The Egyptian Clubs Association has settled on holding the draw ceremony for the new 2026/2027 league season in the first 10 days of August.
And FilGoal.com learned that the draw will be held in the first 10 days of next August, two weeks before the start of the league.
And FilGoal.com learned that the closest day to hold the draw will be August 8 on the North Coast as part of the Yalla Sahel initiative.
The league is scheduled to kick off on August 21.
The Egyptian league will be held with the participation of 20 teams in the upcoming season.
The competition will start with a single round-robin system, then the top 6 teams will compete in a title contention group, while the rest of the teams compete to avoid relegation.
Four teams will be relegated to the second division at the end of the season, with three teams promoted in their place, making the league consist of 19 teams in the 2027/2028 season.
The Egyptian Professional Clubs Association re-elected Ahmed Diab as its president by acclamation to continue in his position.
The clubs association elections were held and the new formation of the association was approved by acclamation.
Ahmed Diab continues in his position as chairman of the association's board of directors.
With the membership of Ibrahim El-Kafrawy, Khaled Refaat, and Khaled Shukri, in addition to Mohamed El-Khouly, who became the only change in the list and entered instead of Sherif Saleh.
The Football Association is expected to announce next week the duo nominated by it for the clubs association board of directors.