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2024 Egypt Cup Final
The 2024 Egypt Cup final was the final match of the 2023–24 Egypt Cup, the 92nd edition of the competition since its establishment in 1921. It was played between Pyramids FC, Pyramids and ZED FC, ZED on 30 August 2024 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria. Both teams were looking to win their first ever Egypt Cup title. This marked Pyramids' third appearance in the final match of the competition, having previously lost the 2019 Egypt Cup final, 2019 and 2022 Egypt Cup final, 2022 finals against Zamalek SC, Zamalek and Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly, respectively. ZED on the other hand played the final of a major tournament for the first time in their history. Fiston Mayele's late strike earned Pyramids a 1–0 victory, winning his club their first-ever Egypt Cup and major title. Route to the final Pyramids As an Egyptian Premier League team, Pyramids entered the competition in the round of 32, and were drawn at home against Al Nasr SC (Egypt), Al Nasr. Pyramids won the match 4–0, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borg El Arab Stadium
The Borg El Arab Stadium (), sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Army Stadium or El Geish Stadium - Alexandria (), is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea city of Amreya; 25 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. It is the second largest stadium in Egypt (after Misr Stadium) and the third largest in Africa (after FNB Stadium in Johannesburg) with a capacity of 86,000 and is an all-seater. It is also the 9th largest association football stadium in the world. It is located on the Cairo-Alexandria desert highway 10 km from Borg El Arab Airport and 15 km from Alexandria's city center. A running track runs around the pitch, and the ground has four floodlights. Only one stand is covered by a roof. The stadium is 145 feddans (609,000 sq m), is surrounded by a fence which is 3 km long, an internal road network measuring 6 km, a parking lot which could fit 5,000 cars and 200 buses. The stadium also has an airstrip. There are 136 electronic entran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Nasr SC (Egypt)
Al Nasr Sporting Club (), is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Second Division, the second highest league in the Egyptian football league system. History Al Nasr was very close to promote to the Egyptian Premier League for its first time ever during the 2008–09 Egyptian Second Division season; but a 2–2 draw with Suez Cement in the last week secured the promotion spot for El Entag El Harby to the 2009–10 Egyptian Premier League instead. However, Al Nasr were able to finally clinch promotion for the first time in their history during the 2013–14 Egyptian Second Division season.Said, Tare"Egypt 2008/09"RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around .... Retrieved on 17 June 2010. Al Nasr ended that season in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Egyptian League Cup
The 2023–24 Egyptian League Cup was the third edition of the Egyptian League Cup, a cup knockout competition open to all clubs participating in the Egyptian Premier League. The competition began on 8 January, and concluded with the final on 7 August 2024. Defending champions Ceramica Cleopatra successfully defended their title as they beat Tala'ea El Gaish 3–1 in the final, winning their second League Cup trophy and second major title in the club's history. Ceramica Cleopatra entered the tournament as the defending champion, having won the previous edition after beating Al Masry 4–1 in the final. Format The format for the first edition of the competition was retained for this season. The tournament started with a group stage involving all participating teams split into four groups of four teams each, with the winners and runners-up of each group advancing to the next round. This round was played during the league's January/February break, due to the 2023 Africa Cup of Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostafa Fathi
Mostafa Mohamed Fathi Abdel Hamid Mohamed (; born 12 May 1994) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids and the Egypt national team. Career statistics Club International :''Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Trézéguet goal.'' Honours Zamalek *Egyptian Premier League: 2014–15, 2021–22 *Egypt Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19 *Egyptian Super Cup: 2016, 2020 *CAF Confederation Cup: 2018–19 *CAF Super Cup: 2020 *Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2018 Pyramids *Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al A ...: 2023–24 References External links Profileat the Pyramids FC website 1994 births Living people Egyptian men's football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blati Touré
Ibrahim Blati Touré (born 4 August 1994) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC and the Burkina Faso national team. Club career Born in Bouaké, Touré made his senior debut with Rayo Vallecano's reserve team in 2013, in Tercera División. On 3 August 2015, after a one-year spell at Recreativo de Huelva's B-team, he joined Evian Thonon Gaillard on loan for the season. Touré made his professional debut on 14 August 2015, starting in a 1–1 Ligue 2 away draw against AC Ajaccio. He contributed with 12 appearances during the campaign, as his side suffered relegation. On 18 July 2016, Touré joined AC Omonia. On 13 March 2018, he switched teams and countries again after agreeing to a contract with AFC Eskilstuna. On 29 August 2018, Touré returned to Spain after signed a contract with Córdoba CF in Segunda División. The following 11 June, he signed a three-year deal with Primeira Liga side Vitória de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Samy
