2021–22 Pyramids FC season

Pyramids FC
2021–22 season
Owner	Salem Al Shamsi
Manager	Ehab Galal; (until 25 April); Takis Gonias; (from 25 April); Jaime Pacheco
Stadium	30 June Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	2nd
Egypt Cup	Runners-up
EFA Cup	Group stage
CAF Confederation Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	; Ramadan Sobhi (7)
Biggest win	Ismaily 0–4 Pyramids; Pyramids 5–1 Smouha
Biggest defeat	Al Ahly 3–0 Pyramids
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Pyramids FC season was the club's 14th season in existence and the fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Pyramids participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the EFA Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 January 2022

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	EGY	El Mahdy Soliman
3	DF	EGY	Ahmed Ayman Mansour
4	DF	EGY	Omar Gaber (vice-captain)
5	DF	EGY	Ali Gabr (3rd captain)
6	DF	EGY	Osama Galal
7	FW	BFA	Eric Traoré
8	FW	EGY	Islam Issa
9	FW	PLE	Mahmoud Wadi
10	FW	EGY	Ramadan Sobhi
11	MF	EGY	Mohamed Sadek
12	DF	EGY	Ahmed Tawfik
14	MF	EGY	Nabil Emad
15	MF	BFA	Blati Touré
16	GK	EGY	Ahmed El Shenawy
17	MF	EGY	Hesham Mohamed
18	MF	MAR	Walid El Karti


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	EGY	Abdallah El Said (captain)
20	FW	EGY	Abdallah Magdy
21	DF	EGY	Mohamed Hamdy
22	GK	EGY	Sherif Ekramy
23	FW	RSA	Fagrie Lakay
24	DF	EGY	Ahmed Fathy
25	DF	EGY	Ahmed Samy
26	FW	EGY	Mohamed El Gabbas
27	DF	EGY	Hussein El Sayed
28	FW	TUN	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
30	FW	EGY	Ibrahim Adel
33	MF	EGY	Mahmoud Saber
35	MF	EGY	Ahmad Fawzi
39	DF	EGY	Abdo Semida
—	MF	EGY	Mostafa Fathi (on loan from Al-Taawoun)

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
—	GK	EGY	Ahmed Daadour (Eastern Company SC until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	GHA	John Antwi (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

30 September 2021 Friendly	Pyramids	0–0	Zamalek	Cairo, Egypt
		Report		Stadium: Air Defense Stadium sub-field

13 November 2021 Friendly	Pyramids	1–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo, Egypt
	Saber	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	27 October 2021	30 August 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	34	22	5	7	56	25	+31	064.71
Egypt Cup	28 March 2022	10 April 2023	Round of 32	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	060.00
EFA Cup	12 January 2022	30 January 2022	Group stage	Group stage	5	1	1	3	5	6	−1	020.00
CAF Confederation Cup	16 October 2021	24 April 2022	Second round	Quarter-finals	12	7	3	2	10	5	+5	058.33
Total					56	33	10	13	77	40	+37	058.93

Source: Soccerway

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek^[a] (C)	34	24	5	5	62	29	+33	77	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Pyramids^[a]	34	22	5	7	56	25	+31	71	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
3	Al Ahly^[a]	34	20	10	4	62	21	+41	70	Qualification for the Champions League
4	Tala'ea El Gaish	34	14	14	6	27	24	+3	56^[b]
5	Future^[a]	34	16	8	10	49	34	+15	56^[b]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup

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:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	22	5	7	56	25	+31	71	12	2	3	29	10	+19	10	3	4	27	15	+12

Source: worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position

Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 12 October 2021.^[1]

27 October 2021 1	Pyramids	2–1	Misr Lel Makkasa	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

31 October 2021 2	Pharco	1–2	Pyramids	Alexandria
17:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

4 November 2021 3	Pyramids	3–0	Al Ittihad	Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

19 November 2021 4	Al Masry	2–2	Pyramids	Borg El Arab
15:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

22 November 2021 5	Pyramids	3–0	Eastern Company	Cairo
15:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

21 December 2021 7	Pyramids	3–0	Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

25 December 2021 6	ENPPI	1–1	Pyramids	Cairo
15:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Petrosport Stadium

16 February 2022 9	Pyramids	1–0	Ismaily	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)	Samy 64'			Stadium: 30 June Stadium

24 February 2022 10	National Bank	0–1	Pyramids	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)			Sobhy 81'	Stadium: Petrosport Stadium

4 March 2022 12	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–2	Pyramids	Cairo
17:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium

8 March 2022 8	Al Ahly	3–0	Pyramids	Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

6 April 2022 11	Pyramids	2–3	Zamalek	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

9 April 2022 13	Pyramids	1–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)	Adel 81'			Stadium: 30 June Stadium

27 April 2022 16	Pyramids	0–1	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

1 May 2022 17	El Gouna	1–2	Pyramids	El Gouna
21:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium

6 May 2022 14	Smouha	0–2	Pyramids	Alexandria
21:00 EST (UTC+2)			Ben Youssef 9' Galal 58'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

11 May 2022 18	Misr Lel Makkasa	0–2	Pyramids	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium

15 May 2022 19	Pyramids	0–0	Pharco	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

22 May 2022 20	Al Ittihad	1–0	Pyramids	Alexandria
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

26 May 2022 15	Pyramids	0–0	Future	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

29 May 2022 21	Pyramids	3–1	Al Masry	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

22 June 2022 22	Eastern Company	0–3	Pyramids	Suez
19:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Eastern Company Stadium

