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.

 Stadiums 

 Current stadiums 
 Stadium CityNumber of seats Borg El Arab Stadium  Alexandria  86,000 Cairo International Stadium  Cairo  74,100 Egyptian Army Stadium  Suez  45,000 Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium  Cairo  35,000 El Salam Stadium  Cairo  30,000 Fayoum Stadium  Fayoum  20,000 Suez Stadium  Suez  27,000 Cairo Military Academy Stadium  Cairo  28,500 Petrosport Stadium  Cairo  25,000 Harras El-Hedoud Stadium  Alexandria  22,500 30th of June Stadium  Cairo  30,000 El Mansoura Stadium  Mansura  20,000 El Mahalla Stadium  Mahalla  29,000 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 seasons 
This is a summary of seasons:
No.SeasonChampions(number of titles)Runners-upThird place11948–49Al Ahly (1)TersanaIsmaily21949–50Al Ahly (2)TersanaZamalek31950–51Al Ahly (3)ZamalekAl-Masry—1951–52 Not played because of the 1952 Summer Olympics.41952–53Al Ahly (4)ZamalekAl-Masry51953–54Al Ahly (5)ZamalekTersana—1954–55 Not finished because Al Ahly refused to accept the federation's penalty of playing one match away from home.61955–56Al Ahly (6)ZamalekEl Qannah71956–57Al Ahly (7)ZamalekIsmaily81957–58Al Ahly (8)ZamalekEl-Olympi91958–59Al Ahly (9)ZamalekTersana101959–60Zamalek (1)TersanaAl Ahly111960–61Al Ahly (10)ZamalekTersana121961–62Al Ahly (11)ZamalekTersana131962–63Tersana (1)ZamalekAl Ahly141963–64Zamalek (2)TersanaIsmaily151964–65Zamalek (3)IsmailyTersana161965–66El Olympi (1)ZamalekIsmaily171966–67Ismaily (1)Al AhlyTersana—1967–71 Not played due to the Six-Day War.—1971–72 Not finished due to violence during Al Ahly vs Zamalek match.181972–73Ghazl El Mahalla (1)ZamalekIsmaily—1973–74 Not finished due to the Yom Kippur War.191974–75Al Ahly (12)TersanaIsmaily201975–76Al Ahly (13)Ghazl El MahallaZamalek211976–77Al Ahly (14)ZamalekEl Ittihad El Sakndary221977–78Zamalek (4)Al AhlyEl-Olympi231978–79Al Ahly (15)ZamalekGhazl El Mahalla241979–80Al Ahly (16)ZamalekAl-Masry251980–81Al Ahly (17)ZamalekAl-Masry261981–82Al Ahly (18)ZamalekEl Ittihad El Sakndary271982–83El Mokawloon (1)ZamalekAl Ahly281983–84Zamalek (5)Al AhlyIsmaily291984–85Al Ahly (19)ZamalekIsmaily301985–86Al Ahly (20)ZamalekIsmaily311986–87Al Ahly (21)ZamalekTersana321987–88Zamalek (6)Al AhlyGhazl El Mahalla331988–89Al Ahly (22)ZamalekGhazl El Mahalla—1989–90 Not finished due to preparation of Egypt for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.341990–91Ismaily (2)Al AhlyZamalek351991–92Zamalek (7)IsmailyGhazl El Mahalla361992–93Zamalek (8)Al AhlyGhazl El Mahalla371993–94Al Ahly (23)IsmailyZamalek381994–95Al Ahly (24)ZamalekIsmaily391995–96Al Ahly (25)ZamalekIsmaily401996–97Al Ahly (26)ZamalekEl Mansoura411997–98Al Ahly (27)ZamalekEl Mokawloon421998–99Al Ahly (28)ZamalekIsmaily431999–00Al Ahly (29)IsmailyZamalek442000–01Zamalek (9)Al AhlyAl-Masry452001–02Ismaily (3)Al AhlyZamalek462002–03Zamalek (10)Al AhlyIsmaily472003–04Zamalek (11)Al AhlyIsmaily482004–05Al Ahly (30)ENPPIHaras El-Hodood492005–06Al Ahly (31)ZamalekENPPI502006–07Al Ahly (32)ZamalekIsmaily512007–08Al Ahly (33)IsmailyZamalek522008–09Al Ahly  (34)IsmailyPetrojet532009–10Al Ahly (35)ZamalekIsmaily542010–11Al Ahly (36)ZamalekIsmaily—2011–12Not finished due to the Port Said Stadium riot.—2012–13Not finished due to the 30th of june revolution 552013–14Al Ahly (37)SmouhaZamalek562014–15Zamalek (12)Al AhlyENPPI572015–16Al Ahly (38)ZamalekSmouha582016–17   Al Ahly (39)Misr Lel MakasaZamalek592017–18   Al Ahly (40)IsmailyAl-Masry60

 Performance 

 Performance by club 
Club WinnersRunners-upThird placesWinning Seasons Al Ahly 20x20px 20x20px 20x20px 20x20px40113 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 20x20px20x20px  12329 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15 Ismaily20x20px3617 1966–67, 1990–91, 2001–02 Tersana20x20px157 1962–63 Ghazl El Mahalla20x20px115 1972–73 El Olympi20x20px1–2 1965–66 El Mokawloon20x20px1–1 1982–83 ENPPI–12 Smouha–11 Misr Lel Makasa–1– Al-Masry––5 El Qannah––2 El Ittihad El Sakndary––2 El Mansoura––1 Haras El-Hodood––1 Petrojet––1

 Performance by city 
CityWinnersClub(s)Cairo41Al Ahly (40), El Mokawloon (1)Giza13Zamalek (12), Tersana (1)Ismaïlia3Ismaily (3)El-Mahalla El-Kubra1Ghazl El Mahalla (1)Alexandria1El-Olympi (1)

