# 2019 Egypt Cup final

The 2019 Egypt Cup Final was the 87th Egypt Cup Final, the final match of the 2018–19 Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition. It was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt, on 8 September 2019, contested by Pyramids and Zamalek. Zamalek won the match 3–0, with two goals from Achraf Bencharki and one from Youssef Obama. Zamalek won the competition for the 2nd consecutive time and for the 6th time in the previous 7 editions. Since both finalists qualified to an African competition based on their league rankings, the spot awarded to the winners (2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league, Al Masry. Zamalek also earned the right to play the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League champions Al Ahly for the 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup.

## Route to the final

In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. From the round of 16, all matches were played on neutral grounds.

### Pyramids

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| R32 | Tanta | 3–2 |
| R16 | Al Ahly | 1–0 |
| QF | Haras El Hodoud | 2–0 |
| SF | Petrojet | 2–0 |
As an Egyptian Premier League club, Pyramids started in the round of 32 where they were drawn with Egyptian Second Division team Tanta. Pyramids won 3–2 with two goals from Keno and one from Mohamed Magdy. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team Al Ahly and won 1–0 with Eric Traoré scoring the only goal of the game. In the quarter-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Haras El Hodoud and won 2–0 with both goals coming from John Antwi. In the semi-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Petrojet and progressed to the final after a 2–0 win with Traoré and Ibrahim Hassan on the scoresheet.

### Zamalek

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| R32 | MS Minyat Samanoud | 1–0 |
| R16 | El Entag El Harby | 2–0 (a.e.t.) |
| QF | Misr Lel Makkasa | 1–0 |
| SF | Al Ittihad | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
As an Egyptian Premier League club, Zamalek also started in the round of 32. They were drawn at home against Egyptian Third Division side MS Minyat Samanoud. Zamalek won 1–0 with a late goal from Ibrahim Hassan. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team El Entag El Harby and won 2–0 at extra time courtesy of Mahmoud Alaa and Mahmoud Abdel Aziz. In the quarter-finals, they played against fellow Egyptian Premier League side Misr Lel Makkasa and won 1–0 thanks to an early strike by Abdallah Gomaa. In the semi-finals, they were drawn against Egyptian Premier League side Al Ittihad and progressed to the final after a 1–0 extra time win with Mostafa Mohamed scoring the only goal of the game.

## Pre-game

After missing their chance in reaching the final last season by losing to Smouha on penalties, Pyramids qualified to the Egypt Cup final this season for the first time in their history. Zamalek reached the final for the 40th time in their history and for the 4th time in the previous 5 seasons; winning all 4 of them.
The Egyptian Football Association confirmed that at least 20,000 tickets will be available to purchase, but didn't confirm the number each club received. Tickets were priced E£75, E£300 and E£750, with concessions in place.

## Match

| Pyramids | Zamalek |
| GK | 16 | Ahmed El Shenawy |
| LB | 21 | Mohamed Hamdy | 66' |
| CB | 5 | Ali Gabr |
| CB | 2 | Ahmed Ayman Mansour |
| RB | 13 | Ragab Bakar |
| CM | 14 | Nabil Emad | 90+2' |
| CM | 8 | Islam Issa | | 73' |
| AM | 10 | Ibrahim Hassan | | 63' |
| LW | 28 | Eric Traoré |
| RW | 19 | Abdallah El Said (c) |
| CF | 9 | John Antwi | | 73' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | El Mahdy Soliman |
| DF | 3 | Abdallah Bakry |
| DF | 4 | Omar Gaber |
| MF | 12 | Ahmed Tawfik |
| MF | 22 | Lumala Abdu | | 63' |
| FW | 17 | Mohamed Farouk | | 73' |
| FW | 23 | Ahmed Ali | | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Sébastien Desabre ||
| GK | 21 | Mohamed Awad |
| LB | 19 | Mohamed Abdel Shafy |
| CB | 4 | Mahmoud Alaa | 7' |
| CB | 5 | Mohamed Abdel Ghani | 28' |
| RB | 12 | Hamdi Nagguez |
| CM | 3 | Tarek Hamed |
| CM | 13 | Ferjani Sassi |
| AM | 11 | Youssef Obama | | 72' |
| LW | 20 | Achraf Bencharki |
| RW | 10 | Mahmoud Shikabala (c) | | 62' |
| CF | 15 | Mostafa Mohamed | | 85' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed Abou Gabal |
| DF | 22 | Abdallah Gomaa |
| DF | 28 | Mahmoud Hamdy | | 85' |
| FW | 9 | Omar El Said |
| FW | 26 | Emam Ashour | | 72' |
| FW | 28 | Mohamed Ounajem | 65' | 62' |
| FW | 29 | Khalid Boutaïb |
| Manager: ||
| Milutin Sredojević ||
| Man of the Match: Mahmoud Shikabala (Zamalek) Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac (Romania) Mircea Orbulet (Romania) Fourth official: Marcel Birsan (Romania) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |