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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.
Tournament details | |
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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) |
Runner-up | Pyramids |
Confederation Cup | Al Masry[lower-alpha 1] |
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) |
Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek successfully defended their title and defeated Pyramids 3–0 in the final.[2]
Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering at this round |
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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 |
The schedule is as follows.
Phase | Round | Draw date | First match date |
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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 |
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
8 October 2018 | 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 | ||||
8 October 2018 | El Entag El Harby (1) | 2–0 | Ittihad El Shorta (3) | Al Salam City, Cairo |
15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saber |
8 October 2018 | Ismaily (1) | 4–0 | Naser El Fekreia (3) | Ismailia |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Tabei |
8 October 2018 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1) | 2–0 | Ghazl El Mahalla (2) | Nasr City, Cairo |
18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Nader Kamar El Dawla |
9 October 2018 | Petrojet (1) | 6–0 | MS Tala (2) | Suez |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Hesham El Fallal |
9 October 2018 | ENPPI (1) | 3–0 | Muslim Youths (Qena) (3) | New Cairo, Cairo |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Hosny Sultan |
9 October 2018 | Pyramids (1) | 3–2 | Tanta (2) | Nasr City, Cairo |
21:00 | Report |
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Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Ahmed Abdallah |
10 October 2018 | Al Ahly (1) | 3–2 | Tersana (2) | Al Salam City, Cairo |
17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour |
10 October 2018 | Wadi Degla (1) | 4–1 | El Gouna (1) | New Cairo, Cairo |
17:00 | Report | Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din |
10 October 2018 | Misr Lel Makkasa (1) | 2–0 | Abou Qir Fertilizers (2) | Nasr City, Cairo |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abbas |
11 October 2018 | Nogoom (1) | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Haras El Hodoud (1) | Nasr City, Cairo |
15:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Desouky |
11 October 2018 | Smouha (1) | 3–2 | Al Aluminium (2) | Borg El Arab, Alexandria |
15:05 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub |
11 October 2018 | Tala'ea El Gaish (1) | 3–2 | El Qanah (2) | Nasr City, Cairo |
18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Qelawi |
11 October 2018 | Al Ittihad (1) | 3–1 | Porto Suez (2) | Shatby, Alexandria |
18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Roushdy |
11 October 2018 | Zamalek (1) | 1–0 | MS Minyat Samanoud (3) | New Cairo, Cairo |
21:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed |
2 December 2018[lower-alpha 2] | Al Masry (1) | 1–2 | Al Jazeera (2) | Ismailia |
17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Amr Ayed |
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.
23 October 2018 | Ismaily (1) | 1–0 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab (1) | Al Salam City, Cairo |
15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel |
23 October 2018 | Zamalek (1) | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | El Entag El Harby (1) | Borg El Arab, Alexandria |
18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour |
24 October 2018 | Misr Lel Makkasa (1) | 2–1 | Wadi Degla (1) | Shatby, Alexandria |
16:00 | Report | Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy |
24 October 2018 | 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 | ||||
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27 October 2018 | ENPPI (1) | 4–2 | El Mansoura (2) | Nasr City, Cairo |
17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy |
7 December 2018[lower-alpha 3] | 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 | ||||
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18 December 2018[lower-alpha 4] | Al Jazeera (2) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p) | Petrojet (1) | Nasr City, Cairo |
17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed |
Penalties | ||||
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17 August 2019[lower-alpha 5] | Al Ahly (1) | 0–1 | Pyramids (1) | Borg El Arab, Alexandria |
20:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha |
The matches were played from 3 January to 30 August 2019.
3 January 2019 | Petrojet (1) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ENPPI (1) | Nasr City, Cairo |
16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Walid Abdel Aziz |
5 May 2019[lower-alpha 6] | Ismaily (1) | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Al Ittihad (1) | Nasr City, Cairo |
17:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour |
28 August 2019[lower-alpha 7] | Zamalek (1) | 1–0 | Misr Lel Makkasa (1) | Borg El Arab, Alexandria |
20:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf |
30 August 2019 | Pyramids (1) | 2–0 | Haras El Hodoud (1) | New Cairo, Cairo |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy |
The matches were played on 1 and 2 September 2019.
1 September 2019 | Zamalek (1) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Al Ittihad (1) | Ismailia |
20:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) |
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.
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] |
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1 | John Antwi[lower-alpha 8] | Misr Lel Makkasa/Pyramids | 3 |
Khaled Kamar | Al Ittihad | ||
Mahmoud Kaoud | ENPPI | ||
Ahmed Raouf[lower-alpha 9] | Petrojet/El Entag El Harby | ||
Eric Traoré[lower-alpha 10] | Misr Lel Makkasa/Pyramids | ||
6 | Karim Bambo | Ismaily | 2 |
Achraf Bencharki[lower-alpha 11] | Zamalek | ||
Mohamed Gamal | Wadi Degla | ||
Hossam Hassan | Smouha | ||
Ibrahim Hassan[lower-alpha 12] | 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 |
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