Tersana SC

The Tersana SC was established in 1921, when Egypt was a British protectorate, by English Major E.W. Slaughter. He became the first president of the club which was based first in Bulaq, then to Agouza, and to its current headquarters in Mit Okba in 1958.

The main reason for its establishment was to serve the staff of the Maritime Administration (currently the Ministry of Irrigation), so it was called Tersana. Blue uniforms were chosen to represent the sea.

There are different explanations for the nickname 'Hammers', typically signifying the hardness of the team. The most famous legend involves the team recruiting a number of former fedayeen. The nickname was popularized by sports critics Abdul Majid Noman and Najib Almstkawi after the intervention of defender Fouad Gouda, causing injury on foot Saleh Selim.

The Mit Okba Derby is a football match between Tersana SC and Zamalek SC. The two Egyptian clubs have been rivals since their creations, and have both contested in the Egyptian Premier League, the country's top-flight football league.

Tersana SC won the league title in the 1962–63 season, while Zamalek won the title 12 times. The largest winning margin in this derby was 7–3 for Zamalek, in the 1962–63 season.

• Egyptian Premier League
  • Winners (1): 1962–63
  • Runners up (5): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1974–75
• Egypt Cup
  • Winners (6): 1923, 1929, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1986
  • Runners up (3): 1950, 1956, 1966
• Sultan Hussein Cup
  • Winners (2): 1928, 1930
  • Runners up (2): 1926, 1931
• Cairo League
  • Winners (1): 1932–33
  • Runners up (4): 1930–31, 1933–34, 1947–48, 1949–50

Performance in CAF competitions

• FR = First round
• SR = Second round

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1964–65	African Cup of Champions Clubs	SR	Ethiopia	Cotton Factory	w/o[lower-alpha 1]
1987	African Cup Winners' Cup	FR	Rwanda	Mukura Victory Sports	5–0	1–1	6–1
		SR	Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	0–0	0–2	0–2

Notes

1. Cotton Factory won on walkover after Tersana withdrew.

Performance in Arab competitions

• Arab Club Championship: 1 appearance
  • 1987 – Fourth place

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Result
1987	Arab Club Championship	Group Stage		Al-Jaish	1 – 0
				JE Tizi Ouzou	0 – 0
				Al-Hilal	0 – 0
				Al-Arabi	3 – 1
		Semi-finals		Ittihad	0 – 1
		3rd Place		JE Tizi Ouzou	1 – 2

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  EGY Ahmed Khattab — GK  EGY Amr Gaber — DF  EGY Belal Salem — DF  EGY Ahmed Emad — DF  EGY Bassam Hassan — DF  EGY youssef khaled — DF  EGY morsi — DF  EGY Mohamed Ateya — DF  EGY Amar Mohsen — DF  EGY Hesham Ragab — DF  EGY Karim Zekry — DF  EGY Nour El-Garhi — MF  EGY Amr Samir

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  EGY Sherif Dabo — MF  EGY Ahmed Hisham — MF  EGY Abdel Rahman Magdi — MF  EGY Moustafa Damdam — MF  EGY Moustafa Naser — MF  EGY Karem Fathalla — MF  EGY Hussein Ghouniem — MF  EGY Mohamed El-Shami — MF  EGY Khaled Rabea — FW  EGY Abdalla Naser — FW  EGY Wa'el Abdel Fattah — FW  EGY Mahmoud Zanati

• Tersana History (Egyptianfootball.net)