1962–63 Egyptian Premier League

Football league season

Egyptian Premier League
Season	1962–63
Dates	28 September 1962 – 5 June 1963
Champions	Tersana (1st title)
Relegated	El Minya
Matches played	280
Goals scored	806 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hassan El-Shazly (29 goals)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Egyptian Premier League, was the 13th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs. The league consisted of 2 groups made up of 12 clubs. The season started on 28 September 1962 and ended on 5 June 1963. Tersana managed to win the league for the first time in the club's history.^[1]^[2]

League table

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (Q)	22	19	2	1	55	11	+44	59	Qualification to Championship play-off
2	El Qanah (Q)	22	12	2	8	44	19	+25	38	Qualification to 2nd place Playoff Tournament
3	Olympic	22	8	10	4	35	24	+11	34
4	Suez	22	9	8	5	30	23	+7	35
5	Tanta	22	9	8	5	28	22	+6	35
6	El Sekka El Hadid	22	9	4	9	29	22	+7	31
7	Damietta	22	7	8	7	26	28	−2	29
8	El Baharia	22	7	7	8	27	31	−4	28
9	Port Fouad	22	8	3	11	26	40	−14	27
10	Maleyat Kafr El Zayat	22	7	4	11	27	30	−3	25
11	Suez Petroleum	22	2	6	14	16	54	−38	12
12	El Minya (R)	22	2	4	16	12	51	−39	10	Qualification to Relegation play-off

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

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek (Q)	22	16	2	4	56	23	+33	50	Qualification to 2nd place Playoff Tournament
2	Tersana (Q)	22	16	2	4	58	36	+22	50
3	Ismaily	22	15	4	3	46	15	+31	49
4	Al Ittihad	22	15	3	4	51	33	+18	48
5	Al Masry	22	12	2	8	44	25	+19	38
6	Ghazl El Mahalla	22	8	8	6	32	25	+7	32
7	Suez	22	8	1	13	29	39	−10	25
8	Damanhour	22	6	3	13	25	49	−24	21
9	Beni Suef	22	5	2	15	21	37	−16	17
10	Aviation	22	3	6	13	17	41	−24	15
11	El Teram	22	4	4	14	22	61	−39	16
12	El Mansoura	22	2	7	13	12	29	−17	13	Qualification to Relegation play-off

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to Championship play-off

Final stage

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tersana (C)	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
2	Zamalek	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Al Ahly	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	El Qanah	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion

Championship play-off matches

Tersana v Al Ahly

10 May 1963	Tersana	2–0	Al Ahly
	Tarek Selim 42' (o.g.) El-Shazly 58'

Zamalek v Tersana

24 May 1963	Zamalek	3–3	Tersana
	Emam 36', 46' Mohsen 67'		Hamdi Abdel Fattah 33' Hanafi El-Nazer 76' El-Shazly 81'

Al Ahly v El Qanah

25 May 1963	Al Ahly	1–1	El Qanah
	El-Fanagily 86'		Wahba 34'

Zamalek v Al Ahly

31 May 1963	Zamalek	1–1	Al Ahly
	Noshi 46'		El-Fanagily 64'

Tersana v El Qanah

2 June 1963	Tersana	2–1	El Qanah
	El-Shazly 11', 22'		Essmat 18'

Zamalek v El Qanah

5 June 1963	Zamalek	2–1	El Qanah
	Said Titi 1' Emam 3'		Adel Zain

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hassan El-Shazly	Tersana	29
2	Mohamed Seddeek	Ismaily	20
3	Taha Ismail	Al Ahly	20
4	Hamada Emam	Zamalek	19
5	Adel Zain	El Qanah	19

References

^ ar:الدوري المصري الممتاز 1962–63
^ "1962–63 season".

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