2023–24 Al Ahly SC season

Al Ahly SC
2023–24 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Head coach	Marcel Koller
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	2nd
Egypt Cup	Pre-season
Egyptian League Cup	Pre-season
Egyptian Super Cup	Semi-finals
CAF Champions League	Second round
Africa Football League	Quarter-finals
CAF Super Cup	Runners-up
FIFA Club World Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Percy Tau; (2 goals); All: ; Hussein El Shahat; Percy Tau; (2 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 29 September 2023.

The 2023–24 Al Ahly SC season is the club's 117th season in existence and the 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly will participate in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the League Cup, the CAF Champions League, the Africa Football League, the CAF Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Players

First-team squad

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	Mohamed El Shenawy (captain)
2	DF	EGY	Khaled Abdel Fattah
4	DF	EGY	Mahmoud Metwalli
5	DF	EGY	Ramy Rabia (2nd captain)
6	DF	EGY	Yasser Ibrahim
7	MF	EGY	Kahraba
8	MF	EGY	Akram Tawfik
9	FW	EGY	Salah Mohsen
10	FW	RSA	Percy Tau
11	MF	EGY	Ahmed Abdel Kader
12	FW	MAR	Reda Slim
13	MF	EGY	Marwan Attia
14	MF	EGY	Hussein El Shahat
15	MF	MLI	Aliou Dieng
17	MF	EGY	Amr El Solia (4th captain)
18	FW	TUN	Mohamed Dhaoui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	EGY	Afsha
20	MF	EGY	Karim Walid
21	DF	TUN	Ali Maâloul
22	MF	EGY	Emam Ashour
24	DF	EGY	Mohamed Abdel Monem
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste
28	DF	EGY	Karim Fouad
29	FW	EGY	Taher Mohamed
30	DF	EGY	Mohamed Hany (3rd captain)
31	GK	EGY	Mostafa Shobeir
33	DF	EGY	Karim El Debes
34	DF	EGY	Moataz Mohamed
35	FW	EGY	Mohamed Zaalouk
36	MF	EGY	Ahmed Nabil Koka
—	GK	EGY	Hamza Alaa

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ALG	Ahmed Kendouci (at Ceramica Cleopatra until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	EGY	Raafat Khalil (at ZED FC until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Emam Ashour	Midtjylland	€2,600,000	18 July 2023	^[1]
MF	Mostafa El Badry	Future	Loan return	20 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Karim Nedved	Future	Loan return	20 July 2023	^[3]
DF	Saad Samir	Future	Loan return	20 July 2023	^[4]
FW	Reda Slim	AS FAR	€2,000,000	30 July 2023	^[5]
FW	Anthony Modeste	Free Agent	Free	11 September 2023	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Bruno Sávio	Club Bolívar	Undisclosed	5 July 2023	^[7]
DF	Ayman Ashraf	National Bank	Free	18 July 2023	^[8]
FW	Hossam Hassan	Smouha	€297,000	21 July 2023	^[9]
FW	Mostafa Fawzy	ZED	Undisclosed	27 July 2023
MF	Mostafa Saad	ZED	Undisclosed	27 July 2023
FW	Shady Hussein	ZED	€384,000	27 July 2023
GK	Ali Lotfi	ZED	Undisclosed	28 July 2023
DF	Mohamed Ashraf	ZED	Loan	28 July 2023
FW	Mohamed Sherif	Al-Khaleej	Undisclosed	14 August 2023	^[10]
MF	Mohamed Mahmoud	Future	Undisclosed	18 August 2023
MF	Ahmed Kendouci	Ceramica Cleopatra	Loan	27 August 2023	^[11]
FW	Walter Bwalya	Wydad AC	Free	29 August 2023	^[12]
MF	Ammar Hamdy	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	€90,000	4 September 2023	^[13]
FW	Fahd Gomaa	Petrol Asyout	Free	5 September 2023	^[14]
MF	Raafat Khalil	ZED FC	Loan	14 September 2023	^[15]
MF	Zeyad Tarek	ENPPI	Free	14 September 2023	^[16]
MF	Mohamed Fakhry	Pharco	€121,000	14 September 2023	^[17]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

The team had a training camp in Austria, which took place from 28 August to 6 September. During this period, they participated in one practice match.^[18]

30 August 2023 Friendly	Mauerwerk	v	Al Ahly	Bad Erlach, Austria
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Sportanlage SV Bad Erlach
Note: The match was cancelled.^[19]

