# 2018–19 Pyramids FC season

The 2018–19 Pyramids season was the 10th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and 3rd overall season in the top flight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League, having been promoted from the Egyptian Second Division in 2017. It was also the 1st season for the club under their new name, after being sold to new owners and renamed from Al Assiouty Sport to Pyramids Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Pyramids also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the Egypt Cup. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019; however Pyramids played their last match of the season in September 2019.

## Kit information

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## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 Fathi |
| 7 | FW | BFA | Eric Traoré |
| 8 | FW | SYR | Omar Kharbin (on loan from Al Hilal) |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Jhon Cifuente |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Keno |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Magdy |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Ragab Bakar |
| 14 | MF | EGY | Nabil Emad |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Ahmed El Shenawy |
| 17 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Farouk |
| 19 | MF | EGY | Mohanad Lasheen |
| 20 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Rizk |
| 21 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Hamdy |
| 22 | FW | PER | Cristian Benavente |
| 25 | GK | EGY | Ahmed Daador |
| 26 | DF | SYR | Omar Midani |
| 29 | MF | EGY | Abdallah El Said (Captain) |
| 32 | FW | EGY | Nasser Mansi |
| 37 | FW | EGY | Hossam Ghanem |
| - | FW | EGY | Amr Marey |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NGA | Azubuike Okechukwu (at Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | EGY | Sherif Dabo (at El Gouna until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | EGY | Ahmed Tawfik (at Al Ittihad until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | PLE | Hamed Hamdan (at El Entag El Harby until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mahmoud Salah (at Petrojet until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 38 | DF | Ahmed Shousha | Al Merreikh | E£750k | 10 May 2018 |
| 36 | DF | Ahmed Khaled | Tanta | E£2m | 16 June 2018 |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Hamdy | Al Masry | E£27m | 21 June 2018 |
| 10 | FW | Keno | Palmeiras | E£154m | 25 June 2018 |
| 17 | FW | Mohamed Farouk | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | E£15m | 26 June 2018 |
| 32 | FW | Nasser Mansi | El Dakhleya | Undisclosed | 26 June 2018 |
| 26 | DF | Omar Midani | Hatta | Free transfer | 27 June 2018 |
| 97 | FW | Ribamar | Atlético Paranaense | E£71m | 27 June 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Abdallah Bakry | Smouha | Undisclosed | 28 June 2018 |
| 11 | MF | Mohamed Magdy | ENPPI | E£30m | 28 June 2018 |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Fathi | Ismaily | E£17m | 28 June 2018 |
| 7 | FW | Carlos Eduardo | Goiás | E£93m | 29 June 2018 |
| 24 | FW | Arthur | Chapecoense | E£39m | 29 June 2018 |
| 37 | DF | Mohamed Tarek | El Raja | End of loan | 30 June 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Ragab Bakar | Smouha | E£14m | 5 July 2018 |
| 12 | MF | Ahmed Tawfik | Zamalek | E£13m | 8 July 2018 |
| 5 | DF | Ali Gabr | Zamalek | E£39m | 9 July 2018 |
| 1 | GK | El Mahdy Soliman | Smouha | Undisclosed | 10 July 2018 |
| 4 | DF | Omar Gaber | Los Angeles FC | Undisclosed | 12 July 2018 |
| 16 | GK | Ahmed El Shenawy | Zamalek | E£48m | 13 July 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Dani Schahin | Roda JC | Free transfer | 17 July 2018 |
| 8 | MF | Rodriguinho | Corinthians | E£91m | 22 July 2018 |
| 2 | DF | Ahmed Ayman Mansour | Al Masry | Swap deal | 28 July 2018 |
| 97 | MF | Azubuike Okechukwu | Yeni Malatyaspor | E£36m | 19 August 2018 |
| | FW | Amr Marey | Étoile du Sahel | Undisclosed | 3 December 2018 |
| 7 | FW | Eric Traoré | Misr Lel Makkasa | E£47m | 6 December 2018 |
| | FW | Hamed Hamdan | Gaza | Undisclosed | 7 December 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Jhon Cifuente | Universidad Católica | E£78m | 20 December 2018 |
| 29 | FW | Abdallah El Said | Al Ahli | Free transfer | 4 January 2019 |
| 22 | FW | Cristian Benavente | Charleroi | E£106m | 23 January 2019 |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Source |
| 8 | FW | Omar Kharbin | Al Hilal | 21 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |

