2019–20 Egypt Cup

The 2019–20 Egypt Cup was the 88th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It is sponsored by Tiger Chips, and known as the Tiger Egypt Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the First Preliminary Round on 15 October 2019, and concluded with the final on 5 December 2020.

2019–20 Egypt Cup

Tournament details
Country	Egypt
Dates	15 October – 23 November 2019 (qualifying competition) 2 December 2019 – 5 December 2020 (main competition)
Teams	262 (overall) 244 (qualifying competition) 32 (main competition)
Defending champions	Zamalek
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (37th title)
Runners-up	Tala'ea El Gaish
Confederation Cup	Al Mokawloon Al Arab[a]
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	74 (2.39 per match)
Awards
Best player	Shoukry Naguib (3 goals)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek, who had won the last two titles, were eliminated by Tala'ea El Gaish in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat after extra time.

Al Ahly defeated Tala'ea El Gaish in the final won the match 3–2 on penalties, after the original and extra time ended 1–1, winning their 37th Egypt Cup title.

On 14 March 2020, a decision was made by the Egyptian Football Association to postpone all football activities in Egypt due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.^[1] The initial suspension, until 29 March, was then extended multiple times until at least mid-July. On 2 July 2020, the EFA announced that football competitions in Egypt would resume, with the Premier League recommencing on 6 August, Second Division on 21 September and Egypt Cup on 30 September. The EFA also confirmed that all clubs' players and staff would be tested for COVID-19 before resuming training.^[2][3]

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Qualifying phase[b]
First Preliminary Round	266	208	none	208	Egyptian Third Division Egyptian Fourth Division
Second Preliminary Round	151	94	104	1	none
Third Preliminary Round	104	86	47	35	Egyptian Second Division
Fourth Preliminary Round	61	15	15	none	none
Fifth Preliminary Round	46	28	15	none	none
Main competition
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 phase	First Preliminary Round	10 October 2019	15 October 2019
	Second Preliminary Round		19 October 2019
	Third Preliminary Round	22 October 2019	25 October 2019
	Fourth Preliminary Round		13 November 2019
	Fifth Preliminary Round	17 November 2019	20 November 2019
Main competition	Round of 32	24 November 2019	2 December 2019
	Round of 16		15 February 2020
	Quarter-finals		14 October 2020
	Semi-finals		1 December 2020
	Final		5 December 2020

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 2019–20 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds.

Draw

The draw for the main competition was held at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Gezira, Cairo on 24 November 2019 and was broadcast live on ON Sport.^[4]

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 2018–19 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.

Similar to previous season, the Egypt Cup defending champions, Zamalek, and the Egyptian Premier League champions, Al Ahly, were placed in different paths; meaning that both teams can face each other only in the final.

Pot	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Teams	Aswan FC Masr El Gouna[c] Tanta	Al Ahly ENPPI El Entag El Harby[c] Haras El Hodoud[c] Ismaily Al Ittihad Al Masry Misr Lel Makkasa Al Mokawloon Al Arab Pyramids Smouha[c] Tala'ea El Gaish Wadi Degla Zamalek	Abou Qir Fertilizers Beni Suef Biyala Dikernis Al Jazeera Media Al Nasr Nogoom Al Obour Petrojet Pharco Qena El Sharkia Tersana

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.

All matches will be played on venues selected by the Egyptian Football Association except in the Round of 32, where matches will be hosted by the team drawn first.

Champion qualification

The winners of the Egypt Cup will earn automatic qualification for the 2020–21 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.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 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 phase began with the First Preliminary Round on 15 October 2019, and concluded with the Fifth Preliminary Round on 23 November 2019.

Round of 32

The matches were played from 2 to 8 December 2019. This round included four teams from the Egyptian Third Division, Al Jazeera, Al Obour, Qena and El Sharkia, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Wadi Degla (1) v Biyala (2)

2 December 2019 (2019-12-02)	Wadi Degla (1)	4–0	Biyala (2)	New Cairo, Cairo
14:30	Reda 17' Kabou 37' El Ouadi 44' (pen.) Mohamed 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mostafa El Shohdy

Misr Lel Makkasa (1) v Pharco (2)

2 December 2019 (2019-12-02)	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	2–0	Pharco (2)	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:30	Marey 33' Mosaad 36'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Atef Hussein

FC Masr (1) v El Gouna (1)

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	FC Masr (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	El Gouna (1)	Heliopolis, Cairo
17:00		Report		Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Referee: Galal Ahmed
	Penalties
	Ouka Abdel Hamid Sultan Gamal Shabana Ashraf		Hamdy Amoury Tawfik Naguib Shabrawy Ali

Al Ahly (1) v Beni Suef (2)

