El Entag El Harby Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإنتاج الحربي الرياضي), sometimes referred to as Military Production, is an Egyptian sports club based in

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, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its

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team, which currently plays in the

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, the highest league in the

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. The club is owned by the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production. Founded in 2004, the club managed to reach the

for the first time in their history in 2009 after they were promoted from the

2008–09 Egyptian Second Division Egyptian Second Division 2008–09 is the 2008–09 season of the Egyptian Second Division competition. A total of 48 teams are divided into 3 groups based on geographical distribution. The top team of each group promotes to the highest Egyptian fo ...

by finishing first in their group.

History

After a long and an intense race with Al Nasr and El Dakhleya in 2008–09, El Entag El Harby secured its first appearance ever in the

. The team needed their last match that season (2–2 tie with GASCO) to win promotion. In preparation for its premier league campaign, El Entag El Harby appointed

Tarek Yehia Tarek Yehia ( ar, طارق يحيى, born 10 September 1961) is an Egyptian former football player and Zamalek former international left winger. He worked as caretaker at Zamalek for many terms. Playing career Early career He was born in Ka ...

as the new manager. Yehia quickly looked for the option of signing experienced Egyptian players that could lead the team to prevent relegation. He signed players such as Mohamed Aboul Ela (

Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east an ...

former captain), Mostafa Kamal (Veteran Goal Keeper), Hassan Mousa, and others. Tarek Yehia enjoyed great success with his team. Surprisingly, El Entag El Harby finished 7th in its first season at the Premier League level ( 2009–10). However, Yehia's era at the club lasted for only that season. He preferred to move to newly promoted Misr Lel Makasa. Osama Orabi replaced him.Tarek, Sheri
"Production install Orabi as new boss"
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Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

(May 5, 2009 – June 6, 2010) * Osama Oraby (July 1, 2010 – July 13, 2011) * Mohamed Helmy (Jan 8, 2011 – June 25, 2012) * Osama Oraby (July 3, 2012 – April 24, 2013) *

Ismail Youssef Ismail Youssef Awadallah Mohamed ( ar, إسماعيل يوسف; born 28 June 1964 in Giza) is a former Egyptian football player. He is currently the assistant manager of the Egyptian Premier League team; Zamalek. Ismail is the youngest bro ...

(April 24, 2013 – 2014) * Mo'men Soliman (March 3, 2015 – July 22, 2015) * Shawky Gharieb (2015 – 20 March 2017) * Mokhtar Mokhtar (2017 – 2021) * Ahmed Abdel Moneim (2021 – )

References

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