2022–23 Egyptian League Cup

Football tournament season

2022–23 Egyptian League Cup
بطولة كأس رابطة الأندية المحترفة
Borg El Arab Stadium hosted the final
Tournament details
Country	Egypt
Dates	19 November 2022 – 22 July 2023
Teams	17
Defending champions	Future
Final positions
Champions	Ceramica Cleopatra (1st title)
Runner-up	Al Masry
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	33 (2.06 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ahmed Adel Karim Bambo Mohamed Ibrahim Salah Mohsen (2 goals each)
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The 2022–23 Egyptian League Cup was the second edition of the Egyptian League Cup. The competition was open to all clubs participating in the Egyptian Premier League.

Future were the defending champion, having won the inaugural tournament after beating Ghazl El Mahalla 5–1 in the final, but were eliminated by Al Masry in the semi-finals after losing on penalties.

The final was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria on 22 July 2023 between Al Masry and Ceramica Cleopatra, with Ceramica Cleopatra winning 4–1 for their first-ever League Cup and major title.^[1]

Format

The format was changed from the previous edition, in the sense that it would be a complete knockout competition. The preliminary round consists of the 3 newly promoted teams from the Second Division and the team that finished 15th in the league, just one spot above the relegation zone.

In the preliminary round, extra time is played if both teams are tied after the original time. If both teams are still tied, then penalties are played to decide the winner. In the rest of the competition, matches are decided directly by penalties if both teams are tied after 90 minutes.

Competition

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 9 November 2022.^[2] The two fixtures in this round were both played on 19 November 2022.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Aswan v Ghazl El Mahalla

19 November 2022	Aswan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Ghazl El Mahalla	Aswan
15:00		Report		Stadium: Aswan Stadium Referee: Hesham El Kadi
	Penalties
	Zaky Fathy Anani Dilson		El Henawy Bazoka Mao El Shabrawi Gaber

El Dakhleya v Haras El Hodoud

19 November 2022	El Dakhleya	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Haras El Hodoud	Cairo
18:00	Alfred 77'	Report	Gamal 71' (pen.) David 110'	Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Sayed Shaaban

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 March 2023, with matches scheduled to take place from 19 to 27 March 2023.^[3]

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Haras El Hodoud

19 March 2023	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–0 (5–6 p)	Haras El Hodoud	Cairo
17:00		Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Amr Ramadan
	Penalties
	Alaa Abed Ochaya Okoli Eid Gebna El Gohary		Gamal Yasser El Kadi Ali Zico Abdel Hakim Ayman

Ghazl El Mahalla v Ismaily

20 March 2023	Ghazl El Mahalla	1–1 (6–7 p)	Ismaily	El Mahalla El Kubra
16:00	Mao 43'	Report	Chaouat 3'	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Ghazi
	Penalties
	El Sheikh Samy Mao Mostafa Gaber Reda El Nadry		El Mohamady Chaouat El Wahsh Desouki Madbouly Hamdy Annor

Al Ittihad v Pharco

20 March 2023	Al Ittihad	2–2 (7–6 p)	Pharco	Alexandria
19:00	Adel 48' Mahmoud 72'	Report	Mody 43' (pen.) Sokari 90+7'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Wafa
	Penalties
	Alaa El Ghandour Salem Salifu Sobhi Raheel Abdel Aziz Amutu		Sokari Naguib Emad Sherif Sabry Abdel Naser Kamel Awad

Ceramica Cleopatra v Smouha

21 March 2023	Ceramica Cleopatra	1–1 (5–3 p)	Smouha	Cairo
17:00	Ibrahim 5' (pen.)	Report	Haggag 15'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub
	Penalties
	Mohsen Adel Tony Nabil Shokry		Hassan Boateng Faisal Haggag

Future v Tala'ea El Gaish

25 March 2023	Future	0–0 (3–1 p)	Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo
21:15		Report		Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Ahmed Hamdy
	Penalties
	Mohsen Maher Ali Reda Adel		Stouhi El Khawaga Sherif Magdy

Pyramids v ENPPI

26 March 2023^{[note 1]}	Pyramids	1–1 (5–6 p)	ENPPI	Cairo
21:15	Hafez 89'	Report	Naser 85'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Atabani
	Penalties
	El Said El Karti Hafez Tawfik Samy Fathy Chibi		Fawzi Youssef Hamed Amin Kalosha Zayed Kabou

Zamalek v National Bank of Egypt

26 March 2023	Zamalek	0–3	National Bank of Egypt	Cairo
21:15		Report	Bambo 84' Helal 87' Gomaa 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium^{[note 2]} Referee: Mostafa Osman

Al Ahly v Al Masry

27 March 2023	Al Ahly	w/o^{[note 3]}	Al Masry	Alexandria
21:15		Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 14 March 2023, after the round of 16 draw. All matches were played between 28 and 30 April 2023.