5 September 2023 Friendly	Aluminij	1–3	Al Ahly	Austria
18:00 UTC+2	1'		Kahraba 37' ' 41' Zaalouk ??' Mohsen ??'

11 September 2023 Friendly	Tala'ea El Gaish	0–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
			Attia 4' Slim	Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	19 September 2023		Matchday 1	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Egypt Cup	TBD			1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Egyptian League Cup	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Egyptian Super Cup	25 December 2023		Semi-finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CAF Champions League	24 September 2023		Second round	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Africa Football League	20 October 2023		Quarter-finals	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
CAF Super Cup	15 September 2023		Match	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
FIFA Club World Cup	15 December 2023		Second round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				8	5	2	1	20	5	+15	062.50

Last updated: 20 October 2023
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	34	27	4	3	75	28	+47	85	Qualification for the Champions League second round^[a]
2	Pyramids	34	24	7	3	62	27	+35	79	Qualification for the Champions League first round
3	Zamalek	34	17	8	9	53	37	+16	56^[b]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round^[c]
4	Al Masry	34	16	7	11	41	39	+2	55	Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round^[d]
5	Modern Future	34	14	12	8	40	28	+12	54^[e]

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 tie.^[22]
(Note: Head-to-head records are used for final standings only)
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
^ Zamalek were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.^[20]
^ Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.
^ The league was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's CAF competitions. As a result, Al Masry, who finished the first half of the season at third place (and were also at third place by the time of the draw) qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.^[21]
^ Head-to-head points: Modern Future 4, Smouha 1.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	2	0	0	7	1	+6	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 October 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A	H
Result	W	P	W
Position	1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 September 2023.^[23]

19 September 2023 1	Al Ahly	4–0	Al Masry	Alexandria
19:00 UTC+3	Slim 44' Dieng 65' Tau 69', 74' Fouad 88'	Report	Bah 11' El Sayed 25' El Mohamady 32' 52'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

8 October 2023 3	Al Ahly	v	Ismaily	Alexandria
--:-- UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

TBD 2	Ceramica Cleopatra	v	Al Ahly	TBD
--:-- UTC+3
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 27 September 2023, but was postponed due to 2023–24 CAF Champions League.^[24]

Egypt Cup

League Cup

Egyptian Super Cup

25 December 2023 Semi-finals	Al Ahly	v	Ceramica Cleopatra	TBD
--:-- UTC+3

CAF Champions League

Second round

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023.^[25]

24 September 2022 First leg	Saint George	0–3	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3		Report	El Shahat 29', 58' Abdelkader 90+3'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Pousri Armi Alfred (Chad)
Note: The match was played outside Ethiopia because the stadiums do not meet the requirements of the CAF.^[26]

29 September 2023 Second leg	Al Ahly	4–0 (7–0 agg.)	Saint George	Cairo
19:00 UTC+3	Afsha 10', 39' Kahraba 34' (pen.), 63'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage will be held on 6 October 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AHL	YNG	CRB	MED
1	Al Ahly	6	3	3	0	6	1	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	0–0	3–0
2	Young Africans	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	4–0	3–0
3	CR Belouizdad	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8^[a]		0–0	3–0	—	3–0
4	Medeama	6	1	1	4	3	12	−9	4		0–1	1–1	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Young Africans +1, CR Belouizdad –1.

Africa Football League

The draw was held on 2 September 2023.^[27]

Quarter-finals

20 October 2023 First leg	Simba	v	Al Ahly	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: National Stadium

24 October 2023 Second leg	Al Ahly	v	Simba	Cairo
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

CAF Super Cup

15 September 2023 Final	Al Ahly	0–1	USM Alger	Taif, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3			Belaïd 43' (pen.)	Stadium: King Fahd Sports City Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

FIFA Club World Cup

The draw was held on 5 September 2023.^[28]

15 December 2023 Second round	Al Ahly	v	Winners of match 1	Saudi Arabia
--:-- UTC+3

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[table_note_res_ACL0.65002286045347-20] Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.

[table_hth_ZAM0.65002286045347-22] Zamalek were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.^[20]

[table_note_res_ZCC0.65002286045347-23] Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.

[table_note_res_CCC0.65002286045347-25] The league was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's CAF competitions. As a result, Al Masry, who finished the first half of the season at third place (and were also at third place by the time of the draw) qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.^[21]

[table_hth_MOF0.65002286045347-26] Head-to-head points: Modern Future 4, Smouha 1.

[table_hth_CRB0.16496984668307-32] Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Young Africans +1, CR Belouizdad –1.

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