2023–24 Egyptian Premier League

The 2023–24 Egyptian Premier League was the 65th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top professional league for association football clubs in the Egyptian football league system, since its establishment in 1948. Fixtures for the 2023–24 season were announced on 11 September 2023.^[1][2] Al Ahly were the defending champions.^[3]

Egyptian Premier League

Season	2023–24
Dates	18 September 2023 – 18 August 2024
Champions	Al Ahly 44th title
Relegated	Baladiyat El Mahalla Al Mokawloon Al Arab El Dakhleya
Champions League	Al Ahly Pyramids
Confederation Cup	Zamalek Al Masry
Matches played	306
Goals scored	730 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wessam Abou Ali (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed El Shenawy (14 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	National Bank of Egypt 5–0 Baladiyat El Mahalla (24 June 2024)
Biggest away win	Al Masry 0–4 National Bank of Egypt (5 November 2023) El Gouna 0–4 Pyramids (9 April 2024) National Bank of Egypt 1–5 ENPPI (5 May 2024) Tala'ea El Gaish 0–4 Al Ahly (1 July 2024) Al Ittihad 0–4 Pyramids (8 July 2024)
Highest scoring	Baladiyat El Mahalla 3–5 Ceramica Cleopatra (23 February 2024)
Longest winning run	21 matches Al Ahly
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Al Ahly
Longest winless run	22 matches El Dakhleya
Longest losing run	5 matches National Bank of Egypt Baladiyat El Mahalla El Dakhleya
← 2022–23 2024–25 → (Note: Total goals scored include two awarded goals)

The season started on 18 September 2023, and concluded on 18 August 2024.^[4]

Al Ahly successfully defended their title and won the league on 8 August 2024 following a 1–0 away win against Smouha, winning a record-extending 44th league title.^[5]

Format

The league consist of 18 teams in one group. All teams play each other twice, home and away, for a total of thirty-four matches. The first-placed team is crowned champions of the league, and qualify for the CAF Champions League alongside the runners-up. The third-placed team qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup, while the bottom three teams face relegation to the Egyptian Second Division A.

Teams

Greater Cairo

Baladiya

El Gouna

Ismaily

Al Ittihad

Al Masry

Pharco

Smouha

Greater Cairo teams
Al Ahly
Ceramica Cleopatra
El Dakhleya
ENPPI
Modern Future
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
National Bank of Egypt
Pyramids
Tala'ea El Gaish
Zamalek
ZED

Locations of the 2023–24 Egyptian Premier League teams

AHL

CER

DKH

ENP

MOF

MOK

NBE

PYR

TGS

ZAM

ZED

Locations of Egyptian Premier League teams from Greater Cairo (Cairo and Giza)

A total of 18 teams participate in the 2023–24 edition of the Egyptian Premier League.

The first team to earn promotion to the league was ZED, who were promoted on 9 June 2023 after securing first place in Second Division Group B following a 3–1 win against Wadi Degla.^[6] This was the second time in the club's history to reach the Premier League, with the first time being in 2019 when the club was known as FC Masr.

The second team to promote to the Premier League was Baladiyat El Mahalla, who were promoted to the league as Group C winners following a 4–0 away win against promotion-rivals Dikernis on 14 June 2023; ending the club's absence from the top tier that lasted 15 years.^[7]

The third and last team to earn promotion was El Gouna, who returned to the top flight immediately after getting relegated in 2022. Their promotion was secured on 15 June 2023, following a 2–1 away win against Muslim Youths (Qena) that secured Group A first place with just one point above the runners-up La Viena.^[8]

The first team to be relegated from the league was Haras El Hodoud, who suffered an immediate return to the second tier following a 3–0 defeat against Al Ahly on 22 June 2023 that confirmed the relegation of the Alexandria-based side.^[9]

The second team to be relegated was Ghazl El Mahalla, whose stay in the top flight came to an end after three seasons, following a 2–1 defeat against already-relegated side Haras El Hodoud on 14 July 2023.^[10]

The third and last team to be relegated was Aswan, another team that suffered an immediate return to the second tier, after losing 4–2 on home ground against El Dakhleya on 14 July 2023. El Dakhleya survived relegation thanks to this win.^[10]

