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Al Ahly

2022–23 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Chairman	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Marcel Koller
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium Al Ahly WE Stadium (until 2 January 2023)
Egyptian Premier League	Winners
2021–22 Egypt Cup	Winners
2022–23 Egypt Cup	Winners
2021–22 Egyptian Super Cup	Winners
2022–23 Egyptian Super Cup	Winners
CAF Champions League	Winners
FIFA Club World Cup	Fourth place
Top goalscorer	Mohamed Sherif (11)
Highest home attendance	52,000 v Raja Casablanca
Average home league attendance	3,130
Biggest win	4–0 v Coton Sport
Biggest defeat	2–5 v Mamelodi Sundowns
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 4 August 2023.

The 2022–23 Al-Ahly SC season was the 115th season in the football club's history and 64th consecutive and overall season in the topflight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the Egypt Cup, the Egyptian Super Cup, and the first-tier African cup, the CAF Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Kit information

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsors: Etisalat by e&, FABMISR Bank, GLC Paints, Al Marasem Development, Shell Helix

Home

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Away

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Players

Current squad

Stats As of October 2022

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed El Shenawy(captain)		GK	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36)	Petrojet	211	0
16	Ali Lotfi		GK	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 35)	ENPPI	36	0
31	Mostafa Shobier		GK	(2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24)	Youth academy	8	0
33	Hamza Alaa		GK	(2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 23)	Youth academy	1	0
Defenders
2	Khaled Abdelfattah		CB	(1999-01-22) 22 January 1999 (age 25)	Smouha	0	0
4	Mahmoud Metwalli		CB/DM	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31)	Ismaily	28	0
5	Ramy Rabia		CB/DM	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31)	Sporting CP	219	15
6	Yasser Ibrahim		CB	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31)	Smouha	113	7
12	Ayman Ashraf		CB/LB	(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 33)	Smouha	215	5
24	Mohamed Abdelmonem		CB	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 25)	Youth academy	28	3
21	Ali Maâloul		LB	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 35)	CS Sfaxien	207	37
30	Mohamed Hany		RB	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28)	Youth academy	239	4
28	Karim Fouad		RB	(1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 25)	Nogoom	30	0
25	Akram Tawfik		RB/DM	(1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 27)	ENPPI	65	1
Midfielders
8	Hamdy Fathy		DM/CB	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30)	ENPPI	114	8
	Mano		DM	(1999-06-28) 28 June 1999 (age 25)	Youth academy	0	0
13	Marwan Attia		CM/DM	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26)	Al Ittihad Alexandria	0	0
15	Aliou Dieng		DM	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 27)	MC Alger	135	5
17	Amr El Solia		CM/DM	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34)	Al Shaab	259	24
19	Afsha		AM/CM	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28)	Pyramids	139	29
9	Ahmed Abdelkader		AM/LM	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 25)	Youth Academy	44	7
34	Mohamed Fakhri		AM/CM	(1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 25)	Youth academy	13	0
36	Ahmed Nabil Koka		DM	(2001-05-05) 5 May 2001 (age 23)	Youth academy	21	0
26	Ahmed Kendouci		CM	(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 25)	ES Sétif	0	0
Forwards
7	Kahraba		ST/LW	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30)	C.D. Aves	62	17
18	Mohamed Dhaoui		RW	(2003-05-14) 14 May 2003 (age 21)	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	0	0
10	Mohamed Sherif		ST/RW/LW	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28)	Wadi Degla	103	44
11	Bruno Sávio		LW	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30)	Bolívar	1	0
20	Shady Hussein		ST/LW	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31)	Ceramica Cleopatra	1	0
14	Hussein El Shahat		RW/AM/RB	(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 32)	Al Ain	140	32
27	Taher Mohamed		ST/LW	(1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27)	Al Mokawloon	76	11
23	Percy Tau		ST/LW/RW	(1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 30)	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	8
32	Raafat Khalil		RW	(2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 (age 20)	Youth academy	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
	DF	Mohamed El Maghrabi	Teplice	End of loan	30 June 2021
11	FW	Bruno Sávio	Bolívar	€1.48m	10 September 2022
20	FW	Shady Hussein	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	12 September 2022
	MF	Mostafa Saad	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	15 September 2022
18	MF	Mohamed Dhaoui	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	$360k	6 January 2023
13	MF	Marwan Attia	Ittihad Alexandria	$841K	10 January 2023
	MF	Ahmed Kendouci	ES Sétif	$920K	28 January 2023