29 June 2022 23	Pyramids	1–0	ENPPI	Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

12 July 2022 24	Tala'ea El Gaish	2–2	Pyramids	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium

16 July 2022 25	Pyramids	2–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

24 July 2022 26	Ismaily	0–4	Pyramids	Ismailia
18:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

27 July 2022 27	Pyramids	1–0	National Bank of Egypt	Cairo
18:30 EST (UTC+2)	Sobhi 71'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

1 August 2022 28	Zamalek	3–0	Pyramids	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	Zizo 2' (pen.) Jaziri 24' Shikabala 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

6 August 2022 29	Pyramids	1–0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	Samy 49'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium

9 August 2022 30	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–2	Pyramids	El Mahalla El Kubra
18:30 EST (UTC+2)		Report	Lakay 3' Issa 72'	Stadium: El Mahalla Stadium

19 August 2022 31	Pyramids	5–1	Smouha	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	El Karti 3' El Said 53', 73' Lakay 82' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	Hamdy 12'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium

22 August 2022 32	Future	1–0	Pyramids	Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)	Kamal 70'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

26 August 2022 33	Ceramica Cleopatra	0–2	Pyramids	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)		Report	Hamdy 45+2' Lakay 77'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Nader Kamar

30 August 2022 34	Pyramids	1–3	El Gouna	Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)	Issa 59'	Report	El Sayed 32' (pen.) El Saadawy 53' Gahnem 81'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Egypt Cup

28 March 2022 Round of 32	Pyramids	1–0	La Viena FC	Alexandria
17:00 EST (UTC+2)	Sami 34'			Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium

6 July 2022 Round of 16	Pyramids	2–1	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	Ben Youssef 17' Issa 67'		Magdi 69'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium

27 November 2022 Quarter-finals	National Bank	0–1	Pyramids	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)			Sobhi 16'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouni

16 January 2023 Semi-finals	Zamalek	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Pyramids	Cairo
18:00 EST (UTC+2)	Abdelmaguid 6' Ashour 21'	Report	Gabr 11' Adel 43' El Karti 55' Fathy 98'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
	Penalties
	Zizo Roka Shalaby Ashour Shikabala		Sobhi Ben Youssef El Gabbas Galal

10 April 2023 Final	Al Ahly	2–1	Pyramids	Cairo
21:15 EST (UTC+2)	Kahraba 74' Fathy 105'		El Karti 71'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

EFA Cup

Group stage

12 January 2022 1	Pyramids	1–2	Al Ittihad	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

16 January 2022 2	Future	2–1	Pyramids	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

20 January 2022 5	Pyramids	0–1	Al Masry	Borg El Arab
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

26 January 2022 4	El Sharqia Dokhan	1–1	Pyramids	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Petrosport Stadium

30 January 2022 5	Pyramids	2–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: 30 June Stadium

CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021.^[2]

Second round

16 October 2021 First leg	Azam	0–0	Pyramids	Mbagala, Tanzania
15:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Chamazi Stadium Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)

23 October 2021 Second leg	Pyramids	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Azam	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Gabr 29'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

Play-off round

28 November 2021 First leg	AS Maniema Union	0–1	Pyramids	Kinshasa, Congo DR
16:00 UTC+1		Report	Wadi 25'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

5 December 2021 Second leg	Pyramids	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	AS Maniema Union	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Adel 36'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AHL	PYR	CSS	ZAN
1	Al Ahli Tripoli	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	2–1	2–0
2	Pyramids	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	2–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	CS Sfaxien	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5		0–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Zanaco	6	1	0	5	3	9	−6	3		2–3	0–2	1–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0

13 February 2022 1	Pyramids	2–1	Al Ahli Tripoli	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Issa 56' El Karti 78'	Report	Al-Tubal 21'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

20 February 2022 2	Zanaco	0–2	Pyramids	Lusaka, Zambia
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Lakay 45+1', 83'	Stadium: National Heroes Stadium Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

27 February 2022 3	Pyramids	1–0	CS Sfaxien	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Gabr 90+3'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

13 March 2022 4	CS Sfaxien	1–1	Pyramids	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Chaouat 54'	Report	El Karti 44'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

20 March 2022 5	Al Ahli Tripoli	1–0	Pyramids	Benghazi, Libya
21:00 UTC+2	Gaber 54' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Benina Martyrs Stadium Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

3 April 2022 6	Pyramids	1–0	Zanaco	Cairo
22:00 UTC+2	Issa 90'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Kouassi Attidgbe (Togo)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

17 April 2022 First leg	Pyramids	0–0	TP Mazembe	Cairo
22:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

24 April 2022 Second leg	TP Mazembe	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Pyramids	Lubumbashi, Congo DR
15:00 UTC+2	Koffi 33' Kitambala 44'	Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Notes

^ Took the position in January 2023. Was in charge of two matches in the late-finished Egypt Cup.

References

^ "قرعة الدوري المصري موسم 21/22". يلاكورة.كوم.
^ "Draw reveals schedule of the TotalEnergies Confederation Cup preliminaries | Total CAF Confederation Cup".

[table_note_AHL0.68892327169372-2] The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.

[table_hth_TGS0.68892327169372-3] Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

[table_hth_AHL0.55419927442176-6] Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0

[1] Took the position in January 2023. Was in charge of two matches in the late-finished Egypt Cup.

[4] "قرعة الدوري المصري موسم 21/22". يلاكورة.كوم.

[5] "Draw reveals schedule of the TotalEnergies Confederation Cup preliminaries | Total CAF Confederation Cup".

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