El Gouna Football Club (Arabic: نادي الجونة لكرة القدم) is an Egyptian football club based in the city of El Gouna, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
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
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| 2008–09 |
|
1 (Group A) |
64 pts |
30 |
18 |
10 |
2 |
54 |
17 |
+37 |
Round of 16 |
Promoted
|
| 2009–10 |
12 |
|
34 pts |
30 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
26 |
32 |
−6 |
Round of 16 |
|
| 2010–11 |
11 |
|
34 pts |
30 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
26 |
33 |
−7 |
Quarter Final |
|
| 2011–12 |
not finished |
|
22 pts |
16 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
22 |
18 |
+4 |
not held |
|
| 2012–13 |
not finished |
|
14 pts |
15 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
19 |
-7 |
Runner-up |
|
| 2013–14 |
5 (Group 1) |
|
26 pts |
20 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
17 |
16 |
+1 |
Round of 32 |
|
| 2014–15 |
16 |
|
46 pts |
38 |
10 |
16 |
12 |
33 |
35 |
-2 |
Round of 16 |
Relegated
|
| 2015–16 |
|
4 (Group A) |
33 pts |
20 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
24 |
15 |
+9 |
5 Preliminary round |
|
| 2016–17 |
|
3 (Group A) |
58 pts |
32 |
16 |
10 |
6 |
48 |
31 |
+17 |
Round of 32 |
|
| 2017–18 |
|
1 (Group A) |
71 pts |
30 |
21 |
8 |
1 |
63 |
22 |
+41 |
Round of 16 |
Promoted
|
| 2018–19 |
14 |
|
38 pts |
34 |
8 |
14 |
12 |
38 |
52 |
-14 |
Round of 32 |
|
| 2019–20 |
13 |
|
37 pts |
34 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
32 |
45 |
-13 |
Round of 32 |
|
| 2020–21 |
12 |
|
38 pts |
34 |
8 |
14 |
12 |
36 |
41 |
-5 |
Round of 16 |
|
Players
Current squad
- As of 10 February, 2025[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managers
- Ismail Youssef (1 November 2007 – 2 October 2010)
- Anwar Salama (10 October 2010 – 12 April 2013)
- Rainer Zobel (12 April 2013 – 12 July 2015)
- Stefan Florian Rieger (1 June 2016 – 31 December 2016)
- Hesham Zakareya (1 July 2017 – 27 November 2018)
- Hamada Sedki (28 November 2018 – 30 June 2019)
- Reda Shehata (30 June 2019 – 9 July 2019) (Caretaker)
- Nebojša Milošević (9 July 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
External links
Independent websites
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