2018–19 Egyptian Premier League

The 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League, also known as The WE League for sponsorship purposes, was the 60th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 31 July 2018 and concluded on 28 July 2019. Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 8 July 2018.^[1]

Egyptian Premier League

Season	2018–19
Dates	31 July 2018 – 28 July 2019
Champions	Al Ahly 41st title
Relegated	Petrojet El Dakhleya Nogoom
Champions League	Al Ahly Zamalek
Confederation Cup	Pyramids Al Masry
Matches played	306
Goals scored	729 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Ali (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Mohamed El Shenawy (13 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Tala'ea El Gaish 5–0 El Gouna (7 November 2018)
Biggest away win	Tala'ea El Gaish 0–3 ENPPI (8 August 2018) ENPPI 1–4 Zamalek (1 September 2018) Misr Lel Makkasa 0–3 Al Ahly (24 January 2019) El Gouna 1–4 Al Mokawloon Al Arab (10 May 2019) El Dakhleya 0–3 Al Masry (27 May 2019)
Highest scoring	Al Masry 5–3 Nogoom (11 September 2018)
Longest winning run	9 games Al Ahly Zamalek
Longest unbeaten run	20 games Zamalek
Longest winless run	23 games El Dakhleya
Longest losing run	6 games Smouha
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

El Gouna, Nogoom and Haras El Hodoud entered as the promoted teams from the 2017–18 Egyptian Second Division. They replaced El Raja, Tanta and Al Nasr who were relegated to the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division.

Defending champions Al Ahly won their 4th consecutive and 41st overall Egyptian Premier League title on 24 July 2019, following their 3–1 away win against Al Mokawloon Al Arab.

Overview

Fans return to the stadiums

From this season on, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) officially allowed the fans to attend league matches again, after they showed great discipline while attending non-league matches in the previous years.^[2][3][4] The EFA banned all fans from attending all matches back in February 2012, where the Port Said Stadium riot occurred during Al Masry and Al Ahly match in the 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League, which resulted in the death of 72 Al Ahly fans, 1 Al Masry fan and 1 police officer.^[5] All Egyptian Premier League fixtures since then was played behind closed doors, and sometimes with a group of people who were invited by the clubs involving in a match.

Al Masry return to Port Said

From this season on, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) was supposed to allow Al Masry to play all local home matches at Al Masry Club Stadium (previously known as Port Said Stadium) in Port Said, after the club successfully acquired the stadium from the Governorate of Port Said on 5 January 2016.^[6] However the local security authorities refused this decision, and the club ended up playing their home matches at various stadiums in different cities. The EFA banned Al Masry Club Stadium from hosting all football or sport activities after the Port Said Stadium riot occurred in 2012, and Al Masry played all of their local matches, both home and away, at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria and at Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia for CAF matches since then.

Al Assiouty Sport takeover

On 18 June 2018, Mahmoud Al Assiouty, president of Al Assiouty Sport, announced that the club was officially sold to two investors from Saudi Arabia. The club name was changed to Pyramids Football Club, and the deal was later confirmed on 27 June 2018.^[7]

Nogoom El Mostakbal rebranding

On 29 July 2018, just two days before the start of the season, Nogoom El Mostakbal announced on their official Facebook page that the club name has been changed to Nogoom Football Club. Club president Mohamed El Tawila stated that the decision to rename the club came after they reached their goal by promoting to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time. The old name, Nogoom El Mostakbal, in Arabic, means "Future Stars", and the new name, Nogoom, means "Stars".^[8][9]

Teams

El Gouna

Haras

Ismaily

Al Ittihad

Al Masry

Makkasa

Petrojet

Smouha

Cairo

Cairo and Giza teams
Al Ahly
El Dakhleya
ENPPI
El Entag El Harby
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Nogoom
Pyramids
Tala'ea El Gaish
Wadi Degla
Zamalek

Locations of the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league - the top fifteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the Second Division.

