Tala'ea El Gaish Sporting Club ( ar, نادي طلائع الجيش الرياضي) (Translated: “Army Vanguard”), is an Egyptian sports club based in
Cairo
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, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional
football team, which currently plays in the
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...
, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
The club also has a representative
basketball
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team that competes in the
Egyptian Basketball Super League.
Al Geish Army basketball team
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Honours
National
Egypt Cup
*Runners-up: 2019–20
Egyptian Super Cup
*Winners: 2020–21
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Current first team squad
Managers
* Talaat Youssef (July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008)
* Farouk Gaafar
Farouk Gaafar فاروق جعفر (Nick Names: Roo-a & King of Midfield) is an Egyptian former football player and manager.
He played midfielder for Zamalek and the Egypt national football team. He finished eighth in the magazine ''France Footb ...
(Jan 10, 2008 – Jan 5, 2013)
* Emad Soliman
Emad Soliman (born 23 July 1959) is an Egyptian former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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(Feb 16, 2013 – Feb 14, 2014)
* Helmy Toulan (March 12, 2014 – June 18, 2014)
* Ahmed Samy (interim) (June 18, 2014 – Jul 20, 2014)
* Anwar Salama (Aug 17, 2014–)
* Tarek Yehia
Tarek Yehia ( ar, طارق يحيى, born 10 September 1961) is an Egyptian former football player and Zamalek former international left winger. He worked as caretaker at Zamalek for many terms.
Playing career Early career
He was born in Ka ...
(12 November 2019 – 19 January 2020)
* Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny
Abdel Hamid Bassiouny ( ar, عبد الحميد بسيوني; born 15 December 1971) is an Egyptian footballer. He previously played in Egypt for Kafr El-Sheikh, Zamalek, Ismaily
Ismaily Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإسماعيلي ال� ...
(19 January 2020 – 3 November 2020)
* Tarek El Ashry (3 November 2020 – ""Present"")
Other departments
Basketball
The club is currently active in the Egyptian Super League
Handball
The club is currently active in the Egyptian Professional League
Honors
* Egyptian Professional League: 2007
* Egypt Cup runners-up: 2013, 2018, 2019
Volleyball
The club is currently active in the Egyptian Men's Volleyball League
Honors
*: 2015–16, 2016–17
* Egypt Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17
* African Clubs Championship: 2016
* Arab Clubs Championship runners-up: 2015
References
Association football clubs established in 1997
1997 establishments in Egypt
Football clubs in Cairo
Military association football clubs
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