2016–17 Egyptian Premier League

The 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League (also known as the Obour Land Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 58th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season began on 15 September 2016 and concluded on 17 July 2017. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 22 August 2016.

Egyptian Premier League

Season	2016–17
Dates	15 September 2016 – 17 July 2017
Champions	Al Ahly 39th Premier League title
Relegated	Aswan Al Nasr Lel Taa'den El Sharkia
Champions League	Al Ahly Misr Lel Makkasa
Confederation Cup	Zamalek Al Masry
Matches played	306
Goals scored	670 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed El Sheikh (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Ismaily 5–0 Aswan (14 December 2016)
Biggest away win	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 0–4 ENPPI (15 September 2016) Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 0–4 Misr Lel Makkasa (19 December 2016) Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 1–5 Ismaily (18 March 2017) El Entag El Harby 1–5 Wadi Degla (18 March 2017)
Highest scoring	Wadi Degla 4–3 ENPPI (22 November 2016) Misr Lel Makkasa 3–4 Smouha (19 February 2017) El Dakhleya 3–4 Zamalek (28 May 2017)
Longest winning run	8 games Misr Lel Makkasa
Longest unbeaten run	34 games Al Ahly
Longest winless run	14 games Aswan
Longest losing run	7 games El Sharkia
Average attendance	0 (attendances banned)[1]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

On 29 May 2017, Al Ahly won a record thirty-ninth title and successfully defended their title with four games in hand following their 2–2 draw with Misr Lel Makkasa.^[2]

Al Nasr Lel Taa'den, El Sharkia and Tanta have entered as the three promoted teams from the 2015–16 Egyptian Second Division.

Teams

Aswan

Ismaily

Al Ittihad

Al Masry

M. Lel Makkasa

Al Nasr Lel Taa'den

Petrojet

El Sharkia

Smouha

Tanta

Cairo

Cairo teams
Al Ahly
El Dakhleya
ENPPI
El Entag El Harby
Al Mokawloon
Tala'ea El Gaish
Wadi Degla
Zamalek

Locations of the 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League teams

A total of eighteen teams will compete in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the Second Division.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium
Al Ahly	Cairo	Al Salam Stadium
Aswan	Aswan	Aswan Stadium
El Dakhleya	Cairo	Police Academy Stadium
ENPPI	Cairo	Petro Sport Stadium
El Entag El Harby	Cairo	Al Salam Stadium
Ismaily	Ismailia	Ismailia Stadium
Al Ittihad	Alexandria	Borg El Arab Stadium
Al Masry	Port Said	Borg El Arab Stadium
Misr Lel Makkasa	Fayoum	Fayoum Stadium
Al Mokawloon	Cairo	Arab Contractors Stadium
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	Aswan	Aswan Stadium
Petrojet	Suez	Suez Stadium
El Sharkia	Zagazig	Zagazig Stadium
Smouha	Alexandria	Borg El Arab Stadium
Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Tanta	Tanta	Tanta Stadium
Wadi Degla	Cairo	Cairo International Stadium
Zamalek	Cairo	Petro Sport Stadium

