2021–22 Pyramids FC season

The 2021–22 Pyramids FC season was the club's fourth season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Pyramids participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the EFA Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.

Pyramids FC

2021–22 season
Owner	Salem Al Shamsi
Manager	Ehab Galal (until 25 April) Takis Gonias (from 25 April) Jaime Pacheco[note 1]
Stadium	30 June Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	2nd
Egypt Cup	Runners-up
EFA Cup	Group stage
CAF Confederation Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Ramadan Sobhi (7)
Biggest win	Ismaily 0–4 Pyramids Pyramids 5–1 Smouha
Biggest defeat	Al Ahly 3–0 Pyramids
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 January 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EGY El Mahdy Soliman 3 DF  EGY Ahmed Ayman Mansour 4 DF  EGY Omar Gaber (vice-captain) 5 DF  EGY Ali Gabr (3rd captain) 6 DF  EGY Osama Galal 7 FW  BFA Eric Traoré 8 FW  EGY Islam Issa 9 FW  PLE Mahmoud Wadi 10 FW  EGY Ramadan Sobhi 11 MF  EGY Mohamed Sadek 12 DF  EGY Ahmed Tawfik 14 MF  EGY Nabil Emad 15 MF  BFA Blati Touré 16 GK  EGY Ahmed El Shenawy 17 MF  EGY Hesham Mohamed 18 MF  MAR Walid El Karti

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  EGY Abdallah El Said (captain) 20 FW  EGY Abdallah Magdy 21 DF  EGY Mohamed Hamdy 22 GK  EGY Sherif Ekramy 23 FW  RSA Fagrie Lakay 24 DF  EGY Ahmed Fathy 25 DF  EGY Ahmed Samy 26 FW  EGY Mohamed El Gabbas 27 DF  EGY Hussein El Sayed 28 FW  TUN Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 30 FW  EGY Ibrahim Adel 33 MF  EGY Mahmoud Saber 35 MF  EGY Ahmad Fawzi 39 DF  EGY Abdo Semida — MF  EGY Mostafa Fathi (on loan from Al-Taawoun)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  EGY Ahmed Daadour (Eastern Company SC until 30 June 2022) — FW  GHA John Antwi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pyramids v Zamalek

30 September 2021 Friendly	Pyramids	0–0	Zamalek	Cairo, Egypt
		Report		Stadium: Air Defense Stadium sub-field

Pyramids v Ghazl El Mahalla

13 November 2021 Friendly	Pyramids	1–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo, Egypt
	Saber	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	27 October 2021	30 August 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	34	22	5	7	56	25	+31	064.71
Egypt Cup	28 March 2022	10 April 2023	Round of 32	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	060.00
EFA Cup	12 January 2022	30 January 2022	Group stage	Group stage	5	1	1	3	5	6	−1	020.00
CAF Confederation Cup	16 October 2021	24 April 2022	Second round	Quarter-finals	12	7	3	2	10	5	+5	058.33
Total					56	33	10	13	77	40	+37	058.93

Source: Soccerway

Egyptian Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek[a] (C)	34	24	5	5	62	29	+33	77	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Pyramids[a]	34	22	5	7	56	25	+31	71	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
3	Al Ahly[a]	34	20	10	4	62	21	+41	70	Qualification for the Champions League
4	Tala'ea El Gaish	34	14	14	6	27	24	+3	56[b]
5	Future[a]	34	16	8	10	49	34	+15	56[b]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
2. Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	22	5	7	56	25	+31	71	12	2	3	29	10	+19	10	3	4	27	15	+12

Source: worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position

Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 12 October 2021.^[1]

Pyramids v Misr Lel Makkasa

27 October 2021 1	Pyramids	2–1	Misr Lel Makkasa	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Pharco v Pyramids

31 October 2021 2	Pharco	1–2	Pyramids	Alexandria
17:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Pyramids v Al Ittihad

4 November 2021 3	Pyramids	3–0	Al Ittihad	Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Al Masry v Pyramids

19 November 2021 4	Al Masry	2–2	Pyramids	Borg El Arab
15:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

Pyramids v Eastern Company

22 November 2021 5	Pyramids	3–0	Eastern Company	Cairo
15:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Pyramids v Tala'ea El Gaish

