Tala'ea el-Gaish Sporting Club (), also known as Army, is an Egyptian sports club based in
Cairo
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, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional
football
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team, which currently plays in the
Egyptian Premier League
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, the top league in the
Egyptian football league system
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.
The club also has a representative men's
basketball
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team that competes in the
Egyptian Basketball Super League.
Honours
National
*
Egyptian Super Cup
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**Winners:
2020–21
Current squad
Managers
*
Talaat Youssef (July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008)
*
Farouk Gaafar (Jan 10, 2008 – Jan 5, 2013)
*
Emad Soliman (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 (12 November 2019 – 19 January 2020)
*
Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny (19 January 2020 – 3 November 2020)
*
Tarek El Ashry (3 November 2020 – 31 August 2022)
* Alaa Abdel Aal (31 August 2022 – 2 November 2022)
*
Mohamed Youssef (3 November 2022 – 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
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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
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: 2014–15, 2016–17
*
African Clubs Championship: 2016
*
Arab Clubs Championship runners-up: 2015
References
External links
Independent websites
Tala'ea El Gaish SCat Egyptian Premier League
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Association football clubs established in 1997
1997 establishments in Egypt
Football clubs in Egypt
Football clubs in Cairo
Military association football clubs
Basketball teams in Egypt
Egyptian Premier League clubs