2021–22 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates25 October 2021 – 30 August 2022
ChampionsZamalek
(14th title)
RelegatedMisr Lel Makkasa
Eastern Company
El Gouna
Champions LeagueZamalek
Al Ahly
Confederation CupPyramids
Future
Matches played306
Goals scored673 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerAhmed Sayed
(19 goals)
Biggest home winCeramica Cleopatra 5–0 Al Ittihad
(14 July 2022)
Biggest away winIsmaily 0–4 Al Ahly
(27 October 2021)
Highest scoringSmouha 4–4 Al Ittihad
(25 October 2021)
Zamalek 3–5 Al Ahly
(5 November 2021)
Al Ittihad 4–4 Ceramica Cleopatra
(20 December 2021)
Longest winning run9 matches
Zamalek SC
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Tala'ea El Gaish
Longest winless run16 matches
Misr Lel Makkasa
Longest losing run6 matches
Eastern Company

The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League, also known as The WE Egyptian Premier League for sponsorship purposes, was the 63rd season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 25 October 2021 and is concluded on 30 August 2022. Fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 12 October 2021.[1]

Zamalek are the defending champions, having won their 13th league title in the previous season.

Teams

Locations of the 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League teams

Eighteen teams are competing in the league - the top fifteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Egyptian Second Division.

Venues

A total of 12 stadiums in 5 governorates were selected by clubs to host their 2021–22 home fixtures. Each club has the option to submit a reserve home venue in case of unavailability for their main home stadium.

Due to security concerns, selected matches are played on neutral ground due to high intensity. For example, fixtures between Al Ahly and Ismaily are played in Alexandria. All matches involving Al Masry are also played in the same city.

Al Ahly Ceramica Cleopatra Eastern Company
Al Salam Stadium Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Petro Sport Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 16,000
ENPPI Future Ghazl El Mahalla
Petro Sport Stadium Al Salam Stadium Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 14,564
El Gouna Ismaily Al Ittihad
Khaled Bichara Stadium Ismailia Stadium Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 18,525 Capacity: 19,676
Al Masry Misr Lel Makkasa Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Borg El Arab Stadium[a] Cairo Military Academy Stadium[b] Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Capacity: 86,000 Capacity: 28,500 Capacity: 35,000
National Bank of Egypt Pharco Pyramids
Petro Sport Stadium Alexandria Stadium 30 June Stadium
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 30,000
Smouha Tala'ea El Gaish Zamalek
Alexandria Stadium Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 75,000
Notes
  1. ^ Al Masry play their home matches at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, instead of their regular stadium Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said, which is under demolition process ahead of a redevelopment project.
  2. ^ Misr Lel Makkasa play their home matches at Cairo Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, instead of their regular stadium Faiyum Stadium in Faiyum, due to VAR unavailability.

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al Ahly Ricardo Soares Mohamed El Shenawy Umbro WE, SAIB Bank, Royal Dutch Shell1, Tiger Chips1, GLC Paints2
Future FC Ali Maher Saad Samir Nike Papa John's1
Ceramica Cleopatra Ahmed Samy Amer Mohamed Kelme Ceramica Cleopatra Group
ENPPI Jorvan Vieira Ibrahim Yehia Nike WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair
Pharco Fc Nuno Almeida Ramy Sabry Kelme WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair
Ghazl El Mahalla Mohamed Odah Abdo Yehia Uhlsport Misr Life Insurance
El Gouna Reda Shehata Nour El Sayed Adidas Orascom Group
Ismaily Hamza El-Gamal Shoukry Naguib Jako WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair
Al Ittihad Emad El Nahhas Khaled El Ghandour Xtep WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair
Al Masry Hossam Hassan Amr Moussa Nike WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair
Eastern Company Alaa Abdelaal Ahmed Temsah Umbro
Al Mokawloon Mohamed Ouda Mohamed Hamdy Zaky Kelme Arab Contractors
El Geish [[]] Mohamed Bassam Adidas WE, Oppo, Egyptair
Misr El Makassa Eid Maraziq Hossam Abdel Wahed Joma WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair, Misr Life Insurance
National Bank of Egypt Khaled Galal Asem Salah Kelme National Bank of Egypt
Pyramids Ehab Galal Abdallah El Said Puma Whoosh
Smouha Abdel Hamid Bassiouny Mahmoud Abdelhalim Adidas
Zamalek Jesualdo Ferreira Shikabala Tempo sport Molto, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair, Misr Life Insurance

