2023–24 Egypt Cup

2023–24 Egypt Cup
كأس مصر 2023/24
Tournament details
Country	Egypt
Dates	31 October 2023 – 30 August 2024
Teams	109 (all); 91 (qualifying phase); 32 (main competition, including 14 qualifiers)
Defending champions	Al Ahly
Final positions
Champions	Pyramids (1st title)
Runner-up	ZED
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	65 (2.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Marwan Hamdy; (4 goals)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → (Note: All statistics do not include preliminary rounds, and include three awarded goals)

The 2023–24 Egypt Cup was the 92nd edition of the Egypt Cup, the oldest recognized football knockout competition in Egypt and Africa.

The competition started on 31 October 2023 with the first preliminary round of the qualifying phase, and concluded with the final, which was played on 30 August 2024.

Pyramids won the title after beating ZED 1–0 in the final, winning their first-ever Egypt Cup and major title.^[1]

Al Ahly were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 after withdrawing from the competition.^[2]^[3]

Schedule

The schedule for the tournament stages is as follows:

Phase	Round	Draw date	Matches
Qualifying phase	First preliminary round	2 October 2023^[4]	31 October – 3 November 2023
	Second preliminary round	15 November 2023^[5]	22–25 November 2023
	Third preliminary round	3 December 2023^[6]	22–24 December 2023
Main competition	Round of 32	2 May 2024^[7]	28 May – 19 July 2024^{[note 1]}
	Round of 16		8–21 August 2024
	Quarter-finals		21–24 August 2024
	Semi-finals		27 August 2024
	Final		30 August 2024

Format

Participation

The Egypt Cup begin with a round of 32 teams. The 18 teams of the Egyptian Premier League, along with the 14 winning teams that qualified from the third preliminary round of the qualifying rounds.

Draw

The draw for the main competition was held on 2 May 2024, 14:00 CAST (UTC+3), at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.^[7]

The 32 participating teams were separated into 3 pots. Pot 1 included the 15th placed team from the previous season of the Egyptian Premier League, alongside the 3 promoted teams from the 2022–23 Egyptian Second Division, Pot 2 included the top 14 teams from the previous season of the Egyptian Premier League, and Pot 3 included all 14 teams who qualified to the competition through the qualifying rounds.

Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against each other, while teams from Pot 2 were drawn against teams from Pot 3.

Usually, the Egypt Cup defending champions and the Egyptian Premier League winners are placed in different paths, so both teams could face each other only in the final. However, since Al Ahly won both the cup and the league last season, they were placed in the upper (league) path, while the league runners-up, Zamalek, were placed in the lower (cup) path.^[8]

Pot	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Teams	Baladiyat El Mahalla El Dakhleya El Gouna ZED	Al Ahly Ceramica Cleopatra ENPPI Ismaily Al Ittihad Al Masry Modern Future Al Mokawloon Al Arab National Bank of Egypt Pharco Pyramids Smouha Tala'ea El Gaish Zamalek	Abou Qir Fertilizers Al Aluminium Asyut Petroleum Gomhoriat Shebin La Viena Makadi Al Nasr Nogoom Petrojet Port Fouad Proxy El Qanah Tersana Al Wasta

Match rules

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

All matches starting from the round of 32 are hosted by the teams drawn first, except for the final, which is played on a venue selected by the Egyptian Football Association.

Champion qualification

The winners of the Egypt Cup earns automatic qualification for the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup. In case they already qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup or CAF Champions League through their position in the Egyptian Premier League, then the spot goes to the cup runners-up. If the cup runners-up also qualified for a CAF competition through their league position, then the spot is given to the fourth-placed team in the league. Should the competition be not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners would be passed also to the fourth-placed team in the league.

