# 2019–20 Pyramids FC season

The 2019–20 Pyramids season is the 11th season in the football club's history and 3rd consecutive and 4th overall season in the top flight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League, having been promoted from the Egyptian Second Division in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, Pyramids are also participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the Egypt Cup and the second-tier African cup, the CAF Confederation Cup. The season covers a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Kit information

Supplier: Adidas Sponsors: Swyp
| Home | Away | Third |

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2020
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 |
| 2 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Ayman Mansour |
| 3 | DF | EGY | Abdallah Bakry |
| 4 | DF | EGY | Omar Gaber (Vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Ali Gabr (3rd captain) |
| 6 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Fathy |
| 7 | FW | BFA | Eric Traoré |
| 8 | FW | EGY | Islam Issa |
| 9 | FW | GHA | John Antwi |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Ibrahim Hassan |
| 11 | DF | EGY | Tarek Taha |
| 12 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Tawfik |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Ragab Bakar |
| 14 | MF | EGY | Nabil Emad |
| 15 | MF | EGY | Mahmoud Hamada |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Ahmed El Shenawy |
| 17 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Farouk |
| 18 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni |
| 19 | MF | EGY | Abdallah El Said (Captain) |
| 20 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Atwa |
| 21 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Hamdy |
| 22 | FW | UGA | Lumala Abdu |
| 24 | DF | CIV | Wilfried Kanon |
| 25 | GK | EGY | Ahmed Daador |
| 26 | FW | EGY | Mohamed El Gabbas |
| 33 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Abdel Kader |
| 35 | FW | EGY | Ibrahim Adel |
| 37 | FW | EGY | Hossam Ghanem |
| — | FW | EGY | Ahmed Hamoudi |

### 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 |
| — | MF | NGA | Azubuike Okechukwu (at İstanbul Başakşehir until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | EGY | Ahmed Ali (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | PER | Cristian Benavente (at Nantes until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | BRA | Keno (at Al Jazira until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | EGY | Nasser Mansi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | EGY | Amr Marey (at Misr Lel Makkasa until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | BRA | Ribamar (at Vasco da Gama until 31 December 2020) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mahmoud Salah (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Egyptian Premier League | 21 September 2019 | May 2020 | Matchday 1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 050.00 |
| Egypt Cup | 5 December 2019 | | Round of 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | 10 August 2019 | | Preliminary round | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 77 | 36 | +41 | 062.79 |
Last updated: 13 September 2020 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 74 | 8 | +66 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Pyramids | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 65 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Smouha | 34 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 51 | |
* ↑ As a result of Zamalek refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly on 24 February 2020, the club was subject to a 3-point deduction following the conclusion of the season.
* ↑ Since the 2019–20 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, Al Mokawloon Al Arab.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 September 2020. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 12 September 2019.

### Egypt Cup

Pyramids entered the competition from the round of 32 and were given a home tie against Egyptian Second Division side Nogoom. The bracket of the tournament was also decided at the time of the round of 32 draw; meaning that the path to the final for each time was decided prior to playing any matches. Also, all matches are played on stadiums selected by the Egyptian Football Association starting from the round of 16.

### CAF Confederation Cup

Pyramids entered the competition for the first time in their history after finishing 3rd in the previous season of the league. Since it was the club's first appearance, Pyramids entered the competition from the preliminary round.

#### Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 21 July 2019. Pyramids were drawn against Étoile du Congo from Congo.

#### First round

The draw for the first round was held on 21 July 2019 (after the preliminary round draw). Pyramids were drawn against the winner of the tie involving CR Belouizdad from Algeria and AS CotonTchad from Chad, which was won by the former.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 October 2019. Pyramids were drawn against Young Africans from Tanzania, who were transferred to the CAF Confederation Cup from the CAF Champions League after losing their tie in the first round.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 November 2019. Pyramids were drawn in Group A alongside FC Nouadhibou from Mauritania, Enugu Rangers from Nigeria and fellow Egyptian side Al Masry.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pyramids | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Masry | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | FC Nouadhibou | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 | |

#### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 February 2020. Pyramids were drawn against Zanaco from Zambia.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 21 February 2020
| No. | Pos | Player | Egyptian Premier League | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egypt Cup | CAF Confederation Cup | CAF Confederation Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | El Mahdy Soliman | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ahmed Ayman Mansour | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Abdallah Bakry | 9+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Omar Gaber | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Ali Gabr | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Fathy | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Eric Traoré | 10+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 8 |
| 8 | FW | Islam Issa | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 2 | 21 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | John Antwi | 12+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 | 6+4 | 6 | 28 | 10 |
| 10 | FW | Ibrahim Hassan | 8+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Tarek Taha | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Ahmed Tawfik | 7+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Ragab Bakar | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Nabil Emad | 12+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9+1 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Mahmoud Hamada | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Ahmed El Shenawy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Mohamed Farouk | 7+3 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 5 | 18 | 8 |
| 18 | FW | Amor Layouni | 2+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Abdallah El Said | 14+1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 | 25 | 14 |
| 20 | DF | Mohamed Atwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Hamdy | 12+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | Lumala Abdu | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Wilfried Kanon | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Ahmed Daador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Mohamed El Gabbas | 3+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 23 | 4 |
| 33 | MF | Mahmoud Abdel Kader | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Ibrahim Adel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Hossam Ghanem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||||
| 23 | FW | Ahmed Ali | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 21 February 2020
| Rank | Position | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | CAF Confederation Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | Abdallah El Said | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | John Antwi | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | Mohamed Farouk | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | Eric Traoré | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | Mohamed El Gabbas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | Islam Issa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Nabil Emad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | Mohamed Hamdy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | Ibrahim Hassan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Ahmed Ali | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Abdallah Bakry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Omar Gaber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Ali Gabr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Wilfried Kanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Amor Layouni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 27 | 7 | 26 | 60 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 21 February 2020
| Rank | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | CAF Confederation Cup | Total |
| 1 | El Mahdy Soliman | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Ahmed El Shenawy | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |