Hani Saeed, the sports director of Pyramids Club, announced the agreement to play 4 friendly matches during the team's camp in Turkey in preparation for the new season.
Pyramids began its preparatory camp before the start of the new season in the Turkish city of Erzurum, where the camp continues until August 9.
Hani Saeed, the sports director of Pyramids, said through the club's media center: "Pyramids will play its first friendly match against its Iranian counterpart Persepolis, which is holding its preparatory camp in the same city".
He added, "The match will be held at five in the evening next Sunday in Erzurum, and the remaining four friendly matches will be announced successively".
Persepolis is one of the most decorated Iranian clubs with 16 league titles and is the champion of the last two editions.
Pyramids won the Egyptian Cup title for the past season and is preparing for local and continental competitions under the leadership of new technical director Rulani Mokwena.
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The team's squad came as follows
Goalkeepers: Ahmed El-Shenawy - Mahmoud Gad - Ziyad Haitham
Defense: Mahmoud Marei - Ahmed Sami - Osama Galal - Mohamed Chibi - Mohamed Hamdy
Midfield: Mostafa Fathi - Ahmed Tawfik - Mahmoud Saber - Mahmoud Abdel-Hafiz "Zalaka" - Walid El-Karti - Abdelrahman Magdy - Ahmed Atef Qatta - Odeh Fakhoury - Everton Da Silva - Hamed Hamdan - Pascal Verri - Hassan Tarek - Youssef "Misho" - Ahmed Fawzy - Ziyad Saudi
Attack: Youssef Ibrahim "Obama" - Dodo El-Gabbas.
The preparatory camp is scheduled to be completed starting from July 29 after the end of the additional rest granted to some players.
Three Pyramids players, Mustafa Zico, Karim Hafez, and Mohanad Lashin, participated with the Egypt national team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
