# 2022–23 Pyramids FC season

The 2022–23 Pyramids FC season was the club's fifth season in existence and the fifth 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.

## Overview

About eight months after being hired, Pyramids fired coach Takis Gonias following a third heavy defeat.

## 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) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 11 | MF | Mostafa Fathi | Al-Taawoun | Loan | 16 September 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Mahmoud Abdel Aati | Ismaily | Free | 17 September 2022 |
| | DF | Abdel Rahman Gouda | Al Nasr | Undisclosed | 11 October 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 12 | DF | Ahmed Tawfik | National Bank | Free | 1 September 2022 |
| | MF | Ibrahim Hassan | Al Ittihad | €158,000 | 6 September 2022 |
| 27 | DF | Hussein El Sayed | Al Masry | Undisclosed | 13 September 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Omar Gaber | Zamalek | Undisclosed | 19 September 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Nabil Emad | Zamalek | Undisclosed | 21 September 2022 |
| | FW | Salah El Deen Yehia | El Dakhleya | | 29 September 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Eric Traoré | ENPPI | Loan | 10 October 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Mahmoud Wadi | Tala'ea El Gaish | Loan | 15 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Pyramids held a training camp in Dubai, UAE from 24 September to 3 October.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Egyptian Premier League | 19 October 2022 | 23 July 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 064.71 |
| Egypt Cup | 17 May 2023 | 3 July 2023 | Round of 32 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 075.00 |
| EFA Cup | 26 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | 8 October 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 92 | 36 | +56 | 060.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### Egyptian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 63 | 13 | +50 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 4 | Future | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 5 | Al Masry | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 48 | |
* ↑ Since the 2022–23 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup first or second round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 October 2022.

### Egypt Cup

The semi-finals took place during the 2023–24 season.

### CAF Confederation Cup
#### Qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.

##### Play-off round
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAR | PFC | ASK | FUT |
| 1 | ASFAR | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Pyramids | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | ASKO Kara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 0–3 |
| 4 | Future | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ Awarded
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head goal difference: ASKO Kara 0, Future 0. Head-to-head goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head away goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Goal difference: ASKO Kara -8, Future -8. Goals scored: ASKO Kara 6, Future 4
* ↑ Awarded
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#### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 April 2023.

## Goalscorers

Updated as of 23 July 2023.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | Cup | League Cup | Confederation Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Mostafa Fathi | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Fagrie Lakay | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 28 | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 8 | Islam Issa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Ramadan Sobhi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 89 |