21 December 2021 7	Pyramids	3–0	Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

ENPPI v Pyramids

25 December 2021 6	ENPPI	1–1	Pyramids	Cairo
15:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Petrosport Stadium

Pyramids v Ismaily

16 February 2022 9	Pyramids	1–0	Ismaily	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)	Samy 64'			Stadium: 30 June Stadium

National Bank v Pyramids

24 February 2022 10	National Bank	0–1	Pyramids	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)			Sobhy 81'	Stadium: Petrosport Stadium

Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Pyramids

4 March 2022 12	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–2	Pyramids	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium

Al Ahly v Pyramids

8 March 2022 8	Al Ahly	3–0	Pyramids	Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

Pyramids v Zamalek

6 April 2022 11	Pyramids	2–3	Zamalek	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Pyramids v Ghazl El Mahalla

9 April 2022 13	Pyramids	1–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)	Adel 81'			Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Pyramids v Ceramica Cleopatra

27 April 2022 16	Pyramids	0–1	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

El Gouna v Pyramids

1 May 2022 17	El Gouna	1–2	Pyramids	El Gouna
21:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium

Smouha v Pyramids

6 May 2022 14	Smouha	0–2	Pyramids	Alexandria
21:00 EST (UTC+2)			Ben Youssef 9' Galal 58'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Misr Lel Makkasa v Pyramids

11 May 2022 18	Misr Lel Makkasa	0–2	Pyramids	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium

Pyramids v Pharco

15 May 2022 19	Pyramids	0–0	Pharco	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Al Ittihad v Pyramids

22 May 2022 20	Al Ittihad	1–0	Pyramids	Alexandria
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Pyramids v Future

26 May 2022 15	Pyramids	0–0	Future	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Pyramids v Al Masry

29 May 2022 21	Pyramids	3–1	Al Masry	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Eastern Company v Pyramids

22 June 2022 22	Eastern Company	0–3	Pyramids	Suez
19:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Eastern Company Stadium

Pyramids v ENPPI

29 June 2022 23	Pyramids	1–0	ENPPI	Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Tala'ea El Gaish v Pyramids

12 July 2022 24	Tala'ea El Gaish	2–2	Pyramids	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium

Pyramids v Al Ahly

16 July 2022 25	Pyramids	2–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Ismaily v Pyramids

24 July 2022 26	Ismaily	0–4	Pyramids	Ismailia
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

Pyramids v National Bank of Egypt

27 July 2022 27	Pyramids	1–0	National Bank of Egypt	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)	Sobhi 71'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

Zamalek v Pyramids

1 August 2022 28	Zamalek	3–0	Pyramids	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	Zizo 2' (pen.) Jaziri 24' Shikabala 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Pyramids v Al Mokawloon Al Arab

6 August 2022 29	Pyramids	1–0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	Samy 49'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Ghazl El Mahalla v Pyramids

9 August 2022 30	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–2	Pyramids	El Mahalla El Kubra
18:30 EST (UTC+2)		Report	Lakay 3' Issa 72'	Stadium: El Mahalla Stadium

Pyramids v Smouha

19 August 2022 31	Pyramids	5–1	Smouha	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	El Karti 3' El Said 53', 73' Lakay 82' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	Hamdy 12'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Future v Pyramids

22 August 2022 32	Future	1–0	Pyramids	Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)	Kamal 70'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

Ceramica Cleopatra v Pyramids

26 August 2022 33	Ceramica Cleopatra	0–2	Pyramids	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)		Report	Hamdy 45+2' Lakay 77'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Nader Kamar

Pyramids v El Gouna

30 August 2022 34	Pyramids	1–3	El Gouna	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)	Issa 59'	Report	El Sayed 32' (pen.) El Saadawy 53' Gahnem 81'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Egypt Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Egypt Cup

Pyramids v La Viena FC

28 March 2022 Round of 32	Pyramids	1–0	La Viena FC	Alexandria
17:00 EST (UTC+2)	Sami 34'			Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium

