Magdi Abdelghani, a former member of the Egyptian Football Association’s board of directors, has labeled the council led by Hany Abou-Rida as the worst in the history of Egyptian football.
In televised statements on MBC Egypt, Magdi Abdelghani remarked, “The worst board of directors that could have emerged in the history of Egyptian football is the one that took over after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, chaired by Hany Abou-Rida.
The council was dissolved because the intentions were malicious.”
He added, “Hany Abou-Rida and Ahmed Megahed were the ones managing the association.
We were not allowed to know how much money the association had.
Karam Kurd was going to hold a general assembly to dissolve it because he inquired about the association’s budget.”
Continuing, he stated, “The association was not harmonized or cohesive, and I was shocked by the management of Engineer Hany Abou-Rida and Ahmed Megahed.
They are now always traveling together in Africa and Europe. Abou-Rida appointed a committee chairman who would sit idle for a month and collect $10,000.
He brought along two others (Ahmed Hossam Awad and Mohamed El-Shawarby), neither of whom had a role while he was running the association alone.”
Abdelghani’s remarks highlight the internal strife and mismanagement that plagued Egyptian football during the tenure of Hany Abou-Rida’s administration.
The revelations underscore the need for transparency and accountability within sports governance to ensure the integrity and credibility of football associations.
