2021 Egypt Cup final

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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.

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

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

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

RoundOppositionScore
R32Al Nasr2–1
R16ENPPI1–0
QFPyramids2–1
SFPetrojet2–0

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

RoundOppositionScore
R32Haras El Hodoud3–1
R16Ismaily1–0
QFMisr Lel Makkasa2–0
SFAswan2–1

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

Details

Al Ahly1–2Zamalek
  • Hassan 55'
Report
Zamalek
GK1 Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
RB30 Mohamed Hany  46'
CB6 Yasser Ibrahim  73'
CB12 Ayman Ashraf  20'  46'
LB21 Ali Maâloul  80'
CM17 Amr El Solia  46'
CM8 Hamdy Fathy  77'
CM15 Aliou Dieng
RW19 Mohamed "Afsha" Magdy
LW35 Ahmed Abdel Kader
CF10 Mohamed Sherif  25'
Substitutes:
GK16 Ali Lotfi
DF5 Ramy Rabia
DF24 Mohamed Abdelmonem  46'
DF20 Mahmoud Wahid
MF11 Walid Soliman  47'  46'
MF22 Mohamed Mahmoud  46'
DF28 Karim Fouad
FW18 Salah Mohsen  73'
FW9 Hossam Hassan  25'
Manager:
Ricardo Soares
GK21 Mohamed Awad (c)
RWB24 Hamza Mathlouthi
CB28 Mahmoud Hamdy  57'
CB36 Hossam Abdul-Majeed
CB5 Mohamed Abdel Ghani
LWB29 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh  8'  73'
CM8 Emam Ashour  3'
CM39 Sayed Abduallah  67'
RW25 Zizo  87'
LW20 Achraf Bencharki
CF30 Seifeddine Jaziri  59'
Substitutes:
GK34 Mohamed Nadim
DF22 Abdallah Gomaa
DF7 Hazem Emam  73'
DF4 Mahmoud Alaa
MF10 Shikabala
MF27 Mohamed Ounajem
MF14 Youssef Obama  84'  59'
MF12 Mohamed Ashraf  67'
MF18 Ayman Hefny
Manager:
Jesualdo Ferreira

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