2013–14 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season 2013–14
Champions Al Ahly
37th Premier League title
Relegated Telephonat Beni Suef
El Qanah
Ghazl El Mahalla
El Entag El Harby
El Minya
Champions League Al Ahly
Smouha
Confederation Cup Zamalek
Petrojet
Matches played 227
Goals scored 467 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorer John Antwi
(11 Goals)
Biggest home win Wadi Degla 6–0 El Minya
(29 December 2013)
Biggest away win El Qanah 0–4 Zamalek
(5 February 2014)
Highest scoring El Dakhleya 5–2 El Raja
(7 May 2014)
Zamalek 4–3 Ittihad El Shorta
(14 June 2014)
Longest winning run Al Ahly, Smouha
(4 Matches)
Longest unbeaten run Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
(11 Matches)
Longest winless run El Gaish
(9 Matches)

The 2013–14 Egyptian Premier League was the fifty-seventh season of the Egyptian Premier League since its establishment in 1948. It started on December 26, 2013 and ended on July 7, 2014

Clubs

A total of 65 clubs have played in the Egyptian Premier League from its inception in 1948–49 up to and including the 2013–14 season. But only two clubs have been members of the Egyptian Premier League for every season since its inception. They are Al Ahly and Zamalek.

The league consists of 2 groups each of 11 clubs. Al Ahly tops the first group, and Zamalek tops the second. The first two teams of each group will advance to the competition playoff, while the ninth team of each group will advance to the relegation play-off. The last two teams of each group will be relegated directly to the Egyptian Second Division.

The following 22 clubs are competing in the Egyptian Premier League during the 2013–14 season.

League table

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (Q) 20 12 4 4 30 10 +20 40 Qualification to Championship play-off
2 Smouha (Q) 20 10 5 5 24 20 +4 35
3 Al Ittihad 20 7 10 3 20 17 +3 31
4 Al Mokawloon 20 7 9 4 27 17 +10 30
5 El Gouna 20 7 5 8 17 16 +1 26
6 El Dakhleya 20 5 10 5 18 19 1 25
7 Misr El Makasa 20 5 9 6 17 22 5 24
8 ENPPI 20 4 10 6 19 19 0 22
9 El Raja (O) 20 5 6 9 23 34 11 21 Qualification to Relegation play-off
10 Ghazl El Mahalla (R) 20 3 10 7 13 21 8 19 Relegation to Second Division
11 El Entag El Harby (R) 20 2 8 10 15 28 13 14
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goal scored
(O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zamalek (Q) 20 10 5 5 35 21 +14 35 Qualification to Championship play-off
2 Petrojet (Q) 20 9 8 3 28 17 +11 35
3 Ittihad El Shorta 20 9 8 3 25 16 +9 35
4 Ismaily 20 8 8 4 24 16 +8 32
5 Tala'ea El Gaish 20 5 10 5 19 17 +2 25
6 Wadi Degla 20 6 6 8 26 24 +2 24
7 Al Masry 20 5 9 6 17 20 3 24
8 Haras El Hodoud 20 6 6 8 11 15 4 24
9 Telephonat Beni Suef (R) 20 4 10 6 16 22 6 22 Qualification to Relegation play-off
10 El Qanah (R) 20 5 7 8 14 24 10 22 Relegation to Second Division
11 El Minya (R) 20 3 3 14 15 38 23 12
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goal scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Final stage

Championship play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Qualification to Champions League
2 Smouha 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3 Zamalek 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 Qualification to Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Petrojet 3 0 0 3 1 10 9 0
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Petrojet qualified for the Confederation Cup since the winners of the 2014 Egypt Cup (Zamalek) qualified for the Confederation Cup and the cup runner-up (Smouha) qualified for the Champions League.

Relegation play-off

El Raja remained in the Premier League and Telephonat Beni Suef relegated to the Second Division.

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