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The 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League, also known as The WE League for sponsorship purposes, is the 61st season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season began on 21 September 2019 and will conclude on 31 October 2020. Fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 12 September 2019.

Defending champions Al Ahly won their 5th consecutive and 42nd overall Egyptian Premier League title on 18 September 2020, following Zamalek's 1–0 defeat against Aswan.

On 14 March 2020, a decision was made by the Egyptian Football Association to postpone all football activities in Egypt due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The initial suspension, until 29 March, was then extended multiple times until at least mid-July. On 2 July 2020, the EFA announced that the league would recommence on 6 August, and confirmed that all clubs' players and staff will be tested for COVID-19 before resuming training.

Overview

VAR introduction

In August 2019, Egyptian Football Association acting-president Amr El Ganainy revealed the intentions to implement the video assistant referee (VAR) technology in the Egyptian Premier League starting from the second half of the 2019–20 season; stating that this would be a huge step forward for Egyptian football. Three months later, the EFA started a four-month training programme headed by EFA head of referees committee Gamal El Ghandour and Egyptian international referee Gehad Grisha for Egyptian referees to prepare them for the VAR introduction.

In late January 2020, the EFA received final IFAB approval for VAR usage in the domestic competitions after fulfilling all the necessary requirements to introduce VAR technology into Egyptian football. By the end of the training programmes held by the EFA, El Ghandour announced that 52 new Egyptian referee have received a VAR license; describing it as a "miracle" to have from 4 to 56 licensed referee in just four months.

The VAR technology was officially introduced in the Egyptian Premier League on 5 March 2020 in a match between Tala'ea El Gaish and ENPPI at Gehaz El Reyada Stadium.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

After the first case of COVID-19 was identified in Egypt on 14 February 2020, the Egyptian Football Association revealed that there is no intentions to postpone football activities in Egypt and instead they announced a series of precautionary measures to be used by all clubs' players and staff. By the arrival of the first COVID-19 case in Egypt, the league was paused for the mid-season break.

On 10 March 2020, the EFA decided to continue the league behind closed doors until further notice to avoid the spreading of the disease. However, after the number of infected people in Egypt reached 110 cases just four days later of the initial announcement, the EFA decided to suspend all football activities in Egypt until at least 29 March 2020.

Resumption

On 1 July 2020, Zamalek refused to resume training or return to complete the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country unless a "cure" for coronavirus is found, this came after the club's goalkeeper Mohammed Awad revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19 on 26 June. Football activities were due to return on 25 July after the government allowed teams to resume training in June

Nevertheless, the EFA announced on 3 July 2020 that the season would commence on 6 August 2020 after almost five months of being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season would commence its schedule in two phases starting with the postponed games according to the head of Competitions Committee Hossam El Zanati.

The first phase will include the games scheduled to be played from 6 August until the end of the month, while the second phase of the games are scheduled to be played starting from 1 September until the end of the season. These will be revealed when the EFA reaches a final agreement concerning the Aswan Stadium as the venue for matches after clubs rejected Aswan Stadium located south of Cairo, as the proposed location for matches to be played citing the distance and long journey for the players and after CAF decides the final dates for the Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals and finals.

The EFA in June had implemented safety guidelines and testing procedures for players mandating two tests with five days separating each test, since then 19 tests have returned positive with individuals in isolation.

Teams

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

Teams promoted to the Egyptian Premier League
The first team to be promoted was Aswan from Group A, as they secured the promotion to the Egyptian Premier League following their 2–1 away win against Al Nasr Lel Taa'den on 4 April 2019. The club returned to the Egyptian Premier League after staying two seasons in the Egyptian Second Division, and will play in the top flight for the tenth time in their history.

The second team to be promoted was Tanta from Group C, as they sealed the promotion to the Egyptian Premier League following their 2–0 away win against Sidi Salem on 11 April 2019. The club returned to the Egyptian Premier League after spending only one season in the Egyptian Second Division, as they were relegated from the Egyptian Premier League during the 2017–18 season. This season will mark the fifteenth appearance for Tanta in the Egyptian Premier League.

The third team to be promoted was FC Masr from Group B, as they earned the promotion to the Egyptian Premier League following their 0–0 away draw with Al Merreikh on 18 April 2019. The club earned the promotion after an intense contents with 4 other clubs for the only promotion spot from their group. FC Masr will play in the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in the club's history.

