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. It is organized by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA).

Zamalek is the first team to win the title in 1922. Al Ahly hold the record of total number of titles with a total of 39 titles, Zamalek also holds the record of being the only club to win the title for 4 consecutive years twice; from 1957 to 1960 and 2013 up to 2016.

History The Egypt Cup is the oldest tournament in the history of Egyptian football that is still being held to-date, and it is the first competition to be organized by the Egyptian Football Association. However, it is not the first football tournament to be held in the country. The first local football tournament in Egypt was the Sultan Hussein Cup. It was launched in 1917, and its last edition was held in the 1937–38 season. The Sultan Hussein Cup witnessed the participation of Egyptian clubs with clubs belonging to the British army, which was present in Egypt at the time. With the establishment of the Egyptian Football Association in 1921, the need arose to launch a tournament with only Egyptian clubs participating, and from this time the Egypt Cup tournament emerged with the participation of Zamalek, Al Ahly, Tersana, Olympic, Schools team, Railway, Al-Abbasiya, Al Ittihad, Al-Haditha, and the Nile.

Zamalek achieved the title of the first edition of the Egypt Cup, after defeating Al Ittihad; 5–0 in the 1922 final match. Tersana won the second edition in 1923, followed by Al Ahly in 1924. The first Cairo derby between Zamalek and Al Ahly to be played in the final was in the 1928 edition which Al Ahly won by a score of 1–0, winning goal scored by Mamdouh Sakr. The 1930–31 edition saw Al Ahly winning Zamalek in the final by a score of 4–1. The next year in the 1932 final between Zamalek and Al Ahly, Zamalek retaliated and defeated Al Ahly by a score of 2–1, winners goals were scored by Ismail Raafat, Said El-Hadary and Amin Shoeir scored for Al Ahly. In the 1934–35 edition, the final was held on 10 May 1935. The match was again contested by Zamalek and Al Ahly, with Zamalek winning by a score of 3–0, goals were scored by Helmy Zamora, El-Samkary and Marei.

The biggest win in the 1944 final match between the Cairo giants; Zamalek and Al Ahly with a 6–0 win for Zamalek, goals scored by Zoklot (hat-trick), Mohsen El-Sehaimi (2 goals) and Abdel-Karim Sakr. This was the second Cairo Derby in two years to end with a 6–0 win for Zamalek after the 1941–42 Cairo League match. After this huge score for Zamalek, Al Ahly won three consecutive titles in (1945, 1946, 1947), however, they didn't meet Zamalek in the final.

Zamalek dominated the 1950s, as the Cairo giants won seven titles between the years of 1952 to 1962, starting from 1952, 1955, followed by four consecutive titles in (1957, 1958 (title shared with Al Ahly), 1959, 1960) and finally in 1962. In 1958, and 1959, Zamalek claimed their title from Al Ahly, who won the 1961 title after winning El Qanah 5–0 in the final, the next year, Zamalek also claimed their title by winning Al Ittihad by a score of 5–1 in the final. From 1962 to 1976, Zamalek and Al Ahly only won one title each, as El Qanah, Tersana and Al Ittihad dominated this era. However, Zamalek won the 1975, 1977, and 1979 titles, with Al Ahly claiming their title from their rivals in the 1978 final. In the early 1980s, Al Ahly dominated the championship, they won the 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1985. Followed by the final and sixth title for Tersana in 1986, before Zamalek winning their 18th title in the 1988 edition after nine years from their last title.

In the 1990s, the tournament saw the Cairo derby in the final for the first time in 14 years, after Al Ahly won Zamalek by a score of 2–1 in the 1992 final. This decade saw new champions, as Ismaily won their first title in the 1997 edition after defeating Al Ahly by a score of 1–0 in the final, followed by Al Masry in 1998 after defeating Al Mokawloon in the final.

Despite its launch more than 100 years ago, the Egypt Cup has witnessed the holding of 90 editions so far, and has been canceled on more than one occasion. The tournament was canceled in the 1942–43 season, after players from Zamalek and Al-Ahly (the final belligerents) were suspended after their travel to Palestine, and opposition to the Football Association’s decision in this regard. The tournament was not played between 1967 and 1971 due to the War of Attrition, and it was canceled in the 1973–74 season due to the October War. For several other reasons, the tournament was canceled in 1979–80, 1986–87 and 1993–94 seasons, and was canceled in the 1981–82 edition due to Zamalek’s dispute with the Football Association. The cup was also canceled in the 2011–12 season after the Port Said Stadium riot in the league match between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly.