Managerial changes

Club Previous Manager New Manager
Ismaily SC Talaat Youssef Juan Brown
Eastern Company SC Alaa Nouh Alaa Abdel Aal
Pharco FC Magdy Abdelaty Nuno Almeida
Ismaily SC Juan Brown Hamza El-Gamal
Al Ittihad Alexandria Hossam Hassan Emad El Nahhas
Al Mokawloon Al Arab Emad El Nahhas Mohamed Ouda
Smouha SC Ahmed Samy Abdel Hamid Bassiouny
Misr El Makasa Tamer Mostafa Eid Maraziq
Al Masry SC Moïne Chaâbani Hossam Hassan
ENPPI SC Helmi Toulan Jorvan Vieira
Al Ahly SC Pitso Mosimane Ricardo Soares

Foreign players

Club 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Loaned Out
Al Ahly SC Ali Maâloul Aliou Dieng Badr Benoun Luís Miquissone Percy Tau Aliou Badji

Walter Bwalya

Al Ittihad Alexandria Damion Lowe Saïdou Simporé Moro Salifu Mabululu Benjamin Boateng Abdullah Naseeb
Al Masry SC Emeka Ezeugo Austin Amutu Ilies Jelassi
Al Mokawloon Al Arab Luis Hinestroza Farouck Kabore Mamadou Niass Oussama Romdhani John Okoli
Cleopatra FC Evans Mensah Kwame Bonsu Seif Teka Fabrice Ngah Bilel Saidani Musab Al-Battat
Eastern Company Stephen Sey Benjamin Afutu Firas Iffia Mohamed Trabelsi
Tala'ea El Gaish Franck Engonga Kazadi Kasengu John Antwi Mohamed Jouini Khalid Hachadi
El Gouna FC Allan Kyambadde Shimelis Bekele
ENPPI SC John Okoye Ebuka Dinopeter Judy
Future FC Jonathan Ngwem Anicet Abel Ayman Sfaxi Diawisie Taylor
Ghazl El Mahalla Ibrahim Koné Paulin Voavy Malick Touré Himid Mao
Ismaily SC Benson Shilongo Marouane Sahraoui Mohamed Tarhoni Justin Shonga Ary Papel
Misr Lel Makkasa John Avire Eric Serge Joseph Atola David Cameron
National Bank of Egypt Mohamed Methnani Issah Yakubu Maarouf Youssef Moussa Diawara
Pharco FC Azmi Ghouma Seif Teiri Kingsley Sokari Rezki Hamroune
Pyramids FC Eric Traoré Mahmoud Wadi Fakhreddine Ben Youssef Walid El Karti John Antwi
Smouha SC Abdelkabir El Ouadi Ather El Tahir Sikiru Olatunbosun Alia Sylla Sodiq Ougola Garcia Dasfaa
Zamalek SC Achraf Bencharki Mohamed Ounajem Hamza Mathlouthi Seifeddine Jaziri Razzak Cisse

