2015–16 Egypt Cup

2014–15 Egypt Cup
Tournament details
Country	Egypt
Teams	276
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek
Runner-up	Al Ahly
Confederation Cup	Al Masry
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	67 (2.16 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Basem Morsy; (5 goals)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Egypt Cup was the 84th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It was sponsored by Obour Land, and known as the Obour Land Cup for sponsorship purposes.^[1] The winner qualifies for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.

Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after they defeated Al Ahly 3–1 in the final.

Schedule and format

Round	Draw date	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details
Preliminary round	10 December 2015	13–14 January 2016	14	46 → 32	Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Round of 32	28 February 2016	19–31 March 2016	16	32 → 16	New entries: Clubs participating in the Egyptian Premier League will gain entry. Local team seeding: Matches will be played on neutral stadiums. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Round of 16		10–27 April 2016 12 July 2016	8	16 → 8	Local team seeding: Matches will be played on neutral stadiums. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Quarter-finals		15 May 2016 – 1 August 2016	4	8 → 4	Local team seeding: Matches will be played on neutral stadiums. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Semi-finals		3–4 August 2016	2	4 → 2	Local team seeding: Matches will be played on neutral stadiums. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Final		8 August 2016	1	2 → 1	Single match, stadium TBD by EFA. CAF Confederation Cup qualification: winner will qualify for 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Round of 32 19–31 March 2016		Round of 16 10–27 April 2016 12 July 2016		Quarter-finals 15 May–1 August 2016		Semi-finals 3–4 August 2016		Final 8 August 2016

Petrojet (p)	0 (4)

Sohag	0 (2)
		Petrojet	1

		Al Ittihad	3
Al Ittihad	2

Aswan	1
				Al Ittihad	1

				Zamalek	2
Zamalek	2

Shabab El Daba'a	0
		Zamalek	2

		Ittihad El Shorta	1
Ittihad El Shorta	6

Ghazl Port Said	0
						Zamalek	4

						Ismaily	0
Ismaily (p)	0 (4)

El Raja	0 (2)
		Ismaily (p)	0 (5)

		Tala'ea El Gaish	0 (4)
Tala'ea El Gaish	1

Tanta	0
				Ismaily	2

				Al Masry	0
El Dakhleya	1

Fayoum	0
		El Dakhleya	1

		Al Masry (a.e.t.)	2
Al Masry (p)	0 (4)

Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	0 (3)
								Zamalek	3

								Al Ahly	1
Misr Lel Makkasa	0

FC Masr	1
		FC Masr	0

		Al Merreikh (a.e.t.)	1
Al Mokawloon	1 (3)

Al Merreikh (p)	1 (5)
				Al Merreikh	2 (3)

				ENPPI (p)	2 (4)
Wadi Degla	1

El Qanah	0
		Wadi Degla	0

		ENPPI (a.e.t.)	2
ENPPI	3

Al Nasr	0
						ENPPI	1

						Al Ahly	2
Al Ahly	3

Dayrout	0
		Al Ahly	2

		Haras El Hodoud	1
Haras El Hodoud	3

El Mansoura	0
				Al Ahly	1

				Smouha	0
Smouha	2

Gomhoriat Shebin	0
		Smouha	1

		El Entag El Harby	0
El Entag El Harby	1

Ghazl El Mahalla	0

Round of 32

The draw was held on 28 February 2016 at 14:00 (UTC+2) at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.^[2]

If a match ended as a draw in this round, the two teams go straight to penalty shootout.

Matches took place from 19 to 31 March 2016.

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)	Al Masry	0–0 (4–3 p)	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	Ismailia
15:30		Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Nader Zaky
	Penalties
	Magdy Ayman Kaboria Azab Yasser		Abdel Fattah Shaaban Mohamed Yehia Mostafa

22 March 2016 (2016-03-22)	Wadi Degla	1–0	El Qanah	Ismailia
15:30	Mapuku 59'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed Fahmy

22 March 2016 (2016-03-22)	Al Ittihad	2–1	Aswan	Cairo
17:45	Kouao 14' Obama 60'	Report	Salama 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ahmed Saleh

22 March 2016 (2016-03-22)	Haras El Hodoud	3–0	El Mansoura	Alexandria
17:45	Abdel Kader 38' Benzema 77' Nagah 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mahgoub

22 March 2016 (2016-03-22)	El Dakhleya	1–0	Fayoum	Cairo
20:00	Shehab 87'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Wael Abdel Aal

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)	Ittihad El Shorta	6–0	Ghazl Port Said	Ismailia
15:30	El Ghandour 8' Abdel Salam 36' Kamal 68', 71', 83' Ouso 70'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ashraf Abou El Nour

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)	Smouha	2–0	Gomhoriat Shebin	El Mahalla
15:30	Kouakou 73' Salama 77'	Report		Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mohamed Youssef

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)	Petrojet	0–0 (4–2 p)	Sohag	Fayoum
17:45		Report		Stadium: Fayoum Stadium Referee: Egiez El Sharbasy
	Penalties
	Magdy Tarek A. El Shenawy Saber		Farid Abdel Raouf Ibrahim El Sayed

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)	Ismaily	0–0 (4–2 p)	El Raja	Cairo
17:45		Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Ashraf Abdel Wahed
	Penalties
	Samir Adel Hassan Hamad		Kimo Hafez Fathy Sokrat

23 March 2016 (2016-03-23)	Tala'ea El Gaish	1–0	Tanta	Cairo
20:00	Youssef 29'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Amr Galal

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)	Al Mokawloon	1–1 (3–5 p)	Al Merreikh	Ismailia
15:30	Adel 82'	Report	Abdel Baqi 90+8'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Dalil
	Penalties
	Adel Fadl Shaaban Samara		Abdel Razek Wafaa El Din Abdel Aal El Aaidy El Sayed

