CAF Confederation Cup final: Pyramids factfile

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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 24, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Factfile for CAF Confederation Cup
finalists Pyramids of Egypt:

Full name: Pyramids Football Club

Formed: 2008 (as Al Assiouty Sport. Name changed to Pyramids in 2018)

Ground: 30 June Stadium, Cairo (capacity: 30,000)

Coach: Ante Cacic (CRO)

Captain: Abdallah el Said

Standard team: El Mahdy Soliman; Ahmed Tawfik, Ali Gabr, Ahmed Mansour,
Mohamed Hamdy; Omar Gaber, Nabil Emad; Mohamed Farouk, El Said, Eric Traore
(BUR); John Antwi (GHA)

Path to final: Preliminary round – Etoile (CGO) 5-1 (4-1 home, 1-0 away);
last 32 – CR Belouizdad (ALG) 2-1 (1-1 1-0); play-offs – Young Africans (TAN)
5-1 (3-0 2-1); Group A – Al Masry (EGY) 2-0 2-1, Enugu Rangers (NGR) 0-1 3-1,
Nouadhibou (MTN) 6-0 1-0; quarter-finals – Zanaco (ZAM) 3-1 (0-1 3-0); semi-
final – Horoya (GUI) 2-0

Scorers: 6 – Farouk, Traore, 5 – Antwi, 4 – El Said, 2 – Islam Issa, 1 –
Ahmed Ali, Mohamed el Gabbas, Emad, Gabr, Ibrahim Hassan, Wilfried Kanon
(CIV), Amor Layouni (TUN), Mansour

Confederation Cup record: First appearance