List of finals The following table provides a summary of seasons:

No. Season Winner Score Runner-up 1 1921–22Zamalek (1)5–0 Ittihad Alexandria 2 1922–23 Tersana (1)1–0 El Sekka El Hadid SC 3 1923–24 Al Ahly (1)0–0 / 4–1 (R)El Sekka El Hadid SC 4 1924–25 Al Ahly (2)1–1 / 3–0 (R)Ittihad Alexandria 5 1925–26 Ittihad Alexandria (1)2–2 / 3–2 (R)Al Ahly 6 1926–27 Al Ahly (3)5–0 Al-Masry 7 1927–28 Al Ahly (4)1–0 Zamalek 8 1928–29 Tersana (2)2–2 (aet) 1–0 (R)Ittihad Alexandria 9 1929–30 Al Ahly (5)2–0 Ittihad Alexandria 10 1930–31 Al Ahly (6)4–1 Zamalek 11 1931–32 Zamalek (2)2–1 Al Ahly 12 1932–33 El Olympi (1)3–1 Al Ahly 13 1933–34 El Olympi (2)1–0 (aet) Zamalek 14 1934–35 Zamalek (3)3–0 Al Ahly 15 1935–36 Ittihad Alexandria (2)3–1 El Sekka El Hadid SC 16 1936–37 Al Ahly (7)3–2 El Sekka El Hadid SC 17 1937–38 Zamalek (4)1–1 (aet) 1–0 (R)Al Ahly 18 1938–39 Al Teram (1)1–1 (aet) 2–0 (R)Cairo Police 19 1939–40 Al Ahly (8)3–1 Al Teram 20 1940–41Zamalek (5)5–0 Cairo Police 21 1941–42 Al Ahly (9)3–0 Zamalek 22 1942–43 Al Ahly (10)Zamalek (6)Not played(TS) — 23 1943–44 Zamalek (7)6–0 Al Ahly 24 1944–45 Al Ahly (11)3–2 Al-Masry 25 1945–46 Al Ahly (12)3–0 El Sekka El Hadid SC 26 1946–47 Al Ahly (13)2–1 Al-Masry 27 1947–48 El Ittihad El Sakandary (3)2–1 Zamalek 28 1948–49 Al Ahly (14)3–1 (aet) Zamalek 29 1949–50 Al Ahly (15)6–0 Tersana 30 1950–51 Al Ahly (16)1–0 El Sekka El Hadid SC 31 1951–52 Zamalek (8)2–0 Al Ahly 32 1952–53 Al Ahly (17)4–1 Zamalek 33 1953–54 Tersana (3)4–1 Al-Masry 34 1954–55Zamalek (9)2–1 Ittihad Alexandria 35 1955–56 Al Ahly (18)1–0 Tersana 36 1956–57Zamalek (10)3–0 Al-Masry 37 1957–58Al Ahly (19)Zamalek (11)0–0 (aet) 2–2 (aet) (R) (TS) — 38 1958–59Zamalek (12)2–1 Al Ahly 39 1959–60Zamalek (13)3–2 El Olympi 40 1960–61 Al Ahly (20) 5–0 El Qanah 41 1961–62Zamalek (14)5–1 Ittihad Alexandria 42 1962–63 El Ittihad El Sakandary (4)3–2 Zamalek 43 1963–64 El Qanah (1)2–0 El Sekka El Hadid SC 44 1964–65 Tersana (4)4–1 Suez El-Riyadi 45 1965–66 Al Ahly (21)1–0 Tersana 46 1966–67 Tersana (5)1–0 El Olympi — 1967–1972 Not played due to the Six-Day War. 47 1972–73 El Ittihad El Sakandary (5)0–0 (aet) 2–1 (R)Al Ahly — 1973–74 Not played due to the Yom Kippur War. 48 1974–75Zamalek (15)1–0 Ghazl El Mahalla 49 1975–76 El Ittihad El Sakandary (6)1–0 Al Ahly 50 1976–77Zamalek (16)3–1 Ismaily 51 1977–78 Al Ahly (22)4–2 Zamalek SC 52 1978–79Zamalek (17)3–0 Ghazl El Mahalla — 1979–80 Not played due to a very late finish of 1979–80 Egyptian Premier League. 53 1980–81 Al Ahly (23)1–1 (3–2 p) El Mokawloon — 1981–82 Not Finished due to a conflict between Zamalek and EFA. 54 1982–83 Al Ahly (24)1–0 Al-Masry 55 1983–84 Al Ahly (25)3–1 (aet) Al-Masry 56 1984–85 Al Ahly (26)1–0 Ismaily 57 1985–86 Tersana (6)3–2 Ghazl El Mahalla — 1986–87 Not played due to a very tight schedule because of African commitmentsby National Team, Al Ahly, Zamalek and Tersana. 58 1987–88Zamalek (18)1–0 Ittihad Alexandria 59 1988–89 Al Ahly (27)3–0 Al-Masry 60 1989–90 El Mokawloon (1)2–1 Suez Montakhab 61 1990–91 Al Ahly (28)1–0 Aswan SC 62 1991–92 Al Ahly (29)2–1 Zamalek 63 1992–93 Al Ahly (30)3–2 Ghazl El Mahalla — 1993–94 Not Finished due to late finish of the Egyptian League and start of 1994 FIFA World Cup. 64 1994–95 El Mokawloon (2)2–0 Ghazl El Mahalla 65 1995–96 Al Ahly (31)3–1 El Mansoura 66 1996–97 Ismaily (1)1–0 Al Ahly 67 1997–98 Al Masry (1)4–3 El Mokawloon 68 1998–99Zamalek (19)3–1 Ismaily 69 1999–2000Ismaily (2)4–0 El Mokawloon 70 2000–01 Al Ahly (32)2–0 (aet) Ghazl El Mahalla 71 2001–02Zamalek (20)1–0 Baladeyet El Mahalla 72 2002–03 Al Ahly (33)1–1 (4–3 p) Ismaily 73 2003–04 El Mokawloon (3)2–1 Al Ahly 74 2004–05 ENPPI (1)1–0 (aet) Ittihad Alexandria 75 2005–06 Al Ahly (34)3–0 Zamalek 76 2006–07 Al Ahly (35)4–3 (aet) Zamalek 77 2007–08 Zamalek (21)2–1 ENPPI 78 2008–09 Haras El Hodood (1)1–1 (4–1 p) ENPPI 79 2009–10 Haras El Hodood (2)1–1 (5–4 p) Al Ahly 80 2010–11 ENPPI (2)2–1 Zamalek — 2011–12 Not played due to the tragic events from Port Said Stadium riot. 81 2012–13 Zamalek (22)3–0 Wadi Degla 82 2013–14 Zamalek (23)1–0 Smouha 83 2014–15 Zamalek (24)2–0 Al Ahly 84 2015–16 Zamalek (25)3–1 Al Ahly 85 2016–17 Al Ahly (36) 2–1 (aet) Al Masry 86 2017–18 Zamalek (26)1–1 (5–4 p) Smouha 87 2018–19 Zamalek (27)3–0 Pyramids 88 2019–20 Al Ahly (37)1–1 (3–2 p) El Gaish 89 2020–21 Zamalek (28)2–1Al Ahly 90 2021–22 Al Ahly (38)2–1Pyramids 91 2022–23 Al Ahly (39)2–0Zamalek 92 2023–24 Pyramids (1)1–0ZED FC 932024–25 Zamalek (29)1–1 (8–7 p) Pyramids 942025–26 Pyramids (2)2–1ZED FC Notes: The Winner and Runner-up of 1960–61 Egypt Cup qualified for United Arab Republic Cup. Title Shared.