Teams promoted to the Egyptian Premier League
The first team to be promoted was Haras El Hodoud from Group C, following their 1–0 away win against Al Hammam on 10 April 2018. The Alexandrian side returned to the Premier League after staying only two season in the Second Division, and participated in the top flight for the fifteenth time in their history.^[10]

The second team to be promoted was El Gouna from Group A, following their 1–0 away win against Al Salam on 11 April 2018. El Gouna earned a spot in the Premier League for the fifth time in the club's history, having played four seasons in the top flight before with the 2014–15 season being the most recent.^[11]

The third team to be promoted was Nogoom (which was known as Nogoom El Mostakbal during that time) from Group B, following their 1–0 home win against Montakhab Suez on 18 April 2018. Nogoom managed to secure the promotion spot after a fierce contest that lasted until the last day of the league with Tersana, who lost 1–0 to Gomhoriat Shebin on the same day to confirm the promotion of Nogoom El Mostakbal to the Premier League for the first time in the club's history.^[12]

Teams relegated to the Egyptian Second Division
The first club to be relegated was Al Nasr, who suffered an immediate return to the Second Division following a 2–1 away defeat to Al Masry on 12 April 2018.^[13]

The second club to be relegated was Tanta, their stay in the Premier League came to an end after spending only two season in the top flight following a 1–2 home defeat to Al Masry on 21 April 2018.^[14]

The third club to be relegated was El Raja, who also suffered an immediate return to the Second Division after Wadi Degla secured the last safe spot in the Premier League following a 2–1 home win against El Entag El Harby on 21 April 2018.^[14]

Venues

Al Ahly	El Dakhleya	ENPPI
Al Salam Stadium[a]	Police Academy Stadium	Petro Sport Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 16,000
El Entag El Harby	El Gouna	Haras El Hodoud
Al Salam Stadium	El Gouna Stadium	Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 22,000
Ismaily	Al Ittihad	Al Masry
Ismailia Stadium	Alexandria Stadium	Borg El Arab Stadium[b]
Capacity: 18,525	Capacity: 19,676	Capacity: 86,000
Misr Lel Makkasa	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Nogoom
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium[c]	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium	Petro Sport Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 16,000
Petrojet	Pyramids	Smouha
Suez Stadium[d]	30 June Stadium	Borg El Arab Stadium
Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 86,000
Tala'ea El Gaish	Wadi Degla	Zamalek
Gehaz El Reyada Stadium	Cairo Military Academy Stadium	Petro Sport Stadium[e]
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 28,500	Capacity: 16,000

Notes

1. Al Ahly played their home matches at various stadiums, mainly at Al Salam Stadium, instead of Cairo International Stadium due to maintenance.
2. Al Masry played their home matches at various stadiums, mainly at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria and the Egyptian Army Stadium in Suez, instead of Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said due to security concerns and maintenance.
3. Misr Lel Makkasa played their home matches at various stadiums, mainly at Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium in Cairo instead of Faiyum Stadium in Faiyum due to maintenance.
4. Petrojet played some of their home matches at the Egyptian Army Stadium instead of Suez Stadium due to unavailability.
5. Zamalek played their home matches at various stadiums, mainly at Petro Sport Stadium instead of Cairo International Stadium due to maintenance.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahly	Martín Lasarte	Hossam Ashour	Umbro[note]	WE, Lava, Royal Dutch Shell1, Tiger Chips1, Uber2, GLC Paints2
El Dakhleya	Diaa Abdel Samad	Rashad Farouk	Kone	N/A
ENPPI	Ali Maher	Ramy Sabry	Nike	N/A
El Entag El Harby	Mokhtar Mokhtar	Mahmoud El Badry	Uhlsport	N/A
El Gouna	Reda Shehata (caretaker)	Ahmed Said	Adidas	Orascom
Haras El Hodoud	Tarek El Ashry	Mostafa Gamal	Uhlsport	N/A
Ismaily	Mahmoud Gaber	Mahmoud Metwalli[note]	Adidas	N/A
Al Ittihad	Talaat Youssef	El Hany Soliman	Uhlsport	N/A
Al Masry	Ehab Galal	Islam Salah	Adidas	N/A
Misr Lel Makkasa	Mido	Mido Gaber[note]	Nike	N/A
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Emad El Nahhas	Mahmoud Abou El Saoud	Adidas	N/A
Nogoom	Ramadan El Sayed	Mahmoud Fathalla	Macron	N/A
Petrojet	Mohamed Ouda	Hossam Hassan[note]	Uhlsport	N/A
Pyramids	Sébastien Desabre	Abdallah El Said[note]	Kappa	Saudia, Swyp2
Smouha	Hossam Hassan	El Sayed Farid	Uhlsport	N/A
Tala'ea El Gaish	Sérgio Farias	Mohamed Bassam	Macron	N/A
Wadi Degla	Takis Gonias	Hossam Arafat[note]	Joma	Neopolis
Zamalek	Khaled Galal	Hazem Emam	Puma[note]	N/A

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ Al Ahly used previous season's kits made by Sporta until January 2019.