### Transfers out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Omar Bassam | Misr Lel Makkasa | E£4m | 2 June 2018 |
| FW | Hesham Ramadan | El Raja | Free transfer | 3 June 2018 |
| MF | Mahmoud Shika | Petrojet | Undisclosed | 14 June 2018 |
| FW | Benson Shilongo | Smouha | Free transfer | 30 June 2018 |
| MF | Abdallah El Shahat | Released | Released | 30 June 2018 |
| DF | Mohamed Tarek | Released | Released | 30 June 2018 |
| FW | Mahmoud Abou Gouda | Misr Lel Makkasa | End of loan | 30 June 2018 |
| DF | Ahmed Gamal | Nogoom | End of loan | 30 June 2018 |
| MF | Omar Kamal | Al Masry | End of loan | 30 June 2018 |
| MF | Mohamed Khalifa | Leixões | End of loan | 30 June 2018 |
| FW | Sherif Reda | Smouha | Undisclosed | 1 July 2018 |
| GK | Sherif Medhat | El Qanah | Free transfer | 3 July 2018 |
| FW | Gift Links | Cape Town City | E£3m | 5 July 2018 |
| DF | Ahmed Said Okka | El Gouna | Free transfer | 5 July 2018 |
| MF | Moussa Dao | Al Jahra | Free transfer | 7 July 2018 |
| GK | Essam Tharwat | Smouha | Undisclosed | 12 July 2018 |
| MF | Omar Fathy | Ismaily | Undisclosed | 16 July 2018 |
| DF | Selim Abdel Khalik | Ismaily | Undisclosed | 22 July 2018 |
| DF | Isaac Muleme | Haras El Hodoud | Free transfer | 27 July 2018 |
| FW | Arthur | Al Shabab | Undisclosed | 28 July 2018 |
| DF | Ahmed Khaled | Al Masry | Swap deal | 28 July 2018 |
| DF | Ahmed Shousha | Al Masry | Swap deal | 28 July 2018 |
| MF | Shehab El Din Ahmed | Al Amal | Free transfer | 14 August 2018 |
| FW | Carlos Eduardo | Palmeiras | E£116m | 19 December 2018 |
| FW | Ribamar | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed | 27 December 2018 |
| FW | Dani Schahin | Released | Released | 31 December 2018 |
| FW | Ahmed Afifi | Petrojet | E£2m | 20 January 2019 |
| DF | Hamada Tolba | Petrojet | Free transfer | 20 January 2019 |
| DF | Islam Siam | Petrojet | Free transfer | 20 January 2019 |
| MF | Rodriguinho | Cruzeiro | E£107m | 22 January 2019 |

#### Loans out

| Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| FW | Mahmoud Salah | Petrojet | 29 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| FW | Ribamar | Ohod | 16 August 2018 | 27 December 2018 |
| MF | Ahmed Tawfik | Al Ittihad | 21 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Azubuike Okechukwu | Çaykur Rizespor | 23 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Sherif Dabo | El Gouna | 31 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| FW | Hamed Hamdan | El Entag El Harby | 31 January 2019 | 30 June 2020 |

## Friendly matches

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 | 3 August 2018 | 30 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 055.88 |
| Egypt Cup | 9 October 2018 | 8 September 2019 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 058.97 |
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 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Pyramids | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 70 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Al Masry | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 52 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 48 | |
* ↑ Since the 2018–19 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 Masry.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 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 | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Egypt Cup

Pyramids entered the competition from the round of 32 and were given a home tie against Tanta. Starting from the round of 16, all matches were played on stadiums selected by the Egyptian Football Association.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Player | Egyptian Premier League | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egypt Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | El Mahdy Soliman | 13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ahmed Ayman Mansour | 25+3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Abdallah Bakry | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Omar Gaber | 21+6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ali Gabr | 24+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Fathi | 10+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Eric Traoré | 14+1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 |
| 8 | FW | Omar Kharbin | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | Jhon Cifuente | 9+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Keno | 30+1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 |
| 11 | MF | Mohamed Magdy | 18+5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 |
| 13 | DF | Ragab Bakar | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Nabil Emad | 28+2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| 16 | GK | Ahmed El Shenawy | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Mohamed Farouk | 19+7 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| 19 | MF | Mohanad Lasheen | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mohamed Rizk | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Hamdy | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Cristian Benavente | 7+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 25 | GK | Ahmed Daador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Omar Midani | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Abdallah El Said | 18 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 32 | FW | Nasser Mansi | 10+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Mahmoud Abdel Kader | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Ibrahim Adel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Ahmed Adel | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Hossam Ghanem | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players joined during the 2019 summer transfer window |||||||||
| 8 | FW | Islam Issa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | John Antwi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Ibrahim Hassan | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Tarek Taha | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Lumala Abdu | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ahmed Ali | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||
| 7 | FW | Carlos Eduardo | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Rodriguinho | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Dani Schahin | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Ahmed Tawfik | 4+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Sherif Dabo | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Hamada Tolba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Islam Siam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Ahmed Afifi | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 97 | MF | Azubuike Okechukwu | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | Ribamar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Eric Traoré | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | Keno | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | Omar Kharbin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | Mohamed Magdy | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | Mohamed Farouk | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | Abdallah El Said | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Cristian Benavente | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | Jhon Cifuente | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Ali Gabr | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | John Antwi | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Ragab Bakar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Nabil Emad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Ahmed Ayman Mansour | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Ribamar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | Ahmed Afifi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Carlos Eduardo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Ibrahim Hassan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Nasser Mansi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Ahmed Tawfik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 61 | 8 | 69 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ahmed El Shenawy | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | El Mahdy Soliman | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 3 | 15 |