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Al Ahly SC
2023–24 season
PresidentMahmoud El Khatib
Head coachMarcel Koller
StadiumCairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier League2nd
Egypt CupPre-season
Egyptian League CupPre-season
Egyptian Super CupSemi-finals
CAF Champions LeagueSecond round
Africa Football LeagueQuarter-finals
CAF Super CupRunners-up
FIFA Club World CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Percy Tau
(2 goals)

All:
Hussein El Shahat
Percy Tau
(2 each)
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 Egypt EGY Mohamed El Shenawy (captain)
2 DF Egypt EGY Khaled Abdel Fattah
4 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Metwalli
5 DF Egypt EGY Ramy Rabia (2nd captain)
6 DF Egypt EGY Yasser Ibrahim
7 MF Egypt EGY Kahraba
8 MF Egypt EGY Akram Tawfik
9 FW Egypt EGY Salah Mohsen
10 FW South Africa RSA Percy Tau
11 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Abdel Kader
12 FW Morocco MAR Reda Slim
13 MF Egypt EGY Marwan Attia
14 MF Egypt EGY Hussein El Shahat
15 MF Mali MLI Aliou Dieng
17 MF Egypt EGY Amr El Solia (4th captain)
18 FW Tunisia TUN Mohamed Dhaoui
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Egypt EGY Afsha
20 MF Egypt EGY Karim Walid
21 DF Tunisia TUN Ali Maâloul
22 MF Egypt EGY Emam Ashour
24 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Abdel Monem
27 FW France FRA Anthony Modeste
28 DF Egypt EGY Karim Fouad
29 FW Egypt EGY Taher Mohamed
30 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Hany (3rd captain)
31 GK Egypt EGY Mostafa Shobeir
33 DF Egypt EGY Karim El Debes
34 DF Egypt EGY Moataz Mohamed
35 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Zaalouk
36 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Nabil Koka
GK Egypt 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 Algeria ALG Ahmed Kendouci (at Ceramica Cleopatra until 30 June 2024)
FW Egypt EGY Raafat Khalil (at ZED FC until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

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

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF Brazil Bruno Sávio Bolivia Club Bolívar Undisclosed 5 July 2023 [7]
DF Egypt Ayman Ashraf Egypt National Bank Free 18 July 2023 [8]
FW Egypt Hossam Hassan Egypt Smouha €297,000 21 July 2023 [9]
FW Egypt Mostafa Fawzy Egypt ZED Undisclosed 27 July 2023
MF Egypt Mostafa Saad Egypt ZED Undisclosed 27 July 2023
FW Egypt Shady Hussein Egypt ZED €384,000 27 July 2023
GK Egypt Ali Lotfi Egypt ZED Undisclosed 28 July 2023
DF Egypt Mohamed Ashraf Egypt ZED Loan 28 July 2023
FW Egypt Mohamed Sherif Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej Undisclosed 14 August 2023 [10]
MF Egypt Mohamed Mahmoud Egypt Future Undisclosed 18 August 2023
MF Algeria Ahmed Kendouci Egypt Ceramica Cleopatra Loan 27 August 2023 [11]
FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Walter Bwalya Morocco Wydad AC Free 29 August 2023 [12]
MF Egypt Ammar Hamdy Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab €90,000 4 September 2023 [13]
FW Egypt Fahd Gomaa Egypt Petrol Asyout Free 5 September 2023 [14]
MF Egypt Raafat Khalil Egypt ZED FC Loan 14 September 2023 [15]
MF Egypt Zeyad Tarek Egypt ENPPI Free 14 September 2023 [16]
MF Egypt Mohamed Fakhry Egypt 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 Austria v Egypt 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 Slovenia 1–3 Egypt Al Ahly Austria
18:00 UTC+2
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11 September 2023 Friendly Tala'ea El Gaish Egypt 0–1 Egypt Al Ahly Cairo
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Slim soccer ball with red X
Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
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 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:
  1. ^ Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
  2. ^ Zamalek were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.[20]
  3. ^ Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.
  4. ^ 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]
  5. ^ 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

Round123
GroundHAH
ResultWPW
Position1
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
Report
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 Ethiopia 0–3 Egypt Al Ahly Cairo
20:00 UTC+3 Report
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 Egypt 4–0
(7–0 agg.)
Ethiopia Saint George Cairo
19:00 UTC+3
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL YNG CRB MED
1 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 0–0 3–0
2 Tanzania Young Africans 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8[a] 1–1 4–0 3–0
3 Algeria CR Belouizdad 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8[a] 0–0 3–0 3–0
4 Ghana Medeama 6 1 1 4 3 12 −9 4 0–1 1–1 2–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 Tanzania v Egypt Al Ahly Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
--:-- UTC+3 Stadium: National Stadium
24 October 2023 Second leg Al Ahly Egypt v Tanzania Simba Cairo
--:-- UTC+3 Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

CAF Super Cup

15 September 2023 Final Al Ahly Egypt 0–1 Algeria USM Alger Taif, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3
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 Egypt v Winners of match 1 Saudi Arabia
--:-- UTC+3

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