1961–62 Egyptian Premier League

Football league season

Egyptian Premier League
Season	1961–62
Dates	6 October 1961 – 22 April 1962
Champions	Ahly (11th title)
Relegated	Relegation was cancelled
Matches played	90
Goals scored	274 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Moustafa Reyadh (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Zamalek 7–0 Al Ittihad (12 November 1961)
Biggest away win	Zamalek 0–3 Al Ahly (20 April 1962)
Highest scoring	Zamalek 7–0 Al Ittihad (12 November 1961)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Egyptian Premier League, was the 12th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 6 October 1961 and concluded on 22 April 1962. Al Ahly managed to win the league for the eleventh time in the club's history.^[1]^[2]

League table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Al Ahly (C)	18	13	3	2	37	16	29
2	Zamalek	18	12	2	4	35	15	26
3	Tersana	18	12	1	5	36	21	22
4	El Qanah	18	11	2	5	36	20	24
5	Al Masry	18	5	6	7	29	32	16
6	Suez	18	7	2	9	24	27	16
7	Al Ittihad	18	5	3	10	23	42	13
8	Tanta	18	4	4	10	16	28	12
9	Olympic	18	3	5	10	21	39	11
10	El Sekka El Hadid	18	1	6	11	17	34	8

(C)= Champions, (R)= Relegated, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Moustafa Reyadh	Tersana	20
2	Loufa	El Qanah	14
3	Taha Ismail	Al Ahly	11
4	Badawi Abdel Fattah	Tersana	8
5	Adel Zain	El Qanah	8

Teams

Olympic

Cairo and Giza teams
Al Ahly
Tersana
El Sekka El Hadid
Zamalek

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Locations of the 1961–62 Egyptian Premier League teams

References

^ ar:الدوري المصري الممتاز 1961–62
^ "1961–62 season".
^ "1961–62 season top goal scorers".

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