2018–19 Egypt Cup

The 2018–19 Egypt Cup was the 87th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It is sponsored by WE, and known as the WE Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the First Preliminary Round on 12 August 2018, and concluded with the final on 8 September 2019.

2019 Egypt Cup

Tournament details
Country	Egypt
Dates	12 August – 3 October 2018 (qualifying competition) 8 October 2018 – 8 September 2019 (main competition)
Teams	262 (overall) 244 (qualifying competition) 32 (main competition)
Defending champions	Zamalek
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (27th title)
Runners-up	Pyramids
Confederation Cup	Al Masry[a]
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	87 (2.81 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	John Antwi Khaled Kamar Mahmoud Kaoud Ahmed Raouf Eric Traoré (3 goals each)
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Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek successfully defended their title and defeated Pyramids 3–0 in the final.^[2]

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Round of 32	32	32	14	18	Egyptian Premier League
Round of 16	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First match date
Qualifying rounds	First Preliminary Round	6 August 2018[3]	12 August 2018
	Second Preliminary Round	27 August 2018[4]	4 September 2018
	Third Preliminary Round	10 September 2018[5][6][7]	24 September 2018
	Fourth Preliminary Round		29 September 2018
	Fifth Preliminary Round		3 October 2018
Main tournament	Round of 32	4 October 2018[8][9]	8 October 2018
	Round of 16		23 October 2018
	Quarter-finals		3 January 2019
	Semi-finals		1 September 2019
	Final		8 September 2019

Format

Participation

The Egypt Cup began with a round of 32 teams. The 18 teams of the Egyptian Premier League, along with the 14 winning teams qualified from the Fifth Preliminary Round of the 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds.

Draw

The draw for the main competition was held at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Gezira, Cairo on 4 October 2018 and was broadcast live on ON Sport.

For the first round, the participating teams were split into three pots, the first one contained the three promoted teams from the Egyptian Second Division and the fifteenth placed team in the Egyptian Premier League, the second one contained the other 14 teams of the Egyptian Premier League and the last one contained the 14 teams qualified from the Fifth Preliminary Round.

The draw rules are as follow:

• The defending champions (Zamalek) and the Egyptian Premier League champions (Al Ahly) are placed in different paths, and can face each other only in the final.
• The Egyptian Premier League runners-up and third placed team (Ismaily and Al Masry) are placed in different paths, and can face each other only in the final.
• The three promoted teams from the Egyptian Second Division (El Gouna, Nogoom and Haras El Hodoud) alongside the fifteenth placed team in the Egyptian Premier League (Wadi Degla) are drawn against each other in the first round.

Match rules

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

Champion qualification

Usually, the winner of the Egypt Cup earns automatic qualification for the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup. If they have already qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup or CAF Champions League through their position in the Egyptian Premier League, then the spot will go to the cup runners-up. If the cup runners-up also qualified for an African competition through their league position, then the spot will be given to the fourth placed team in the league.

However, since the competition will conclude in September 2019 and the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup began in August 2019, the winner of this season's edition of the competition won't earn qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup, and the spot awarded to the cup winner was given to the fourth placed team in the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the Egyptian Premier League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 14 available places in the Round of 32. The qualifying competition began with the First Preliminary Round on 12 August 2018. The final (fifth) qualifying round was played on 3 October 2018.

Round of 32

The matches were played from 8 October to 2 December 2018. This round included four teams from the Egyptian Third Division, Ittihad El Shorta, MS Minyat Samanoud, Muslim Youths (Qena) and Naser El Fekreia, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

El Dakhleya (1) v El Mansoura (2)

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08)	El Dakhleya (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–2 p)	El Mansoura (2)	Abbassia, Cairo
15:00		Report		Stadium: Police Academy Stadium Referee: Sobhy El Amrawy
	Penalties
	Salama Abou El Yazid Zeka Gaber		Osama Nagati Hassan Said Fawzy

El Entag El Harby (1) v Ittihad El Shorta (3)

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08)	El Entag El Harby (1)	2–0	Ittihad El Shorta (3)	Al Salam City, Cairo
15:00	Ragab 29' Hamdy 52'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saber

Ismaily (1) v Naser El Fekreia (3)

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08)	Ismaily (1)	4–0	Naser El Fekreia (3)	Ismailia
18:00	A. Magdy 36' El Wahsh 41' M. Magdy 49' Naguib 75'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Tabei

Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1) v Ghazl El Mahalla (2)

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)	2–0	Ghazl El Mahalla (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
18:00	Hinestroza 7' Samir 71'	Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Nader Kamar El Dawla

Petrojet (1) v MS Tala (2)