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Source
2	DF	Khaled Abdelfattah	Smouha	6 January 2023	30 June 2023

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Aliou Badji	Amiens	$1.8m	1 June 2022
DF	Badr Benoun	Qatar	$1.7m	31 July 2022
MF	Walid Soliman	Retired		30 August 2022
FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	13 September 2022
DF	Ahmed Ramadan	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	15 September 2022
DF	Mohamed Shokry	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	15 September 2022

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
FW	Walter Bwalya	Al Qadsiah	15 July 2022	30 June 2023
DF	Mahmoud Wahid	Tala'ea El Gaish	24 August 2022	30 June 2023
MF	Luís Miquissone	Abha	3 September 2022	30 June 2023
FW	Ahmed Sayed	Al Ittihad Alexandria	15 September 2022	30 June 2023
FW	Salah Mohsen	Ceramica Cleopatra	10 October 2022	30 June 2023
FW	Hossam Hassan	Smouha	4 January 2023	30 June 2023
MF	Ziad Tarek	Smouha	7 January 2023	30 June 2024
MF	Amar Hamdy	Al Ittihad	10 January 2023	30 June 2023
MF	Mohamed Mahmoud	Al Ittihad	10 January 2023	30 June 2023
DF	Mohamed El Maghrabi	Smouha	27 January 2023	30 June 2023

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Last updated: 5 August 2023
Source: Competitions

Friendlies

Egyptian Premier League

League table

1. Since the 2022–23 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup first or second round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league.

Results summary

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Matches

7 March 2023 (2023-03-07) 17	Al Ahly	2–1	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)	Maâloul 3' (pen.) Farouck Kabore 22' (o.g.)	Report	John Okoli 43'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafi

2 July 2023 (2023-07-02) 24	Future	0–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:30 EST (UTC+3)	Maher  78'	Report	Abdelmonem  90+6'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

5 July 2023 (2023-07-05) 18	Al Ahly	1–0	Ismaily	Alexandria
20:30 EST (UTC+3)	Tau 50' Dieng  54' Hany  90+2'	Report	El Mohamady  90+2'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ahmed Ghandour

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08) 21	Al Ittihad	0–2	Al Ahly	Alexandria
19:00 EST (UTC+3)	Soliman  68' El Ghandour  54'  88' Khaled Sobhi  90+2'	Report	Maâloul 10' (pen.) Kahraba 13' Tau  66' Rabia  90+1'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

13 July 2023 (2023-07-13) 31	Al Ahly	4–1	Zamalek	Cairo
20:30 EST (UTC+3)	El Shahat 2' 36' Maâloul 45+1' Yasser  65' Abdelmonem  68' Hany  71' Dhaoui  82' Sherif 90+4'	Report	Zizo 68' (pen.) Abdul-Majeed  44' Mansi  78'	Stadium: Cairo Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El-Banna

26 July 2023 (2023-07-26) 28	Al Masry	0–0	Al Ahly	Alexandria
20:30 EST (UTC+3)	El Gazzar  33' Jelassi  61' Ali  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

Egypt Cup

2021–22 Egypt Cup

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

2022–23 Egypt Cup

2023 EFA Cup

Egyptian Super Cup

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.

Second round

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) First leg	US Monastir	0–1	Al Ahly	Monastir
15:00 UTC+1		Report	Abdelmonem 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) Second leg	Al Ahly	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	US Monastir	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Abdel Kader 15' Fathy 43', 57'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MDS	ASC	HIL	CSG
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	2	0	14	7	+7	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	5–2	1–0	2–1
2	Al Ahly	6	3	1	2	14	8	+6	10			2–2	—	3–0	3–0
3	Al Hilal	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10			1–1	1–0	—	2–0
4	Coton Sport	6	0	0	6	3	16	−13	0			1–3	0–4	1–2	—

1. ^ Head-to-head points: Al Ahly 3, Al Hilal 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Al Ahly +2, Al Hilal -2

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) Matchday 2	Al Hilal	1–0	Al Ahly	Omdurman
16:00 UTC+2	Lilepo 53'	Report		Stadium: Al Hilal Stadium Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) Matchday 3	Al Ahly	2–2	Mamelodi Sundowns	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Abdelmonem 59' El Shahat 74'	Report	Shalulile 34' Morena 80'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) Matchday 1	Al Ahly	3–0	Coton Sport	Cairo
17:00 UTC+2	Sherif 1' Kendouci 40' Rafaat Khalil 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

7 March 2023 (2023-03-07) Matchday 4	Mamelodi Sundowns	5–2	Al Ahly	Pretoria
15:00 UTC+2	Allende 4' Zwane 24' Mokoena 40' Shalulile 72', 88'	Report	Sherif 13' Tau 61'	Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

17 March 2023 (2023-03-17) Matchday 5	Coton Sport	0–4	Al Ahly	Garoua
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Kahraba 23', 29', 51' Tau 54'	Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) Matchday 6	Al Ahly	3–0	Al Hilal	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Kahraba 25' El Shahat 64', 81'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

Knockout stage

The draw for the knockout stage was held on 5 April 2023.

