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 CupQuarter-finals
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
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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. Position Player
1 GK El Mahdy Soliman
2 DF Ahmed Ayman Mansour
3 DF Abdallah Bakry
4 DF Omar Gaber (Vice-captain)
5 DF Ali Gabr (3rd captain)
6 MF Mohamed Fathy
7 FW Eric Traoré
8 FW Islam Issa
9 FW John Antwi
10 FW Ibrahim Hassan
11 DF Tarek Taha
12 MF Ahmed Tawfik
13 DF Ragab Bakar
14 MF Nabil Emad
15 MF Mahmoud Hamada
No. Position Player
16 GK Ahmed El Shenawy
17 FW Mohamed Farouk
18 FW Amor Layouni
19 MF Abdallah El Said (Captain)
20 DF Mohamed Atwa
21 DF Mohamed Hamdy
22 FW Lumala Abdu
24 DF Wilfried Kanon
25 GK Ahmed Daador
26 FW Mohamed El Gabbas
33 DF Mahmoud Abdel Kader
35 FW Ibrahim Adel
37 FW Hossam Ghanem
FW 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. Position Player
MF Azubuike Okechukwu (at İstanbul Başakşehir until 30 June 2020)
FW Ahmed Ali (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020)
FW Cristian Benavente (at Nantes until 30 June 2020)
FW Keno (at Al Jazira until 30 June 2020)
No. Position Player
FW Nasser Mansi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2020)
FW Amr Marey (at Misr Lel Makkasa until 30 June 2020)
FW Ribamar (at Vasco da Gama until 31 December 2020)
FW 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 17 8 5 4 27 19 +8 047.06
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 12 10 1 1 26 6 +20 083.33
Total 31 20 6 5 60 26 +34 064.52

Last updated: 21 February 2020

Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly 17 16 1 0 46 4 +42 49 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 18 10 3 5 22 15 +7 33
3 Pyramids 18 9 5 4 28 19 +9 32 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4 Zamalek 16 9 4 3 22 13 +9 28[lower-alpha 1]
5 Al Ittihad 17 7 6 4 17 13 +4 27
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. 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).
Notes:
  1. Zamalek deducted 3 points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly.[1]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
17 8 5 4 27 19  +8 29 4 2 2 14 8  +6 4 3 2 13 11  +2

Last updated: 11 February 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) 1Pyramids4–0ENPPICairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) 2Tanta1–2PyramidsTanta
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tanta Club Stadium
Referee: Tarek Samy
6 October 2019 (2019-10-06) 3Tala'ea El Gaish2–2PyramidsCairo
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)
  • El Sisi  51'
  • N'Diaye  84',  85'
  • Abou El Magd  88'
  • Tarek  90+1',  90+2'
Report
Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
17 October 2019 (2019-10-17) 4Pyramids0–0SmouhaCairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy
21 October 2019 (2019-10-21) 5El Entag El Harby2–3PyramidsCairo
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
27 November 2019 (2019-11-27)[upper-alpha 1] 6Pyramids2–2AswanCairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • El Neny  25'
  • Oukri  43', 75'
  • Awad  45'
  • Naim  59'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub
12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) 7Zamalek2–0PyramidsCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
17 December 2019 (2019-12-17) 8Pyramids2–3El GounaCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 9Al Masry1–1PyramidsSuez[upper-alpha 2]
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Magdy  14'
  • Wadi  45'
  • Hamad  45+2'
  • El Eraky  67'
  • Ali  74'
  • Shousha  82'
Report
Stadium: Suez Stadium[upper-alpha 2]
Referee: Mohamed Adel
25 December 2019 (2019-12-25) 10Pyramids1–0Wadi DeglaCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salama
2 January 2020 (2020-01-02) 11Haras El Hodoud1–0PyramidsAlexandria
14:30 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Sherweda  2'
  • El Zenary  30'
  • Grendo  42'
  • Samy  57'
  • Felix  84'
Report
Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Referee: Walid Abdel Razek
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) 12Pyramids1–0IsmailyCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) 13Al Ittihad1–1PyramidsAlexandria
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Anwar  51'
  • Rizk  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) 14Pyramids3–1Misr Lel MakkasaCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) 15FC Masr1–2PyramidsCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Sultan  33'
  • Youssef  43'  67'
  • Saleh  45'  87'
  • Ibrahim  45+2'
  • Ouka  86'  86'
Report
Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy
6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 16Pyramids1–2Al AhlyCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din
11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 17Al Mokawloon Al Arab0–2PyramidsCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • Hamdy  36'
  • Antwi  40'
  • Hamada  57'
Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Adel
11 March 2020 (2020-03-11) 18ENPPIvPyramidsCairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2) Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
16 March 2020 (2020-03-16) 19PyramidsvTantaCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June Stadium
20 March 2020 (2020-03-20) 20PyramidsvTala'ea El GaishCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2) Stadium: 30 June 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 32Pyramids6–1NogoomCairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • El Tawila  14'
  • Talaat  20'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Amr Ayed
21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) Round of 16Ismaily0–1PyramidsAlexandria
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Hashem  38'
  • Abou El Yazid  53'
Report
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
 ()TBD Quarter-finalsTala'ea El GaishvPyramids
--:-- 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 legPyramids 4–1 Étoile du CongoCairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • Chancy  58'
  • Mukumbu  89'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Lyes Bekouassa (Algeria)
25 August 2019 (2019-08-25) Second legÉtoile du Congo 0–1
(1–5 agg.)
PyramidsBrazzaville, 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 legPyramids 1–1 CR BelouizdadCairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) Second legCR Belouizdad 0–1
(1–2 agg.)
PyramidsAlgiers, 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 legYoung Africans 1–2 PyramidsMwanza, Tanzania
16:00 EAT (UTC+3)
  • Makame  64'
  • Yondan  69'  90+3'
  • Tshishimbi  88'
Report
Stadium: CCM Kirumba Stadium
Referee: Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)
3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) Second legPyramids 3–0
(5–1 agg.)
Young AfricansCairo, 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 Pyramids 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 Al-Masry 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10
3 Enugu Rangers 6 1 3 2 6 9 3 6
4 FC Nouadhibou 6 0 2 4 3 12 9 2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 1Enugu Rangers 1–3 PyramidsEnugu, Nigeria
14:00 WAT (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 2Pyramids 6–0 FC NouadhibouCairo, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • Moustapha  12'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Hassan Corneh (Liberia)
29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 3Al Masry 1–2 PyramidsAlexandria, 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) 4Pyramids 2–0 Al MasryCairo, Egypt
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • El Eraky  86'
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) 5Pyramids 0–1 Enugu RangersCairo, 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) 6FC Nouadhibou 0–1 PyramidsCairo, Egypt[upper-alpha 6]
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Yacoub  68'
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 legZanaco v PyramidsLusaka, Zambia
15:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: National Heroes Stadium
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
8 March 2020 (2020-03-08) Second legPyramids v ZanacoCairo, Egypt
15:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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