4. ^ Ismaily's captain, Hosny Abd Rabo, announced his retirement from football in January 2019.

5. ^ Misr Lel Makkasa's captain, Mahmoud Wahid, transferred to Al Ahly during the winter transfer window.

6. ^ Petrojet's captain, Shimelis Bekele, transferred to Misr Lel Makkasa during the winter transfer window.

7. ^ Pyramids's captain, Hamada Tolba, transferred to Petrojet during the winter transfer window.

8. ^ Wadi Degla's captain, El Sayed Salem, transferred to Al Ittihad during the winter transfer window.

9. ^ Zamalek used previous season's kits made by Joma until October 2018.

• WE, Oppo, El Kasrawy Group, SAIB Bank, EgyptAir and GLC Paints are the league's main sponsors, and their logos are printed on most of the teams' kits.
• Additionally, referee kits are made by Adidas.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nogoom[a]	Mohamed Salah	Signed by Pharco	26 April 2018[15]	Pre-season	Diaa El Sayed	22 May 2018[16]
Haras El Hodoud	Samy Komsan	Sacked	14 May 2018[17]		Emad Soliman	16 May 2018[18]
Smouha	Mimi Abdel Razek	Mutual consent	18 May 2018[19]		Ali Maher	21 May 2018[20]
Wadi Degla	Tarek El Ashry	Resigned	21 May 2018[21]		Takis Gonias	12 June 2018[22]
Pyramids[b]	Ali Maher	Signed by Smouha	21 May 2018[23]		Samy El Sheshini	1 June 2018[24]
Ismaily	Pedro Barny	Mutual consent	23 May 2018[25]		Kheïreddine Madoui	24 May 2018[26]
Al Ahly	Ahmed Ayoub	End of caretaker spell	12 June 2018[27]		Patrice Carteron	12 June 2018[28]
Pyramids	Samy El Sheshini	Sacked	18 June 2018[29]		Alberto Valentim	28 June 2018[30]
Zamalek	Khaled Galal		3 July 2018[31]		Christian Gross	3 July 2018[32]
Nogoom[a]	Diaa El Sayed	Mutual consent	23 July 2018[33]		Alaa Hasaballah (caretaker)	29 July 2018[34]
Nogoom	Alaa Hasaballah	End of caretaker spell	11 August 2018[35]	13th	Antonio Calderón	11 August 2018[36]
Pyramids	Alberto Valentim	Mutual consent	16 August 2018[37]	4th	Ricardo La Volpe	17 August 2018[38]
Nogoom	Antonio Calderón	Resigned	14 September 2018[39]	14th	Alaa Hasaballah (caretaker)	14 September 2018[40]
Haras El Hodoud	Emad Soliman		20 September 2018[41]	18th	Tarek El Ashry	20 September 2018[42]
Al Ittihad	Mohamed Omar		22 September 2018[43]	14th	Helmy Toulan	24 September 2018[44]
Ismaily	Kheïreddine Madoui	Mutual consent	23 September 2018[45]	9th	Mohamed Abou Grisha (caretaker)	23 September 2018[46]
Nogoom	Alaa Hasaballah	End of caretaker spell	23 September 2018[47]	16th	Ahmed Samy	25 September 2018[48]
Ismaily	Mohamed Abou Grisha		4 October 2018[49]	14th	Jorvan Vieira	4 October 2018[50]
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Alaa Nabil	Resigned	24 October 2018[51]	18th	Emad El Nahhas	24 October 2018[52]
