2011–12 Egyptian Premier League

The 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League was the fifty-fifth season of the

Al Ahly

won the last seven league titles.

This season, the league increased from 16 to 19 teams due to no relegation in the 2010–11 season as a result of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Three teams were promoted from the second division.

Following the

Al Ahram.^[2]

On 10 March 2012, a decision was reached to cancel the remainder of the season.

Teams

Telephonat Bani Sweif

– bringing the league up to 19 teams total.

Stadiums and locations

♦

Haras El Hedood

♦Al Ittihad

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♦

ENPPI

♦

Geish

♦

Police

Mokawloon

♦

Military Production

♦Ahly

♦Zamalek

♦

Masry

♦Ismaily

♦Petrojet

♦El Gouna

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Al Ahly	Cairo	Cairo International Stadium	74,100
Al Ittihad Al Sakandary	Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium	13,660
Al Masry	Port Said	Port Said Stadium	17,988
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium	35,000
El Dakhleya	Cairo	El Sekka El Hadeed Stadium	20,000
El Entag El Harby	Cairo	Al-Salam Stadium	30,000
El Gouna	Hurghada	El Gouna Stadium	30,000
Enppi	Cairo	Petro Sport Stadium	25,000
Ghazl El Mahalla	El Mahalla El Kubra	El Mahalla Stadium	29,000
Haras El Hodood	Alexandria	Haras El Hedood Stadium	22,000
Ismaily	Ismailia	Ismailia Stadium	18,525
Ittihad El Shorta	Cairo	Police Academy Stadium	22,000
Misr El Makasa	Fayoum	Fayoum Stadium	10,000
Petrojet	Suez	Suez Stadium	25,000
Smouha	Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium	13,660
Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo	Gehaz El Reyada Stadium	22,000
Telephonat Bani Sweif	Bani Sweif	Bani Sweif Stadium	10,000
Wadi Degla	Cairo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium	22,000
Zamalek	Giza	Cairo International Stadium	74,100

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahly	Hassan Hamdy	Hossam El Badry	Hossam Ghaly	Adidas	Etisalat
Al Ittihad Al Sakandary	Effat El Sadat	José Maceda	Ibrahim El Shayeb	Diadora	McDonald's
Al Masry	Kamel Abou Aly	Talaat Youssef	Ahmed Fawzi	Umbro	MTS Egypt
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Ibrahim Mahlab	Mohammed Radwan	Mohammed El Akabawy	Diadora	McDonald's
El Dakhleya	Magdy Altohamy	Alaa Abdelaal	Mostafa Nasr	Diadora	McDonald's
El Entag El Harby	Abdelmonem Hassan	Osama Orabi	Hazem Fathi	Diadora	McDonald's
El Gouna	Samih Sawiris	Anwar Salama	Nour El-Sayed	Umbro	Mobinil
Enppi	Maged Nagaty	Mokhtar Mokhtar	Adel Moustafa	Nike	McDonald's
Ghazl El Mahalla	Ahmed Maher	Salah El Nahi	Ibrahim Farag	Diadora	McDonald's
Haras El Hodood	Abdel Rehim Mohamed	Tarek El Ashry	Mohamed Halim	Diadora	McDonald's
Ismaily	Yehia Al-Komi	Mahmoud Gaber	Mohamed Homos	BURRDA
Ittihad El Shorta	Mahmoud Sharaf	Helmy Toulan	Mohamad Hanafy	Nike	McDonald's
Misr El Makasa	Mohammed Abdelsalam	Tarek Yehia	Hassan Kondi	Legea	McDonald's
Petrojet	Mohamed Abdul Hafez	Taha Basry	Amr Hassan	Umbro	McDonald's
Smouha	Mohammad Farag Amer	Shawky Gharib	Ahmed Hamodi	Diadora	McDonald's
Tala'ea El Gaish	Mostafa Kamel	Farouk Gaafar	Ernest Papa Arko	Diadora	McDonald's
Telephonat Bani Sweif	Mohamed Abdul Rahim	Hamza El-Gamal	Saber Hussein	Diadora	McDonald's
Wadi Degla	Maged Samy	Walter Meeuws	Mohamed Kawarshy	Jako	WADI DEGLA
Zamalek	Mamdouh Abbas	Hassan Shehata	Abdelwahed El-Sayed	Adidas	York ACs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Haras El Hodoud	14	12	1	1	25	9	+16	37
2	Al Ahly	15	11	3	1	28	12	+16	36
3	Zamalek	14	10	2	2	27	11	+16	32
4	Al Masry	15	7	5	3	17	10	+7	26
5	Ittihad El Shorta	15	7	5	3	16	10	+6	26
6	Ismaily	14	7	4	3	17	13	+4	25
7	Misr El Makasa	15	6	6	3	29	19	+10	24
8	Enppi	16	7	3	6	28	25	+3	24
9	El Gouna	16	5	7	4	22	18	+4	22
10	Wadi Degla	14	4	7	3	17	15	+2	19
11	Telephonat Bani Sweif	16	6	1	9	16	21	−5	19
12	Tala'ea El Gaish	16	3	8	5	19	21	−2	17
13	Al Ittihad Al Sakandary	16	3	6	7	14	21	−7	15
14	Smouha	15	3	4	8	15	23	−8	13
15	Petrojet	14	1	8	5	12	21	−9	11
16	Ghazl El Mahalla	14	2	5	7	11	29	−18	11
17	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	15	2	4	9	17	24	−7	10
18	El Entag El Harby	17	1	6	10	8	26	−18	9
19	El Dakhleya	15	1	5	9	12	22	−10	8

Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2012. Source: Egyptian League Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Qualifications/regulations based on rules agreed to preseason; an official decision about whether these rules still apply now that the season has been cancelled has not been made.

