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Cairo League

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Country
  
Egypt

Folded
  
1958

Level on pyramid
  
1

Founded
  
1922

Number of teams
  
5

Domestic cup(s)
  
Egypt Cup

Cairo League 1924–1953 & 1957–58, is an old Egyptian football tournament. Before the start of Egyptian Premier League in its current form, the main competition was the Egypt Cup which started 1921. Egyptian federation started its 1st league competition (1938) in the form of regional leagues (Cairo, Alexandria, Bahary & Canal). The competition was played along with the new league form (1948–1953) then finally stopped. Five teams participated in this league Al-Zamalek, Al-Ahly, Sekka, Police & Greek Clubs. The Championship was then held once more in 1957–58 but was then stopped again.

Honours

The past Winners are:

References

Cairo League Wikipedia