Egyptian Premier League

The **Egyptian Premier League**  is league competition of Egyptian football. It consists of eighteen teams. The teams compete in a home and away league system. The league is known as the **Presentation Egyptian Premier League. **The highest attendance in the history of the league is 120,000 (in a match betwwen Al Ahly and Zamalek). The Egyptian League was established for the first time in 1948. Al-Ahly Club leads the most winning teams in the championship with 41 titles, followed by Zamalek Club with 12 titles, while the Ismaili Club occupies third place with 3 championships.

The five most popular Egyptian clubs are Al-Ahly, Zamalek SC, Ismaili, Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary and Al-Masry. Also there is a historically established club named Tersana.

### Current stadiums

|Stadium|City|Number of seats||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Borg El Arab Stadium|Alexandria|style="text-align:center;"|86,000|
|Cairo International Stadium|Cairo|style="text-align:center;"|74,100|
|Egyptian Army Stadium|Suez|style="text-align:center;"|45,000|
|Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium|Cairo|style="text-align:center;"|35,000|
|El Salam Stadium|Cairo|style="text-align:center;"|30,000|
|Fayoum Stadium|Fayoum|style="text-align:center;"|20,000|
|Suez Stadium|Suez|style="text-align:center;"|27,000|
|Cairo Military Academy Stadium|Cairo|style="text-align:center;"|28,500|
|Petrosport Stadium|Cairo|style="text-align:center;"|25,000|
|Harras El-Hedoud Stadium|Alexandria|style="text-align:center;"|22,500|
|30th of June Stadium|Cairo|style="text-align:center;"|30,000|
|El Mansoura Stadium|Mansura|style="text-align:center;"|20,000|
|El Mahalla Stadium|Mahalla|style="text-align:center;"|29,000|
|Ismailia Stadium|Ismaïlia|style="text-align:center;"|18,525|
|Port Said Stadium|Port Said|style="text-align:center;"|17,988|
|Asiut University Stadium|Asyut|style="text-align:center;"|16,000|
|Tersana Stadium|Giza|style="text-align:center;"|15,000|
|El-Shams Stadium|Cairo|style="text-align:center;"|15,000|
|Alexandria Stadium|Alexandria|style="text-align:center;"|13,660|
|El Gouna Stadium|El Gouna|style="text-align:center;"|13,000|

