2015–16 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season 2015–16
Champions Al Ahly
38th Premier League title
Relegated Ittihad El Shorta
Haras El Hodoud
Ghazl El Mahalla
Champions League Al Ahly
Zamalek
Confederation Cup Smouha
Al Masry
Matches played 306
Goals scored 676 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer Hossam Salama
(17 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 Zamalek
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Al Ahly
(20 matches)
Longest winless run Ghazl El Mahalla
(34 matches)
Longest losing run Al Ittihad
(8 matches)

All statistics correct as of 9 July 2016.

The 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League was the 57th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The fixtures were announced on 20 September 2015.[1] The season began on 20 October 2015 and concluded on 9 July 2016.[2]

Zamalek began the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. Aswan, El Entag El Harby and Ghazl El Mahalla entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Egyptian Second Division.

On 24 June 2016, Al Ahly won the title with two games to spare after a 2–1 away win over Ismaily to secure their 38th Egyptian Premier League title.

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.[3]

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

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 34 23 7 4 65 24 +41 76 Qualification to Champions League and Arab Club Championship
2 Zamalek 34 20 9 5 49 25 +24 69
3 Smouha 34 13 16 5 45 37 +8 55[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 2]
4 Al Masry 34 13 16 5 50 37 +13 55[lower-alpha 1]
5 Wadi Degla 34 14 12 8 38 31 +7 54
6 Ismaily 34 15 8 11 47 36 +11 53
7 El Entag El Harby 34 13 13 8 38 26 +12 52
8 El Dakhleya 34 13 11 10 35 33 +2 50
9 ENPPI 34 12 11 11 42 39 +3 47[lower-alpha 3]
10 Misr Lel Makkasa 34 12 11 11 47 41 +6 47[lower-alpha 3]
11 Petrojet 34 12 10 12 35 31 +4 46
12 Tala'ea El Gaish 34 9 14 11 34 35 1 41[lower-alpha 4]
13 Al Mokawloon 34 10 11 13 34 42 8 41[lower-alpha 4]
14 Al Ittihad 34 11 6 17 26 44 18 39
15 Aswan 34 8 11 15 28 44 16 35
16 Ittihad El Shorta (R) 34 3 16 15 30 48 18 25 Relegation to Second Division
17 Haras El Hodoud (R) 34 4 7 23 17 52 35 19
18 Ghazl El Mahalla (R) 34 0 13 21 16 51 35 13
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goal scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goal scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goal scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Smouha ahead of Al Masry on head-to-head record; Smouha–Al Masry 1–0, Al Masry–Smouha 1–1.
  2. Since the winners of the 2016 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.
  3. 1 2 ENPPI ahead of Misr Lel Makkasa on head-to-head record; ENPPI–Misr Lel Makkasa 2–1, Misr Lel Makkasa–ENPPI 0–2.
  4. 1 2 Tala'ea El Gaish ahead of Al Mokawloon on head-to-head record; Tala'ea El Gaish–Al Mokawloon 2–1, Al Mokawloon–Tala'ea El Gaish 0–0.

Result table

Home ╲ Away AHL ASW DKHENTENPGMHHRSISMITHITSMASMMKMOKPETSMOTGSWDGZAM
Al Ahly 31 20 20 20 20 30 10 11 73 23 01 31 20 03 10 01 20
Aswan 04 10 02 11 00 10 11 10 21 11 23 21 21 00 01 21 00
El Dakhleya 11 11 21 44 10 20 01 20 10 23 13 20 10 01 00 20 00
El Entag El Harby 01 20 22 00 10 30 30 01 00 00 21 21 00 11 21 11 31
ENPPI 02 32 01 00 30 22 12 30 13 04 11 31 10 01 21 02 01
Ghazl El Mahalla 11 01 11 01 00 01 22 01 00 22 01 01 11 01 11 02 02
Haras El Hodoud 04 10 01 03 01 22 04 01 00 31 11 01 02 01 01 02 02
Ismaily 12 20 01 20 22 31 10 01 22 11 14 10 10 22 20 01 10
Al Ittihad 01 10 12 12 10 11 20 05 10 02 10 11 02 01 10 23 01
Ittihad El Shorta 35 22 11 00 00 30 11 20 11 01 00 22 01 02 14 00 23
Al Masry 22 32 11 00 12 10 32 10 11 10 11 32 31 11 33 20 01
Misr Lel Makkasa 12 31 01 21 02 10 10 32 11 11 22 01 01 20 11 11 13
Al Mokawloon 03 20 31 00 03 00 10 00 31 00 21 14 22 11 00 00 12
Petrojet 01 11 00 31 00 20 12 10 31 30 00 32 02 31 00 01 11
Smouha 13 00 11 11 11 42 22 33 20 11 10 43 02 03 22 20 11
Tala'ea El Gaish 00 11 20 00 13 21 10 12 01 20 00 00 21 00 01 02 32
Wadi Degla 00 10 10 13 23 11 00 02 31 21 00 10 11 30 11 33 11
Zamalek 00 10 20 21 10 50 10 01 21 10 22 22 20 20 11 21 20

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

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Egypt Hossam Salama Smouha 17
2 Egypt Marwan Mohsen Ismaily 14
Ghana Nana Poku Misr Lel Makkasa
4 Egypt Ahmed Raouf Al Masry 13
5 Egypt Mahmoud Fathalla El Entag El Harby 12
Gabon Malick Evouna Al Ahly
Egypt Moamen Zakaria Al Ahly
8 Egypt Abdallah Said Al Ahly 11
Egypt Mahmoud Kahraba Zamalek
Nigeria Stanley Ohawuchi Wadi Degla

Source:[54]

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

Clean Sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 EgyptSherif Ekramy Al Ahly 16
2 EgyptEssam El-Hadary Wadi Degla 15
3 EgyptAl-Mahdy Soliman

EgyptMohamed El Shenawy

Smouha

Petrojet

13
4 EgyptAmir Abdelhamid

EgyptAhmed El-Shenawy

EgyptMahmoud El Gharabawy

El Entag El Harby

Zamalek

El Dakhleya

11
5 EgyptEmad Sayed

EgyptMohamed Awaad

Tala'ea El Gaish

Ismaily

10

Source: yallakora

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 L W W W W L W D D
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 D L L D L L L W L
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 W L L L W 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 D D L D W W W W L
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 D D L W W D W W
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 L L L D L D L 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 L L W W W L D 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 D L L D D L W 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 L L W L W L L D L
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 D L W L L L W L
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 D L W D W W D 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 W L D L L W L D L
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 D W W L D W L W
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 W L D D L W L W
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 D D L W D W D W
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 W W D D L W D 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 W W W D D L L W
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 W W W W W W D D D

Source: Soccerway

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