2015 Egypt Cup final

March 2016 2015 Egypt Cup final 2015 Egypt Cup Al Ahly 0 Zamalek 2 21 September 2015 Petro Sport Stadium Cairo Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) Clear32 °C °F30% humidity 2014 2016 The 2015 Egypt Cup final decided the winner of the 2015 Egypt Cup, the 83rd season of Egypt's premier football cup. It has played on 21 September 2015. Zamalek, the winners of the previous final, faced Al Ahly; both of the clubs share rivalry in Cairo; Zamalek won the match 2–0 to win their third consecutive title and thereby claiming their 24th title. The winner was going to play against the 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League winner in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup; however as Zamalek won both the league and the cup they played against Al Ahly, the runner-up in both the league and the cup, in the Super Cup. The winner was also going to qualify for the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup but as both of the teams qualified for the 2016 CAF Champions League the berth was given to the 4th placed team in the league, Misr El Makasa. Background It was the 47th time that Al Ahly reach the final (most recently in 2010 against Haras El Hodoud) winning a record of 35 title (two shared with Zamalek). Zamalek has reached the final 37 times; winning the Cup 23 times (two shared with Al Ahly). Route to the final Al AhlyRoundZamalekOpponentResult2015 Egypt CupOpponentResultTahta6–1Round of 32Nogoom El Mostakbal2–1El Gouna13–0Round of 16Haras El Hodoud3–1Ittihad El Shorta5–0QuarterfinalsAl Ittihad0–0 (4–2 pen.)Petrojet3–1SemifinalsSmouha0–0 (4–3 pen.) Al Ahly Al Ahly, of the Premier League, started the tournament on the first round on 15 January 2015, playing home to Second Division team Tahta, winning 6–1 with goals by Walid Soliman, Abdallah El Said, Mohamed Nagieb, Mohamed Rizk and Emad Moteab (2). On 13 August 2015 they played their second match at home to El Gouna, most of El Gouna players was from the youth academy; in result Al Ahly won 13–0, the game started with an early own goal from Shams El Dien Said then El Said scored two goals in two minutes, other goals scored by John Antwi (4), Ramadan Sobhy, Ahmed Fathy, Malick Evouna, Gedo, Hussein Sayed and Hossam Ghaly. The quarterfinal match played on 16 August 2015 at home against Ittihad El Shorta, the math ended 5–0 with goals from El Said, Sobhy, Moamen Zakaria and Moteab (2). On 16 September 2015 their semifinal match was also at home against Petrojet, Mohamed Ragab gave Petrojet the lead by a quick counter-attack in the middle of the first half, but Sobhy scored the equalizer on the 42nd minute; in the second half Sayed scored on the 70th minute and Fathy ended the match with a beautiful solo-goal on the 89th minute. Zamalek Zamalek, also of Premier League, started the tournament on the first round on 11 January 2015 at home against Second Division team Nogoom El Mostakbal, Zamalek has played the match with the reserve team, resulting Mohamed Hamam scoring the opener for Nogoom Al Mostakbal early in the second half; giving them the lead for only 7 minutes as Ahmed Ali Kamel scored the equalizer on the 59th minute and the winning goal on the 87th minute. The second match was on 15 August 2015 at home against Haras El Hodoud, the match ended 3–1, Mostafa Fathi scored two goal in two minutes and Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq scored a goal in the 87th minute, Mohamed Ramadan scored the only goal for Haras El Hodoud from the spot. The third match was on 18 August 2015, they traveled to Alexandria to play against Al Ittihad, the match ended goalless but they won on penalties. The semifinal played away on 17 September 2015 against previous runner-up Smouha, Smouha played the game focusing on the attack but Genesh saved all of the attempts on goal, resulting the match to end goalless, Zamalek won the match 4–3 by penalties. Match 21 September 2015 19:15 (UTC+2) Al Ahly 0–2 Report Zamalek Morsy 11 34 Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) _ahly1213_home _ahly1213_home _ahly1213_home _ahly1213_home _alahly1213_home E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF E20E0E Al-Ahly _adidas_zamalek_1415a _adidas_zamalek_1415a _adidas_zamalek_1415a _zamalek1415a _3_stripes_white 2838b6 2838b6 2838b6 2838b6 2838b6 Zamalek GK 1 EGY Sherif Ekramy LB 7 EGY Hussein El Sayed CB 20 EGY Saad Samir CB 23 EGY Mohamed Nagieb RB 24 EGY Basem Ali 40 CM 25 EGY Hossam Ashour (c) CM 12 EGY Ahmed Fathy AM 19 EGY Abdallah Said RW 32 EGY Ramadan Sobhy LW 3 EGY Moamen Zakaria 61 ST 9 EGY Amr Gamal 78Substitutions: GK 13 EGY Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam DF 2 EGY Sherif Hazem DF 6 EGY Sabry Raheel MF 22 EGY Saleh Gomaa MF 18 EGY Mohamed Hamdy 40 FW 10 EGY Emad Moteab 78 FW 5 GHA John Antwi 61Manager:EGY Fathi Mabrouk GK 16 EGY Genesh RB 12 EGY Ahmed Tawfik 43 CB 25 EGY Ali Gabr CB 8 BFA Mohamed Koffi LB 22 EGY Hamada Tolba DM 3 EGY Tarek Hamed RM 4 EGY Omar Gaber (c) 64 LM 15 NGA Maarouf Youssef RW 14 EGY Ayman Hefny 56 LW 11 EGY Kahraba ST 17 EGY Basem Morsy 64 80Substitutions: GK 21 EGY Mohamed Abou Gabal DF 19 EGY Ahmed Duiedar MF 7 EGY Hazem Emam MF 6 EGY Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq 64 MF 30 EGY Mostafa Fathi 56 FW 23 EGY Mohamed Salem FW 9 EGY Ahmed Hassan Mekky 80Manager:POR Jesualdo Ferreira Assistant referees: Mathias Klasenius (Sweden) Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden)Match rules 90 minutes of regular time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. References 2015 Cup Final EC 2015 EC 2015