El Sekka El Hadid SC

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El Sekka El Hadid SC
Full nameEl Sekka El Hadid Sporting Club
نادي السكة الحديد للألعاب الرياضية
Nickname(s)Sekka Hadid
Short nameSKH
Founded1903 (1903)
GroundEl Sekka El Hadid Stadium
Capacity25,000
ChairmanAlaa Ezz El-Din
ManagerMohammed Torky kareem
LeagueEgyptian Second Division
2023–24Second Division, 7th of 20

El Sekka El Hadid Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي السكة الحديد للألعاب الرياضية), is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club plays in the Egyptian Third Division, the third tier of the Egyptian football league system.

Founded in 1903, the club is the oldest football club in Egypt, and the Middle East.

History

In 1903, El Sekka El Hadid Club formed the first football team in Egypt.[1] The team was mainly formed of British and Italian engineers working in the maintenance workshops affiliated to the Railway Authority of the time. Among the former club players is Hussein Hegazi, Dulwich Hamlet's former player.[2] When it was necessary to have a national football competition in Egypt, El Sekka El Hadid became one of the Egyptian Premier League founders.[1] The team secured eighth place (out of 11) in the league's first season (1948–49).

As of 2010, El Sekka El Hadid participated in 23 seasons of the Egyptian Premier League; 1992–93 season being the team's last.[3] By the end of 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division, Al-Sekka Al-Hadid occupied the last place in Group B and were relegated to the Egyptian Third Division.[4]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b El-Sayed, Mohamed "When life began " Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Ahram Weekly, 2004-2-18, Retrieved on 9 May 2010.
  2. ^ Abdel-Ghani, Alaa "An Egyptian enigma", Ahram.org.eg. Retrieved on 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ Said, Tarek "Sekka Hadeed (Railways) In Egyptian League", Egyptian Football.net. Retrieved on 9 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Second Egyptian League 2009/2010" Goalzz. Retrieved on 9 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Egyptian Football Net - Sultan Hussein Cup".
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