2022–23 Egyptian League Cup
بطولة كأس رابطة الأندية المحترفة | |
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![]() 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) |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]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.
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 | ||||
19 November 2022 | El Dakhleya | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Haras El Hodoud | Cairo |
18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Sayed Shaaban |
Round of 16
[edit]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]
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 | ||||
20 March 2023 | Ghazl El Mahalla | 1–1 (6–7 p) | Ismaily | El Mahalla El Kubra |
16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Ghazi |
Penalties | ||||
20 March 2023 | Al Ittihad | 2–2 (7–6 p) | Pharco | Alexandria |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Wafa | ||
Penalties | ||||
21 March 2023 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Smouha | Cairo |
17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub | |
Penalties | ||||
25 March 2023 | Future | 0–0 (3–1 p) | Tala'ea El Gaish | Cairo |
21:15 | Report | Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Ahmed Hamdy | ||
Penalties | ||||
26 March 2023[note 1] | Pyramids | 1–1 (5–6 p) | ENPPI | Cairo |
21:15 |
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Report |
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Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Atabani |
Penalties | ||||
26 March 2023 | Zamalek | 0–3 | National Bank of Egypt | Cairo |
21:15 | Report | Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium[note 2] Referee: Mostafa Osman |
27 March 2023 | Al Ahly | w/o[note 3] | Al Masry | Alexandria |
21:15 | Report | Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium |
Quarter-finals
[edit]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.
28 April 2023 | Al Ittihad | 3–2 | ENPPI | Alexandria |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmoud Roushdy |
29 April 2023 | Al Masry | 2–0 | Ismaily | Alexandria |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Khaled El Ghandour |
30 April 2023 | National Bank of Egypt | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Ceramica Cleopatra | Cairo |
18:30 | Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mohamed | ||
Penalties | ||||
30 April 2023 | Haras El Hodoud | 0–1 | Future | Cairo |
21:00 | Report | Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Sabry Ibrahim |
Semi-finals
[edit]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.
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 | ||||
26 June 2023 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Al Ittihad | Cairo |
20:30 | Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Wael Farhan | ||
Penalties | ||||
Final
[edit]Bracket
[edit]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
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Al Ittihad | 2 |
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National Bank of Egypt | ||
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Ceramica Cleopatra | ||
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Ceramica Cleopatra | ||
5 | 22 players | 1 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "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.