Cairo League

Cairo League
Country	Egypt
Founded	1922
Folded	1958
Number of teams	5
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Egypt Cup
Last champions	Al Ahly (1957–58)
Most championships	Al Ahly (16 titles)

Cairo League 1924–1953 & 1957–58, is an old Egyptian football tournament. Before the start of Egyptian Premier League in its current form, the main competition was the Egypt Cup which started 1921. Egyptian federation started its 1st league competition (1938) in the form of regional leagues (Cairo, Alexandria, Bahary & Canal). The competition was played along with the new league form (1948–1953) then finally stopped. Five teams participated in this league Al-Zamalek, Al-Ahly, Sekka, Police & Greek Clubs. The Championship was then held once more in 1957–58 but was then stopped again.

Honours

The past Winners are: ^[1]

Season	Winner
1922–23	Al-Zamalek
1923–24	Sekka
1924–25	Al-Ahly
1925–26	Sekka
1926–27	Al-Ahly
1927–28	Al-Ahly
1928–29	Al-Ahly
1929–30	Al-Zamalek
1930–31	Al-Ahly
1931–32	Al-Zamalek
1932–33	Tersana
1933–34	Al-Ahly
1934–35	Al-Ahly
1935–36	Al-Ahly
1936–37	Al-Ahly
1937–38	Al-Ahly
1938–39	Al-Ahly
1939–40	Al-Zamalek
1940–41	Al-Zamalek
1941–42	Al-Ahly
1942–43	Al-Ahly
1943–44	Al-Zamalek
1944–45	Al-Zamalek
1945–46	Al-Zamalek
1946–47	Al-Zamalek
1947–48	Al-Ahly
1948–49	Al-Zamalek
1949–50	Al-Ahly
1950–51	Al-Zamalek
1951–52	Al-Zamalek
1952–53	Al-Zamalek
1953–1957	Not Played
1957–58	Al-Ahly

Performances

Team	Titles
Al-Ahly	16
Al-Zamalek	13
Sekka	2
Tersana	1

References

↑ http://ahlyegypt.com/ahly/node/59

1^ http://new.el-ahly.com/mobile/Story.aspx?newsid=47798

External links

Cairo League

1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1957–58

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 Third Division Fourth Division Zone League (Alexandria . Cairo . Canal) (defunct)

Domestic cups

Men	Egypt Cup Super Cup League Cup (defunct) Sultan Hussein Cup (defunct)

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

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