The FootballISM platform, developed by agap2IT, has been implemented in Egypt's El Gouna FC training and professional football teams. It will be used by more than 50 club staff professionals and will incorporate data management of 200 players from the training teams to the professional.
For the club, the acquisition of the technology platform aims to maximize training and senior talent, internal processes and sports performance. The platform will be used by El Gouna FC in a Premium Plan format - incorporating the full range of features provided, namely player management, pro scouting, legal department, equipment management, technical area, medical department, logistics, recruitment and facilities, agents and nutrition; alongside mobile player, trainer and scouting mobile applications.
The club will use the Arabic version of FootballISM released in April, thinking about the development of professional football in countries that express themselves daily in the fifth most widely spoken language in the world.
According to Nader Shawky, CEO of Eleven 11, El Gouna FC's managing company “FootballISM is a very complete technology platform that will help us improve our process effectiveness. El Gouna FC has an innovation-minded mindset and we believe FootballISM is the perfect vehicle to lead us to a major future in football. By adopting the solution, we are confident that we have begun a path of constant development for our club and that we will contribute to the improvement of African football itself."
For Filipe Esteves, agap2IT Managing Director and Head of FootballISM: “The implementation of FootballISM in a club with the ambitious goals of growth of El Gouna FC and a championship like Egypt, which stands out in the African continent, is the practical realization of its effectiveness and adaptability of this solution to different realities and needs. From now on, and through a single customizable platform, all club departments are integrated, allowing you to enhance the sophistication of your sports and operational reality. The goal is to give every club the opportunity to reach a new level in how it manages the well-being and progress of its athletes and the different processes that contribute to their success."
The FootballISM platform is available in three possible models depending on the plan and features chosen. The acquisition configuration has different values, adaptable to the budget and needs of each club. This more flexible underwriting model (SaaS) has been developed to democratize technology access to all professional and training football, thereby taking a solidary approach to all clubs regardless of their budget or size. The tool, which streamlines all the processes of a football club and academy and enables decision making that impacts financial and sporting gains, is within everyone's reach.
FootballISM was developed with the experience of the Alcochete Academy (Sporting Clube de Portugal), is implemented in clubs on three continents (Europe, South America and Africa) and is the technological platform chosen by Liga Portugal for the professionalization of its 36 clubs. associated.
El Gouna FC is an ambitious club founded in 2003 and militates in the main division of the country's football championship. Egypt is a soccer powerhouse in Africa having won the African League of Nations seven times. Their clubs have won the African Champions League 14 times, a record number against teams from other countries.