Pyramids v Ceramica Cleopatra

6 July 2022 Round of 16	Pyramids	2–1	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	Ben Youssef 17' Issa 67'		Magdi 69'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium

National Bank v Pyramids

27 November 2022 Quarter-finals	National Bank	0–1	Pyramids	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)			Sobhi 16'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouni

Zamalek v Pyramids

16 January 2023 Semi-finals	Zamalek	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Pyramids	Cairo
18:00 EST (UTC+2)	Abdelmaguid 6' Ashour  21'	Report	Gabr  11' Adel  43' El Karti 55' Fathy  98'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
	Penalties
	Zizo Roka Shalaby Ashour Shikabala		Sobhi Ben Youssef El Gabbas Galal

Al Ahly v Pyramids

10 April 2023 Final	Al Ahly	2–1	Pyramids	Cairo
21:15 EST (UTC+2)	Kahraba 74' Fathy 105'		El Karti 71'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

EFA Cup

Main article: 2022 EFA Cup

Group stage

Pyramids v Al Ittihad

12 January 2022 1	Pyramids	1–2	Al Ittihad	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Future v Pyramids

16 January 2022 2	Future	2–1	Pyramids	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

Pyramids v Al Masry

20 January 2022 5	Pyramids	0–1	Al Masry	Borg El Arab
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

El Sharqia Dokhan v Pyramids

26 January 2022 4	El Sharqia Dokhan	1–1	Pyramids	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Petrosport Stadium

Pyramids v Misr Lel Makkasa

30 January 2022 5	Pyramids	2–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

CAF Confederation Cup

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021.^[2]

Second round

Azam v Pyramids

16 October 2021 First leg	Azam	0–0	Pyramids	Mbagala, Tanzania
15:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Chamazi Stadium Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)

Pyramids v Azam

23 October 2021 Second leg	Pyramids	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Azam	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Gabr 29'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

Play-off round

AS Maniema Union v Pyramids

28 November 2021 First leg	AS Maniema Union	0–1	Pyramids	Kinshasa, Congo DR
16:00 UTC+1		Report	Wadi 25'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

Pyramids v AS Maniema Union

5 December 2021 Second leg	Pyramids	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	AS Maniema Union	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Adel 36'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	PYR	CSS	ZAN
1	Al Ahli Tripoli	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13[a]	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–1	2–0
2	Pyramids	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13[a]			2–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	CS Sfaxien	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5			0–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Zanaco	6	1	0	5	3	9	−6	3			2–3	0–2	1–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0

Pyramids v Al Ahli Tripoli

13 February 2022 1	Pyramids	2–1	Al Ahli Tripoli	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Issa 56' El Karti 78'	Report	Al-Tubal 21'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Zanaco v Pyramids

20 February 2022 2	Zanaco	0–2	Pyramids	Lusaka, Zambia
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Lakay 45+1', 83'	Stadium: National Heroes Stadium Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Pyramids v CS Sfaxien

27 February 2022 3	Pyramids	1–0	CS Sfaxien	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Gabr 90+3'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

CS Sfaxien v Pyramids

13 March 2022 4	CS Sfaxien	1–1	Pyramids	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Chaouat 54'	Report	El Karti 44'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Al Ahli Tripoli v Pyramids

20 March 2022 5	Al Ahli Tripoli	1–0	Pyramids	Benghazi, Libya
21:00 UTC+2	Gaber 54' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Benina Martyrs Stadium Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Pyramids v Zanaco

3 April 2022 6	Pyramids	1–0	Zanaco	Cairo
22:00 UTC+2	Issa 90'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Kouassi Attidgbe (Togo)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Pyramids v TP Mazembe

17 April 2022 First leg	Pyramids	0–0	TP Mazembe	Cairo
22:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

TP Mazembe v Pyramids

24 April 2022 Second leg	TP Mazembe	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Pyramids	Lubumbashi, Congo DR
15:00 UTC+2	Koffi 33' Kitambala 44'	Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Notes

1. Took the position in January 2023. Was in charge of two matches in the late-finished Egypt Cup.