Teams relegated to the Egyptian Second Division
The first club to be relegated was Nogoom, who suffered an immediate return to the Egyptian Second Division following a 2–1 away defeat to Misr Lel Makkasa on 10 May 2019. Despite defeating Zamalek 1–0 earlier in the previous season and having a great start, the club started slowly to collapse which eventually made them finish in the last place.

The second club to be relegated was El Dakhleya, who were relegated from the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history following a 2–1 home defeat to Zamalek on 12 May 2019; ending their stay in the league that lasted for eight years. El Dakhleya were one of eight clubs that are not founding members of the Egyptian Premier League and have never been relegated since their debut in the top flight.

The third club to be relegated was Suez-based side Petrojet, who were also relegated from the Egyptian Premier League for the first time in their history following a 0–0 draw with Al Mokawloon Al Arab on 3 June 2019; ending their top flight spell of thirteen years. Similar to El Dakhleya, Petrojet were one of eight clubs that are not founding members of the Egyptian Premier League and have never been relegated since their debut in the top flight.

Venues

Al Ahly	Aswan	ENPPI
Cairo International Stadium	Aswan Stadium	Petro Sport Stadium
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 16,000
El Entag El Harby	FC Masr	El Gouna
Al Salam Stadium	Cairo Military Academy Stadium	Khaled Bichara Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 28,500	Capacity: 12,000
Haras El Hodoud	Ismaily	Al Ittihad
Haras El Hodoud Stadium	Ismailia Stadium	Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 18,525	Capacity: 19,676
Al Masry	Misr Lel Makkasa	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Egyptian Army Stadium	Al Salam Stadium	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 35,000
Pyramids	Smouha	Tala'ea El Gaish
30 June Stadium	Alexandria Stadium	Gehaz El Reyada Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 19,676	Capacity: 20,000
Tanta	Wadi Degla	Zamalek
Tanta Club Stadium	Petro Sport Stadium	Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 75,000

Notes

1. The stadium's official name was changed from El Gouna Stadium to Khaled Bichara Stadium on 15 February 2020.
2. Al Masry play their home matches at the Egyptian Army Stadium in Suez instead of their regular stadium Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said due to renovations.
3. Misr Lel Makkasa play their home matches at Al Salam Stadium in Cairo instead of their regular stadium Faiyum Stadium in Faiyum due to unavailability.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahly	Pitso Mosimane	Mohamed El Shenawy	Umbro	WE, SAIB Bank, Royal Dutch Shell, Tiger Chips, GLC Paints
Aswan	Ahmed Abdel Moneim	Haitham El Fil	Uhlsport	N/A
ENPPI	Helmy Toulan	Ramy Sabry	Nike	N/A
El Entag El Harby	Mokhtar Mokhtar	Mahmoud El Badry	Uhlsport	N/A
FC Masr	Tarek Abdallah	Mostafa Sultan	Macron	N/A
El Gouna	Reda Shehata (caretaker)	Mohamed Nagy	Adidas	O West, Orascom Development
Haras El Hodoud	Mohamed Halim	Mostafa Gamal	Uhlsport	N/A
Ismaily	Heron Ferreira	Baher El Mohamady	Jako	N/A
Al Ittihad	Hossam Hassan	Nour El Sayed	Xtep	N/A
Al Masry	Ali Maher	Islam Salah	Kelme	N/A
Misr Lel Makkasa	Jamal Omar (caretaker)	Mido Gaber	Nike	N/A
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Emad El Nahhas	Mahmoud Abou El Saoud	Kelme	N/A
Pyramids	Ante Čačić	Abdallah El Said	Adidas	Swyp
Smouha	Ahmed Samy	Ahmed Homos	Nike	N/A
Tala'ea El Gaish	Abdel Hamid Bassiouny	Mohamed Bassam	Macron	N/A
Tanta	Reda Abdel Aal	Soliman Abd Rabo	Uhlsport	N/A
Wadi Degla	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	Hossam Arafat	Joma	FACE for Children in Need, Caltex
Zamalek	Jaime Pacheco	Mahmoud Shikabala	Puma	N/A

