2015–16 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season 2015–16
Matches played 231
Goals scored 507 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer Hossam Salama
(14 goals)
Biggest home win Zamalek 5–0 Ghazl El Mahalla
(23 December 2015)
Biggest away win Al Ittihad 0–5 Ismaily
(12 November 2015)
Highest scoring Al Ahly 7–3 Ittihad El Shorta
(7 January 2016)
Longest winning run Al Ahly
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Al Ahly
(20 matches)
Longest winless run Ghazl El Mahalla
(26 matches)
Longest losing run Al Ittihad
(8 matches)

All statistics correct as of 5 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League is the 57th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season was scheduled to start on 17 October 2015,[1] however the Egyptian Football Association changed it to 20 October 2015 due to the parliamentary election in Egypt.[2]

The draw was held on 20 September 2015.[3]

Teams

Alexandria
Cairo
Alexandria teams

H. El Hodoud
Al Ittihad
Smouha

Locations of the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League teams

Unlike the previous season, a total of 18 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2014–15 season and 3 promoted from the Egyptian Second Division.

Stadium and location

Team Location Stadium
Al Ahly Cairo Borg El Arab Stadium (Selected matches)
Petro Sport Stadium
Aswan Aswan Aswan Stadium
El Dakhleya Cairo 30 June Stadium
El Entag El Harby Cairo Al Salam Stadium
ENPPI Cairo Petro Sport Stadium
Ghazl El Mahalla El Mahalla Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium
Haras El Hodoud Alexandria Harras El Hodoud Stadium
Ismaily Ismailia Ismailia Stadium
Al Ittihad Alexandria Alexandria Stadium
Ittihad El Shorta Cairo Police Academy Stadium
Al Masry Port Said Ismailia Stadium1
Misr Lel Makkasa Fayoum Fayoum Stadium
Al Mokawloon Cairo Arab Contractors Stadium
Petrojet Suez Suez Stadium
Smouha Alexandria Alexandria Stadium
Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Wadi Degla Cairo 30 June Stadium
Zamalek Cairo Petro Sport Stadium
1 Al Masry's original stadium is Port Said Stadium in Port Said, but due to the Port Said Stadium riot in 2012 the Egyptian Football Association banned Al Masry from playing matches at Port Said Stadium until the end of the 2015–16 season, and instead they will play at Ismailia Stadium.[4]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
El Entag El Harby Egypt Moamen Soliman Mutual consent 27 June 2015[5] Pre-season Egypt Shawky Gharieb 22 July 2015[6]
Al Ahly Egypt Fathi Mabrouk Sacked 5 October 2015[7] Portugal José Peseiro 9 October 2015[8]
Ghazl El Mahalla Egypt Mohamed Geneddy 1 November 2015[9] 18 Egypt Ahmed Hassan 1 November 2015[9]
Smouha Egypt Mohamed Youssef 1 November 2015[10] 12 Egypt Mimi Abdel Razek 1 November 2015[10]
Al Mokawloon Egypt Hassan Shehata Resigned 13 November 2015[11] 16 Egypt Tarek El Ashry 15 November 2015[12]
