2024–25 Ghazl El Mahalla SC season

Ghazl El Mahalla
2024–25 season
Manager	Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek; (until 3 December); Shawky Gharieb; (from 8 December)
Stadium	Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	15th
Egypt Cup	Round of 16
Egyptian League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda (4); All: ; Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda (4)
Biggest defeat	Pyramids 3–0 Ghazl El Mahalla
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 21 January 2025.

The 2024–25 season is the 89th season in Ghazl El Mahalla SC's history and the first season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Ghazl El Mahalla is set to compete in the domestic cup, and the Egyptian League Cup.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
21 August 2024	MF	Hossam Greisha	Al Masry	€76,000
29 August 2024	FW	Mohamed Hamdy Zaky	Aswan	€37,000
13 September 2024	DF	Ahmed Hakam	Smouha	Loan	^[1]
17 September 2024	MF	Mohamed Ashraf Ben Sharqi	La Viena FC	Undisclosed	^[2]
18 September 2024	MF	Ibrahim Hassan	National Bank	Free	^[3]
21 September 2024	FW	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda	ES Tunis	€60,000
17 October 2024	DF	Abdoul Aziz Coulibaly	Right to Dream	Undisclosed	^[4]
20 October 2024	DF	Abdelrahman Semida	Pyramids	Free
23 October 2024	FW	Mahmoud Setouhi	Al Ittihad	Free	^[5]
24 October 2024	MF	Youssef Hassan	Baladiyat El Mahalla	Undisclosed	^[6]
20 January 2025	DF	Mousa Farawi	National Bank	Undisclosed	^[7]

Out

Friendlies

30 September 2024 Friendly

Smouha

1–0

Ghazl El Mahalla

2 October 2024 Friendly	Al Ittihad	3–1	Ghazl El Mahalla	Alexandria
16:30 UTC+3	Farid 20' Boateng 70'		Zaky 79'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

7 October 2024 Friendly	Tala'ea El Gaish	1–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Ismailia
		Report

10 October 2024 Friendly	Ghazl El Mahalla	1–1	National Bank	Cairo
	Castelo	Report	Annor

23 October 2024 Friendly	Ghazl El Mahalla	3–2	Tanta	El Mahalla El Kubra
	Ashraf Ben Hammouda El Akhmimi	Report		Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium

17 January 2025 Friendly	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–0	Egypt U20	El Mahalla El Kubra
		Report		Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	2 November 2024	30 May 2025	Matchday 1	9	2	2	5	7	14	−7	022.22
Egypt Cup	5 January 2025		Round of 32	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Egyptian League Cup	12 December 2024		Group stage	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total				11	4	2	5	11	15	−4	036.36

Last updated: 21 January 2025
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Smouha	17	6	2	9	13	22	−9	20	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Al Ittihad	17	4	6	7	11	16	−5	18
14	Ghazl El Mahalla	17	5	2	10	16	24	−8	17
15	El Gouna	17	4	5	8	10	15	−5	17
16	Ismaily	17	3	5	9	11	21	−10	14

Source: Soccerway (regular season)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pyramids	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	47	Qualification for the Champions League first or second round
2	Al Ahly	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	43^[a]
3	Zamalek	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	39	Qualification for the Confederation Cup first or second round
4	Al Masry	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	35
5	National Bank of Egypt	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	32
6	Ceramica Cleopatra	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	27
7	Pharco	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	26
8	Petrojet	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	25
9	Haras El Hodoud	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	22

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2025. Source: Soccerway (championship round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off tie.
(Note: Clubs qualified for this phase with the full regular season points they got, but without goals for or against)
Notes:

^ Al Ahly were initially deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Zamalek, scheduled to be played on 11 March 2025.^[9] The points deduction was later cancelled by the Egyptian Premier League.^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
4	Tala'ea El Gaish	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	22
5	Smouha	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	22
6	Ghazl El Mahalla	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	20
7	Ismaily	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	19
8	ENPPI	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	18	Relegation to Second Division A

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2025. Source: Soccerway (relegation round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off tie.
(Note: Clubs qualified for this phase with the full regular season points they got, but without goals for or against)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	2	2	5	7	14	−7	8	0	1	4	2	9	−7	2	1	1	5	5	0

Last updated: 21 January 2025.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L
Position	8	12	7	13	15

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 19 October 2024.^[11]

2 November 2024 1	Ismaily	0–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Ismailia
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed Marouf

7 November 2024 2	Ghazl El Mahalla	2–3	Tala'ea El Gaish	El Mahalla El Kubra
17:00 UTC+2	Ben Hammouda 79', 90+5'		Fathy 14' Okwara 70' (pen.) El Sheikh 88'	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

23 November 2024 3	El Gouna	0–1	Ghazl El Mahalla	El Gouna
17:00 UTC+2			Yehia 25'	Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium Referee: Mustafa Al-Shahdi

