East End Lions
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| Full name | East End Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Red Roaring Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | National Stadium Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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| Capacity | 36,600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Mohamed Nabieu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Sierra Leone League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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East End Lions is a Sierra Leonean professional soccer club based in the capital Freetown, Sierra Leone currently playing in the Sierra Leone League.
East End Lions play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown and are one of the most successful soccer clubs in Sierra Leonean football history, having won the National League nine times and the Sierra Leonean FA Cup three times.
In 2006, the Lions qualified for the 2006 edition of CAF Champions League but lost to Côte d'Ivoire side Asec Abidjan in the first round.
They have an intense rivalry with fellow powerhouse Mighty Blackpool who have won the National League ten times, one more occasion than the Lions.
[edit] Achievements
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- 1977, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2005
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- 1973, 1980, 1989
[edit] Notable Players
[edit] Sources
- Rec.sport.soccer statistics foundation
- The pool newspaper of Sierra Leone
- www.sierra-leone.org/sport.072201.html
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