Egyptian Premier League

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Egyptian Premier League

Sport	Football
Founded	1948
No. of teams	16
Country	Egypt
Current champions	Al-Ahly

The Egyptian Premier League (Arabic: الدوري المصري الأول) (League A) 2006/2007 has sixteen clubs. The two most popular Egyptian clubs are Ahly and Zamalek of Cairo. Other strong Premier League sides are Isma'ili (Isma'ilia), Masri (Port Sa'id), Itihad (Alexandria) and al-Mokawloon al-Arab (Cairo). Enppi & Haras El-Hadoud are clubs on the rise. The Egyptian league is considered to be one of the most competitive leagues around the world. The league is currently ranked 30th amongest the world by the IFFHS <[1]>. The league has currently changed its name to Egyptian Vodafone Premiership, because Vodafone sponsors the league.

1 Channels broadcasting the League matches
2 Challenges Facing The Egyptian League
3 Stadiums
- 3.1 Current Stadiums
4 League History
5 Season 2006/2007
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Channels broadcasting the League matches

Egyptian Channel 1
Egyptian Channel 2
Dream Tv
A-R-T Sports (1,2,3,4)
Al Riyadiya
Al Jazeera Sports

[edit] Challenges Facing The Egyptian League

Other problems such as facilities have weakened the league. Many facilities are old and are facing problems on the pitch. And all current facilities such as Cairo Stadium are not used to full capacity.

In addition, league administration have lacked in organizing proper standards in comparison to top leagues in the world. Problems such as scheduling league fixtures, organizaion of proper online databases, & other minor details have lowered standards in the league.

If the Egyptian League could control its media rights & fix problems with facilities such as security, seating, accessibility, pitch & all the matters relating, the Egyptian League could be very profitable.

[edit] Stadiums

Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexendria is opening soon and it will be the home of majority of the Alexandria clubs. The stadium has a capacity of 80,000. In 2007, Damanhour Stadium in the city of Damanhour will go into consturction. Its capacity will be 60,000. In 2009, Mubarak International Stadium will go into construction in Six October City & its capacity will be 65,000. In 2009 the Cairo Military Academy Stadium will be rebuilt and its capacity will be 65,000.

[edit] Current Stadiums

Stadium	City	Capacity
Borg El Arab	Alexandria	80,000
Cairo Stadium	Cairo	74,100
Osman Ahmed Osman	Cairo	60,000
Military Academy Stadium	Cairo	28,500
Port Said Stadium	Port Said	24,060
Haras el Hodood	Alexandria	22,500
El Mahalla	Mahalla	20,000
Alexandria Stadium	Alexandria	19,676
Ismailia Stadium	Ismailia	40,500
Tersana Stadium	Cairo	15,000
Enppi Stadium	Cairo	10,000

[edit] League History

[edit] System of Egyptian Premier League

No. of Teams	No. of Seasons	Seasons
14	16	56/57 - 77/78 - 80/81 - 81/82 - 91/92 - 92/93 - 93/94 - 94/95 - 98/99 - 99/00 - 00/01 - 01/02 - 02/03 - 03/04 - 04/05 - 05/06
12	12	64/65 - 65/66 - 66/67 - 72/73 - 78/79 - 82/83 - 83/84 - 84/85 - 85/86 - 86/87 - 87/88 - 88/89
10	8	49/50 - 50/51 - 52/53 - 53/54 - 58/59 - 59/60 - 60/61 - 61/62
16	6	57/58 - 79/80 - 95/96 - 96/97 - 97/98 - 06/07
24	3	62/63 - 63/64 - 75/76
18	2	74/75 - 90/91
11	2	48/49 - 55/56
15	1	76/77

2 group system used in 4 seasons ( 57/58, 62/63, 63/64 & 75/76 ).

