El Gouna Football Club () 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.
Records and statistics
SeasonIIIPts.Pl.WTLGSGADiff.Egypt CupNotes2008–091 (Group A)64 pts30181025417+37Round of 16Promoted2009–101234 pts30810122632−6Round of 162010–111134 pts30810122633−7Quarter Final2011–12not finished22 pts165742218+4not held2012–13not finished14 pts153571219-7Runner-up2013–145 (Group 1)26 pts207581716+1Round of 322014–151646 pts381016123335-2Round of 16Relegated2015–164 (Group A)33 pts209652415+95 Preliminary round2016–173 (Group A)58 pts32161064831+17Round of 322017–181 (Group A)71 pts3021816322+41Round of 16Promoted2018–191438 pts34814123852-14Round of 322019–201337 pts34107173245-13Round of 322020–211238 pts34814123641-5Round of 16
Players Current squad
Out on loan
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 El Gouna FC at Egyptian Premier League