2016–17 Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League
Season 2016–17
Matches played 108
Goals scored 251 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer Ahmed El Sheikh
(8 goals)
Biggest home win Al Masry 4–0 Tanta
(31 October 2016)
Biggest away win Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 0–4 ENPPI
(15 September 2016)
Highest scoring Wadi Degla 4–3 ENPPI
(22 November 2016)
Longest winning run 8 games
Misr Lel Makkasa
Longest unbeaten run 12 games
Al Ahly
Longest winless run 11 games
Aswan
Longest losing run 5 games
ENPPI
Tanta
El Sharkia
2017–18 →

All statistics correct as of 14:47, 4 December 2016 (UTC).

The 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League is the 58th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 15 September 2016. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 22 August 2016.

Al Ahly are the defending champions. Al Nasr Lel Taa'den, El Sharkia and Tanta have entered as the three promoted teams from the 2015–16 Egyptian Second Division.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams will compete in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the Second Division.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium
Al Ahly Cairo Petro Sport Stadium
Aswan Aswan Aswan Stadium
El Dakhleya Cairo 30 June Stadium
ENPPI Cairo Petro Sport Stadium
El Entag El Harby Cairo Al Salam Stadium
Ismaily Ismailia Ismailia Stadium
Al Ittihad Alexandria Borg El Arab Stadium
Al Masry Port Said Borg El Arab Stadium
Misr Lel Makkasa Fayoum Fayoum Stadium
Al Mokawloon Cairo Arab Contractors Stadium
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den Aswan Aswan Stadium
Petrojet Suez Suez Stadium
El Sharkia Zagazig Zagazig Stadium
Smouha Alexandria Borg El Arab Stadium
Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Tanta Tanta Tanta Stadium
Wadi Degla Cairo 30 June Stadium
Zamalek Cairo Petro Sport Stadium

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al Ahly Egypt Hossam El Badry Saudi Arabia Sporta Vodafone, Huawei (front)
Juhayna, Royal Dutch Shell (back)
Aswan Egypt Emad El Nahas Germany Uhlsport
El Dakhleya Egypt Diaa Abdel Samad United States Nike SAIB Bank (back)
ENPPI Egypt Alaa Abdel Aal United States Nike
El Entag El Harby Egypt Shawky Gharieb Germany Uhlsport
Ismaily Egypt Ashraf Khedr (caretaker) Italy Lotto Sinai University (front)
Atyab (back)
Al Ittihad Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar Germany Adidas Obour Land (front)
Atyab (back)
Al Masry Egypt Hossam Hassan Germany Adidas
Misr Lel Makkasa Egypt Ehab Galal Germany Adidas
Al Mokawloon Egypt Mohamed Ouda Germany Adidas Obour Land (front)
SAIB Bank (back)
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den Egypt Osama Orabi Italy Lotto
Petrojet Egypt Talaat Youssef Germany Uhlsport Obour Land
El Sharkia Egypt Ahmed El Agoz Italy Legea Obour Land (front)
Atyab (back)
Smouha Egypt Helmy Toulan Italy Erreà McDonald's (front)
SAIB Bank (back)
Tala'ea El Gaish Egypt Ahmed Samy Italy Macron McDonald's
Tanta Egypt Khaled Eid Germany Uhlsport McDonald's (front)
Atyab, SAIB Bank (back)
Wadi Degla Egypt Mido Belgium Egypt Leap Wadi Degla
Zamalek Egypt Moamen Soliman (caretaker) Italy Macron SAIB Bank (front)
Lactel (back)

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Tala'ea El Gaish Egypt Tarek Yehia Resigned 10 July 2016[1] Pre-season Egypt Hassan Shehata 11 July 2016[1]
Smouha Egypt Helmy Toulan Mutual consent[2] 11 July 2016[3] Brazil Jorvan Vieira 11 July 2016[4]
Zamalek Egypt Mohamed Helmy Resigned 27 July 2016[5] Egypt Moamen Soliman (caretaker) 28 July 2016[6]
El Dakhleya Egypt Farouk Gaafar 3 August 2016[7] Egypt Diaa Abdel Samad 5 August 2016[8]
El Sharkia Egypt Ayman El Mezaien 3 August 2016[9] Egypt Tarek Yehia 15 August 2016[10]
Ismaily Egypt Khaled El Kamash Sacked 3 August 2016[11] Egypt Ayman El Gamal (caretaker) 6 August 2016[12]
Al Ahly Netherlands Martin Jol Resigned 18 August 2016[13][14] Egypt Hossam El Badry 24 August 2016[15]
Ismaily Egypt Ayman El Gamal End of caretaker spell 19 August 2016[16] Egypt Emad Soliman 19 August 2016[16]
Tala'ea El Gaish Egypt Hassan Shehata Resigned 11 September 2016[17] Egypt Ahmed El Agoz (caretaker) 11 September 2016[18]
Ismaily Egypt Emad Soliman 14 October 2016[19] 8th Egypt Ashraf Khedr (caretaker) 14 October 2016[19]
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den Egypt Hamada Raslan Sacked 22 October 2016[20] 18th Egypt Ashraf Arab (caretaker) 22 October 2016[20]
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den Egypt Ashraf Arab End of caretaker spell 27 October 2016[21] 18th Egypt Osama Orabi 27 October 2016[21]
Smouha Brazil Jorvan Vieira Sacked 1 November 2016[22][23] 2nd Egypt Helmy Toulan 1 November 2016[23]
El Sharkia Egypt Tarek Yehia Resigned 4 November 2016[24] 18th Egypt Ahmed El Agoz 12 November 2016[25]
Tala'ea El Gaish Egypt Ahmed El Agoz Sacked 4 November 2016[26] 6th Egypt Ahmed Samy 9 November 2016[27]
Wadi Degla France Patrice Carteron Mutual consent 8 November 2016[28][29] 9th Egypt Mido 8 November 2016[29]

