1959–60 Egyptian Premier League

The 1959–60 Egyptian Premier League, was the tenth season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 11 September 1959 and concluded on 17 June 1960. Zamalek won the league for the first time.^[1][2]

Egyptian Premier League

Season	1959–60
Dates	11 September 1959 – 17 June 1960
Champions	Zamalek (1st title)
Relegated	Al Ittihad
Matches played	92
Goals scored	245 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hamdi Abdel Fattah (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Tersana 6–1 Suez (29 May 1960)
Biggest away win	Al Ittihad 1–4 Zamalek (25 September 1959)
Highest scoring	Zamalek 6–2 Olympic (16 October 1959)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

League table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Zamalek (C)	18	12	4	2	38	14	28
2	Tersana	18	11	5	2	39	20	27
3	Al Ahly	18	8	6	4	29	16	22
4	El Qanah	18	4	11	3	22	20	19
5	Ghazl El Mahalla	18	5	7	6	16	17	17
6	Tanta	18	5	6	7	18	25	16
7	Suez	18	4	7	7	19	24	15
8	Olympic	18	5	4	9	24	38	14
9	El Sekka El Hadid	18	3	5	10	21	38	11
10	Al Ittihad (R)	18	4	3	11	16	31	11

(C)= Champions, (R)= Relegated, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hamdi Abdel Fattah	Tersana	14
2	Raafat Attia	Zamalek	10
3	Badawi Abdel Fattah	Tersana	10
4	Abou Sereaa	El Sekka El Hadid	10
5	Essam Baheeg	Zamalek	8

Teams

Tanta

El Qanah

Olympic

Al Ittihad

Suez

Ghazl El Mahalla

Cairo/Giza

Cairo and Giza teams
Al Ahly
Tersana
El Sekka El Hadid
Zamalek

Locations of the 1959–60 Egyptian Premier League teams