2011–12 Egyptian Premier League

Teams

Al Ittihad Al Sakandary, Smouha and Al Mokawloon Al Arab were the worst three teams in 2010–11 but were not relegated to the 2011–12 Egyptian Second Division. Three teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Egyptian Second Division – El Dakhleya, Ghazl El Mahalla, and Telephonat Bani Sweif – bringing the league up to 19 teams total.

Stadiums and locations

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Personnel and kits

League table

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

• EGY Ahmed Shoukry (Telephonat Bani Sweif)

• EGY Amr Zaki (Zamalek)

• EGY Ashour El Takky (Wadi Degla)

• EGY Hamada Yehia (El Dakhleya)

• EGY Mostafa Mhana (Telephonat Bani Sweif)

• Ghana Samuel Owusu (Ghazl El Mahalla)

• EGY Adel Mostafa (Enppi)

• EGY Ahmed Eid (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Ahmed Raouf (Enppi)

• EGY Ayman Abdelaziz (Misr El Makasa)

• EGY Hossam Ghaly (Al Ahly)

• CMR Marc Mboua (Smouha)

• EGY Marwan Mohsen (Petrojet)

• EGY Mohamed Abd Rabo Felix (El Entag El Harby)

• EGY Mohamed Abdullah (Ghazl El Mahalla)

• EGY Mohamed El Morsy (Al Ittihad Al Sakandary)

• EGY Mohamed Salah (Al Mokawloon Al Arab)

• EGY Mohamed Shaarawy (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Salah Amin (Tala'ea El Gaish)

• EGY Sameh Aidrous (Misr El Makasa)

• Ghana Samuel Kyere (Al Ittihad Al Sakandary)

• Côte d'Ivoire Vincent Die Foneye (Enppi)

• EGY Walid Soliman (Al Ahly)

• EGY Abd Al Aziz Mousa (El Dakhleya)

• EGY Abdallah El Said (Al Ahly)

• Côte d'Ivoire Abou Kone (Tala'ea El Gaish)

• EGY Ahmed Abdel-Ghani (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Ahmed Adel (El Gouna)

• EGY Ahmed Ali (Ismaily)

• EGY Ahmed Gaafar (Zamalek)

• EGY Ahmed Hassan Farag (El Gouna)

• EGY Ahmed Magdy (Ghazl El Mahalla)

• EGY Ahmed Moksha (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Ahmed Osman (El Gouna)

• EGY Ahmed Said Ouka (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Ahmed Salama (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Ahmed Salem Safi (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Ahmed Samir (Zamalek)

• EGY Ahmed Samir Farag (Ismaily)

• EGY Ahmed Shroyda (Al Masry)

• EGY Ahmed Sobhi (Enppi)

• EGY Ahmed Zahran (Al Masry)

• EGY Alaa Kamal (Al Mokawloon Al Arab)

• EGY Ali Fathy (Al Mokawloon Al Arab)

• EGY Amer Sabry (Tala'ea El Gaish)

• EGY Ashour El Adham (El Gouna)

• Côte d'Ivoire Bamba Assmanou Drissa (Telephonat Bani Sweif)

• EGY Basem Ali (Al Mokawloon Al Arab)

• EGY Emad El Nemr (El Entag El Harby)

• EGY Essam Abdel Aaty (Al Masry)

• Côte d'Ivoire Falie Arman (El Dakhleya)

• Ghana Francis Boateng (Al Ittihad Al Sakandary)

• EGY Gedo (Al Ahly)

• Ghana Godwin Attram (Smouha)

• EGY Hassan Gomaa (El Gouna)

• EGY Hassan Mostafa (Wadi Degla)

• EGY Hassan Mousa (Telephonat Bani Sweif)

• EGY Hussein Hamdy (Zamalek)

• EGY Ibrahim Al Hilali (El Gouna)

• EGY Kamal Ali (Petrojet)

