Ismaily SC

Ismaily Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي‎) is an Egyptian professional football club, established on 13 April 1924 as a Nahda Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي النهضة الرياضي‎), based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team.

Ismaily won the Egyptian Premier League three times in 1967, 1991 and 2002, as well as the Egyptian Cup in 1997 and 2000. In 1969 the club won the CAF Champions League. That event, the first for an Egyptian team, was so monumental at the time that in many ways it remains a legendary victory in the minds of a whole generation. The club reached the CAF Champions League final match in 2003, but lost to Nigerian club Enyimba FC in a match that included many controversial incidents.

Ismaily also is well known for being rich in skillful players and for the enjoyable style of play which is the reason they are known as The Egyptian Samba. However, the club is also known for being usually unsuccessful to translate these abilities into championships.