El Raja SC

El Raja SC
Full name	El Raja Sporting Club; نادي الرجاء الرياضي
Short name	RAJ
Founded	1999; 25 years ago
Ground	MS Matruh Stadium
Chairman	Saad Abou Sondouq
Manager	Ramadan El Sayed
League	Egyptian Third Division
2017–18	Egyptian Premier League, 16th; (relegated)

El Raja Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الرجاء الرياضي), simply known as El Raja, is an Egyptian football and sports club based in Mersa Matruh, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Third Division, the third-highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

Current squad

Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

notable players

Omar Kaboré

Dimitri Nguile

Mansou Kouakou

Stephen Baffour
Emmanuel Odoi

Formose Mendy

Ballah Somah

Nico Dao
Mamadou Keita
Mamadou Kouyate

Emmanuel Adole
Jabril Lawal

Rabee Al Abdallah

Ghazi Chellouf

notable coaches

Ayman El Mizzayn (2011–2014)
Khaled Eid (2014)
Mohamed Abdel-Samiea (2014)
Samir Kamouna (2014–2016)
Ahmed El Agouz (2017)
Khaled El Kamash (2017)

External links

El Raja SC at Soccerway

v t e Egyptian Third Division
Seasons	1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1988–89 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
2022–23 Clubs	6th of October Abou Kasah Abou El Reesh Abou Sakal Abou Tig Al Ahly (El Monshah) Ala'ab Damanhour Alexandria Petroleum Almaza Alo Egypt Ashmoun Asyut Al Badari Badr Bahtim Baltim Belbeis Benha Beni Ebeid Beni Mazar Beni Suef Bilqas Bir Al Abd Biyala Borussia Egypt BWADC Cascada Damietta Delphi Desouk Esco Faqous Al Fayrouz Fleet Club El Gamarek Ghazl Damietta Ghazl Shebin Goldi Team FC Guinness Helwan El Aam HFC Al Hilal (Aswan) El Horreya Horse Owners' Club Ittihad El Shorta Al Jazeera Koum Hamada Luxor Makadi Al Maadi & Al Yacht Maleyat Kafr El Zayat Manshiyat El Shohada Manshiyat Naser Al Maragha El Marg Matar Taris Matruh Mega Sport Menouf Al Merreikh Minyat El Nasr Misr Insurance Mit Khalaf El Montaza MS Abou El Matamir MS Abou El Namras MS Abou Ragwan MS Abou Tisht MS Abou Zenima MS Aga MS Arish MS Atsa MS Batta MS El Dabaa MS El Delengat MS Edfu MS Esna MS Faiyum MS Ibshaway MS Itay El Baroud MS El Kazazin MS El Kherba MS Koum Hamada MS Maghagha MS Martyr Ahmed El Mansi MS Masr MS Minyat Samanoud MS Naser Mallawi MS El Obour MS Qutur MS Salem El Hersh MS El Serw MS Sohag MS Sol MS Tala MS Toukh MS El Tour MS El Wadi Naser El Fekreia Al Nasr (Arish) Nogoom Nogoom Masr El Nuba Osmason Tanta Plastic Shubra El Kheima Port Fouad Pyramids Gardens Qeft Qena Qous Quesna El Qusiya El Raja Ras El Bar Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar Al Rebat & Al Anwar El Said (Giza) Said El Mahalla Sakha El Salloum Samanoud El Sekka El Hadid (Ismailia) Sers Al Layanah El Shams El Sharkia Sharm El Sheikh Shebin El Qanater Sherbeen Shoban Badaway Shoban Al Maragha Sidi Salem Sinai Star Sinnuris Sohag South Sinai Sporting Castle El Tahrir (Aswan) Tahta Al Wasta El Zaafran Al Zarka El Zohour
Associated competitions	Egypt Cup
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