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Al Ahly SC

2023–24 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Head coach	Marcel Koller
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	Winners
2022–23 Egypt Cup	Winners
2023–24 Egypt Cup	Withdrew
Egyptian Super Cup	Winners
CAF Champions League	Winners
Africa Football League	Semi-finals
CAF Super Cup	Runners-up
FIFA Club World Cup	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: Wessam Abou Ali (18) All: Wessam Abou Ali (19)
Biggest win	Al Ahly 5–1 Baladiyat El Mahalla
Biggest defeat	Fluminense 2–0 Al Ahly
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All statistics correct as of 20 August 2024.

The 2023–24 Al Ahly SC season was the 117th edition and the 53rd consecutive season in the topflight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly participated 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. Al Ahly decided to withdraw from the league cup due to fixture congestion.

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Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 3 DF  EGY Omar Kamal 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 MF  PLE Wessam Abou Ali 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 16 GK  EGY Hamza Alaa 17 MF  EGY Amr El Solia (4th captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  TUN Mohamed Dhaoui 19 MF  EGY Afsha 20 MF  EGY Karim Walid 21 DF  TUN Ali Maâloul 22 MF  EGY Emam Ashour 25 GK  EGY Mahmoud El Zanfaly 26 MF  EGY Mostafa Abou El Khier 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 36 MF  EGY Ahmed Nabil Koka 37 GK  EGY Mostafa Makhlouf 38 FW  EGY Mohamed Abdallah 41 DF  EGY Ahmed Abdin

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  EGY Mohamed El Maghrabi (at Smouha) — DF  EGY Mohamed Ashraf (at ZED) — DF  EGY Abdallah Bostangy (at Smouha) — DF  EGY Abdelrahman Rashdan (at Modern Sport) — MF  ALG Ahmed Kendouci (at Ceramica Cleopatra) — MF  EGY Ammar Hamdy (at Al Mokawloon Al Arab) — MF  EGY Raafat Khalil (at ZED)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  EGY Messi (at ElDakhleya) — MF  EGY Kabaka (at Modern Sport) — FW  EGY Mostafa El Badry (at Smouha) — FW  EGY Mohamed Yasser (at Teplice) — FW  GHA Samuel Oppong (at WE SC) — FW  EGY Mohamed Zaalouk (at Modern Sport) — FW  GER Amr Khaled (at Aarau)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Emam Ashour	Midtjylland	€2,600,000	18 July 2023
MF	Mostafa El Badry	Future	Loan return	20 July 2023
MF	Karim Nedved	Future	Loan return	20 July 2023
DF	Saad Samir	Future	Loan return	20 July 2023
FW	Reda Slim	AS FAR	€2,000,000	30 July 2023
FW	Anthony Modeste	Borussia Dortmund	Free	11 September 2023
FW	Wessam Abou Ali	Sirius	€2,000,000	11 January 2024
DF	Omar Kamal	Modern Future	Swap deal	12 January 2024
DF	Reindorf Huncho	Cheetah	€100,000	3 February 2024
FW	Samuel Oppong	MSK Zilina	€100,000	3 February 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Bruno Sávio	Club Bolívar	Undisclosed	5 July 2023
DF	Ayman Ashraf	National Bank	Free	18 July 2023
FW	Hossam Hassan	Smouha	€297,000	21 July 2023
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
MF	Mohamed Mahmoud	Future	Undisclosed	18 August 2023
MF	Ahmed Kendouci	Ceramica Cleopatra	Loan	27 August 2023
FW	Walter Bwalya	Wydad AC	Free	29 August 2023
MF	Ammar Hamdy	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	€90,000	4 September 2023
FW	Fahd Gomaa	Petrol Asyout	Free	5 September 2023
MF	Raafat Khalil	ZED FC	Loan	14 September 2023
MF	Zeyad Tarek	ENPPI	Free	14 September 2023
MF	Mohamed Fakhry	Pharco	€121,000	14 September 2023
DF	Abdelrahman Rashdan	Modern Future	Loan	12 January 2024
MF	Kabaka	Modern Future	Loan	12 January 2024
FW	Mohamed Zaalouk	Modern Future	Loan	12 January 2024
FW	Anthony Modeste		End of contract	1 July 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

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.

