- Egyptian Premier League
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For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues.
Egyptian Premier League 
Countries Egypt Confederation CAF Founded 1948 Number of teams 19 Levels on pyramid 1 Relegation to Egyptian Second Division Domestic cup(s) Egypt Cup
Egyptian Super CupInternational cup(s) Champions League
Confederation CupCurrent champions Al Ahly
(2010–11)Most championships Al Ahly (36) Website www.efa.com.eg 
2011–12 Egyptian Premier LeagueThe Egyptian Premier League (Arabic: الدوري المصري الممتاز) is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the Emirate communications company signed a sponsorship deal with the Egyptian FA. No more than three foreign players are allowed on any side in the Egyptian Premier League.
During the 2011 Egyptian Protests the Egyptian Premier League was paused until 6th March, but was postponed until April 14, when play finally resumed.
Contents
Competition format and sponsorship
Competition
There are 19 clubs in the Egyptian Premier League. The Football Season, which lasts from August to May, is interleaved with a Six-Weeks Winter break that lasts from the end of December to February. During the course of the season, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 36 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then the direct confrontation,then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion . If points are equal,the direct confrontation, the goal difference and then goals scored determine the winner. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Division II League , and the top three teams from the three groups into the Division II league , together, are promoted in their place.
Sponsorship
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:
2005–2007: Vodafone Egyptian Premier League.
2007–present: Etisalat Egyptian Premier League.
Media coverage
There are a lot of channels that transfer the Egyptian league like: modern sport, modern kora, channel 2, alhayat 2, dream, nile sport, almasriya,channel 3 and alahly tv. Every channel from this channels paid 8 millions {l.v} to transfer the Egyptian league except the Egyptian television (channel 2, nile sport, and almasriya) which had his own deal.
Clubs
The five most popular Egyptian clubs are Al Ahly, Zamalek, Ismaily, Al Ittihad Al Sakandary and Al Masry. Also there is a historically established club named Tersana.
Members for 2011–12
A total of 64 clubs have played in the Egyptian Premier League from its inception in 1948-49 up to and including the 2011–12 season. But only two clubs have been members of the Egyptian Premier League for every season since its inception .There are Al Ahly and Zamalek.
The following 19 clubs will compete in the Egyptian Premier League during the 2011–12 season.
Club Position
in 2010–11First season in
Premier LeagueNumber of seasons
in Premier LeaguePremier League
titlesAl Ahlya,b 1st 1948–49 55 36 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary (Union Alexandria)a 14th 1948-49 53 n/a Al Masrya 7th 1948–49 53 n/a Al Mokawloon Al Arab (Arab Contractors) 16th 1978-79 30 1 El Dakhleyac 1st G1 (Promoted) 2011-12 1 n/a El Entag El Harby (Military Production) 13th 2009-10 3 n/a El Gouna 11th 2009-10 3 n/a ENPPI 5th 2002-03 10 n/a Ghazl El Mahalla (Mahalla Textiles) 1st G2 (Promoted) 1956-57 45 1 Haras El Hodood (Border Guards)e 8th 1963-64 12 n/a Ismailya 3rd 1948-49 51 3 Ittihad El Shorta (Police Union)d 4th 1975–76 5 n/a Misr El Makasa 6th 2010-11 2 n/a Petrojet 10th 2006-07 6 n/a Smouha 15th 2010-11 2 n/a Tala'ea El Gaish (Army Vanguards) 9th 2004-05 8 n/a Telephonat Bani Sweif (Bani Sweif telecom)c 1st G3 (Promoted) 2011-12 1 n/a Wadi Degla 12th 2010-11 2 n/a Zamaleka,b 2nd 1948–49 55 11 a: Founding member of the Egyptian Premier League
b: Never been relegated from Egyptian Premier League
c: First Time in Egyptian Premier League
d: Ittihad El-Shorta appear in 1974-75 season as El-Shorta
e: Haras El Hodood (Border Guards) appear in 1963-65 seasons as El-SoahelStadiums
The recently opened Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria (capacity: 86,000) is currently mainly used for international competition, as it was constructed as part of Egypt's failed bid to land the 2010 FIFA World Cup. However, there is speculation that League sides from Alexandria will eventually call it their home grounds.
