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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Details edit

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

Statistics edit

Notes edit

References edit

  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.