2019 Egypt Cup final

The 2019 Egypt Cup Final was the 87th Egypt Cup Final, the final match of the 2018–19 Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition. It was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt, on 8 September 2019, contested by Pyramids and Zamalek.^[3] Zamalek won the match 3–0, with two goals from Achraf Bencharki and one from Youssef Obama. Zamalek won the competition for the 2nd consecutive time and for the 6th time in the previous 7 editions.^[4] 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.^[5] Zamalek also earned the right to play the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League champions Al Ahly for the 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup.

2019 Egypt Cup Final

Borg El Arab Stadium hosted the final
Event	2018–19 Egypt Cup
Pyramids Zamalek 0 3
Date	8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)
Venue	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Man of the Match	Mahmoud Shikabala (Zamalek)
Referee	Radu Petrescu (Romania)^[1]
Attendance	20,000
Weather	Partly cloudy 26 °C (79 °F) 69% humidity^[2]
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Route to the final

Main article: 2018–19 Egypt Cup

In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. From the round of 16, all matches were played on neutral grounds.

Pyramids

Round	Opposition	Score
R32	Tanta	3–2
R16	Al Ahly	1–0
QF	Haras El Hodoud	2–0
SF	Petrojet	2–0

As an Egyptian Premier League club, Pyramids started in the round of 32 where they were drawn with Egyptian Second Division team Tanta. Pyramids won 3–2 with two goals from Keno and one from Mohamed Magdy.^[6] In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team Al Ahly and won 1–0 with Eric Traoré scoring the only goal of the game.^[7] In the quarter-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Haras El Hodoud and won 2–0 with both goals coming from John Antwi.^[8] In the semi-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Petrojet and progressed to the final after a 2–0 win with Traoré and Ibrahim Hassan on the scoresheet.^[9]

Zamalek

Round	Opposition	Score
R32	MS Minyat Samanoud	1–0
R16	El Entag El Harby	2–0 (a.e.t.)
QF	Misr Lel Makkasa	1–0
SF	Al Ittihad	1–0 (a.e.t.)

As an Egyptian Premier League club, Zamalek also started in the round of 32. They were drawn at home against Egyptian Third Division side MS Minyat Samanoud. Zamalek won 1–0 with a late goal from Ibrahim Hassan.^[10] In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team El Entag El Harby and won 2–0 at extra time courtesy of Mahmoud Alaa and Mahmoud Abdel Aziz.^[11] In the quarter-finals, they played against fellow Egyptian Premier League side Misr Lel Makkasa and won 1–0 thanks to an early strike by Abdallah Gomaa.^[12] In the semi-finals, they were drawn against Egyptian Premier League side Al Ittihad and progressed to the final after a 1–0 extra time win with Mostafa Mohamed scoring the only goal of the game.^[13]

Pre-game

After missing their chance in reaching the final last season by losing to Smouha on penalties, Pyramids qualified to the Egypt Cup final this season for the first time in their history. Zamalek reached the final for the 40th time in their history and for the 4th time in the previous 5 seasons; winning all 4 of them.

The Egyptian Football Association confirmed that at least 20,000 tickets will be available to purchase, but didn't confirm the number each club received. Tickets were priced E£75, E£300 and E£750, with concessions in place.^[14]

Match

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)

20:00 CAT

Pyramids	0–3	Zamalek
	Report	Obama   52' Bencharki   63', 83'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Pyramids

Zamalek

GK 16   Ahmed El Shenawy LB 21   Mohamed Hamdy   66' CB 5   Ali Gabr CB 2   Ahmed Ayman Mansour RB 13   Ragab Bakar CM 14   Nabil Emad   90+2' CM 8   Islam Issa   73' AM 10   Ibrahim Hassan   63' LW 28   Eric Traoré RW 19   Abdallah El Said (c) CF 9   John Antwi   73' Substitutes: GK 1   El Mahdy Soliman DF 3   Abdallah Bakry DF 4   Omar Gaber MF 12   Ahmed Tawfik MF 22   Lumala Abdu   63' FW 17   Mohamed Farouk   73' FW 23   Ahmed Ali   73' Manager:   Sébastien Desabre

GK 21   Mohamed Awad LB 19   Mohamed Abdel Shafy CB 4   Mahmoud Alaa   7' CB 5   Mohamed Abdel Ghani   28' RB 12   Hamdi Nagguez CM 3   Tarek Hamed CM 13   Ferjani Sassi AM 11   Youssef Obama   72' LW 20   Achraf Bencharki RW 10   Mahmoud Shikabala (c)   62' CF 15   Mostafa Mohamed   85' Substitutes: GK 1   Mohamed Abou Gabal DF 22   Abdallah Gomaa DF 28   Mahmoud Hamdy   85' FW 9   Omar El Said FW 26   Emam Ashour   72' FW 28   Mohamed Ounajem   65'   62' FW 29   Khalid Boutaïb Manager:   Milutin Sredojević

Man of the Match: Mahmoud Shikabala (Zamalek) Assistant referees:^[1] Radu Ghinguleac (Romania) Mircea Orbulet (Romania) Fourth official:^[1] Marcel Birsan (Romania)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

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