Full name | El-Olympi النادي الأوليمبي المصري بالأسكندرية |
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Founded | 1905 |
Ground | 15,000-capacity Izz al-Din Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt. |
Chairman | Mr. Tarek El-Sayed |
League | Egyptian Second Division |
El-Olympi (Arabic: النادي الأوليمبي المصري بالاسكندرية), also known as Olympic Club, is an Egyptian athletic club based in Alexandria, founded in 1905. It is one of the oldest clubs in Egypt mostly known for its achievements in the Track and field games winning several medals in continental championships and also in the Olympiad (10 medals of the total 26 of Egypt).
The football Team's golden age was in the 1960s when the team could defeat Egypt's strongest teams at that time, winning the Egyptian Premier League in 1966. The team's level begun to drop due to financial problems. The team relegated in 2008–09 season and never show up in the Premier League again, the team was so near to show up again season 2013 /2014 and reports indicate that season 2014 /2015 has so big chance to show up again
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