2022–23 Future FC season

The 2022–23 Future FC season was the club's 12th season in existence and the second consecutive season in the topflight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Future participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the EFA Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.

Future FC
2022–23 season
ChairmanWalid Zaki
Head coachAli Maher
StadiumAl Salam Stadium
Egyptian Premier League4th
Egypt CupRound of 16
EFA CupSemi-finals
CAF Confederation CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marwan Mohsen (6)

All:
Marwan Mohsen (11)

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 3 October 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   EGY Mahmoud Hamdy
2 DF   EGY Soliman Khaled
4 DF   EGY Mahmoud Rizk
5 DF   EGY Mahmoud Marei
7 MF   EGY Mohamed Farouk
8 MF   EGY Nasser Maher
9 FW   EGY Marwan Mohsen
11 DF   EGY Tarek Taha
12 MF   EGY Ashraf Magdy
13 DF   CMR Joseph Ngwem
14 MF   EGY Ahmed Refaat
15 FW   TUN Aymen Sfaxi
16 GK   EGY Mahmoud Genesh (Vice-captain)
17 MF   EGY Karim Nedved (on loan from Al Ahly)
19 FW   EGY Mostafa El Badry (on loan from Al Ahly)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   EGY Saad Samir (on loan from Al Ahly)(captain)
21 DF   EGY Mahmoud Shaaban
22 MF   EGY Omar Saviola
24 MF   EGY Mohamed Reda
25 GK   EGY Mohamed Tarek
26 DF   EGY Mohamed Rabia
27 MF   EGY Ghanam Mohamed
28 FW   SEN Aliou Naday
29 DF   EGY Omar Kamal
30 FW   EGY Ahmed Atef
DF   EGY Ali Elfil
MF   EGY Mohanad Lasheen
FW   GUI Hadji Barry
FW   MAR Abdelkabir El Ouadi

Transfers

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No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
12 MF   Abdallah Yaisien   Al Mokawloon Al Arab Free 21 September 2022 [1]
MF   Hesham Balaha   Ghazl El Mahalla LE 8,000,000 27 September 2022 [2]
3 FW   Hadji Barry   Colorado Springs Switchbacks Undisclosed 3 October 2022 [3]
No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW   Saleh Chihadeh   FC Naters Free 21 July 2022 [4]
MF   Anicet Abel   Beroe Stara Zagora Free 5 August 2022 [4]
MF   Ahmed Refaat   Al Wahda Loan 28 September 2022 [5]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

27 September 2022 Friendly Future   1–0   El Minya Cairo
  • Sfaxi  
3 October 2022 Friendly Future   3–0   Cascada Cairo
16:00 Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Egyptian Premier League 20 October 2022 14 July 2023 Matchday 1 4th 34 15 13 6 34 23 +11 044.12
Egypt Cup 10 May 2023 28 May 2023 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 050.00
EFA Cup 25 March 2023 24 June 2023 Round of 16 Semi-finals 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 033.33
CAF Confederation Cup 10 September 2022 2 April 2023 First round Group stage 12 4 4 4 13 14 −1 033.33
Total 51 21 20 10 53 39 +14 041.18

Source: Soccerway

Egyptian Premier League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Pyramids 34 22 7 5 58 24 +34 73 Qualification for the Champions League second round
3 Zamalek 34 17 9 8 52 36 +16 60 Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round[a]
4 Future 34 15 13 6 34 23 +11 58
5 Al Masry 34 11 15 8 34 33 +1 48
6 ENPPI 34 13 6 15 34 40 −6 45
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off.[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the 2022–23 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup first or second round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league.[6]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 15 13 6 34 23  +11 58 7 8 2 15 8  +7 8 5 4 19 15  +4

Source: worldfootball

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDDWWWDWDWDWDWDLWWDDWLWDWDDDWLWLLL
Position2465434333322223333322
Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 9 October 2022.[8]

