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.

Pyramids
2019–20 season
OwnerSalem Al Shamsi
PresidentMamdouh Eid
ManagerSébastien Desabre
(8 July – 19 December 2019)
Abdel Aziz Abdel Shafy (caretaker)
(19–27 December 2019)
Ante Čačić
(27 December 2019 – present)
Stadium30 June Stadium
Egyptian Premier League3rd
Egypt CupQuarter-finals
CAF Confederation Cupfinal
Top goalscorerLeague: Abdallah El Said
(12 goals)

All: Abdallah El Said
(14 goals)
All statistics correct as of 21 February 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

Transfers

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
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 43 27 7 9 77 36 +41 062.79

Last updated: 13 September 2020
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
3 Pyramids 34 19 8 7 54 33 +21 65 Qualification for the Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 2]
4 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 34 15 9 10 45 34 +11 54
5 Smouha 34 11 18 5 44 33 +11 51
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 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.[1]
  2. 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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 13 6 7 41 28  +13 45 6 3 4 22 13  +9 7 3 3 19 15  +4

Last updated: 13 September 2020.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDDWDLLDWLWDWWLW
Position11222457756555353
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2020. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 12 September 2019.[2]

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 1 Pyramids 4–0 ENPPI Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) 2 Tanta 1–2 Pyramids Tanta
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tanta Club Stadium
Referee: Tarek Samy
6 October 2019 (2019-10-06) 3 Tala'ea El Gaish 2–2 Pyramids Cairo
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
17 October 2019 (2019-10-17) 4 Pyramids 0–0 Smouha Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy
21 October 2019 (2019-10-21) 5 El Entag El Harby 2–3 Pyramids Cairo
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27)[upper-alpha 1] 6 Pyramids 2–2 Aswan Cairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • El Neny Yellow card 25'
  • Oukri 43', 75'
  • Awad Yellow card 45'
  • Naim Yellow card 59'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub
12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) 7 Zamalek 2–0 Pyramids Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
17 December 2019 (2019-12-17) 8 Pyramids 2–3 El Gouna Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 9 Al Masry 1–1 Pyramids Suez[upper-alpha 2]
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Suez Stadium[upper-alpha 2]
Referee: Mohamed Adel
25 December 2019 (2019-12-25) 10 Pyramids 1–0 Wadi Degla Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salama
2 January 2020 (2020-01-02) 11 Haras El Hodoud 1–0 Pyramids Alexandria
14:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Referee: Walid Abdel Razek
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) 12 Pyramids 1–0 Ismaily Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) 13 Al Ittihad 1–1 Pyramids Alexandria
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Anwar 51'
  • Rizk Yellow card 64'
Report
Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium[upper-alpha 3]
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din
Note: Pyramids' goal is also accredited as an own goal by Emad El Sayed of Al Ittihad.
21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) 14 Pyramids 3–1 Misr Lel Makkasa Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) 15 FC Masr 1–2 Pyramids Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy
6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 16 Pyramids 1–2 Al Ahly Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din
11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 17 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–2 Pyramids Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Adel
11 March 2020 (2020-03-11) 18 ENPPI 0–1 Pyramids Cairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
10 August 2020 (2020-08-10) 19 Pyramids 3–0 Tanta Cairo
18:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
20 March 2020 (2020-03-20) 20 Pyramids 2–2 Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
21 August 2020 (2020-08-21) 21 ENPPI 1–2 Pyramids Alexandria
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Egypt Cup

Pyramids entered the competition from the round of 32 and were given a home tie against Egyptian Second Division side Nogoom.[3] 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.

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) Round of 32 Pyramids 6–1 Nogoom Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • El Tawila 14'
  • Talaat Yellow card 20'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Amr Ayed
21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) Round of 16 Ismaily 0–1 Pyramids Alexandria
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Hashem Yellow card 38'
  • Abou El Yazid Yellow card 53'
Report
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
 ()TBD Quarter-finals Tala'ea El Gaish v Pyramids
--:-- CAT (UTC+2)

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.[4]

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) First leg Pyramids Egypt 4–1 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • Chancy Yellow card 58'
  • Mukumbu 89'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Lyes Bekouassa (Algeria)
25 August 2019 (2019-08-25) Second leg Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 0–1
(1–5 agg.)
Egypt Pyramids Brazzaville, Congo
16:30 WAT (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
Referee: Jean-Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

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.[4]

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) First leg Pyramids Egypt 1–1 Algeria CR Belouizdad Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) Second leg CR Belouizdad Algeria 0–1
(1–2 agg.)
Egypt Pyramids Algiers, Algeria
17:45 WAT (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

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.[5]

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) First leg Young Africans Tanzania 1–2 Egypt Pyramids Mwanza, Tanzania
16:00 EAT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: CCM Kirumba Stadium
Referee: Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)
3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) Second leg Pyramids Egypt 3–0
(5–1 agg.)
Tanzania Young Africans Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