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)	El Entag El Harby	1–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Alexandria
17:45	Amin 67'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Kamel Mohamed

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)	Misr Lel Makkasa	0–1	FC Masr	Cairo
17:45		Report	Gaafar 30'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Sayed

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)	ENPPI	3–0	Al Nasr	Cairo
20:00	Farrag 32' Koné 63' Shroyda 71'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Hisham Tawfiq

30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)	Al Ahly	3–0	Dayrout	Alexandria
19:00	Fathy 11' El Sheikh 61', 64'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saber

31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)	Zamalek	2–0	Shabab El Daba'a	Cairo
19:00	Gabr 33' Hamoudi 72'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Yasser Fawzy

Round of 16

The draw was held on 28 February 2016 at 14:00 (UTC+2) at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.^[2]

If a match ended as a draw in this round, the two teams goes to Extra time. If the score remains even after the Extra time the two team goes to penalty shootout.

Matches took place from 10 April–12 July 2016.

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)	El Dakhleya	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al Masry	Ismailia
18:00	Abdel Naim 49'	Report	Akakpo 70' Mourad 91'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

11 April 2016 (2016-04-11)	Petrojet	1–3	Al Ittihad	Cairo
18:00	Gaafar 28'	Report	Kabonga 32' Kouao 65', 84'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Sameh Farouk

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)	Ismaily	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo
17:00		Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny
	Penalties
	Samir F. Marwan El Wahsh Gamal Hosny Adel		Shedid Abdel Malek Rizk Salah Tawfik Mohsen

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)	Smouha	1–0	El Entag El Harby	Cairo
20:00	Sayed 44'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)	FC Masr	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Al Merreikh	Ismailia
17:00		Report	Farhoud 117'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Osama Ismail

27 April 2016 (2016-04-27)	Wadi Degla	0–2 (a.e.t.)	ENPPI	Cairo
20:00		Report	Martínez 110' Kaoud 120+1'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Hisham Abdel Hamid

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)	Al Ahly	2–1	Haras El Hodoud	Alexandria
18:30	Moteab 31' (pen.) El Solia 67'	Report	Benzema 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)	Zamalek	2–1	Ittihad El Shorta	Cairo
21:30	Abdel Khalek 15' Fathy 90+6'	Report	Mostafa 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ahmed Yaqoub (Jordan)

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 28 February 2016 at 14:00 (UTC+2) at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.^[2]

If a match ended as a draw in this round, the two teams goes to Extra time. If the score remains even after the Extra time the two team goes to penalty shootout.

Matches took place from 15 May–1 August 2016.

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15)	Al Merreikh	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	ENPPI	Ismailia
19:00	Shaaban 88' Abdel Baqi 108'	Report	Abdel Zaher 59' Ashour 119'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Sheriff Hassan
	Penalties
	Abdel Razek Zayed Wafa'ey El Sayed Gamal		Martínez El Halwani Shroyda Ashour Tobah

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)	Ismaily	2–0	Al Masry	Alexandria
19:00	Hosny 42', 87'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

21 July 2016 (2016-07-21)	Al Ittihad	1–2	Zamalek	Alexandria
20:30	Obama 35'	Report	Shikabala 63' Morsy 75'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

1 August 2016 (2016-08-01)	Al Ahly	1–0	Smouha	Suez
20:30	Samir 45'	Report		Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 28 February 2016 at 14:00 (UTC+2) at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.^[2]

If a match ended as a draw in this round, the two teams goes to Extra time. If the score remains even after the Extra time the two team goes to penalty shootout.

Matches took place on 3 and 4 August 2016.

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03)	Zamalek	4–0	Ismaily	Alexandria
20:30	Hefny 50' Morsy 63', 70' Mayuka 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Farouk

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)	ENPPI	1–2	Al Ahly	Suez
20:30	El Shamy 29'	Report	Zakaria 82' Samir 85'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Samir Osman

Final

The final took place on 8 August 2016 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria. Zamalek were the "home" team (for administrative purposes), as they played the first semi-final match.

8 August 2016

20:30 UTC+2

Zamalek	3–1	Al Ahly
Morsy 20', 25' (pen.) M. Fathi 59'	Report	Said 33' (pen.)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Andó-Szabó Sándor (Hungary)

Top goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the Egypt Cup, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Basem Morsy	Zamalek	5
2	Amr Kamal	Ittihad El Shorta	3
2	Hermann Kouao	Al Ittihad	3
4	Hosny Abd Rabo	Ismaily	2
	Ahmed Abdel Baqi	Al Merreikh
	Mohamed Benzema	Haras El Hodoud
	Mostafa Fathi	Zamalek
	Youssef Obama	Al Ittihad
	Saad Samir	Al Ahly
	Ahmed El Sheikh	Al Ahly

Notes

^ Since both finalists of the Egypt Cup qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Confederation Cup spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winner was passed to the fourth-placed team in the Egyptian Premier League, Al Masry.

References

^ "عبور لاند الراعي الرسمي لكأس مصر". efa.com.eg (in Arabic). 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "مباريات دور الـ 32 لكاس مصر". efa.com.eg (in Arabic). 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

[1] Since both finalists of the Egypt Cup qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Confederation Cup spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winner was passed to the fourth-placed team in the Egyptian Premier League, Al Masry.

[2] "عبور لاند الراعي الرسمي لكأس مصر". efa.com.eg (in Arabic). 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[drawdate-3] "مباريات دور الـ 32 لكاس مصر". efa.com.eg (in Arabic). 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

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