1957–58 Egyptian Premier League

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Egyptian Premier League
Season	1957–58
Dates	25 October 1957 – 23 May 1958
Champions	Al Ahly (8th title)
Relegated	Ismaily Maleyat Kafr El Zayat Suez Al Masry El Mansoura Al Ittihad
Matches played	132
Goals scored	384 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hamdi Abdel Fattah (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Tersana 9–0 Al Ittihad (18 April 1958)
Biggest away win	El Mansoura 0–5 Suez (6 June 1958)
Highest scoring	Tersana 9–0 Al Ittihad (18 April 1958)
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 Egyptian Premier League, was the eighth season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs. The season started on 25 October 1957 and concluded on 23 May 1958, and it was the first time that the league table consisted of two groups consisting of 8 clubs. Defending champions Al Ahly won their 8th consecutive and 8th overall Egyptian Premier League title in the season.^[1]^[2]

League table

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (Q)	14	10	1	3	45	16	+29	31	Qualification to Championship play-off
2	Tersana	14	7	3	4	36	18	+18	24
3	Teram	14	7	3	4	16	15	+1	24
4	Suez	14	6	2	6	17	19	−2	20
5	Al Masry (R)	14	5	4	5	14	15	−1	19	Qualification to Relegation play-off
6	Al Ittihad (R)	14	4	3	7	13	30	−17	15
7	El Mansoura (R)	14	3	4	7	10	23	−13	13
8	Ismaily (R)	14	1	6	7	16	31	−15	9	Relegation to Second Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek (Q)	14	12	2	0	31	9	+22	38	Qualification to Championship play-off
2	Olympic	14	8	2	4	27	15	+12	26
3	El Sekka El Hadid	14	6	4	4	14	14	0	22
4	El Qanah	14	5	5	4	19	14	+5	20
5	El Suez (R)	14	4	5	5	22	22	0	17	Qualification to Relegation play-off
6	Tanta	14	4	4	6	21	27	−6	16
7	Ghazl El Mahalla	14	2	4	8	11	20	−9	10
8	Maleyat Kafr El Zayat (R)	14	0	4	10	9	33	−24	4	Relegation to Second Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Play-off

18 May 1958

Zamalek	1–1	Al Ahly
Khalil Kadry 43'		Rifaat El-Fanagily 84'

23 May 1958

Al Ahly	3–1	Zamalek
El-Dhizui 6' Saleh Selim 55', 85'		Essam Baheeg 88'

References

External links

All Egyptian Competitions Info

Football in Egypt

Egyptian Football Association

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17
Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Premier League Second Division (A B) Third Division Fourth Division defunct: Second Division Zone League (Alexandria Cairo Canal)
Women	W-Premier League W-Second Division