Egyptian Premier League
FIFA Region
CAF
Season
2025-2026
Location
Egypt
Abbreviation
EGY1

Summary

The Egyptian Premier League (EGY1) is the top football league in Egypt's football system. At the end of the 2025-2026 EGY1 season, the EGY1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

  • 2027 CAF Champions League:
    • 1st and 2nd place 2025-2026 EGY1 teams
  • 2027 CAF Confederation Cup:
    • 3rd and 4th place 2025-2026 EGY1 teams

The winner of the 2025-2026 Egypt Cup, typically an EGY1 team, also receives a berth in the 2027 CAF Confederation Cup.

Leagues Pyramid - Egypt

Abbrev League # of Teams
EGY1 Egyptian Premier League 18
EGY2 Egyptian Second Division A 20
EGY3 Egyptian Second Division B 56
EGY3 Egyptian Third Division 142
EGY4 Egyptian Fourth Division 48

Competition Structure

Season

# of Teams

8 Aug 2025 - 31 May 2026  21: EGY1 (18), EGY2 (3)

Season Format

The 2025-2026 EGY1 season consist of 2 phases. In the 1st Phase, each EGY1 team plays the other 20 EGY1 teams once. In the 2nd Phase, the top 7 teams play each other once (26 total matches per team) in the Championship Playoffs), and the bottom 14 1st Phase teams play each other once (34 total matches per team) in the Relegation Playoffs). 1st Phase table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, then (2) goals scored. 2nd Phase table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, then (3) a playoff.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 EGY1 season, the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th place EGY1 Relegation Playoffs teams will be relegated to the EGY2.


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1st Stage

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Ceramica Cleopatra FC 139 -2-229-1751265 -0-11593674 -2-114826
2Pyramids FC 107 -2-123-1751276 -0-1181331031 -2-05422
3Al Ahly SC 126 -5-123-2013764 -1-11395462 -4-0101183
4Zamalek SC 126 -4-222-189963 -3-01293663 -1-210963
5Al-Masry Club 125 -5-220-1811763 -2-111137662 -3-19541
6Wadi Degla SC 135 -5-320-1511472 -3-2966063 -2-111954
7ZED FC 145 -5-420-1412273 -2-21165172 -3-29871
8ENPPI SC 124 -7-119-117453 -2-01141371 -5-18761
9Petrojet SC 134 -6-318-1414062 -3-1977072 -3-29770
10El Gouna FC 134 -6-318-1010060 -4-2437-474 -2-114734
11National Bank of Egypt SC 133 -8-217-127560 -5-1534-173 -3-112936
12Modern Sport FC 134 -5-417-1415-171 -4-2789-163 -1-210660
13Ghazl El-Mehalla SC 132 -10-116-74361 -5-0821171 -5-18532
14Smouha SC 123 -7-216-97262 -3-1953261 -4-17440
15Haras El Hodoud SC 133 -4-613-1017-762 -2-2868-271 -2-4549-5
16Pharco FC 132 -6-512-512-771 -4-2713-261 -2-3549-5
17Tala'ea El Gaish SC 142 -5-711-719-1271 -3-3648-471 -2-45311-8
18Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC 141 -7-610-714-770 -4-3437-471 -3-3647-3
19Ismaily SC 133 -1-910-716-972 -1-47610-461 -0-5316-5
20Al-Ittihad Alexandria 132 -2-98-819-1171 -1-54411-761 -1-4448-4
21Kahraba Ismailia SC 132 -2-98-1124-1360 -0-60514-972 -2-38610-4
Championship Round
Relegation Round

Fixtures

Wed - 3 Dec 2025
 Kahraba Ismailia SC   Pyramids FCIsmaïlia Stadium
Sat - 6 Dec 2025
 Petrojet SC   Pyramids FCSuez Stadium
Mon - 19 Jan 2026
 Tala'ea El Gaish SC   Al Ahly SCGehaz El Reyada Stadium
 National Bank of Egypt SC   Pyramids FCCairo International Stadium
Tue - 20 Jan 2026
 El Gouna FC   Al-Masry ClubKhaled Bichara Stadium
 ENPPI SC   Zamalek SCPetrosport Stadium
Wed - 21 Jan 2026
 ZED FC   Modern Sport FCCairo International Stadium
 Smouha SC   Pharco FCAlexandria Stadium
Thu - 22 Jan 2026
 Wadi Degla SC   Ghazl El-Mehalla SCPetrosport Stadium
 Haras El Hodoud SC   Kahraba Ismailia SCHarras El Hodoud Stadium
Tue - 27 Jan 2026
 Al Ahly SC   Wadi Degla SCCairo International Stadium
 Pyramids FC   El Gouna FC30 June Stadium
Wed - 28 Jan 2026
 Zamalek SC   Petrojet SCCairo International Stadium
Thu - 29 Jan 2026
 ENPPI SC   Smouha SCPetrosport Stadium
 Modern Sport FC   Ismaily SCAl Salam Stadium
 Ghazl El-Mehalla SC   Tala'ea El Gaish SCGhazl El Mahalla Stadium
Fri - 30 Jan 2026
 Pharco FC   ZED FCHarras El Hodoud Stadium

Results

Tue - 25 Nov 2025
Sun - 23 Nov 2025
 Kahraba Ismailia SC 12 ZED FCIsmaïlia Stadium
 Al-Ittihad Alexandria 02 El Gouna FCAlexandria Stadium
Sat - 22 Nov 2025
 Tala'ea El Gaish SC 11 ENPPI SCGehaz El Reyada Stadium
 Pharco FC 02 Ceramica Cleopatra FCHarras El Hodoud Stadium
Tue - 4 Nov 2025
 Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC 11 Smouha SCOsman Ahmed Osman Stadium
 ZED FC 11 National Bank of Egypt SCCairo International Stadium
 Wadi Degla SC 11 Haras El Hodoud SCPetrosport Stadium
Sun - 2 Nov 2025
 Al Ahly SC 00 Al-Masry ClubCairo International Stadium
 Zamalek SC 31 Tala'ea El Gaish SCCairo International Stadium
Sat - 1 Nov 2025
 Ismaily SC 21 Kahraba Ismailia SCIsmaïlia Stadium
 El Gouna FC 01 Pharco FCKhaled Bichara Stadium
 Ghazl El-Mehalla SC 00 Modern Sport FCGhazl El Mahalla Stadium
Thu - 30 Oct 2025
 National Bank of Egypt SC 11 Zamalek SCCairo International Stadium
Wed - 29 Oct 2025
 Petrojet SC 11 Al Ahly SCSuez Stadium
Mon - 27 Oct 2025
 Al-Ittihad Alexandria 12 Wadi Degla SCAlexandria Stadium