2019 Egypt Cup
Tournament details
CountryEgypt
Dates12 August – 3 October 2018 (qualifying competition)
8 October 2018 – 8 September 2019 (main competition)
Teams262 (overall)
244 (qualifying competition)
32 (main competition)
Defending championsZamalek
Final positions
ChampionsZamalek (27th title)
Runner-upPyramids
Confederation CupAl Masry[lower-alpha 1]
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored87 (2.81 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)John Antwi
Khaled Kamar
Mahmoud Kaoud
Ahmed Raouf
Eric Traoré
(3 goals each)

The 2018–19 Egypt Cup was the 87th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It is sponsored by WE, and known as the WE Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the First Preliminary Round on 12 August 2018, and concluded with the final on 8 September 2019.

Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek successfully defended their title and defeated Pyramids 3–0 in the final.[2]

Teams

RoundClubs remainingClubs involvedWinners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering
at this round
Round of 3232321418Egyptian Premier League
Round of 16161616nonenone
Quarter-finals888nonenone
Semi-finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date First match date
Qualifying rounds First Preliminary Round 6 August 2018[3] 12 August 2018
Second Preliminary Round 27 August 2018[4] 4 September 2018
Third Preliminary Round 10 September 2018[5][6][7] 24 September 2018
Fourth Preliminary Round 29 September 2018
Fifth Preliminary Round 3 October 2018
Main tournament Round of 32 4 October 2018[8][9] 8 October 2018
Round of 16 23 October 2018
Quarter-finals 3 January 2019
Semi-finals 1 September 2019
Final 8 September 2019

Format

Participation

The Egypt Cup began with a round of 32 teams. The 18 teams of the Egyptian Premier League, along with the 14 winning teams qualified from the Fifth Preliminary Round of the 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds.

Draw

The draw for the main competition was held at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Gezira, Cairo on 4 October 2018 and was broadcast live on ON Sport.

For the first round, the participating teams were split into three pots, the first one contained the three promoted teams from the Egyptian Second Division and the fifteenth placed team in the Egyptian Premier League, the second one contained the other 14 teams of the Egyptian Premier League and the last one contained the 14 teams qualified from the Fifth Preliminary Round.

The draw rules are as follow:

Match rules

Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two-halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score is still level after this, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss will decide who takes the first penalty. A total of seven players are allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to three substitutions being allowed during regulation.

Champion qualification

Usually, the winner of the Egypt Cup earns automatic qualification for the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup. If they have already qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup or CAF Champions League through their position in the Egyptian Premier League, then the spot will go to the cup runners-up. If the cup runners-up also qualified for an African competition through their league position, then the spot will be given to the fourth placed team in the league.

However, since the competition will conclude in September 2019 and the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup began in August 2019, the winner of this season's edition of the competition won't earn qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup, and the spot awarded to the cup winner was given to the fourth placed team in the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League.

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the Egyptian Premier League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 14 available places in the Round of 32. The qualifying competition began with the First Preliminary Round on 12 August 2018. The final (fifth) qualifying round was played on 3 October 2018.