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahly	Hossam El Badry	Sporta	Vodafone, Huawei (front) Juhayna, Royal Dutch Shell (back)
Aswan	Osama Orabi	Uhlsport
El Dakhleya	Alaa Abd El Aal	Nike	SAIB Bank (back)
ENPPI	Tarek El Ashry	Nike	McDonald's
El Entag El Harby	Shawky Gharieb	Uhlsport
Ismaily	Ashraf Khedr	Lotto	Sinai University (front) Atyab (back)
Al Ittihad	Juan José Maqueda	Adidas	Obour Land (front) Atyab (back)
Al Masry	Hossam Hassan	Adidas
Misr Lel Makkasa	Ehab Galal	Adidas
Al Mokawloon	Mohamed Ouda	Adidas	Obour Land (front) SAIB Bank (back)
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	Osama Orabi	Lotto
Petrojet	Talaat Youssef	Uhlsport	Obour Land
El Sharkia	Emad El Nahas	Legea	Obour Land (front) Atyab (back)
Smouha	Moamen Soliman	Erreà	McDonald's (front) SAIB Bank (back)
Tala'ea El Gaish	Tarek Yehia	Macron	McDonald's
Tanta	Khaled Eid	Uhlsport	McDonald's (front) Atyab, SAIB Bank (back)
Wadi Degla	Mido	Leap	Wadi Degla
Zamalek	Augusto Inácio[3]	Joma	SAIB Bank (front) Lactel, Gionee (back)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tala'ea El Gaish	Tarek Yehia	Resigned	10 July 2016[4]	Pre-season	Hassan Shehata	11 July 2016[4]
Smouha	Helmy Toulan	Mutual consent[5]	11 July 2016[6]		Jorvan Vieira	11 July 2016[7]
Zamalek	Mohamed Helmy	Resigned	27 July 2016[8]		Moamen Soliman (caretaker)	28 July 2016[9]
El Dakhleya	Farouk Gaafar		3 August 2016[10]		Diaa Abdel Samad	5 August 2016[11]
El Sharkia	Ayman El Mezaien		3 August 2016[12]		Tarek Yehia	15 August 2016[13]
Ismaily	Khaled El Kamash	Sacked	3 August 2016[14]		Ayman El Gamal (caretaker)	6 August 2016[15]
Al Ahly	Martin Jol	Resigned	18 August 2016[16]		Hossam El Badry	24 August 2016[17]
Ismaily	Ayman El Gamal	End of caretaker spell	19 August 2016[18]		Emad Soliman	19 August 2016[18]
Tala'ea El Gaish	Hassan Shehata	Resigned	11 September 2016[19]		Ahmed El Agoz (caretaker)	11 September 2016[20]
Ismaily	Emad Soliman		14 October 2016[21]	8th	Ashraf Khedr (caretaker)	14 October 2016[21]
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	Hamada Raslan	Sacked	22 October 2016[22]	18th	Ashraf Arab (caretaker)	22 October 2016[22]
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	Ashraf Arab	End of caretaker spell	27 October 2016[23]	18th	Osama Orabi	27 October 2016[23]
Smouha	Jorvan Vieira	Sacked	1 November 2016[24][25]	2nd	Helmy Toulan	1 November 2016[25]
El Sharkia	Tarek Yehia	Resigned	4 November 2016[26]	18th	Ahmed El Agoz	12 November 2016[27]
Tala'ea El Gaish	Ahmed El Agoz	Sacked	4 November 2016[28]	6th	Ahmed Samy	9 November 2016[29]
Wadi Degla	Patrice Carteron	Mutual consent	8 November 2016[30][31]	9th	Mido	8 November 2016[31]
Aswan	Emad El Nahas	Resigned	17 November 2016[32]	16th	Mohamed Amer	26 November 2016[33]
ENPPI	Alaa Abdel Aal		18 November 2016[34]	12th	Tarek El Ashry	26 November 2016[35]
Zamalek	Moamen Soliman		19 November 2016[36]	6th	Mohamed Salah (caretaker)	19 November 2016[36]
El Dakhleya	Diaa Abdel Samad		26 November 2016[37]	16th	Ashraf Kasem	4 December 2016[38]
Zamalek	Mohamed Salah	End of caretaker spell	30 November 2016[39]	6th	Mohamed Helmy	30 November 2016[39]

Results

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	34	25	9	0	62	14	+48	84	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Misr Lel Makkasa	34	23	5	6	65	34	+31	74
3	Zamalek[a]	34	20	6	8	42	24	+18	63	Qualification for the Confederation Cup[b]
4	Al Masry	34	19	5	10	51	36	+15	62
5	Smouha	34	15	12	7	49	40	+9	57
6	Ismaily	34	12	18	4	48	28	+20	54
7	Tala'ea El Gaish	34	11	12	11	38	43	−5	45
8	Al Ittihad	34	12	8	14	34	36	−2	44[c]
9	Al Mokawloon	34	11	11	12	34	39	−5	44[c]
10	Petrojet	34	10	13	11	24	26	−2	43[d]
11	ENPPI	34	9	16	9	45	38	+7	43[d]
12	Wadi Degla	34	9	11	14	35	38	−3	38
13	El Entag El Harby	34	7	12	15	32	40	−8	33
14	El Dakhleya	34	7	10	17	31	52	−21	31[e]
15	Tanta	34	7	10	17	21	39	−18	31[e]
16	Aswan (R)	34	6	11	17	28	49	−21	29	Relegation to the Second Division
17	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den (R)	34	7	5	22	27	66	−39	26
18	El Sharkia (R)	34	5	8	21	24	48	−24	23