Al Masry	Hossam Hassan		29 October 2018[53]	14th	Mimi Abdel Razek	30 October 2018[54]
Pyramids	Ricardo La Volpe	Mutual consent	29 October 2018[55]	4th	Hossam Hassan	29 October 2018[56]
Petrojet	Tarek Yehia	Resigned	6 November 2018[57]	17th	Ahmed Abdel Fattah (caretaker)	6 November 2018[58]
Petrojet	Ahmed Abdel Fattah	End of caretaker spell	13 November 2018[59]	18th	Moamen Soliman	13 November 2018[60]
Smouha	Ali Maher	Resigned	13 November 2018[61]	3rd	Tarek Yehia	14 November 2018[62]
Al Masry	Mimi Abdel Razek	Sacked	22 November 2018[63]	16th	Mostafa Younis (caretaker)	22 November 2018[64]
Tala'ea El Gaish	Mohamed Helmy	Resigned	22 November 2018[65]	7th	Luc Eymael	23 November 2018[66]
Al Ahly	Patrice Carteron	Sacked	22 November 2018[67]	18th	Mohamed Youssef (caretaker)	22 November 2018[68]
El Gouna	Hesham Zakaria	Resigned	27 November 2018[69]	10th	Hamada Sedki	29 November 2018[70]
ENPPI	Khaled Metwalli		29 November 2018[71]	16th	Ali Maher	1 December 2018[72]
Ismaily	Jorvan Vieira		11 December 2018[73]	18th	Čedomir Janevski	15 December 2018[74]
Al Masry	Mostafa Younis		15 December 2018[75]	11th	Ehab Galal	15 December 2018[76]
Al Ahly	Mohamed Youssef	End of caretaker spell	29 December 2018[77]	6th	Martín Lasarte	30 December 2018[78]
Smouha	Tarek Yehia	Sacked	17 January 2019[79]	9th	Adel Abdel Rahman	17 January 2019[80]
Pyramids	Hossam Hassan		24 January 2019[81]	2nd	Ahmed Hassan (caretaker)	26 January 2019[82]
Petrojet	Moamen Soliman		31 January 2019[83]	18th	Mohamed Ouda	31 January 2019[84]
Pyramids	Ahmed Hassan	End of caretaker spell	5 February 2019[85]	2nd	Ramón Díaz	5 February 2019[86]
Smouha	Adel Abdel Rahman	Sacked	21 February 2019[87]	12th	Hossam Hassan	22 February 2019[88]
Nogoom	Ahmed Samy	Resigned	27 February 2019[89]	17th	Moamen Soliman	27 February 2019[90]
Misr Lel Makkasa	Talaat Youssef		19 April 2019[91]	6th	Gamal Omar (caretaker)	20 April 2019[92]
Nogoom	Moamen Soliman	Sacked	20 April 2019[93]	18th	Ramadan El Sayed	23 April 2019[94]
Ismaily	Čedomir Janevski		26 April 2019[95]	7th	Mahmoud Gaber	26 April 2019[96]
El Dakhleya	Alaa Abdel Aal	Resigned	13 May 2019[97]	17th	Diaa Abdel Samad	13 May 2019[98]
Al Ittihad	Helmy Toulan		22 May 2019[99]	13th	Talaat Youssef[c]	22 May 2019[101]
Zamalek	Christian Gross	Sacked	28 May 2019[102]	3rd	Khaled Galal	31 May 2019[103]
Tala'ea El Gaish	Luc Eymael	Resigned	28 May 2019[104]	8th	Sérgio Farias	11 July 2019[105]
Pyramids	Ramón Díaz		31 May 2019[106]	2nd	Sébastien Desabre	8 July 2019[107]
Misr Lel Makkasa	Gamal Omar	End of caretaker spell	9 June 2019[108]	6th	Mido	9 June 2019[109]
El Gouna	Hamada Sedki	Mutual consent	10 June 2019[110]	15th	Reda Shehata (caretaker)	19 July 2019[111]

