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

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

Managerial changes

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

Foreign players

Club 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Loaned Out
Al Ahly SC Tunisia Ali Maâloul Mali Aliou Dieng Morocco Badr Benoun Mozambique Luís Miquissone South Africa Percy Tau Senegal Aliou Badji

Democratic Republic of the Congo Walter Bwalya

Al Ittihad Alexandria Jamaica Damion Lowe Burkina Faso Saïdou Simporé Ghana Moro Salifu Angola Mabululu Ghana Benjamin Boateng Jordan Abdullah Naseeb
Al Masry SC Nigeria Emeka Ezeugo Nigeria Austin Amutu Tunisia Ilies Jelassi
Al Mokawloon Al Arab Colombia Luis Hinestroza Burkina Faso Farouck Kabore Mauritania Mamadou Niass Tunisia Oussama Romdhani Nigeria John Okoli
Cleopatra FC Ghana Evans Mensah Ghana Kwame Bonsu Tunisia Seif Teka Cameroon Fabrice Ngah Tunisia Bilel Saidani State of Palestine Musab Al-Battat
Eastern Company Ghana Stephen Sey Ghana Benjamin Afutu Tunisia Firas Iffia Tunisia Mohamed Trabelsi
Tala'ea El Gaish Gabon Franck Engonga Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazadi Kasengu Ghana John Antwi Tunisia Mohamed Jouini Morocco Khalid Hachadi
El Gouna FC Uganda Allan Kyambadde Ethiopia Shimelis Bekele
ENPPI SC Nigeria John Okoye Ebuka Nigeria Dinopeter Judy
Future FC Cameroon Jonathan Ngwem Madagascar Anicet Abel Tunisia Ayman Sfaxi Ghana Diawisie Taylor
Ghazl El Mahalla Ivory Coast Ibrahim Koné Madagascar Paulin Voavy Mali Malick Touré Tanzania Himid Mao
Ismaily SC Namibia Benson Shilongo Tunisia Marouane Sahraoui Libya Mohamed Tarhoni Zambia Justin Shonga Angola Ary Papel
Misr Lel Makkasa Kenya John Avire Ivory Coast Eric Serge Nigeria Joseph Atola Cameroon David Cameron
National Bank of Egypt Tunisia Mohamed Methnani Ghana Issah Yakubu Nigeria Maarouf Youssef Guinea Moussa Diawara
Pharco FC Tunisia Azmi Ghouma Sudan Seif Teiri Nigeria Kingsley Sokari Algeria Rezki Hamroune
Pyramids FC Burkina Faso Eric Traoré State of Palestine Mahmoud Wadi Tunisia Fakhreddine Ben Youssef Morocco Walid El Karti Ghana John Antwi
Smouha SC Morocco Abdelkabir El Ouadi Sudan Ather El Tahir Mali Sikiru Olatunbosun Guinea Alia Sylla Nigeria Sodiq Ougola Angola Garcia Dasfaa
Zamalek SC Morocco Achraf Bencharki Morocco Mohamed Ounajem Tunisia Hamza Mathlouthi Tunisia Seifeddine Jaziri Ivory Coast 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 Egypt Zizo Zamalek 19
2 Egypt Marwan Hamdy Smouha 15
3 Nigeria John Okoye Ebuka ENPPI 13
Angola Mabululu Al Ittihad
5 Egypt Mostafa Shalaby ENPPI 11
6 Egypt Shady Hussein Ceramica Cleopatra 10
Egypt Ahmed Refaat Future
7 Tunisia Seifeddine Jaziri Zamalek 9
Egypt Nasser Mansi Pyramids National Bank of Egypt
Egypt Ahmet Atef Future
Egypt Mohamed Helal National Bank of Egypt

Top assists

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

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

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