20 October 2022 1 Haras El Hodoud 0–2 Future Alexandria
17:00 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Hanafi
24 October 2022 2 Future 0–0 Al Mokawloon Al Arab Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Sabahi
23 November 2022 4 Future 2–1 Aswan Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Nagi
1 December 2022 5 El Dakhleya 0–1 Future Cairo
14:45 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Yousef
8 December 2022 6 Future 1–0 Al Ittihad Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
12 December 2022 3 Ismaily 0–0 Future Ismailia
17:00 EST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Referee: Sobhy El Amrawi
16 December 2022 7 Al Ahly 1–1 Future Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
19 December 2022 8 Future 1–0 Ghazl El Mahalla Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
24 December 2022 9 Future 0–0 Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Nader Kamar
28 December 2022 10 Pharco 2–3 Future Alexandria
17:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour
3 January 2023 11 Future 1–1 Smouha Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Wael Farhan
7 January 2023 12 Ceramica Cleopatra 2–3 Future Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy
11 January 2023 13 Future 1–1 Pyramids Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
18 January 2023 14 ENPPI 2–3 Future Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Petrosport Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
24 January 2023 15 Future 1–1 Al Masry Cairo
14:45 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Hesham El Flal
29 January 2023 16 Zamalek 2–1 Future Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
7 February 2023 17 Future 3–0 National Bank Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Hanafi
16 February 2023 18 Future 1–0 Haras El Hodoud Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Wael Farhan
22 February 2023 19 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–0 Future Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy
3 March 2023 20 Future 0–0 Ismaily Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Sabahi
12 March 2023 21 Aswan 1–2 Future Aswan
15:00 EST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Aswan Stadium
Referee: Sayed Shabaan
6 April 2023 23 Al Ittihad 0–1 Future Alexandria
21:15 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Mabrouk Nabil
12 April 2023 25 Ghazl El Mahalla 0–1 Future El Mahalla El Kubra
21:15 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Adel
19 April 2023 26 Tala'ea El Gaish 0–0 Future Cairo
21:15 EST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Nagi
25 April 2023 22 Future 0–1 El Dakhleya Cairo
20:30 EST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy
4 May 2023 27 Future 0–0 Pharco Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Hisham Al-Falal
Note: The game, which was initially slated for 26 April 2023, was postponed.
16 May 2023 28 Smouha 1–1 Future Alexandria
19:00 EST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Abdelaziz El Sayed
24 May 2023 29 Future 1–0 Ceramica Cleopatra Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Wael Farhan
2 June 2023 30 Pyramids 1–0 Future Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy
6 June 2023 31 Future v ENPPI Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+3) Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
2 July 2023 24 Future v Al Ahly Cairo
20:30 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Note: The game, which was initially slated for 9 April 2023, was postponed.

Egypt Cup

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10 May 2023 Round of 32 Future 4–1 Tala'ea El Ustoul Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
28 May 2023 Round of 16 ENPPI 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
Future Cairo
21:30 EST (UTC+3) Stadium: Petrosport Stadium

EFA Cup

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25 March 2023 Round of 16 Future 0–0
(3–1 p)
Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo
21:15 EST (UTC+2) Stadium: Petrosport Stadium
30 April 2023 Quarter-finals Haras El Hodoud 0–1 Future Cairo
21:00 EST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

CAF Confederation Cup

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Qualifying rounds

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The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.

First round
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10 September 2022 First leg Bul   0–0   Future Entebbe, Uganda
16:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende
Referee: Elsiddig Eltreefe (Sudan)
17 September 2022 Second leg Future   1–0
(1–0 agg.)
  Bul Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mehrez Malki (Tunisia)
Second round
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9 October 2022 First leg Kallon   0–2   Future Monrovia, Liberia
16:00 UTC±0 Report
Stadium: SKD Stadium
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
16 October 2022 Second leg Future   4–0
(6–0 agg.)
  Kallon Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Play-off round
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2 November 2022 First leg 1º de Agosto   1–1   Future Luanda, Angola
16:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
9 November 2022 Second leg Future   1–1
(2–2 agg.)
(3–2 p)
  1º de Agosto Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Kalilou Traore (Ivory Coast)
Penalties

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.[9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR PFC ASK FUT
1   ASFAR 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 5–1 2–0
2   Pyramids 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–2 1–0 3–0[a]
3   ASKO Kara 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4[b] 1–1 1–4 0–3[c]
4   Future 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4[b] 0–3[d] 1–1 0–3[e]
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head goal difference: ASKO Kara 0, Future 0. Head-to-head goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head away goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Goal difference: ASKO Kara -8, Future -8. Goals scored: ASKO Kara 6, Future 4
  3. ^ Awarded
  4. ^ Awarded
  5. ^ Awarded
12 February 2023 1 ASKO Kara   0–3
Awarded
  Future Lomé, Togo
16:00 UTC±0 Report
Stadium: Stade de Kégué
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Note: CAF awarded Future a 3–0 win as a result of ASKO Kara the illegal fielding the player Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui. The match originally ended 1–1.
19 February 2023 2 Future   1–1   Pyramids Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
26 February 2023 3 ASFAR   2–0   Future Rabat, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
8 March 2023 4 Future   0–3
Awarded
  ASFAR Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
19 March 2023 5 Future   0–3
Awarded
  ASKO Kara Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
2 April 2023 6 Pyramids   3–0
Awarded
  Future Cairo, Egypt
22:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

References

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