Hassan promoted, Yehia relegated and Hull struggle Mohamed Salah had a week to forget with Basel, who suffered two home defeats at the hands of Chelsea in the Europa League and Luzern in the Swiss Super League. Salah played 78 minutes in the 2-1 Chelsea loss and came on as a second-half sub in Basel's thumping 3-0 defeat to Luzern. Mohamed Al-Nenni only played 65 minutes of the Chelsea game. Hull's Egyptians also had a disappointing week as the Tigers missed out on the chance of sealing automatic promotion by losing 2-0 at lowly Barnsley, with Ahmed Elmohamady playing 90 minutes. Geddo missed the game through injury while Ahmed Fathi watched his team's loss from the bench. Adam El-Abd's Brighton secured a place in the playoffs with a 2-1 win at Leeds, but the Egypt international was once again left out.
Hossam Hassan promoted in Turkey with Rize Hossam Hassan, on loan at Turkey's Rizespor, saw his side win promotion to the Super Lig with a 3-0 victory over Ankaragucu, even though the Egypt international did not feature. In Portugal, Ahmed Hassan ‘Koka' returned from suspension to play the whole game in Rio Ave's 2-1 victory over Beira-Mar. Defender Ali Ghazal was substituted at half time as his team Nacional lost 2-1 to Sporting Lisbon. Ahmed Samir Farag played the whole game as Lierse lost 1-0 to Mons in the Belgian Europa League playoff, while Ahmed Abou-Mosallam came on as a second-half sub. In the UAE, Mohamed Abou-Treika played two games for Bani Yas, who beat Bahrain's Muharraq on penalties to reach the Gulf Clubs Championship semis before drawing 2-2 with Dhafra in the league. In Saudi Arabia, manager Tarek Yehia saw his side Hajr relegated to the second division after losing 2-1 at Shabab.