 Doubles 
ClubNumberSeasonsAl Ahly141948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2016–17Zamalek31959–60, 1987–88, 2014–15

 Top goalscorers 

 All Seasons Top Goalscorers 
 Season Player Club Goals 1948–49  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mohamed Diab El-Attar "Diba"  El Ittihad El Sakandary  15 link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px El-Sayed El-Dhizui  Al-Masry 1949–50  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px El-Sayed El-Dhizui  Al-Masry  13 1950–51  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px El-bin laden El-Dhizui  Al-Masry  12 1952–53  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ahmed Mekawi  Al Ahly  12 1953–54  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Abdel Nabi  Tersana  18 1955–56  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Sayed Saleh  Al Ahly  12 1956–57  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Alaa El-Hamouly  Zamalek  16 1957–58  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hamdi Abdel Fattah  Tersana  19 1958–59  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px El-Sayed El-Dhizui  Al Ahly  16 1959–60  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hamdi Abdel Fattah  Tersana  15 1960–61  link=Yemen|alt=Yemen|border|23x23px|link=Yemen|alt=Yemen|border|23x23px Ali Mohsen  Zamalek  16 1961–62  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Moustafa Reyadh  Tersana  18 1962–63  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hassan El-Shazly  Tersana  32 1963–64  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Moustafa Reyadh  Tersana  27 1964–65  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hassan El-Shazly  Tersana  23 1965–66  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hassan El-Shazly  Tersana  16 1966–67  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ali Abo Greisha  Ismaily  15 1972–73  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Omasha Omasha  Ghazl El Mahalla  11 1974–75  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hassan El-Shazly  Tersana  34 1975–76  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ossama Khalil  Ismaily  17 1976–77  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ali Khalil  Zamalek  17 link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hassan Shehata  Zamalek 1977–78  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mahmoud El Khatib  Al Ahly  11 1978–79  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ali Khalil  Zamalek  12 1979–80  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hassan Shehata  Zamalek  14 1980–81  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mahmoud El Khatib  Al Ahly  11 1981–82  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Gamal Gouda  Al-Masry  8 1982–83  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mahmoud El-Mashaqui  Ghazl El Mahalla  9 1983–84  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ayman Shawky  Koroum  8 1984–85  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mohamed Hazem  Ismaily  11 1985–86  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mohamed Hazem  Ismaily  11 1986–87  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Emad Soliman  Ismaily  11 1987–88  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Gamal Abdel-Hameed  Zamalek  11 1988–89  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mahmoud El-Mashaqui  Ghazl El Mahalla  11 1990–91  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mohamed Ramadan  Al Ahly  14 1991–92  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ahmed El-Kass  El Olympi  14 1992–93  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ahmed El-Kass  El Olympi  16 1993–94  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ahmed El-Kass  El Olympi  15 link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Bashir Abdel Samad  Ismaily 1994–95  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Abdullah El-Sawy  El-Qanah  10 link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ahmed Sary  El Ittihad El Sakandary 1995–96  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mohamed Salah Abo Greisha  Ismaily  14 1996–97  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ayman Moheb  El Mansoura  17 1997–98  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny  Zamalek  15 1998–99  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hossam Hassan  Al Ahly  15 1999–00  link=Nigeria|alt=Nigeria|border|23x23px|link=Nigeria|alt=Nigeria|border|23x23px John Utaka  Ismaily  17 2000–01  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Tarek El-Said  Zamalek  13 2001–02  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hossam Hassan  Zamalek  18 2002–03  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ahmad Belal  Al Ahly  19 2003–04  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Abdel Halim Ali  Zamalek  14 2004–05  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Emad Moteab  Al Ahly  15 2005–06  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mohamed Aboutrika  Al Ahly  18 2006–07  link=Angola|alt=Angola|border|23x23px|link=Angola|alt=Angola|border|23x23px Flávio Amado  Al Ahly  17 2007–08  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Alaa Ibrahim  Petrojet  15 2008–09  link=Ghana|alt=Ghana|border|23x23px|link=Ghana|alt=Ghana|23x23px Ernest Papa Arko  Tala'ea El Gaish  12 link=Angola|alt=Angola|border|23x23px|link=Angola|alt=Angola|23x23px Flávio Amado  Al Ahly 2009–10  link=Nigeria|alt=Nigeria|border|23x23px|link=Nigeria|alt=Nigeria|23x23px Minusu Buba  Ittihad El Shorta  14 2010–11  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|23x23px Ahmed Abd El-Zaher  ENPPI  13 link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|23x23px Shikabala  Zamalek 2013–14  link=Ghana|alt=Ghana|border|23x23px|link=Ghana|alt=Ghana|23x23px John Antwi  Ismaily  11 2014–15  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|23x23px Hossam Salama  El-Dakhleya  20 2015–16  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|23x23px Hossam Salama  Smouha  17 2016–17  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|23x23px Ahmed El Sheikh  Misr Lel Makasaa  17

 All Time Top Goalscorers 
 No. Player Teams Goals 1  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hassan El-Shazly  Tersana  176 2  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Hossam Hassan  Al Ahly / Zamalek / Al-Masry / Tersana / El Ittihad El Sakandary  168 3  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Moustafa Reyadh  Tersana  123 4  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px El-Sayed El-Dhizui  Al-Masry / Al Ahly  112 5  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mahmoud El Khatib  Al Ahly  109 6  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Ahmed El-Kass  El Olympi / Zamalek / El Ittihad El Sakandary  107 7  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Mohamed Aboutrika  Tersana / Al Ahly 105 8  link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px|link=Egypt|alt=Egypt|border|23x23px Gamal Abdel-Hameed  Al Ahly / Zamalek 101

 References 

 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 

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