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly 12 10 2 0 23 3 +20 32 Qualification to Champions League
2 Misr Lel Makkasa 11 9 1 1 22 8 +14 28
3 Smouha 13 7 5 1 19 11 +8 26 Qualification to Confederation Cup
4 Petrojet 13 6 6 1 15 9 +6 24
5 Al Masry 12 7 1 4 19 12 +7 22
6 Zamalek 9 6 3 0 13 2 +11 21
7 Tala'ea El Gaish 11 5 4 2 14 14 0 19
8 Al Ittihad 13 5 3 5 14 11 +3 18
9 Wadi Degla 12 4 4 4 16 17 −1 16
10 Ismaily 12 3 6 3 11 11 0 15[lower-alpha 1]
11 El Entag El Harby 12 4 3 5 12 12 0 15[lower-alpha 1]
12 Al Mokawloon 12 4 2 6 13 18 −5 14
13 ENPPI 13 3 3 7 21 23 −2 12
14 El Dakhleya 13 2 3 8 9 22 −13 9
15 Tanta 12 2 2 8 6 18 −12 8
16 El Sharkia 12 2 1 9 9 20 −11 7 Relegation to Second Division
17 Aswan 12 1 3 8 8 17 −9 6
18 Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 12 1 2 9 7 23 −16 5
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. 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.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ismaily ahead of El Entag El Harby on head-to-head record; Ismaily–El Entag El Harby 1–0.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Al Ahly 7 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Misr Lel Makkasa 2 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Smouha 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3
Petrojet 8 4 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4
Al Masry 11 5 6 7 6 9 7 7 8 5 5 5
Tala'ea El Gaish 6 8 8 6 8 6 6 6 5 7 7 6
Zamalek 10 15 10 12 13 12 12 10 6 9 6 7
Al Ittihad 3 7 4 3 5 4 5 5 7 6 8 8
Wadi Degla 14 11 11 10 11 10 8 9 11 8 9 9
Ismaily 13 10 9 8 7 11 11 8 10 10 10 10
Al Mokawloon 15 17 13 14 10 8 10 12 9 11 11 11
El Entag El Harby 9 16 17 16 15 15 15 13 13 14 13 12
ENPPI 1 3 7 9 9 7 9 11 12 12 12 13
El Dakhleya 16 14 16 17 16 16 16 14 14 15 14 14
Tanta 17 12 14 11 12 14 14 17 18 13 15 15
El Sharkia 12 13 15 15 17 17 18 18 17 18 16 16
Aswan 4 9 12 13 14 13 13 16 16 17 18 17
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 15 15 16 17 18

Source: Soccerway

Leader
2018 CAF Champions League
2018 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to 2017–18 Egyptian Second Division

Results table

Home ╲ Away AHL ASW DKHENPENTISMITHMASMMKMOKNLTPETSHASMOTGSTNTWDGZAM
Al Ahly 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 a
Aswan 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–2
El Dakhleya 0–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3
ENPPI 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–2
El Entag El Harby 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1
Ismaily 2–1 1–0 a 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0
Al Ittihad 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2
Al Masry 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0
Misr Lel Makkasa 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0
Al Mokawloon 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 0–3 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 0–2
Petrojet 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0
El Sharkia 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2
Smouha 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1
Tala'ea El Gaish 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1
Tanta 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2
Wadi Degla 4–3 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–1
Zamalek a 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0

Updated to games played on 4 December 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 3 December 2016.[30]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Egypt Ahmed El Sheikh Misr Lel Makkasa 8
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabongo Kasongo Al Ittihad 7
Ghana Nana Poku Misr Lel Makkasa
4 Egypt Hossam Salama Smouha 6
5 Egypt Walid Soliman Al Ahly 5
Egypt Moamen Zakaria Al Ahly
7 8 players 4

Top assists

As of 3 December 2016.[31]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Egypt Ahmed Temsah Smouha 4
2 15 player 3

References

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