The 2025–26 Egyptian Premier League season was the 67th edition of the Egyptian Premier League, the top professional league for association football clubs in the Egyptian football league system, since its establishment in 1948.
The championship phase concluded on 20 May 2026, with Zamalek SC securing their 15th league title following a 1–0 victory over Ceramica Cleopatra in the final round. Zamalek clinched the championship after a fierce race with Pyramids FC, finishing at the top of the championship group with 56 points, a two-point margin ahead of Pyramids who finished as runners-up with 54 points. Meanwhile, the relegation phase continues until 27 May to determine the remaining two teams to be relegated alongside Ismaily and Pharco.
Format
On 18 May 2025, the Egyptian Pro League Association announced the cancellation of relegation for the 2024–25 season. Three teams were promoted to the Premier League, increasing the size of the league from 18 to 21 teams.
The league consists of 21 teams in a single group and is played in two phases. In the first phase, teams face each other once in a single-leg tie, after which the league splits into two groups. Phase two features a championship group for the teams finishing first to seventh and a relegation group for teams placed eighth to twenty-first. The first-place team in the championship group is crowned league champion and qualifies for the CAF Champions League alongside the runner-up, while the third-place team qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup. Four of the teams in the relegation group get relegated to the Egyptian Second Division A at the end of the season.
Teams
A total of three teams were promoted to the league from the 2024–25 Egyptian Second Division A. The first team was champions Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, who secured promotion back to the Egyptian Premier League who reached an immediate return to the league. They were joined by Wadi Degla SC, who returned to the league after a five-year absence by clinching the second promotion spot. Kahraba Ismailia SC were the last team to earn promotion, who got promoted to the league for the first time in their history, after coming third.
All 18 teams from the prior season's Premier League returned for 2025–26.
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium CapacityGeziraCairo International Stadium75,000AbageyahOsman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,000Ceramica Cleopatra6th of OctoberOsman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,000ENPPINew CairoPetrosport Stadium16,000Ghazl El MahallaGhazl El Mahalla Stadium14,564Khaled Bichara Stadium12,000Haras El HodoudAlexandriaHaras El Hodoud Stadium22,000IsmailyIsmailia Ismailia Stadium18,525Kahraba Ismailia SCIsmailia Kahrabaa Ismailia Stadium6,000AlexandriaAlexandria Stadium19,676Port Said Suez Stadium27,000Modern SportMokattamCairo International Stadium75,000National Bank of EgyptAgouzaCairo International Stadium75,000PetrojetSuez Cairo Military Academy Stadium28,500PharcoAlexandriaHaras El Hodoud Stadium22,000PyramidsNew Cairo30 June Stadium30,000SmouhaAlexandriaBorg El Arab Stadium86,000Tala'ea El GaishGehaz El Reyada Stadium20,000Zahraa El MaadiPetrosport Stadium16,000ZamalekMit OkbaCairo International Stadium75,000ZEDSheikh Zayed CityCairo International Stadium75,000
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentNational Bank Tariq MustafaDismissed31 August 202516th Ayman Remady31 August 2025Al Ahly José RiveiroMutual Consent31 August 202512th Emad El Nahhas3 September 2025El Ittihad Alexandria Ahmed SamyContract Termination19 September 202517th Tamer Mustafa20 September 2025Al Mokawloon Mohamed MakiResignation28 September 202519th Samy Qumsan5 October 2025Al Ahly Emad El NahhasEnd of Caretaker spell8 October 20251st Jess Thorup8 October 2025Haras El Hodoud Abdel Hamid BassiounyMutual Consent15 October 202515th Ahmed Zahran21 October 2025Al Zamalek Yannick FerreraDismissed1 November 20254th Ahmed Abdel Raouf1 November 2025Tala'ea El Geish Haitham ShaabanMutual Consent6 November 202519th Gamah Mashhoor6 November 2025Modern Sport Magdy AbdelaatyMutual Consent25 December 202512th Ahmed Samy26 December 2025Al Zamalek Ahmed Abdel RaoufEnd of Care taker spell 31 December 20255th Tamer Abdel Hamid31 December 2025Al Zamalek Tamer Abdel HamidEnd of Care taker spell 7 January 20265th Motamed Gamal7 January 2026Al Ismaily Miloud HamdiMutual Consent24 January 202620th Tarek El Ashry24 January 2026Haras El Hodoud Ahmed ZahranEnd of Care taker spell24 January 202616th Haitham Shaaban24 January 2026Al Ismaily Tarek El AshryMutual Consent1 March 202621st Khaled Galal3 March 2026Pharco Ahmed KhattabResignation4 March 202620th Tarek El Ashry4 March 2026El Masry Nabil KoukiDismissal7 April 20265th Emad El Nahhas7 April 2026Al Ittihad Alexandria Tamer MoustafaContract Termination10 April 202617th Miloud Hamdi11 April 2026
Regular season
Regular season results
Championship play-offs
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Positions by round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation round results </onlyinclude>
Number of teams by governorate Number of teams Governorate Team(s)7 CairoAl Ahly, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, ENPPI, Modern Sport, Pyramids, Tala'ea El Gaish and Wadi Degla4 AlexandriaHaras El Hodoud, Al Ittihad, Pharco and Smouha4 GizaCeramica Cleopatra, National Bank of Egypt, Zamalek and ZED2 IsmailiaIsmaily and Kahrabaa Ismailia1 GharbiaGhazl El Mahalla Port SaidAl Masry Red SeaEl Gouna SuezPetrojet
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ahmed Yasser RayyanNational Bank of Egypt112 Ali SuliemanKahrabaa Ismailia9 Mahmoud TrézéguetAl Ahly4 Osama FaisalNational Bank of Egypt8 Oday DabbaghZamalek Franck BoliWadi Degla7 Salah MohsenAl Masry7 Sodiq OugolaCeramica Cleopatra9 Adham HamedPetrojet6 Mohamed Hamdy ZakiHaras El Hodoud Mostafa ZikoPyramids Omar El SaeeyAl Masry Nasser MansiZamalek Fagrie LakayCeramica Cleopatra
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 9 Ahmed Samy Abderrahim Deghmoum
Most red cards: 3 Karim El Deeb
Club Most yellow cards: 68 Haras El Hodoud
Fewest yellow cards: 44 Al Ahly
Most red cards: 7 Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Fewest red cards: 1 ENPPI National Bank of Egypt ZED
Notes
See also 2025–26 Egyptian Second Division A 2025–26 Egyptian Second Division B 2025–26 Egypt Cup
References