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The Port Said Stadium riot was a riot which occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt on 1 February 2012, following an Egyptian Premier League football match between Al Masry and Al Ahly. Seventy-four people were killed and more than 500 injured after thousands of Al Masry fans invaded the pitch following a 3–1 victory by their club ...
The Egyptian Premier League once had among highest average stadium attendance in Africa and the Middle East until the Port Said Stadium riot occurred on 1 February 2012 after a league match involving Al Masry and Al Ahly, where 74 people were killed and more than 500 were injured. [2]
On 1 February 2012, a massive riot occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt, following an Egyptian Premier League football match between Al-Masry and Al Ahly, following a 3–1 victory by Al-Masry. Al-Masry supporters violently attacked supporters of Al Ahly by trapping them inside the stadium and attacking them with clubs, stones ...
[1] [2] Al Ahly were the defending champions. [3] The season started on 18 September 2023, and concluded on 18 August 2024. [4] Al Ahly successfully defended their title and won the league on 8 August 2024 following a 1–0 away win against Smouha, winning a record-extending 44th league title. [5]
Al Ahly: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi: 21 September 2021: 2020–21: Tala'ea El Geish: 0–0 (3–2 p) Al Ahly: Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria: 28 October 2022: 2021–22: Al Ahly: 2–0 Zamalek: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain: 5 May 2023: 2022–23: Al Ahly: 1–0 Pyramids [e] Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi: 28 December 2023 ...
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.
The match is usually contested by the winners of the Premier League and the Egypt Cup, but since Al Ahly won the double (2016–17 Egyptian Premier League and 2016–17 Egypt Cup), Al Masry qualified by default as the runners-up of the cup.
However, since Al Ahly already qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League, the Confederation Cup entry went to Al Masry, as they reached the Cup final. [3] This was the 7th time the two teams meet each other in the final, having played before in 1927, 1945, 1947, 1983, 1984 and 1989.