Cairo Stadium ruled out for Egypt Capital Cup matches

Cairo Stadium will not host any matches in the Egypt Capital Cup, a stadium official has confirmed.

The venue had been scheduled to stage Zamalek’s meeting with ZED and Modern Sport’s game against National Bank of Egypt in the opening round of the group stage.

However, a responsible source at Cairo Stadium told FilGoal.com: “Cairo Stadium will not host matches in the Egypt Capital Cup.”

The Egypt Professional Clubs Association has also brought forward the dates of Al Ahly and Zamalek’s matches in the competition.

Al Ahly will now face Asyut Petroleum on 7 October, while Zamalek will play ZED on the same day.

Cairo Stadium is due to host Egypt’s opening match in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers when they face Angola on Friday, 25 September.

The stadium will also stage Egypt’s friendly against South Africa on 4 October.

Zamalek and Al Ahly are scheduled to meet at Cairo Stadium in the sixth round of the league on 11 October.