Notes

1. The club was known as Nogoom El Mostakbal Football Club during that period of time, before being renamed to Nogoom Football Club.
2. The club was known as Al Assiouty Sport during that period of time, before being sold and renamed to Pyramids Football Club.
3. Talaat Youssef was initially appointed as caretaker manager on 22 May 2019 until the end of the season. On 12 June 2019, Al Ittihad renewed his contract and appointed him as a permanent manager.^[100]

Foreign players

Clubs could have a maximum of four foreign players registered during the season. Clubs could not sign foreign players unless these players had played in the first or second tier in their countries. Clubs also could not sign any foreign goalkeepers. In addition, each club could register a total of two players from Palestine or Syria; those players were treated as Egyptians, and did not count as foreign players.^[112]

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players name in ITALICS indicates the player have left the club during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Palestine/Syria Player(s)	Former Player(s)
Al Ahly	Geraldo	Walid Azaro	Junior Ajayi	Ali Maâloul		Salif Coulibaly Phakamani Mahlambi
El Dakhleya	Emmanuel Agbettor	Anousa Isha	Yaro Zakari	Kevin Muhire		John Lennon Saïdou Simporé Cédric Ondo Biyoghé Uche Ihuarulam
ENPPI	Chadrack Lukombe	Wilfried Yessoh	Aboubacar Diarra	Shiza Kichuya		Brian Ferreira Yaya Sanou Marlon Ramírez Odah Marshall Noah Sadaoui
El Entag El Harby	Abdulwahab Annan	Moussa Diawara	James Owoboskini		Hamed Hamdan	Emeka Eze Solomon Okuruket Abbas Amidu
El Gouna	Jonathan Ngwem	Gatoch Panom	Serge Aka	Ousseynou Boye		Abdoulaye Coulibaly Chisom Chikatara Ramzi Saleh
Haras El Hodoud	Cyrille Ndaney	Ibrahim Koné	Amadaiya Rennie	Edu Moses		Pampa Lissian Daouda Bangoura Isaac Muleme
Ismaily	Richard Baffour	Benson Shilongo	Odah Marshall	Yahya Zayd		Christopher Mendouga Diego Calderón Thomas Abbey Moussa Camara Okiki Afolabi Taro Godswill Lassaâd Jaziri
Al Ittihad	Wallace da Silva	Toni Silva	Razack Cissé	Derick Ogbu		Emmanuel Banahene Didier Koré Manucho Wilson Akakpo Mohamed Ali Moncer
Al Masry	Saïdou Simporé	Austin Amutu	Ezekiel Bassey	Emeka Eze	Mohammed Saleh Mahmoud Wadi	Aristide Bancé Mohamed Koffi Issouf Ouattara Cheick Moukoro Torric Jebrin Abdullah Al Shami
Misr Lel Makkasa	Shimelis Bekele	John Antwi	Paulin Voavy			Eric Traoré Kevin Muhire Arouna Sene
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Farouck Kabore	Luis Hinestroza	Seifeddine Jaziri			Júnior Edgar Silva Saikou Conteh Torric Jebrin Didier Koré Solomon Okuruket
Nogoom	Joël Lamah	Didier Koré	Michael Azekhumen	Tosin Omoyele		Aubrey Chirwa
Petrojet	Chris Gadi	Santi Corre	Mohamed Vieira	Himid Mao		Shimelis Bekele Benjamin Acheampong Omar Najdi
Pyramids	Keno	Eric Traoré	Jhon Cifuente	Cristian Benavente	Omar Kharbin Omar Midani	Arthur Carlos Eduardo Ribamar Rodriguinho Moussa Dao Dani Schahin Benson Shilongo Azubuike Okechukwu Hamed Hamdan Gift Links Isaac Muleme
Smouha	Eddy Ngoyi	Oumed Oukri	Cheikh Bamba	Derrick Nsibambi		Patrick Malo Hans Kwofie Augustine Okrah Stephen Sarfo Yamodou Touré Mansou Kouakou Benson Shilongo
Tala'ea El Gaish	Franck Engonga	Chisom Chikatara	Talla N'Diaye	Richard Boro		Jérôme Ouiya David Ofei Hassan Wasswa
Wadi Degla	Issahaku Yakubu	Vasilis Bouzas	Yaya Soumahoro	Ibrahima Ndiaye		Patrick Malo Boubacar Traoré Richard Boro
Zamalek	Hamid Ahaddad	Khalid Boutaïb	Hamdi Nagguez	Ferjani Sassi		Maarouf Youssef Kabongo Kasongo Benjamin Acheampong Nana Poku Moayad Ajan

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	5	4	56	20	+36	80	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Zamalek	34	21	9	4	65	31	+34	72
3	Pyramids	34	19	13	2	61	31	+30	70	Qualification for the Confederation Cup[a]
4	Al Masry	34	12	16	6	45	38	+7	52
5	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	34	13	9	12	45	38	+7	48
6	Misr Lel Makkasa	34	12	10	12	34	36	−2	46
7	Ismaily	34	10	13	11	30	36	−6	43
8	Tala'ea El Gaish	34	10	11	13	41	39	+2	41
9	ENPPI	34	9	13	12	39	42	−3	40[b]
10	Wadi Degla	34	10	10	14	41	47	−6	40[b]
11	Al Ittihad	34	9	12	13	41	56	−15	39
12	Smouha	34	8	14	12	33	41	−8	38[c]
13	El Entag El Harby	34	8	14	12	36	44	−8	38[c]
14	El Gouna	34	8	14	12	38	52	−14	38[c]
15	Haras El Hodoud	34	8	14	12	30	37	−7	38[c]
16	Petrojet (R)	34	8	11	15	30	43	−13	35	Relegation to the Second Division
17	El Dakhleya (R)	34	4	15	15	34	52	−18	27
18	Nogoom (R)	34	5	11	18	30	46	−16	26

