2013–14 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season 2013–14
Champions Al Ahly SC
Relegated Ghazl Mahalla
El Entag El Harby
Telephonat Bani Sweif
El Qanah
El Minya
Champions League Al Ahly
Smouha
Confederation Cup Zamalek
Petrojet
Matches played 227
Goals scored 467 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorer John Antwi (Ismaily SC)
(11 Goals)
Biggest home win Wadi Degla 6-0 El Minya FC
Biggest away win Al Qanah 0-4 Zamalek
Highest scoring Zamalek 4-3 Ittihad El-Shorta
Longest winning run Al Ahly, Smouha
(4 Matches)
Longest unbeaten run Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
(11 Matches)
Longest winless run El Gaish
(9 Matches)

The 2013–14 Egyptian Premier League was the fifty-seventh season of the Egyptian Premier League since its establishment in 1948. It started on December 26, 2013 and ended on July 7, 2014

Clubs

A total of 65 clubs have played in the Egyptian Premier League from its inception in 1948–49 up to and including the 2013–14 season. But only two clubs have been members of the Egyptian Premier League for every season since its inception. They are Al Ahly and Zamalek.

The league consists of 2 groups each of 11 clubs. Al Ahly tops the first group, and Zamalek tops the second. The first two teams of each group will advance to the competition playoff, while the ninth team of each group will advance to the relegation play-off. The last two teams of each group will be relegated directly to the Egyptian Second Division.

The following 22 clubs are competing in the Egyptian Premier League during the 2013–14 season.

League table

Group 1

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (Q) 20 12 4 4 30 10 +20 40 Qualification to Championship Playoff
2 Smouha (Q) 20 10 5 5 24 20 +4 35
3 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary 20 7 10 3 20 17 +3 31
4 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 20 7 9 4 27 17 +10 30
5 El Gouna 20 7 5 8 17 16 +1 26
6 El Dakhleya 20 5 10 5 18 19 1 25
7 Misr El Makasa 20 5 9 6 17 22 5 24
8 Enppi 20 4 10 6 19 19 0 22
9 El Raja Marsa Matruh (O) 20 5 6 9 23 34 11 21
10 Ghazl El Mahalla (R) 20 3 10 7 13 21 8 19 Relegated
11 El Entag El Harby (R) 20 2 8 10 15 28 13 14

Source: Egyptian Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Group 2

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Zamalek (Q) 20 10 5 5 35 21 +14 35 Qualification to Championship Playoff
2 Petrojet (Q) 20 9 8 3 28 17 +11 35
3 Ittihad El-Shorta 20 9 8 3 25 16 +9 35
4 Ismaily 20 8 8 4 24 16 +8 32
5 Tala'ea El-Gaish SC 20 5 10 5 19 17 +2 25
6 Wadi Degla 20 6 6 8 26 24 +2 24
7 Al Masry 20 5 9 6 17 20 3 24
8 Haras El-Hodood Club 20 6 6 8 11 15 4 24
9 Telephonat Bani Sweif (R) 20 4 10 6 16 22 6 22 Relegated
10 Olympic El Qanah FC (R) 20 5 7 8 14 24 10 22
11 El Minya FC (R) 20 3 3 14 15 38 23 12

Source: Egyptian Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Tiebreakers
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Petrojet 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 7
Zamalek 4 1 2 1 9 10 1 5
Ittihad El-Shorta 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 4

Final Stage

Championship Playoff

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 2015 CAF Champions League
2 Smouha 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3 Zamalek 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 2015 CAF Confederation Cup 1
4 Petrojet 3 0 0 3 1 10 9 0

Source: Egyptian Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
1 Petrojet qualifies for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup because 2014 Egypt Cup winner, Zamalek already qualified for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup and runner-up, Smouha already qualified for the 2015 CAF Champions League

Relegation Play-off

Telephonat Bani Sweif Relegated to Egyptian Second Division