# 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League

The 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League was the 57th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The fixtures were announced on 20 September 2015. The season began on 20 October 2015 and concluded on 9 July 2016.
Zamalek began the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. Aswan, El Entag El Harby and Ghazl El Mahalla entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Egyptian Second Division.
On 24 June 2016, Al Ahly won the title with two games to spare after a 2–1 away win over Ismaily to secure their 38th Egyptian Premier League title.

## Teams

Unlike the previous season, a total of 18 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2014–15 season and 3 promoted from the Egyptian Second Division.

### Stadium and location

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| Al Ahly | Cairo | Borg El Arab Stadium (Selected matches) Petro Sport Stadium |
| Aswan | Aswan | Aswan Stadium |
| El Dakhleya | Cairo | 30 June Stadium |
| El Entag El Harby | Cairo | Al Salam Stadium |
| ENPPI | Cairo | Petro Sport Stadium |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | El Mahalla | Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium |
| Haras El Hodoud | Alexandria | Harras El Hodoud Stadium |
| Ismaily | Ismailia | Ismailia Stadium |
| Al Ittihad | Alexandria | Alexandria Stadium |
| Ittihad El Shorta | Cairo | Police Academy Stadium |
| Al Masry | Port Said | Ismailia Stadium |
| Misr Lel Makkasa | Fayoum | Fayoum Stadium |
| Al Mokawloon | Cairo | Arab Contractors Stadium |
| Petrojet | Suez | Suez Stadium |
| Smouha | Alexandria | Alexandria Stadium |
| Tala'ea El Gaish | Cairo | Cairo Military Academy Stadium |
| Wadi Degla | Cairo | 30 June Stadium |
| Zamalek | Cairo | Petro Sport Stadium |
    $^1$ Al Masry's original stadium is Port Said Stadium in Port Said, but due to the Port Said Stadium riot in 2012 the Egyptian Football Association banned Al Masry from playing matches at Port Said Stadium until the end of the 2015–16 season, and instead they will play at Ismailia Stadium.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| El Entag El Harby | Moamen Soliman | Mutual consent | 27 June 2015 | Pre-season | Shawky Gharieb | 22 July 2015 |
| Al Ahly | Fathi Mabrouk | Sacked | 5 October 2015 | Pre-season | José Peseiro | 9 October 2015 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | Mohamed Geneddy | Sacked | 1 November 2015 | 18 | Ahmed Hassan | 1 November 2015 |
| Smouha | Mohamed Youssef | Sacked | 1 November 2015 | 12 | Mimi Abdel Razek | 1 November 2015 |
| Al Mokawloon | Hassan Shehata | Resigned | 13 November 2015 | 16 | Tarek El Ashry | 15 November 2015 |
| Al Ittihad | Stoycho Mladenov | Mutual consent | 15 November 2015 | 8 | Leonel Pontes | 20 November 2015 |
| Haras El Hodoud | Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny | Resigned | 16 November 2015 | 17 | Ahmed Ayoub | 16 November 2015 |
| Zamalek | Jesualdo Ferreira | Resigned | 21 November 2015 | 4 | Marcos Paquetá | 13 December 2015 |
| Ittihad El Shorta | Khaled El Kamash | Sacked | 26 November 2015 | 15 | Fathi Mabrouk | 26 November 2015 |
| Petrojet | Ahmed Hassan | Resigned | 11 December 2015 | 14 | Talaat Youssef | 12 December 2015 |
| Ismaily | Mido | Resigned | 20 December 2015 | 5 | Nasreddine Nabi | 27 December 2015 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | Ahmed Hassan | Resigned | 24 December 2015 | 18 | Mohamed Faiz | 1 January 2016 |
| Zamalek | Marcos Paquetá | Sacked | 4 January 2016 | 5 | Mido | 4 January 2016 |
| ENPPI | Hany Ramzy | Resigned | 9 January 2016 | 11 | Hamada Sedki | 17 January 2016 |
| Wadi Degla | Hamada Sedki | Resigned | 14 January 2016 | 14 | Patrice Carteron | 16 January 2016 |
| Al Ahly | José Peseiro | Resigned | 18 January 2016 | 3 | Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi | 18 January 2016 |
| Al Mokawloon | Tarek El Ashry | Sacked | 20 January 2016 | 15 | Mohamed Ouda | 22 January 2016 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | Mohamed Faiz | Sacked | 20 January 2016 | 18 | Khaled El Kamash | 20 January 2016 |
| Ismaily | Nasreddine Nabi | Sacked | 25 January 2016 | 11 | Khaled El Kamash | 26 January 2016 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | Khaled El Kamash | Signed by Ismaily | 26 January 2016 | 17 | Samir Kamouna | 2 February 2016 |
| Zamalek | Mido | Sacked | 9 February 2016 | 2 | Mohamed Salah | 9 February 2016 |
| Ittihad El Shorta | Fathi Mabrouk | Sacked | 12 February 2016 | 16 | Hany Ramzy | 12 February 2016 |
| Smouha | Mimi Abdel Razek | Resigned | 17 February 2016 | 8 | Helmy Toulan | 19 February 2016 |
| Zamalek | Mohamed Salah | End of caretaker spell | 28 February 2016 | 2 | Alex McLeish | 28 February 2016 |
| Al Ahly | Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi | End of caretaker spell | 1 March 2016 | 1 | Martin Jol | 1 March 2016 |
| Haras El Hodoud | Ahmed Ayoub | Sacked | 1 March 2016 | 18 | Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny | 1 March 2016 |
| Al Ittihad | Leonel Pontes | Sacked | 8 March 2016 | 14 | Mokhtar Mokhtar | 9 March 2016 |
| ENPPI | Hamada Sedki | Sacked | 16 April 2016 | 12 | Khaled Metwalli | 16 April 2016 |
| El Dakhleya | Alaa Abdel Aal | Resigned | 23 April 2016 | 7 | Mohamed Yousry | 25 April 2016 |
| ENPPI | Khaled Metwalli | End of caretaker spell | 27 April 2016 | 13 | Alaa Abdel Aal | 27 April 2016 |
| Zamalek | Alex McLeish | Mutual consent | 2 May 2016 | 2 | Mohamed Helmy | 2 May 2016 |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Smouha | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Al Masry | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Wadi Degla | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 54 | |
| 6 | Ismaily | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 53 | |
| 7 | El Entag El Harby | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 52 | |
| 8 | El Dakhleya | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 50 | |
| 9 | ENPPI | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 47 | |
| 10 | Misr Lel Makkasa | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 47 | |
| 11 | Petrojet | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 46 | |
| 12 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 41 | |
| 13 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 41 | |
| 14 | Al Ittihad | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 39 | |
| 15 | Aswan | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 35 | |
| 16 | Ittihad El Shorta (R) | 34 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 25 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 17 | Haras El Hodoud (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 52 | −35 | 19 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 18 | Ghazl El Mahalla (R) | 34 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 13 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* 1 2 Smouha ahead of Al Masry on head-to-head record; Smouha–Al Masry 1–0, Al Masry–Smouha 1–1.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.
* 1 2 ENPPI ahead of Misr Lel Makkasa on head-to-head record; ENPPI–Misr Lel Makkasa 2–1, Misr Lel Makkasa–ENPPI 0–2.
* 1 2 Tala'ea El Gaish ahead of Al Mokawloon on head-to-head record; Tala'ea El Gaish–Al Mokawloon 2–1, Al Mokawloon–Tala'ea El Gaish 0–0.

