The 2026–27 Egyptian Premier League season is the 68th 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.
Format The league consists of 20 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 sixth and a relegation group for teams placed seventh to twentieth. 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 2025–26 Egyptian Second Division A. The first team was champions El Qanah, who were back in the Egyptian Premier League for the first time since the 2014 Season. They were joined by Asyut Petroleum, who returned to the league after a seventeen-year absence by clinching the second promotion spot. Abou Qir were the last team to earn promotion, who got promoted to the league for the first time in their history, after coming third.
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium CapacityAbu QirAlexandria Stadium 19,676GeziraCairo International Stadium75,000AbageyahOsman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,000AsyutAsiut University Stadium 16,000Ceramica Cleopatra6th of OctoberOsman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,000ENPPINew CairoPetrosport Stadium16,000El QanahSuez Canal Stadium 22,000Ghazl El MahallaGhazl El Mahalla Stadium14,564Khaled Bichara Stadium12,000AlexandriaAlexandria Stadium19,676Port Said Suez Stadium27,000Modern SportMokattamCairo International Stadium75,000National Bank of EgyptAgouzaCairo International Stadium75,000PetrojetSuez Cairo Military Academy Stadium28,500PyramidsNew 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 ofappointment
Regular season
Regular season results
Number of teams by governorate Number of teams Governorate Team(s)6 CairoAl Ahly, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Modern Sport, Pyramids, Tala'ea El Gaish and Wadi Degla4 GizaCeramica Cleopatra, National Bank of Egypt, Zamalek and ZED3 AlexandriaAbou Qir Fertilizers, Al Ittihad, and Smouha1 IsmailiaEl Qanah GharbiaGhazl El Mahalla Port SaidAl Masry Red SeaEl Gouna SuezPetrojet AsyutAsyut Petroleum SharqiaENPPI
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 VariousFour Players2
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 2 Various
Most red cards: 1 Various
Club Most yellow cards: 10 Wadi Degla
Fewest yellow cards: 3 Petrojet and ZED
Most red cards: 2 Tala'ea El Gaish
Fewest red cards: 0 Various
Notes
See also 2026–27 Egyptian Second Division A 2026–27 Egyptian Second Division B 2026–27 Egypt Cup
References