1. On the back of shirt.

2. On the sleeves.

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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
El Gouna	Reda Shehata	End of caretaker spell	29 July 2019	Pre-season	Nebojša Milošević	29 July 2019
Zamalek	Khaled Galal	Sacked	29 July 2019		Tarek Yehia (caretaker)	2 August 2019
FC Masr	Mohamed Salah	Resigned	5 August 2019		Osama Nabieh	6 August 2019
Zamalek	Tarek Yehia	End of caretaker spell	18 August 2019		Milutin Sredojević	18 August 2019
Al Ahly	Martín Lasarte	Sacked	18 August 2019		Mohamed Youssef (caretaker)	18 August 2019
Al Ahly	Mohamed Youssef	End of caretaker spell	31 August 2019		René Weiler	31 August 2019
Ismaily	Mahmoud Gaber	Resigned	31 August 2019		Miodrag Ješić	31 August 2019
FC Masr	Osama Nabieh		6 September 2019		Abdel Nasser Mohamed	7 September 2019
ENPPI	Ali Maher		17 October 2019	18th	Helmy Toulan	18 October 2019
Tala'ea El Gaish	Sérgio Farias	Mutual consent	13 November 2019	17th	Tarek Yehia	13 November 2019
Ismaily	Miodrag Ješić	Sacked	2 December 2019	12th	Adham El Selehdar (caretaker)	2 December 2019
Zamalek	Milutin Sredojević		2 December 2019	5th	Patrice Carteron	3 December 2019
El Gouna	Nebojša Milošević		10 December 2019	17th	Reda Shehata (caretaker)	10 December 2019
Pyramids	Sébastien Desabre		19 December 2019	7th	Abdel Aziz Abdel Shafy (caretaker)	19 December 2019
El Gouna	Reda Shehata	End of caretaker spell	22 December 2019	11th	Pedro Barny	22 December 2019
Pyramids	Abdel Aziz Abdel Shafy		27 December 2019	5th	Ante Čačić	27 December 2019
Ismaily	Adham El Selehdar		7 January 2020	11th	Didier Gomes	7 January 2020
Smouha	Hossam Hassan	Resigned	12 January 2020	7th	Hamada Sedki	12 January 2020
Tala'ea El Gaish	Tarek Yehia		20 January 2020	16th	Abdel Hamid Bassiouny	21 January 2020
Misr Lel Makkasa	Mido	Sacked	22 January 2020	15th	Emmanuel Amunike	1 February 2020
FC Masr	Abdel Nasser Mohamed	Resigned	5 February 2020	18th	Khaled Galal	9 February 2020
Wadi Degla	Takis Gonias	Mutual consent	11 February 2020	17th	Mustapha Kharoubi (caretaker)	11 February 2020
Haras El Hodoud	Tarek El Ashry	Signed by Al Masry	20 February 2020	12th	Mohamed Halim	22 February 2020
Al Masry	Ehab Galal	Sacked	20 February 2020	10th	Tarek El Ashry	20 February 2020
Wadi Degla	Mustapha Kharoubi	End of caretaker spell	21 February 2020	17th	Nikodimos Papavasiliou	21 February 2020
Misr Lel Makkasa	Emmanuel Amunike	Mutual consent	1 March 2020	16th	Ehab Galal	2 March 2020
Aswan	Magdy Abdel Aati	Resigned	9 June 2020	13th	Ahmed Abdel Moneim	20 June 2020
Tanta	Ayman El Mizzayn	Sacked	12 August 2020	17th	Mohamed Salah	12 August 2020
Ismaily	Didier Gomes		25 August 2020	9th	Adham El Selehdar (caretaker)	25 June 2020
Al Masry	Tarek El Ashry		31 August 2020	15th	Ali Maher	1 September 2020
Tanta	Mohamed Salah	Resigned	31 August 2020	18th	Ahmed Samy	31 August 2020
Ismaily	Adham El Selehdar		4 September 2020	10th	Mohamed Homos (caretaker)	4 September 2020
Tanta	Ahmed Samy		6 September 2020	18th	Ayman El Mizzayn	6 September 2020
Smouha	Hamada Sedki	Mutual consent	6 September 2020	6th	Ahmed Samy	7 September 2020
Ismaily	Mohamed Homos	End of caretaker spell	10 September 2020	10th	Heron Ferreira	10 September 2020
El Gouna	Pedro Barny	Sacked	14 September 2020	15th	Reda Shehata (caretaker)	14 September 2020
Haras El Hodoud	Mohamed Halim	Mutual consent	15 September 2020	16th	Tarek El Ashry	15 September 2020
FC Masr	Khaled Galal	Resigned	16 September 2020	17th	Tarek Abdallah	18 September 2020
Tanta	Ayman El Mizzayn		16 September 2020	18th	Reda Abdel Aal	6 September 2020
Zamalek	Patrice Carteron		16 September 2020	2nd	Tarek Yehia (caretaker)	16 September 2020
Misr Lel Makkasa	Ehab Galal		22 September 2020	8th	Ali Ashour	22 September 2020
Zamalek	Tarek Yehia (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	30 September 2020	2nd	Jaime Pacheco	30 September 2020
Al Ahly	René Weiler	Resigned	1 October 2020	1st	Pitso Mosimane	1 October 2020
Haras El Hodoud	Tarek El Ashry		9 October 2020	16th	Mohamed Halim	9 October 2020
Misr Lel Makkasa	Ali Ashour		12 October 2020	7th	Jamal Omar (caretaker)	12 October 2020
Al Ittihad	Talaat Youssef		12 October 2020	8th	Hossam Hassan	13 October 2020

