Eastern Company Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الشرقية "إيسترن كومباني" للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian football club based in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
, Egypt. The club is related to the tobacco company, Eastern Company (El Sharkia Lel Dokhan).
History
The club used to play in the
Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the
Egyptian football league system The Egyptian football league system refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system (league pyramid) for association football in Egypt. All divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The system consists of ...
. 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.
Current squad
References
Egyptian Second Division
Football clubs in Cairo
1953 establishments in Egypt
Association football clubs established in 1953
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