Al Ittihad Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov Mutual consent 15 November 2015[13] 8 Portugal Leonel Pontes 20 November 2015[14]
Haras El Hodoud Egypt Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny Resigned 16 November 2015[15] 17 Egypt Ahmed Ayoub 16 November 2015[16]
Zamalek Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira 21 November 2015[17] 4 Brazil Marcos Paquetá 13 December 2015[18]
Ittihad El Shorta Egypt Khaled El Kamash Sacked 26 November 2015[19] 15 Egypt Fathi Mabrouk 26 November 2015[20]
Petrojet Egypt Ahmed Hassan Resigned 11 December 2015[21] 14 Egypt Talaat Youssef 12 December 2015[22]
Ismaily Egypt Mido 20 December 2015[23] 5 Tunisia Nasr El Dien El Nâbi 27 December 2015[24]
Ghazl El Mahalla Egypt Ahmed Hassan 24 December 2015[25] 18 Egypt Mohamed Faiz 1 January 2016[26]
Zamalek Brazil Marcos Paquetá Sacked 4 January 2016[27] 5 Egypt Mido 4 January 2016[27]
ENPPI Egypt Hany Ramzy Resigned 9 January 2016[28] 11 Egypt Hamada Sedki 17 January 2016[29]
Wadi Degla Egypt Hamada Sedki 14 January 2016[30] 14 France Patrice Carteron 16 January 2016[31]
Al Ahly Portugal José Peseiro 18 January 2016[32] 3 Egypt Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi 18 January 2016[32]
Al Mokawloon Egypt Tarek El Ashry Sacked 20 January 2016[33] 15 Egypt Mohamed Ouda 22 January 2016[34]
Ghazl El Mahalla Egypt Mohamed Faiz 20 January 2016[35] 18 Egypt Khaled El Kamash 20 January 2016[35]
Ismaily Tunisia Nasr El Dien El Nâbi 25 January 2016[36] 11 Egypt Khaled El Kamash 26 January 2016[37]
Ghazl El Mahalla Egypt Khaled El Kamash Signed by Ismaily 26 January 2016[37] 17 Egypt Samir Kamouna 2 February 2016[38]
Zamalek Egypt Mido Sacked 9 February 2016[39] 2 Egypt Mohamed Salah 9 February 2016[39]
Ittihad El Shorta Egypt Fathi Mabrouk 12 February 2016[40] 16 Egypt Hany Ramzy 12 February 2016[40]
Smouha Egypt Mimi Abdel Razek Resigned 17 February 2016[41] 8 Egypt Helmy Toulan 19 February 2016[42]
Zamalek Egypt Mohamed Salah End of caretaker spell 28 February 2016[43] 2 Scotland Alex McLeish 28 February 2016[43]
Al Ahly Egypt Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi 1 March 2016[44] 1 Netherlands Martin Jol 1 March 2016[44]
Haras El Hodoud Egypt Ahmed Ayoub Sacked 1 March 2016[45] 18 Egypt Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny 1 Mach 2016[46]
Al Ittihad Portugal Leonel Pontes 8 March 2016[47] 14 Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar 9 March 2016[48]
ENPPI Egypt Hamada Sedki 16 April 2016[49] 12 Egypt Khaled Metwalli 16 April 2016[49]
El Dakhleya Egypt Alaa Abdel Aal Resigned 23 April 2016[50] 7 Egypt Mohamed Yousry 25 April 2016[51]
ENPPI Egypt Khaled Metwalli End of caretaker spell 27 April 2016[52] 13 Egypt Alaa Abdel Aal 27 April 2016[52]
Zamalek Scotland Alex McLeish Mutual consent 2 May 2016[53] 2 Egypt Mohamed Helmy 2 May 2016[54]

