2021–22 Pyramids FC season

The 2021–22 Pyramids FC season was the club's 14th season in existence and the fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Pyramids participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the EFA Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.

Pyramids FC
2021–22 season
OwnerSalem Al Shamsi
ManagerEhab Galal
(until 25 April)
Takis Gonias
(from 25 April)
Jaime Pacheco[note 1]
Stadium30 June Stadium
Egyptian Premier League2nd
Egypt CupRunners-up
EFA CupGroup stage
CAF Confederation CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorer
Ramadan Sobhi (7)
Biggest winIsmaily 0–4 Pyramids
Pyramids 5–1 Smouha
Biggest defeatAl Ahly 3–0 Pyramids

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 29 January 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   EGY El Mahdy Soliman
3 DF   EGY Ahmed Ayman Mansour
4 DF   EGY Omar Gaber (vice-captain)
5 DF   EGY Ali Gabr (3rd captain)
6 DF   EGY Osama Galal
7 FW   BFA Eric Traoré
8 FW   EGY Islam Issa
9 FW   PLE Mahmoud Wadi
10 FW   EGY Ramadan Sobhi
11 MF   EGY Mohamed Sadek
12 DF   EGY Ahmed Tawfik
14 MF   EGY Nabil Emad
15 MF   BFA Blati Touré
16 GK   EGY Ahmed El Shenawy
17 MF   EGY Hesham Mohamed
18 MF   MAR Walid El Karti
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   EGY Abdallah El Said (captain)
20 FW   EGY Abdallah Magdy
21 DF   EGY Mohamed Hamdy
22 GK   EGY Sherif Ekramy
23 FW   RSA Fagrie Lakay
24 DF   EGY Ahmed Fathy
25 DF   EGY Ahmed Samy
26 FW   EGY Mohamed El Gabbas
27 DF   EGY Hussein El Sayed
28 FW   TUN Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
30 FW   EGY Ibrahim Adel
33 MF   EGY Mahmoud Saber
35 MF   EGY Ahmad Fawzi
39 DF   EGY Abdo Semida
MF   EGY Mostafa Fathi (on loan from Al-Taawoun)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   EGY Ahmed Daadour (Eastern Company SC until 30 June 2022)
FW   GHA John Antwi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

30 September 2021 Friendly Pyramids   0–0   Zamalek Cairo, Egypt
Report Stadium: Air Defense Stadium sub-field
13 November 2021 Friendly Pyramids   1–0   Ghazl El Mahalla Cairo, Egypt
  • Saber  
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Egyptian Premier League 27 October 2021 30 August 2022 Matchday 1 2nd 34 22 5 7 56 25 +31 064.71
Egypt Cup 28 March 2022 10 April 2023 Round of 32 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2 060.00
EFA Cup 12 January 2022 30 January 2022 Group stage Group stage 5 1 1 3 5 6 −1 020.00
CAF Confederation Cup 16 October 2021 24 April 2022 Second round Quarter-finals 12 7 3 2 10 5 +5 058.33
Total 56 33 10 13 77 40 +37 058.93

Source: Soccerway

Egyptian Premier League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zamalek[a] (C) 34 24 5 5 62 29 +33 77 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Pyramids[a] 34 22 5 7 56 25 +31 71 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
3 Al Ahly[a] 34 20 10 4 62 21 +41 70 Qualification for the Champions League
4 Tala'ea El Gaish 34 14 14 6 27 24 +3 56[b]
5 Future[a] 34 16 8 10 49 34 +15 56[b] Qualification for the Confederation Cup
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 22 5 7 56 25  +31 71 12 2 3 29 10  +19 10 3 4 27 15  +12

Source: worldfootball

Results by round

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ResultWWWDWDWLWWLWWWDLWWDLWWWDWWWLWWWLWL
Position
Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 12 October 2021.[1]