Bracket

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

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Al Ahly	1

Al Aluminium	0
		Al Ahly	0

		Pharco (w/o)	3
Pharco	3

Al Wasta	0
				Pharco	0

				Al Masry	1
National Bank of Egypt	4

Petrojet	1
		National Bank of Egypt	1

		Al Masry	3
Al Masry	1

Gomhoriat Shebin	0
						Al Masry	1 (3)

						Pyramids (p)	1 (4)
Pyramids	4

Al Nasr	0
		Pyramids	1

		Abou Qir Fertilizers	0
Al Ittihad	0 (3)

Abou Qir Fertilizers (p)	0 (4)
				Pyramids	4

				El Gouna	0
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0

Tersana	1
		Tersana	0 (0)

		El Gouna (p)	0 (2)
Baladiyat El Mahalla	1 (4)

El Gouna (p)	1 (5)
								Pyramids	1

								ZED	0
Zamalek	5

Proxy	2
		Zamalek	1 (3)

		Tala'ea El Gaish (p)	1 (5)
Tala'ea El Gaish	1

Port Fouad	0
				Tala'ea El Gaish	1 (9)

				Ismaily (p)	1 (10)
Ismaily (a.e.t.)	2

El Qanah	1
		Ismaily	2

		Smouha	0
Smouha	1

La Viena	0
						Ismaily	0

						ZED	1
Modern Future	3

Asyut Petroleum	0
		Modern Future	1

		ENPPI	0
ENPPI	1

Nogoom	0
				Modern Future	0

				ZED (a.e.t.)	1
Ceramica Cleopatra	1

Makadi	0
		Ceramica Cleopatra	0

		ZED (a.e.t.)	3
ZED (a.e.t.)	2

El Dakhleya	1

Round of 32

Teams playing in the Egyptian Premier League entered this round, and were joined by the 14 teams advancing from the qualifying phase. This round included five teams from the Egyptian Second Division B (third tier): Al Aluminium, Al Nasr, Port Fouad, Tersana and Al Wasta; the lowest-ranked teams remaining in the competition.

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

28 May 2024 (2024-05-28)	Ceramica Cleopatra (1)	1–0	Makadi (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00	Akem 12'	Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mostafa Medhat

28 May 2024 (2024-05-28)	Smouha (1)	1–0	La Viena (2)	Shatby, Alexandria
20:00	Hassan 43'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Osama Ismail

28 May 2024 (2024-05-28)	ZED (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	El Dakhleya (1)	Al Salam City, Cairo
20:00	Ziko 90+6' Hussein 103'	Report	Tarek 48'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdel Alim

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)	0–1	Tersana (3)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00		Report	Kesho 45'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Ahmed Hamed

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	1–0	Port Fouad (3)	Heliopolis, Cairo
20:00	Okwara 44' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Referee: Hossam Azab

30 May 2024 (2024-05-30)	Al Masry (1)	1–0	Gomhoriat Shebin (2)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
17:00	Gaber 30'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Abdel Hakim Nasser

30 May 2024 (2024-05-30)	Ismaily (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	El Qanah (2)	Ismailia
20:00	Al Nabris 29' Hamdi 101'	Report	Ragab 23'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ahmed Nasser

31 May 2024 (2024-05-31)	National Bank of Egypt (1)	4–1	Petrojet (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00	Kaoud 29' Madbouly 35' Yakubu 40', 90+2'	Report	Hamdan 43'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abbas

31 May 2024 (2024-05-31)	Baladiyat El Mahalla (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	El Gouna (1)	El Mahalla El Kubra
17:00	Reda 73'	Report	Shika 81'	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Haitham Osman
	Penalties
	H. Ashraf Y. Hassan Reda Hany Magdy		Raheel Ghanem Abdel Rasoul Mahmoud Abady

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)	Pharco (1)	3–0	Al Wasta (3)	El Max, Alexandria
17:00	Bangoura 28' Hamada 32' Ezz 88'	Report		Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Amr Ramadan

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)	Modern Future (1)	3–0	Asyut Petroleum (2)	Al Salam City, Cairo
20:00	Ngwem 3', 63' Eba 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ahmed Nagy

1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)	ENPPI (1)	1–0	Nogoom (2)	New Cairo, Cairo
20:00	Fawzi 43' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Alaa Sabry

2 June 2024 (2024-06-02)	Al Ittihad (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)	Shatby, Alexandria
20:00		Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Shahenda El Maghrabi
	Penalties
	El Wahsh Boateng El Ghandour Aubame Saleh		Adel Ezzat Ibrahim Hemida

15 July 2024 (2024-07-15)^{[note 2]}	Pyramids (1)	4–0	Al Nasr (3)	New Cairo, Cairo
20:00	Osama 10' Ma. Hamdy 22', 38', 51'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Amr El Shenawy

18 July 2024 (2024-07-18)^{[note 2]}	Zamalek (1)	5–2	Proxy (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
20:00	Yasser 3' Obama 7' Maher 8' El Said 81' (pen.) Mansi 90+5'	Report	Barakat 19' (pen.) Adham 22'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Hussein

19 July 2024 (2024-07-19)^{[note 2]}	Al Ahly (1)	1–0	Al Aluminium (3)	Nasr City, Cairo
20:00	Fouad 90+3' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdel Rahman Saleh

Round of 16

Starting from this round onwards, all participating teams were winners of the previous round. Tersana were the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition, who were a member of the Egyptian Second Division B (third tier).

