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2021 Egypt Cup final

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2021 Egypt Cup Final
Cairo Stadium will host the final
Event2020–21 Egypt Cup
Date21 July 2022 (2022-07-21)
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
RefereeSzymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance5,000
WeatherClear
29 °C (84 °F)[1]
2020
2022

The 2021 Egypt Cup Final was the 89th Egypt Cup Final, the final match of the 2020–21 Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition played at Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, on 21 July 2022 between Al Ahly and Zamalek.

Since the competition wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline for associations to submit participating teams in African competitions for the 2021–22 season, for the second Consecutive time the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League, Pyramids.[2]

Route to the final

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

Al Ahly

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Round Opposition Score
R32 Al Nasr 2–1
R16 ENPPI 1–0
QF Pyramids 2–1
SF Petrojet 2–0

As an Egyptian Premier League club, Al Ahly started in the round of 32 where they were drawn with Egyptian Second Division team Al Nasr. Al Ahly won 2–1 with one goal from Walid Soliman and one from Walter Bwalya. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team ENPPI and won 1–0 with Salah Mohsen scoring the only goal of the game. In the quarter-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids, the team that eliminated Al Ahly from the round of 16 of 2018–19 Egypt Cup, Al Ahly was able to avenge their last meeting loss and won 2–1 with one goal from Taher Mohamed and one from Hossam Hassan. In the semi-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Petrojet and progressed to the final after a 2–0 win with Afsha and Mohamed Abdelmonem on the scoresheet, this was the first match for Al Ahly new manager Ricardo Soares.

Zamalek

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Round Opposition Score
R32 Haras El Hodoud 3–1
R16 Ismaily 1–0
QF Misr Lel Makkasa 2–0
SF Aswan 2–1

As an Egyptian Premier League club, Zamalek also started in the round of 32. They were drawn at home against Egyptian Second Division side Haras El Hodoud. Zamalek won 3–1 with a goal from Youssef Obama and two goals from Mahmoud Alaa. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team Ismaily and won 1–0 thanks to a goal from Achraf Bencharki.In the quarter finals, they played against fellow Egyptian Premier League side Misr Lel Makkasa and won 2–0 with the two goals scored by Youssef Obama. In the semi-finals, they were drawn against Egyptian Premier League side Aswan and progressed to the final after a 2–1 win with one goal from a goal from Youssef Obama and a goal from Mahmoud Alaa.

Match

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Details

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Al Ahly1–2Zamalek
  • Hassan 55'
Report
Zamalek
GK 1 Egypt Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
RB 30 Egypt Mohamed Hany downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 6 Egypt Yasser Ibrahim downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 12 Egypt Ayman Ashraf Yellow card 20' downward-facing red arrow 46'
LB 21 Tunisia Ali Maâloul Yellow card 80'
CM 17 Egypt Amr El Solia downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 8 Egypt Hamdy Fathy Yellow card 77'
CM 15 Mali Aliou Dieng
RW 19 Egypt Mohamed "Afsha" Magdy
LW 35 Egypt Ahmed Abdel Kader
CF 10 Egypt Mohamed Sherif downward-facing red arrow 25'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Egypt Ali Lotfi
DF 5 Egypt Ramy Rabia
DF 24 Egypt Mohamed Abdelmonem upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 20 Egypt Mahmoud Wahid
MF 11 Egypt Walid Soliman Yellow card 47' upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 22 Egypt Mohamed Mahmoud upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 28 Egypt Karim Fouad
FW 18 Egypt Salah Mohsen upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 9 Egypt Hossam Hassan upward-facing green arrow 25'
Manager:
Portugal Ricardo Soares
GK 21 Egypt Mohamed Awad (c)
RWB 24 Tunisia Hamza Mathlouthi
CB 28 Egypt Mahmoud Hamdy Yellow card 57'
CB 36 Egypt Hossam Abdul-Majeed
CB 5 Egypt Mohamed Abdel Ghani
LWB 29 Egypt Ahmed Abou El Fotouh Yellow card 8' downward-facing red arrow 73'
CM 8 Egypt Emam Ashour Yellow card 3'
CM 39 Egypt Sayed Abduallah downward-facing red arrow 67'
RW 25 Egypt Zizo Yellow card 87'
LW 20 Morocco Achraf Bencharki
CF 30 Tunisia Seifeddine Jaziri downward-facing red arrow 59'
Substitutes:
GK 34 Egypt Mohamed Nadim
DF 22 Egypt Abdallah Gomaa
DF 7 Egypt Hazem Emam upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 4 Egypt Mahmoud Alaa
MF 10 Egypt Shikabala
MF 27 Morocco Mohamed Ounajem
MF 14 Egypt Youssef Obama Yellow card 84' upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 12 Egypt Mohamed Ashraf upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 18 Egypt Ayman Hefny
Manager:
Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira

Statistics

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Nasr City Historical Weather".
  2. ^ @EFA (10 August 2021). "اتحاد الكرة يرسل أسماء الأندية المصرية المشاركة في بطولتي أفريقيا" [EFA sends names of Egyptian clubs participating in the Champions League and Confederation Cup next season to CAF] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Egypt cup. Al Ahly SC Zamalek SC". 365scores.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.