• Guinea Lama Koné (El Dakhleya)

• Burkina Faso Maarouf Youssef (El-Shorta)

• EGY Mahmoud Fathallah (Zamalek)

• EGY Mahmoud Samna (Petrojet)

• EGY Mahmoud Samir (Al Ittihad Al Sakandary)

• EGY Mahmoud Tobah (Al Masry)

• Mozambique Mano (Enppi)

• EGY Medhat Ramadan (El Entag El Harby)

• EGY Mido (Zamalek)

• EGY Mohamed Aboutrika (Al Ahly)

• EGY Mohamed Al Fayomi (El-Shorta)

• EGY Mohamed El Hosary (Wadi Degla)

• EGY Mohamed Halim (Haras El Hodood)

• EGY Mohamed Ibrahim (Misr El Makasa)

• EGY Mohamed Shaaban (Enppi)

• EGY Mostafa Afroto (Al Ittihad Al Sakandary)

• EGY Mostafa Hegab (Ghazl El Mahalla)

• EGY Mostafa Shebeita (Wadi Degla)

• Nigeria Musa Kabiru (Al Mokawloon Al Arab)

• Burkina Faso Nouhan Tayam (Ghazl El Mahalla)

• EGY Omar Gamal (Ismaily)

• Morocco Omar Najdi (Misr El Makasa)

• EGY Ramy Rabie (Al Ittihad Al Sakandary)

• EGY Ramy Sabry (Enppi)

• EGY Said Kamal (El-Shorta)

• Ghana Samuel Afoum (Smouha)

• Ghana Samuel Ocran (El Gouna)

• EGY Shady Mohamed (Telephonat Bani Sweif)

• Nigeria Shams Aldeen Tigany (Al Mokawloon Al Arab)

• EGY Sherif Ashraf (El Gouna)

• EGY Shikabala (Zamalek)

• EGY Talaat Moharem (Petrojet)

• EGY Wael Gomaa (Al Ahly)

• EGY Walid El Hosary (El Dakhleya)

• EGY Walid Mohamed Abdel Monaem (El Gouna)

Own goals

Hat-tricks

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Hosni Abd Rabo for Ismaily against Petrojet (14 October 2011)
• Fastest goal of the season: 38 seconds – Ashour El Takky for Wadi Degla against Telephonat Bani Sweif (19 October 2011)
• Widest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Zamalek 6–1 Ghazl El Mahalla (19 October 2011)
• Highest scoring game: 7 goals
  • Zamalek 6–1 Ghazl El Mahalla (19 October 2011)
  • Misr El Makasa 5–2 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary (3 November 2011)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • Zamalek 6–1 Ghazl El Mahalla (19 October 2011)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
  • Misr El Makasa 2–3 Petrojet (23 October 2011)
  • Enppi 3–2 El Dakhleya (24 October 2011)
  • Misr El Makasa 5–2 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary (3 November 2011)
  • Enppi 2–3 Al Ahly (7 November 2011)
  • Al Mokawloon Al Arab 2–3 Haras El Hodood (22 December 2011)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single player: ** 3 goals**
  • Oussou Konan for Misr El Makasa against 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. A spokesperson for the Egyptian Football Association said the decision was made because there was insufficient time to play the remaining games before the national team was scheduled to compete in the 2012 Olympics and qualifiers for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. 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.

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.

Under normal circumstances, the league's top two teams get to participate in the African Champions League. It was not immediately clear if league leaders El-Hodood and Al-Ahly would be declared as the league's top two teams and invited to participate in the Champions League. "I am not against the league cancellation but I want to know: Will we be considered as the league champions?" asked El-Hodoud coach Tarek El-Ashry. 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

References

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2. Mahmoud Elassal. (11 March 2012). "Harras El-Hodoud want Champions League clarification". Ahram Online.
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6. (11 March 2012). "Egyptian PL cancelled after deadly violence". SuperSport.