El Gouna FC
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El Gouna FC is an Egyptian football club based in El-Gouna
, Egypt
. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League
after having been promoted from the Second Division in 2008/09.
The club started in the fourth division in 2003/04 to become champions at the first attempt. El Gouna FC accomplished the same feat in 2004/05 on third division level and completed the trilogy in the first season on second division level in 2005/06. Having missed out on promotion through the play-offs, the club managed its fourth successive title in 2006/07 and again failed to qualify for the top flight during the play-offs. A mediocre second division campaign in 2007/08 was followed by the second division championship in 2008/09, finally resulting in promotion to the Egyptian Premier League
.
El-Gouna
El Gouna is a tourist resort, developed and owned by Orascom Hotels and Development , dating from about 1990...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...
after having been promoted from the Second Division in 2008/09.
The club started in the fourth division in 2003/04 to become champions at the first attempt. El Gouna FC accomplished the same feat in 2004/05 on third division level and completed the trilogy in the first season on second division level in 2005/06. Having missed out on promotion through the play-offs, the club managed its fourth successive title in 2006/07 and again failed to qualify for the top flight during the play-offs. A mediocre second division campaign in 2007/08 was followed by the second division championship in 2008/09, finally resulting in promotion to the Egyptian Premier League
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...
.