# 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League

The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League, also known as The WE Egyptian Premier League for sponsorship purposes, was the 63rd season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 25 October 2021 and is concluded on 30 August 2022. Fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 12 October 2021.
Zamalek are the defending champions, having won their 13th league title in the previous season.

## Teams

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Eighteen teams are competing in the league - the top fifteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Egyptian Second Division.

### Venues

A total of 12 stadiums in 5 governorates were selected by clubs to host their 2021–22 home fixtures. Each club has the option to submit a reserve home venue in case of unavailability for their main home stadium.
Due to security concerns, selected matches are played on neutral ground due to high intensity. For example, fixtures between Al Ahly and Ismaily are played in Alexandria. All matches involving Al Masry are also played in the same city.
| Al Ahly | Ceramica Cleopatra | Eastern Company |
| Al Salam Stadium | Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium | Petro Sport Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 16,000 |
| ENPPI | Future | Ghazl El Mahalla |
| Petro Sport Stadium | Al Salam Stadium | Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium |
| Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 14,564 |
| El Gouna | Ismaily | Al Ittihad |
| Khaled Bichara Stadium | Ismailia Stadium | Alexandria Stadium |
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 18,525 | Capacity: 19,676 |
| Al Masry | Misr Lel Makkasa | Al Mokawloon Al Arab |
| Borg El Arab Stadium | Cairo Military Academy Stadium | Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium |
| Capacity: 86,000 | Capacity: 28,500 | Capacity: 35,000 |
| National Bank of Egypt | Pharco | Pyramids |
| Petro Sport Stadium | Alexandria Stadium | 30 June Stadium |
| Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 19,676 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| Smouha | Tala'ea El Gaish | Zamalek |
| Alexandria Stadium | Gehaz El Reyada Stadium | Cairo International Stadium |
| Capacity: 19,676 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 75,000 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Al Masry play their home matches at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, instead of their regular stadium Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said, which is under demolition process ahead of a redevelopment project.
* ↑ Misr Lel Makkasa play their home matches at Cairo Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, instead of their regular stadium Faiyum Stadium in Faiyum, due to VAR unavailability.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Al Ahly | Ricardo Soares | Mohamed El Shenawy | Umbro | WE, SAIB Bank, Royal Dutch Shell, Tiger Chips, GLC Paints |
| Future FC | Ali Maher | Saad Samir | Nike | Papa John's |
| Ceramica Cleopatra | Ahmed Samy | Amer Mohamed | Kelme | Ceramica Cleopatra Group |
| ENPPI | Jorvan Vieira | Ibrahim Yehia | Nike | WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair |
| Pharco Fc | Nuno Almeida | Ramy Sabry | Kelme | WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | Mohamed Odah | Abdo Yehia | Uhlsport | Misr Life Insurance |
| El Gouna | Reda Shehata | Nour El Sayed | Adidas | Orascom Group |
| Ismaily | Hamza El-Gamal | Shoukry Naguib | Jako | WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair |
| Al Ittihad | Emad El Nahhas | Khaled El Ghandour | Xtep | WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair |
| Al Masry | Hossam Hassan | Amr Moussa | Nike | WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair |
| Eastern Company | Alaa Abdelaal | Ahmed Temsah | Umbro | |
| Al Mokawloon | Mohamed Ouda | Mohamed Hamdy Zaky | Kelme | Arab Contractors |
| El Geish | [] | Mohamed Bassam | Adidas | WE, Oppo, Egyptair |
| Misr El Makassa | Eid Maraziq | Hossam Abdel Wahed | Joma | WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair, Misr Life Insurance |
| National Bank of Egypt | Khaled Galal | Asem Salah | Kelme | National Bank of Egypt |
| Pyramids | Ehab Galal | Abdallah El Said | Puma (brand) | Whoosh |
| Smouha | Abdel Hamid Bassiouny | Mahmoud Abdelhalim | Adidas | |
| Zamalek | Jesualdo Ferreira | Shikabala | Tempo sport | Molto, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair, Misr Life Insurance |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Previous Manager | New Manager |
| Ismaily SC | Talaat Youssef | Juan Brown |
| Eastern Company SC | Alaa Nouh | Alaa Abdel Aal |
| Pharco FC | Magdy Abdelaty | Nuno Almeida |
| Ismaily SC | Juan Brown | Hamza El-Gamal |
| Al Ittihad Alexandria | Hossam Hassan | Emad El Nahhas |
| Al Mokawloon Al Arab | Emad El Nahhas | Mohamed Ouda |
| Smouha SC | Ahmed Samy | Abdel Hamid Bassiouny |
| Misr El Makasa | Tamer Mostafa | Eid Maraziq |
| Al Masry SC | Moïne Chaâbani | Hossam Hassan |
| ENPPI SC | Helmi Toulan | Jorvan Vieira |
| Al Ahly SC | Pitso Mosimane | Ricardo Soares |