Round of 32

The matches were played from 8 October to 2 December 2018. This round included four teams from the Egyptian Third Division, Ittihad El Shorta, MS Minyat Samanoud, Muslim Youths (Qena) and Naser El Fekreia, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) El Dakhleya (1)0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–2 p)		 El Mansoura (2) Abbassia, Cairo
15:00 Report Stadium: Police Academy Stadium
Referee: Sobhy El Amrawy
Penalties
8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) El Entag El Harby (1) 2–0Ittihad El Shorta (3)Al Salam City, Cairo
15:00
  • Ragab 29'
  • Hamdy 52'
 Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Saber
8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) Ismaily (1) 4–0Naser El Fekreia (3)Ismailia
18:00
Report Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Tabei
8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1) 2–0Ghazl El Mahalla (2)Nasr City, Cairo
18:00
Report Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Nader Kamar El Dawla
9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Petrojet (1) 6–0MS Tala (2)Suez
15:00
Report Stadium: Suez Stadium
Referee: Hesham El Fallal
9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) ENPPI (1) 3–0Muslim Youths (Qena) (3)New Cairo, Cairo
18:00
Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Hosny Sultan
9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Pyramids (1) 3–2Tanta (2)Nasr City, Cairo
21:00
Report
  • El Sayed 2'
  • Abdel Rahman 58' (pen.)
 Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Abdallah
10 October 2018 (2018-10-10) Al Ahly (1) 3–2Tersana (2)Al Salam City, Cairo
17:00
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
10 October 2018 (2018-10-10) Wadi Degla (1) 4–1El Gouna (1)New Cairo, Cairo
17:00
Report
Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din
10 October 2018 (2018-10-10) Misr Lel Makkasa (1) 2–0Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)Nasr City, Cairo
20:00
Report Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Abbas
11 October 2018 (2018-10-11) Nogoom (1)1–3 (a.e.t.) Haras El Hodoud (1) Nasr City, Cairo
15:00
  • Abdel Halim 69'
 Report
  • Moses 17', 98'
  • Gamal 114' (pen.)
 Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Desouky
11 October 2018 (2018-10-11) Smouha (1) 3–2Al Aluminium (2)Borg El Arab, Alexandria
15:05
Report
  • Milad 80'
  • Saleh 90+5'
 Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub
11 October 2018 (2018-10-11) Tala'ea El Gaish (1) 3–2El Qanah (2)Nasr City, Cairo
18:00
Report
  • Charley 2'
  • Nabil 60'
 Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Qelawi
11 October 2018 (2018-10-11) Al Ittihad (1) 3–1Porto Suez (2)Shatby, Alexandria
18:00
Report
  • El Ghazaly 7'
 Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Roushdy
11 October 2018 (2018-10-11) Zamalek (1) 1–0MS Minyat Samanoud (3)New Cairo, Cairo
21:00
Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)[lower-alpha 2] Al Masry (1)1–2 Al Jazeera (2) Ismailia
17:00
Report
  • Khalil 59' (pen.)
  • Refaat 90+4'
 Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Referee: Amr Ayed

Round of 16

The matches were played from 23 October 2018 to 17 August 2019. This round included two teams from the Egyptian Second Division, Al Jazeera and El Mansoura, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) Ismaily (1) 1–0Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)Al Salam City, Cairo
15:00
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Adel
23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) Zamalek (1) 2–0 (a.e.t.)El Entag El Harby (1)Borg El Arab, Alexandria
18:00
Report Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour
24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) Misr Lel Makkasa (1) 2–1Wadi Degla (1)Shatby, Alexandria
16:00
Report
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy
24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) Tala'ea El Gaish (1)0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		 Haras El Hodoud (1) New Cairo, Cairo
20:00 Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
Penalties
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) ENPPI (1) 4–2El Mansoura (2)Nasr City, Cairo
17:00
Report
  • Abdel Samie 69'
  • Nagati 75'
 Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy
7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)[lower-alpha 3] Smouha (1)0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Al Ittihad (1) Borg El Arab, Alexandria
19:00 Report Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
Penalties
18 December 2018 (2018-12-18)[lower-alpha 4] Al Jazeera (2)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		 Petrojet (1) Nasr City, Cairo
17:00
  • Refaat 14'
 Report
Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed
Penalties
  • Ragab soccer ball with red X
  • Khalil soccer ball with check mark
  • Ebeid soccer ball with red X
17 August 2019 (2019-08-17)[lower-alpha 5] Al Ahly (1)0–1 Pyramids (1) Borg El Arab, Alexandria
20:00 Report
Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Referee: Gehad Grisha

Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 3 January to 30 August 2019.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

3 January 2019 (2019-01-03) Petrojet (1) 2–1 (a.e.t.)ENPPI (1)Nasr City, Cairo
16:00
Report
  • Bassam 49'
 Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Walid Abdel Aziz
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)[lower-alpha 6] Ismaily (1)1–3 (a.e.t.) Al Ittihad (1) Nasr City, Cairo
17:00
Report
Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour
28 August 2019 (2019-08-28)[lower-alpha 7] Zamalek (1) 1–0Misr Lel Makkasa (1)Borg El Arab, Alexandria
20:00
Report Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) Pyramids (1) 2–0Haras El Hodoud (1)New Cairo, Cairo
20:00
Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 1 and 2 September 2019.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

1 September 2019 (2019-09-01) Zamalek (1) 1–0 (a.e.t.)Al Ittihad (1)Ismailia
20:00
Report Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
2 September 2019 (2019-09-02) Pyramids (1) 2–0Petrojet (1)New Cairo, Cairo
20:00
Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Final

Pyramids0–3Zamalek
Report
Attendance: 20,000

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Round of 32
8 October – 2 December 2018 		Round of 16
23 October 2018 – 17 August 2019 		Quarter-finals
3 January – 30 August 2019 		Semi-finals
1–2 September 2019 		Final
8 September 2019
          