## List of seasons

This is a summary of seasons:
|style="width:9%;"|No.|style="width:9%;"|Season|style="width:19%;"|Champions (number of titles)|style="width:18%;"|Runners-up|style="width:18%;"|Third place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1948–49|Al Ahly (1)|Tersana|Ismaily|||||||
|1949–50|Al Ahly (2)|Tersana|Zamalek|||||||
|1950–51|Al Ahly (3)|Zamalek|Al-Masry|||||||
|_1951–52_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not played because of the 1952 Summer Olympics._||||||||
|1952–53|Al Ahly (4)|Zamalek|Al-Masry|||||||
|1953–54|Al Ahly (5)|Zamalek|Tersana|||||||
|_1954–55_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not finished because Al Ahly refused to accept the federation's penalty of playing one match away from home._||||||||
|1955–56|Al Ahly (6)|Zamalek|El Qannah|||||||
|1956–57|Al Ahly (7)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|1957–58|Al Ahly (8)|Zamalek|El-Olympi|||||||
|1958–59|Al Ahly (9)|Zamalek|Tersana|||||||
|1959–60|Zamalek (1)|Tersana|Al Ahly|||||||
|1960–61|Al Ahly (10)|Zamalek|Tersana|||||||
|1961–62|Al Ahly (11)|Zamalek|Tersana|||||||
|1962–63|Tersana (1)|Zamalek|Al Ahly|||||||
|1963–64|Zamalek (2)|Tersana|Ismaily|||||||
|1964–65|Zamalek (3)|Ismaily|Tersana|||||||
|1965–66|El Olympi (1)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|1966–67|Ismaily (1)|Al Ahly|Tersana|||||||
|_1967–71_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not played due to the Six-Day War._||||||||
|_1971–72_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not finished due to violence during Al Ahly vs Zamalek match._||||||||
|1972–73|Ghazl El Mahalla (1)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|_1973–74_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not finished due to the Yom Kippur War._||||||||
|1974–75|Al Ahly (12)|Tersana|Ismaily|||||||
|1975–76|Al Ahly (13)|Ghazl El Mahalla|Zamalek|||||||
|1976–77|Al Ahly (14)|Zamalek|El Ittihad El Sakndary|||||||
|1977–78|Zamalek (4)|Al Ahly|El-Olympi|||||||
|1978–79|Al Ahly (15)|Zamalek|Ghazl El Mahalla|||||||
|1979–80|Al Ahly (16)|Zamalek|Al-Masry|||||||
|1980–81|Al Ahly (17)|Zamalek|Al-Masry|||||||
|1981–82|Al Ahly (18)|Zamalek|El Ittihad El Sakndary|||||||
|1982–83|El Mokawloon (1)|Zamalek|Al Ahly|||||||
|1983–84|Zamalek (5)|Al Ahly|Ismaily|||||||
|1984–85|Al Ahly (19)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|1985–86|Al Ahly (20)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|1986–87|Al Ahly (21)|Zamalek|Tersana|||||||
|1987–88|Zamalek (6)|Al Ahly|Ghazl El Mahalla|||||||
|1988–89|Al Ahly (22)|Zamalek|Ghazl El Mahalla|||||||
|_1989–90_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not finished due to preparation of Egypt for the 1990 FIFA World Cup._||||||||
|1990–91|Ismaily (2)|Al Ahly|Zamalek|||||||
|1991–92|Zamalek (7)|Ismaily|Ghazl El Mahalla|||||||
|1992–93|Zamalek (8)|Al Ahly|Ghazl El Mahalla|||||||
|1993–94|Al Ahly (23)|Ismaily|Zamalek|||||||
|1994–95|Al Ahly (24)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|1995–96|Al Ahly (25)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|1996–97|Al Ahly (26)|Zamalek|El Mansoura|||||||
|1997–98|Al Ahly (27)|Zamalek|El Mokawloon|||||||
|1998–99|Al Ahly (28)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|1999–00|Al Ahly (29)|Ismaily|Zamalek|||||||
|2000–01|Zamalek (9)|Al Ahly|Al-Masry|||||||
|2001–02|Ismaily (3)|Al Ahly|Zamalek|||||||
|2002–03|Zamalek (10)|Al Ahly|Ismaily|||||||
|2003–04|Zamalek (11)|Al Ahly|Ismaily|||||||
|2004–05|Al Ahly (30)|ENPPI|Haras El-Hodood|||||||
|2005–06|Al Ahly (31)|Zamalek|ENPPI|||||||
|2006–07|Al Ahly (32)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|2007–08|Al Ahly (33)|Ismaily|Zamalek|||||||
|2008–09|Al Ahly  (34)|Ismaily|Petrojet|||||||
|2009–10|Al Ahly (35)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|2010–11|Al Ahly (36)|Zamalek|Ismaily|||||||
|_2011–12_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not finished due to the Port Said Stadium riot._||||||||
|_2012–13_|colspan="3" style="background:#efefef"|_Not finished due to the 30th of june revolution _||||||||
|2013–14|Al Ahly (37)|Smouha|Zamalek|||||||
|2014–15|Zamalek (12)|Al Ahly|ENPPI|||||||
|2015–16|Al Ahly (38)|Zamalek|Smouha|||||||
|2016–17|Al Ahly (39)|Misr Lel Makasa|Zamalek|||||||
|2017–18|Al Ahly (40)|Ismaily|Al-Masry|||||||

