El Sekka El Hadid Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي السكة الحديد للألعاب الرياضية), is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest tier of the Egyptian football league system.
| Full name | El Sekka El Hadid Sporting Club نادي السكة الحديد للألعاب الرياضية | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sekka Hadid | ||
| Short name | SKH | ||
| Founded | 1903 | ||
| Ground | El Sekka El Hadid Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||
| Chairman | Alaa Ezz El-Din | ||
| Manager | Mohammed Torky kareem | ||
| League | Egyptian Second Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Second Division, 7th of 20 | ||
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Founded in 1903, the club is the oldest football club in Egypt, and the Middle East. Among the former club players is Hussein Hegazi, Dulwich Hamlet's former player.[1]
History
editIn 1903, El Sekka El Hadid Club formed the first football team in Egypt.[2] The team was mainly formed of British and Italian engineers working in the maintenance workshops affiliated to the Railway Authority of the time. When it was necessary to have a national football competition in Egypt, El Sekka El Hadid became one of the Egyptian Premier League founders.[2] The team earned the 8th place (out of 11) in the league's first season; 1948–49 Season.
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] The team is currently competing in the Egyptian Second Division. However, the fans of this historic team were shocked to see their team fall to the Egyptian Third Division. By the end of 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division, Al-Sekka Al-Hadid occupied the last place in Group B and relegation to third division became a reality.[4]
Honours
edit- Cairo League
- Winners (2): 1923–24, 1925–26
- Sultan Hussein Cup
- Winners (2): 1923–24, 1935–36[5]
- Egypt Cup
References
edit- ^ Abdel-Ghani, Alaa "An Egyptian enigma", Ahram.org.eg. Retrieved on 2 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Said, Tarek "Sekka Hadeed (Railways) In Egyptian League", Egyptian Football.net. Retrieved on 9 May 2010.
- ^ "Second Egyptian League 2009/2010" Goalzz. Retrieved on 9 May 2010.
- ^ "Egyptian Football Net - Sultan Hussein Cup".