Clubs[edit] A total of 70 clubs have played in the Egyptian Premier League from its inception in 1948–49 up to and including the 2020–21 season. But only two clubs have been members of the Egyptian Premier League for every season since its inception. These are Al Ahly and Zamalek, meanwhile Al-Ittihad and Al Masry have been absent only for two seasons of the League since its inception. Egyptian Premier League current clubs[edit] The following 18 clubs are competing in the Egyptian Premier League as of the 2021–22 season. +Promoted teams (from the 2020–21 Second Division season to the Premier League) locations[edit] Location of teams in 2022–23 Premier League Current stadiums[edit] Stadium City Seating Capacity Aswan Stadium Aswan 11, 000 Borg El Arab Stadium Alexandria 86, 000 Cairo International Stadium Cairo 74, 100 Egyptian Army Stadium Suez 45, 000 Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium 35, 000 Al Salam Stadium 30, 000 Cairo Military Academy Stadium 28, 500 Petrosport Stadium 25, 000 Police Academy Stadium 12, 000 Harras El-Hedoud Stadium 22, 500 30th of June Stadium El Mahalla Stadium Mahalla 29, 000 Ismailia Stadium Ismaïlia 18, 525 Alexandria Stadium 13, 660 List of seasons[edit] The following table provides a summary of seasons:[27] No.
The situation was getting better that in May 2022 the number increased to 5000 (2500 per team). The 2021-2022 witnessed an improvement of the Egyptian Premier League, the appearance of teams such as: Cairo’s based Future FC and Alexandria’s based Pharco FC made the league more challenging and entertaining. Zamalek defended their title after they won the 2021-2022 edition of the league, while Al Ahly witnessed a mass deterioration and even finished the league in the 3rd place (behind Pyramids FC and Zamalek) to be out of the top two since 1992 when the club ended the league in the 4th place. Ismaily was on the verge of relegation to the second division but the club eventually managed to improve its results and finished the season in 9th place, while the newly founded Future FC finished in 5th place and managed to qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup, as it was in fourth place in most of the 2021-2022 season but lost the position to Tala’ea El Geish right at the end of the season. Competition format and sponsorship[edit] Competition[edit] There are 18 clubs in the Egyptian Premier League.
2012–13 Not finished due to the 30th of June revolution 55 Al Ahly (37) Smouha 56 Zamalek (12) 57 Al Ahly (38) 58 Al Ahly (39) Misr Lel Makasa 59 Al Ahly (40) 60 Al Ahly (41) Pyramids 61 Al Ahly (42) 62 Zamalek (13) 63 2021–22 Zamalek (14) Performance[edit] Performance by club[edit] Club Winners Third places Winning Seasons 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, 2018–19, 2019–20 Zamelek 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15, 2020–21, 2021–22 1966–67, 1990–91, 2001–02 – Performance by city[edit] Club(s) Al Ahly (42) and Al Mokawloon (1) Giza Zamalek (14) and Tersana (1) El Mahalla El Kubra Doubles[edit] Two teams have won the double of the Egyptian Premier League and the Egypt Cup.
Season Champions(number of titles) Runners-up Third place 1948–49 Al Ahly (1) Tersana Ismaily 1949–50 Al Ahly (2) Zamalek 1950–51 Al Ahly (3) Al Masry 1951–52 Not played due to participation in the 1952 Summer Olympics. 1952–53 Al Ahly (4) 1953–54 Al Ahly (5) 1954–55 Not finished due to refusal of Al Ahly to comply with the federation's penalty of playing one match away from home. 1955–56 Al Ahly (6) El Qannah 1956–57 Al Ahly (7) 1957–58 Al Ahly (8) El Olympi 1958–59 Al Ahly (9) 10 1959–60 Zamalek (1) Al Ahly 1960–61 Al Ahly (10) 12 1961–62 Al Ahly (11) 1962–63 Tersana (1) 14 1963–64 Zamalek (2) 15 1964–65 Zamalek (3) 16 1965–66 El Olympi (1) 17 1966–67 Ismaily (1) 1967–71 Not played due to the Six-Day War. 1971–72 Not finished due to violence during Al Ahly vs Zamalek match.
An attempted return of fans was cancelled when a riot at a match between Zamalek and ENPPI resulted in 19 deaths. [22] Fans were finally going to be let back into stadiums when the COVID-19 pandemic began, delaying the return until 2021. [21] Teams 2009–10 2010–11 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021-22 ASC 1 2 3 ZSC 4 ISM 6 7 11 13 PFC 9 League champions Champions League Confederation Cup In general, AL Ahly and Zamalek are seen as dominant forces in the league, with budgets that dwarf those of all the other clubs, and Ismaily seen as a distant third place club, occasionally challenging the big teams.
