El Dakhleya Sporting Club () is an Egyptian sports club based in Abbassia,

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

. The club is mainly known for its

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

team, which currently plays in the

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football ...

, the top tier in the

Egyptian football league system The Egyptian football league system refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system (league pyramid) for Football in Egypt, association football in Egypt. All divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The ...

. The club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history during the 2010–11 season of the

Egyptian Second Division The Egyptian Second Division () was an Egyptian semi-professional football league representing the second tier of the Egyptian football league system until 2023. It was administered by the Egyptian Football Association. It was below the top profes ...

, after finishing first in their group. They remained in the league until they were relegated in 2019. They were promoted to the

once again in the 2021–22 season.

Current squad

External links

Independent websites

El Dakhleya SC
at Egyptian Premier League {{DEFAULTSORT:Dakhleya Football clubs in Egypt Football clubs in Cairo 2005 establishments in Egypt Multi-sport clubs in Egypt Egyptian Premier League clubs Egyptian Second Division clubs