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly 25 18 5 2 49 18 +31 59 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zamalek 25 14 6 5 34 19 +15 48
3 Ismaily 26 13 5 8 34 23 +11 44 Qualification to Confederation Cup
4 Smouha 26 10 12 4 37 30 +7 42
5 Al Masry 25 10 11 4 36 26 +10 41
6 El Dakhleya 27 10 11 6 28 25 +3 41
7 Wadi Degla 26 10 10 6 29 23 +6 40
8 Misr Lel Makkasa 25 10 9 6 38 27 +11 39
9 El Entag El Harby 25 9 10 6 26 18 +8 37
10 Petrojet 26 9 8 9 24 22 +2 35
11 ENPPI 26 8 8 10 31 34 −3 32
12 Al Ittihad 25 9 5 11 20 30 −10 32
13 Aswan 25 7 9 9 26 31 −5 30
14 Tala'ea El Gaish 26 6 11 9 28 31 −3 29
15 Al Mokawloon 26 6 9 11 23 33 −10 27
16 Ittihad El Shorta 26 1 15 10 21 36 −15 18 Relegation to Second Division
17 Ghazl El Mahalla 26 0 10 16 12 39 −27 10
18 Haras El Hodoud 26 1 6 19 12 43 −31 9
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goal scored

Result table

Home ╲ Away AHL ASW DKHENHENPGMHHRSISMITHITSMASMMKMOKPETSMOTGSWDGZAM
Al Ahly 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 7–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 2–0
Aswan 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0
El Dakhleya 1–1 1–1 4–4 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
El Entag El Harby 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1
ENPPI 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–4 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–1
Ghazl El Mahalla 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Haras El Hodoud 0–4 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–4 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2
Ismaily 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 a 1–4 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–0
Al Ittihad 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–5 1–1 0–2 1–0
Ittihad El Shorta 3–5 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–0
Al Masry 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–1
Misr Lel Makkasa 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
Al Mokawloon 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Petrojet 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–1
Smouha 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 0–3 2–2 2–0
Tala'ea El Gaish 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–2
Wadi Degla 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1
Zamalek a 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0

Updated to games played on 5 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 5 May 2016.
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Egypt Hossam Salama Smouha 14
2 Egypt Marwan Mohsen Ismaily 12
3 Ghana Nana Poku Misr Lel Makkasa 11
4 Egypt Abdallah Said Al Ahly 10
Egypt Ahmed Raouf Al Masry
Egypt Moamen Zakaria Al Ahly
Nigeria Stanley Ohawuchi Wadi Degla
8 Egypt Ahmed Gaafar Petrojet 9
9 Egypt Amr Marey El Dakhleya 8
Egypt Kahraba Zamalek
Egypt Mahmoud Fathalla El Entag El Harby
Egypt Mahmoud Kaoud ENPPI
Egypt Mohamed Fadl Al Mokawloon

Source:[55]

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Egypt Mahmoud Fathalla El Entag El Harby Haras El Hodoud 3–0 19 January 2016
Egypt Gedo El Entag El Harby Ismaily 3–0 11 February 2016
Egypt Ahmed Raouf Al Masry ENPPI 4–0 1 March 2016

Saves

Rank GK Name Club Number of Saves
1 Mohamed Fawzi Ghazl El Mahala 73
2 Mahdi Seliman Somoha 72
3 Essam El Hadary Wadi Degla 71

Source: 123kora

Team's progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Al Ahly W W W L L W D W W W W D W W W W D D D W W W W W W                  
Aswan L D D D D L L W L D L W W L W D D W L L W W L D D                  
El Dakhleya W W W W D D W W D D D L D D L D D L W L W L W D D L W              
El Entag El Harby L L L W W D L D D D D L W W W D D W W W D W L D D                  
ENPPI D D W D W D W D L L L W W D L D W L W L L L L D W L                
Ghazl El Mahalla L L L D L D D L L L D D L L L D L L D D L L L L D D                
Haras El Hodoud D L D L L L D L L L D D L L L L L L L D L W L L L L                
Ismaily W D L W W W L L W D L D L L W D L W W W W L W W D W                
Al Ittihad W W D L L W W W L D W D D L L L L L L L L W W W D                  
Ittihad El Shorta D D D L L L D D D D L D L L D D L W D D L D L L D D                
Al Masry W D L W W D W W D W D W D L D W D D D W W L L D D                  
Misr Lel Makkasa D D W W D W W W L W D D D W L W D D D L L W L L W                  
Al Mokawloon L D D L L D W L L D L D L D L D W W L W L D W D W L                
Petrojet L W L L D D L L W W D D W W W D W D W L L L W D D L                
Smouha W L L D W D D W W D D D D D W D D W L W W D W W L D                
Tala'ea El Gaish L D D L W D L W W D D D L W D D D L L W D D W L L L                
Wadi Degla L D W W D L L D D L L D W W D W D W L D W W W W D D                
Zamalek W D W W W L W D D W W W W D L L D W W L W L D W W                  

Last updated: 5 May 2016
Source: Soccerway

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