2014–15 Egyptian Premier League

The 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League was the 56th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 15 September 2014 and concluded on 3 August 2015.

Egyptian Premier League
Season2014–15
Dates15 September 2014 – 3 August 2015
ChampionsZamalek
12th Premier League title
RelegatedEl Gouna
El Raja
Al Nasr
Al Assiouty Sport
Ala'ab Damanhour
Champions LeagueZamalek
Al Ahly
Confederation CupENPPI
Misr Lel-Makkasa
Matches played380
Goals scored907 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorerHossam Salama
(20 goals)
Biggest home winTala'ea El Geish 5–0 Al Nasr
(15 September 2014)
Zamalek 6–1 Tala'ea El Geish
(21 September 2014)
Al Ahly 5–0 Al Assiouty Sport
(14 April 2015)
Biggest away winAl Nasr 0–6 ENPPI
(27 November 2014)
Highest scoringPetrojet 3–6 Misr Lel-Makkasa
(2 June 2015)
Longest winning runZamalek
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runZamalek
(18 matches)
Longest winless runAl Assiouty Sport
(28 matches)
Longest losing runAla'ab Damanhour
(11 matches)
Highest attendance20,000 for Zamalek[1]

Teams

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and 3 promoted from the 2013–14 Egyptian Second Division. This includes the promotion play-off winners (Ala'ab Damanhour, Al Assiouty Sport and Al Nasr).[2][3]

Al Assiouty Sport and Al Nasr made their Premier League debut. Zamalek drew the highest attendance, 20,000 spectators in a match in February. [1]

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium
Ala'ab Damanhour Damanhour Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium
Al Ahly Cairo Cairo International Stadium
Al Assiouty Sport Assiut Al Assiouty Sport Resort Stadium
El Dakhleya Cairo 30 June Stadium
El Gouna El Gouna El Gouna Stadium
Al Masry Port Said Ismailia Stadium1
Al Mokawloon Cairo Arab Contractors Stadium
Al Nasr Cairo Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Al Raja Mersa Matruh Haras El Hodoud Stadium
ENPPI Cairo Petro Sport Stadium
Haras El Hodoud Alexandria Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Al Ittihad Alexandria Alexandria Stadium
Ittihad El Shorta Cairo Police Academy Stadium
Ismaily Ismailia Ismailia Stadium
Misr El Makasa Fayoum Fayoum Stadium
Petrojet Suez Suez Stadium
Smouha Alexandria Alexandria Stadium
Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Wadi Degla Cairo 30 June Stadium
Zamalek Cairo Cairo International Stadium
1 Al Masry's original stadium is Port Said Stadium, but due to the Port Said Stadium riot the Egyptian Football Association decided that Al Masry would not play their home matches at Port Said Stadium until 2016, and instead they will play at Ismailia Stadium.[4]

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zamalek (C) 38 26 9 3 69 21 +48 87 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Al Ahly 38 23 10 5 65 26 +39 79
3 ENPPI 38 18 16 4 65 29 +36 70 Qualification for the Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Misr Lel Makkasa 38 18 10 10 57 51 +6 64
5 Wadi Degla 38 14 15 9 46 36 +10 57
6 Ismaily 38 14 19 5 44 32 +12 55[lower-alpha 2]
7 Al Mokawloon 38 15 10 13 47 41 +6 55
8 Haras El Hodoud 38 12 16 10 30 31 −1 52
9 Tala'ea El Geish 38 15 7 16 49 56 −7 52
10 Smouha 38 14 9 15 43 37 +6 51
11 Al Masry 38 13 11 14 37 41 −4 50
12 El Dakhleya 38 12 13 13 43 41 +2 49
13 Petrojet 38 13 10 15 49 53 −4 49
14 Al Ittihad 38 11 15 12 39 38 +1 48
15 Ittihad El Shorta 38 10 17 11 36 42 −6 47
16 El Gouna (R) 38 10 16 12 33 35 −2 46 Relegation to the Second Division
17 El Raja (R) 38 11 10 17 47 57 −10 43
18 Al Nasr (R) 38 8 8 22 34 70 −36 29[lower-alpha 3]
19 Al Assiouty Sport (R) 38 2 10 26 40 88 −48 16
20 Ala'ab Damanhour (R) 38 3 5 30 34 82 −48 14
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2015 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.
  2. Ismaily were deducted 6 points for failing to pay over agent's wages.
  3. Al Nasr were deducted 3 points for refusing to play their away game against Al Mokawloon.

Result table
Home \ Away AHL DMN ASS DKH ENP HRS ISM ITH GOU MAS MMK MOK NAS PET ITS RAJ SMO TGS WDG ZAM
Al Ahly — 4–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0
Ala'ab Damanhour 1–2 — 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–2
Al Assiouty Sport 0–0 1–5 — 2–4 2–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–3
El Dakhleya 0–1 3–0 1–1 — 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–2
ENPPI 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 — 2–4 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0
Haras El Hodoud 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–2
Ismaily 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0
Al Ittihad 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–4 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1
El Gouna 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1
Al Masry 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 — 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Misr Lel Makkasa 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 — 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–6 2–0 2–1
Al Mokawloon 0–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 0–4 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 — 2–0(1) 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
Al Nasr 0–3 3–1 1–0 0–4 0–6 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 — 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–4
Petrojet 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–6 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
Ittihad El Shorta 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0
El Raja 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 0–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 — 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–3
Smouha 1–3 5–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 — 2–0 3–1 0–1
Tala'ea El Gaish 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 4–2 2–0 1–2 5–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 — 0–0 2–3
Wadi Degla 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 — 0–0
Zamalek 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 6–1 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

  • ^(1) Round 37 match between Al Mokawloon and Al Nasr was cancelled after Al Nasr's players refused to play the match due to the attack on some Egyptian army personnel in Sinai; the Egyptian Football Association's chairman of the competitions committee said that the match has considered as a 2–0 win for Al Mokawloon.[5][6]

Top goalscorers
As of 3 August 2015.[7]
Rank Scorer Club Goals (pen.)
1 Egypt Hossam Salama El Dakhleya 20 (3)
2 Egypt Basem Morsy Zamalek 18 (2)
3 Nigeria Stanley Ohawuchi Wadi Degla 15 (1)
4 Egypt Moamen Zakaria Zamalek (7)
Al Ahly (7)		 14 (1)
5 Egypt Wael Farrag Misr El Makasa 13
6 Egypt Attia Al Nashwy Al Assiouty Sport 12 (1)
Egypt Arafa El Sayed Tala'ea El Geish
Egypt Emad Moteab Al Ahly 12 (2)
Ghana John Antwi Ismaily
Egypt Mohamed Hamdy Al Ittihad
Egypt Mohamed El Gabbas Wadi Degla 12 (3)

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