Wadi Degla Investment Company , based in Maadi, Cairo, were established in 2002 as a result of a merger between EgyPro, founded in 1995, and Wadi Degla Group.
The invest company earns its name from the nearby protectorate Wadi Degla in Maadi. Wadi Degla (Wadi is Arabic for valley) is a 30km-long canyon that became a national park in 1999. It’s a haven for wildlife — there are desert foxes and gazelles out there.
Wadi Degla Sporting Club, owned by the investment company of the same name, is the first private sports club in Egypt. It boasts a wide variety of sporting branches such as arching, karate, tennis, squash, swimming, basketball, volleyball, croquet and football.
The club incorporated the gazelle from the nearby protectorate in its emblem, whilst the green and yellow accents reflect its habitat:
The club’s mission statement is to create competitive athletes, capable of joining the international sports scene. One of their sons tops the world ranking list of squash. In order to accomplish this objective the club management has engaged with some leading internationally world-class recognized sports academies with a proven track of achievements.
Wadi Degla holds four sports academies, El Borolossy for squash, Fins for swimming, JC Ferrero for tennis and the Arsenal Soccer School, implementing the most advanced training methodologies with children, as young as six, in 12 different age groups that train with Arsenal certified soccer instructors.
The certified instructors receive regular training courses by one of the top Arsenal coaches. The soccer school candidates enroll in an annual program that includes on-field as well as off-field activities varying from physical training, swimming, soccer plans and tactics to English and computer skills. This program in itself is a mini version of the giant British soccer club, the oldest soccer program in England that has been active for the past 18 years,
Football at Wadi Degla in Cairo is currently performed at second division level , with the team topping the table and on the brink of promotion to the sMomtaz. The name tag may sound familiar since Wadi Degla Football Club are the owners of Belgian based Lierse SK and KV Turnhout.
The football ground, set in a spectacular sports park on the outskirts of Cairo, is a rectangular affair. However, the designer still managed to squeeze in the most peculiar athletic tracks with 90 degree corners.
With stands on two sides only, a modest roof is the only provision to cover a set of plastic seats bolted on to concrete steps:
Undeveloped banks are not necessarily uncommon features in the Egyptian grounds scene, unlike its rare pendants at old Springfield Park in Wigan or the grassy slope running up from the touchline up the old Cowshed’s perimeter wall at Exeter’s St James’ Park:
To the left of the main stand the elevated club’s changing rooms and restaurant are separated from pitch level by humble terracing:
Welcome and good luck!
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