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2024–25 Egyptian Premier League
The 2024–25 Egyptian Premier League season is the 66th 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. Fixtures for the 2024–25 season were announced on 19 October 2024. Al Ahly are the defending champions. The season started on 30 October 2024, and is scheduled to conclude on 31 May 2025. Format Unlike previous editions of the league, the 2024–25 season follows a format similar to the one used in the Belgian Pro League and in the 2023–24 season of the Egyptian Second Division A. This change, which reduces the total number of matches each team plays from 34 to just 25, was made to ensure that the league concludes by May or June 2025, addressing the issues the league faced regarding scheduling conflicts and postponed fixtures that, since 2020, caused each season to end on a different date. The final format was confirmed by the EPL on 18 September 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football league system. The league comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Egyptian Second Division A. Seasons mostly run from August to May. Unlike most other leagues, games are played on all days of the week. The Egyptian Premier League was founded in 1948, unifying the local leagues that existed previously. List of Egyptian Premier League clubs, 70 clubs have competed in the league since its founding. Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly have won the title 45 times, more than any other club. Their closest rivals, Zamalek SC, Zamalek, have won the league 14 times. Only five other clubs have won the league; those clubs are Ghazl El Mahalla SC, Ghazl El Mahalla, Ismaily SC, Ismaily, Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, Al Mokawloon Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Egyptian Second Division A
The 2023–24 Egyptian Second Division A season was the inaugural edition of the Egyptian Second Division A, the new second-highest level in the Egyptian football league system. It succeeded the old Egyptian Second Division, which was abolished and replaced with the new Second Division A and Second Division B as the new second and third-tier leagues, respectively, with the latter retaining the format used by the abolished league. Fixtures for the 2023–24 season were announced on 22 August 2023. The season started on 24 September 2023, and concluded on 26 June 2024. Petrojet were crowned champions of the first edition of the league with three matches to spare, following a 3–0 win over Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar on 16 April 2024, and secured promotion back to the Egyptian Premier League after a four-year absence. They were joined by Ghazl El Mahalla (runners-up) and Haras El Hodoud (promotion play-offs winners), who both suffered an immediate return to the league after ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceramica Cleopatra FC
Ceramica Cleopatra Football Club (), is an Egyptian football club based in Giza, Egypt. The club is owned by Cleopatra Group, founded by Mohamed M. Abou El Enein. Ceramica Cleopatra FC currently play in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. History The club was playing in the Egyptian companies league before gaining promotion from the Egyptian Third Division to the 2016–17 Egyptian Second Division, after finishing first in their group the 2015–16 season. In the 2019–20 Egyptian Second Division, they finished 1st in Group B, to be promoted to the 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history. Current squad Honours * Egyptian League Cup ** Winners (3): 2022–23, 2023–24 , 2024–25 References External links * Independent websites Ceramica Cleopatra FCat Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for spon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smouha SC
Smouha Sporting Club (), simply known as Smouha, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria and the biggest club in the world in space and number of athletes, with 168 feddans in the Smouha city branch, and 208 feddans in the Borg El Arab city branch. The club is mainly known for its professional Association football, football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. It has 28 sports like Basketball, and Modern pentathlon, Modern Pentathlon, the sport where they most achieve medals and trophies. History and ownership Smouha SC was founded on 29 December 1949, and was named after the club's first president & founder Joseph Smouha, who was a Jewish textile manufacturer, philanthropist, and property developer and designer. Joseph Smouha was born on 1 January 1878 in Baghdad. In 1892, he moved to Manchester, England, where he became a successful cotton manufacturer, and in 1912, he became the first Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharco FC
Pharco Football Club () is an Egyptian football club based in Alexandria. The club is related to the pharmaceutical company, Pharco Corporation, which was founded in 1983. History The club used to play in the Egyptian Second Division starting from the 2014–15 season, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system. However, Pharco were promoted to the 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history, as they finished top of their group in the 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division The 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division was the 41st edition of the Egyptian Second Division, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 25 November 2020 and concluded on 3 Jul .... Current squad References External links * Independent websites Pharco FCat Egyptian Premier League {{Authority control Egyptian Second Division clubs Association footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrojet SC
