2015 Egypt Cup final

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2015 Egypt Cup final
Event 2015 Egypt Cup
Date21 September 2015
Venue Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
WeatherClear
32 °C (90 °F)
30% humidity
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The 2015 Egypt Cup final decided the winner of the 2015 Egypt Cup, the 83rd season of Egypt's premier football cup. It has played on 21 September 2015.

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Zamalek, the winners of the previous final, faced Al Ahly; both of the clubs share rivalry in Cairo; Zamalek won the match 2–0 to win their third consecutive title and thereby claiming their 24th title.

The winner was going to play against the 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League winner in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup; however as Zamalek won both the league and the cup they played against Al Ahly, the runner-up in both the league and the cup, in the Super Cup. The winner was also going to qualify for the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup but as both of the teams qualified for the 2016 CAF Champions League the berth was given to the 4th placed team in the league, Misr El Makasa.

Background

It was the 47th time that Al Ahly reach the final (most recently in 2010 against Haras El Hodoud) winning a record of 35 title (two shared with Zamalek). Zamalek has reached the final 37 times; winning the Cup 23 times (two shared with Al Ahly).

Route to the final

Al AhlyRoundZamalek
OpponentResult 2015 Egypt Cup OpponentResult
Tahta 6–1Round of 32 Nogoom El Mostakbal 2–1
El Gouna 13–0Round of 16 Haras El Hodoud 3–1
Ittihad El Shorta 5–0Quarterfinals Al Ittihad 0–0 (4–2 pen.)
Petrojet 3–1Semifinals Smouha 0–0 (4–3 pen.)

Al Ahly

Al Ahly, of the Premier League, started the tournament on the first round on 15 January 2015, playing home to Second Division team Tahta, winning 6–1 with goals by Walid Soliman, Abdallah El Said, Mohamed Nagieb, Mohamed Rizk and Emad Moteab (2). On 13 August 2015 they played their second match at home to El Gouna, most of El Gouna players was from the youth academy; in result Al Ahly won 13–0, the game started with an early own goal from Shams El Dien Said then El Said scored two goals in two minutes, other goals scored by John Antwi (4), Ramadan Sobhy, Ahmed Fathy, Malick Evouna, Gedo, Hussein Sayed and Hossam Ghaly. The quarterfinal match played on 16 August 2015 at home against Ittihad El Shorta, the math ended 5–0 with goals from El Said, Sobhy, Moamen Zakaria and Moteab (2). On 16 September 2015 their semifinal match was also at home against Petrojet, Mohamed Ragab gave Petrojet the lead by a quick counter-attack in the middle of the first half, but Sobhy scored the equalizer on the 42nd minute; in the second half Sayed scored on the 70th minute and Fathy ended the match with a beautiful solo-goal on the 89th minute.

Zamalek

Zamalek, also of Premier League, started the tournament on the first round on 11 January 2015 at home against Second Division team Nogoom El Mostakbal, Zamalek has played the match with the reserve team, resulting Mohamed Hamam scoring the opener for Nogoom Al Mostakbal early in the second half; giving them the lead for only 7 minutes as Ahmed Ali Kamel scored the equalizer on the 59th minute and the winning goal on the 87th minute. The second match was on 15 August 2015 at home against Haras El Hodoud, the match ended 3–1, Mostafa Fathi scored two goal in two minutes and Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq scored a goal in the 87th minute, Mohamed Ramadan scored the only goal for Haras El Hodoud from the spot. The third match was on 18 August 2015, they traveled to Alexandria to play against Al Ittihad, the match ended goalless but they won on penalties. The semifinal played away on 17 September 2015 against previous runner-up Smouha, Smouha played the game focusing on the attack but Genesh saved all of the attempts on goal, resulting the match to end goalless, Zamalek won the match 4–3 by penalties.

Match

Al Ahly 0–2 Zamalek
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Al-Ahly
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Zamalek
GK1 Flag of Egypt.svg Sherif Ekramy
LB7 Flag of Egypt.svg Hussein El Sayed
CB20 Flag of Egypt.svg Saad Samir
CB23 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Nagieb
RB24 Flag of Egypt.svg Basem Ali Sub off.svg 40'
CM25 Flag of Egypt.svg Hossam Ashour (c)
CM12 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Fathy
AM19 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdallah Said
RW32 Flag of Egypt.svg Ramadan Sobhy
LW3 Flag of Egypt.svg Moamen Zakaria Sub off.svg 61'
ST9 Flag of Egypt.svg Amr Gamal Sub off.svg 78'
Substitutions:
GK13 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
DF2 Flag of Egypt.svg Sherif Hazem
DF6 Flag of Egypt.svg Sabry Raheel
MF22 Flag of Egypt.svg Saleh Gomaa
MF18 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hamdy Sub on.svg 40'
FW10 Flag of Egypt.svg Emad Moteab Sub on.svg 78'
FW5 Flag of Ghana.svg John Antwi Sub on.svg 61'
Manager:
Flag of Egypt.svg Fathi Mabrouk
GK16 Flag of Egypt.svg Genesh
RB12 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Tawfik Yellow card.svg 43'
CB25 Flag of Egypt.svg Ali Gabr
CB8 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Mohamed Koffi
LB22 Flag of Egypt.svg Hamada Tolba
DM3 Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek Hamed
RM4 Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Gaber (c)Sub off.svg 64'
LM15 Flag of Nigeria.svg Maarouf Youssef
RW14 Flag of Egypt.svg Ayman Hefny Sub off.svg 56'
LW11 Flag of Egypt.svg Kahraba
ST17 Flag of Egypt.svg Basem Morsy Yellow card.svg 64'Sub off.svg 80'
Substitutions:
GK21 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Abou Gabal
DF19 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Duiedar
MF7 Flag of Egypt.svg Hazem Emam
MF6 Flag of Egypt.svg Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq Sub on.svg 64'
MF30 Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Fathi Sub on.svg 56'
FW23 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salem
FW9 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Hassan Mekky Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Jesualdo Ferreira
  • Assistant referees:

Match rules

  • 90 minutes of regular time.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References