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	ITH	MAS	MOK	DKH	ENT	GOU	ENP	GMH	HRS	ISM	ITS	MMK	PET	SMO	TGS	TBS	WDG	ZAM
Al Ahly	—			2–0	3–1		1–1			1–0	1–0				3–1	3–0			a
Al Ittihad	0–2	—						3–0		0–1					3–3	1–0		0–0	0–2
Al Masry	3–1	2–0	—	1–0				1–0							1–1	1–1	1–0
Al Mokawloon	0–2			—	4–1	0–0	4–1			2–3	0–1	2–2							1–3
El Dakhleya		1–1	2–0		—	0–0			1–1		1–2		0–1				0–1
El Entag El Harby	1–1	0–0	1–1			—		0–2				1–2		0–0		1–2	1–0	2–3
El Gouna						3–0	—		2–2		4–1	0–0	1–1	3–1			2–1
ENPPI	2–3			3–0	3–2		3–3	—								2–2		3–3	2–1
Ghazl El Mahalla	0–2	0–0	0–3			2–0		2–1	—					2–2			0–3	0–0
Haras El Hodoud			2–1			3–0	1–0		1–0	—		2–0	1–1
Ismaily		1–1	0–0					2–1			—	1–1	0–0	3–1
Ittihad El Shorta	0–1	1–0	0–0					0–1				—		2–0	2–0		2–0
Misr Lel Makkasa	1–2	5–2				2–0		2–1	5–1			1–1	—	2–3			3–0
Petrojet	2–2			1–1						0–3				—	0–0	1–1		0–1
Smouha				1–1	2–1		0–1			1–2	2–1		3–1		—				0–1
Tala'ea El Gaish				2–1	1–1		1–1		3–0	0–1	1–2		1–1			—			1–1
Telephonat Beni Suef		2–1		1–0				1–2						0–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–2	0–2
Wadi Degla					0–0		0–0			1–2	0–1		3–3		2–0	2–2		—
Zamalek	a		2–1		2–1	3–1	1–0		6–1			1–2							—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2012. Source: Egyptian League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Hosni Abd Rabo	Ismaily	7
2	Ahmed Hassan	Zamalek	6
	Minusu Buba	El Gouna	6
	Oussou Konan	Misr El Makasa	6
5	Ahmed Hassan Mekky	Haras El Hodood	5
	Emad Moteb	Al Ahly	5
	Khaled Kamar	El-Shorta	5
8	Abdoulaye Cissé	Al Masry	4
	Ahmed Abd El-Zaher	Enppi	4
	Ernest Papa Arko	Tala'ea El Gaish	4
	Fouad Salama	Misr El Makasa	4
	Mohamed Koffi	Petrojet	4
	Salah Ashour	El-Shorta	4

3 goals ( 6 players )

Telephonat Bani Sweif
)
Amr Zaki (Zamalek)
Wadi Degla
)

El Dakhleya
)
Telephonat Bani Sweif
)
Ghazl El Mahalla
)

2 goals ( 17 players )

Enppi
)
Haras El Hodood
)
Enppi
)
Misr El Makasa
)
Al Ahly
)
Marc Mboua (Smouha)
Petrojet
)
El Entag El Harby
)
Ghazl El Mahalla
)

Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
)
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
)
Haras El Hodood
)
Tala'ea El Gaish
)
Misr El Makasa
)
Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
)
Enppi
)
Al Ahly
)

1 goal ( 72 players )

El Dakhleya
)
Al Ahly
)
Tala'ea El Gaish
)
Haras El Hodood
)
Ahmed Adel (El Gouna)
Ahmed Ali (Ismaily
)

Ahmed Gaafar (Zamalek)
Ahmed Hassan Farag (El Gouna)
Ghazl El Mahalla
)
Haras El Hodood
)
Ahmed Osman (El Gouna)
Haras El Hodood
)
Haras El Hodood
)
Haras El Hodood
)
Ahmed Samir (Zamalek
)

Ahmed Samir Farag (Ismaily)
Al Masry
)
Enppi
)
Al Masry
)
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
)
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
)
Tala'ea El Gaish
)
Ashour El Adham (El Gouna)
Telephonat Bani Sweif
)
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
)
El Entag El Harby
)
Al Masry
)
El Dakhleya
)
Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
)
Al Ahly
)
Godwin Attram (Smouha)
Hassan Gomaa (El Gouna)
Wadi Degla
)
Telephonat Bani Sweif
)
Hussein Hamdy (Zamalek)
Ibrahim Al Hilali (El Gouna)