Ahmed Samy Saad Abou El Einain (, born 1 April 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Pyramids as a centre-back and the Egypt national team. Club career Early career Samy started his career at El Khatib Football Academy, after playing well and showing great discipline in the Pepsi Schools League. Before participating in the Pepsi Schools League he had a trial with Egyptian giants Al Ahly youth team, but failed to pass all tests because of an injury. After staying with El Khatib Football Academy for almost 4 years, he was signed by Al Nasr at the age of 15. Al Nasr Samy played 2 seasons with the reserve team before being promoted to the first team in 2009, which was playing in the Egyptian Second Division at that time. He helped the club in reaching the quarter-final of Egypt Cup during the 2010–11 season for the first time in the club's history, but they were eliminated in that round by defending champions Haras El Hodoud after losing 0–1 at extra time. Because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youm7
''Youm7'' (, , meaning ''The Seventh Day'') is an Egyptian privately owned daily newspaper. It was first published as a weekly paper in October 2008 and has been published daily since May 2011. It is published in Arabic. The paper was twice selected by ''Forbes Middle East'' as having the most effective news website in the Middle East. ''Youm7'' reportedly has the most-visited website of any Egyptian newspaper. On 6 October 2013 it launched an English news website called The Cairo Post. History Founding and profile ''Youm7'' was first published as a weekly paper in October 2008 and has been published daily since 31 May 2011. Editor Khaled Salah said shortly after the paper's expansion to daily publication that ''Youm7'' "supports the popular need for a civil state and will strive to present facts to readers without political bias and with credible representation of diverse views." According to internet information service Alexa Internet, 59% of visitors to ''Youm7's'' website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwan Hamdy
Marwan Hamdy Mehany Abdelhamid (; born 15 November 1996) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC and the Egypt national team. International career He made his debut for the Egypt national football team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Comoros away on 18 November 2019. International goals Honours *Zamalek ** Egyptian Premier League: 2020–21 *Pyramids ** Egypt Cup: 2023–24 **CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...: 2024–25 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamdy, Marwan Living people 1996 births Egyptian men's footballers Egypt men's international footballers Egyptian Premier League players Men's association football forwards M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wicket#Dismissing a batsman, wickets with three consecutive delivery (cricket), deliveries. Fans held a collection for Stephenson, and presented him with a hat bought with the proceeds. The term was used in print for the first time in 1865 in the Essex Chronicle, ''Chelmsford Chronicle''. The term was eventually adopted by many other sports including hockey, association football, Formula 1 racing, rugby, and water polo. Use Bat and ball games Baseball In the past, the term was occasionally used to describe when a player strikeout, struck out three times in a baseball game, and the term ''golden sombrero'' was more commonly used when a player struck out four times in a game. In recent years, hat trick has been more often used to describe w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Osama
Youssef Osama Nabih (; born 7 September 2000) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek Zamalek ( , ''al zamalek'') is a ''qism'' (ward) within the West District (''hayy gharb'') in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, wit .... References Egyptian men's footballers Living people 2000 births Zamalek SC players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football league system. The league comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Egyptian Second Division A. Seasons mostly run from August to May. Unlike most other leagues, games are played on all days of the week. The Egyptian Premier League was founded in 1948, unifying the local leagues that existed previously. List of Egyptian Premier League clubs, 70 clubs have competed in the league since its founding. Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly have won the title 45 times, more than any other club. Their closest rivals, Zamalek SC, Zamalek, have won the league 14 times. Only five other clubs have won the league; those clubs are Ghazl El Mahalla SC, Ghazl El Mahalla, Ismaily SC, Ismaily, Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, Al Mokawloon Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Shoot-out (association Football)
In association football, a penalty shoot-out (previously known as kicks from the penalty mark) is a tie-breaking method to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a tie (draw), draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as Overtime (sports)#Association football, extra time (if used) has expired. For example, in a FIFA World Cup, penalties are used in elimination matches; the round of 32, the round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the final (competition), final. In a penalty shoot-out, each team takes turns shooting at goal from the penalty mark, with the goal defended only by the opposing team's Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Each team has five shots which must be taken by different players; the team that makes more successful kicks is declared the victor. Shoot-outs finish as soon as one team has an insurmountable lead. If scores are level after five pairs of shots, the shootout progresses into additiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
