October League Cup

The October Cup or October League is a one-time football tournament in Egypt that was held in 1974 instead of the canceled Egyptian League.

The Egyptian League was canceled as a result of the October War and also as Egypt was hosting the 1974 African Cup of Nations. The only champion was Zamalek.

Conditions for organizing the tournament
After the outbreak of the October War on the sixth of October 1973, the Egyptian Premier League championship stopped 1973-74 after playing 5 rounds, and in the first half of 1974 an alternative Egyptian football tournament was organized for the Egyptian League under the name of the October Cup.



Each group played from one role, provided that the first and second ranks of each group qualify for a quad to determine the champion, which included the clubs of Zamalek, Al-Ittihad and Tersana, it was decided that the Ghazl El Mahalla would be the fourth team, but he apologized for his engagement in the African Champions League clubs League, Zamalek won the championship under the leadership of player Hassan Shehata after the team ranked first in the final round to determine the champion.