Petrojet
)
El Dakhleya
)
El-Shorta
)
Mahmoud Fathallah (Zamalek
)

Petrojet

)

Al Ittihad Al Sakandary

Mido (Zamalek)
Al Ahly
)
El-Shorta
)
Wadi Degla
)
Haras El Hodood
)
Misr El Makasa
)
Enppi
)
Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
)
Ghazl El Mahalla
)
Wadi Degla
)
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
)
Ghazl El Mahalla
)
Omar Gamal (Ismaily)
Misr El Makasa
)
Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
)
Enppi
)
El-Shorta
)
Samuel Afoum (Smouha)
Samuel Ocran (El Gouna)
Telephonat Bani Sweif
)
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
)
Sherif Ashraf (El Gouna)
Shikabala (Zamalek)
Petrojet
)
Al Ahly
)
El Dakhleya
)
Walid Mohamed Abdel Monaem (El Gouna)

Own goals

Player	Club	Scored For	Result	Own Goals	Date
Moatasem Salem	Ismaily	El Gouna	1–4	1	19 October 2011
Ahmed Said Ouka	Haras El Hodood	Wadi Degla	2–1	1	23 October 2011
Mohamed Ibrahim	Misr El Makasa	Al Ahly	1–2	1	23 December 2011

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Oussou Konan	Misr El Makasa	Al Ittihad Al Sakandary	5–2	3 November 2011

Scoring

First goal of the season:
Petrojet
(14 October 2011)
Fastest goal of the season: 38 seconds –
Telephonat Bani Sweif
(19 October 2011)
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Ghazl El Mahalla
  (19 October 2011)
Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- Ghazl El Mahalla
  (19 October 2011)
- Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
  (3 November 2011)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- Ghazl El Mahalla
  (19 October 2011)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
- Petrojet
  (23 October 2011)
- El Dakhleya
  (24 October 2011)
- Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
  (3 November 2011)
- Al Ahly
  (7 November 2011)
- Haras El Hodood
  (22 December 2011)
Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 3 goals
- Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
  (3 November 2011)

Clean sheets

Most
clean sheets
: 5
- Al Ittihad Al Sakandary
Fewest clean sheets: 0
- Enppi
- Tala'ea El Gaish

Cancellation

On 10 March 2012, a decision was reached to cancel the remainder of the season.

El-Gaish strongly criticized the decision saying the decision would cost the country a lot of money and that "people sitting in coffee shops could make a better decision."^[5] It was the fifth time that Egypt has cancelled a season of football; previously 1954–55, 1970–71, 1973–74, and 1989–90 were cancelled for a variety of reasons.^[4]

At the same time, it was announced that 18 teams would compete in a friendly tournament "Martyrs Cup" to raise money for families of those killed in Port Said incident.

Al Masry, the home team whose fans rioted in Port Said, leaving 74 people dead and 150 injured, was barred from the tournament.^[4] Al Ahly, the visiting team during the attack, has been invited but has not confirmed whether they will participate or not.^[6] The tournament is scheduled to commence on 29 March with round robin play. The league will be divided into two groups, and the games will take place in empty stadiums owned by the Egyptian Army.^[6]^[7] The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals for a single elimination event.^[6] The final is scheduled for 18 May.^[4] The Egypt Cup is expected to take place as normal, with Al Masry barred from competition.^[7]

Under normal circumstances, the league's top two teams get to participate in the

Tarek El-Ashry.^[2]

In the end, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, who were the 2010-11 League Champions and runners-up, were selected to represent Egypt. Al-Ahly went on to win the tournament.

References

^ Abdel-Rahman Hussein (2 February 2012). "Egypt football match violence: dozens dead and hundreds injured,". The Guardian. UK.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mahmoud Elassal (11 March 2012). "Harras El-Hodoud want Champions League clarification". Ahram Online. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
^ "Egyptian Premier League Top Scorers". FIFA.com. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Egypt's Premier League cancelled". BBC. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
^ "El-Geish coach condemns EFA for league cancellation". Ahram Online. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Egyptian Premier League season cancelled". Soccerway. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Egyptian PL cancelled after deadly violence". SuperSport. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

External links

Season at soccerway.com
RSSSF

[1] Abdel-Rahman Hussein (2 February 2012). "Egypt football match violence: dozens dead and hundreds injured,". The Guardian. UK.

[want-2] Mahmoud Elassal (11 March 2012). "Harras El-Hodoud want Champions League clarification". Ahram Online. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[3] "Egyptian Premier League Top Scorers". FIFA.com. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[BBC-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Egypt's Premier League cancelled". BBC. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[5] "El-Geish coach condemns EFA for league cancellation". Ahram Online. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[Way-6] "Egyptian Premier League season cancelled". Soccerway. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[Super-7] "Egyptian PL cancelled after deadly violence". SuperSport. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

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