Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League

Country	Egypt
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1948 (1948)
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Egyptian Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Egypt Cup Egyptian Super Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup
Current champions	El Ahly (2013–14)
Most championships	El Ahly (37)
Website	www.efa.com.eg
2014–15 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 twenty competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Presentation Egyptian Premier League, after the advertising company signed a sponsorship deal with the Egyptian FA. No more than three foreign players are allowed on any side in the Egyptian Premier League.

The league is currently suspended indefinitely following large riots taking place on 8 February, 2015.

Competition format and sponsorship

Competition

There are 20 clubs in the Egyptian Premier League. The Football Season lasts from August to May. During the course of the season, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then the direct confrontation,then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion . If points are equal,the direct confrontation, the goal difference and then goals scored determine the winner. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Division II League, and the top three teams from the three groups into the Division II league, together, are promoted in their place.

Sponsorship

The Egyptian Premier League has been sponsored since 2005. The sponsor has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:

2005–2007: Vodafone Egyptian Premier League.

2007–2011: Etisalat Egyptian Premier League.

2011–2014: Vodafone Egyptian Premier League.

2014-present: Egyptian Premier League (Sponsored by Presentation Sports)

Media coverage

All matches are televised on the state-owned channel NileSports.

Matches hosted by Al-Ahly, Misr El-Makasa SC, Petrojet, Wadi Degla, Al Mokawloon, Smouha and Ala'ab Damanhour are televised on El-Nahar, Al-Hayah and CBC, while the rest of the matches are televised exclusively on MBC.

Clubs

The five most popular Egyptian clubs are El Ahly, Zamalek, Ismaily, El Ittihad El Sakandary and El Masry. Also there is a historically significant club named Tersana.

Members for 2014–15

The following 20 clubs are competing in the Egyptian Premier League as of the 2014–15 season.

• Al-Ahly
• Damanhour
• Alassiouty
• Al Nasr
• Al-Masry
• Al Mokawloon
• El Dakhleya SC
• El Geish
• El Gouna
• Al Rajaa
• ENPPI
• Haras El Hodood
• El-Shorta
• Ismaily
• Misr El Makasa
• Petrojet
• Smouha
• El-Ittihad
• Wadi Degla SC
• Zamalek SC

Members for 2013–14

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: these are El Ahly and Zamalek.

Stadiums

The recently opened Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria (capacity: 86,000) is currently used mainly for international competitions, as it was constructed as part of Egypt's failed bid to land the 2010 FIFA World Cup. However, there is speculation that League sides from Alexandria will eventually call it their home grounds.

Current stadiums

Stadium	City	Seating Capacity
Borg Elarab	Alexandria	86,000
Cairo Stadium	Cairo	75,000
Mubarak Stadium	Suez	40,000
Osman Ahmed Osman	Cairo	35,000
El Salam Stadium	Cairo	30,000
Suez Stadium	Suez	30,000
Military Academy Stadium	Cairo	28,500
Sekka El Hadeed Stadium	Cairo	25,000
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium	Alexandria	25,000
Police Academy Stadium	Cairo	22,000
El Mansoura Stadium	Mansura	20,000
El Mahalla	Mahalla	20,000
Ismailia Stadium	Ismaïlia	18,525
Port Said Stadium	Port Said	17,988
Asiut University Stadium	Asyut	16,000
Tersana Stadium	Giza	15,000
El-Shams Stadium	Cairo	15,000
Alexandria Stadium	Alexandria	13,660
El Gouna Stadium	El Gouna	13,000

List of champions

No. Season Champion 1 1948–49 El Ahly 2 1949–50 El Ahly 3 1950–51 El Ahly 4 1952–53 El Ahly 5 1953–54 El Ahly 6 1955–56 El Ahly 7 1956–57 El Ahly 8 1957–58 El Ahly 9 1958–59 El Ahly 10 1959–60 Zamalek

No. Season Champion 11 1960–61 El Ahly 12 1961–62 El Ahly 13 1962–63 Tersana 14 1963–64 Zamalek 15 1964–65 Zamalek 16 1965–66 El Olympi 17 1966–67 Ismaily 18 1972–73 Ghazl El Mahalla 19 1974–75 El Ahly 20 1975–76 El Ahly

No. Season Champion 21 1976–77 El Ahly 22 1977–78 Zamalek 23 1978–79 El Ahly 24 1979–80 El Ahly 25 1980–81 El Ahly 26 1981–82 El Ahly 27 1982–83 El Mokawloon SC 28 1983–84 Zamalek 29 1984–85 El Ahly 30 1985–86 El Ahly

No. Season Champion 31 1986–87 El Ahly 32 1987–88 Zamalek 33 1988–89 El Ahly 34 1990–91 Ismaily 35 1991–92 Zamalek 36 1992–93 Zamalek 37 1993–94 El Ahly 38 1994–95 El Ahly 39 1995–96 El Ahly 40 1996–97 El Ahly

No. Season Champion 41 1997–98 El Ahly 42 1998–99 El Ahly 43 1999–2000 El Ahly 44 2000–01 Zamalek 45 2001–02 Ismaily 46 2002–03 Zamalek 47 2003–04 Zamalek 48 2004–05 El Ahly 49 2005–06 El Ahly 50 2006–07 El Ahly

No. Season Champion 51 2007–08 El Ahly 52 2008–09 El Ahly 53 2009–10 El Ahly 54 2010–11 El Ahly 55 2011–12 not finished 56 2012–13 not finished 57 2013–14 El Ahly

