# 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.

## 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

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 058.93 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zamalek (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 71 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 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 | |
| 5 | Future | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
* 1 2 3 4 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.
* 1 2 Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

#### 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 | 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 |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 12 October 2021.

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

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Pyramids | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 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 | — |
* 1 2 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