Home shirt as worn over 3 seasons when Heliopolitanos finished 16th then 18th in the 1988-89 season. The side faced Tenerife in the relegation play-off, a 4-1 loss over two legs sealed their relegation to the Segunda División. El Glorioso only spent one season in the second division, finishing 2nd in the 1989-90 season they bounced straight back up.