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Al Ahly (1)	3–1	Beni Suef (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
19:30	Azaro 67', 90+2' El Sheikh 69'	Report	Abdel Razek 88'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abbas

Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1) v Al Jazeera (3)

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)	2–0	Al Jazeera (3)	Nasr City, Cairo
14:30	Naguib 44' (pen.) Yaisien 87'	Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Amr El Shenawy

Zamalek (1) v El Sharkia (3)

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Zamalek (1)	3–1	El Sharkia (3)	Nasr City, Cairo
19:30	Bencharki 24', 77' Sassi 41'	Report	Abdel Wahed 90+1'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Wafa

El Entag El Harby (1) v Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)	El Entag El Harby (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)	Al Salam City, Cairo
14:30	Mo. El Badry 62'	Report	Badr 90'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ahmed Nagy
	Penalties
	Ma. El Badry Bazoka Trabelsi Abdel Khalek		Ezzat El Kiki Ragab Yehia

Al Masry (1) v Qena (3)

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)	Al Masry (1)	4–0	Qena (3)	Attaka, Suez
17:00	Yasser 25' Wadi 42' Magdy 63' El Eraky 83'	Report		Stadium: Egyptian Army Stadium Referee: Khaled El Ghandour

Pyramids (1) v Nogoom (2)

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)	Pyramids (1)	6–1	Nogoom (2)	New Cairo, Cairo
19:30	El Gabbas 19', 56' Hassan 44' El Sayed 69' (o.g.) Bakry 75' Antwi 84'	Report	El Tawila 14'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Amr Ayed

Smouha (1) v Al Obour (3)

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06)	Smouha (1)	1–0	Al Obour (3)	Shatby, Alexandria
15:00	Hassan 66'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Sayed Shaaban

ENPPI (1) v Tersana (2)

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06)	ENPPI (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Tersana (2)	New Cairo, Cairo
17:30		Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Hussein
	Penalties
	Yehia Fawzy Galal Mao Roaa Fouad		Ashraf Shaker Hazem Hamdy Gaafar M. Hussein

Haras El Hodoud (1) v Petrojet (2)

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)	Haras El Hodoud (1)	1–0	Petrojet (2)	El Max, Alexandria
14:30	Ali 70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nasef

Al Ittihad (1) v Al Nasr (2)

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)	Al Ittihad (1)	1–0	Al Nasr (2)	Shatby, Alexandria
14:30	Cissé 65'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Sabry Ibrahim

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

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	1–0	Dikernis (2)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00	Salama 66'	Report		Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Referee: Ahmed Abdallah

Ismaily (1) v Media (2)

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)	Ismaily (1)	2–0	Media (2)	Ismailia
17:00	Makhlouf 32' Piqueti 43'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Amr Abdeen

Aswan (1) v Tanta (1)

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)	Aswan (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Tanta (1)	Aswan
13:45	Youssef 80'	Report	El Dah 74'	Stadium: Aswan Stadium Referee: Sobhy El Amrawy
	Penalties
	Dao El Kadi Gaber Oukri Farid		Kabonga Onosh Salah Adel El Dah

Round of 16

The matches were played between 15 February and 5 October 2020. Matches involving Al Ahly and Zamalek were postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with their postponed league games. This round included two teams from the Egyptian Second Division, Abou Qir Fertilizers and Tersana, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Abou Qir Fertilizers (2) v Haras El Hodoud (1)

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)	Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)	2–0	Haras El Hodoud (1)	Shatby, Alexandria
14:00	El Aash 9' (pen.) El Sayed 79'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed Hassan

Al Ittihad (1) v Aswan (1)

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)	Al Ittihad (1)	2–1	Aswan (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
17:00	El Sanghawy 25' (o.g.) El Sabahy 55'	Report	Abdel Maguid 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Wadi Degla (1) v FC Masr (1)

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16)	Wadi Degla (1)	1–2	FC Masr (1)	Al Salam City, Cairo
14:00	Omran 72'	Report	Furtado 44', 85'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Walid Abdel Razek

Tala'ea El Gaish (1) v Misr Lel Makkasa (1)

17 February 2020 (2020-02-17)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	1–0	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	New Cairo, Cairo
17:00	Muhire 19'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salama

Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1) v Al Masry (1)

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)	4–0	Al Masry (1)	Suez City, Suez
17:00	Naguib 22' Essam 41', 68' Youssef 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

Ismaily (1) v Pyramids (1)

21 February 2020 (2020-02-21)	Ismaily (1)	0–1	Pyramids (1)	Shatby, Alexandria
17:00		Report	Antwi 6'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

Al Ahly (1) v Tersana (2)