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.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Egypt Pyramids 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Al-Masry 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10
3 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 6 1 3 2 6 9 3 6
4 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 6 0 2 4 3 12 9 2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 1 Enugu Rangers Nigeria 1–3 Egypt Pyramids Enugu, Nigeria
14:00 WAT (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 2 Pyramids Egypt 6–0 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou Cairo, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • Moustapha Yellow card 12'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)
29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 3 Al Masry Egypt 1–2 Egypt Pyramids Alexandria, Egypt[upper-alpha 4]
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium[upper-alpha 4]
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 4 Pyramids Egypt 2–0 Egypt Al Masry Cairo, Egypt
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 5 Pyramids Egypt 0–1 Nigeria Enugu Rangers Cairo, Egypt
18:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium[upper-alpha 5]
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaide (Comoros)
2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 6 FC Nouadhibou Mauritania 0–1 Egypt Pyramids Cairo, Egypt[upper-alpha 6]
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium[upper-alpha 6]
Referee: Sekou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 February 2020. Pyramids were drawn against Zanaco from Zambia.[7]

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) First leg Zanaco Zambia 0–3 Egypt Pyramids National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
13:00 (15:00 UTC+2) Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
8 March 2020 (2020-03-08) Second leg Pyramids Egypt 0–1 Zambia Zanaco 30 June Stadium, Cairo
13:00 (15:00 UTC+2) Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 February 2020
No.PosPlayerEgyptian Premier LeagueEgypt CupCAF Confederation Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Egypt El Mahdy Soliman 1101040 160
2DF Egypt Ahmed Ayman Mansour 90008+10 180
3DF Egypt Abdallah Bakry 9+20217+10 211
4DF Egypt Omar Gaber 1510010+20 271
5DF Egypt Ali Gabr 1011080 191
6MF Egypt Mohamed Fathy 5+20104+10 130
7FW Burkina Faso Eric Traoré 10+120+1096 218
8FW Egypt Islam Issa 7+51007+22 213
9FW Ghana John Antwi 12+421+126+46 2810
10FW Egypt Ibrahim Hassan 8+21214+30 192
11DF Egypt Tarek Taha 401+1020 80
12MF Egypt Ahmed Tawfik 7+40204+20 190
13DF Egypt Ragab Bakar 8+300011+10 230
14MF Egypt Nabil Emad 12+21109+11 252
15MF Egypt Mahmoud Hamada 4+10101+30 100
16GK Egypt Ahmed El Shenawy 601080 150
17FW Egypt Mohamed Farouk 7+330+105+25 188
18FW Tunisia Amor Layouni 2+70102+21 141
19MF Egypt Abdallah El Said 14+112108+12 2514
20DF Egypt Mohamed Atwa 000000 00
21DF Egypt Mohamed Hamdy 12+12208+10 242
22FW Uganda Lumala Abdu 2+100000 30
24DF Ivory Coast Wilfried Kanon 10+102031 161
25GK Egypt Ahmed Daador 000000 00
26FW Egypt Mohamed El Gabbas 3+1011+123+51 234
33MF Egypt Mahmoud Abdel Kader 000000 00
35MF Egypt Ibrahim Adel 00100+20 30
37FW Egypt Hossam Ghanem 000000 00
Players transferred out during the season
23FW Egypt Ahmed Ali 0+10001+11 31

Goalscorers

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

Clean sheets

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

References

  1. "EFA impose penalties on Zamalek following Cairo derby incident". KingFut. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. "Cairo Derby in fourth round as 2019/20 Egyptian Premier League draw conducted". KingFut. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. "قرعة كأس مصر - الزمالك يواجه الشرقية.. والأهلي ضد بني سويف" [Egypt Cup draw: Main competition draw concludes with Al Ahly drawing against Beni Suef and El Sharkia traveling to Zamalek]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. "Fixtures for 2019/20 Interclubs preliminary rounds released". CAF. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Results of the CC draw". CAF. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. "Group Phase draw for Total CAF Confederation Cup 2019/20 set for 12 November". CAF. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. "Results of Quarter-finals draw". CAF. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

Notes

  1. All Egyptian Premier League fixtures scheduled to be played between 23 October and 22 November 2019 were postponed due to Egypt U-23 team's involvement in the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.
  2. The Al Masry v Pyramids match was played at Suez Stadium in Suez instead of Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said due to renovation process.
  3. The Al Ittihad v Pyramids match was played at Haras El Hodoud Stadium instead of Alexandria Stadium, both in Alexandria, due to poor pitch condition.
  4. The Al Masry v Pyramids match was played at Alexandria Stadium in Alexandria instead of Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said due to renovation process.
  5. The Pyramids v Enugu Rangers match, originally scheduled to be played at 30 June Stadium, was played at Cairo International Stadium, both in Cairo, due to the former hosting the first African Para Games.
  6. The FC Nouadhibou v Pyramids match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya in Nouakchott, Mauritania, was played at 30 June Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, following request made by both clubs.
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