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Petrojet (1)	6–0	MS Tala (2)	Suez
15:00	Salem 61', 74' Raouf 67', 72' (pen.) Fawzy 90+1' (pen.) Malhat 90+5' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Hesham El Fallal

ENPPI (1) v Muslim Youths (Qena) (3)

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	ENPPI (1)	3–0	Muslim Youths (Qena) (3)	New Cairo, Cairo
18:00	Sadaoui 10' Kaoud 31', 34'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Hosny Sultan

Pyramids (1) v Tanta (2)

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Pyramids (1)	3–2	Tanta (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
21:00	Keno 34', 55' Magdy 71' (pen.)	Report	El Sayed 2' Abdel Rahman 58' (pen.)	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Ahmed Abdallah

Al Ahly (1) v Tersana (2)

10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)	Al Ahly (1)	3–2	Tersana (2)	Al Salam City, Cairo
17:00	Sherif 37', 71' El Sheikh 89'	Report	Ragab 4' Tarek 64'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Wadi Degla (1) v El Gouna (1)

10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)	Wadi Degla (1)	4–1	El Gouna (1)	New Cairo, Cairo
17:00	Helal 8' Gamal 19', 84' Mamdouh 59'	Report	Magdy 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Misr Lel Makkasa (1) v Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)

10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	2–0	Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
20:00	Traoré 16' Wahid 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abbas

Nogoom (1) v Haras El Hodoud (1)

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)	Nogoom (1)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Haras El Hodoud (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
15:00	Abdel Halim 69'	Report	Moses 17', 98' Gamal 114' (pen.)	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Desouky

Smouha (1) v Al Aluminium (2)

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)	Smouha (1)	3–2	Al Aluminium (2)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
15:05	Hassan 15', 24' Farid 90+4'	Report	Milad 80' Saleh 90+5'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub

Tala'ea El Gaish (1) v El Qanah (2)

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	3–2	El Qanah (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
18:00	Samir 14' (pen.) Kabouria 42' N'Diaye 88' (pen.)	Report	Charley 2' Nabil 60'	Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Qelawi

Al Ittihad (1) v Porto Suez (2)

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)	Al Ittihad (1)	3–1	Porto Suez (2)	Shatby, Alexandria
18:00	Banahene 9' Kamar 55', 70'	Report	El Ghazaly 7'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Roushdy

Zamalek (1) v MS Minyat Samanoud (3)

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)	Zamalek (1)	1–0	MS Minyat Samanoud (3)	New Cairo, Cairo
21:00	Hassan 83'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed

Al Masry (1) v Al Jazeera (2)

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)[b]	Al Masry (1)	1–2	Al Jazeera (2)	Ismailia
17:00	Moussa 21' (pen.)	Report	Khalil 59' (pen.) Refaat 90+4'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Amr Ayed

Round of 16

The matches were played from 23 October 2018 to 17 August 2019. This round included two teams from the Egyptian Second Division, Al Jazeera and El Mansoura, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Ismaily (1) v Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)	Ismaily (1)	1–0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)	Al Salam City, Cairo
15:00	Bambo 82'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Zamalek (1) v El Entag El Harby (1)

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)	Zamalek (1)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	El Entag El Harby (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
18:00	Alaa 102' (pen.) Abdel Aziz 108'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Misr Lel Makkasa (1) v Wadi Degla (1)

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	2–1	Wadi Degla (1)	Shatby, Alexandria
16:00	Voavy 27' Antwi 36'	Report	Mahmoud 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy

Tala'ea El Gaish (1) v Haras El Hodoud (1)

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Haras El Hodoud (1)	New Cairo, Cairo
20:00		Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
	Penalties
	N'Diaye Youssef Kabouria Amoury		Gamal El Sheikh Samy Abdel Fattah Saad

ENPPI (1) v El Mansoura (2)

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)	ENPPI (1)	4–2	El Mansoura (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00	E. Fathy 10' Sabry 17' (pen.) Sadaoui 21' Kaoud 27'	Report	Abdel Samie 69' Nagati 75'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

Smouha (1) v Al Ittihad (1)

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)[c]	Smouha (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Al Ittihad (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
19:00		Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
	Penalties
	Ezzat Manga Moaz Y. Ibrahim		Koré Cissé El Sayed Gedo

Al Jazeera (2) v Petrojet (1)

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18)[d]	Al Jazeera (2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Petrojet (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00	Refaat 14'	Report	Raouf 8'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed
	Penalties
	Ragab Khalil Ebeid		Raouf Sobhi Mao Eid

Al Ahly (1) v Pyramids (1)

