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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
).
[1]
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.
[2]
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.
[3]
Locations of the 2017?18 Egyptian Premier League teams
Stadium
|
City
|
Number 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
|
Ismailia
|
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
|
This is a summary of seasons:
[4]
Club
|
Winners
|
Runners-up
|
Third places
|
Winning Seasons
|
Al Ahly
|
40
|
11
|
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
|
12
|
32
|
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
|
3
|
6
|
17
|
1966?67, 1990?91, 2001?02
|
Tersana
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
1962?63
|
Ghazl El Mahalla
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
1972?73
|
El Olympi
|
1
|
?
|
2
|
1965?66
|
El Mokawloon
|
1
|
?
|
1
|
1982?83
|
ENPPI
|
?
|
1
|
2
|
Smouha
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
Misr Lel Makasa
|
?
|
1
|
?
|
Al-Masry
|
?
|
?
|
5
|
El Qannah
|
?
|
?
|
2
|
El Ittihad El Sakndary
|
?
|
?
|
2
|
El Mansoura
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
Haras El-Hodood
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
Petrojet
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
Club
|
Number
|
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
|
Season
|
Player
|
Club
|
Goals
|
1948?49
|
Mohamed Diab El-Attar "Diba"
|
El Ittihad El Sakandary
|
15
|
El-Sayed El-Dhizui
|
Al-Masry
|
1949?50
|
El-Sayed El-Dhizui
|
Al-Masry
|
13
|
1950?51
|
El-bin laden El-Dhizui
|
Al-Masry
|
12
|
1952?53
|
Ahmed Mekawi
|
Al Ahly
|
12
|
1953?54
|
Abdel Nabi
|
Tersana
|
18
|
1955?56
|
Sayed Saleh
|
Al Ahly
|
12
|
1956?57
|
Alaa El-Hamouly
|
Zamalek
|
16
|
1957?58
|
Hamdi Abdel Fattah
|
Tersana
|
19
|
1958?59
|
El-Sayed El-Dhizui
|
Al Ahly
|
16
|
1959?60
|
Hamdi Abdel Fattah
|
Tersana
|
15
|
1960?61
|
Ali Mohsen
|
Zamalek
|
16
|
1961?62
|
Moustafa Reyadh
|
Tersana
|
18
|
1962?63
|
Hassan El-Shazly
|
Tersana
|
32
|
1963?64
|
Moustafa Reyadh
|
Tersana
|
27
|
1964?65
|
Hassan El-Shazly
|
Tersana
|
23
|
1965?66
|
Hassan El-Shazly
|
Tersana
|
16
|
1966?67
|
Ali Abo Greisha
|
Ismaily
|
15
|
1972?73
|
Omasha Omasha
|
Ghazl El Mahalla
|
11
|
1974?75
|
Hassan El-Shazly
|
Tersana
|
34
|
1975?76
|
Ossama Khalil
|
Ismaily
|
17
|
1976?77
|
Ali Khalil
|
Zamalek
|
17
|
Hassan Shehata
|
Zamalek
|
1977?78
|
Mahmoud El Khatib
|
Al Ahly
|
11
|
1978?79
|
Ali Khalil
|
Zamalek
|
12
|
1979?80
|
Hassan Shehata
|
Zamalek
|
14
|
1980?81
|
Mahmoud El Khatib
|
Al Ahly
|
11
|
1981?82
|
Gamal Gouda
|
Al-Masry
|
8
|
1982?83
|
Mahmoud El-Mashaqui
|
Ghazl El Mahalla
|
9
|
1983?84
|
Ayman Shawky
|
Koroum
|
8
|
1984?85
|
Mohamed Hazem
|
Ismaily
|
11
|
1985?86
|
Mohamed Hazem
|
Ismaily
|
11
|
1986?87
|
Emad Soliman
|
Ismaily
|
11
|
1987?88
|
Gamal Abdel-Hameed
|
Zamalek
|
11
|
1988?89
|
Mahmoud El-Mashaqui
|
Ghazl El Mahalla
|
11
|
1990?91
|
Mohamed Ramadan
|
Al Ahly
|
14
|
1991?92
|
Ahmed El-Kass
|
El Olympi
|
14
|
1992?93
|
Ahmed El-Kass
|
El Olympi
|
16
|
1993?94
|
Ahmed El-Kass
|
El Olympi
|
15
|
Bashir Abdel Samad
|
Ismaily
|
1994?95
|
Abdullah El-Sawy
|
El-Qanah
|
10
|
Ahmed Sary
|
El Ittihad El Sakandary
|
1995?96
|
Mohamed Salah Abo Greisha
|
Ismaily
|
14
|
1996?97
|
Ayman Moheb
|
El Mansoura
|
17
|
1997?98
|
Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny
|
Zamalek
|
15
|
1998?99
|
Hossam Hassan
|
Al Ahly
|
15
|
1999?00
|
John Utaka
|
Ismaily
|
17
|
2000?01
|
Tarek El-Said
|
Zamalek
|
13
|
2001?02
|
Hossam Hassan
|
Zamalek
|
18
|
2002?03
|
Ahmad Belal
|
Al Ahly
|
19
|
2003?04
|
Abdel Halim Ali
|
Zamalek
|
14
|
2004?05
|
Emad Moteab
|
Al Ahly
|
15
|
2005?06
|
Mohamed Aboutrika
|
Al Ahly
|
18
|
2006?07
|
Flavio Amado
|
Al Ahly
|
17
|
2007?08
|
Alaa Ibrahim
|
Petrojet
|
15
|
2008?09
|
Ernest Papa Arko
|
Tala'ea El Gaish
|
12
|
Flavio Amado
|
Al Ahly
|
2009?10
|
Minusu Buba
|
Ittihad El Shorta
|
14
|
2010?11
|
Ahmed Abd El-Zaher
|
ENPPI
|
13
|
Shikabala
|
Zamalek
|
2013?14
|
John Antwi
|
Ismaily
|
11
|
2014?15
|
Hossam Salama
|
El-Dakhleya
|
20
|
2015?16
|
Hossam Salama
|
Smouha
|
17
|
2016?17
|
Ahmed El Sheikh
|
Misr Lel Makasaa
|
17
|
No.
|
Player
|
Teams
|
Goals
|
1
|
Hassan El-Shazly
|
Tersana
|
176
|
2
|
Hossam Hassan
|
Al Ahly
/
Zamalek
/ Al-Masry / Tersana / El Ittihad El Sakandary
|
168
|
3
|
Moustafa Reyadh
|
Tersana
|
123
|
4
|
El-Sayed El-Dhizui
|
Al-Masry /
Al Ahly
|
112
|
5
|
Mahmoud El Khatib
|
Al Ahly
|
109
|
6
|
Ahmed El-Kass
|
El Olympi /
Zamalek
/ El Ittihad El Sakandary
|
107
|
7
|
Mohamed Aboutrika
|
Tersana /
Al Ahly
|
105
|
8
|
Gamal Abdel-Hameed
|
Al Ahly
/
Zamalek
|
101
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|