30 September 2020 (2020-09-30)	Al Ahly (1)	2–1	Tersana (2)	Al Salam City, Cairo
20:00	Ajayi 7', 15'	Report	Mansour 42'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ahmed Gamal

Zamalek (1) v Smouha (1)

5 October 2020 (2020-10-05)	Zamalek (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Smouha (1)	Ismailia
20:00	Ashour 81' Sayed 114'	Report	Mohsen 55'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 14 October to 21 November 2020. This round included one team from the Egyptian Second Division, Abou Qir Fertilizers, the lowest ranking side left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Tala'ea El Gaish (1) v Pyramids (1)

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Pyramids (1)	Nasr City, Cairo
20:30		Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
	Penalties
	Roaa Kabouria El Fil		Antwi El Gabbas Gabr Hamada

Al Ittihad (1) v Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)

22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)	Al Ittihad (1)	2–1	Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1)	Suez City, Suez
20:00	Kamar 49' Salem 90+4'	Report	Naguib 47'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ahly (1) v Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)	Al Ahly (1)	2–1	Abou Qir Fertilizers (2)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
17:00	Soliman 15', 26' (pen.)	Report	Kouyaté 38'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salama

Zamalek (1) v FC Masr (1)

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)	Zamalek (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Masr (1)	Suez City, Suez
20:00	Faisal 90+6' Sayed 116' (pen.)	Report	Gondaya 85'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 1 December 2020.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Zamalek (1) v Tala'ea El Gaish (1)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	Zamalek (1)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
17:00	Shikabala 45+2'	Report	Samir 36', 95' (pen.) Marey 113'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Al Ahly (1) v Al Ittihad (1)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	Al Ahly (1)	2–1	Al Ittihad (1)	Suez City, Suez
20:00	Magdy 71' H. Fathy 89'	Report	Cissé 35'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

Final

Main article: 2020 Egypt Cup Final

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)

20:00 CAT

Al Ahly	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tala'ea El Gaish
Kahraba 65'	Report	Mansi 90+2'
Penalties
Maâloul El Solia Benoun Ashraf Afsha	3–2	Mohareb Mansi Sotohi M. Gamal El Sayed

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

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 2–8 December 2019				Round of 16 15 February – 5 October 2020				Quarter-finals 14 October – 21 November 2020				Semi-finals 1 December 2020				Final 5 December 2020
	Al Ahly	3
	Beni Suef	1
					Al Ahly	2
					Tersana	1
	ENPPI	0 (3)
	Tersana (p)	0 (4)
									Al Ahly	2
									Abou Qir Fertilizers	1
	El Entag El Harby	1 (2)
	Abou Qir Fertilizers (p)	1 (4)
					Abou Qir Fertilizers	2
					Haras El Hodoud	0
	Haras El Hodoud	1
	Petrojet	0
													Al Ahly	2
													Al Ittihad	1
	Al Ittihad	1
	Al Nasr	0
					Al Ittihad	2
					Aswan	1
	Aswan (p)	1 (5)
	Tanta	1 (4)
									Al Ittihad	2
									Al Mokawloon Al Arab	1
	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	2
	Al Jazeera	0
					Al Mokawloon Al Arab	4
					Al Masry	0
	Al Masry	4
	Qena	0
																	Al Ahly (p)	1 (3)
																	Tala'ea El Gaish	1 (2)
	Zamalek	3
	El Sharkia	1
					Zamalek (a.e.t.)	2
					Smouha	1
	Smouha	1
	Al Obour	0
									Zamalek (a.e.t.)	2
									FC Masr	1
	Wadi Degla	4
	Biyala	0
					Wadi Degla	1
					FC Masr	2
	FC Masr (p)	0 (4)
	El Gouna	0 (3)
													Zamalek	1
													Tala'ea El Gaish (a.e.t.)	3
	Tala'ea El Gaish	1
	Dikernis	0
					Tala'ea El Gaish	1
					Misr Lel Makkasa	0
	Misr Lel Makkasa	2
	Pharco	0
									Tala'ea El Gaish (p)	0 (3)
									Pyramids	0 (1)
	Ismaily	2
	Media	0
					Ismaily	0
					Pyramids	1
	Pyramids	6
	Nogoom	1

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Shoukry Naguib	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	3
2	Junior Ajayi	Al Ahly	2
	John Antwi	Pyramids
	Walid Azaro	Al Ahly
	Achraf Bencharki	Zamalek
	Razack Cissé	Al Ittihad
	Mohamed Essam	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	Willis Furtado	FC Masr
	Mohamed El Gabbas	Pyramids
	Amr Marey[d]	Misr Lel Makkasa/Tala'ea El Gaish
	Ahmed Samir	Tala'ea El Gaish
	Ahmed Sayed	Zamalek
	Walid Soliman	Al Ahly