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[14] It was widely speculated that the police themselves had incited the riot, [16][17] perhaps as revenge for the role of Al Ahly ultras in the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak the previous year. [18] The violence and resulting trial tore Egypt apart for weeks. [2] The season was cancelled, [19] with Haras El Hodoud at the top of the table and possibly heading for a surprise victory.
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70 clubs have competed in the league since its founding. Al Ahly have won the title 42 times, more than any other club. Their closest rivals, Zamalek, have won the league 14 times. Only five other clubs have won the league; those clubs are Ghazl El Mahalla, Ismaily, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Olympic Club, and Tersana.
At the end of the season, the three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Egyptian Second League. The Egyptian Second League consists of three groups; the winner of each group is promoted. This system has been around since 2015; before then, the number of teams and relegation places was variable. [edit] 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: 2005–07: Vodafone Egyptian Premier League 2007–11: Etisalat Egyptian Premier League 2011–14: Vodafone Egyptian Premier League 2014–present: Egyptian Premier League (Sponsored by Presentation Sports) Qualification for African competitions[edit] Association ranking for 2022–23 CAF competitions[edit] Legend CL: CAF Champions League CC: CAF Confederation Cup Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) Rank Association 2018(× 1) 2018-19(× 2) 2019–20(× 3) 2020–21(× 4) 2021–22(× 5) Total 2022 2021 Mvt CL CC — Morocco 5 8 194 Egypt 176 +1 Algeria 115 -1 Tunisia 0 113 South Africa 0.
18 1972–73 Ghazl El Mahalla (1) 1973–74 Not finished due to the 6th of October War. 19 1974–75 Al Ahly (12) 20 1975–76 Al Ahly (13) Ghazl El Mahalla 21 1976–77 Al Ahly (14) El Ittihad El Sakndary 22 1977–78 Zamalek (4) 23 1978–79 Al Ahly (15) 24 1979–80 Al Ahly (16) 25 1980–81 Al Ahly (17) 26 1981–82 Al Ahly (18) 27 1982–83 Al Mokawloon (1) 28 1983–84 Zamalek (5) 29 1984–85 Al Ahly (19) 30 1985–86 Al Ahly (20) 31 1986–87 Al Ahly (21) 32 1987–88 Zamalek (6) 33 1988–89 Al Ahly (22) 1989–90 Not finished due to preparation of Egypt for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 34 1990–91 Ismaily (2) 35 1991–92 Zamalek (7) 36 1992–93 Zamalek (8) 37 1993–94 Al Ahly (23) 38 1994–95 Al Ahly (24) 39 1995–96 Al Ahly (25) 40 1996–97 Al Ahly (26) El Mansoura 41 1997–98 Al Ahly (27) Al Mokawloon 42 1998–99 Al Ahly (28) 43 1999–00 Al Ahly (29) 44 2000–01 Zamalek (9) 45 2001–02 Ismaily (3) 46 2002–03 Zamalek (10) 47 2003–04 Zamalek (11) 48 2004–05 Al Ahly (30) ENPPI Haras El Hodoud 49 2005–06 Al Ahly (31) 50 2006–07 Al Ahly (32) 51 2007–08 Al Ahly (33) 52 2008–09 Al Ahly (34) Petrojet 53 Al Ahly (35) 54 Al Ahly (36) 2011–12 Not finished due to the Port Said Stadium riot.
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[23] In 2016, ON Sport TV was granted the rights to televise Egyptian Premier League games. The network is part of the state-owned Egyptian Media Group, which also controls EPL sponsor Presentation Sports. [26] On Sport launched TIME SPORTS to televise the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations which was hosted by Egypt, right and after the end of the tournament, ON sport TV merged with TIME SPORTS and became known as ON TIME Sports.
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The match featured the first goal in the Egyptian Premier League, scored by Farouk's Mohamed Amin, and the first hat-trick in the new league, by Suad Rustom. [6] During this time, Priemer League results in matches between clubs from Cairo were counted as Cairo League results as well. The Cairo League ceased play in 1952. [5] Al Ahly won the first three competitions, though in 1949–50 they required a playoff against Tersana SC. [7] The league was not contested during what would have been the 1951–52 season, as Egypt's national team were competing in the 1952 Summer Olympics. The season also did not take place due to the 1952 Egyptian revolution, in which King Farouk was overthrown.
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