### Foreign players

| Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Loaned Out |
| Al Ahly SC | Ali Maâloul | Aliou Dieng | Badr Benoun | Luís Miquissone | Percy Tau | | Aliou Badji Walter Bwalya |
| Al Ittihad Alexandria | Damion Lowe | Saïdou Simporé | Moro Salifu | Mabululu | Benjamin Boateng | Abdullah Naseeb | |
| Al Masry SC | Emeka Ezeugo | Austin Amutu | Ilies Jelassi | | | | |
| Al Mokawloon Al Arab | Luis Hinestroza | Farouck Kabore | Mamadou Niass | Oussama Romdhani | John Okoli | | |
| Cleopatra FC | Evans Mensah | Kwame Bonsu | Seif Teka | Fabrice Ngah | Bilel Saidani | Musab Al-Battat | |
| Eastern Company | Stephen Sey | Benjamin Afutu | Firas Iffia | Mohamed Trabelsi | | | |
| Tala'ea El Gaish | Franck Engonga | Kazadi Kasengu | John Antwi | Mohamed Jouini | Khalid Hachadi | | |
| El Gouna FC | Allan Kyambadde | Shimelis Bekele | | | | | |
| ENPPI SC | John Okoye Ebuka | Dinopeter Judy | |
| Future FC | Jonathan Ngwem | Anicet Abel | Ayman Sfaxi | Diawisie Taylor | | | |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | Ibrahim Koné | Paulin Voavy | Malick Touré | Himid Mao | | | |
| Ismaily SC | Benson Shilongo | Marouane Sahraoui | Mohamed Tarhoni | Justin Shonga | | | Ary Papel |
| Misr Lel Makkasa | John Avire | Eric Serge | Joseph Atola | David Cameron | | | |
| National Bank of Egypt | Mohamed Methnani | Issah Yakubu | Maarouf Youssef | Moussa Diawara | | | |
| Pharco FC | Azmi Ghouma | Seif Teiri | Kingsley Sokari | Rezki Hamroune | | | |
| Pyramids FC | Eric Traoré | Mahmoud Wadi | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | Walid El Karti | | | John Antwi |
| Smouha SC | Abdelkabir El Ouadi | Ather El Tahir | Sikiru Olatunbosun | Alia Sylla | Sodiq Ougola | Garcia Dasfaa | |
| Zamalek SC | Achraf Bencharki | Mohamed Ounajem | Hamza Mathlouthi | Seifeddine Jaziri | Razzak Cisse | | |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zamalek (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 71 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 4 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 56 | |
| 5 | Future | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 6 | Smouha | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 47 | |
| 7 | National Bank of Egypt | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 46 | |
| 8 | Pharco | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 42 | |
| 9 | ENPPI | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 39 | |
| 10 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Ismaily | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 38 | |
| 12 | Al Ittihad | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 38 | |
| 13 | Al Masry | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 38 | |
| 14 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 37 | |
| 15 | Ghazl El Mahalla | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 36 | |
| 16 | El Gouna (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 17 | Eastern Company (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 33 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 18 | Misr Lel Makkasa (R) | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 50 | −38 | 15 | Relegation to Second Division |
* 1 2 3 4 The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
* 1 2 Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-Head points: Al Mokawloon Al Arab 12, Ismaily 11, Al Ittihad 5, Al Masry 4.
* 1 2 Head-to-Head points: Ghazl El Mahalla 4, El Gouna 1.

### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | AHL | CCL | EAS | ENP | FUT | GMH | GOU | ISM | ITH | MAS | MMK | MOK | NBE | PHA | PYR | SMO | TGS | ZAM |
| Al Ahly | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Ceramica Cleopatra | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Eastern Company | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| ENPPI | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Future | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| El Gouna | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Ismaily | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Al Ittihad | 0–3 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al Masry | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Misr Lel Makkasa | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| National Bank of Egypt | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Pharco | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Pyramids | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Smouha | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Tala'ea El Gaish | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | 0–2 |
| Zamalek | 3–5 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 31 August 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zizo | Zamalek | 19 |
| 2 | Marwan Hamdy | Smouha | 15 |
| 3 | John Okoye Ebuka | ENPPI | 13 |
| 3 | Mabululu | Al Ittihad | 13 |
| 5 | Mostafa Shalaby | ENPPI | 11 |
| 6 | Shady Hussein | Ceramica Cleopatra | 10 |
| 6 | Ahmed Refaat | Future | 10 |
| 7 | Seifeddine Jaziri | Zamalek | 9 |
| 7 | Nasser Mansi | Pyramids National Bank of Egypt | 9 |
| 7 | Ahmet Atef | Future | 9 |
| 7 | Mohamed Helal | National Bank of Egypt | 9 |

#### Top assists

| no | Name | Club | Appearance | Assists |
| 1 | Mohamed Magdy | Ahly SC | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | Ahmed Madbouly | Ismaily SC | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Jonathan Ngwem | Future FC | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Mohamed Hamdy | Pyramids FC | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Abdelkabir El Ouadi | Smouha SC | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hussein Faisal | Smouha SC | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Ahmed Sayed | Zamalek SC | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Ali Maaloul | Ahly SC | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Saïdou Simporé | Ittihad Alex | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Walid El Karti | Pyramids FC | 5 | 2 |

#### Hat-tricks
### Clean sheets

| no | Name | Club | Appearance | CL SH |
| 1 | Mohamed Majdi | Makassa FC | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Ali Lotfi | Ahly SC | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Mohamed Abou Gabal | Zamalek SC | 3 | 2 |
| | Amr Shaaban | Ghazl El Mahala FC | 3 | 2 |
| | Sherif Ekramy | Pyramids FC | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | El Hany Soliman | Smouha SC | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Mahmoud El Zonfouly | NBE SC | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Mohamed Sobhy | Pharco FC | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Amer Mohamed | Cleopatra FC | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Mohamed Abdel Monsef | Ittihad Alex | 5 | 2 |
| | Ahmed Masoud | Al Masry | 5 | 2 |

### Discipline
#### Club
## Number of teams by governorate

| Number of teams | Governorate | Team(s) |
| 7 | Cairo | Al Ahly, ENPPI, Future, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, National Bank of Egypt, Pyramids and Tala'ea El Gaish |
| 3 | Alexandria | Al Ittihad, Pharco and Smouha |
| 3 | Giza | Ceramica Cleopatra, Eastern Company and Zamalek |
| 1 | Faiyum | Misr Lel Makkasa |
| 1 | El Gharbia | Ghazl El Mahalla |
| 1 | Ismailia | Ismaily |
| 1 | Port Said | Al Masry |
| 1 | Red Sea | El Gouna |