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goal scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goal scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goal scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Zamalek was deducted three points as they did not show up to their home match against Misr Lel Makkasa.^[40]
2. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Egypt Cup, Al Ahly, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was given to the Cup runners-up, Al Masry.
3. Al Ittihad ahead of Al Mokawloon on head-to-head record; Al Ittihad–Al Mokawloon 3–1; Al Mokawloon–Al Ittihad 0–1.
4. Petrojet ahead of ENPPI on head-to-head away goal scored; ENPPI–Petrojet 1–1; Petrojet–ENPPI 0–0.
5. El Dakhleya ahead of Tanta on head-to-head record; Tanta–El Dakhleya 0–1; El Dakhleya–Tanta 1–0.

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Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Al Ahly	7	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Misr Lel Makkasa	2	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Zamalek	10	15	10	12	13	12	12	10	6	9	6	7	7	7	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Al Masry	11	5	6	7	6	9	7	7	8	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Smouha	5	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Ismaily	13	10	9	8	7	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	8	9	10	9	11	9	10	10	9	10	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6
Tala'ea El Gaish	6	8	8	6	8	6	6	6	5	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7
Al Ittihad	3	7	4	3	5	4	5	5	7	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	9	11	9	11	8	9	8	9	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	8
Al Mokawloon	15	17	13	14	10	8	10	12	9	11	11	11	10	8	8	9	8	8	10	8	8	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9
Petrojet	8	4	3	5	3	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10
ENPPI	1	3	7	9	9	7	9	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wadi Degla	14	11	11	10	11	10	8	9	11	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	8	10	10	11	8	11	8	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12
El Entag El Harby	9	16	17	16	15	15	15	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
El Dakhleya	16	14	16	17	16	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	15	14
Tanta	17	12	14	11	12	14	14	17	18	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Aswan	4	9	12	13	14	13	13	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	16
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	17	15	17	17	17	17	15	16	17
El Sharkia	12	13	15	15	17	17	18	18	17	18	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: Soccerway

	Leader
	2018 CAF Champions League
	2018 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to 2017–18 Egyptian Second Division

Results table

Home \ Away	AHL	ASW	DKH	ENP	ENT	ISM	ITH	MAS	MMK	MOK	NLT	PET	SHA	SMO	TGS	TNT	WDG	ZAM
Al Ahly	—	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
Aswan	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
El Dakhleya	0–2	1–1	—	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–4
ENPPI	0–0	3–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2
El Entag El Harby	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–5	0–1
Ismaily	0–0	5–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Al Ittihad	0–1	3–3	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–2
Al Masry	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–1
Misr Lel Makkasa	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	1–3	4–2	—	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–4	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0
Al Mokawloon	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	—	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–4	0–3	1–5	2–0	1–4	0–4	0–2	—	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–2
Petrojet	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2
El Sharkia	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0
Smouha	2–4	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	—	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–0
Tala'ea El Gaish	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–3
Tanta	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	0–0
Wadi Degla	0–1	2–0	1–2	4–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–4	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	—	1–1
Zamalek	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

^[41]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed El Sheikh	Misr Lel Makkasa	17
2	Kabongo Kasongo	Al Ittihad	12
3	John Antwi	Al Ahly (1) Misr Lel Makkasa (10)	11
	Ahmed Gomaa	Al Masry
	Oumed Oukri	El Entag El Harby
6	Benjamin Acheampong	El Dakhleya	10
	Amr Marey	ENPPI
	Abdallah Said	Al Ahly
9	Nana Poku†	Misr Lel Makkasa	9
	Ahmed Raouf	Smouha
	Walid Soliman	Al Ahly

†Nana Poku moved to UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al Shabab during the January transfer window.

Top assists

^[42]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Ibrahim Hassan	Ismaily	9
2	Ahmed Fathy	Al Ahly	8
	Ahmed Gomaa	Al Masry
	Abdallah Said	Al Ahly
	Ahmed Samir	El Dakhleya
6	Ahmed El Sheikh	Misr Lel Makkasa	7
7	Mahmoud Shikabala	Zamalek	6
	Ahmed Shoukry	Al Masry
	Ahmed Temsah	Smouha

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Abdallah Said	Al Ahly	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	4–0	8 May 2017
John Antwi	Misr Lel Makkasa	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	4–1	29 June 2017