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17)[e]	Al Ahly (1)	0–1	Pyramids (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
20:00		Report	Traoré 55'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha

Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 3 January to 30 August 2019.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Petrojet (1) v ENPPI (1)

3 January 2019 (2019-01-03)	Petrojet (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	ENPPI (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
16:00	Mao 89', 95'	Report	Bassam 49'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Walid Abdel Aziz

Ismaily (1) v Al Ittihad (1)

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)[f]	Ismaily (1)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al Ittihad (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00	Bambo 81'	Report	Cissé 84' Anwar 103' Kamar 108'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Zamalek (1) v Misr Lel Makkasa (1)

28 August 2019 (2019-08-28)[g]	Zamalek (1)	1–0	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
20:00	Gomaa 10'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

Pyramids (1) v Haras El Hodoud (1)

30 August 2019 (2019-08-30)	Pyramids (1)	2–0	Haras El Hodoud (1)	New Cairo, Cairo
20:00	Antwi 48' (pen.), 69'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 1 and 2 September 2019.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Zamalek (1) v Al Ittihad (1)

1 September 2019 (2019-09-01)	Zamalek (1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al Ittihad (1)	Ismailia
20:00	Mostafa 99'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Pyramids (1) v Petrojet (1)

2 September 2019 (2019-09-02)	Pyramids (1)	2–0	Petrojet (1)	New Cairo, Cairo
20:00	Traoré 16' Hassan 44'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Final

Main article: 2019 Egypt Cup Final

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)

20:00 CAT

Pyramids	0–3	Zamalek
	Report	Obama 52' Bencharki 63', 83'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Bracket

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

	Round of 32 8 October – 2 December 2018				Round of 16 23 October 2018 – 17 August 2019				Quarter-finals 3 January – 30 August 2019				Semi-finals 1–2 September 2019				Final 8 September 2019
	Al Ahly	3
	Tersana	2
					Al Ahly	0
					Pyramids	1
	Pyramids	3
	Tanta	2
									Pyramids	2
									Haras El Hodoud	0
	Tala'ea El Gaish	3
	El Qanah	2
					Tala'ea El Gaish	0 (3)
					Haras El Hodoud (p)	0 (5)
	Nogoom	1
	Haras El Hodoud (a.e.t.)	3
													Pyramids	2
													Petrojet	0
	Al Masry	1
	Al Jazeera	2
					Al Jazeera	1 (1)
					Petrojet (p)	1 (4)
	Petrojet	6
	MS Tala	0
									Petrojet (a.e.t.)	2
									ENPPI	1
	ENPPI	3
	Muslim Youths (Qena)	0
					ENPPI	4
					El Mansoura	2
	El Dakhleya	0 (0)
	El Mansoura (p)	0 (2)
																	Pyramids	0
																	Zamalek	3
	Zamalek	1
	MS Minyat Samanoud	0
					Zamalek (a.e.t.)	2
					El Entag El Harby	0
	El Entag El Harby	2
	Ittihad El Shorta	0
									Zamalek	1
									Misr Lel Makkasa	0
	Misr Lel Makkasa	2
	Abou Qir Fertilizers	0
					Misr Lel Makkasa	2
					Wadi Degla	1
	Wadi Degla	4
	El Gouna	1
													Zamalek (a.e.t.)	1
													Al Ittihad	0
	Ismaily	4
	Naser El Fekreia	0
					Ismaily	1
					Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0
	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	2
	Ghazl El Mahalla	0
									Ismaily	1
									Al Ittihad (a.e.t.)	3
	Smouha	3
	Al Aluminium	2
					Smouha	0 (2)
					Al Ittihad (p)	0 (4)
	Al Ittihad	3
	Porto Suez	1

Top goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the Egypt Cup, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[17]
1	John Antwi[h]	Misr Lel Makkasa/Pyramids	3
	Khaled Kamar	Al Ittihad
	Mahmoud Kaoud	ENPPI
	Ahmed Raouf[i]	Petrojet/El Entag El Harby
	Eric Traoré[j]	Misr Lel Makkasa/Pyramids
6	Karim Bambo	Ismaily	2
	Achraf Bencharki[k]	Zamalek
	Mohamed Gamal	Wadi Degla
	Hossam Hassan	Smouha
	Ibrahim Hassan[l]	Zamalek/Pyramids
	Keno	Pyramids
	Himid Mao	Petrojet
	Edu Moses	Haras El Hodoud
	Ahmed Refaat	Al Jazeera
	Noah Sadaoui	ENPPI
	Mohamed Salem	Petrojet
	Mohamed Sherif	Al Ahly