2024 Egypt Cup final

The 2024 Egypt Cup final was the final match of the 2023–24 Egypt Cup, the 92nd edition of the competition since its establishment in 1921. It was played between Pyramids and ZED on 30 August 2024 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.^[3]

2024 Egypt Cup final

Borg El Arab Stadium hosted the match
Pyramids ZED 1 0
Date	30 August 2024 (2024-08-30)
Venue	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Man of the Match	Fiston Mayele (Pyramids)
Referee	Ahmed El Ghandour[1]
Weather	Fair 27 °C (81 °F) 70% humidity[2]
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Both teams were looking to win their first ever Egypt Cup title.^[4] This marked Pyramids' third appearance in the final match of the competition, having previously lost the 2019 and 2022 finals against Zamalek and Al Ahly, respectively.^[5][6] ZED on the other hand played the final of a major tournament for the first time in their history.^[7]

Fiston Mayele's late strike earned Pyramids a 1–0 victory, winning his club their first-ever Egypt Cup and major title.^[8]

Route to the final

Main article: 2023–24 Egypt Cup

Pyramids

Round	Opposition	Score
R32	Al Nasr	4–0
R16	Abou Qir Fertilizers	1–0
QF	El Gouna	4–0
SF	Al Masry	1–1 (4–3 p.)

As an Egyptian Premier League team, Pyramids entered the competition in the round of 32, and were drawn at home against Al Nasr.^[9] Pyramids won the match 4–0, courtesy of goals from Youssef Osama and a hat-trick by Marwan Hamdy.^[10] In the round of 16, they played against Abou Qir Fertilizers at home, and grabbed a win by a single goal also scored by Marwan Hamdy.^[11] In the quarter-finals, Pyramids faced El Gouna at home, and earned a 4–0 victory thanks to goals from Fiston Mayele, Ahmed Samy, Blati Touré and Mostafa Fathi.^[12] In the semi-finals, they faced Al Masry away from home for the first time in the competition this season, who eliminated them from the Egyptian League Cup quarter-finals earlier this season.^[13] Pyramids managed to get their revenge as they won the tie 4–3 on penalties, after the original and extra time ended 1–1, with Fagrie Lakay scoring Pyramids' only goal, to secure the club's place in the Egypt Cup final for the third time in their history.^[3]

ZED

Round	Opposition	Score
R32	El Dakhleya	2–1 (a.e.t.)
R16	Ceramica Cleopatra	3–0 (a.e.t.)
QF	Modern Future	1–0 (a.e.t.)
SF	Ismaily	1–0

ZED also entered the competition in the round of 32, as an Egyptian Premier League side, and were drawn at home against fellow Egyptian Premier League side El Dakhleya.^[9] They won the match 2–1 at extra time thanks to a stoppage time equalizer from Mostafa Ziko and a late goal from Shady Hussein.^[14] In the round of 16, the club was drawn against Egyptian League Cup champions Ceramica Cleopatra away from home, and succeeded in winning the match 3–0, again after extra time, with goals from Dilson (2) and Abdel Rahman El Banouby.^[15] In the quarter-finals, the club faced Modern Future away from home, and managed to advance to the semi-finals after winning 1–0, again after extra time, with Mohamed Ismail scoring the club's only goal.^[16] In the semi-finals, ZED were drawn away from home in the competition for the third consecutive time against Ismaily, and managed to grab a 1–0 win thanks to Dilson's early first half goal; sending the club to their first-ever Egypt Cup and major competition final match.^[17]

Venue

Exterior view of the stadium in 2017.

Borg El Arab Stadium was selected on 14 August 2024 by the Egyptian Football Association to host the final.^[18]

The stadium was opened in 2009, and has since been one of the home venues of the Egypt national football team. It was one of the venues of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and was included in Egypt's bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It hosted the CAF Champions League final on four occasions, most recently in 2018, when it hosted the first leg between Al Ahly and Espérance de Tunis.

Domestically, the stadium hosts all matches involving Al Masry, due to security concerns since the Port Said Stadium riot occurred in 2012, and due to their home stadium being under construction, alongside selected matches in the Egyptian Premier League. The 2023 Egyptian League Cup final was played on the stadiums, alongside three editions of the Egyptian Super Cup, most recently in 2021.

The finals of five consecutive editions of the Egypt Cup were previously held at Borg El Arab Stadium between 2016 and 2020.

Officials

The match officials for the final were announced by the Egyptian Football Association on 28 August 2024.^[1] Ahmed El Ghandour was selected as the main official, with Mahmoud Abou El Regal and Samir Gamal as the assistant referees, Mahmoud Nagy as the fourth official, and Sherif Abdallah as the reserve assistant referee. Mahmoud Bassiouny was selected as the video assistant referee, and Mohamed Youssef and Osama El Sayed were selected as the assistant video assistant referee and the support video assistant referee, respectively.

Match

Details

Pyramids	1–0	ZED
Mayele 87'	Report

30 August 2024 (2024-08-30)

21:00 CAST

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Pyramids

ZED

GK 1 Ahmed El Shenawy (c) RB 15 Mohamed Chibi  41'  90' CB 4 Ahmed Samy CB 21 Mohamed Hamdy LB 29 Karim Hafez  90+6'  90+6' CM 7 Blati Touré CM 14 Mohanad Lasheen AM 18 Walid El Karti RW 11 Mostafa Fathi  90+2' LW 23 Fagrie Lakay  46' CF 9 Fiston Mayele  90+6' Substitutes: GK 28 Ahmed Mayhoub DF 12 Ahmed Tawfik  90+2' DF 24 Ahmed Fathy  90+6' MF 8 Islam Issa  90' MF 17 Mohamed Reda II MF 19 Mahmoud Saber MF 20 Mahmoud Zalaka  46' FW 26 Mohamed El Gabbas FW 33 Marwan Hamdy  90+6' Manager: Krunoslav Jurčić

GK 1 Ali Lotfi (c) RB 8 Ahmed Abdel Naby CB 24 Mohamed Ismail CB 12 Mostafa El Aash LB 21 Mohamed Ashraf CM 7 Ahmed Atef  53' CM 26 Peter Zilu Mutumosi CM 37 Maata Magassa RW 10 Mostafa Ziko  73' LW 17 Abdel Rahman El Banouby CF 9 Shady Hussein Substitutes: GK 16 Amr Hossam DF 2 Mohamed Reda I DF 3 Mostafa Kajo DF 6 Islam Abdallah MF 11 Abdallah Magdy  82' MF 18 Ahmed El Saghiri  82' FW 13 Dilson  69' FW 23 Mostafa Saad  68' FW 27 Rasheed Ahmed  89' Manager: Magdy Abdel Aati

Man of the Match: Fiston Mayele (Pyramids) Assistant referees:[1] Mahmoud Abou El Regal Samir Gamal Fourth official:[1] Mahmoud Nagy Reserve assistant referee:[1] Sherif Abdallah Video assistant referee:[1] Mahmoud Bassiouny Assistant video assistant referee:[1] Mohamed Youssef Support video assistant referee:[1] Osama El Sayed

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

Statistics

First half[19] Statistic Pyramids ZED Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 5 6 Shots on target 0 1 Ball possession 68% 32% Corner kicks 1 3 Fouls committed 10 4 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half[19] Statistic Pyramids ZED Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 11 1 Shots on target 6 0 Ball possession 64% 36% Corner kicks 4 0 Fouls committed 5 16 Offsides 2 0 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall[19] Statistic Pyramids ZED Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 16 7 Shots on target 6 1 Ball possession 66% 34% Corner kicks 5 3 Fouls committed 15 20 Offsides 3 1 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.