The SAC ruled on Sunday (March 12) to dissolve the EFA’s Board of Directors and appoint Tharwat Sweilam as the interim President until the next elections.

It came after the body accepted a lawsuit from Magda El Helbawi, Omar Hareedi and Magda Mahmoud regarding the invalidity of the election of Hazem and Sahar El-Hawary in August of last year. 

Egyptian football news website KingFut reports that the EFA’s decision to appeal follows its Legal Committee’s review of the SAC’s ruling, which included a statement that prevented the release of the election results.

The national governing body has also asked for the execution and the legal advancements of the ruling to be stopped until the matter has been discussed among the legal commissioner and its Committee.

The EFA was disbanded by the SAC in March of last year following allegations of corruption in the organisation’s election in 2012.

El Helbawi and Hermas Radwan, two of the candidates in the disputed elections, complained after it was claimed votes were rigged.

The latest news comes just over a month after Egypt were beaten 2-1 by Cameroon in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

Is also comes amid uncertainty surrounding African football after it emerged the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) and the public prosecutor for financial and commercial affairs had referred the Confederation of African Football (CAF), its President Issa Hayatou and secretary general Hicham El Amrani to the Egyptian Economic Court.

The charges against the Cairo-based CAF, Hayatou and El Amrani relate to a broadcast rights deal with Lagardère Sports, which the company were allegedly given without a formal tender process as required by Egyptian law.

CAF accused the ECA of conducting a "trial by media", claiming the referral of the case was made "following only a few days of investigations and without any communication or engagement whatsoever with the CAF".

They have labelled the charges as "unsubstantiated", "groundless" and "without merit" and have vowed to "vigorously defend its position, its rights and reputation using all legal means available under international law".

African football's governing body also blasted the ECA and the prosecutor for the timing of the move just a matter of days before Hayatou is due to face Ahmad Ahmad in the CAF Presidential election in Addis Ababa.

CAF signed a deal with Lagardère Sports, appointed marketing and media agency for all of Africa's major footballing events, in June 2015.

The deal includes the Africa Cup of Nations, their flagship tournament.