2006–07 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season 2006–07
Champions Al Ahly
Relegated Tanta
Petrol Asyut
El-Olympi
CAF Champions
League
Al Ahly (1st),
Al Zamalek (2nd)
CAF Confederation
Cup
Haras El Hodood
Top goalscorer Flávio Amado (Al-Ahly) (17 Goals)

The 2006–07 Egyptian Premier League started on 3 August 2006, and the season ended on 25 May 2007. Al Ahly were crowned champions for the third year in a row and for the thirty second time in total since the league start in 1948.

Contents

Clubs

For a full list of clubs see List of football clubs in Egypt.

Stadiums

Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexendria opened recently and it will be the home of majority of the Alexandria clubs. The stadium has a capacity of 80,000. In 2007, Damanhour Stadium in the city of Damanhour will go into construction. Its capacity will be 60,000. In 2009, Mubarak International Stadium will go into construction in Six October City & its capacity will be 65,000. In 2009 the Cairo Military Academy Stadium will be rebuilt and its capacity will be 65,000. As well Ismailia has future plans for expansion or a new venue with a capacity of a minimum of 45,000.

Current Stadiums

Stadium City Capacity
Borg El Arab Alexandria 80,000
Cairo Stadium Cairo 74,100
Osman Ahmed Osman Cairo 60,000
Military Academy Stadium Cairo 28,500
Port Said Stadium Port Said 24,060
Haras el Hodood Alexandria 22,500
El Mahalla Mahalla 20,000
Alexandria Stadium Alexandria 19,676
Ismailia Stadium Ismaïlia 16,500
Tersana Stadium Cairo 15,000
Enppi Stadium Cairo 10,000

Final league table

Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
±
Pts
Comments
1
Al Ahly (C)
30
23
4
3
64
17
47
73
CAF Champions
League
2
Al Zamalek
30
21
5
4
58
23
35
68
3
Ismaily
30
20
7
3
64
23
41
67
4
El-Gaish
30
11
11
8
31
29
2
44
5
Haras El Hedood
30
12
8
10
36
39
-3
44
CAF Confederation
Cup
6
Ghazl Al Mehalla
30
12
6
12
33
28
5
42
7
Petrojet
30
9
13
8
36
39
-3
40
8
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
30
9
10
11
21
30
-9
37
9
ENPPI
30
8
11
11
21
26
-5
35
10
Al Masry
30
9
8
13
23
33
-10
35
11
Asmant El-Suweis
30
9
6
15
25
39
-14
33
12
Tersana
30
6
13
11
26
28
-2
31
13
Al Itthad Al Sakandary
30
6
7
9
27
40
-13
31
14
Tanta
30
5
11
14
20
37
-17
26
Relegation to
2007-08 Egyptian Second Division
15
Petrol Asyut
30
4
10
16
21
44
-23
22
16
El-Olympi
30
5
7
18
22
53
-31
22

(C)= Champions , Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top goal scorers

Pos Scorer Team Goals
1st
Flavio Amado Al-Ahly
17
2nd
Emad Moteab Al-Ahly
16
3rd
Mohamed Fadl Al-Ismaili
14
4th
Ahmed Hassan Farag Ghazl Al-Mehalla
12
5th
Abdel Halim Ali Al-Zamalek
11