{{Infobox basketball club | name = Alexandria Sporting Club | color1 = | color2 = | color3 = | logo = Alexandria Sporting Club logo.png | imagesize = 180px | nickname =Sporting, ASC | league = Egyptian Super League | conference = | division = | founded ={{Start date and age|df=yes|1890|09|10}} | dissolved = <!-- or | folded = --> | history = | arena = Sporting Club Hall | capacity = | location = Alexandria, Egypt | colors = {{color box|green}} {{color box|Red}} <br> Green and red | current = | sponsor = | media = | chairman = | president = Prof. Ahmed Hassan | vice-presidents = | manager = | coach = | captain = | ownership = | championships = | conf_champs = | div_champs = | season = | position = | website = {{URL| www.alexsportingclub.com/}} | h_body = f90 | h_pattern_b = _basketballblankborder | h_shorts = f90 | h_pattern_s = _sides_on_white | a_body = 006400 | a_pattern_b = _basketballwhiteborder | a_shorts = 006400 | a_pattern_s = _white stripes }} '''Alexandria Sporting Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الإسكندرية الرياضي - سبورتنج}}), more commonly known as '''Sporting''', is an Egyptian sports and social club based in Alexandria, Egypt. Founded in 1890, the club is one of the oldest in Egypt, second only to Gezira Sporting Club in Cairo. In 1952, it was taken over by the Egyptian government and became a national club.
Sporting is one of the biggest clubs in Egypt in terms of land area and membership base, covering 100 acres in the centre of the city. The club is one of the most competitive clubs in Alexandria, regularly contending in national competitions in a wide range of sports, even producing world champions in squash. Sporting is almost exclusively a members-only club.
The club's basketball team is a three-time Egyptian Basketball Premier League champion, most recently winning the 2017–18 season title.<ref>[https://www.afrobasket.com/Egypt/basketball-Superleague_2014-2015.aspx Superleague: Season 2014-2015]</ref>
Sporting's women's team won the FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup in 2022, becoming the first Egyptian club to win the competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting Alexandria crowned 2022 Africa Champions Cup Women winners |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africa/womenchampionscup/2023/news/sporting-alexandria-crowned-2022-africa-champions-cup-women-winners |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, Sporting won its second consecutive title.
==History== Sporting Club was established in 1890 by Prince Omar Tusson with the help of the colonial British administration in Alexandria, who would, in Sporting’s early days, dominate the membership in the club. Being the first major sports club in Alexandria, it introduced many sports that could have only played in the capital or abroad in Europe, such as tennis and golf. Founded 8 years after Gezira Sporting Club, the oldest and most prestigious club in Egypt, it functioned similarly to it, Egyptians were largely barred from membership unless they came from wealthy backgrounds, this gradually shifted up until 1952, just before the club was nationalised by the Egyptian government. After 1952, foreigners were excluded from membership entirely and were replaced by native Egyptians.
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=== Men's team ===
==== National ==== * '''Egypt Super League''' :'''Champions (3):''' 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18 * '''Egypt Basketball Cup''' :'''Champions (7):''' 1976–77, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 * '''Egyptian Mortabat League''' :'''Champions (2):''' 2012–13, 2013–14
==== International ==== '''FIBA Africa Basketball League''' * Fourth Place (2): 2013, 2014
=== Women's team ===
==== National ==== '''Egyptian Basketball Women's League'''<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Alexandria Sporting Club – History |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref> * '''Champions (2):''' 2021, 2022
'''Egyptian Basketball Women's Cup''' * '''Winners (2):''' 2013, 2020
'''Egyptian Basketball Women's SuperCup''' * '''Winners (2):''' 2017, 2021
==== International ==== '''FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League''' * '''Champions (2):''' 2022, 2023 * Fourth Place (1): 2019
==Rivalries== === Ittihad SC === Both clubs are Egyptian giants in basketball, when they face each other in the Alexandria derby, it’s often in the late stages of The Egyptian Basketball Super League. While the Al Ittihad men’s team has historically been superior to Sporting, Sporting’s women’s team has achieved continental success, including winning the FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League, which Ittihad’s women’s team is yet to achieve.
=== Smouha Sporting Club === Smouha is Sporting’s main rival outside of basketball, with both clubs being competitive in handball, volleyball, water polo, and squash. A strong friendly rivalry has formed between the youth of the two clubs. Both clubs are the two largest and most dominant clubs in Alexandria and two of the biggest clubs in Egypt.
==Notable players== :'''To appear in this section a player must have either:''' - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.<br> - Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time. * {{flagicon|EGY}} Omar Abdeen<ref name="notables">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150612120409/http://www.fiba.com/afrobasket/2015/Egypt tab=roster Egypt - Afrobasket 2015] FIBA.com, accessed 10 March 2017.</ref> * {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Mounir<ref name="notables"/>
==Other sports== ===Volleyball=== The club is currently active in the Egyptian Volleyball League
===Football=== The club is currently active in the Egyptian Second Division A
====Honours==== * '''Egyptian Third Division''': 2019–20 (Group 11)
===Handball=== The club is currently active in the Egyptian Professional League
====Honours==== * '''Egyptian Professional Super Cup''': 2019 * '''Egypt Cup''': 2022 * '''African Champions League''' runners-up: 2019 * '''Arab Championship of Champions''': 1997
==== Key Players ====
* Hamza Walid (Left-back) * Youssef Gaber "Afroto" (Centre) * Youssef Abdelaziz (Left-wing) * Mohammed Ghareeb (Right-back) * Youssef Walid (Goalkeeper)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.alexsportingclub.com/ Official website]
{{Egyptian Basketball Premier League}} {{Egyptian Second Division B}}
Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1890 Category:Sports clubs and teams in Alexandria Category:1890 establishments in Egypt Category:Egyptian Second Division clubs Category:Egyptian Second Division B clubs