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium[note 1]	Capacity
Al Ahly	Gezira	Cairo International Stadium	75,000
Baladiyat El Mahalla	El Mahalla El Kubra	Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium	14,564
Ceramica Cleopatra	6th of October	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium	35,000
El Dakhleya	El Nozha	Al Salam Stadium	30,000
ENPPI	New Cairo	Petrosport Stadium	16,000
El Gouna	El Gouna	Khaled Bichara Stadium	12,000
Ismaily	Ismailia (Sheikh Zayed)	Ismailia Stadium	18,525
Al Ittihad	Shatby	Alexandria Stadium	19,676
Al Masry	Port Said (Al Dawahy)	Borg El Arab Stadium	86,000
Modern Future	Mokattam	Cairo International Stadium	75,000
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Abageyah	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium	35,000
National Bank of Egypt	Agouza	Al Salam Stadium	30,000
Pharco	Amreya	Borg El Arab Stadium	86,000
Pyramids	New Cairo	30 June Stadium	30,000
Smouha	Smouha	Alexandria Stadium	19,676
Tala'ea El Gaish	Al Waili	Gehaz El Reyada Stadium	20,000
Zamalek	Mit Okba	Cairo International Stadium	75,000
ZED	Sheikh Zayed City	Cairo International Stadium	75,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor(s)
Al Ahly	Marcel Koller	Mohamed El Shenawy	Adidas	Etisalat, FAB Misr
Baladiyat El Mahalla	Mohamed Mekky	Hossam Hassan II	Curva
Ceramica Cleopatra	Ayman El Ramadi	Mohamed Ibrahim	Puma	Ceramica Cleopatra Group
El Dakhleya	Eid Maraziq	Abdel Aziz El Sayed	Adidas
ENPPI	Sayed Yassin	Abdel Aziz El Balouti	Kelme
El Gouna	Alaa Abdel Aal	Nour El Sayed	Adidas
Ismaily	Ehab Galal	Emad Hamdy	Copa
Al Ittihad	Ahmed Sary	Khaled El Ghandour	Kelme
Al Masry	Ali Maher	Amr Moussa	Zat Outfit	Neverland Resort
Modern Future	Talaat Youssef	Mahmoud Genish	Umbro	MTI University
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Talaat Moharram (caretaker)	Mahmoud Abou El Saoud	Nike
National Bank of Egypt	Tarek Mostafa	Mahmoud Kaoud	Nike	National Bank of Egypt
Pharco	Ahmed Khattab	Ramy Sabry	Nike	RANI-F
Pyramids	Krunoslav Jurčić	Ahmed El Shenawy[note 2]	Puma	MyWhoosh
Smouha	Ahmed Samy	Hossam Hassan I	Nike
Tala'ea El Gaish	Abdel Hamid Bassiouny	Khaled Stouhi	Adidas
Zamalek	José Gomes	Shikabala	Tempo	Nile Developments, Pasta Regina
ZED	Magdy Abdel Aati	Mohamed Samir	Umbro	ORA, Emirates NBD