Quarter-finals

22 April 2023 (2023-04-22) First leg	Al Ahly	2–0	Raja CA	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Abdelmonem 45+2' Fathy 84'	Report		Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) Second leg	Raja CA	0–0	Al Ahly	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

12 May 2023 (2023-05-12) First leg	Espérance de Tunis	0–3	Al Ahly	Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Tau 8', 55' Kahraba 75'	Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

19 May 2023 (2023-05-19) Second leg	Al Ahly	1–0	Espérance de Tunis	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
22:00 UTC+3	El Shahat 22'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Al Ahly won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04) First leg	Al Ahly	2–1	Wydad AC	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
21:00 UTC+3	Tau 45+4' Kahraba 59'	Report	Bouhra 86'	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11) Second leg	Wydad AC	1–1	Al Ahly	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Attiyat Allah 27'	Report	Abdelmonem 78'	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate.

FIFA Club World Cup

Al Ahly will be participating in the tournament as the CAF representative after Wydad qualified as the host.

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01) First round	Al Ahly	3–0	Auckland City	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier
21:00	Hussein El Shahat 45+2' Sherif 56' Tau 86'	Report	Adam Mitchell  90+7'	Attendance: 47,137 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) second round	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Al Ahly	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier
18:00		Report	Magdy 88'	Attendance: 30,589 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

8 February 2023 (2023-02-08) Semi-finals	Al Ahly	1–4	Real Madrid	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
20:00	Maâloul 65' (pen.)	Report	Vinícius 42' Valverde 46' Rodrygo 90+2' Arribas 90+8'	Attendance: 43,508 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) Third place match	Al Ahly	2–4	Flamengo	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier
16:30	Abdel Kader 38', 60'	Report	Gabriel Barbosa 11' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Pedro 77', 90+1'	Attendance: 30,216 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 19 August 2023

Rank	Pos.	Name	Premier League	Egypt Cup	EFA Cup	Egyptian Super Cup	CAF Champions League	FIFA Club World Cup	Total
1	FW	Kahraba	7	2	0	0	6	0	15
2	FW	Sherif	11	0	0	0	2	1	14
3	DF	Maâloul	8	1	0	1	0	1	11
4	MF	El Shahat	4	1	0	0	4	1	10
	FW	Tau	3	1	0	0	5	1
	FW	Abd Elkader	6	1	0	0	1	2
7	MF	Hamdy	1	2	0	0	3	0	6
8	MF	Afsha	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
9	MF	El Solia	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
	DF	Karim	2	1	0	1	0	0
	DF	Abdelmonem	0	0	0	0	4	0
12	FW	Taher	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
13	FW	Bruno	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
	DF	Dieng	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Kendouci	0	1	0	0	1	0
16	FW	Shady	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Yasser	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Akram	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Khalil	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Metwalli	1	0	0	0	0	0
Own goals			4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total			63	11	0	3	27	7	111

Clean sheets

As of 26 February 2023

Rank	Name	Premier League	Egypt Cup	EFA Cup	Egyptian Super Cup	CAF Champions League	FIFA Club World Cup	Total
1	Mohamed El Shenawy	11	0	0	1	2	2	16
Total		11	0	0	1	2	2	16

Notes

1. The Al Ahly v Suez match, originally scheduled to be played between 7 and 11 May 2023, was postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with Al Ahly's fixtures in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League.
2. The Al Ahly v El Dakhleya match, originally scheduled to be played between 22 and 24 June 2023, was postponed as Al Ahly's participation in the match was not determined by the time of the fixture, due to the postponement of their match in the round of 32.
3. The Al Ahly v Al Masry match, originally scheduled to be played on 3 or 4 July 2023, was postponed as both participating teams in the match were not determined yet by the time of the fixture.

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• Al Ahly SC seasons
• Egyptian football clubs 2022–23 season
• 2022–23 CAF Champions League participants seasons
• 2022 FIFA Club World Cup participants seasons
• Continental trebles in association football