2021–22 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season	2021–22
Dates	25 October 2021 – 30 August 2022
Champions	Zamalek; (14th title)
Relegated	Misr Lel Makkasa; Eastern Company; El Gouna
Champions League	Zamalek; Al Ahly
Confederation Cup	Pyramids; Future
Matches played	306
Goals scored	673 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Sayed; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Ceramica Cleopatra 5–0 Al Ittihad; (14 July 2022)
Biggest away win	Ismaily 0–4 Al Ahly; (27 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Smouha 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 run	9 matches; Zamalek SC
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches; Tala'ea El Gaish
Longest winless run	16 matches; Misr Lel Makkasa
Longest losing run	6 matches; Eastern Company
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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

Cairo and Giza teams
Al Ahly
Ceramica Cleopatra
Eastern Company
ENPPI
Future
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
National Bank of Egypt
Pyramids
Tala'ea El Gaish
Zamalek

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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

^ 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.
^ 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 (brand)	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 v t e	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:

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-Head points: Al Mokawloon Al Arab 12, Ismaily 11, Al Ittihad 5, Al Masry 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
3	Mabululu	Al Ittihad	13
5	Mostafa Shalaby	ENPPI	11
6	Shady Hussein	Ceramica Cleopatra	10
6	Ahmed Refaat	Future	10
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
2	Mohamed Hamdy	Pyramids FC	5	3
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
5	Mahmoud El Zonfouly	NBE SC	5	2
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
3	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

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

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[table_note_AHL0.1238678419608-4] 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.

[table_hth_TGS0.1238678419608-5] Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

[table_hth_MAS0.1238678419608-6] Head-to-Head points: Al Mokawloon Al Arab 12, Ismaily 11, Al Ittihad 5, Al Masry 4.

[table_hth_GHM0.1238678419608-7] Head-to-Head points: Ghazl El Mahalla 4, El Gouna 1.

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

[8] Flashscore

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