2017–18 Egyptian Premier League

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The 2017–18 Egyptian Premier League (also known as the Telecom Egypt Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 8 September 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. Fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 30 August 2017.^[1]

Season2017–18

Dates8 September 2017 – 21 May 2018

ChampionsAl Ahly
40th Premier League title

RelegatedEl Raja
Tanta
Al Nasr

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

Egyptian Premier League
Season	2017–18
Dates	8 September 2017 – 21 May 2018
Champions	Al Ahly 40th Premier League title
Relegated	El Raja Tanta Al Nasr
Champions League	Al Ahly Ismaily
Confederation Cup	Al Masry Zamalek (as Egypt Cup winners)
Matches	306
Goals	718 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Walid Azaro (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Ismaily 5–0 El Raja (27 December 2017) Al Ahly 5–0 Al Nasr (19 February 2018)
Biggest away win	Tala'ea El Gaish 0–4 Al Masry (28 September 2017) Al Nasr 0–4 Al Ahly (2 January 2018)
Highest scoring	Al Masry 6–3 Tanta (28 December 2017) Tala'ea El Gaish 4–5 Al Mokawloon (23 April 2018)
Longest winning run	16 games Al Ahly
Longest unbeaten run	22 games Al Ahly
Longest winless run	15 games Tanta Al Nasr
Longest losing run	5 games Tala'ea El Gaish El Raja Tanta Al Nasr
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Al Ahly won and secured their record-extending fortieth Egyptian Premier League title with six games to spare, following Al Masry's 0–0 draw with El Entag El Harby on 12 March 2018.^[2] The team broke numerous league records over the course of the season, including: most points (88), most wins (28) and most goals scored (75).^[3] Al Ahly were the defending champions and successfully defended it, while Al Assiouty Sport, Al Nasr and El Raja have entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 Egyptian Second Division.

Teams

Cairo

Cairo teams
Al Ahly
El Dakhleya
ENPPI
El Entag El Harby
Al Mokawloon
Al Nasr
Tala'ea El Gaish
Wadi Degla
Zamalek

Locations of the 2017–18 Egyptian Premier League teams

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

Stadia

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium
Al Ahly	Cairo	Cairo International Stadium
Al Assiouty Sport	Assiut	Al Assiouty Sport Stadium
El Dakhleya	Cairo	Police Academy Stadium
ENPPI	Cairo	Petro Sport Stadium
El Entag El Harby	Cairo	Al Salam Stadium
Ismaily	Ismailia	Ismailia Stadium
Al Ittihad	Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium
Al Masry	Port Said	Borg El Arab Stadium
Misr Lel Makkasa	Fayoum	Fayoum Stadium
Al Mokawloon	Cairo	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Al Nasr	Cairo	Cairo International Stadium
Petrojet	Suez	Suez Stadium
El Raja	Mersa Matruh	Tolip Stadium
Smouha	Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium
Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Tanta	Tanta	Tanta Stadium
Wadi Degla	Cairo	30 June Stadium
Zamalek	Cairo	Cairo International Stadium

Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahly	Ahmed Ayoub (caretaker)	Hossam Ashour	Sporta	Huawei, Vodafone, Juhayna,¹ Royal Dutch Shell,¹ Egyptian Steel²
Al Assiouty Sport	Ali Maher	Ahmed Said	ABM	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
El Dakhleya	Alaa Abdel Aal	Rashad Farouk	Reebok	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
ENPPI	Khaled Metwalli	Ramy Sabry	Nike	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
El Entag El Harby	Mokhtar Mokhtar	Amer Mohamed	Uhlsport	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Ismaily	Pedro Barny	Hosny Abd Rabo	Sporta	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Al Ittihad	Mohamed Omar	El Hany Soliman	Uhlsport	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Al Masry	Hossam Hassan	Islam Salah	Adidas	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Misr Lel Makkasa	Talaat Youssef	Ahmed Samy	Legea	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Al Mokawloon	Alaa Nabil	Ramy Adel	Legea	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Al Nasr	Sayed Eid	Mohamed Hassan	Adidas	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Petrojet	Tarek Yehia	Shimelis Bekele	Uhlsport	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
El Raja	Ramadan El Sayed	Mahmoud El Maghriby	Adidas	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Smouha	Mimi Abdel Razek	El Sayed Farid	Uhlsport	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Tala'ea El Gaish	Mohamed Helmy	Salah Amin	Macron	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Tanta	Emad El Nahhas	Mostafa Amin	Uhlsport	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, SAIB,¹ Universal,¹ El Kasarawy Group²
Wadi Degla	Tarek El Ashry	El Sayed Salem	Joma	Neopolis
Zamalek	Khaled Galal	Hazem Emam	Joma	Oppo, Telecom Egypt, Lactel,¹ El Kasarawy Group²

