El Shams is an Egyptian

Egyptians

Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...

 football club based in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

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Egypt

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They are currently a member of Egyptian Premier B

Egyptian Second Division

The Egyptian Second Division is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the second division of Egyptian football, which was established in 1977...

 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.

History

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

Egyptian Premier League

The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

 and that was in 1997-98. The team won 5, draw 9, and lost 16 matches earning the 16th place (last place). As a result the team was relegated to the Egyptian Premier B

Egyptian Second Division

The Egyptian Second Division is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the second division of Egyptian football, which was established in 1977...

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Current squad

Notable players

Sherif El Baily

Sherif El Baily

Sherif El Bialy is an Egyptian-American footballer who lasted played for first division Belgian team Lierse S.K..El Bialy played collegiate soccer for Rutgers University.-Youth:...

 Mohamed El-Hossary Mohamed El Yamani

Mohamed El Yamani

Mohamed El Yamani is an Egyptian footballer. He plays as a striker, currently for Maltese Premier Division side Floriana FC.-Standard Liège:...

 Reda Mahrous Ahmed Said "Okka"

Ahmed Said

Ahmed Said, sometimes addressed by his nickname 'Okka', is an Egyptian football player currently playing for Egyptian Premier League club Haras El Hodood. He was selected as part of the Egyptian national team squad for the 2009 Confederations Cup and participated in all of the 3 matches of the...

 Tamer Abdel Wahab

External links

• El Shams Official Website