189010 September
The official opening
Sporting begins.
The club opened with a horse-racing meeting attended by Khedive Tewfik. Al-Ahram reported the occasion the following day.
ALEXANDRIASPORTING CLUB
The story of Alexandria Sporting ClubEstablished
Alexandria Sporting Club grounds · GolfPass1890.
A club in the life of a city.
A tradition passed from one generation to the next.
Before the next chapter,
there was the first.
The main club officially opened on 10 September 1890. This is Alexandria Sporting Club’s story, the wider sporting institution that is home to our golf community. It is distinct from the story of the Seniors Golf group.
The early yearsA name at the heart
A name at the heart
of Sporting’s story.
The club’s own account places Prince Omar Tousson at the centre of its foundation and early leadership.
A sporting home.
A place in Alexandria’s memory.
Moments in Sporting’s historyA story written
A story written
across generations.
1921A permanent home
Putting down roots
A place to belong.
The club bought the land it occupied. Its history records workers contributing by giving up part of their wages to help complete the purchase.
1952A changing Egypt
A new era
History moves forward.
The club’s account describes its royal patronage through the period ending with Egypt’s 1952 revolution.
1956Club and city
Part of Alexandria
Growing with the city.
Sporting transferred part of its land to Alexandria’s municipality for widening the street alongside the tramway.
The sporting tradition continuesA club that
A club that
keeps playing.
The Arab Golf Federation reports that Sporting’s 2023/24 league champions defeated Gezira 4–0 to win the inaugural Egyptian Golf Federation Super Cup.
A milestone for the main club’s golf team, shared here as part of Sporting’s wider golfing story.
Read the federation’s report ↗History, with its sources.
A short introduction drawn from the club’s own historical account and federation reporting. This page does not assign a founding date to the golf course or the Seniors Golf group.
01 / MAIN CLUBAlexandria Sporting ClubOfficial history and development of the club ↗02 / ARCHIVEThe club museumOfficial opening and the club’s historical collection ↗03 / GOLFArab Golf FederationSporting’s inaugural Super Cup victory ↗
Photographic credits
Historical portrait: unknown photographer, Wikimedia Commons, marked public domain. Course views: GolfPass’s Alexandria Sporting Club listing and Hole19’s club listing. Golf-team photograph: Arab Golf Federation report linked above. These are editorial club photographs, not a live course feed. Original golfer and crest supplied on the existing asc.golf website. The golf-equipment still-life and the individual page-cover studies are original AI-created editorial illustrations. They do not depict actual club members, facilities or trophies earned. The original golfer and the credited documentary course, founder and team images retain their separate provenance.
Historical references checked 24 October 2026.