Al Ahly 3
Tersana 2
Al Ahly 0
Pyramids 1
Pyramids 3
Tanta 2
Pyramids 2
Haras El Hodoud 0
Tala'ea El Gaish 3
El Qanah 2
Tala'ea El Gaish 0 (3)
Haras El Hodoud (p) 0 (5)
Nogoom 1
Haras El Hodoud (a.e.t.) 3
Pyramids 2
Petrojet 0
Al Masry 1
Al Jazeera 2
Al Jazeera 1 (1)
Petrojet (p) 1 (4)
Petrojet 6
MS Tala 0
Petrojet (a.e.t.) 2
ENPPI 1
ENPPI 3
Muslim Youths (Qena) 0
ENPPI 4
El Mansoura 2
El Dakhleya 0 (0)
El Mansoura (p) 0 (2)
Pyramids 0
Zamalek 3
Zamalek 1
MS Minyat Samanoud 0
Zamalek (a.e.t.) 2
El Entag El Harby 0
El Entag El Harby 2
Ittihad El Shorta 0
Zamalek 1
Misr Lel Makkasa 0
Misr Lel Makkasa 2
Abou Qir Fertilizers 0
Misr Lel Makkasa 2
Wadi Degla 1
Wadi Degla 4
El Gouna 1
Zamalek (a.e.t.) 1
Al Ittihad 0
Ismaily 4
Naser El Fekreia 0
Ismaily 1
Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0
Al Mokawloon Al Arab 2
Ghazl El Mahalla 0
Ismaily 1
Al Ittihad (a.e.t.) 3
Smouha 3
Al Aluminium 2
Smouha 0 (2)
Al Ittihad (p) 0 (4)
Al Ittihad 3
Porto Suez 1

Top goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the Egypt Cup, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

Rank Player Club Goals[17]
1 Ghana John Antwi[lower-alpha 8] Misr Lel Makkasa/Pyramids 3
Egypt Khaled Kamar Al Ittihad
Egypt Mahmoud Kaoud ENPPI
Egypt Ahmed Raouf[lower-alpha 9] Petrojet/El Entag El Harby
Burkina Faso Eric Traoré[lower-alpha 10] Misr Lel Makkasa/Pyramids
6 Egypt Karim Bambo Ismaily 2
Morocco Achraf Bencharki[lower-alpha 11] Zamalek
Egypt Mohamed Gamal Wadi Degla
Egypt Hossam Hassan Smouha
Egypt Ibrahim Hassan[lower-alpha 12] Zamalek/Pyramids
Brazil Keno Pyramids
Tanzania Himid Mao Petrojet
Nigeria Edu Moses Haras El Hodoud
Egypt Ahmed Refaat Al Jazeera
United States Noah Sadaoui ENPPI
Egypt Mohamed Salem Petrojet
Egypt Mohamed Sherif Al Ahly

References

  1. ↑ "اتحاد الكرة يقرر مشاركة المصرى فى الكونفدرالية بعد فوزه بالمركز الرابع" [EFA confirms Al Masry participation in the upcoming CAF Confederation Cup]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Zamalek down Pyramids 3-0 to win Egypt Cup title". KingFut. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "ننشر قرعة الدور التمهيدي الأول لبطولة كأس مصر" [Draw result for the first preliminary round of Egypt Cup]. Al Bawabah (in Arabic). 6 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "الدور التمهيدي الثاني لكأس مصر ينطلق 4 سبتمبر" [The second preliminary round of Egypt Cup will begin on 4 September]. Al Ahram Online (in Arabic). 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "56 مباراة فى التمهيدى الثالث لكأس مصر" [56 matches to be played in the third preliminary round of Egypt Cup]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 10 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "مباريات الدور التمهيدي الرابع لبطولة كأس مصر" [Egypt Cup fourth preliminary round fixtures list announced]. Egyptian Second Division news on Facebook (in Arabic). 27 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "جدول مباريات الدور التمهيدي الخامس لكأس مصر" [Egypt Cup fifth preliminary round fixtures confirmed]. Veto Gate (in Arabic). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "قرعة كأس مصر – الأهلي يواجه الترسانة.. ومواجهات سهلة للزمالك والإسماعيلي" [Egypt Cup draw result - Al Ahly face Tersana in a classic match.. and 'easy' fixtures for Zamalek and Ismaily]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "تحديد موعد وملاعب دور الـ16 في كأس مصر.. وتأجيل الأهلي وبيراميدز" [Egypt Cup round of 16 fixtures dates and stadiums confirmed.. 3 matches, including Al Ahly v Pyramids, postponed]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "تأجيل مباراة المصري وجزيرة مطروح فى الكأس لـ16 أكتوبر" [Egypt Cup: Al Masry v Al Jazeera match postponed and rescheduled to 16 October 2018]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "اتحاد الكرة يؤجل مواجهة المصري والجزيرة مطروح لأجل غير مسمى" [Egypt Cup: The Egyptian Football Association postpones Al Masry v Al Jazeera match again]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Egypt football violence leaves many dead in Port Said". BBC News. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "الاتحاد المصري يعلن مواعيد مؤجلات الدوري والكأس" [Egyptian Football Association announces dates for Egyptian Premier League and Egypt Cup postponed matches]. Goal (in Arabic). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  14. 1 2 3 "دور الـ16 بكأس مصر.. تحديد موعد الزمالك والانتاج.. وتأجيل الأهلي وبيراميدز" [Egypt Cup round of 16: Only 5 matches dates confirmed, including Zamalek v El Entag El Harby.. and three matches postponed, including Al Ahly v Pyramids]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "الأهلي وبيراميدز في الكأس 28 فبراير.. ومواعيد جديدة وملاعب بديلة في الدوري" [Al Ahly and Pyramids set to face each other on 28 February in the postponed cup match.. and the EFA announce new dates and stadiums for many matches in both the league and the cup]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  16. 1 2 3 "EFA postpone Egypt Cup fixtures". KingFut. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  17. ↑ "هدافي بطولة كأس مصر" [Egypt Cup top goalscorers]. FilGoal (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 October 2018.