2 December 2024 4	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–4	Zamalek	El Mahalla El Kubra
20:00 UTC+2	Zakaria 3'		Mansi 18', 21' Zizo 72' (pen.) Abdelmaguid 79'	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouni

21 December 2024 5	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–0	Al Ittihad	El Mahalla El Kubra
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mostafa El Shahdi

26 December 2024 6	Smouha	2–4	Ghazl El Mahalla	Alexandria
17:00 UTC+2	Hassan 20' (pen.) Saber 75'		Amoory 32' Ben Hammouda 53' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Zaky 56' (pen.) El Akhmimi 75' 90+4'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

1 January 2025 7	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–1	National Bank	El Mahalla El Kubra
20:00 UTC+2			Annor 6'	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mostafa Osman

15 January 2025 8	Pyramids	3–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo
16:00 UTC+2	Gabr 34' Adel 51' Mayele 84'			Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

21 January 2025 9	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–1	Haras El Hodoud	El Mahalla El Kubra
16:00 UTC+2			El Gazar 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Atef Hussein

Egypt Cup

5 January 2025 Round of 32	Ghazl El Mahalla	1–0	Sporting Alexandria	El Mahalla El Kubra
14:30	Essam 45+3'			Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Ahmed Hamdy

8 March 2025 Round of 16	Ghazl El Mahalla	v	Pharco	El Mahalla El Kubra
21:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium

Egyptian League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	National Bank	4	2	2	0	9	3	+6	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ceramica Cleopatra	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ghazl El Mahalla	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
4	Al Masry	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
5	ZED	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1

Source: EPL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 December 2024 1	Ghazl El Mahalla	3–1	ZED	El Mahalla El Kubra
20:00 UTC+2	Zaky 11' Abdul Fatawu 25' Yehia 38'		Hussein 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Sobhy El Amrawy

18 March 2025 2

National Bank

v

Ghazl El Mahalla

23 March 2025 3

Ceramica Cleopatra

v

Ghazl El Mahalla

23 April 2025 4	Ghazl El Mahalla	v	Al Masry	Suez
				Stadium: Suez Stadium

References

^ "سموحة يوافق على إعارة أحمد حكم لـ غزل المحلة.. رسميًا". كورة بلس. September 11, 2024.
^ "غزل المحلة يضم محمد أشرف بن شرقي لاعب لافيينا لمدة 4 مواسم". اليوم السابع. September 17, 2024.
^ "رسميًا.. غزل المحلة يضم إبراهيم حسن". كووورة. September 18, 2024.
^ "غزل المحلة يضم الإيفوراى عبد العزيز كوليبالى لمدة 5 سنوات". اليوم السابع. October 17, 2024.
^ "سطوحي الاتحاد ينضم لصفوف غزل المحلة في صفقة انتقال حر". كورة بلس. October 23, 2024.
^ "غزل المحلة يضم يوسف حسن لاعب البلدية لمدة 4 سنوات". اليوم السابع. October 24, 2024.
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^ "لائحة الدوري المصري موسم 2024-2025" [Egyptian Premier League regulations for the 2024/25 season]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ "Al Ahly withdraw from the Cairo derby in protest over match officials". Al Ahram Online. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "Ahly to resume Egyptian League after EPL reduces derby withdrawal punishment". Al Ahram Online. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
^ "إقامة قرعة الدوري المصري للموسم الجديد السبت المقبل رسميًا". اليوم السابع. October 16, 2024.

[table_hth_AHL0.9253183686758-11] Al Ahly were initially deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Zamalek, scheduled to be played on 11 March 2025.^[9] The points deduction was later cancelled by the Egyptian Premier League.^[10]

[1] "سموحة يوافق على إعارة أحمد حكم لـ غزل المحلة.. رسميًا". كورة بلس. September 11, 2024.

[2] "غزل المحلة يضم محمد أشرف بن شرقي لاعب لافيينا لمدة 4 مواسم". اليوم السابع. September 17, 2024.

[3] "رسميًا.. غزل المحلة يضم إبراهيم حسن". كووورة. September 18, 2024.

[4] "غزل المحلة يضم الإيفوراى عبد العزيز كوليبالى لمدة 5 سنوات". اليوم السابع. October 17, 2024.

[5] "سطوحي الاتحاد ينضم لصفوف غزل المحلة في صفقة انتقال حر". كورة بلس. October 23, 2024.

[6] "غزل المحلة يضم يوسف حسن لاعب البلدية لمدة 4 سنوات". اليوم السابع. October 24, 2024.

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[8] "لائحة الدوري المصري موسم 2024-2025" [Egyptian Premier League regulations for the 2024/25 season]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[9] "Al Ahly withdraw from the Cairo derby in protest over match officials". Al Ahram Online. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[10] "Ahly to resume Egyptian League after EPL reduces derby withdrawal punishment". Al Ahram Online. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

[12] "إقامة قرعة الدوري المصري للموسم الجديد السبت المقبل رسميًا". اليوم السابع. October 16, 2024.

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