Modern Future FC

Modern Future Football Club (Arabic: نادي مودرن فيوتشر لكرة القدم), formerly known as Future FC and Coca-Cola FC, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

Modern Future FC
Full nameModern Future Football Club
نادي مودرن فيوتشر لكرة القدم
Short nameMOF
Founded2011 (2011) as Coca-Cola FC
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) as Future FC
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22) as Modern Future FC
GroundAl Salam Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanWalid Zaki
ManagerTalaat Youssef
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2022–234th

History

The club was owned by the Egyptian branch of The Coca-Cola Company since its establishment in 2011 until 2021.[1] Coca-Cola's last season under that name witnessed their promotion to the 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history, as they finished top of their group in the 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division.[2]

On 2 September 2021, Future company for sports investments announced the acquisition of the club for a reported fee of £E80 million (approximately 4 million), and renamed the club to Future FC.[3] In their first season in the Premier League, Future finished 5th in the league but still qualified to the CAF Confederation Cup as the league was not finished by the CAF deadline. In the Confederation Cup, the club were eliminated in the group stage due to a mistake in Ahmed Refaat registration; hence, their results were ruled forfeited in all matches in which this player participated.

In the 2022–23 season, Future managed to win the inaugural Egyptian League Cup after a 5–1 win over Ghazl El Mahalla in the final. Meanwhile, they finished fourth in the league to qualify to the Confederation Cup for the second consecutive season.

In August 2023, the club had new ownership and was renamed to Modern Future FC ahead of the 2023–24 season.[4]

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  EGY Mahmoud Hamdy
2 DF  EGY Basem Ali
3 FW  GUI Hadji Barry
4 DF  EGY Mahmoud Rizk
6 DF  EGY Ali El Fil
7 MF  EGY Amr El Sisi
9 FW  EGY Marwan Mohsen
10 MF  EGY Ahmed Refaat
11 DF  EGY Tarek Taha
12 MF  EGY Mohamed Nosseir
13 DF  CMR Jonathan Ngwem
14 MF  EGY Mohamed Mahmoud
15 MF  EGY Abdallah Mohamed
16 GK  EGY Mahmoud Genish (captain)
17 FW  EGY Mohamed Farouk
18 FW  EGY Omar El Said
19 MF  EGY Ali Zazaa
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  EGY Mahmoud Shaaban
22 FW  MAR Abdelkabir El Ouadi
23 GK  EGY Ahmed Yehia
24 DF  EGY Khaled Reda
25 GK  EGY Mohamed Tarek
26 DF  EGY Mohamed Rabia
27 MF  EGY Ghanam Mohamed
28 MF  EGY Mohamed Sadek
30 FW  EGY Ahmed Atef
31 MF  NGA Bello Martins
33 FW  GAM Kajally Drammeh
34 MF  EGY Kabaka
35 MF  BEN Hassane Imourane
37 DF  EGY Abdelrahman Rashdan
38 MF  CMR Arnold Eba
39 FW  EGY Mohamed Zaalouk

Performance in CAF competitions

  • FR = First round
  • SR = Second round
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup FR  Uganda BUL Jinja 1–0 0–0 1–0
SR  Sierra Leone Kallon 4–0 2–0 6–0

Honours

References

  1. "آخرها كوكاكولا.. مليارات على المستطيل الأخضر في مصر". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 2 July 2021.
  2. "Coca-Cola FC secure historic promotion to Egyptian Premier League". kingfut.com. 2 July 2021.
  3. Ali, Ahmad Gamal (2021-09-03). "Sports investment company take over newly-promoted Coca-Cola FC". KingFut. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  4. "مفاجأة من العيار الثقيل بشأن مستقبل نادي فيوتشر" (in Arabic). one3.news. 22 August 2023.
  5. "Modern Future: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

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