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The 2008–09 Egyptian Premier League was the fifty-second season of the
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 ...
since its establishment in 1948. The league is composed of sixteen teams.
Al Ahly SC Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an List of football clubs in Egypt, Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional Association football, football team which curren ...
became the defending champions for the fourth year in a row and the thirty-third time in the league's history. This season began on 8 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.


Television

Multiple television channels broadcast the league: *Egyptian Channel 2 *Egyptian Channel 3 *Nile Sport *Egyptian Satellite TV *Modern Sport *Dream 1 *A-R-T Sports (1, 2, 3, 4) *Al-Riyadiyah (Orbit) *Al-Hayat TV (1, 2) *Egyptian Channel 5 (Alexandria Teams)


Special matches

In Egypt, the most anticipated matches are among the "triangle of power":
Al Ahly SC Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an List of football clubs in Egypt, Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional Association football, football team which curren ...
,
Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an List of football clubs in Egypt, Egyptian Club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is best known for its professional men's Association football, football team, which plays in the Egy ...
, and
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 consi ...
. Al Ahly versus Zamalek SC is one of the top derbies in the region, referred to as the "Egyptian Derby," the "Cairo Derby," or "Africa's Derby." It is a match between the two big clubs, as they have 13 Champions League titles distributed among them, five for Zamalek SC and ten for Al Ahly SC. The Cairo–Ismailia rivalry is another challenging competition in Egyptian football, as Cairo-based clubs Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC have mixed relations with the city of Ismailia, home to the Ismaily Sports Club, the third most decorated team in Egypt. The Zamalek SC–Ismaily SC games are usually peaceful as the clubs' boards and fans have had traditionally good relations with each other, while the relationship between Al Ahly SC and Ismaily SC fans have typically not been well. The reason for the conflict between Al Ahly SC and Ismaily SC fans is not clear, but possibly stems back to the 1967
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. Israeli troops forced the people of Ismailia and most of the people living on the Suez Canal to evacuate and leave their homes, going westwards towards the inside of Egypt. Ismaily SC asked Al Ahly SC to host them, but the team refused. This spoiled the relationship between the clubs. During Al Ahly SC's reconstruction period in 2004, Al Ahly SC signed a group of former Ismaily SC players including
Mohamed Barakat Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy (born 7 September 1976) is an Egyptian former professional footballer. A right-footed playmaker, he usually played as an right winger or attacking midfielder for Egyptian club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team. ...
,
Islam El-Shater Islam Mahmoud Mohamed El-Sayed El-Shater () (born November 16, 1976) is a retired Egyptian footballer. Honours ;Ismaily * Egyptian Premier League: 2001–02 * Egypt Cup: 2000 ;Zamalek * Egyptian Premier League: 2003–04 ;Al Ahly * Egyptian P ...
, and
Emad El Nahhas Emad El Nahhas (; born 15 February 1976) is an Egyptian football coach and former player. El-Nahhas finished his career at Al-Ahly Club after retiring, undertaking training several times. Playing career Aswan SC El Nahhas began his football care ...
, further destroying the relationship between fans.