Foreign players

Clubs can have a maximum of four foreign players registered during the season. Clubs cannot sign foreign players unless these players have played in the first or second tier in their countries. Clubs also cannot sign any foreign goalkeepers. In addition, each club can register a player from Palestine, Syria, or the UNAF region; those players are not counted as foreign players. Also, any foreign player who holds Egyptian nationality is not considered a foreign player and will be registered as a local player. For example, Al Masry's player Mahmoud Wadi of Palestine holds both Palestinian and Egyptian nationalities, and as a result he is not registered as a foreign player.

• Players name followed with indicates the player is playing out on loan.
• Players name followed with indicates the player is playing for the club on loan.
• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players name in ITALICS indicates the player has left the club during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Under contract	Former players
Al Ahly	Geraldo	Aliou Dieng	Junior Ajayi	Aliou Badji	Ali Maâloul	Walid Azaro
Aswan	Oumed Oukri	Solomon Mensah	Badara Naby Sylla	Jean-Claude Iranzi			Moussa Dao Giorgos Lyras Alex Orotomal Newman Musa Cheikh Bamba
ENPPI	Fiston Abdul Razak	Tonia Tisdell	Himid Mao			Aboubacar Diarra	Chadrack Lukombe Jonel Désiré Wilfried Yessoh Shiza Kichuya
El Entag El Harby	Moussa Diawara	Mohamed Vieira	Mamadou Niass	Aymen Trabelsi		Abdulwahab Annan	James Owoboskini Hamed Hamdan
FC Masr	Ygor	Willis Furtado	Jibril Bojang	Cliff Nyakeya	Michel Termanini
El Gouna	Jonathan Ngwem	Serge Aka	Allan Kyambadde	Walter Bwalya			Gatoch Panom Chisom Chikatara Ousseynou Boye
Haras El Hodoud	Nana Antwi	Ibrahim Koné	Anthony Lokosa	Ayoub Ben Mcharek			Cyrille Ndaney Gatoch Panom Amadaiya Rennie Edu Moses
Ismaily	Piqueti	Humam Tariq	Benson Shilongo	Patrick Kaddu	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef		Christopher Mendouga Richard Baffour Taro Godswill Odah Marshall Yahya Zayd
Al Ittihad	Razack Cissé	Anis Saltou	Wilson Akakpo	Emmanuel Okwi	Omar Midani		Wallace da Silva Emmanuel Banahene Toni Silva Didier Koré Ahmed Shalaby Derick Ogbu
Al Masry	Saïdou Simporé	Cheick Moukoro	Austin Amutu	Emeka Eze	Muftah Taktak	Mohammed Saleh	Torric Jebrin Ezekiel Bassey
Misr Lel Makkasa	Shimelis Bekele	Paulin Voavy	Edu Moses	Khalid Aucho		Kevin Muhire	John Antwi
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Farouck Kabore	Maarouf Youssef	Luis Hinestroza	Jacob Njoku	Seifeddine Jaziri		Kufre Ebong
Pyramids	Eric Traoré	John Antwi	Wilfried Kanon	Lumala Abdu	Amor Layouni	Keno Ribamar Azubuike Okechukwu Cristian Benavente	Jhon Cifuente Hamed Hamdan Omar Kharbin Omar Midani
Smouha	Mohamed Koffi	Eddy Ngoyi	Maguette Diop	Derrick Nsibambi	Mohamed Al Tarhoni		Ronald Ngah Oumed Oukri Cheikh Bamba Derrick Nsibambi
Tala'ea El Gaish	Franck Engonga	Kevin Muhire	Talla N'Diaye				Chisom Chikatara Richard Boro
Tanta	Bernard Mandrault	Alassane Diouf	Taddeo Lwanga			John Avire	Ismaël Bamba
Wadi Degla	Issahaku Yakubu	Vasilis Bouzas	Abdelkabir El Ouadi	Rodney Antwi	Rafik Kabou		Yaya Soumahoro Ibrahima Ndiaye
Zamalek	Kabongo Kasongo	Achraf Bencharki	Mohamed Ounajem	Ferjani Sassi		Maarouf Youssef Razack Cissé Hamid Ahaddad	Khalid Boutaïb Hamdi Nagguez