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zamalek[a] (C) 34 24 5 5 62 29 +33 77 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Pyramids[a] 34 22 5 7 56 25 +31 71 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
3 Al Ahly[a] 34 20 10 4 62 21 +41 70 Qualification for the Champions League
4 Tala'ea El Gaish 34 14 14 6 27 24 +3 56[b]
5 Future[a] 34 16 8 10 49 34 +15 56[b] Qualification for the Confederation Cup
6 Smouha 34 11 14 9 44 45 −1 47
7 National Bank of Egypt 34 11 13 10 40 41 −1 46
8 Pharco 34 9 15 10 21 22 −1 42
9 ENPPI 34 8 15 11 37 39 −2 39
10 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 34 8 14 12 30 31 −1 38[c]
11 Ismaily 34 9 11 14 27 39 −12 38[c]
12 Al Ittihad 34 9 11 14 40 52 −12 38[c]
13 Al Masry 34 8 14 12 40 41 −1 38[c]
14 Ceramica Cleopatra 34 7 16 11 34 41 −7 37
15 Ghazl El Mahalla 34 7 15 12 26 37 −11 36[d]
16 El Gouna (R) 34 9 9 16 33 46 −13 36[d] Relegation to Second Division
17 Eastern Company (R) 34 7 12 15 33 56 −23 33
18 Misr Lel Makkasa (R) 34 2 9 23 12 50 −38 15
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.
  3. ^ a b c d Head-to-Head points: Al Mokawloon Al Arab 12, Ismaily 11, Al Ittihad 5, Al Masry 4.
  4. ^ a b Head-to-Head points: Ghazl El Mahalla 4, El Gouna 1.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away AHL CCL EAS ENP FUT GMH GOU ISM ITH MAS MMK MOK NBE PHA PYR SMO TGS ZAM
Al Ahly — 4–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–2
Ceramica Cleopatra 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 2–1 5–0 1–4 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1
Eastern Company 0–0 1–0 — 0–2 1–4 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–2
ENPPI 1–2 0–0 1–2 — 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2
Future 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 2–1 3–2 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–1
Ghazl El Mahalla 2–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 — 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–2
El Gouna 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 — 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–4
Ismaily 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–2
Al Ittihad 0–3 4–4 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 — 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–5 1–1 0–2
Al Masry 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 — 3–2 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
Misr Lel Makkasa 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 — 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2
National Bank of Egypt 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 — 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–2
Pharco 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 — 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1
Pyramids 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 5–1 3–0 2–3
Smouha 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 — 1–0 2–0
Tala'ea El Gaish 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 — 0–2
Zamalek 3–5 3–2 1–2 0–2 3–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 31 August 2022[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Zizo Zamalek 19
2 Marwan Hamdy Smouha 15
3 John Okoye Ebuka ENPPI 13
Mabululu Al Ittihad
5 Mostafa Shalaby ENPPI 11
6 Shady Hussein Ceramica Cleopatra 10
Ahmed Refaat Future
7 Seifeddine Jaziri Zamalek 9
Nasser Mansi Pyramids National Bank of Egypt
Ahmet Atef Future
Mohamed Helal National Bank of Egypt

Top assists

no Name Club Appearance Assists
1 Mohamed Magdy Ahly SC 5 4
1 Ahmed Madbouly Ismaily SC 5 4
2 Jonathan Ngwem Future FC 5 3
Mohamed Hamdy Pyramids FC 5
4 Abdelkabir El Ouadi Smouha SC 1 2
5 Hussein Faisal Smouha SC 4 2
6 Ahmed Sayed Zamalek SC 5 2
Ali Maaloul Ahly SC 5
Saïdou Simporé Ittihad Alex 5
Walid El Karti Pyramids FC 5

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

no Name Club Appearance CL SH
1 Mohamed Majdi Makassa FC 5 3
2 Ali Lotfi Ahly SC 2 2
4 Mohamed Abou Gabal Zamalek SC 3 2
Amr Shaaban Ghazl El Mahala FC 3 2
Sherif Ekramy Pyramids FC 3 2
5 El Hany Soliman Smouha SC 4 2
Mahmoud El Zonfouly NBE SC 5
7 Mohamed Sobhy Pharco FC 5 2
Amer Mohamed Cleopatra FC 5 2
Mohamed Abdel Monsef Ittihad Alex 5 2
Ahmed Masoud Al Masry 5 2

Discipline

Player

Club

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams Governorate Team(s)
7 Cairo Al Ahly, ENPPI, Future, Al Mokawloon Al Arab,
National Bank of Egypt, Pyramids and Tala'ea El Gaish
3 Alexandria Al Ittihad, Pharco and Smouha
Giza Ceramica Cleopatra, Eastern Company and Zamalek
1 Faiyum Misr Lel Makkasa
El Gharbia Ghazl El Mahalla
Ismailia Ismaily
Port Said Al Masry
Red Sea El Gouna

References

  1. ^ "Egyptian PL draw: Al Ahly handed tough start, early Cairo Derby set". KingFut. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ Flashscore
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