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The 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League was the fifty-fifth season of the
Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...
since its establishment in 1948. The season began on 14 October 2011, with a total of 19 teams contesting the league.
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won the last seven league titles. This season, the league increased from 16 to 19 teams due to no relegation in the
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season as a result of the
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. Three teams were promoted from the second division. Following the Port Said Stadium disaster on 1 February 2012, the season was suspended. At that time, teams had played between 14 and 17 games out of 30. Haras El-Hodood was in first place with a 12–1–1 record. This result was considered a significant surprise by ''
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''. On 10 March 2012, a decision was reached to cancel the remainder of the season.


Teams

Al Ittihad Al Sakandary, Smouha and Al Mokawloon Al Arab were the worst three teams in
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but were not relegated to the 2011–12
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. Three teams were promoted from the
2010–11 Egyptian Second Division Egyptian Second Division 2010–11 is the 2010–11 season of the Egyptian Second Division competition. A total of 48 teams are divided into 3 groups based on geographical distribution. The top team of each group promotes to the highest Egyptian ...
El Dakhleya,
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, and Telephonat Bani Sweif – bringing the league up to 19 teams total.


Stadiums and locations

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Personnel and kits


League table


Results


Season statistics


Top goalscorers


Own goals


Hat-tricks


Scoring

*First goal of the season: Hosni Abd Rabo for Ismaily against Petrojet (''14 October 2011'') *Fastest goal of the season: 38 seconds – Ashour El Takky for
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against Telephonat Bani Sweif (''19 October 2011'') *Widest winning margin: 5 goals ** Zamalek 6–1
Ghazl El Mahalla Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club ( ar, نادي غزل المحلة الرياضي), commonly referred to as El Mahalla or simply Mahalla, is an Egyptian football club based in El Mahalla El Kubra. They compete in the Egyptian Premier League, the to ...
(''19 October 2011'') *Highest scoring game: 7 goals ** Zamalek 6–1
Ghazl El Mahalla Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club ( ar, نادي غزل المحلة الرياضي), commonly referred to as El Mahalla or simply Mahalla, is an Egyptian football club based in El Mahalla El Kubra. They compete in the Egyptian Premier League, the to ...
(''19 October 2011'') ** Misr El Makasa 5–2 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary (''3 November 2011'') *Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals ** Zamalek 6–1
Ghazl El Mahalla Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club ( ar, نادي غزل المحلة الرياضي), commonly referred to as El Mahalla or simply Mahalla, is an Egyptian football club based in El Mahalla El Kubra. They compete in the Egyptian Premier League, the to ...
(''19 October 2011'') *Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals ** Misr El Makasa 2–3 Petrojet (''23 October 2011'') ** Enppi 3–2 El Dakhleya (''24 October 2011'') ** Misr El Makasa 5–2 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary (''3 November 2011'') ** Enppi 2–3
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(''7 November 2011'') ** Al Mokawloon Al Arab 2–3 Haras El Hodood (''22 December 2011'') *Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 3 goals ** Oussou Konan for Misr El Makasa against Al Ittihad Al Sakandary (''3 November 2011'')


Clean sheets

*Most clean sheets: 5 ** Al Ittihad Al Sakandary *Fewest clean sheets: 0 ** Enppi ** Tala'ea El Gaish


Cancellation

On 10 March 2012, a decision was reached to cancel the remainder of the season. A spokesperson for the
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said the decision was made because there was insufficient time to play the remaining games before the national team was scheduled to compete in the
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and qualifiers for the
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.
Farouk Ga’afar Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; ar, فاروق, Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. ''Al-Fārūq'' literally means "the one who distinguishes b ...
, coach of
El-Gaish Tala'ea El Gaish Sporting Club ( ar, نادي طلائع الجيش الرياضي) (Translated: “Army Vanguard”), is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which current ...
strongly criticized the decision saying the decision would cost the country a lot of money and that "people sitting in coffee shops could make a better decision." It was the fifth time that Egypt has cancelled a season of football; previously 1954–55, 1970–71, 1973–74, and 1989–90 were cancelled for a variety of reasons. At the same time, it was announced that 18 teams would compete in a friendly tournament "Martyrs Cup" to raise money for families of those killed in Port Said incident. Al Masry, the home team whose fans rioted in Port Said, leaving 74 people dead and 150 injured, was barred from the tournament. Al Ahly, the visiting team during the attack, has been invited but has not confirmed whether they will participate or not. The tournament is scheduled to commence on 29 March with round robin play. The league will be divided into two groups, and the games will take place in empty stadiums owned by the Egyptian Army. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals for a single elimination event. The final is scheduled for 18 May. The Egypt Cup is expected to take place as normal, with Al Masry barred from competition. Under normal circumstances, the league's top two teams get to participate in the
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. It was not immediately clear if league leaders El-Hodood and Al-Ahly would be declared as the league's top two teams and invited to participate in the Champions League. "I am not against the league cancellation but I want to know: Will we be considered as the league champions?" asked El-Hodoud coach Tarek El-Ashry. In the end, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, who were the 2010-11 League Champions and runners-up, were selected to represent Egypt. Al-Ahly went on to win the tournament.


References


External links


Season
at soccerway.com

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Cancelled sports events