Al Assiouty Sport

The club was formed as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Seuf in 2008.^[2] The club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in 2014,^[3] but finished 19th and were relegated in their first season.^[4] They won Group A of the Second Division in 2016–17 and were promoted back to the Premier League.^[5]

Pyramids FC era: 2018–present

In the summer of 2018, the Chairman of the Saudi Sports Authority Turki Al-Sheikh bought Al Assiouty Sport. Previously the honorary president of Al Ahly, Al Sheikh resigned from his position following disagreements about signings and stadium construction, and bought the club from Beni Seuf.^[2][6] The team's name was changed to Pyramids FC, and the club moved 400 km to Cairo.^[7] Former Al Ahly coach, Hossam El-Badry was announced as chairman of the club, Ahmed Hassan as spokesman and football team supervisor, Hady Khashaba as football director and former Botafogo coach Alberto Valentim as the new manager.^[8]

In their first season under the new name, Pyramids finished the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League in third place,^[9] qualifying for the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup, and reached the 2019 Egypt Cup Final, where they lost 3–0 to Zamalek.^[10] In July 2019, the Emirati businessman Salem Al Shamsi acquired the ownership of the club.^[11] Pyramids FC managed to establish thenselves as Egypt's 3rd best team always placing third except in the 21-22 season where they finished second only behind Zamalek.

First participation in African tournaments

Competing in a continental tournament for the first time, Pyramids reached the final of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup despite starting the competition in its preliminary rounds. After beating Étoile du Congo, CR Belouizdad, and Young Africans in the qualifiers they went on to top their group in the First Round, containing Enugu Rangers, FC Nouadhibou, and Al-Masry, winning all bar one of their games.^[12] In the quarter-final they beat Zanaco 3–1 over two legs, and then won 1–0 against Horoya in the semi-final.^[12] In the final, held in Rabat, they lost 1–0 to Moroccan side RS Berkane.^[13] In the league, Pyramids again finished third,^[14] in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, again qualifying for the following season's CAF Confederation Cup.

On 25 December 2023, in the Egyptian Super Cup semi-final, Pyramids lost on penalty kicks to Modern Future, failing to achieve their first championship.^[15][16]

International competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup

Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Performance in competitions

Performance in CAF competitions

• PR = Preliminary round
• FR = First round
• SR = Second round
• PO = Play-off round
• QF = Quarter-final
• SF = Semi-final

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Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2019–20	CAF Confederation Cup	PR	Congo	Étoile du Congo	4–1	1–0	5–1
		FR	Algeria	CR Belouizdad	1–1	1–0	2–1
		PO	Tanzania	Young Africans	3–0	2–1	5–1
		Group A	Mauritania	FC Nouadhibou	6–0	1–0	1st
			Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	0–1	3–1
			Egypt	Al Masry	2–0	2–1
		QF	Zambia	Zanaco	0–1	3–0	3–1
		SF	Guinea	Horoya	2–0[lower-alpha 1]
		Final	Morocco	RS Berkane	0–1
2020–21	CAF Confederation Cup	FR	Libya	Al Ittihad Tripoli	3–2	1–0	4–2
		PO	Ivory Coast	RC Abidjan	2–0	2–0	4–0
		Group D	Morocco	Raja CA	0–3	0–2	2nd
			Zambia	Nkana	3–0	1–0
			Tanzania	Namungo	1–0	2–0
		QF	Nigeria	Enyimba	4–1	1–1	5–2
		SF	Morocco	Raja CA	0–0	0–0	0–0 (4–5 p)
2021–22	CAF Confederation Cup	SR	Tanzania	Azam	1–0	0–0	1–0
		PO	DR Congo	AS Maniema Union	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Group A	Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	1–0	1–1	2nd
			Zambia	Zanaco	1–0	2–0
			Libya	Al Ahli Tripoli	2–1	0–1
		QF	DR Congo	TP Mazembe	0–0	0–2	0–2
2022–23	CAF Confederation Cup	SR	Sudan	Hilal Al Sahil	7–0	2–0	9-0
		PO	Niger	ASN Nigelec	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group C	Togo	ASKO Kara	1–0	4–1	2nd
			Egypt	Future FC	2–1	1–1
			Morocco	ASFAR	2–2	0–1
		QF	South Africa	Marumo Gallants F.C.	1–1	0–1	1–2
2023–24	CAF Champions League	PR	Niger	APR F.C.	6–1	0–0	6–1

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Current squad

As of 3 June^[18]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EGY Ahmed El Shenawy 2 MF  EGY Zalaka 3 DF  EGY Mahmoud Marei 4 DF  EGY Ahmed Samy 5 DF  EGY Ali Gabr (3rd captain) 6 DF  EGY Osama Galal 7 MF  BFA Blati Touré 8 MF  EGY Islam Issa 9 FW  COD Fiston Mayele 10 FW  EGY Ramadan Sobhi 11 MF  EGY Mostafa Fathi 12 DF  EGY Ahmed Tawfik 13 MF  EGY Dunga 14 MF  EGY Mohanad Lasheen 15 DF  MAR Mohamed Chibi 17 MF  EGY Mohamed Reda

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  MAR Walid El Karti 20 FW  EGY Abdallah Magdy 21 DF  EGY Mohamed Hamdy 22 GK  EGY Sherif Ekramy 23 FW  RSA Fagrie Lakay 24 DF  EGY Ahmed Fathy 25 FW  EGY Youssef Osama 26 FW  EGY Mohamed El Gabbas 28 GK  EGY Ahmed Mayhoub 29 DF  EGY Karim Hafez 30 FW  EGY Ibrahim Adel 32 FW  NGA Tolulope Samuel Ojo 33 FW  EGY Marwan Hamdy 40 FW  NGA Samuel Omsa

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