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
El Gouna	Ahmed Mostafa	End of contract	16 June 2023	Pre-season	Alaa Abdel Aal	31 July 2023
Ceramica Cleopatra	Helmy Toulan	Mutual consent	16 July 2023		Ayman El Ramadi	19 July 2023
Al Ittihad	Zoran Manojlović		17 July 2023		Tarek El Ashry	21 July 2023
Modern Future	Ali Maher	End of contract	26 July 2023		Ricardo Formosinho	16 August 2023
Ismaily	Hamza El Gamal				Ehab Galal	7 August 2023
Al Masry	Mimi Abdel Razek				Ali Maher	27 July 2023
El Dakhleya	Alaa Abdel Aal	Resigned	27 July 2023		Haitham Gabriel (caretaker)
	Haitham Gabriel	End of caretaker spell	8 August 2023		Mimi Abdel Razek	8 August 2023
Pharco	Bruno Romão	Mutual consent	10 October 2023	17th	Khaled Galal	10 October 2023
El Dakhleya	Mimi Abdel Razek	Resigned	20 October 2023	13th	Hany Abdel Baqi (caretaker)	22 October 2023
National Bank of Egypt	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	Sacked	31 October 2023	18th	Tarek Mostafa	31 October 2023
Zamalek	Juan Carlos Osorio		6 November 2023	9th	Motamed Gamal (caretaker)	6 November 2023
El Dakhleya	Hany Abdel Baqi	End of caretaker spell	10 November 2023	16th	Haitham Shaaban	10 November 2023
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Shawky Gharieb	Resigned	9 December 2023	17th	Talaat Moharram (caretaker)	9 December 2023
Pharco	Khaled Galal		27 December 2023	18th	Ahmed Khattab	30 December 2023
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Talaat Moharram	End of caretaker spell	16 January 2024	16th	Mohamed Ouda	16 January 2024
El Dakhleya	Haitham Shaaban	Signed by Al Karkh	18 January 2024	17th	Amr Hassan (caretaker)	18 January 2024
Modern Future	Ricardo Formosinho	Sacked	26 January 2024	11th	Hossam Hassan	28 January 2024
Zamalek	Motamed Gamal	End of caretaker spell	1 February 2024	10th	José Gomes	1 February 2024
ENPPI	Tamer Mostafa	Resigned	2 February 2024	2nd	Sayed Yassin	3 February 2024
Pyramids	Jaime Pacheco	Sacked	4 February 2024	4th	Mahmoud Fathalla (caretaker)	4 February 2024
Modern Future	Hossam Hassan	Signed by  Egypt	6 February 2024	11th	Tamer Mostafa	8 February 2024
Pyramids	Mahmoud Fathalla	End of caretaker spell	7 February 2024	4th	Krunoslav Jurčić	7 February 2024
El Dakhleya	Amr Hassan		14 March 2024	18th	Ahmed Koshary	14 March 2024
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Mohamed Ouda	Resigned	21 April 2024	17th	Motamed Gamal	22 April 2024
El Dakhleya	Ahmed Koshary		11 May 2024	18th	Eid Maraziq	12 May 2024
Modern Future	Tamer Mostafa		12 May 2024	11th	Talaat Youssef
Al Ittihad	Tarek El Ashry		24 June 2024	9th	Ahmed Sary	25 June 2024
Baladiyat El Mahalla	Ahmed Abdel Raouf	Sacked		16th	Ahmed Koshary	24 June 2024
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Motamed Gamal	Resigned	28 June 2024	18th	Emad El Nahhas	29 June 2024
Baladiyat El Mahalla	Ahmed Koshary		23 July 2024	16th	Mohamed Mekky	24 July 2024
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Emad El Nahhas		5 August 2024	17th	Talaat Moharram (caretaker)	5 August 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	34	27	4	3	75	28	+47	85	Qualification for the Champions League second round[a]
2	Pyramids	34	24	7	3	62	27	+35	79	Qualification for the Champions League first round
3	Zamalek	34	17	8	9	53	37	+16	56[b]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round[c]
4	Al Masry	34	16	7	11	41	39	+2	55	Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round[d]
5	Modern Future	34	14	12	8	40	28	+12	54[e]
6	Smouha	34	15	9	10	39	35	+4	54[e]
7	ZED	34	13	12	9	48	35	+13	51
8	Ceramica Cleopatra	34	12	10	12	51	42	+9	46
9	ENPPI	34	11	12	11	38	37	+1	45
10	Tala'ea El Gaish	34	10	12	12	30	40	−10	42
11	Al Ittihad	34	9	14	11	30	42	−12	41
12	El Gouna	34	9	12	13	32	44	−12	39
13	National Bank of Egypt	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1	36
14	Ismaily	34	7	12	15	33	43	−10	33[f]
15	Pharco	34	6	15	13	32	43	−11	33[f]
16	Baladiyat El Mahalla (R)	34	7	7	20	31	65	−34	28	Relegation to Second Division A
17	Al Mokawloon Al Arab (R)	34	5	11	18	32	57	−25	26
18	El Dakhleya (R)	34	3	11	20	17	43	−26	20

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off tie.^[14]
(Note: Head-to-head records are used for final standings only)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
2. Zamalek were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.^[12]
3. Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.
4. The league was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's CAF competitions. As a result, Al Masry, who finished the first half of the season at third place (and were also at third place by the time of the draw) qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.^[13]
5. Head-to-head points: Modern Future 4, Smouha 1.
6. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Ismaily +1, Pharco –1.

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	BMH	CER	DKH	ENP	GOU	ISM	ITH	MAS	MOF	MOK	NBE	PHA	PYR	SMO	TGS	ZAM	ZED
Al Ahly	—	5–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–0[a]	2–1
Baladiyat El Mahalla	1–2	—	3–5	1–0	0–0	1–2	4–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–3
Ceramica Cleopatra	1–2	4–0	—	4–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1
El Dakhleya	1–2	0–0	1–3	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0
ENPPI	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–4
El Gouna	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–1
Ismaily	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	—	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–2
Al Ittihad	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	—	0–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–0
Al Masry	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	—	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
Modern Future	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	0–0
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–3
National Bank of Egypt	4–3	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–5	2–3	2–2	0–0	5–2	1–2	3–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1
Pharco	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Pyramids	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Smouha	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–3[b]	—	1–0	1–0	1–2
Tala'ea El Gaish	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–5	2–2	—	1–2	1–0
Zamalek	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–3	—	1–2
ZED	0–1	3–3	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

1. Awarded.
2. On 28 June 2024, the match involving Smouha and Pyramids was abandoned in the 49th minute after a fire broke out in the stadium, whilst the scoreline was 1–1.^[15] The match was resumed on 2 July 2024.^[16]

