The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League, also known as The WE Egyptian Premier League for sponsorship purposes, was the 63rd season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 25 October 2021 and is concluded on 30 August 2022. Fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 12 October 2021.
Zamalek are the defending champions, having won their 13th league title in the previous season.
Teams
Eighteen teams are competing in the league - the top fifteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Egyptian Second Division.
Venues A total of 12 stadiums in 5 governorates were selected by clubs to host their 2021–22 home fixtures. Each club has the option to submit a reserve home venue in case of unavailability for their main home stadium.
Due to security concerns, selected matches are played on neutral ground due to high intensity. For example, fixtures between Al Ahly and Ismaily are played in Alexandria. All matches involving Al Masry are also played in the same city. Al Ahly Ceramica Cleopatra Eastern Company Al Salam Stadium Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Petro Sport Stadium Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 16,000 ENPPI Future Ghazl El Mahalla Petro Sport Stadium Al Salam Stadium Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 14,564 El Gouna Ismaily Al Ittihad Khaled Bichara Stadium Ismailia Stadium Alexandria Stadium Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 18,525 Capacity: 19,676 Al Masry Misr Lel Makkasa Al Mokawloon Al Arab Borg El Arab Stadium Cairo Military Academy Stadium Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Capacity: 86,000 Capacity: 28,500 Capacity: 35,000 National Bank of Egypt Pharco Pyramids Petro Sport Stadium Alexandria Stadium 30 June Stadium Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 30,000 Smouha Tala'ea El Gaish Zamalek Alexandria Stadium Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Cairo International Stadium Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 75,000
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Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ricardo SoaresUmbroWE, SAIB Bank, Royal Dutch Shell, Tiger Chips, GLC PaintsFuture FC Ali MaherNike Papa John'sCeramica Cleopatra Ahmed SamyKelmeCeramica Cleopatra GroupENPPI Ibrahim YehiaNikeWE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, EgyptairPharco Fc Nuno Almeida Ramy SabryKelme WE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, EgyptairGhazl El Mahalla Mohamed Odah Abdo YehiaUhlsportMisr Life InsuranceEl Gouna Reda Shehata Nour El SayedAdidasOrascom GroupIsmaily Hamza El-Gamal Shoukry NaguibJakoWE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, EgyptairAl Ittihad Emad El Nahhas Khaled El GhandourXtepWE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, EgyptairAl Masry Hossam Hassan Amr MoussaNikeWE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, EgyptairEastern Company Alaa Abdelaal Ahmed TemsahUmbroAl Mokawloon Mohamed Ouda Mohamed Hamdy ZakyKelmeArab ContractorsEl Geish Mohamed BassamAdidasWE, Oppo, EgyptairMisr El Makassa Eid Maraziq Hossam Abdel WahedJomaWE, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair, Misr Life InsuranceNational Bank of Egypt Khaled Galal Asem SalahKelmeNational Bank of EgyptPyramids Ehab Galal Abdallah El SaidPumaWhoosh Smouha Abdel Hamid Bassiouny Mahmoud AbdelhalimAdidasZamalek Jesualdo Ferreira ShikabalaTempo sportMolto, Oppo, SAIB Bank, Egyptair, Misr Life Insurance
