Smouha SC (basketball)
| Smouha | |||
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| Nickname | The Blue Wave (الموج الأزرق) | ||
| Leagues | Egyptian Super League | ||
| Founded | 19 December 1949 | ||
| Arena | Smouha Hall | ||
| Location | Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Website | smouhaclub | ||
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Smouha Sporting Club (Arabic: سموحة ٨٢), commonly known simply as Smouha, is an Egyptian professional basketball club from Alexandria. The club competes in the Egyptian Super League, the highest national level.
In the 2018–19 season, Smouha made its debut in the FIBA Africa Basketball League.[1][2]
Notable Players
[edit]Marwan Sarhan was one of their best players before Al Ahly decided to buy out his contract from Smouha for £E4M in 2021.[3] In March 2020, Sarhan became All-time leading scorer in the club's history.
Honours
[edit]International
[edit]- Third place (1): 2018–19 after beating JS Kairouan 58-69. [4]
In African competitions
[edit]FIBA Africa Basketball League (1 appearances)
- 2018–19 – Third Place
- 2018–19 – Third Place
Season by season
[edit]| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Egyptian Cup | International competitions | Head coach | ||||||
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| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win% | League | Result | |||||||
| Smouha | |||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Premier League | 7th | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | Quarterfinalist | ABL | Third place | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Premier League | 6th | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | Quarterfinalist | N/A | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Premier League | 6th | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 | Quarterfinalist | DNQ | ||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Premier League | 8th | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | Quarterfinalist | DNQ | ||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Premier League | 5th | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 | Semi-finalist | DNQ | ||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Premier League | 6th | 14 | 4 | 10 | .286 | Lost quarterfinals (Zamalek) 0–3 | DNQ | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "FIBA Africa League: Smouha survole le groupe D". africatopsports.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Rivers Hoopers, Civil Defenders to battle North African sides | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsSport — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News". guardian.ng. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Sarhan Signs for Al Ahly". www.alahlyegypt.com. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ "JS Kairouan v Smouha S.C. boxscore - FIBA Africa Basketball League 2019 - 26 May". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
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