[edit] Honours

Team	Wins
Al-Ahly	31
Al-Zamalek	11
Al-Ismaili	3
Al-Olympi	1
Ghazl Al-Mehalla	1
Mokawloon al-Arab	1
Tersana	1

[edit] Past Winners

NO	Season	Champion
1	1948/49	Al-Ahly
2	1949/50	Al-Ahly
3	1950/51	Al-Ahly
-	1951/52	Not Held
4	1952/53	Al-Ahly
5	1953/54	Al-Ahly
-	1954/55	Not Finished
6	1955/56	Al-Ahly
7	1956/57	Al-Ahly
8	1957/58	Al-Ahly
9	1958/59	Al-Ahly
10	1959/60	Al-Zamalek
11	1960/61	Al-Ahly
12	1961/62	Al-Ahly
13	1962/63	Tersana
14	1963/64	Al-Zamalek
15	1964/65	Al-Zamalek
16	1965/66	Al-Olympi
17	1966/67	Al-Ismaili
-	1967/68	Not Held
-	1968/69	Not Held
-	1969/70	Not Held
-	1970/71	Not Finished
-	1971/72	Not Held
18	1972/73	Ghazl Al-Mehalla
-	1973/74	Not Finished
19	1974/75	Al-Ahly
20	1975/76	Al-Ahly
21	1976/77	Al-Ahly
22	1977/78	Al-Zamalek
23	1978/79	Al-Ahly
24	1979/80	Al-Ahly
25	1980/81	Al-Ahly
26	1981/82	Al-Ahly
27	1982/83	Al-Mokawloon
28	1983/84	Al-Zamalek
29	1984/85	Al-Ahly
30	1985/86	Al-Ahly
31	1986/87	Al-Ahly
32	1987/88	Al-Zamalek
33	1988/89	Al-Ahly
-	1989/90	Not Finished
34	1990/91	Al-Ismaili
35	1991/92	Al-Zamalek
36	1992/93	Al-Zamalek
37	1993/94	Al-Ahly
38	1994/95	Al-Ahly
39	1995/96	Al-Ahly
40	1996/97	Al-Ahly
41	1997/98	Al-Ahly
42	1998/99	Al-Ahly
43	1999/00	Al-Ahly
44	2000/01	Al-Zamalek
45	2001/02	Al-Ismaili
46	2002/03	Al-Zamalek
47	2003/04	Al-Zamalek
48	2004/05	Al-Ahly
49	2005/06	Al-Ahly

[edit] Double Titles (League & Cup in the same season)

Al-Ahly : 11 times.
Al-Zamalek : 2 times.

[edit] All Seasons Top Goalscorers

Sesson	Player	Club	Goals
1948/1949	Mohamed Diab El-Attar "Diba"	Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary	15
1948/1949	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	Al-Masry	15
1949/1950	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	Al-Masry	13
1950/1951	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	Al-Masry	12
1952/1953	Ahmed Mekawi	Al-Ahly	12
1953/1954	Abdel Nabi	Tersana	18
1955/1956	Sayed Saleh	Al-Ahly	12
1956/1957	Alaa El-Hamouly	Al-Zamalek	16
1957/1958	Hamdi Abdel Fattah	Tersana	19
1958/1959	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	Al-Ahly	16
1959/1960	Hamdi Abdel Fattah	Tersana	15
1960/1961	Ali Mohsen	Al-Zamalek	16
1961/1962	Moustafa Reyadh	Tersana	18
1962/1963	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	32
1963/1964	Moustafa Reyadh	Tersana	27
1964/1965	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	23
1965/1966	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	16
1966/1967	Ali Abougreisha	Al-Ismaili	15
1972/1973	Omasha	Ghazl Al-Mehalla	11
1974/1975	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	34
1975/1976	Osama Khalil	Al-Ismaili	17
1976/1977	Ali Khalil	Al-Zamalek	17
1976/1977	Hassan Shehata	Al-Zamalek	17
1977/1978	Mahmoud El-Khateeb	Al-Ahly	11
1978/1979	Ali Khalil	Al-Zamalek	12
1979/1980	Hassan Shehata	Al-Zamalek	14
1980/1981	Mahmoud El-Khateeb	Al-Ahly	11
1981/1982	Gamal Gouda	Al-Masry	8
1982/1983	Mahmoud El-Mashaqui	Ghazl Al-Mehalla	9
1983/1984	Ayman Shawki	Al-Koroum	8
1984/1985	Mohamed Hazem	Al-Ismaili	11
1985/1986	Mohamed Hazem	Al-Ismaili	11
1986/1987	Emad Souliman	Al-Ismaili	11
1987/1988	Gamal Abdel Hamid	Al-Zamalek	11
1988/1989	Mahmoud El-Mashaqui	Ghazl Al-Mehalla	11
1990/1991	Mohamed Ramadan	Al-Ahly	14
1991/1992	Ahmed El-Kass	Al-Olympi	14
1992/1993	Ahmed El-Kass	Al-Olympi	16
1993/1994	Ahmed El-Kass	Al-Olympi	15
1993/1994	Beshir Abdel Samad	Al-Ismaili	15
1994/1995	Abdullah El-Sawi	Qanah	10
1994/1995	Ahmed Sari	Al-Itthad Al-Iskandary	10
1995/1996	Mohamed Salah Abougreisha	Al-Ismaili	14
1996/1997	Ayman Moheb	Mansoura	17
1997/1998	Abdel Hamid Bassiouny	Al-Zamalek	15
1998/1999	Hossam Hassan	Al-Ahly	15
1999/2000	John Utaka	Al-Ismaili	17
2000/2001	Tarek El-Said	Al-Zamalek	13
2001/2002	Hossam Hassan	Al-Zamalek	18
2002/2003	Ahmed Belal	Al-Ahly	19
2003/2004	Abdel Haleem Ali	Al-Zamalek	20
2004/2005	Emad Moteab	Al-Ahly	15
2005/2006	Mohamed Abo Treka	Al-Ahly	18

