2022–23 Al Ahly SC season

Al Ahly
2022–23 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Marcel Koller
Stadium	Al Ahly WE Stadium; Cairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	1st
2021–22 Egypt Cup	Quarter Final
2022–23 Egypt Cup	Round of 32
2021–22 Egyptian Super Cup	Winners
CAF Champions League	Second round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 13 September 2022.

The 2022–23 Al Ahly season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 64rd consecutive and overall season in the top flight 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.

Players

Current squad

Stats As of 19 September 2022

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed El Shenawy(captain)	GK	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 34)	Petrojet	211	0
16	Ali Lotfi	GK	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 33)	ENPPI	36	0
31	Mostafa Shobier	GK	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 23)	Youth academy	8	0
Defenders
4	Mahmoud Metwalli	CB/DM	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 30)	Ismaily	28	0
5	Ramy Rabia	CB/DM	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 30)	Sporting CP	219	15
6	Yasser Ibrahim	CB	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 30)	Smouha	113	7
24	Mohamed Abdelmonem	CB	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 24)	Youth academy	28	3
12	Ayman Ashraf	CB/LB	(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 32)	Smouha	215	5
21	Ali Maâloul	LB	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 33)	CS Sfaxien	207	37
30	Mohamed Hany	RB	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 27)	Youth academy	239	4
28	Karim Fouad	RB	(1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 23)	Nogoom	30	0
25	Akram Tawfik	RB/DM	(1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 25)	ENPPI	65	1
Midfielders
8	Hamdy Fathy	DM/CB	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 28)	ENPPI	114	8
	Mano	DM	(1999-06-28) 28 June 1999 (age 24)	Youth academy	0	0
	Mohamed Nosseir	CM	(1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 24)	Youth academy	2	0
15	Aliou Dieng	DM	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 25)	MC Alger	135	5
17	Amr El Solia	CM/DM	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 33)	Al Shaab	259	24
19	Afsha	AM/CM	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 27)	Pyramids	139	29
22	Mohamed Mahmoud	DM/CM	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 25)	Wadi Degla	16	1
9	Ahmed Abdelkader	AM	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 24)	Youth Academy	44	7
	Amar Hamdy	AM/CM/RW	(1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 23)	Al Nasr	5	0
	Mohamed Fakhri	AM/CM	(1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 23)	Youth academy	13	0
Forwards
7	Kahraba	ST/LW	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 29)	C.D. Aves	62	17
10	Mohamed Sherif	ST/RW/LW	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 27)	Wadi Degla	103	44
11	Bruno Sávio	ST	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 29)	Bolívar	1	0
20	Shady Hussein	ST/LWW	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 30)	Ceramica Cleopatra	1	0
14	Hussein El Shahat	RW/AM/RB	(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 31)	Al Ain	140	32
	Mostafa Saad	RW	(2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 22)	Ceramica Cleopatra	0	0
	Walid Mostafa	RW	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 23)	Youth academy	0	0
27	Taher Mohamed	ST/LW	(1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 26)	Al Mokawloon	76	11
23	Percy Tau	ST	(1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 29)	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	8
18	Hossam Hassan	ST	(1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 30)	Smouha	32	4
45	Ziad Tarek	RW	(2000-09-06) 6 September 2000 (age 23)	Youth academy	17	2

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	^[1]
	FW	Shady Hussein	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	12 September 2022	^[2]
	MF	Mostafa Saad	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	15 September 2022	^[3]

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Aliou Badji	Amiens	$1.8m	1 June 2022	^[4]
DF	Badr Benoun	Qatar	$1.7m	31 July 2022	^[5]
MF	Walid Soliman	Retired		30 August 2012
FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	13 September 2022	^[6]
DF	Ahmed Ramadan	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	15 September 2022	^[7]
DF	Mohamed Shokry	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	15 September 2022	^[8]

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
FW	Walter Bwalya	Al Qadsiah	15 July 2022	30 June 2023	^[9]
DF	Mahmoud Wahid	Tala'ea El Gaish	24 August 2022	30 June 2023	^[10]
MF	Luís Miquissone	Abha	3 September 2022	30 June 2023	^[11]
FW	Ahmed Sayed	Al Ittihad Alexandria	15 September 2022	30 June 2023	^[12]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	19 October 2022		Matchday 1		3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
2021–22 Egypt Cup	11 December 2022		Quarter Final		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
2022–23 Egypt Cup			Round of 32		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
2023 EFA Cup			Group Stage		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
2021–22 Egyptian Super Cup	28 October 2022		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
CAF Champions League	7 October 2022		Second Round		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Total					6	6	0	0	12	1	+11	100.00

Last updated: 13 September 2022
Source: Competitions

Friendlies

21 September 2022	Al Ahly	5–1	Petrojet	Al Ahly WE Stadium, Cairo
16:00	Hassan 13' Rabia 20' Abdel Kader 30' El Solia 55' Hussien 80'	Report	Mahmoud Felix 37'

25 September 2022	Al Ahly	2–1	Aswan	Al Ahly WE Stadium, Cairo
16:00	Taher 54' Hassan 68'	Report	Ahmed Khalid 73'

29 September 2022	Al Ahly	0–0	Tala'ea El Gaish	Al Ahly WE Stadium, Cairo
16:00		Report

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Qualification to Champions League
1	Al Ittihad	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Qualification to Champions League
3	Zamalek	3	2	1	5	1	+4	7	Qualification to Confederation Cup
4	Ghazl El Mahalla	3	2	1	4	2	+2	7	Qualification to Confederation Cup
5	National Bank of Egypt	3	1	2	5	3	+2	5

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2022. Source: worldfootball

Egypt Cup

2021–22 Egypt Cup

11 December 2022 (2022-12) Quarter Final	Al Ahly	v	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
20:00

2023 EFA Cup

Egyptian Super Cup

28 October 2022 Final	Zamalek	0–2	Al Ahly	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
21:00 GST (UTC+4)		Report	Sávio 39' Fouad 90+1'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Notes

CAF Champions League

Al Ahly entered the competition for the 25th consecutive time despite coming third in the league last season, as the League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Al Ahly were ranked first in the CAF 5-year ranking prior to the start of the 2022–23 season. As a result, they entered the competition from the Second round.

Qualifying rounds

Second round

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

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

References

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^ "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly's Ahmed Sayed Gharib joins Ittihad of Alexandria". KingFut. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

[1] "OFFICIAL: Club Bolívar announce Bruno Sávio transfer to Al Ahly". KingFut. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[2] "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly announce signing of Shady Hussein on five-year deal". KingFut.

[3] "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly complete signing of Ceramica Cleopatra's Messi". KingFut.

[4] "Aliou Badji leaves Al Ahly to join French outfit Amiens on permanent dealwork=KingFut". 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[5] "OFFICIAL: Qatar SC announce signing of Badr Benoun". KingFut. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[6] "OFFICIAL: Cleopatra sign Ahmed Yasser Rayan on four-year deal". KingFut. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[7] "OFFICIAL: Ceramica Cleopatra announce signing of Al Ahly duo". KingFut. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

[8] "OFFICIAL: Ceramica Cleopatra announce signing of Al Ahly duo". KingFut. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

[9] "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly's Walter Bwalya joins Saudi side Al-Qadsiah on loan". KingFut. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[10] "طلائع الجيش لـ في الجول: اتفقنا مع الأهلي على ضم محمود وحيد". FilGoal (in Arabic). 24 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[11] "OFFICIAL: Luís Miquissone joins Abha on season-long loan". KingFut. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[12] "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly's Ahmed Sayed Gharib joins Ittihad of Alexandria". KingFut. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

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