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| Event | 2015 Egypt Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Petro Sport Stadium,Cairo | ||||||
| Referee | Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) | ||||||
| Weather | Clear 32 °C (90 °F) 30%humidity | ||||||
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The2015 Egypt Cup final decided the winner of the2015 Egypt Cup, the 83rd season of Egypt's premier football cup. It has played on 21 September 2015.
Zamalek, the winners of theprevious final, facedAl Ahly; both of the clubs sharerivalry inCairo; 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 the2014–15 Egyptian Premier League winner in the2015 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 the2016 CAF Confederation Cup but as both of the teams qualified for the2016 CAF Champions League the berth was given to the 4th placed team in the league,Misr El Makasa.
It was the 47th time that Al Ahly reach the final (most recently in2010 againstHaras 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).
| Al Ahly | Round | Zamalek | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2015 Egypt Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Tahta | 6–1 | Round of 32 | Nogoom El Mostakbal | 2–1 |
| El Gouna | 13–0 | Round of 16 | Haras El Hodoud | 3–1 |
| Ittihad El Shorta | 5–0 | Quarterfinals | Al Ittihad | 0–0 (4–2pen.) |
| Petrojet | 3–1 | Semifinals | Smouha | 0–0 (4–3pen.) |
Al Ahly, of thePremier League, started the tournament on the first round on 15 January 2015, playing home toSecond Division teamTahta, winning 6–1 with goals byWalid Soliman,Abdallah El Said,Mohamed Nagieb,Mohamed Rizk andEmad Moteab (2). On 13 August 2015 they played their second match at home toEl Gouna, most of El Gouna players was from theyouth academy; in result Al Ahly won 13–0, the game started with an earlyown goal fromShams El Dien Said then El Said scored two goals in two minutes, other goals scored byJohn Antwi (4),Ramadan Sobhy,Ahmed Fathy,Malick Evouna,Gedo,Hussein Sayed andHossam Ghaly. The quarterfinal match played on 16 August 2015 at home againstIttihad 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 againstPetrojet,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, also of Premier League, started the tournament on the first round on 11 January 2015 at home against Second Division teamNogoom El Mostakbal, Zamalek has played the match with thereserve team, resultingMohamed Hamam scoring the opener for Nogoom Al Mostakbal early in the second half; giving them the lead for only 7 minutes asAhmed 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 againstHaras El Hodoud, the match ended 3–1,Mostafa Fathi scored two goal in two minutes andIbrahim Abdel-Khaleq scored a goal in the 87th minute,Mohamed Ramadan scored the only goal for Haras El Hodoud from thespot. The third match was on 18 August 2015, they traveled toAlexandria to play againstAl Ittihad, the match ended goalless but they won onpenalties. The semifinal played away on 17 September 2015 against previous runner-upSmouha, Smouha played the game focusing on the attack butGenesh saved all of the attempts on goal, resulting the match to end goalless, Zamalek won the match 4–3 by penalties.
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