### Result table

| Home \ Away | AHL | ASW | DKH | ENT | ENP | GMH | HRS | ISM | ITH | ITS | MAS | MMK | MOK | PET | SMO | TGS | WDG | ZAM |
| Al Ahly | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Aswan | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| El Dakhleya | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| El Entag El Harby | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| ENPPI | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Haras El Hodoud | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Ismaily | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Al Ittihad | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Ittihad El Shorta | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Al Masry | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Misr Lel Makkasa | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Al Mokawloon | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Petrojet | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Smouha | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Tala'ea El Gaish | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Wadi Degla | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 |
| Zamalek | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hossam Salama | Smouha | 17 |
| 2 | Marwan Mohsen | Ismaily | 14 |
| 2 | Nana Poku | Misr Lel Makkasa | 14 |
| 4 | Ahmed Raouf | Al Masry | 13 |
| 5 | Mahmoud Fathalla | El Entag El Harby | 12 |
| 5 | Malick Evouna | Al Ahly | 12 |
| 5 | Moamen Zakaria | Al Ahly | 12 |
| 8 | Abdallah Said | Al Ahly | 11 |
| 8 | Mahmoud Kahraba | Zamalek | 11 |
| 8 | Stanley Ohawuchi | Wadi Degla | 11 |
Source:

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Mahmoud Fathalla | El Entag El Harby | Haras El Hodoud | 3–0 | 19 January 2016 |
| Gedo | El Entag El Harby | Ismaily | 3–0 | 11 February 2016 |
| Ahmed Raouf | Al Masry | ENPPI | 4–0 | 1 March 2016 |

### Clean Sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Sherif Ekramy | Al Ahly | 16 |
| 2 | Essam El-Hadary | Wadi Degla | 15 |
| 3 | Al-Mahdy Soliman Mohamed El Shenawy | Smouha Petrojet | 13 |
| 4 | Amir Abdelhamid Ahmed El-Shenawy Mahmoud El Gharabawy | El Entag El Harby Zamalek El Dakhleya | 11 |
| 5 | Emad Sayed Mohamed Awaad | Tala'ea El Gaish Ismaily | 10 |
Source: yallakora Archived 2019-09-18 at the Wayback Machine

### Team's progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Al Ahly | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D |
| Aswan | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L |
| El Dakhleya | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| El Entag El Harby | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L |
| ENPPI | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D |
| Haras El Hodoud | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L |
| Ismaily | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | W |
| Al Ittihad | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L |
| Ittihad El Shorta | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Al Masry | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D |
| Misr Lel Makkasa | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Al Mokawloon | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W |
| Petrojet | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W |
| Smouha | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W |
| Tala'ea El Gaish | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L |
| Wadi Degla | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W |
| Zamalek | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D |