Performances

Performances by club Club Winner Runner-up Winning yearsAl Ahly SC 39161924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023Zamalek SC 29141922, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025El Ittihad Alexandria Club681926, 1936, 1948, 1963, 1973, 1976Tersana SC631923, 1929, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1986Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC331990, 1995, 2004Ismaily SC241997, 2000Pyramids FC232024, 2026Olympic Club221933, 1934ENPPI SC222005, 2011Haras El Hodoud SC2–2009, 2010Al Masry SC191998Al Teram SC111939El Qanah FC111964El Sekka El Hadid SC–7Ghazl El Mahalla SC–6Smouha SC–2Ittihad El Shorta SC–2Suez SC–2 ZED FC–2Aswan SC–1El Mansoura SC–1Baladiyat El Mahalla SC–1Wadi Degla SC–1 Tala'ea El Gaish SC–1 Notes: The 1942–43 and 1957–58 titles were shared.

Scorers All-time top scorers

No.PlayerTeamsGoals1Ahmed MekkawiAl Ahly352Hassan El-ShazlyTersana323Abdel-Karim SakrZamalek / Al Ahly314El-Sayed El-DhizuiAl Masry / Al Ahly285Alaa El-HamoulyZamalek23 6Mokhtar El TetshAl Ahly21Akram Abdel-MajeedBaladiyat El Mahalla SC / Zamalek / El Qanah217Abdel Halim AliZamalek20 8Sharif El-FarZamalek19Emad MoteabAl Ahly199Mohamed LatifZamalek17

Per season Year Player Goals Club2009–10 Mohamed Fadl5 Al Ahly SC2010–11 2011–12 not played2012–13 Ahmed Gaafar5 Zamalek SC2013–14 Ahmed Hamoudi6 Smouha SC2014–15 John Antwi6 Ismaily SC2015–16 Basem Morsy5 Zamalek SC2016–17 2017–18 Kabongo Kasongo4 Zamalek SC2018–19 John Antwi Eric Traoré Khaled Kamar Mahmoud Kaoud Ahmed Raouf3Misr Lel Makkasa SCMisr Lel Makkasa SCAl Ittihad Alexandria ClubENPPI SCEl Entag2019–20 Shoukry Naguib3 2020–21 Youssef Obama3 Zamalek SC2021–22 2022–23 Seifeddine Jaziri4 Zamalek SC2023–24 Marwan Hamdy 4 Al Masry SC2024–25 2025–26

See also Egyptian Premier League Egyptian Super Cup Cairo League King's Cup EFA League Cup List of football clubs in Egypt Cairo derby

References

External links

Competition history on RSSSF (Arabic)

Egypt Cup - scoresway.com