1. ^On the back of shirt.

2. ^On the sleeves.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al Assiouty Sport	Ayman El Mezaien	Signed by FC Masr	17 April 2017^[4]	Pre-season	Ali Maher	4 May 2017^[5]
El Raja	Nabil Mahmoud	Sacked	8 June 2017^[6]		Khaled El Kamash	10 June 2017^[7]
Smouha	Moamen Soliman	End of contract	30 June 2017^[8]		František Straka	22 July 2017^[9]
Al Ittihad	Juan José Maqueda	End of contract	30 June 2017^[10]		Hany Ramzy	19 August 2017^[11]
Ismaily	Abou Talib El Essawy	Mutual consent	10 July 2017^[12]		Sébastien Desabre	10 July 2017^[13]
Zamalek	Augusto Inácio	Sacked	27 July 2017^[14]		Nebojša Jovović	28 August 2017^[15]
Misr Lel Makkasa	Ehab Galal	Mutual consent	3 August 2017^[16]		Moamen Soliman	3 August 2017^[17]
El Raja	Khaled El Kamash	Resigned	27 September 2017^[18]	18th	Emad El Nahhas	28 September 2017^[19]
ENPPI	Tarek El Ashry		15 October 2017^[20]	16th	Ehab Galal	15 October 2017^[21]
Misr Lel Makkasa	Moamen Soliman		19 October 2017^[22]	17th	Emad Soliman	22 October 2017^[23]
Al Ittihad	Hany Ramzy	Sacked	21 October 2017^[24]	10th	Jean-Michel Cavalli	21 October 2017^[25]
Tala'ea El Gaish	Ahmed Samy	Resigned	27 November 2017^[26]	13th	Helmy Toulan	29 November 2017^[27]
Smouha	František Straka		30 November 2017^[28]	6th	Mimi Abdel Razek (caretaker)	30 November 2017^[29]
Tanta	Khaled Eid		3 December 2017^[30]	14th	Osama Orabi	3 December 2017^[31]
Wadi Degla	Mido		3 December 2017^[32]	17th	Tarek El Ashry	5 December 2017^[33]
Smouha	Mimi Abdel Razek	End of caretaker spell	9 December 2017^[34]	4th	Talaat Youssef	9 December 2017^[35]
Al Ittihad	Jean-Michel Cavalli	Sacked	11 December 2017^[36]	11th	Juan José Maqueda	16 December 2017^[37]
El Raja	Emad El Nahhas	Sacked	24 December 2017^[38]	18th	Ahmed El Agouz	24 December 2017^[39]
Ismaily	Sébastien Desabre	Signed by Uganda	28 December 2017^[40]	1st	Abou Talib El Essawy	30 December 2017^[41]
El Raja	Ahmed El Agouz	Resigned	30 December 2017^[42]	18th	Ramadan El Sayed	31 December 2017^[43]
Petrojet	Mohamed Youssef	Mutual consent	31 December 2017^[44]	13th	Tarek Yehia	1 January 2018^[45]
Zamalek	Nebojša Jovović	Sacked	3 January 2018^[46]	4th	Ehab Galal	6 January 2018^[47]
ENPPI	Ehab Galal	Signed by Zamalek	6 January 2018^[48]	5th	Tarek Abdullah^[a]	6 January 2018^[50]
Ismaily	Abou Talib El Essawy	Resigned	22 January 2018^[51]	2nd	Mohamed Abou Griesha	25 January 2018^[52]
Ismaily	Mohamed Abou Griesha	Appointed as assistant coach	1 February 2018^[53]	2nd	Pedro Barny	1 February 2018^[54]
Al Ittihad	Juan José Maqueda	Sacked	10 February 2018^[55]	14th	Mohamed Omar	11 February 2018^[56]
Smouha	Talaat Youssef	Resigned	11 February 2018^[57]	5th	Mimi Abdel Razek	12 February 2018^[58]
ENPPI	Tarek Abdullah		11 February 2018^[59]	6th	Khaled Metwalli	12 February 2018^[60]
Misr Lel Makkasa	Emad Soliman		12 February 2018^[61]	13th	Talaat Youssef	17 February 2018^[62]
Tanta	Osama Orabi	Sacked	28 February 2018^[63]	16th	Emad El Nahhas	1 March 2018^[64]
Tala'ea El Gaish	Helmy Toulan	Resigned	8 March 2018^[65]	12th	Mohamed Helmy	10 March 2018^[66]
Zamalek	Ehab Galal	Sacked	12 April 2018^[67]	3rd	Khaled Galal^[b]	13 April 2018^[69]
Al Mokawloon	Mohamed Ouda	Resigned	14 April 2018^[70]	10th	Alaa Nabil	14 April 2018^[71]
Al Ahly	Hossam El Badry	Resigned	15 May 2018^[72]	1st	Ahmed Ayoub (caretaker)	15 May 2018^[73]