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)	Pyramids (1)	1–0	Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)	New Cairo, Cairo
18:00	Ma. Hamdy 27'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mostafa El Shohdy

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)	Tersana (3)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–2 p)	El Gouna (1)	Giza
18:00		Report		Stadium: Hassan El Shazly Stadium Referee: El Sayed Mounir
	Penalties
	Kesho Nageh Mosaad Otu		Raheel Yasser Abdel Rasoul

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)	National Bank of Egypt (1)	1–3	Al Masry (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
21:00	Bambo 15'	Report	Gaber 84' (pen.), 90+11' (pen.) Mohsen 86'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

20 August 2024 (2024-08-20)	Al Ahly (1)	0–3 Awarded^{[note 3]}	Pharco (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
21:00		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

20 August 2024 (2024-08-20)	Modern Future (1)	1–0	ENPPI (1)	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:00	Rizk 69'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed

21 August 2024 (2024-08-21)	Ismaily (1)	2–0	Smouha (1)	Ismailia
18:00	Al Nabris 22', 53'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

21 August 2024 (2024-08-21)	Ceramica Cleopatra (1)	0–3 (a.e.t.)	ZED (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
18:00		Report	Dilson 106', 120+2' El Banouby 120+1'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

21 August 2024 (2024-08-21)	Zamalek (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:00	Esho 79'	Report	Zaky 90+6'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
	Penalties
	Abdel Maguid Roaa Shehata Kamal		El Sheikh Zaky Meteb Mao Okwara

Quarter-finals

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

21 August 2024 (2024-08-21)	Pyramids (1)	4–0	El Gouna (1)	New Cairo, Cairo
21:00	Mayele 7' Samy 42' Touré 56' M. Fathi 78'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mohamed Youssef

22 August 2024 (2024-08-22)	Pharco (1)	0–1	Al Masry (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
21:00		Report	El Shamy 11'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Atabani

24 August 2024 (2024-08-24)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (9–10 p)	Ismaily (1)	Heliopolis, Cairo
18:00	Okwara 29'	Report	Ammar 90+1'	Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salama

24 August 2024 (2024-08-24)	Modern Future (1)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	ZED (1)	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:00		Report	Ismail 116'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny

Semi-finals

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

27 August 2024 (2024-08-27)	Ismaily (1)	0–1	ZED (1)	Ismailia
18:00		Report	Dilson 15'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

27 August 2024 (2024-08-27)	Al Masry (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Pyramids (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
21:00	Mohsen 83'	Report	Lakay 10'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Final

30 August 2024

21:00 CAST

Pyramids	1–0	ZED
Mayele 87'	Report

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marwan Hamdy	Pyramids	4
2	Dilson	ZED	3
	Mido Gaber	Al Masry
	Khaled Al Nabris	Ismaily
5	Fiston Mayele	Pyramids	2
	Salah Mohsen	Al Masry
	Jonathan Ngwem	Modern Future
	Godwin Okwara	Tala'ea El Gaish
	Issahaku Yakubu	National Bank of Egypt

Notes

^ Three matches were postponed from this round, and were played between 15 and 19 July 2024. All matches were originally scheduled to be played by 2 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Round of 32 fixtures involving Al Ahly, Pyramids and Zamalek, originally scheduled to be played between 29 and 31 May 2024, were postponed after at least three players were called up from each team by the Egypt national football team for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers set to be played in early June 2024.^[9]^[10] The matches were later rescheduled to be played between 15 and 19 July 2024.^[11]
^ Pharco were awarded a 3–0 walkover win after Al Ahly withdrew from the match.^[3]

