The 2022–23 Egypt Cup was the 91st season of the premier knockout competition. The Egyptian Football Association oversees the Egypt Cup. It started with the First Preliminary Round on 26 October 2022, and concluded with the final on 8 March 2024.

Format

In the first and second preliminary rounds, when the match ends in a tie in normal time, extra time is not played and the winner is decided through a penalty shoot-out. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule for the tournament stages is as follows:

Competition

First preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place on 16 October 2022. ^[2] Fourth and third division clubs join in this round. 51 teams will compete, of which 25 will qualify for the next round.

Second preliminary round

The draw took place on 30 October 2022.

Third preliminary round

Second division clubs join in this round. ^[4]

Fourth preliminary round

The draw took place on 25 January 2023. ^{[5] [6]}

Round of 32

All Egyptian Premier League clubs enter the competition from this round. ^[7] The matches were scheduled to take place between 16 and 20 March 2023, but were later postponed due to the desire to play the last season's final first. ^{[8] [9]} The draw was held on 1 May 2023, with matches scheduled to take place from 7 to 11 May 2023. Four matches were postponed from this round for different reasons. ^[10]

Alo Egypt, Fleet Club, Nogoom, Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar and El Sharkia are the lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition; all participating in the 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division.

All times are CAST ( UTC+3).

Round of 16

The draw for this round was held on 1 May 2023, after the round of 32 draw, with matches originally scheduled to take place from 22 to 24 June 2023. Two matches were postponed from this round, and one was played ahead of the original schedule.

Nogoom are the lowest ranked team remaining in the competition; who are participating in the 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division.

All times are CAST ( UTC+3).

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round was held on 1 May 2023, after the previous rounds' draw, with matches originally scheduled to take place on 3 and 4 July 2023. One match was postponed from this round.

Nogoom are the lowest ranked team remaining in the competition; who are participating in the 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division.

All times are CAST ( UTC+3).

Semi-finals

The draw for this round was held on 1 May 2023, after the previous rounds' draw. No designated dates were announced for this round.

All remaining teams are members of the 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League.

All times are CAST ( UTC+3).

Final

Bracket

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

Top scorers

As of 3 August 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Seifeddine Jaziri	Zamalek	4
2	Marwan Mohsen	Future	3
	Ahmed Sayed	Zamalek
4	Wagih Abdel Hakim	Haras El Hodoud	2
	Nour Alaa El Din	Nogoom
	Mostafa Fathi	Pyramids
	Islam Issa	Pyramids
	Ahmed Kalosha	ENPPI
	Ragab Omran	Al Masry
	Gabriel Orok	Ghazl El Mahalla

Notes

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