Notes

[a]
Tarek Abdullah was initially appointed as caretaker manager on 6 January 2018 until the signing of a new manager. On 14 January 2018, ENPPI announced that Abdullah would lead the team until the end of the 2017–18 season.^[49]
[b]
Khaled Galal was initially appointed as caretaker manager on 13 April 2018 until the end of the season. On 7 May 2018, Zamalek announced that Galal would lead the team until the end of the 2018–19 season.^[68]

Results

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	34	28	4	2	75	19	+56	88	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Ismaily	34	19	11	4	50	27	+23	68	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Al Masry	34	18	9	7	52	34	+18	63	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[a]
4	Zamalek	34	18	7	9	45	30	+15	61	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[a]
5	Smouha	34	14	9	11	37	26	+11	51
6	ENPPI	34	12	14	8	39	38	+1	50
7	El Entag El Harby	34	12	11	11	36	36	0	47
8	Misr Lel Makkasa	34	12	10	12	48	44	+4	46
9	Al Assiouty Sport	34	10	12	12	43	41	+2	42^[b]
10	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	34	10	12	12	42	49	−7	42^[b]
11	Al Ittihad	34	9	14	11	41	43	−2	41
12	Petrojet	34	9	11	14	32	40	−8	38^[c]
13	Tala'ea El Gaish	34	9	11	14	26	42	−16	38^[c]
14	El Dakhleya	34	8	13	13	37	46	−9	37
15	Wadi Degla	34	8	10	16	31	46	−15	34
16	El Raja (R)	34	5	12	17	24	53	−29	27	Relegation to the Second Division
17	Tanta (R)	34	4	14	16	27	44	−17	26
18	Al Nasr (R)	34	4	10	20	33	60	−27	22

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:

[a]
Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup by winning the 2017–18 Egypt Cup.
[b]
Head-to-head results: Al Assiouty Sport 1–1 Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Al Mokawloon Al Arab 1–1 Al Assiouty Sport (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on overall goal difference).
[c]
Head-to-head results: Petrojet 2–0 Tala'ea El Gaish, Tala'ea El Gaish 1–2 Petrojet.

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.

More information Team \ Round ...