References

^ "Pyramids FC break finals jinx to claim first ever Egypt Cup title". Al Ahram Online. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ "Al Ahly win Egyptian Cup in derby victory over Zamalek in Riyadh". CAF Online. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "بعد اعتذار الأهلي.. اتحاد الكرة يخطر فاركو بالتأهل لمواجهة المصري في كأس مصر" [EFA notifies Pharco of qualification to face Al Masry in Egypt Cup quarter-finals after Al Ahly's withdrawal]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "بمشاركة أندية القسم الثاني ب.. الكشف عن قرعة الدور التمهيدي الأول من كأس مصر" [With the participation of Second Division B teams.. Draw for the first preliminary round of the Egypt Cup revealed]. FilGoal. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ "نتائج قرعة الدور التمهيدي لكأس مصر 2023-2024" [2023/24 Egypt Cup second preliminary round draw result]. Youm7. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ "الإعلان عن قرعة الدور التمهيدي الثالث لمسابقة كأس مصر" [Draw results for the third preliminary round of the Egypt Cup]. Al Masry Al Youm. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Easy draw for Ahly, Zamalek in the 2023-24 Egypt Cup". Al Ahram Online. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ "اتحاد الكرة يعلن نتيجة قرعة دور الـ 32 لمسابقة كأس مصر اليوم" [Draw for Egypt Cup round of 32 to be conducted by the EFA today]. Al Masry Al Youm. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ "Ahly, Zamalek games in Egypt Cup round of 32 postponed due to international duty". Al Ahram Online. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "انضمام إبراهيم عادل لمنتخب مصر وتأجيل مباراة بيراميدز" [Ibrahim Adel called up for Egypt national team camp, Pyramids cup game postponed]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "إعلان مؤجلات الأهلي والزمالك وبيراميدز في كأس مصر" [New date for Egypt Cup's postponed fixtures, involving Al Ahly, Pyramids and Zamalek, announced by EFA]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[8] Three matches were postponed from this round, and were played between 15 and 19 July 2024. All matches were originally scheduled to be played by 2 June 2024.

[R32-13] Round of 32 fixtures involving Al Ahly, Pyramids and Zamalek, originally scheduled to be played between 29 and 31 May 2024, were postponed after at least three players were called up from each team by the Egypt national football team for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers set to be played in early June 2024.^[9]^[10] The matches were later rescheduled to be played between 15 and 19 July 2024.^[11]

[14] Pharco were awarded a 3–0 walkover win after Al Ahly withdrew from the match.^[3]

[1] "Pyramids FC break finals jinx to claim first ever Egypt Cup title". Al Ahram Online. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

[2] "Al Ahly win Egyptian Cup in derby victory over Zamalek in Riyadh". CAF Online. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

[AHLWD-3] "بعد اعتذار الأهلي.. اتحاد الكرة يخطر فاركو بالتأهل لمواجهة المصري في كأس مصر" [EFA notifies Pharco of qualification to face Al Masry in Egypt Cup quarter-finals after Al Ahly's withdrawal]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

[4] "بمشاركة أندية القسم الثاني ب.. الكشف عن قرعة الدور التمهيدي الأول من كأس مصر" [With the participation of Second Division B teams.. Draw for the first preliminary round of the Egypt Cup revealed]. FilGoal. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[5] "نتائج قرعة الدور التمهيدي لكأس مصر 2023-2024" [2023/24 Egypt Cup second preliminary round draw result]. Youm7. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[6] "الإعلان عن قرعة الدور التمهيدي الثالث لمسابقة كأس مصر" [Draw results for the third preliminary round of the Egypt Cup]. Al Masry Al Youm. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[Draw-7] "Easy draw for Ahly, Zamalek in the 2023-24 Egypt Cup". Al Ahram Online. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[9] "اتحاد الكرة يعلن نتيجة قرعة دور الـ 32 لمسابقة كأس مصر اليوم" [Draw for Egypt Cup round of 32 to be conducted by the EFA today]. Al Masry Al Youm. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[10] "Ahly, Zamalek games in Egypt Cup round of 32 postponed due to international duty". Al Ahram Online. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

[11] "انضمام إبراهيم عادل لمنتخب مصر وتأجيل مباراة بيراميدز" [Ibrahim Adel called up for Egypt national team camp, Pyramids cup game postponed]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

[12] "إعلان مؤجلات الأهلي والزمالك وبيراميدز في كأس مصر" [New date for Egypt Cup's postponed fixtures, involving Al Ahly, Pyramids and Zamalek, announced by EFA]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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