Titles by club

Club	Winners	Winning Seasons
El Ahly	37	1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14
Zamalek	11	1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
Ismaily	3	1966–67, 1990–91, 2001–02
El Olympi	1	1965–66
Ghazl El Mahalla	1	1972–73
El Mokawloon SC	1	1982–83
Tersana	1	1962–63

Double titles (League & cup in the same season)

• El Ahly : 13 times.
• Zamalek : 2 times

Top goalscorers

All seasons top goalscorers

Sesson	Player	Club	Goals
1948–49	Mohamed Diab El-Attar "Diba"	El Ittihad El Sakandary	15
	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	El Masry
1949–50	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	El Masry	13
1950–51	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	El Masry	12
1952–53	Ahmed Mekawi	El Ahly	12
1953–54	Abdel Nabi	Tersana	18
1955–56	Sayed Saleh	El Ahly	12
1956–57	Alaa El-Hamouly	Zamalek	16
1957–58	Hamdi Abdel Fattah	Tersana	19
1958–59	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	El Ahly	16
1959–60	Hamdi Abdel Fattah	Tersana	15
1960–61	Ali Mohsen	Zamalek	16
1961–62	Moustafa Reyadh	Tersana	18
1962–63	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	32
1963–64	Moustafa Reyadh	Tersana	27
1964–65	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	23
1965–66	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	16
1966–67	Ali Abo Greisha	Ismaily	15
1972–73	Omasha Omasha	Ghazl El Mahalla	11
1974–75	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	34
1975–76	Ossama Khalil	Ismaily	17
1976–77	Ali Khalil	Zamalek	17
	Hassan Shehata	Zamalek
1977–78	Mahmoud El Khatib	El Ahly	11
1978–79	Ali Khalil	Zamalek	12
1979–80	Hassan Shehata	Zamalek	14
1980–81	Mahmoud El Khatib	El Ahly	11
1981–82	Gamal Gouda	El Masry	8
1982–83	Mahmoud El-Mashaqui	Ghazl El Mahalla	9
1983–84	Ayman Shawky	Koroum	8
1984–85	Mohamed Hazem	Ismaily	11
1985–86	Mohamed Hazem	Ismaily	11
1986–87	Emad Soliman	Ismaily	11
1987–88	Gamal Abdul Hamid	Zamalek	11
1988–89	Mahmoud El-Mashaqui	Ghazl El Mahalla	11
1990–91	Mohamed Ramadan	El Ahly	14
1991–92	Ahmed El-Kass	El Olympi	14
1992–93	Ahmed El-Kass	El Olympi	16
1993–94	Ahmed El-Kass	El Olympi	15
	Bashir Abdel Samad	Ismaily
1994–95	Abdullah El-Sawy	El-Qanah	10
	Ahmed Sary	El Ittihad El Sakandary
1995–96	Mohamed Salah Abo Greisha	Ismaily	14
1996–97	Ayman Moheb	El Mansoura SC	17
1997–98	Abdul Hamid Bassiouny	Zamalek	15
1998–99	Hossam Hassan	El Ahly	15
1999–2000	John Utaka	Ismaily	17
2000–01	Tarek El-Said	Zamalek	13
2001–02	Hossam Hassan	Zamalek	18
2002–03	Ahmed Belal	El Ahly	19
2003–04	Abdel Halim Ali	Zamalek	21
2004–05	Emad Moteab	El Ahly	15
2005–06	Mohamed Aboutrika	El Ahly	18
2006–07	Flavio Amado	El Ahly	17
2007–08	Alaa Ibrahim	Petrojet	15
2008–09	Ernest Papa Arko	Tala'ea El Gaish	12
	Flávio Amado	El Ahly
2009–10	Minusu Buba	Ittihad El Shorta	14
2010–11	Ahmed Abd El-Zaher	ENPPI	13
	Shikabala	Zamalek
2013–14	John Antwi	Ismaily	11

All time top goalscorers

Last updated 28 May 2013.

No.	Player	Teams	Goals
1	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	187
2	Hossam Hassan	El Ahly / Zamalek / El Masry / Tersana / El Ittihad El Sakandary	168
3	Moustafa Reyadh	Tersana	123
4	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	El Masry / El Ahly	112
5	Mahmoud El-Khateeb	El Ahly	108
6	Ahmed El-Kass	El Olympi / Zamalek / El Ittihad El Sakandary	107
7	Mohamed Aboutrika	Tersana / El Ahly	105

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

External links

• (Arabic) Official website
• Premier League at soccerway.com; standings, results & fixtures
• egyptianfootball.net
• RSSSF competition history
• (Arabic) yallakora.com Egyptian Premier League schedule, match results
• Filgoal.com Egyptian Premier League
• goal.com Egyptian Premier League
• Egyptian Premier League - Hailoosport.com (Arabic)
• Egyptian Premier League - Hailoosport.com

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Egyptian Premier League Egyptian Premier League teams El Ahly Al-Assiouty El Ittihad El Sakandary El Masry El Mokawloon SC El Nasr Damanhour El Dakhleya El Gouna El Raja Marsa Matruh ENPPI Haras El Hodood Ismaily Ittihad El Shorta Misr El-Makasa Petrojet Smouha Tala'ea El Gaish Wadi Degla Zamalek Clubs Stadiums

Egyptian Premier League seasons 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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