Notes

  1. ↑ Since both finalists qualified to an African competition based on their league rankings, the spot awarded to the winners (2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league, Al Masry.[1]
  2. ↑ Al Masry v Al Jazeera match, originally scheduled to be played on 9 October 2018 at Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said, was postponed due to security reasons. The Egyptian Football Association later announced that the match will be played on 16 October 2018.[10] However the EFA postponed the match again on 15 October 2018, and said that they believe that Al Masry's home stadium is still "unsafe" and not ready yet to host local matches; even though Al Masry played all of their 2018 CAF Confederation Cup home matches at that stadium.[11] Al Masry Club Stadium (which was known as Port Said Stadium until 2017) was closed in February 2012 after the incidents of Port Said Stadium riot occurred following a league match between Al Masry and Al Ahly, which resulted in the death 72 Al Ahly fans, 1 Al Masry fan and 1 police officer.[12] On 15 November 2018, the EFA announced that the match will be played on 2 December 2018 in either Ismailia or Port Said.[13]
  3. ↑ Smouha v Al Ittihad match, originally scheduled to be played on 27 October 2018, was postponed due to conflicting with Al Ittihad v Zamalek match in the 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup second round, which was set to be played on 27 October 2018.[14] The match was later rescheduled to be played on 7 December 2018.[13]
  4. ↑ Al Jazeera v Petrojet match, originally scheduled to be played on 26 October 2018, was postponed because the two sides were unknown at the time of the match.[14] The match was later rescheduled to be played on 18 December 2018.[13]
  5. ↑ Al Ahly v Pyramids match, originally scheduled to be played on 25 October 2018, was postponed due to conflicting with Al Ahly v ES Sétif match in the 2018 CAF Champions League semi-final, which was set to be played on 23 October 2018.[14] The match was later rescheduled to be played on 28 February 2019.[15] However on 26 February 2019, the EFA decided do postpone all Egypt Cup matches set to be played during the month due to security concerns.[16] The match was later once again rescheduled to be played on 17 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Ismaily v Al Ittihad match, originally scheduled to be played on 2 April 2019, was postponed due to security concerns.[16] The match was later rescheduled to be played on 5 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Zamalek v Misr Lel Makkasa match, originally scheduled to be played on 27 February 2019, was postponed due to security concerns.[16] The match was later rescheduled to be played on 28 August 2019.
  8. ↑ John Antwi transferred from Misr Lel Makkasa to Pyramids during the 2019 summer transfer window.
  9. ↑ Ahmed Raouf transferred from Petrojet to El Entag El Harby during the 2018–19 winter transfer window.
  10. ↑ Eric Traoré transferred from Misr Lel Makkasa to Pyramids during the 2018–19 winter transfer window.
  11. ↑ Achraf Bencharki transferred from Al Hilal to Zamalek during the 2019 summer transfer window.
  12. ↑ Ibrahim Hassan transferred from Zamalek to Pyramids during the 2019 summer transfer window.
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