### Performance by club

|style="width:11%;"|Club|style="width:10%;"|Winners|style="width:10%;"|Runners-up|style="width:11%;"|Third places|style="width:58%;"|Winning Seasons|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Al Ahly|align="center"|40|align="center"|11|align="center"|3|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, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18|||
|Zamalek|align="center"|12|align="center"|32|align="center"|9|1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15|||
|Ismaily|align="center"|3|align="center"|6|align="center"|17|1966–67, 1990–91, 2001–02|||
|Tersana|align="center"|1|align="center"|5|align="center"|7|1962–63|||
|Ghazl El Mahalla|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|5|1972–73|||
|El Olympi|align="center"|1|align="center"|–|align="center"|2|1965–66|||
|El Mokawloon|align="center"|1|align="center"|–|align="center"|1|1982–83|||
|ENPPI|align="center"|–|align="center"|1|align="center"|2||||
|Smouha|align="center"|–|align="center"|1|align="center"|1||||
|Misr Lel Makasa|align="center"|–|align="center"|1|align="center"|–||||
|Al-Masry|align="center"|–|align="center"|–|align="center"|5||||
|El Qannah|align="center"|–|align="center"|–|align="center"|2||||
|El Ittihad El Sakndary|align="center"|–|align="center"|–|align="center"|2||||
|El Mansoura|align="center"|–|align="center"|–|align="center"|1||||
|Haras El-Hodood|align="center"|–|align="center"|–|align="center"|1||||
|Petrojet|align="center"|–|align="center"|–|align="center"|1||||

### Performance by city

|style="width:15%;"|City|style="width:10%;"|Winners|style="width:35%;"|Club(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Cairo|41|Al Ahly (40), El Mokawloon (1)||||
|Giza|13|Zamalek (12), Tersana (1)||||
|Ismaïlia|3|Ismaily (3)||||
|El-Mahalla El-Kubra|1|Ghazl El Mahalla (1)||||
|Alexandria|1|El-Olympi (1)||||

### Doubles

|style="width:10%;"|Club|style="width:10%;"|Number|style="width:75%;"|Seasons|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Al Ahly|14|1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2016–17||||
|Zamalek|3|1959–60, 1987–88, 2014–15||||

