2016 Egypt Cup final

The 2016 Egypt Cup Final decided the winner of the 2016 Egypt Cup, the 84th season of Egypt's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 8 August 2016 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.^[3]

2016 Egypt Cup Final

Event	2016 Egypt Cup
Zamalek Al Ahly 3 1
Date	8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
Venue	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Referee	Andó-Szabó Sándor (Hungary)^[1]
Weather	Clear 27 °C (81 °F) 79% humidity^[2]
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Zamalek, who have won the three previous finals, faced Al Ahly, the record-title holders who last won in 2007. Zamalek won the match 3–1 to secure their 4th consecutive and 25th overall title.

As Zamalek won the Cup, they will play against the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League winner Al Ahly in the 2016 Egyptian Super Cup. Because both Zamalek and Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) is passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

Background

Route to the final

The Egypt Cup is a thirty-two team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams are drawn against each other in pots, and the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.

Zamalek		Round	Al Ahly
Opponent	Result	2016 Egypt Cup	Opponent	Result
Shabab El Daba'a	2–0	Round of 32	Dayrout	3–0
Ittihad El Shorta	2–1	Round of 16	Haras El Hodoud	2–1
Al Ittihad	2–1	Quarter-finals	Smouha	1–0
Ismaily	4–0	Semi-finals	ENPPI	2–1

Match

Details

Zamalek were the "home" team (for administrative purposes), as they played the first semi-final match.^[4][5]

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)

20:30 UTC+2

Zamalek	3–1	Al Ahly
Morsy   20', 25' (pen.) M. Fathi   59'	Report	Said   33' (pen.)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Andó-Szabó Sándor (Hungary)

Zamalek

Al Ahly

GK 1   Ahmed El Shenawy   84' RB 6   Shawky El Said CB 7   Islam Gamal CB 25   Ali Gabr LB 27   Ali Fathy   76' DM 3   Tarek Hamed CM 4   Ahmed Tawfik CM 15   Maarouf Youssef RW 10   Mahmoud Shikabala (c)   51' LW 14   Ayman Hefny   65' FW 17   Basem Morsy   7' Substitutes: GK 28   Omar Salah DF 19   Ahmed Duiedar DF 33   Osama Ibrahim MF 11   Mohamed Nasef   65' MF 5   Ibrahim Salah   76' FW 9   Ahmed Gaafar FW 30   Mostafa Fathi   51' Manager:   Moamen Soliman

GK 13   Ahmed Adel RB 3   Ramy Rabia   62' CB 20   Saad Samir LB 6   Sabri Raheel DM 25   Hossam Ashour   68' RM 20   Ahmed Fathy   88'   90+1' CM 14   Hossam Ghaly (c)   65'   83' LM 11   Walid Soliman   63' AM 8   Moamen Zakaria FW 9   Amr Gamal   58' FW 19   Abdallah Said Substitutes: GK 16   Mohamed El Shenawy DF 21   Ali Maâloul DF 23   Mohamed Nagieb DF 24   Mohamed Hany MF 15   Mohamed Gaber   68' FW 4   Marwan Mohsen   63' FW 10   Emad Moteab   58' Manager:   Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Peter Berettyan (Hungary) Zsolt Varga (Hungary) Fourth official: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

References

1. [Hungarian match officials to officiate Egypt Cup Final]. efa.com.eg (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
2. "Weather History for Alexandria Borg El Arab, Egypt". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
3. [Borg El Arab Stadium to host Egypt Cup Final]. efa.com.eg (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
4. [Zamalek v Ismaily match details]. efa.com.eg (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
5. [Zamalek will be the "home" team in the Cup Final]. efa.com.eg (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.