The 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League was the 57th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The fixtures were announced on 20 September 2015.^[1] The season began on 20 October 2015 and concluded on 9 July 2016.^[2]

Zamalek began the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. Aswan, El Entag El Harby and Ghazl El Mahalla entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Egyptian Second Division.

On 24 June 2016, Al Ahly won the title with two games to spare after a 2–1 away win over Ismaily to secure their 38th Egyptian Premier League title.

Ismaily

M. Lel Makkasa

G. El Mahalla

Aswan

Petrojet

Al Masry

Alexandria

Cairo

Alexandria teams
H. El Hodoud
Al Ittihad
Smouha

Cairo teams
Al Ahly
El Dakhleya
E. El Harby
ENPPI
El Gaish
Al Mokawloon
El Shorta
Wadi Degla
Zamalek

Locations of the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League teams

Unlike the previous season, a total of 18 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2014–15 season and 3 promoted from the Egyptian Second Division.

Managerial changes

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
El Entag El Harby	Moamen Soliman	Mutual consent	27 June 2015[4]	Pre-season	Shawky Gharieb	22 July 2015[5]
Al Ahly	Fathi Mabrouk	Sacked	5 October 2015[6]		José Peseiro	9 October 2015[7]
Ghazl El Mahalla	Mohamed Geneddy		1 November 2015[8]	18	Ahmed Hassan	1 November 2015[8]
Smouha	Mohamed Youssef		1 November 2015[9]	12	Mimi Abdel Razek	1 November 2015[9]
Al Mokawloon	Hassan Shehata	Resigned	13 November 2015[10]	16	Tarek El Ashry	15 November 2015[11]
Al Ittihad	Stoycho Mladenov	Mutual consent	15 November 2015[12]	8	Leonel Pontes	20 November 2015[13]
Haras El Hodoud	Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny	Resigned	16 November 2015[14]	17	Ahmed Ayoub	16 November 2015[15]
Zamalek	Jesualdo Ferreira		21 November 2015[16]	4	Marcos Paquetá	13 December 2015[17]
Ittihad El Shorta	Khaled El Kamash	Sacked	26 November 2015[18]	15	Fathi Mabrouk	26 November 2015[19]
Petrojet	Ahmed Hassan	Resigned	11 December 2015[20]	14	Talaat Youssef	12 December 2015[21]
Ismaily	Mido		20 December 2015[22]	5	Nasreddine Nabi	27 December 2015[23]
Ghazl El Mahalla	Ahmed Hassan		24 December 2015[24]	18	Mohamed Faiz	1 January 2016[25]
Zamalek	Marcos Paquetá	Sacked	4 January 2016[26]	5	Mido	4 January 2016[26]
ENPPI	Hany Ramzy	Resigned	9 January 2016[27]	11	Hamada Sedki	17 January 2016[28]
Wadi Degla	Hamada Sedki		14 January 2016[29]	14	Patrice Carteron	16 January 2016[30]
Al Ahly	José Peseiro		18 January 2016[31]	3	Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi	18 January 2016[31]
Al Mokawloon	Tarek El Ashry	Sacked	20 January 2016[32]	15	Mohamed Ouda	22 January 2016[33]
Ghazl El Mahalla	Mohamed Faiz		20 January 2016[34]	18	Khaled El Kamash	20 January 2016[34]
Ismaily	Nasreddine Nabi		25 January 2016[35]	11	Khaled El Kamash	26 January 2016[36]
Ghazl El Mahalla	Khaled El Kamash	Signed by Ismaily	26 January 2016[36]	17	Samir Kamouna	2 February 2016[37]
Zamalek	Mido	Sacked	9 February 2016[citation needed]	2	Mohamed Salah	9 February 2016[citation needed]
Ittihad El Shorta	Fathi Mabrouk		12 February 2016[38]	16	Hany Ramzy	12 February 2016[38]
Smouha	Mimi Abdel Razek	Resigned	17 February 2016[39]	8	Helmy Toulan	19 February 2016[40]
Zamalek	Mohamed Salah	End of caretaker spell	28 February 2016[41]	2	Alex McLeish	28 February 2016[41]
Al Ahly	Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi		1 March 2016[42]	1	Martin Jol	1 March 2016[42]
Haras El Hodoud	Ahmed Ayoub	Sacked	1 March 2016[43]	18	Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny	1 March 2016[44]
Al Ittihad	Leonel Pontes		8 March 2016[45]	14	Mokhtar Mokhtar	9 March 2016[46]
ENPPI	Hamada Sedki		16 April 2016[47]	12	Khaled Metwalli	16 April 2016[47]
El Dakhleya	Alaa Abdel Aal	Resigned	23 April 2016[48]	7	Mohamed Yousry	25 April 2016[49]
ENPPI	Khaled Metwalli	End of caretaker spell	27 April 2016[50]	13	Alaa Abdel Aal	27 April 2016[50]
Zamalek	Alex McLeish	Mutual consent	2 May 2016[51]	2	Mohamed Helmy	2 May 2016[52]

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