Managerial changes +ClubPrevious ManagerNew ManagerIsmaily SC Talaat Youssef Juan BrownEastern Company SC Alaa Nouh Alaa Abdel AalPharco FC Magdy Abdelaty Nuno AlmeidaIsmaily SC Juan Brown Hamza El-GamalAl Ittihad Alexandria Hossam Hassan Emad El NahhasAl Mokawloon Al Arab Emad El Nahhas Mohamed OudaSmouha SC Ahmed Samy Abdel Hamid BassiounyMisr El Makasa Tamer Mostafa Eid MaraziqAl Masry SC Moïne Chaâbani Hossam HassanENPPI SC Helmi Toulan Jorvan VieiraAl Ahly SC Pitso Mosimane Ricardo Soares
Foreign players +Club1st2nd3rd4th5th6thLoaned OutAl Ahly SC Ali Maâloul Aliou Dieng Badr Benoun Luís Miquissone Percy Tau Aliou Badji Walter BwalyaAl Ittihad Alexandria Damion Lowe Saïdou Simporé Moro Salifu Mabululu Benjamin Boateng Abdullah NaseebAl Masry SC Emeka Ezeugo Austin Amutu Ilies JelassiAl Mokawloon Al Arab Luis Hinestroza Farouck Kabore Mamadou Niass Oussama Romdhani John OkoliCleopatra FC Evans Mensah Kwame Bonsu Seif Teka Fabrice Ngah Bilel Saidani Musab Al-BattatEastern Company Stephen Sey Benjamin Afutu Firas Iffia Mohamed TrabelsiTala'ea El Gaish Franck Engonga Kazadi Kasengu John Antwi Mohamed Jouini Khalid HachadiEl Gouna FC Allan Kyambadde Shimelis BekeleENPPI SC John Okoye Ebuka Dinopeter JudyFuture FC Jonathan Ngwem Anicet Abel Ayman Sfaxi Diawisie TaylorGhazl El Mahalla Ibrahim Koné Paulin Voavy Malick Touré Himid MaoIsmaily SC Benson Shilongo Marouane Sahraoui Mohamed Tarhoni Justin Shonga Ary PapelMisr Lel Makkasa John Avire Eric Serge Joseph Atola David CameronNational Bank of Egypt Mohamed Methnani Issah Yakubu Maarouf Youssef Moussa DiawaraPharco FC Azmi Ghouma Seif Teiri Kingsley Sokari Rezki HamrounePyramids FC Eric Traoré Mahmoud Wadi Fakhreddine Ben Youssef Walid El Karti John AntwiSmouha SC Abdelkabir El Ouadi Ather El Tahir Sikiru Olatunbosun Alia Sylla Sodiq Ougola Garcia DasfaaZamalek SC Achraf Bencharki Mohamed Ounajem Hamza Mathlouthi Seifeddine Jaziri Razzak Cisse
Results League table
Fixtures and results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Flashscore RankPlayerClubGoals1 ZizoZamalek192 Marwan HamdySmouha153 John Okoye EbukaENPPI13 MabululuAl Ittihad5 Mostafa ShalabyENPPI116 Shady HusseinCeramica Cleopatra10 Ahmed RefaatFuture7 Seifeddine JaziriZamalek9 Nasser MansiPyramids National Bank of Egypt Ahmet AtefFuture Mohamed HelalNational Bank of Egypt
Top assists +noNameClubAppearanceAssists1 Mohamed MagdyAhly SC541 Ahmed MadboulyIsmaily SC542 Jonathan NgwemFuture FC53 Mohamed HamdyPyramids FC54 Abdelkabir El OuadiSmouha SC125 Hussein FaisalSmouha SC426 Ahmed SayedZamalek SC52 Ali MaaloulAhly SC5 Saïdou SimporéIttihad Alex5 Walid El KartiPyramids FC5
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets +noNameClubAppearanceCL SH1 Mohamed MajdiMakassa FC532 Ali Lotfi Ahly SC224 Mohamed Abou GabalZamalek SC32 Amr Shaaban Ghazl El Mahala FC32 Sherif EkramyPyramids FC325 El Hany SolimanSmouha SC42 Mahmoud El ZonfoulyNBE SC57 Mohamed Sobhy Pharco FC52 Amer MohamedCleopatra FC52 Mohamed Abdel MonsefIttihad Alex52 Ahmed MasoudAl Masry52
Discipline Player
Club
Number of teams by governorate Number of teams Governorate Team(s)7 CairoAl Ahly, ENPPI, Future, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, National Bank of Egypt, Pyramids and Tala'ea El Gaish3 AlexandriaAl Ittihad, Pharco and Smouha GizaCeramica Cleopatra, Eastern Company and Zamalek1 FaiyumMisr Lel Makkasa El GharbiaGhazl El Mahalla IsmailiaIsmaily Port SaidAl Masry Red SeaEl Gouna
References