### All Seasons Top Goalscorers

|Season|Player|Club|Goals|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1948–49|Mohamed Diab El-Attar "Diba"|El Ittihad El Sakandary|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|15|
|El-Sayed El-Dhizui|Al-Masry|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1949–50|El-Sayed El-Dhizui|Al-Masry|style="text-align:center;"|13|
|style="text-align:center;"|1950–51|El-bin laden El-Dhizui|Al-Masry|style="text-align:center;"|12|
|style="text-align:center;"|1952–53|Ahmed Mekawi|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|12|
|style="text-align:center;"|1953–54|Abdel Nabi|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|18|
|style="text-align:center;"|1955–56|Sayed Saleh|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|12|
|style="text-align:center;"|1956–57|Alaa El-Hamouly|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|16|
|style="text-align:center;"|1957–58|Hamdi Abdel Fattah|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|19|
|style="text-align:center;"|1958–59|El-Sayed El-Dhizui|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|16|
|style="text-align:center;"|1959–60|Hamdi Abdel Fattah|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|15|
|style="text-align:center;"|1960–61|Ali Mohsen|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|16|
|style="text-align:center;"|1961–62|Moustafa Reyadh|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|18|
|style="text-align:center;"|1962–63|Hassan El-Shazly|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|32|
|style="text-align:center;"|1963–64|Moustafa Reyadh|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|27|
|style="text-align:center;"|1964–65|Hassan El-Shazly|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|23|
|style="text-align:center;"|1965–66|Hassan El-Shazly|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|16|
|style="text-align:center;"|1966–67|Ali Abo Greisha|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|15|
|style="text-align:center;"|1972–73|Omasha Omasha|Ghazl El Mahalla|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1974–75|Hassan El-Shazly|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|34|
|style="text-align:center;"|1975–76|Ossama Khalil|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1976–77|Ali Khalil|Zamalek|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|17|
|Hassan Shehata|Zamalek|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1977–78|Mahmoud El Khatib|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1978–79|Ali Khalil|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|12|
|style="text-align:center;"|1979–80|Hassan Shehata|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|14|
|style="text-align:center;"|1980–81|Mahmoud El Khatib|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1981–82|Gamal Gouda|Al-Masry|style="text-align:center;"|8|
|style="text-align:center;"|1982–83|Mahmoud El-Mashaqui|Ghazl El Mahalla|style="text-align:center;"|9|
|style="text-align:center;"|1983–84|Ayman Shawky|Koroum|style="text-align:center;"|8|
|style="text-align:center;"|1984–85|Mohamed Hazem|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1985–86|Mohamed Hazem|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1986–87|Emad Soliman|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1987–88|Gamal Abdel-Hameed|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1988–89|Mahmoud El-Mashaqui|Ghazl El Mahalla|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|1990–91|Mohamed Ramadan|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|14|
|style="text-align:center;"|1991–92|Ahmed El-Kass|El Olympi|style="text-align:center;"|14|
|style="text-align:center;"|1992–93|Ahmed El-Kass|El Olympi|style="text-align:center;"|16|
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1993–94|Ahmed El-Kass|El Olympi|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|15|
|Bashir Abdel Samad|Ismaily|||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1994–95|Abdullah El-Sawy|El-Qanah|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10|
|Ahmed Sary|El Ittihad El Sakandary|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1995–96|Mohamed Salah Abo Greisha|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|14|
|style="text-align:center;"|1996–97|Ayman Moheb|El Mansoura|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|style="text-align:center;"|1997–98|Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|15|
|style="text-align:center;"|1998–99|Hossam Hassan|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|15|
|style="text-align:center;"|1999–00|John Utaka|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|style="text-align:center;"|2000–01|Tarek El-Said|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|13|
|style="text-align:center;"|2001–02|Hossam Hassan|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|18|
|style="text-align:center;"|2002–03|Ahmad Belal|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|19|
|style="text-align:center;"|2003–04|Abdel Halim Ali|Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|14|
|style="text-align:center;"|2004–05|Emad Moteab|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|15|
|style="text-align:center;"|2005–06|Mohamed Aboutrika|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|18|
|style="text-align:center;"|2006–07|Flávio Amado|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|style="text-align:center;"|2007–08|Alaa Ibrahim|Petrojet|style="text-align:center;"|15|
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2008–09|Ernest Papa Arko|Tala'ea El Gaish|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|12|
|Flávio Amado|Al Ahly|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2009–10|Minusu Buba|Ittihad El Shorta|style="text-align:center;"|14|
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2010–11|Ahmed Abd El-Zaher|ENPPI|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|13|
|Shikabala|Zamalek|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2013–14|John Antwi|Ismaily|style="text-align:center;"|11|
|style="text-align:center;"|2014–15|Hossam Salama|El-Dakhleya|style="text-align:center;"|20|
|style="text-align:center;"|2015–16|Hossam Salama|Smouha|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|style="text-align:center;"|2016–17|Ahmed El Sheikh|Misr Lel Makasaa|style="text-align:center;"|17|

### All Time Top Goalscorers

|No.|Player|Teams|Goals|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1|Hassan El-Shazly|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|176|
|style="text-align:center;"|2|Hossam Hassan|Al Ahly / Zamalek / Al-Masry / Tersana / El Ittihad El Sakandary|style="text-align:center;"|168|
|style="text-align:center;"|3|Moustafa Reyadh|Tersana|style="text-align:center;"|123|
|style="text-align:center;"|4|El-Sayed El-Dhizui|Al-Masry / Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|112|
|style="text-align:center;"|5|Mahmoud El Khatib|Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|109|
|style="text-align:center;"|6|Ahmed El-Kass|El Olympi / Zamalek / El Ittihad El Sakandary|style="text-align:center;"|107|
|style="text-align:center;"|7|Mohamed Aboutrika|Tersana / Al Ahly|style="text-align:center;"|105|
|style="text-align:center;"|8|Gamal Abdel-Hameed|Al Ahly / Zamalek|style="text-align:center;"|101|

## Other websites

- (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
- Egyptian Premier League