El Raja Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي), simply known as El Raja, is an Egyptian football and sports club based in

Mersa Matruh Mersa Matruh ( ar, مرسى مطروح, translit=Marsā Maṭrūḥ, ), also transliterated as ''Marsa Matruh'', is a port in Egypt and the capital of Matrouh Governorate. It is located west of Alexandria and east of Sallum on the main highw ...

, Egypt. The club currently plays in the

Egyptian Second Division The Egyptian Second Division ( ar, الدوري المصري الدرجة الثانية) (a.k.a. The Egyptian Professional League B, arz, الدوري المصري الممتاز ب) is an Egyptian professional football league representing the se ...

, 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 o ...

. It was promoted for the first time to the Premier League in the 2012-13 season.

Current squad

Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad.

External links

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