2025–26 Egyptian Premier League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 August 2025 – May 2026 |
| Matches | 106 |
| Goals | 194 (1.83 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Salah Mohsen (5 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Al Masry 4–0 Kahraba Ismailia |
| Biggest away win | Tala'ea El Gaish 0–3 Al Masry |
| Highest scoring | Kahraba Ismailia 2-4 Al Ahly |
← 2024–25
All statistics correct as of 21 October 2025. | |
The 2025–26 Egyptian Premier League season is 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.
Format
On 18 May 2025, the Egyptian Pro League Association announced the cancellation of relegation for the 2024–25 season.[1] Three teams were promoted to the Premier League, increasing the size of the league from 18 to 21 teams.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
All 18 teams from the prior season's Premier League returned for 2025–26.
Stadiums and locations
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahly |  José Riveiro
|
Mutual Consent | 31 August 2025 | 12th |  Jess Thorup
|
8 October 2025 |
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 35 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Zamalek | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 31 | |
| 3 | Pyramids | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 31 | |
| 4 | Al Ahly | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 30 | |
| 5 | Al Masry | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 25 | |
| 6 | Smouha | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 25 | |
| 7 | ZED | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 24 | |
| 8 | Wadi Degla | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | National Bank of Egypt | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 21 | |
| 10 | Modern Sport | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 21 | |
| 11 | ENPPI | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 20 | |
| 12 | El Gouna | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 20 | |
| 13 | Petrojet | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 20 | |
| 14 | Ghazl El Mahalla | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 17 | |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 16 | |
| 16 | Haras El Hodoud | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 14 | |
| 17 | Al Ittihad | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 14 | |
| 18 | Pharco | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 13 | |
| 19 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 12 | |
| 20 | Kahraba Ismailia | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 11 | |
| 21 | Ismaily | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Results
Regular season
Number of teams by governorate
| Number of teams | Governorate | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Cairo
|
Al Ahly, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, ENPPI, Modern Sport, Pyramids, Tala'ea El Gaish and Wadi Degla |
| 4 |  Alexandria
|
Haras El Hodoud, Al Ittihad, Pharco and Smouha |
| 4 |  Giza
|
Ceramica Cleopatra, National Bank of Egypt, Zamalek and ZED |
| 2 |  Ismailia
|
Ismaily and Kahraba Ismailia |
| 1 |  Gharbia
|
Ghazl El Mahalla |
 Port Said
|
Al Masry | |
 Red Sea
|
El Gouna | |
 Suez
|
Petrojet |
Statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salah Mohsen
|
Al Masry | 5 |
| 2 |  Abderrahim Deghmoum
|
Al Masry | 4 |
| Omar El Saaiy
|
Al Masry | ||
| Mahmoud Trézéguet
|
Al Ahly | ||
| Ahmed Farouk
|
Wadi Degla | ||
| 6 | Ahmed Shousha
|
Ghazl El Mahalla | 3 |
 Sodiq Awujoola
|
Ceramica Cleopatra | ||
| Ahmed Yasser Rayyan
|
National Bank of Egypt | ||
| Mohamed Shika
|
Kahraba Ismailia | ||
| Osama Faisal
|
National Bank of Egypt | ||
 Pape Badji
|
Smouha |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 5
- Most red cards: 2
- Essam El Fayoumi
Club
- Most yellow cards: 29
- Fewest yellow cards: 12
- Most red cards: 5
- Fewest red cards: 0
Notes
- ^ Main stadiums for the 2024–25 season are listed only.[5] 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.
See also
- 2025–26 Egyptian Second Division A
- 2025–26 Egyptian Second Division B
- 2025–26 Egypt Cup
References
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- ^ "Egyptian Premier League 2025/26: Draw Date and New Format Revealed". sports.yahoo.com. yahoo!sports. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "تأسس في الثمانينات.. أبرز المعلومات عن نادي كهرباء الإسماعيلية بعد صعوده للدوري المصري". مصراوي. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "ملاعب الدوري - 45 مباراة في استاد القاهرة!" [EPL venues - 45 matches to be played at Cairo Stadium!]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