Results

League table

1. As a result of Zamalek refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly on 24 February 2020, the club was subject to a 3-point deduction following the conclusion of the season.
2. Since the 2019–20 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 Mokawloon Al Arab.
3. ^ Head-to-head points: ENPPI 4, Al Masry 1.
4. ^ Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Misr Lel Makkasa +1, Al Ittihad –1.
5. ^ Head-to-head points: Ismaily 6, Tala'ea El Gaish 0.
6. ^ Head-to-head points: El Gouna 4, Aswan 1.

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.

Source: Soccerway

Results table

Notes

1. Al Ahly were awarded a 2–0 win after Zamalek did not show up for the match.

Season statistics

As of 31 October 2020

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Seifeddine Jaziri for Al Mokawloon Al Arab against Tala'ea El Gaish (21 September 2019)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Abdallah El Said	Pyramids	17
2	Mohamed Sherif	ENPPI	14
3	Walter Bwalya	El Gouna	13
4	Seifeddine Jaziri	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	11
	Mostafa Mohamed	Zamalek
6	Mahmoud Alaa	Zamalek	10
	Hossam Hassan	Smouha
8	John Antwi	Pyramids	9
	Walid Soliman	Al Ahly
10	Amr El Halwani	Haras El Hodoud	8
	Abdel Rahman Magdy	Ismaily
	Basem Morsy	El Entag El Harby
	Fady Farid	Aswan

Notes

1. 17 goals according to the Egyptian Football Association, and 16 goals according to Soccerway.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Walid Soliman	Al Ahly	El Gouna	4–0 (A)	25 November 2019
Mohamed Grendo	Haras El Hodoud	Tala'ea El Gaish	3–0 (A)	8 January 2020
Abdallah El Said	Pyramids	Tanta	3–0 (H)	10 August 2020
Mohamed Abdel Maguid	Aswan	Smouha	3–3 (H)	5 September 2020
Rafik Kabou	Wadi Degla	El Entag El Harby	4–1 (A)	28 September 2020

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Nasser Maher	Smouha	10
2	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly	7
	Youssef Obama	Zamalek
	Ahmed Shedid	El Entag El Harby
	Karim Tarek	Tala'ea El Gaish
6	Ali Maâloul	Al Ahly	6
	Jonathan Ngwem	El Gouna
	Ahmed Refaat	Al Ittihad
	Abdallah El Said	Pyramids
	Issahaku Yakubu	Wadi Degla

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mohamed El Shenawy	Al Ahly	25
2	Amer Mohamed	El Entag El Harby	12
3	Mohamed Bassam	Tala'ea El Gaish	11
	Mahmoud Gad	ENPPI
5	Mohamed Abou Gabal	Zamalek	10
	El Mahdy Soliman	Pyramids
	El Hany Soliman	Smouha
8	Mahmoud Abou El Saoud	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	9
	Ahmed Masoud	Al Masry

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11
  • Amr El Sisi (Tala'ea El Gaish)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Emeka Eze (Al Masry)
  • Tarek Hamed (Zamalek)
  • Solomon Mensah (Aswan)
  • Ahmed Said Ouka (FC Masr)
  • Ramy Rabia (Al Ahly)
  • Islam Saleh (FC Masr)
  • Ferjani Sassi (Zamalek)
  • Mohamed Abdel Razek (Tala'ea El Gaish)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 75
  • Tala'ea El Gaish
• Most red cards: 8
  • Al Mokawloon Al Arab

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams	Governorate	Team(s)
9	Cairo	Al Ahly, ENPPI, El Entag El Harby, FC Masr, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Pyramids, Tala'ea El Gaish, Wadi Degla and Zamalek
3	Alexandria	Haras El Hodoud, Al Ittihad and Smouha
1	Aswan	Aswan
	Faiyum	Misr Lel Makkasa
	El Gharbia	Tanta
	Ismailia	Ismaily
	Port Said	Al Masry
	Red Sea	El Gouna

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• 2019 in Egyptian sport
• 2019–20 in Egyptian football
• 2019–20 in African association football leagues
• Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic