East End Lions

Football club infobox
clubname = East End Lions


fullname = East End Lions
nickname = Red Roaring Lions, The Killers
founded = 1934
ground = National Stadium
Freetown, Sierra Leone
capacity = 45,000
chairman = flagicon|Sierra Leone Mohamed Nabie
manager = flagicon|Sierra Leone Amadu Deen|
league = Sierra Leone National Premier League
season = 2007/2008
position = 4th out of 14 clubs
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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. they are one of the two biggest and most successful football clubs in Sierra Leonean football history; having won the National League nine times and the "Sierra Leonean FA" Cup three times.

East End Lions represents the East End of Freetown, and play their home games at the National Stadium.

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 Mighty Blackpool who have won the National League ten times, one more occasion than the Lions.

Achievements

*Sierra Leone League: 9 :: 1977, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2005

*Sierra Leonean FA Cup: 3 :: 1973, 1980, 1989

Performance in CAF competitions

*CAF Champions League:::1998 - Preliminary Round::2006 - Preliminary Round

* African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances::1981: First Round::1986: withdrew in Preliminary Round::1994: First Round

*CAF Cup: 1 appearance::1992 - First Round

*CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance::1990 - Second Round

Notable former Players

*flagicon|Sierra Leone Gibrilla Woobay
*flagicon|Sierra Leone Ibrahim Kargbo
*flagicon|Sierra Leone Samuel Barlay
*flagicon|Sierra Leone Mustapha Sama
*flagicon|Sierra Leone Umaru Rahman