East End Lions is a Sierra Leonean professional football club based in the capital Freetown . They play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League , the top football league in Sierra Leone. East End Lions represents the East End of Freetown, and play their home games at the National Stadium . The head coach, appointed in 2018 is John Keister.
4-681: Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The National Premier League is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association . The season runs from March to July. The current champions of
8-498: The premier league are East End Lions. They won the league unbeatable in 2019. Fc Kallon's 7–0 win against Sierra Leone Police Fc on October 23, 2021, is the biggest win in the history of the league. Eighteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season the bottom three clubs are relegated to the Sierra Leone National First Division ,
12-874: The second highest football league in Sierra Leone. The champions qualify for the CAF Champions League , while the second place team or the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup will qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup . If the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup has already qualify for the CAF Champions League, the Confederations Cup spot will go to the second place team in the table. East End Lions East End Lions are one of
16-647: The two biggest and most successful football clubs in Sierra Leonean football history (along with their main rivalry Mighty Blackpool ). The club was founded in 1928 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Sierra Leone. East End Lions have an intense rivalry with fellow powerhouse Mighty Blackpool who have won the National League 10 times. When these two clubs play each other at the national stadium in Freetown, tickets are often sold out; there
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