| Club: | Al-Ahly |
| Season: | 2009–10 |
| Manager: |  Hossam El-Badry |
| Chairman: | Hassan Hamdy |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | Egyptian Premier League |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | Egypt Cup 2010 |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2: | Egyptian Super Cup 2009 |
| Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup3: | CAF Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Semi-finals |
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| Prevseason: | 2008–09 |
| Nextseason: | 2010–11 |
The 2009–10 Al Ahly SC season was the 53rd edition in the Egyptian Premier League. Al-Ahly was looking to defend their fifth title in a row.
Al-Ahly announced that the six fixtures of their 2009 pre-season would be in Germany and England.[1] On July 3, 2009, Al-Ahly played their first pre-season match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany against FC Gelsenkirchen.[2] Later that day, Al-Ahly also played their first match of the Zayton Cup against the Turkish team Galatasaray, and 3 days later they played the German Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The last match was on July 11 against the Moroccan team Wydad Casablanca.[3] After their match against Haras El Hodood in the Egyptian Super Cup, Al-Ahly's 23 players went to London to play in the Wembley Cup against Celtic and Barcelona on 24th and 26 July.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F - A | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2009 | FC Gelsenkirchen | A Gelsenkirchen | 5 - 0 | 3 Ahmed 'Manga' Nabil, Hany El-Agazy, Osama Hosny | |
| 5 July 2009 | Galatasaray | A LTU Arena | 0 - 1[4] | Barış Özbek (P) 33' | |
| 24 July 2009 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | A LTU Arena | 0 - 2 | Burak Kaplan 3', Tranquillo Barnetta 90' | |
| 11 July 2009 | Wydad Casablanca | A LTU Arena | 2 - 0 | Mostafa Shebeita (P) 40', Mohamed Samir (P) 52' | |
| 24 July 2009 | Celtic | A Wembley | 0 - 5[5] | Massimo Donati 31', Scott McDonald 2 38'(P) 59', Shaun Maloney 49', Chris Killen 83' | |
| 26 July 2009 | Barcelona | A Wembley | 1 - 4 | Bojan Krkic 16', Hany El-Agazy 31', José Manuel Rueda 41', Jeffrén Suárez 56', Pedro 67' |
See main article: Egyptian Super Cup. As the Egyptian Premier League 2008–09 champions, Al-Ahly kicked off the 2009–10 season with the traditional match in the Egyptian Super Cup against 2009 Egypt Cup champion Haras El Hodood on July 21.
Al-Ahly's opening game of the Egyptian Premier League 2009–10 was on August 6 against Ghazl El-Mehalla. Al-Ahly's coach Hossam El-Badry, who took over the club following the departure of Portuguese Manuel José at the end of the previous season, employed an unusual 4-4-2 formation. Despite the bad opening of the season in the super cup defeat against Haras El Hodood Al-Ahly beat Ghazl El-Mehalla 2–0. Ahmed Hassan made the opening score after 40 minutes and Francis Doe brought the score up to two 66 minutes into his Egyptian Premier League debut.[7] The next game was a narrow 2–1 win over Ittihad El-Shorta in an unbroadcast game on 19 August. Former Ahly player Ahmed Galal scored the first goal of the game after 31 minutes, but 4 minutes later Ahly's player Ahmed Hassan scored equalizing the score. In the second-half substitute Hussein Yasser scored Al-Ahly's second goal in the 80th minute to secure Ahly's second win of the season.[8]
On 23 August, Al-Ahly played their third match of the season against Haras El Hodood in a 1–1 draw, Haras El Hodood player Ahmed Salama scored the opener 69 minutes in and Ahmed Hassan scored the equalizer nine minutes later.[9]
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F - A | Scorers | League position | |
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| 6 August 2009 | Ghazl El-Mehalla | H | 2 - 0 | Ahmed Hassan 40', Francis Doe 60' | 2nd | |
| 19 August 2009 | Ittihad El-Shorta | A | 1 - 2 | Ahmed Galal 31', Ahmed Hassan 34', Hussein Yasser 80' | 2nd | |
| 23 August 2009 | Haras El Hodood | H | 1 - 1 | Ahmed Salama 69', Ahmed Hassan 78' | 2nd |
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Ahly 2 - 2 Espérance on aggregate. Espérance won on away goals rule and advances to the 2010 CAF Champions League final.
As September 12, 2009.
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee / Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2009 | DF | Mohamed Khalaf | Al-Nasr Cairo | ||
| 15 May 2009 | DF | Wael Shafik | Semouha | ||
| 22 May 2009 | DF | Ateya El-Belqasy | Olympi | Undisclosed | |
| 31 May 2009 | FW | Mohamed Fadl | Ismaily | Free agent | |
| 23 June 2009 | MF |  Amir Saayoud | Al-Ahli Dubai | Undisclosed | |
| 25 June 2009 | MF | Alaa Shaaban | El Hammam | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2009 | FW | Emad Moteab |  Al-Ittihad | Loan return | |
| 14 July 2009 | FW |  Francis Doe |  D.C. United | Undisclosed | |
| 31 July 2009 | DF | Sherif Abdel-Fadil | Ismaily | €0.2m + Ahmad Sedik | |
| 1 January 2010 | GK | Sherif Ekramy | El Gouna |
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee / Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2009 | DF | Abdel Hamid Ahmed | El Gouna | Loan return | |
| 1 June 2009 | FW |  Flávio Amado | Al-Shabab | €2.75m | |
| 4 June 2009 | DF | Emad El-Nahhas | Retired | ||
| 4 June 2009 | DF | Shady Mohamed | Ittihad | Free agent | |
| 16 June 2009 | DF | Ramy Adel | El Gouna | Undisclosed | |
| 16 June 2009 | FW | Ahmed Hassan Farag | El-Shorta | €0.25m | |
| 24 June 2009 | MF | Hassan Mostafa | Zamalek | Free agent | |
| 25 June 2009 | MF | Hussein Ali | El Gouna | €0.25m | |
| 31 July 2009 | MF | Ahmad Sedik | Ismaily | In Sherif Abdel-Fadil deal | |
| 27 January 2010 | MF |  Hussein Yasser | Zamalek | Free agent |