[edit] All Time Top Goalscorers

Last updated February 28, 2007.

No.	Player	Teams	Goals
1	Hassan El-Shazly	Al-Tersana	176
2	Hossam Hassan	Al-Ahly / Al-Zamalek / Al-Masry / Al-Tersana	168
3	Moustafa Reyadh	Al-Tersana	123
4	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	Al-Masry / Al-Ahly	112
5	Mahmoud El-Khateeb	Al-Ahly	108
6	Ahmed El-Kass	Al-Olympi / Al-Zamalek / Al-Itthad Al-Iskandary	107

Hossam Hassan is still active and playing for Al-Tersana.

[edit] Season 2006/2007

[edit] Clubs

For a full list of clubs see List of football clubs in Egypt.

[edit] League Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	±	Pts	Comments
1	Al Ahly	23	20	2	1	55	12	43	62	CAF Champions League
2	Al Ismaili	21	13	6	2	45	15	30	45	CAF Champions League
3	Al Zamalek	21	13	4	4	34	15	19	43	CAF Confederation Cup
4	Ghazl Al Mehalla	22	10	4	8	25	18	7	34
5	Haras El Hodood	22	8	7	7	24	27	-3	31
6	Al Geish	22	7	9	6	24	24	0	30
7	Petrojet	22	7	9	6	29	30	-1	30
8	Al Mokawloon	22	7	9	6	12	16	-4	30
9	Enppi	22	6	9	7	18	19	-1	27
10	Al Masry	22	6	7	9	15	24	-9	25
11	Al Itthad Al Sakandary	22	6	7	9	22	32	-10	25
11	Asmant Suez	22	6	5	11	14	25	-11	23
13	Tersana	22	4	10	8	21	24	-3	22
14	Petrol Assiut	22	4	6	12	16	32	-16	18	Relegation to 2nd Devision
15	Al Olympi	22	3	6	13	15	36	-21	15
16	Tanta	22	2	8	12	10	28	-18	14

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Last updated February 26, 2007.

Top 2 qualify to CAF African Champions League.

Egyptian Cup winner & 3rd place quailfy to CAF Cup.

[edit] Top Goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Team	Goals
1st	Flavio Amado	Al-Ahly	17
2nd	Emad Moteab	Al-Ahly	16
3rd	Ahmed Hasan	Ghazl Al-Mehalla	11
3rd	Mohamed Fadl	Al-Ismaili	11
5th	Amr Zaki	Al-Zamalek	9

Last updated March 14, 2007

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

ALL ABOUT EGYTIAN PLAYERS
[2] best site about egyptianfootball
RSSSF
RSSSF competition history

2006-07 in African Football (CAF)

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