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the 2018–19 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, Al Masry.
2. Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (3) and on head-to-head away goals scored (2). Overall goal difference: ENPPI –3, Wadi Degla –6.
3. Head-to-head points: Smouha 10, El Entag El Harby 8, El Gouna 7, Haras El Hodoud 5.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were 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 was scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it was 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	8	3	2	1	1	4	4	7	7	9	12	12	14	17	18	5	6	7	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	1
Zamalek	14	2	1	5	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Pyramids	4	6	5	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	4	3	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	3
Al Masry	3	11	10	10	10	6	8	8	10	12	14	13	15	15	16	12	11	12	14	7	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	6	14	8	13	14	10	12	15	16	17	18	18	16	13	8	6	5	4	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Misr Lel Makkasa	16	10	13	15	15	11	6	4	5	5	7	5	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Ismaily	5	12	14	9	8	8	9	11	14	14	11	11	12	14	15	18	18	18	17	11	11	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Tala'ea El Gaish	13	15	17	16	12	15	11	10	13	8	8	10	7	7	7	9	8	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	12	10	12	9	13	14	8	8	8
ENPPI	17	8	12	6	9	12	14	9	11	11	10	9	11	12	14	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	14	16	15	15	15	10	9	9
Wadi Degla	7	17	18	18	18	18	17	18	15	16	13	14	10	10	10	14	15	13	10	17	17	17	18	15	12	13	12	11	13	11	12	12	12	10
Al Ittihad	10	16	11	12	13	13	13	14	9	6	5	8	8	11	6	8	9	10	13	15	15	12	13	14	14	7	8	9	10	14	8	9	13	11
Smouha	1	7	3	3	4	7	5	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	5	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	12	13	15	15	17	15	14	12	10	14	10	12
El Entag El Harby	2	5	4	4	5	2	3	5	2	2	1	2	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	13
El Gouna	18	9	7	8	6	5	7	6	6	7	6	7	9	8	9	15	14	16	15	12	12	13	10	10	8	10	11	10	11	9	9	13	14	14
Haras El Hodoud	15	18	16	17	17	17	18	16	17	18	17	17	18	16	13	10	10	9	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	16	16	16	15	15	15
Petrojet	12	1	6	7	7	9	10	13	12	13	15	15	17	18	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	15	12	13	14	15	14	12	10	13	16	16	16
El Dakhleya	9	4	9	14	16	16	16	12	8	10	9	6	6	9	12	11	13	11	12	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Nogoom	11	13	15	11	11	14	15	17	18	15	16	16	13	6	11	13	12	14	11	13	13	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: Soccerway

	Leader
	2019–20 CAF Champions League
	2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to 2019–20 Egyptian Second Division

Results table

Home \ Away	AHL	DKH	ENP	ENT	GOU	HRS	ISM	ITH	MAS	MMK	MOK	NOG	PET	PYR	SMO	TGS	WDG	ZAM
Al Ahly	—	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–4	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
El Dakhleya	2–2	—	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
ENPPI	1–2	1–1	—	1–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–4
El Entag El Harby	0–1	2–2	2–2	—	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–4	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2
El Gouna	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–3	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2
Haras El Hodoud	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	—	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	4–1	1–1
Ismaily	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–3	0–2
Al Ittihad	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	—	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3
Al Masry	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	1–0	5–3	1–0	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–1
Misr Lel Makkasa	0–3	0–1	4–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	—	2–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2
Nogoom	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	—	3–2	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
Petrojet	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Pyramids	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–3	—	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0
Smouha	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–3	1–1
Tala'ea El Gaish	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	1–2	0–0	—	1–2	2–2
Wadi Degla	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	—	2–4
Zamalek	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Emmanuel Banahene for Al Ittihad against Al Mokawloon Al Arab (31 July 2018)^[113]
• Last goal of the season:
  Ali Maâloul for Al Ahly against Zamalek (28 July 2019)^[114]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[115]
1	Ahmed Ali	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	18
2	Mahmoud Alaa	Zamalek	15
3	Khaled Kamar	Al Ittihad	14
4	Salah Amin	Nogoom	13
	Eric Traoré[a]	Misr Lel Makkasa/Pyramids
6	Mostafa Mohamed	Tala'ea El Gaish	12
	Hossam Salama	El Dakhleya
8	John Antwi	Misr Lel Makkasa	11
	Mahmoud Kahraba	Zamalek
	Ibrahima Ndiaye	Wadi Degla