27 October 2021 1 Pyramids 2–1 Misr Lel Makkasa Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
31 October 2021 2 Pharco 1–2 Pyramids Alexandria
17:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
4 November 2021 3 Pyramids 3–0 Al Ittihad Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
19 November 2021 4 Al Masry 2–2 Pyramids Borg El Arab
15:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
22 November 2021 5 Pyramids 3–0 Eastern Company Cairo
15:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
21 December 2021 7 Pyramids 3–0 Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
25 December 2021 6 ENPPI 1–1 Pyramids Cairo
15:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Petrosport Stadium
16 February 2022 9 Pyramids 1–0 Ismaily Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
24 February 2022 10 National Bank 0–1 Pyramids Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Petrosport Stadium
4 March 2022 12 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–2 Pyramids Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
8 March 2022 8 Al Ahly 3–0 Pyramids Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
6 April 2022 11 Pyramids 2–3 Zamalek Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
9 April 2022 13 Pyramids 1–0 Ghazl El Mahalla Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
27 April 2022 16 Pyramids 0–1 Ceramica Cleopatra Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
1 May 2022 17 El Gouna 1–2 Pyramids El Gouna
21:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium
6 May 2022 14 Smouha 0–2 Pyramids Alexandria
21:00 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
11 May 2022 18 Misr Lel Makkasa 0–2 Pyramids Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium
15 May 2022 19 Pyramids 0–0 Pharco Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
22 May 2022 20 Al Ittihad 1–0 Pyramids Alexandria
21:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
26 May 2022 15 Pyramids 0–0 Future Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
29 May 2022 21 Pyramids 3–1 Al Masry Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
22 June 2022 22 Eastern Company 0–3 Pyramids Suez
19:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Eastern Company Stadium
29 June 2022 23 Pyramids 1–0 ENPPI Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
12 July 2022 24 Tala'ea El Gaish 2–2 Pyramids Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium
16 July 2022 25 Pyramids 2–0 Al Ahly Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
24 July 2022 26 Ismaily 0–4 Pyramids Ismailia
18:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
27 July 2022 27 Pyramids 1–0 National Bank of Egypt Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
1 August 2022 28 Zamalek 3–0 Pyramids Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
6 August 2022 29 Pyramids 1–0 Al Mokawloon Al Arab Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
9 August 2022 30 Ghazl El Mahalla 0–2 Pyramids El Mahalla El Kubra
18:30 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: El Mahalla Stadium
19 August 2022 31 Pyramids 5–1 Smouha Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
22 August 2022 32 Future 1–0 Pyramids Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
26 August 2022 33 Ceramica Cleopatra 0–2 Pyramids Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Nader Kamar
30 August 2022 34 Pyramids 1–3 El Gouna Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Adel

Egypt Cup

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28 March 2022 Round of 32 Pyramids 1–0 La Viena FC Alexandria
17:00 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium
6 July 2022 Round of 16 Pyramids 2–1 Ceramica Cleopatra Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
27 November 2022 Quarter-finals National Bank 0–1 Pyramids Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouni
16 January 2023 Semi-finals Zamalek 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Pyramids Cairo
18:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
Penalties
10 April 2023 Final Al Ahly 2–1 Pyramids Cairo
21:15 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar

EFA Cup

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Group stage

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12 January 2022 1 Pyramids 1–2 Al Ittihad Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
16 January 2022 2 Future 2–1 Pyramids Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
20 January 2022 5 Pyramids 0–1 Al Masry Borg El Arab
14:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
26 January 2022 4 El Sharqia Dokhan 1–1 Pyramids Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Petrosport Stadium
30 January 2022 5 Pyramids 2–0 Misr Lel Makkasa Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium

CAF Confederation Cup

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Qualifying rounds

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The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021.[2]

Second round
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16 October 2021 First leg Azam   0–0   Pyramids Mbagala, Tanzania
15:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Chamazi Stadium
Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)
23 October 2021 Second leg Pyramids   1–0
(1–0 agg.)
  Azam Cairo
21:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Play-off round
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28 November 2021 First leg AS Maniema Union   0–1   Pyramids Kinshasa, Congo DR
16:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade des Martyrs
Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)
5 December 2021 Second leg Pyramids   1–0
(2–0 agg.)
  AS Maniema Union Cairo
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL PYR CSS ZAN
1   Al Ahli Tripoli 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13[a] Advance to knockout stage 1–0 2–1 2–0
2   Pyramids 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13[a] 2–1 1–0 1–0
3   CS Sfaxien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–0 1–1 1–0
4   Zanaco 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 2–3 0–2 1–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0
13 February 2022 1 Pyramids   2–1   Al Ahli Tripoli Cairo
18:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
20 February 2022 2 Zanaco   0–2   Pyramids Lusaka, Zambia
15:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: National Heroes Stadium
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
27 February 2022 3 Pyramids   1–0   CS Sfaxien Cairo
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)
13 March 2022 4 CS Sfaxien   1–1   Pyramids Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
20 March 2022 5 Al Ahli Tripoli   1–0   Pyramids Benghazi, Libya
21:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Benina Martyrs Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
3 April 2022 6 Pyramids   1–0   Zanaco Cairo
22:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Kouassi Attidgbe (Togo)

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals
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17 April 2022 First leg Pyramids   0–0   TP Mazembe Cairo
22:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
24 April 2022 Second leg TP Mazembe   2–0
(2–0 agg.)
  Pyramids Lubumbashi, Congo DR
15:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Notes

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  1. ^ Took the position in January 2023. Was in charge of two matches in the late-finished Egypt Cup.

References

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  1. ^ "قرعة الدوري المصري موسم 21/22". يلاكورة.كوم.
  2. ^ "Draw reveals schedule of the TotalEnergies Confederation Cup preliminaries | Total CAF Confederation Cup".