El Dakhleya Sporting Club () is an Egyptian sports club based in
Abbassia,
Cairo
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. The club is mainly known for its
football
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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
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.
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
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, after finishing first in their group. They remained in the league until they were relegated in 2019. They were promoted to 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 ...
once again in the 2021–22 season.
Current squad
External links
Independent websites
El Dakhleya SCat Egyptian Premier League
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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