Notes

1. Eric Traoré transferred from Misr Lel Makkasa to Pyramids during the winter transfer window.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Mahmoud Alaa	Zamalek	Tala'ea El Gaish	3–0 (H)	13 September 2018	[116]
Ahmed Kabouria	Tala'ea El Gaish	El Gouna	5–0 (H)	7 November 2018	[117]
John Antwi	Misr Lel Makkasa	ENPPI	4–3 (H)	25 November 2018	[118]
Eric Traoré	Pyramids	Al Ittihad	3–2 (A)	11 April 2019	[119]

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists

Despite joining Pyramids during the winter transfer window, Abdallah El Said assisted 8 goals for the club and finished as joint second top playmaker.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[120]
1	Mahmoud Kahraba	Zamalek	10
2	Luis Hinestroza	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	8
	Abdallah El Said[a]	Pyramids
4	Razack Cissé	Al Ittihad	7
	Ali Maâloul	Al Ahly
	Jonathan Ngwem	El Gouna
	Ahmed Shedid	El Entag El Harby
8	Mohamed Bassiouny	ENPPI	6
	Geraldo[b]	Al Ahly
	Keno	Pyramids
	Mohamed Magdy	Pyramids
	El Sayed Salem[c]	Wadi Degla/Al Ittihad
	Benson Shilongo[d]	Smouha/Ismaily
	Mahmoud Wahid[e]	Misr Lel Makkasa/Al Ahly

Notes

1. Abdallah El Said transferred from Al Ahli Saudi to Pyramids during the winter transfer window.
2. Geraldo transferred from 1º de Agosto to Al Ahly during the winter transfer window.
3. El Sayed Salem transferred from Wadi Degla to Al Ittihad during the winter transfer window.
4. Benson Shilongo transferred from Smouha to Ismaily during the winter transfer window.
5. Mahmoud Wahid transferred from Misr Lel Makkasa to Al Ahly during the winter transfer window.

Clean sheets

Mohamed El Shenawy won the goalkeeper of the season award after keeping 13 clean sheets for Al Ahly.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mohamed El Shenawy	Al Ahly	13
2	Ahmed Adel	Misr Lel Makkasa	11
	Mohamed Bassam	Tala'ea El Gaish
	Ahmed Masoud	Al Masry
5	Mohamed Abou Gabal	Smouha	10
	Mohamed Fawzy	Ismaily
	Mahmoud Genesh	Zamalek
	Ahmed El Shenawy	Pyramids
9	Mohamed Abou El Naga	Petrojet	8
	Ahmed El Saadani	Haras El Hodoud

Monthly awards

Keno was the first player to receive the reward in August 2018.

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
August	Keno	Pyramids	[121]
September	Mahmoud Alaa	Zamalek	[122]
October	Razack Cissé	Al Ittihad	[123]
November	Mahmoud Kahraba	Zamalek	[124]
December	Ahmed El Sheikh	Al Ahly	[citation needed]
January	Abdallah El Said	Pyramids	[citation needed]
February	Omar Kharbin	Pyramids	[citation needed]
March	Khaled Kamar	Al Ittihad	[citation needed]
April	El Sayed Farid	Smouha	[citation needed]
May	Mostafa Mohamed	Tala'ea El Gaish	[citation needed]

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams	Governorate	Team(s)
8	Cairo	Al Ahly, El Dakhleya, ENPPI, El Entag El Harby, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Pyramids, Tala'ea El Gaish and Wadi Degla
3	Alexandria	Haras El Hodoud, Al Ittihad and Smouha
2	Giza	Nogoom and Zamalek
1	Faiyum	Misr Lel Makkasa
	Ismailia	Ismaily
	Port Said	Al Masry
	Red Sea	El Gouna
	Suez	Petrojet