Tala'ea El Gaish Sporting Club ( ar, نادي طلائع الجيش الرياضي) (Translated: “Army Vanguard”), is an Egyptian sports club based in

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, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional

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team, which currently plays in the

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, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. The club also has a representative

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team that competes in the

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Honours

National

Egypt Cup *Runners-up: 2019–20

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*Winners:

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Current first team squad

Managers

Talaat Youssef Talaat Youssef ( arz, طلعت يوسف) is an Egyptian former football player. He last managed Al Ittihad in the Egyptian Premier League. Playing career El Ittihad El Sakandary Youssef is considered one of El Ittihad El Sakandary's (aka Ale ...

(July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008) *

Farouk Gaafar Farouk Gaafar فاروق جعفر (Nick Names: Roo-a & King of Midfield) is an Egyptian former football player and manager. He played midfielder for Zamalek and the Egypt national football team. He finished eighth in the magazine ''France Foot ...

(Jan 10, 2008 – Jan 5, 2013) *

Emad Soliman Emad Soliman (born 23 July 1959) is an Egyptian former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...

(Feb 16, 2013 – Feb 14, 2014) * Helmy Toulan (March 12, 2014 – June 18, 2014) * Ahmed Samy (interim) (June 18, 2014 – Jul 20, 2014) * Anwar Salama (Aug 17, 2014–) *

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 Kaf ...

(12 November 2019 – 19 January 2020) * Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny (19 January 2020 – 3 November 2020) *

Tarek El Ashry Tarek El Ashry ( ar, طارق العشري) is an Egyptian football coach who was last the manager of the Egyptian Premier League team Tala'ea El Gaish SC. He established his name as a young manager by winning three cup titles. In addition, he i ...

(3 November 2020 – ""Present"")

Other departments

Basketball

The club is currently active in the Egyptian Super League

Handball

The club is currently active in the Egyptian Professional League

Honors

* Egyptian Professional League: 2007 * Egypt Cup runners-up: 2013, 2018, 2019

Volleyball

The club is currently active in the Egyptian Men's Volleyball League

Honors

*: 2015–16, 2016–17 * Egypt Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17 * African Clubs Championship: 2016 * Arab Clubs Championship runners-up: 2015

References

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