Eastern Company SC
| Full name | Eastern Company Sporting Club نادي إيستيرن كومباني للألعاب الرياضية | ||
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| Short name | EAC | ||
| Founded | 1953 | ||
| Ground | Eastern Company Stadium | ||
| Manager | Ashraf Rayian | ||
| League | Egyptian Premier League | ||
| 2020–21 | Second Division, 1st (Group A) (promoted) | ||
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Eastern Company Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الشرقية للدخان "إيسترن كومباني" للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is related to the tobacco company, Eastern Company (El Sharkia Lel Dokhan).[1]
History[]
The club used to play in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system. However, Eastern Company were promoted to the 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history, as they finished top of their group in the 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division.[2]
References[]
- ^ "بعد صعوده للدوري.. كم يبلغ دعم نادي الشرقية للدخان سنويا من شركته؟". masrawy.com (in Arabic). 4 July 2021.
- ^ "El-Sharkia Lel Dokhan promoted to Egyptian Premier League for first time". kingfut.com. 3 July 2021.
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Categories:
- Egyptian Second Division
- Football clubs in Egypt
- Football clubs in Cairo
- 1953 establishments in Egypt
- Association football clubs established in 1953
- Egyptian sport stubs
- North African football club stubs