| Full name | El Shams Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Sun | ||
| Founded | 1962 | ||
| Ground | El-Shams Stadium Cairo, Egypt |
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| Chairman | Ibrahim farouk | ||
| Manager | Kamal A'tman | ||
| League | Egyptian Premier B | ||
| 2009-10 | 10th (Group B) | ||
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El Shams is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. They are currently a member of Egyptian Premier B Group B. Last season (2008-09), they finished in 4th place.
Despite its position in the Egyptian Premier B league, El Shams club has one of the most successful Egyptian Youth academies, generating a big number of successful athletes and champions.
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The 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 club is considered as one of the biggest clubs in the Middle East, if not the world in terms of space, expansions, services and number of participants, which has a membership of about 120000 thousand families, about half a million people.
As of 2010, El Shams football team participated only once in the Egyptian Premier League and that was in 1997-98. The team won 5, draw 9, and lost 16 matches earning the 16th place (last place).[1] As a result the team was relegated to the Egyptian Premier B.
As of 5 December 2009[update]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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