El Gouna Football Club ( ar, نادي الجونة لكرة القدم), is an Egyptian
association football
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club based in
El Gouna
El Gouna ( ar, الجونة ' , "the Lagoon") is an Egyptian tourist city, owned and developed by Samih Sawiris' Orascom Development, dating from 1989. It is located on the Red Sea in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt, north of Hurghada. It is p ...
,
Hurghada
Hurghada (; ar, الغردقة ', ) is a city in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. It is one of the country's main tourist centres located on the Red Sea coast.
Overview
Hurghada was founded in the early 20th century. For many decades it wa ...
, Egypt. The club currently plays in the
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...
, the highest league in the
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.
History
The club's first league season was in the
Egyptian Fourth Division
Egyptian Fourth Division is a football division in Egypt
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in
2003–04, where they achieved their first title and secured the promotion to the
Egyptian Third Division
Egyptian Third Division ( ar, دوري الدرجة الثالثة المصري) is a football division in Egypt. It is the third level on the Egyptian football league system. Egyptian Third Division is the largest league of the Egyptian Fourth D ...
. In the next season of the Third Division,
2004–05, El Gouna accomplished the same feat and promoted to the
Egyptian Second Division. In the
2008–09 season of the Second Division the club managed to promote to the
Egyptian Premier League
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for the first time in the club's history.
The team ended the 2017-18 campaign finishing top of the
Egyptian Second Division (Group A) after their 1–0 away win against Al Salam on 11 April 2018. El Gouna will play in the Premier League for the fifth time in the club's history, having played four seasons in the top flight before with the 2014–15 season being the most recent.
Records and statistics
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Managers
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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 ...
(November 1, 2007 – October 2, 2010)
* Anwar Salama (October 10, 2010 – April 12, 2013)
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Rainer Zobel
Rainer Zobel (born 3 November 1948) is a German football manager and former player.
Playing career
Zobel was born in Wrestedt. He played for FC Bayern Munich during the 1970s.
Coaching career
In 2005, Zobel was head coach of Persepolis F.C. in ...
(April 12, 2013 – July 12, 2015)
* Stefan Florian Rieger (June 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016)
* Hesham Zakareya (July 1, 2017 – November 27, 2018)
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Hamada Sedki
Mohamed Yahia Sedki, known as Hamada Sedki ( ar, حمادة صدقي; born 25 August 1961) is an Egyptian footballer. He played as a central defender for Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly from 1986 to 1993, winning 25 international caps. Currently, he is a Man ...
(November 28, 2018 – June 30, 2019)
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Reda Shehata
Reda Shehata (born January 24, 1981 in Egypt
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(June 30, 2019 – July 9, 2019) (Caretaker)
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Nebojša Milošević (July 9, 2019 – 10 December 2019)
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Reda Shehata
Reda Shehata (born January 24, 1981 in Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by t ...
(10 December 2019 – 25 December 2019) (Caretaker)
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Pedro Barny
Luís Pedro Barros Barny Monteiro (born 20 July 1966), known as Barny, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the manager of Egyptian club El Gouna FC.
Playing career
Born in Porto, Barny played 332 Primeira Li ...
(27 December 2019 – 14 September 2020)
*
Reda Shehata
Reda Shehata (born January 24, 1981 in Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by t ...
(14 September 2020 – ''Present'')
External links
Official Website
Egyptian Second Division
Association football clubs established in 2003
2003 establishments in Egypt
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