1948–49 Egyptian Premier League

1948–49 Egyptian Premier League

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	22 October 1948
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (1st title)
Runners-up	Tersana
Third place	Al-Ismaily
Fourth place	Al-Masry
Tournament statistics
Matches played	220
Goals scored	310 (1.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ad-Diba (15 goals) El-Dhizui (15 goals)

The 1948–49 Egyptian Premier League started on 22 October 1948. Al Ahly were crowned champions for the first time.

Clubs

No.	Club
1	Al Ahly
2	Tersana
3	Ismaily
4	Al-Masry
5	Farouk Club
6	Ittihad
7	Al-Olympi
8	Al-Sekka Al-Hadid
9	Younan Alexandria
10	Teram
11	Port Fouad

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ahly (C)	20	13	3	4	48	21	+27	29
2	Tersana	20	10	5	5	30	22	+8	25
3	Ismaily	20	10	5	5	25	23	+2	25
4	Al-Masry	20	8	7	5	30	28	+2	23
5	Zamalek	20	9	5	6	26	22	+4	23
6	Ittihad	20	10	2	8	42	32	+10	22
7	Al-Olympi	20	6	7	7	24	29	−5	19
8	Al-Sekka Al-Hadid	20	7	4	9	32	36	−4	18
9	Younan	20	5	7	8	20	30	−10	17
10	Teram	20	2	6	12	20	34	−14	10
11	Port Fouad	20	3	3	14	13	33	−20	9

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Mohamed Diab El-Attar "Diba"	Egypt	Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary	15
-	El-Dhizui	Egypt	Al-Masry	15

Al-Ahly Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	Vs.	Younan	5–0	3–0
Al Ahly	Vs.	Zamalek	2–2	0–1
Al Ahly	Vs.	Tersana	2–2	1–1
Al Ahly	Vs.	Olympic	5–2	2–0
Al Ahly	Vs.	Al-Masry	3–0	3–1
Al Ahly	Vs.	Ittihad	1–2	1–0
Al Ahly	Vs.	Ismaily	2–0	1–2
Al Ahly	Vs.	Al-Sekka Al-Hadid	7–0	4–2
Al Ahly	Vs.	Teram	2–1	2–1
Al Ahly	Vs.	Port Fouad	2–1	2–0

Egyptian Premier League 1948-49 Winners
Al Ahly First title

External links

• all about Egyptian football
• ALL ABOUT EGYTIAN PLAYERS
• [1] egyptianfootball.net
• RSSSF
• RSSSF competition history
• [2] Archived 2019-09-18 at the Wayback Machine Egyptian Premier League schedule, match results, and match downloads