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El Shams SC (Arabic: الشمس; lit. 'The Sun Sporting Club') is an Egyptian football and basketball club based in Cairo, Egypt. They are currently a member of Egyptian Second Division, the second flight of Egyptian football.
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| Full name | El Shams Club | ||
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| Founded | 1962 | ||
| Ground | El-Shams Stadium, 20,000 capacity Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Owner | Osama Abu Zaid | ||
| Manager | Ahmed Eid Abdelmalek | ||
| League | Egyptian Third Division | ||
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History
editThe club was founded in May 1962 as sports social club and was called the Heliopolis Sporting Club (El Shams), based in the northern section of Cairo Governorate.
El Shams football team participated only once in the Egyptian Premier League and that was in 1997–98. The team managed by Irishman Stephen O'Neill won 5, drew 9, and lost 16 matches earning the 16th place (last place) with Benito M'Parlando finishing top scorer with 7 league goals.[1] As a result, the team was relegated to the Egyptian Premier B.
Basketball team
editEl Shams fields a men's basketball that has played in the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.
References
edit- ^ Said, Tarek "Egyptian Soccer League (1997/98)", Egyptianfootball.net. Retrieved on 26 April 2010.
External links
edit- El Shams Official Website (in Arabic)
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