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 name	El Gouna Football Club نادي الجونة لكرة القدم
Nickname(s)	The Gounies
Short name	GOU, GFC
Founded	2003 (2003)
Ground	Khaled Bichara Stadium
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Samih Sawiris
Manager	Reda Shehata
League	Egyptian Premier League
2019–20	Egyptian Premier League, 13th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

Records and statistics

Season	I	II	Pts.	Pl.	W	T	L	GS	GA	Diff.	Egypt Cup	Notes
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 12 October 2023

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)

External links

Independent websites

• El Gouna FC at Egyptian Premier League