1997–98 Egyptian Premier League

16 teams participated in the 1997–98 Egyptian Premier League season. The first team in the league was the champion, and qualified to CAF Champions League, while the runner up qualified to the CAF Cup. The season started on 27 September 1997 and concluded on 9 June 1998. Al Ahly managed to win the league for the 27th time in the club's history.[1][2]

Egyptian Premier League
Dates27 September 1997 – 9 June 1998
ChampionsAl Ahly (27th title)
Relegated
CAF Champions League
CAF CupZamalek
African Cup Winners' CupAl Masry
Matches played241
Goals scored560 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerAbdel Hamid Bassiouny (15 Goals)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 30 20 8 2 48 17 +31 68 1999 CAF Champions League
2 Zamalek 30 17 11 2 50 21 +29 62 1999 CAF Cup
3 El Mokawloon 30 14 11 5 51 21 +30 53
4 Al Masry 30 13 9 8 37 32 +5 48 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup
5 Ismaily 30 12 11 7 48 27 +21 47
6 El Mansoura 30 11 9 10 35 36 1 42
7 Al Ittihad 30 10 10 10 31 28 +3 40
8 El Qanah 30 11 6 13 28 41 13 39
9 Ghazl El Mahalla 30 9 9 12 26 32 6 36
10 Aswan 30 9 8 13 34 44 10 35
11 Mazarea Dina 30 9 7 14 37 46 9 34
12 Baladeyet El Mahalla 30 8 9 13 28 34 6 33
13 Ghazl Suez 30 8 9 13 27 37 10 33 Relegation to Egyptian Second Division
14 Suez 30 8 7 15 21 34 13 31
15 El Minya 30 6 7 17 27 49 22 25
16 El Shams 30 5 9 16 30 59 29 24
Source:
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

[3]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Egypt Abdel Hamid Bassiouny Zamalek 15
2 Egypt Ahmed Sary Al Ittihad 13
3 Egypt Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha Ismaily 12
4 Egypt Abdel Naser Mohamed El Mokawloon 8
5 Egypt Emad Shaker Aswan 7

References

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