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2015–16 Egyptian Premier League

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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]

Season2015–16
Dates20 October 2015 – 9 July 2016
ChampionsAl Ahly
38th Premier League title
RelegatedIttihad El Shorta
Haras El Hodoud
Ghazl El Mahalla
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Egyptian Premier League
Season2015–16
Dates20 October 2015 – 9 July 2016
ChampionsAl Ahly
38th Premier League title
RelegatedIttihad El Shorta
Haras El Hodoud
Ghazl El Mahalla
Champions LeagueAl Ahly
Zamalek
Confederation CupSmouha
Al Masry
Matches306
Goals676 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerHossam Salama
(17 goals)
Biggest home winZamalek 5–0 Ghazl El Mahalla
(23 December 2015)
Biggest away winAl Ittihad 0–5 Ismaily
(12 November 2015)
Highest scoringAl Ahly 7–3 Ittihad El Shorta
(7 January 2016)
Longest winning runZamalek
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAl Ahly
(20 matches)
Longest winless runGhazl El Mahalla
(34 matches)
Longest losing runAl Ittihad
(8 matches)
All statistics correct as of 9 July 2016.
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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

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

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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
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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

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
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 Nasreddine Nabi 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 Nasreddine Nabi 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[citation needed] 2 Egypt Mohamed Salah 9 February 2016[citation needed]
Ittihad El Shorta Egypt Fathi Mabrouk 12 February 2016[38] 16 Egypt Hany Ramzy 12 February 2016[38]
Smouha Egypt Mimi Abdel Razek Resigned 17 February 2016[39] 8 Egypt Helmy Toulan 19 February 2016[40]
Zamalek Egypt Mohamed Salah End of caretaker spell 28 February 2016[41] 2 Scotland Alex McLeish 28 February 2016[41]
Al Ahly Egypt Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi 1 March 2016[42] 1 Netherlands Martin Jol 1 March 2016[42]
Haras El Hodoud Egypt Ahmed Ayoub Sacked 1 March 2016[43] 18 Egypt Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny 1 March 2016[44]
Al Ittihad Portugal Leonel Pontes 8 March 2016[45] 14 Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar 9 March 2016[46]
ENPPI Egypt Hamada Sedki 16 April 2016[47] 12 Egypt Khaled Metwalli 16 April 2016[47]
El Dakhleya Egypt Alaa Abdel Aal Resigned 23 April 2016[48] 7 Egypt Mohamed Yousry 25 April 2016[49]
ENPPI Egypt Khaled Metwalli End of caretaker spell 27 April 2016[50] 13 Egypt Alaa Abdel Aal 27 April 2016[50]
Zamalek Scotland Alex McLeish Mutual consent 2 May 2016[51] 2 Egypt Mohamed Helmy 2 May 2016[52]
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Results

League table

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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 for the Champions League
2 Zamalek 34 20 9 5 49 25 +24 69
3 Smouha 34 13 16 5 45 37 +8 55[a] Qualification for the Confederation Cup[b]
4 Al Masry 34 13 16 5 50 37 +13 55[a]
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[c]
10 Misr Lel Makkasa 34 12 11 11 47 41 +6 47[c]
11 Petrojet 34 12 10 12 35 31 +4 46
12 Tala'ea El Gaish 34 9 14 11 34 35 −1 41[d]
13 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 34 10 11 13 34 42 −8 41[d]
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 the 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
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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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Smouha ahead of Al Masry on head-to-head record; Smouha–Al Masry 1–0, Al Masry–Smouha 1–1.
  2. [b]
    Since the winners of the 2015–16 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. [c]
    ENPPI ahead of Misr Lel Makkasa on head-to-head record; ENPPI–Misr Lel Makkasa 2–1, Misr Lel Makkasa–ENPPI 0–2.
  4. [d]
    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

More information Home \ Away, AHL ...
Home \ Away AHL ASW DKH ENT ENP GMH HRS ISM ITH ITS MAS MMK MOK PET SMO TGS WDG ZAM
Al Ahly — 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 7–3 2–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–0
Aswan 0–4 — 1–0 0–2 1–1 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 — 2–1 4–4 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 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 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1
ENPPI 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 — 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1
Ghazl El Mahalla 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 — 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2
Haras El Hodoud 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 — 0–4 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2
Ismaily 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 — 0–1 2–2 1–1 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 — 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–1
Ittihad El Shorta 3–5 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–0 2–3
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 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3
Al Mokawloon 0–3 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 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 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 — 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
Smouha 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 0–2 0–3 — 2–2 2–0 1–1
Tala'ea El Gaish 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 — 0–2 3–2
Wadi Degla 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 — 1–1
Zamalek 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 —
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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Scorer ...
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
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Hat-tricks

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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
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Clean Sheets

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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
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Source: yallakora Archived 2019-09-18 at the Wayback Machine

Team's progress

More information Team ╲ Round, Al Ahly ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Al AhlyWWWLLWDWWWWDWWWWDDDWWWWWWLWWWWLWDD
AswanLDDDDLLWLDLWWLWDDWLLWWLDDDLLDLLLWL
El DakhleyaWWWWDDWWDDDLDDLDDLWLWLWDDLWWLLLWLW
El Entag El HarbyLLLWWDLDDDDLWWWDDWWWDWLDDDDLDWWWWL
ENPPIDDWDWDWDLLLWWDLDWLWLLLLDWLDDLWWDWW
Ghazl El MahallaLLLDLDDLLLDDLLLDLLDDLLLLDDLLLDLDLD
Haras El HodoudDLDLLLDLLLDDLLLLLLLDLWLLLLLLWWWLDL
IsmailyWDLWWWLLWDLDLLWDLWWWWLWWDWDLLDDLWW
Al IttihadWWDLLWWWLDWDDLLLLLLLLWWWDLLWLWLLDL
Ittihad El ShortaDDDLLLDDDDLDLLDDLWDDLDLLDDDLWLLLWL
Al MasryWDLWWDWWDWDWDLDWDDDWWLLDDDLWDWWDDD
Misr Lel MakkasaDDWWDWWWLWDDDWLWDDDLLWLLWWLDLLWLDL
Al MokawloonLDDLLDWLLDLDLDLDWWLWLDWDWLDWWLDWLW
PetrojetLWLLDDLLWWDDWWWDWDWLLLWDDLWLDDLWLW
SmouhaWLLDWDDWWDDDDDWDDWLWWDWWLDDDLWDWDW
Tala'ea El GaishLDDLWDLWWDDDLWDDDLLWDDWLLLWWDDLWDL
Wadi DeglaLDWWDLLDDLLDWWDWDWLDWWWWDDWWWDDLLW
ZamalekWDWWWLWDDWWWWDLLDWWLWLDWWWWWWWWDDD
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Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

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