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.

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

23 January 2024 Friendly	Al-Okhdood	2–1	Al Ahly	United Arab Emirates
	22' 51'		Cristo 64' Rami Rabia	Attendance: 0

26 January 2024 Friendly	Hatta	1–1	Al Ahly	United Arab Emirates
	Jamal Marouf 50'		Modeste 70',	Attendance: 0

5 February 2024 Friendly	Al Ahly	2–1	Smouha	Cairo
15:00 UTC+2	Modeste 29'		Hassan 17'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

8 June 2024 Friendly	Al Ahly	1–0	Nogoom	Cairo
	Kahraba 14'			Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Egyptian Premier League

League table

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.
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.
5. Head-to-head points: Modern Future 4, Smouha 1.

Results summary

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 September 2023.

2022–23 Egypt Cup

2023–24 Egypt Cup

Egyptian Super Cup

CAF Champions League

Second round

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

24 September 2023 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.

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 was 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			1–1	—	4–0	3–0
3	CR Belouizdad	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8			0–0	3–0	—	3–0
4	Medeama	6	1	1	4	3	12	−9	4			0–1	1–1	2–1	—

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

25 November 2023 1	Al Ahly	3–0	Medeama	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Kahraba 66' El Shahat 75' Mohsen 88'			Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

2 December 2023 2	Young Africans	1–1	Al Ahly	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
19:00 UTC+3	Zouzoua 90+1'		Tau 86'	Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

8 December 2023 3	Al Ahly	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Alexandria
21:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

16 February 2024 (2024-02-16) 4	CR Belouizdad	0–0	Al Ahly	Algiers, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) 5	Medeama	0–1	Al Ahly	Kumasi, Ghana
16:00 UTC±0		Report	El Shahat 48'	Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Patrice Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon)

1 March 2024 (2024-03-01) 6	Al Ahly	1–0	Young Africans	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	El Shahat 46'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 March 2024.

29 March 2024 (2024-03-29) First leg	Simba	0–1	Al Ahly	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
21:00 UTC+3		Report	Koka 4'	Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) Second leg	Al Ahly	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Simba	Cairo
22:00 UTC+2	El Solia 47' Kahraba 90+9' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Semi-finals

20 April 2024 (2024-04-20) First leg	TP Mazembe	0–0	Al Ahly	Lubumbashi, DR Congo
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Second leg	Al Ahly	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	TP Mazembe	Cairo
21:00 UTC+3	Abdelmonem 61' Abou Ali 83' Tawfik 90+12'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

Final

18 May 2024 (2024-05-18) First leg	ES Tunis	0–0	Al Ahly	Rades, Tunisia
22:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) Second leg	Al Ahly	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	ES Tunis	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Aholou 4' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jean Ndala (DR Congo)

African Football League

The draw was held on 2 September 2023.

Quarter-finals

20 October 2023 First leg	Simba	2–2	Al Ahly	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
18:00 UTC+3	Denis 53' Kanouté 59'	Report	Slim 45+1' Kahraba 63'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

24 October 2023 Second leg	Al Ahly	1–1 (3–3 agg.)	Simba	Cairo
17:00 UTC+3	Kahraba 76'	Report	Kanouté 68'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Semi-finals

29 October 2023 First leg	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Al Ahly	Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Maseko 52'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

1 November 2023 Second leg	Al Ahly	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Mamelodi Sundowns	Cairo
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

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.

15 December 2023 Quarter-finals	Al Ahly	3–1	Al-Ittihad	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3	Maâloul 21' (pen.) El Shahat 59' Ashour 62'	Report	Benzema 90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 56,111 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

18 December 2023 Semi-finals	Fluminense	2–0	Al Ahly	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3	Arias 71' (pen.) Kennedy 90'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 34,986 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

22 December 2023 Match for third place	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–4	Al Ahly	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:30 UTC+3	Kanté 43' Scholz 54' (pen.)	Report	Ibrahim 19' Tau 25' Koizumi 60' (o.g.) Maâloul 90+8'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Attendance: 10,290 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Notes

1. Rescheduled due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.

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