Season statistics

• First goal of the season:
  Youssry Wahid for Tala'ea El Gaish against National Bank of Egypt (18 September 2023)^[17]
• Last goal of the season:
  Ahmed Yasser Rayyan for Ceramica Cleopatra against ZED (18 August 2024)^[18]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[19]
1	Wessam Abou Ali	Al Ahly	18
2	Fiston Mayele	Pyramids	17
3	Hossam Ashraf	Baladiyat El Mahalla	14
5	Hossam Hassan	Smouha	12
	Mostafa Ziko	ZED
6	Yaw Annor[note 3]	Ismaily/National Bank of Egypt	11
	Sodiq Awujoola	Ceramica Cleopatra
	Mabululu	Al Ittihad
	Mohamed Salem	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
10	Shady Hussein	ZED	9
	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	Ceramica Cleopatra
	Ahmed Sayed	Zamalek

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Osama Faisal	National Bank of Egypt	Al Masry	4–0 (A)[21]	5 November 2023
Hossam Ghanem	El Gouna	National Bank of Egypt	3–2 (A)[22]	14 December 2023
Mahmoud Kaoud	National Bank of Egypt	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	3–1 (H)[23]	30 December 2023
Wessam Abou Ali	Al Ahly	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	4–0 (H)[24]	4 August 2024
Fiston Mayele	Pyramids	Tala'ea El Gaish	5–2 (A)[25]	11 August 2024

Top assists

Pyramids' Mohamed Chibi finished as the top playmaker with 9 assists.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[26]
1	Mohamed Chibi	Pyramids	9
2	Sodiq Awujoola	Ceramica Cleopatra	7
	Omar Kamal[note 4]	Modern Future/Al Ahly
	Walid El Karti	Pyramids
5	Omar Gaber	Zamalek	6
	Mohamed Hamdy	Pyramids
	Mohamed Ibrahim	Ceramica Cleopatra
	Jonathan Ngwem	Modern Future
	Hussein El Shahat	Al Ahly
10	Yaw Annor[note 5]	Ismaily/National Bank of Egypt	5
	Emam Ashour	Al Ahly
	Karim El Deeb	Al Ittihad
	Ali Fawzi	ENPPI
	Ahmed Kendouci	Ceramica Cleopatra
	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly
	Fiston Mayele	Pyramids
	Ahmed Meteb	Tala'ea El Gaish
	Ayman Moka	El Gouna
	Taher Mohamed	Al Ahly
	Abdelkabir El Ouadi	Modern Future
	Blati Touré	Pyramids
	Issahaku Yakubu	National Bank of Egypt

Clean sheets

Ahmed El Shenawy kept 14 clean sheets for Pyramids, more than any other goalkeeper.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ahmed El Shenawy	Pyramids	14
2	El Hany Soliman	Smouha	12
3	Mohamed Shaaban	Tala'ea El Gaish	10
	El Mahdy Soliman	Al Ittihad
5	Mahmoud Gad	Al Masry	9
	Abdel Rahman Samir	ENPPI
7	Mohamed Bassam	Ceramica Cleopatra	8
	Mohamed El Shenawy	Al Ahly
9	Mahmoud Hamdy	Modern Future	7
	Ali Lotfi	ZED

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams	Governorate	Team(s)
7	Cairo	Al Ahly, El Dakhleya, ENPPI, Modern Future, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Pyramids and Tala'ea El Gaish
4	Giza	Ceramica Cleopatra, National Bank of Egypt, Zamalek and ZED
3	Alexandria	Al Ittihad, Pharco and Smouha
1	Gharbia	Baladiyat El Mahalla
	Ismailia	Ismaily
	Port Said	Al Masry
	Red Sea	El Gouna

Notes

1. Main stadiums for the 2023–24 season are listed only. Clubs are allowed to play selected matches at alternative venues; whether due to unavailability, security concerns, or other reasons. For example, Al Ittihad, a team from Alexandria, may play some home games at Borg El Arab Stadium, instead of their regular home stadium, Alexandria Stadium.
2. Following the departure of Pyramids' captain, Abdallah El Said, to Zamalek during the January 2024 transfer window, vice-captain Ahmed El Shenawy was announced as the new club captain.^[11]
3. Yaw Annor scored 3 goals for Ismaily, before joining National Bank of Egypt in the January 2024 transfer window.^[20]
4. Omar Kamal made 1 assist while playing for Modern Future, before joining Al Ahly in the January 2024 transfer window.^[27]
5. Yaw Annor made 2 assists while playing for Ismaily, before joining National Bank of Egypt in the January 2024 transfer window.^[20]