El Gouna FC

El Gouna Football Club (Arabic: نادي الجونة لكرة القدم) is an Egyptian association football club based in the city of El Gouna, Hurghada, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.

El Gouna FC
Full nameEl Gouna Football Club
نادي الجونة لكرة القدم
Nickname(s)The Gounies
Short nameGOU, GFC
Founded2003 (2003)
GroundKhaled Bichara Stadium
Capacity12,000
ChairmanSamih Sawiris
ManagerReda Shehata
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2022–23Egyptian Second Division – Group 1, 1st of 16 (promoted)

History

The club's first league season was in the Egyptian Fourth Division in 2003–04, where they achieved their first title and secured the promotion to the Egyptian Third Division. 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 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.

In the 2022-23 season, El Gouna won promotion back to the Premier Division after one season.[1]

Records and statistics
Season I II Pts. Pl. W T L GS GA Diff. Egypt Cup Notes
2008–091 (Group A)64 pts30181025417+37Round of 16Promoted
2009–101234 pts30810122632−6Round of 16
2010–111134 pts30810122633−7Quarter Final
2011–12not finished22 pts165742218+4not held
2012–13not finished14 pts153571219-7Runner-up
2013–145 (Group 1)26 pts207581716+1Round of 32
2014–151646 pts381016123335-2Round of 16Relegated
2015–164 (Group A)33 pts209652415+95 Preliminary round
2016–173 (Group A)58 pts32161064831+17Round of 32
2017–181 (Group A)71 pts3021816322+41Round of 16Promoted
2018–191438 pts34814123852-14Round of 32
2019–201337 pts34107173245-13Round of 32
2020–211238 pts34814123641-5Round of 16

Players

Current squad
As of 12 October 2023[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  EGY Mahmoud El Gharabawy
2 GK  EGY Islam Tarek
4 DF  EGY Mahmoud El Gazzar
5 DF  EGY Louay Wael (2nd captain)
7 FW  EGY Mahmoud Shabrawy
8 MF  EGY Amr Abdelfattah
9 FW  EGY Mohamed Ragab
10 MF  EGY Islam Roshdi
12 MF  EGY Ahmed Amer
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  EGY Nour El Sayed (captain)
15 FW  EGY Mohamed Abdelgawad
17 MF  EGY Amr Barakat
18 MF  EGY Islam Abdelnaim
19 FW  EGY Mohamed Nasser
30 DF  EGY Amr El Saadawy
33 DF  EGY Zeyad El Geushy
44 MF  EGY Islam Tamer
66 GK  EGY Karim Nabil
— MF  EGY Mohamed Rizk

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers
  • Ismail Youssef (November 1, 2007 – October 2, 2010)
  • Anwar Salama (October 10, 2010 – April 12, 2013)
  • Rainer Zobel (April 12, 2013 – July 12, 2015)
  • Stefan Florian Rieger (June 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016)
  • Hesham Zakareya (July 1, 2017 – November 27, 2018)
  • Hamada Sedki (November 28, 2018 – June 30, 2019)
  • Reda Shehata (June 30, 2019 – July 9, 2019) (Caretaker)
  • Nebojša Milošević (July 9, 2019 – 10 December 2019)
  • Reda Shehata (10 December 2019 – 25 December 2019) (Caretaker)
  • Pedro Barny (27 December 2019 – 14 September 2020)
  • Reda Shehata (14 September 2020 – Present)

References
  2. "El Gouna: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

Independent websites
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.