Mahmoud Abdelaatty|pos=MF}} {{Fs end}}

==notable players== {{columns-list| ;{{flagicon|BFA}} * Omar Kaboré

;{{flagicon|CMR}} * Dimitri Nguile

;{{flagicon|CIV}} * Mansou Kouakou

;{{flagicon|EGY}} * Mahmoud Abdel Aati * 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

;{{flagicon|EGY}} * 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

;{{flagicon|GHA}} * Stephen Baffour * Emmanuel Odoi

;{{flagicon|Guinea Bissau}} * Formose Mendy

;{{flagicon|LBR}} * Ballah Somah

;{{flagicon|MLI}} * Nico Dao * Mamadou Keita * Mamadou Kouyate

;{{flagicon|NGA}} * Emmanuel Adole * Jabril Lawal

;{{Flagicon|SYR}} * Rabee Al Abdallah

;{{Flagicon|TUN}} * Ghazi Chellouf }}

== notable coaches == * 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== *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/egypt/el-raja/26556/ El Raja SC] at Soccerway

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raja}} Category:Egyptian Premier League clubs Category:Egyptian Third Division Category:Egyptian Second Division clubs Category:1999 establishments in Egypt Category:Football clubs in Egypt Category:Sports clubs and teams in Egypt Category:Association football clubs established in 1999