Cairo League

The Cairo League is an Official Egyptian football tournament. Before the start of Egyptian Premier League in its current form, the main competition was the Egypt Cup which started in 1922.

Cairo League

Founded	1922
Folded	1958
Country	Egypt
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Egypt Cup
Last champions	Al Ahly (1957–58)
Most championships	Al Ahly (17 titles)

History

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 (1948–1954) then finally stopped.

Zamalek squad, the winners of the first Cairo League in 1922

Five teams participated in this league Zamalek, Al Ahly, Sekka, Tersana, Police, the Greek Club and others. The Championship was then held once more in 1957–58 but was then stopped again.

Honours

The past Winners are:

Season	Winner
1922–23	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	Zamalek
1930–31	Al Ahly
1931–32	Zamalek
1932–33	Tersana
1933–34	Zamalek
1934–35	Al Ahly
1935–36	Al Ahly
1936–37	Al Ahly
1937–38	Al Ahly
1938–39	Al Ahly
1939–40	Zamalek
1940–41	Zamalek
1941–42	Al Ahly
1942–43	Al Ahly
1943–44	Zamalek
1944–45	Zamalek
1945–46	Al Ahly
1946–47	Zamalek
1947–48	Al Ahly
1948–49	Zamalek
1949–50	Al Ahly
1950–51	Zamalek
1951–52	Zamalek
1952–53	Zamalek
1953-1954	Al Ahly
1954–1957	Not Played
1957–58	Al Ahly

Performances

Team	Titles
Al Ahly	17
Zamalek	13
Sekka	2
Tersana	1

References

1^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160919040602/http://new.el-ahly.com/mobile/Story.aspx?newsid=47798 2^ https://www.el-ahly.com/pages/News?aid=47798

External links

• https://www.el-ahly.com/pages/News?aid=47798
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160919040602/http://new.el-ahly.com/mobile/Story.aspx?newsid=47798
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