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

Al Ittihad v ENPPI

28 April 2023	Al Ittihad	3–2	ENPPI	Alexandria
19:00	Kalosha 63' (o.g.) Mabululu 68' Adel 71'	Report	Kalosha 53' Amin 80'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmoud Roushdy

Al Masry v Ismaily

29 April 2023	Al Masry	2–0	Ismaily	Alexandria
19:00	Omran 8' Yehia 73'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Khaled El Ghandour

National Bank of Egypt v Ceramica Cleopatra

30 April 2023	National Bank of Egypt	2–2 (3–4 p)	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
18:30	I. Gaber 20' Bambo 70'	Report	Ibrahim 45' Mohsen 45+1'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mohamed
	Penalties
	Kaoud I. Gaber El Gazzar Bambo Fathy		Ibrahim M. Gaber Adel Nabil

Haras El Hodoud v Future

30 April 2023	Haras El Hodoud	0–1	Future	Cairo
21:00		Report	El Kadi 9' (o.g.)	Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Sabry Ibrahim

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 14 March 2023, after the previous rounds' draw. The two fixtures in this round were played on 24 and 26 June 2023.

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

Al Masry v Future

24 June 2023	Al Masry	0–0 (3–1 p)	Future	Alexandria
21:30		Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy
	Penalties
	Jelassi Moussa Ali Eze		Lasheen Maher Taha Farouk

Ceramica Cleopatra v Al Ittihad

26 June 2023	Ceramica Cleopatra	0–0 (4–3 p)	Al Ittihad	Cairo
20:30		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Wael Farhan
	Penalties
	Ibrahim Shokry Adel Nabil Tony		Saleh El Ghandour Mabululu Salifu Mahmoud

Final

22 July 2023 (2023-07-22)

20:30 CAST

Al Masry	1–4	Ceramica Cleopatra
Greisha 54'	Report	Antar 6' Mohsen 11' Shokry 61' Amadi 89'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egyptian League Cup resembles (excluding the preliminary round). Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Round of 16 19–26 March 2023		Quarter-finals 28–30 April 2023		Semi-finals 24–26 June 2023		Final 22 July 2023

Al Ahly	—

Al Masry (w/o)	—
		Al Masry	2

		Ismaily	0
Ghazl El Mahalla	1 (6)

Ismaily (p)	1 (7)
				Al Masry (p)	0 (3)

				Future	0 (1)
Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0 (5)

Haras El Hodoud (p)	0 (6)
		Haras El Hodoud	0

		Future	1
Future (p)	0 (3)

Tala'ea El Gaish	0 (1)
						Al Masry	1

						Ceramica Cleopatra	4
Zamalek	0

National Bank of Egypt	3
		National Bank of Egypt	2 (3)

		Ceramica Cleopatra (p)	2 (4)
Ceramica Cleopatra (p)	1 (5)

Smouha	1 (3)
				Ceramica Cleopatra (p)	0 (4)

				Al Ittihad	0 (3)
Al Ittihad (p)	2 (7)

Pharco	2 (6)
		Al Ittihad	3

		ENPPI	2
Pyramids	1 (5)

ENPPI (p)	1 (6)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed Adel	Al Ittihad	2
	Karim Bambo	National Bank of Egypt
	Mohamed Ibrahim	Ceramica Cleopatra
	Salah Mohsen	Ceramica Cleopatra
5	22 players		1

Notes

^ The Pyramids v ENPPI, originally scheduled to be played on 25 March 2023, match was postponed for 24 hours day due to the 30 June Stadium hosting a match involving the Egypt national team in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.^[4]
^ The Zamalek v National Bank of Egypt match, originally scheduled to be played at the Cairo International Stadium, was played at Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium instead due to maintenance.^[5]
^ Al Ahly withdrew the match due to fixture congestion, after their request for postponement was rejected.^[6]

References

^ "Ceramica Cleopatra outclass Masry 4-1 to claim Egyptian League Cup title". Al Ahram Online. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "نتائج قرعة الدور التمهيدي لبطولة كأس الرابطة موسم 2022-2023" [2022–23 Egyptian League Cup preliminary round draw results]. Btolat (in Arabic). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ "EPL announce League Cup round of 16 matches dates". Al Ahram Online. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
^ "تأجيل مباراة بيراميدز وإنبي في كأس الرابطة 24 ساعة" [Pyramids v ENPPI match in the League Cup postponed for 24 hours]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "نقل مباراة الزمالك والبنك الأهلي فيكأس الرابطة لملعب المقاولون" [Egyptian League cup match involving Zamalek and National Bank moved to Arab Contractors Stadium]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly withdraw from 2023 Egyptian League Cup". KingFut. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

2022–23 in Egyptian football

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National teams

Senior (2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification)
U-23 (2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualification)
U-20 (2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations finals)
U-17 (2022 UNAF U-17 Tournament)
Beach soccer team (2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Level 2	Second Division
Level 3	Third Division
Level 4	Fourth Division

Cup competitions

Egypt Cup (final)
League Cup (final)
Super Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	Al Ahly Aswan Ceramica Cleopatra El Dakhleya ENPPI Future Ghazl El Mahalla Haras El Hodoud Ismaily Al Ittihad Al Masry Al Mokawloon Al Arab National Bank of Egypt Pharco Pyramids Smouha Tala'ea El Gaish Zamalek