Pyramids Football Club ( or ) is an Egyptian professional football club based in New Cairo, Cairo Governorate, The club is mainly known for its professional team, that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. Formed in 2008 as Al Assiouty Sport in Assiut, the club was bought and moved to Cairo by Turki Al-Sheikh in 2018. Later on, Salem Al Shamsi purchased the club in July 2019.
The club was formed as Al Assiouty Sport in Assiut in 2008. The club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in 2014, but finished 19th and were relegated in their first season. They won Group A of the Second Division in 2016âÂÂ17 and were promoted back to the Premier League.
In the summer of 2018, the Chairman of the Saudi Sports Authority Turki Al-Sheikh bought Al Assiouty Sport. The team's name was changed to Pyramids FC, and the club moved almost 400 km from Assiut to Cairo. Hossam El-Badry was announced as chairman of the club, Ahmed Hassan as spokesman and football team supervisor, Hady Khashaba as football director and former Botafogo coach Alberto Valentim as the new manager.
In their first season under the new name, Pyramids finished the 2018âÂÂ19 Egyptian Premier League in third place, qualifying for the 2019âÂÂ20 CAF Confederation Cup, and reached the 2019 Egypt Cup Final, where they lost 3âÂÂ0 to Zamalek. In July 2019, the Emirati businessman Salem Al Shamsi acquired the ownership of the club.
Competing in a continental tournament for the first time, Pyramids reached the final of the 2019âÂÂ20 CAF Confederation Cup despite starting the competition in its preliminary rounds. After beating ÃÂtoile du Congo, CR Belouizdad, and Young Africans in the qualifiers they went on to top their group in the First Round, containing Enugu Rangers, FC Nouadhibou, and Al-Masry, winning all bar one of their games. In the quarter-final they beat Zanaco 3âÂÂ1 over two legs, and then won 1âÂÂ0 against Horoya in the semi-final. In the final, held in Rabat, they lost 1âÂÂ0 to Moroccan side RS Berkane. In the league, Pyramids again finished third, in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, again qualifying for the following season's CAF Confederation Cup.
On 25 December 2023, in the Egyptian Super Cup semi-final, Pyramids lost on penalty kicks to Modern Future, failing to achieve their first championship. On 30 August 2024, the club achieved their first-ever title following a 1âÂÂ0 win over ZED in the 2024 Egypt Cup final.
In the 2024âÂÂ25 season, Pyramids FC topped the regular season standings but ultimately finished second in the Championship play-offs, with Al-Ahly claiming the top spot. On April 25, 2025, they made history by reaching the Champions League final for the first time, overcoming South African side Orlando Pirates with a 3âÂÂ2 aggregate victory. They went on to claim their maiden CAF Champions League title by defeating another South African club, Mamelodi Sundowns, also with a 3âÂÂ2 aggregate score.
Pyramids have a women's club. They the formation of the women's team in 2022, and they currently compete in Egyptian Women's Premier League
Pyramids FC TV was an Egyptian sports television channel owned by Pyramids FC and Turki Al-Sheikh, launched in 2018 and closed in the same year