Highlights

* Mahmoud "Shikabala" Abd El Razek, the Zamalek SC play-maker, was given a 6-month ban by
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due to irregularities in his transfer to Zamalek SC from Greek team PAOK FC on July 23 and fined 990.000Euros. He made his comeback on November 7 during a match against Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC. * Ahmed Hassan, Egypt's National Team captain, makes his first entrance to the Egyptian Premier League since 1998 with his new club Al Ahly SC from R.S.C. Andelecht for an undisclosed amount. * Ghanaian player "Junior" Agogo was transferred from
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to Zamalek SC for a reported 800,000 Euros, a record signing of an African player in Egypt. * Former
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 c ...
's Ivorian forward Zika Jori stirred Egyptian news with his flight to
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to complete a transfer to
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through buying out the remainder of his contract with the
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-based club amounting to US$350,000. At the time he was the Egyptian Premier League's top goalscorer. *
Al Masry SC Al Masry Sporting Club () is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest tier of the Egyptian football league system. ...
's general manager
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was given a 6 match touchline ban by the Egyptian FA and fined 50,000 Egyptian Pounds in Week 5 due to his arguments with the referee and the fourth official in Al Masry SC's away match with Egyptian Telecom. * Al Ismaili managed to re-enter former forward Mohamed Mohsen Abo Greisha into their ranks after returning from a one-year loan spell in Zhejiang Lucheng of the
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. They contracted the striker to a -year contract. *
El-Masry Al Masry Sporting Club () is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest tier of the Egyptian football league system. ...
Chairman and
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businessman Sayed Metwally died during Week 10 due to
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. As such in the second set of matches of the week, teams wore black armbands. He was 68. * Zamalek SC contained Al Ahly SC in the 2nd leg Cairo derby and drew 0–0. Emerging as the star of the night was
Hazem Mohamed Emam Hazem Mohamed Abdel Hamid Emam (; born 7 September 1988) is a football coach and a retired Egyptian professional footballer who played as a right-back for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek. He currently works as assistant coach for Zamalek. ...
, 21-year-old full-back as he passed AL Ahly SC defenses early on in the game. * The draw with Zamalek SC and Ismaily SC with Zamalek SC winning meant Al Ahly SC needed to win against
ENPPI SC ENPPI Sporting Club (), simply known as ENPPI, is an Egyptian football club based in East Cairo, that competes in the Egyptian Premier League and plays home matches at Petrosport stadium in New Cairo. The club is related to ENPPI (Engineering For ...
at home to maintain a 2-point, but stiff opposition and several refereeing arguments ensured that AL Ahly SC drew 2–2. The trophy had a hand in red and a hand in yellow. * The last match of the season saw Ismaili SC facing
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and AL Ahly SC facing
Tala'ea El Gaish SC Tala'ea el-Gaish Sporting Club (), also known as Army, is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top league in the Egyp ...
simultaneously . Ismaily SC played their game and won 3–0 and had to wait for AL Ahly SC's match to end. They had suffered a setback with Tala'ea El Gaish SC drawing first blood with a 1–0 lead. Al Ahly SC pushed on during one of the team's most tense moments in the league. In the 88th minute Abo Trika scored a header into the top corner of the goal drawing the game and AL Ahly SC pushed on for the second. That came during the 93rd minute through
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to score AL Ahly SC's second goal of the game. 19-year-old striker Mohamed Talaat scored his first-ever goal for Al Ahly SC since his transfer to the team a moment later with a goal above the opposing goalkeeper to confirm Al Ahly SC's win and the league ends with tie-breaking match in Al Max Stadium in Alexandria. * 12,000 fans rallied in the 18,000 capacity Al Max Stadium in Alexandria, home of
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. Al Ahly SC faced Ismaily SC in a 1-leg play-off final after both teams scored the same number of points. Al Ahly SC managed a 1–0 victory over their opponents through Angolan pair Gilberto and
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. The Angolan winger made a pass inside the box for Flavio to score his 12th goal of the season.


Governorates


Title playoff

MATCH OFFICIALS *Assistant referees: **n/a **n/a *Fourth official:
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MATCH RULES *90 minutes. *30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. *Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. *Seven named substitutes *Maximum of three substitutions.


League table

*Top 2 qualify to CAF African Champions League. *Egyptian Cup winner & 3rd place qualify to CAF Cup. *Bottom 3 relegate to 2009–10
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.


Top scorers

Top Scorer by Field Position ''Last updated May 24, 2009, 11:59 AM
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''. *Event: Week 30 is over. * Postponed Games: None


Results


Statistics


Non-Egyptian Players

*No. of Non-Egyptian players in the current league 2008–2009: ** 41 Players total (Excluding players that have ended their contract mid-season) *** Goalkeepers: 9 ***
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: 3 ***
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: 12 *** Forwards: 17 **
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has 10 players in the Egyptian League, followed by
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with 5 players and
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and
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with 4 players each.


Stadiums

Cairo International Stadium The Cairo International Stadium (), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who designed the Olympiastadion (Berli ...
is home to Cairo teams Al Ahly and Zamalek.
Ismailia Stadium The Ismailia Stadium () is located in Ismailia, Egypt, and has a total capacity of 18,525 after the remodelation in 2009, then it was upgraded to 30,000 seats after the remodelation in 2019 for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, It is used by Ismai ...
is home to
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 consi ...
. The
Borg El Arab Stadium The Borg El Arab Stadium (), sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Army Stadium or El Geish Stadium - Alexandria (), is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea city of Amreya; 25 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. It is the sec ...
in
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(capacity: 80,000) is currently mainly used for international competition, as it was constructed as part of Egypt's bid to land the
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.


Clubs stadiums


See also

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List of football clubs in Egypt Football (soccer) clubs in Egypt Include: See also * :Football clubs in Egypt *Egyptian Premier League *Egyptian Super Cup * List of Egyptian football players in foreign leagues References {{Authority control Egypt clubs Football c ...
*
Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al A ...
*
Egyptian Super Cup The Egyptian Super Cup is Football in Egypt, Egyptian football's annual match contested between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League season and the holders of the Egypt Cup. If the Egyptian Premier League champions also won the Egypt Cup ...
*
List of football clubs in Egypt Football (soccer) clubs in Egypt Include: See also * :Football clubs in Egypt *Egyptian Premier League *Egyptian Super Cup * List of Egyptian football players in foreign leagues References {{Authority control Egypt clubs Football c ...
*
Cairo derby The Cairo derby () or the Top Match (), known as the Arab Classico () is a rivalry between Egyptian Association football, football clubs Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly and Zamalek SC, Zamalek, arguably the two most successful clubs in Egypt and Africa. Al A ...


External links


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References

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