Petrojet Sporting Club () is an Egyptian sports club based in Suez, Egypt. The club is related to Petrojet, a construction company that specializes in oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Petrojet is mainly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division A, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system. Petrojet was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history only six years after their foundation, as they were promoted from the Egyptian Second Division during the 2005–06 season. History Petrojet's history in The Egyptian Premier League Stadium Petrojet formerly played their home games at Cairo International Stadium. They now play in Suez Stadium. Technical staff Squad Current first team squad Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad. Performance in Egyptian competitions *Egyptian Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (), locally known as El Ittihad El Skandary, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. Founded in 1914 in Alexandria, the club is one of the oldest and most popular football clubs in Egypt. Al Ittihad was the first club that rushed to endorse the idea of founding the Egyptian Football Association in 1921, which significantly contributed to increasing the club's popularity in Alexandria. Its famous Chairman was Tawfik Abouhashem. Highlights *1906 Establishment of a club under the name of the club of the Union headed by Hassan Ismail. *1908 Change the name of the club from Union club to the Union National Club. *1910 Creation of United Champions Club headed by Abu Zeidi. *1912 Abdo El Hamami heads the United Champions Club. *1912 The merger of the National Union Club with El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismaily SC
Ismaily Sporting Club () is an Egyptian football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club () ( Egyptian pronunciation: Nady El Nahda), based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team. Also it's considered as an Egyptian National Club, where they helped the famous local tour of duty play for the benefit of the homeland against the occupying armies. The club's nickname ''The Brazilians'', is a reference to their uniforms, which echo those of the Brazil national team, and similar style of play. Ismaily won the Egyptian Premier League three times in 1967, 1991 and 2002, as well as the Egyptian Cup in 1997 and 2000. In 1969 the club won the CAF Champions League. That event, the first for an Egyptian team, was so monumental at the time that in many ways it remains a legendary victory in the minds of a whole generation. The club reached the CAF Champions League final match in 2003, but lost to Nigerian club Enyimba FC. History It all st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haras El Hodoud SC
Haras el-Hodoud Sporting Club (), is an Egyptian professional sports club based in El Max, Alexandria. It is best known for its professional football team, that competes in the Egyptian Premier League. History Haras El Hodood was founded in 1932 under the name of El-Sawahel Social Sporting Club, before being renamed to its current name on 16 July 1974. They were in the first place after 14 matches in the 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League, before the season was cancelled due to the Port Said Stadium disaster. In the 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League season, Haras El Hodood finished 16th to be relegated to the Egyptian Second Division, the second tier of the Egyptian football league system. Crest File:Haras El-Hodood SC (logo).png, Former logo File:Haras El Hodoud logo 2018.png, Present logo Honours * Egyptian Second Division **Winners (1): 2017–18 (Group C) * Egypt Cup **Winners (2): 2008–09, 2009–10 * Egyptian Super Cup **Winners (1): 2009 2009 was de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gouna FC
El Gouna Football Club () is an Egyptian football club based in the city of El Gouna, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. History The club's first league season was in the Egyptian Fourth Division in 2003–04, where they achieved their first title and secured the promotion to the Egyptian Third Division. In the next season of the Third Division, 2004–05, El Gouna accomplished the same feat and promoted to the Egyptian Second Division. In the 2008–09 season of the Second Division the club managed to promote to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in the club's history. The team ended the 2017–18 campaign finishing top of the Egyptian Second Division The Egyptian Second Division () was an Egyptian semi-professional football league representing the second tier of the Egyptian football league system until 2023. It was administered by the Egyptian Football Association. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazl El Mahalla SC
Ghazl El Mahalla Sporting Club (), 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 highest tier of the Egyptian football league system. They are one of seven teams to have won the Egyptian Premier League, having won it once, in the 1972–73 season. The history of Ghazl El Mahalla has witnessed many achievements, most significantly during the era of the golden generation of the club which led the team to reach the finals of the African Cup of Champions Clubs (later known as CAF Champions League) in 1974, only beaten in the final by CARA Brazzaville from the Republic of the Congo. The team also reached the final of the Egypt Cup six times, but did not win any. History Ghazl El Mahalla is one of the biggest clubs in the history of Egyptian football. It was founded in 1936 after the establishment of Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in El Mahalla El Kubra as an Egy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Cairo
The Greater Cairo () is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo, Egypt. It comprises the entirety of the Cairo Governorate, the cities of Imbaba and Giza in the Giza Governorate, and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate. Its definition can be expanded to include peri-urban areas and a number of new planned towns founded in the desert areas east and west of Cairo. The Greater Cairo Region is also officially defined as an economic region consisting of the Cairo, Giza, and Qalyubia Governorates. Within Greater Cairo lies the largest metropolitan area in Egypt, the largest urban area in Africa, the Middle East, and the Arab world, and the 6th largest metropolitan area in the world. In its larger definition, the area includes all cities in the Cairo Governorate (Cairo, New Cairo, Badr, Shorouk, 15th of May, the New Administrative Capital, and Capital Gardens) as well as the main cities of the Giza Governorate (Giza, 6th of October, New 6 October, October Gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
