Competition: | Egyptian Premier League |
Season: | 2024–25 |
Dates: | October 2024 – May 2025 (expected) |
Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 Egyptian Premier League season will be the 66th edition of the Egyptian Premier League, the top professional league for association football clubs in the Egyptian football league system, since its establishment in 1948.
The season is expected to start in October 2024, and to conclude in May 2025.
Unlike the previous editions of the league, the 2024–25 season will follow a format similar to the one used in the Belgian Pro League and in the 2023–24 season of the Egyptian Second Division A.[1] This change came to ensure that the league ends by May 2025, after the severe match schedule conflicts that the league witnessed since 2020 for various reasons that caused the postponement of many fixtures, resulting each season to end on a different late date.[2]
The league will consist of 18 teams in one group, and will be divided into two phases: In the first phase, teams will face each other only once in a single-leg tie, then the league will split into two groups. Phase two will consist of a championship group for teams finishing from first to eighth, and a relegation group for teams finishing from ninth to 18th in the first phase. The first-placed team in the championship group is crowned champions of the league, and qualify for the CAF Champions League alongside the runners-up, while the third-placed team qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup. The bottom three teams in the relegation round will be relegated to Second Division A.
A total of three teams were promoted to the league from the 2023–24 Egyptian Second Division A. The first team was champions Petrojet, who secured promotion back to the Egyptian Premier League after a four-year absence.[3] They were joined by Ghazl El Mahalla, who reached an immediate return to the league after clinching the second promotion spot on the final day of the season.[4] Haras El Hodoud were the last team to earn promotion, who also suffered an immediate return to the league, after winning the promotion play-offs.[5]
El Dakhleya were the first team to be relegated, whose relegation was confirmed on 21 July 2024 after two seasons in the league.[6] On 13 August 2024, Al Mokawloon Al Arab became the second team to face relegation; ending their 19-year stay in the top flight.[7] They were joined by Baladiyat El Mahalla, whose relegation was confirmed also on the same day, to suffer an immediate return to level two.[8]
Team | Location | Stadium[9] | Capacity | |
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Gezira | Cairo International Stadium | 75,000 | ||
Ceramica Cleopatra | 6th of October | TBD | TBD | |
ENPPI | New Cairo | Petrosport Stadium | 16,000 | |
Ghazl El Mahalla | Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium | 14,564 | ||
Khaled Bichara Stadium | 12,000 | |||
Haras El Hodoud | Mahatet El Raml | Haras El Hodoud Stadium | 22,000 | |
Ismaily | Ismailia Stadium | 18,525 | ||
Shatby | Alexandria Stadium | 19,676 | ||
TBD | TBD | |||
Modern Sport | Mokattam | TBD | TBD | |
National Bank of Egypt | Agouza | TBD | TBD | |
Petrojet | TBD | TBD | ||
Pharco | Amreya | TBD | TBD | |
Pyramids | New Cairo | 30 June Stadium | 30,000 | |
Smouha | Smouha | Alexandria Stadium | 19,676 | |
Tala'ea El Gaish | Gehaz El Reyada Stadium | 20,000 | ||
Zamalek | Mit Okba | Cairo International Stadium | 75,000 | |
ZED | Sheikh Zayed City | TBD | TBD |
Adidas | Etisalat, FAB Misr | , GLC Paints | Lipton, Shell Helix | ||||
Ceramica Cleopatra | Puma | Ceramica Cleopatra Group | |||||
ENPPI | Kelme | ||||||
Ghazl El Mahalla | Tempo | Misr Travel | KIMA | ||||
Adidas | |||||||
Haras El Hodoud | Adidas | ||||||
Ismaily | Copa | ||||||
Kelme | |||||||
Puma[10] | Neverland Resort | ||||||
Modern Sport | Umbro | MTI University | SBIS | Modern Academy | |||
National Bank of Egypt | Nike | National Bank of Egypt | National Bank of Egypt | ||||
Petrojet | Kelme | ||||||
Pharco | Nike | RANI-F | V-Gone | ||||
Pyramids | Puma | MyWhoosh | Bolt, CMB | ADQ, Pasta Regina | |||
Smouha | Nike | ||||||
Tala'ea El Gaish | Adidas | ||||||
Zamalek | Zat Outfit[11] | Nile Developments, Pasta Regina | Seven | Oniro, Coca-Cola | |||
ZED | Umbro | ORA, Emirates NBD | WE, Seven | Orascom Construction |
Number of teams | Governorate | Team(s) |
---|---|---|
5 | Cairo | Al Ahly, ENPPI, Modern Sport, Pyramids and Tala'ea El Gaish |
4 | Alexandria | Haras El Hodoud, Al Ittihad, Pharco and Smouha |
Giza | Ceramica Cleopatra, National Bank of Egypt, Zamalek and ZED | |
1 | Gharbia | Ghazl El Mahalla |
Ismailia | Ismaily | |
Port Said | Al Masry | |
Red Sea | El Gouna | |
Suez | Petrojet |