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
Team \ Round
Al Ahly	10	12	14	16	7	7	13	14	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ismaily	2	4	1	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al Masry	3	1	4	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Zamalek	7	3	3	3	4	5	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Smouha	6	6	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	6	6	4	4	8	6	6	6	4	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
ENPPI	12	13	16	15	16	14	9	9	8	7	7	9	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	6
El Entag El Harby	9	9	7	4	6	6	8	11	13	10	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7
Misr Lel Makkasa	5	11	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	10	7	8	7	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	8	9	8	8
Al Assiouty Sport	11	5	9	11	13	13	14	10	12	14	15	12	10	11	8	11	13	13	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	11	8	10	9
Al Mokawloon	1	2	2	1	2	4	2	4	4	5	4	6	6	5	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	9	10
Al Ittihad	17	8	11	7	11	10	11	13	14	15	14	11	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	11	12	10	9	10	11	11
Petrojet	8	15	8	8	9	8	6	8	7	8	9	10	9	10	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12
Tala'ea El Gaish	4	10	6	10	12	12	7	7	11	12	13	15	12	12	13	7	7	7	9	10	10	9	6	7	9	10	10	12	10	11	13	13	13	13
El Dakhleya	13	17	17	12	8	11	12	12	9	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Wadi Degla	16	7	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
El Raja	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Tanta	15	16	10	9	10	9	10	6	10	9	11	14	14	15	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Al Nasr	14	14	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: Soccerway

	Leader
	2018–19 CAF Champions League
	2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division

Results table

More information Home \ Away, AHL ...

Home \ Away	AHL	ASY	DKH	ENP	ENT	ISM	ITH	MAS	MMK	MOK	NAS	PET	RAJ	SMO	TGS	TNT	WDG	ZAM
Al Ahly	—	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	5–2	5–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2
Al Assiouty Sport	0–1	—	4–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	5–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1
El Dakhleya	0–3	2–0	—	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–2
ENPPI	0–1	0–0	3–3	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0
El Entag El Harby	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Ismaily	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1
Al Ittihad	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	—	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–2
Al Masry	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	—	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	6–3	1–0	1–2
Misr Lel Makkasa	3–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–4	2–0	1–4	—	0–2	1–4	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0
Al Mokawloon	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Al Nasr	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	—	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2
Petrojet	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	—	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3
El Raja	1–3	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–1
Smouha	0–0	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1
Tala'ea El Gaish	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	4–5	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–0
Tanta	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	—	3–1	1–1
Wadi Degla	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–3
Zamalek	0–3	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

^[74]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Walid Azaro	Al Ahly	18
2	John Antwi	Misr Lel Makkasa	16
3	Diego Calderón	Ismaily	14
4	Omar Said^[a]	El Entag El Harby/Wadi Degla	13
5	Ahmed Gomaa	Al Masry	12
6	Ahmed Ali	Al Mokawloon	11
7	Kabongo Kasongo	Zamalek	10
7	Abdallah Said	Al Ahly	10
9	Junior Ajayi	Al Ahly	9
	Salah Amin	Tala'ea El Gaish
	Khaled Kamar^[b]	Zamalek/El Entag El Harby
	Salah Mohsen^[c]	ENPPI/Al Ahly
	Hussein El Shahat^[d]	Misr Lel Makkasa
	Ahmed Shoukry	Al Masry

Notes

[a]
O. Said transferred from El Entag El Harby to Wadi Degla during the winter break.
[b]
Kamar transferred from Zamalek to El Entag El Harby on loan during the winter break.
[c]
Mohsen transferred from ENPPI to Al Ahly during the winter break.
[d]
El Shahat transferred from Misr Lel Makkasa to Al Ain during the winter break.

Hat-tricks

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Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Hussein El Shahat	Misr Lel Makkasa	Tanta	3–3 (A)	26 October 2017	^[75]
Hussein El Shahat	Misr Lel Makkasa	Wadi Degla	3–3 (A)	15 November 2017	^[76]
Mohamed Hassan	Al Nasr	Misr Lel Makkasa	4–1 (A)	14 December 2017	^[77]
Mostafa Mohamed	Tanta	Al Masry	3–6 (A)	28 December 2017	^[78]

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists

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