Egypt - List of Champions


Cairo League

A league for Cairo was first organised in 1922/23 by the Cairo Football Board, under the name Cairo Zone Competition. In 1938, the Egypt FA took over the organisation, together with three other regional leagues (Alexandria (organised between 1926 and 1953), Bahary (for Upper Egypt) and Canal (organised between 1927 and 1948, won by Al-Masry in its final season 1947/48)). From 1948 to 1953 the Cairo League was held in parallel with the new nationwide league championship (i.e., results in the nationwide league between Cairo clubs also counted for the city league) before being discontinued (it was held once more in 1957/58 but then stopped again).

Cairo Zone Competition 
1922/23 El-Mokhtalat        
1923/24 Sekka
1924/25 Al-Ahly
1925/26 Sekka
1926/27 Al-Ahly
1927/28 Al-Ahly
1928/29 El-Mokhtalat        
1929/30 El-Mokhtalat        
1930/31 Al-Ahly
1931/32 El-Mokhtalat        
1932/33 Tersana
1933/34 El-Mokhtalat        [played as single round robin because of World Cup entrance Egypt]
1934/35 Al-Ahly
1935/36 Al-Ahly
1936/37 Al-Ahly
1937/38 Al-Ahly
Cairo League 
1938/39 Al-Ahly
1939/40 El-Mokhtalat        
1940/41 El-Mokhtalat        
1941/42 Al-Ahly
1942/43 Al-Ahly
1943/44 King Farouk Club
1944/45 King Farouk Club
1945/46 Al-Ahly
1946/47 King Farouk Club
1947/48 Al-Ahly
1948/49 Zamalek
1949/50 Al-Ahly
1950/51 King Farouk Club
1951/52 King Farouk Club
1952/53 Zamalek
Cairo Zone Competition 
1957/58 Al-Ahly

Number of Titles (30)

15 Al-Ahly
14 Zamalek (includes El-Mokhtalat, King Farouk Club)
 2 Sekka
 1 Tersana

Other Regional Leagues

Alexandria League
Won by Al-Ittihad on 27 occasions (apparently all editions 1926/27 to 1952/53);
usually played by 5 clubs, including (apart from Ittihad) Olympi and Teram

Bahary League
No information available

Canal League
The Canal (Zone) League included the teams of the three cities on the Suez Canal:
Port Said, Ismailia, and Suez; the two most popular participants were Al-Masry
(Port Said), reportedly record champions with 17 titles, and Ismaily (Ismailia),
who won the league once.

National League

1948/49 Al-Ahly
1949/50 Al-Ahly     
1950/51 Al-Ahly     
1951/52   not held (due to participation in 1952 Olympics)
1952/53 Al-Ahly     
1953/54 Al-Ahly     
1954/55   not finished (conflict between Al-Ahly and federation)
1955/56 Al-Ahly     
1956/57 Al-Ahly     
1957/58 Al-Ahly     
1958/59 Al-Ahly     
1959/60 Zamalek
1960/61 Al-Ahly     
1961/62 Al-Ahly     
1962/63 Tersana
1963/64 Zamalek
1964/65 Zamalek
1965/66 Olympic
1966/67 Ismaily
1967/68   not held 
1968/69   not held 
1969/70   not held 
1970/71   not finished (due to crowd violence in Al-Ahly vs Zamalek match)
1971/72   not held 
1972/73 Mahala
1973/74   not finished (due to war with Israel)
1974/75 Al-Ahly
1975/76 Al-Ahly
1976/77 Al-Ahly
1977/78 Zamalek
1978/79 Al-Ahly
1979/80 Al-Ahly
1980/81 Al-Ahly
1981/82 Al-Ahly
1982/83 Al-Mokaoulun
1983/84 Zamalek
1984/85 Al-Ahly
1985/86 Al-Ahly
1986/87 Al-Ahly
1987/88 Zamalek
1988/89 Al-Ahly
1989/90   not finished (due to World Cup 1990 preparation)
1990/91 Ismaily
1991/92 Zamalek
1992/93 Zamalek
1993/94 Al-Ahly
1994/95 Al-Ahly
1995/96 Al-Ahly
1996/97 Al-Ahly
1997/98 Al-Ahly
1998/99 Al-Ahly
1999/00 Al-Ahly
2000/01 Zamalek
2001/02 Ismaily
2002/03 Zamalek
2003/04 Zamalek
2004/05 Al-Ahly
2005/06 Al-Ahly
2006/07 Al-Ahly
2007/08 Al-Ahly
2008/09 Al-Ahly
2009/10 Al-Ahly
2010/11 Al-Ahly
2011/12   not finished (due to civil unrest)
2013      not finished (due to civil unrest)
2013/14 Al-Ahly
2014/15 Zamalek
2015/16 Al-Ahly
2016/17 Al-Ahly
2017/18 Al-Ahly
2018/19 Al-Ahly
2019/20 Al-Ahly
2020/21 Zamalek
2021/22 Zamalek  
2022/23 Al-Ahly 
2023/24 Al-Ahly 

Number of Titles (65 [since 1948/49])

44 Al-Ahly (Cairo)

14 Zamalek (Cairo)

 3 Ismaily (Ismailia)

 1 Mahala (Mahala el-Kubra) 
   Al-Mokaoulun (Cairo) 
   Olympic (Alexandria)
   Tersana (Cairo)


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