2021–22 Egyptian Premier League

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]

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

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

Teams

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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League table

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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

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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

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Top goalscorers

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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

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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

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Clean sheets

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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

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Player

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Club

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Number of teams by governorate

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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

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