Current stadiums
Stadium City Seating Capacity Borg El Arab Alexandria 86,000 Cairo Stadium Cairo 75,000 Mubarak Stadium Suez 40,000 Osman Ahmed Osman Cairo 35,000 Al-Salam Stadium Cairo 30,000 Suez Stadium Suez 30,000 Military Academy Stadium Cairo 28,500 Sekka El Hadeed Stadium Cairo 25,000 Harras El-Hedoud Stadium Alexandria 25,000 El Mansoura Stadium Mansura 20,000 El Mahalla Mahalla 20,000 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 League history
Honors
Team Wins Al Ahly 
36 Zamalek 11 Ismaily 3 Al Olympi 1 Ghazl El Mahalla 1 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 1 Tersana 1 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 Zamalek 11 1960-61 Al Ahly 12 1961-62 Al Ahly 13 1962-63 Tersana 14 1963-64 Zamalek 15 1964-65 Zamalek 16 1965-66 Al Olympi 17 1966-67 Ismaily - 1967-68 Not Held - 1968-69 Not Held - 1969-70 Not Held - 1970-71 Not Finished - 1971-72 Not Held 18 1972-73 Ghazl El Mahalla - 1973-74 Not Finished 19 1974-75 Al Ahly 20 1975-76 Al Ahly 21 1976-77 Al Ahly 22 1977-78 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 Al Arab 28 1983-84 Zamalek 29 1984-85 Al Ahly 30 1985-86 Al Ahly 31 1986-87 Al Ahly 32 1987-88 Zamalek 33 1988-89 Al Ahly - 1989-90 Not Finished 34 1990-91 Ismaily 35 1991-92 Zamalek 36 1992-93 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 Zamalek 45 2001-02 Ismaily 46 2002-03 Zamalek 47 2003-04 Zamalek 48 2004-05 Al Ahly 49 2005-06 Al Ahly 50 2006-07 Al Ahly 51 2007-08 Al Ahly 52 2008-09 Al Ahly 53 2009-10 Al Ahly 54 2010-11 Al Ahly Double titles (League & cup in the same season)
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- Al Ahly : 13 times.
- Zamalek : 2 times
Top goalscorers
All seasons top goalscorers
Sesson Player Club Goals 1948-49 
Mohamed Diab El-Attar "Diba"Al Ittihad Al Sakandary 15 El-Sayed El-DhizuiAl Masry 1949-50 El-Sayed El-DhizuiAl Masry 13 1950-51 El-Sayed El-DhizuiAl Masry 12 1952-53 Ahmed MekawiAl Ahly 12 1953-54 Abdel NabiTersana 18 1955-56 Sayed SalehAl Ahly 12 1956-57 Alaa El-HamoulyZamalek 16 1957-58 Hamdi Abdel FattahTersana 19 1958-59 El-Sayed El-DhizuiAl Ahly 16 1959-60 Hamdi Abdel FattahTersana 15 1960-61 
Ali MohsenZamalek 16 1961-62 Moustafa ReyadhTersana 18 1962-63 Hassan El-ShazlyTersana 32 1963-64 Moustafa ReyadhTersana 27 1964-65 Hassan El-ShazlyTersana 23 1965-66 Hassan El-ShazlyTersana 16 1966-67 Ali AbougreishaIsmaily 15 1972-73 Omasha OmashaGhazl El Mahalla 11 1974-75 Hassan El-ShazlyTersana 34 1975-76 Ossama KhalilIsmaily 17 1976-77 Ali KhalilZamalek 17 Hassan ShehataZamalek 1977-78 Mahmoud El KhatibAl Ahly 11 1978-79 Ali KhalilZamalek 12 1979-80 Hassan ShehataZamalek 14 1980-81 Mahmoud El KhatibAl Ahly 11 1981-82 Gamal GoudaAl Masry 8 1982-83 Mahmoud El-MashaquiGhazl El Mahalla 9 1983-84 Ayman ShawkiKoroum 8 1984-85 Mohamed HazemIsmaily 11 1985-86 Mohamed HazemIsmaily 11 1986-87 Emad SoulimanIsmaily 11 1987-88 Gamal Abdul HamidZamalek 11 1988-89 Mahmoud El-MashaquiGhazl El Mahalla 11 1990-91 Mohamed RamadanAl Ahly 14 1991-92 Ahmed El-KassAl Olympi 14 1992-93 Ahmed El-KassAl Olympi 16 1993-94 Ahmed El-KassAl Olympi 15 Bashir Abdel SamadIsmaily 1994-95 Abdullah El-SawiEl-Qanah 10 Ahmed SariAl Ittihad Al Sakandary 1995-96 Mohamed Salah AbougreishaIsmaily 14 1996-97 Ayman MohebEl Mansoura SC 17 1997-98 Abdul Hamid BassiounyZamalek 15 1998-99 Hossam HassanAl Ahly 15 1999-00 
John UtakaIsmaily 17 2000-01 Tarek El-SaidZamalek 13 2001-02 Hossam HassanZamalek 18 2002-03 Ahmed BelalAl Ahly 19 2003-04 Abdel Halim AliZamalek 21 2004-05 Emad MoteabAl Ahly 15 2005-06 Mohamed AboutrikaAl Ahly 18 2006-07 
Flavio AmadoAl Ahly 17 2007-08 Alaa IbrahimPetrojet 15 2008-09 
Ernest Papa ArkoTala'ea El Gaish 12 Flávio AmadoAl Ahly 2009-10 Minusu BubaIttihad El Shorta 14 2010-11 Ahmed Abd El-ZaherENPPI 13 ShikabalaZamalek All time top goalscorers
Last updated November 11, 2011.
No. Player Teams Goals 1 Hassan El-ShazlyTersana 187 2 Hossam HassanAl Ahly / Zamalek / Al Masry / Tersana / Al Ittihad Al Sakandary 168 3 Moustafa ReyadhTersana 123 4 El-Sayed El-DhizuiAl Masry / Al Ahly 112 5 Mahmoud El-KhateebAl Ahly 108 6 Ahmed El-KassAl Olympi / Zamalek / Al Ittihad Al Sakandary 107 7 Mohamed AboutrikaTersana / Al Ahly 103 For a full list of clubs see List of football clubs in Egypt.
External links
- 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
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