2022–23 Al Ahly SC season explained

Club:Al Ahly
Season:2022–23
Ownertitle:President
Owner:Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager:Marcel Koller
Stadium:Cairo International Stadium
Al Ahly WE Stadium (until 2 January 2023)
League:Egyptian Premier League
League Result:Winners
Cup1:2021–22 Egypt Cup
Cup1 Result:Winners
Cup2:2022–23 Egypt Cup
Cup2 Result:Winners
Cup3:2021–22 Egyptian Super Cup
Cup3 Result:Winners
Cup4:2022–23 Egyptian Super Cup
Cup4 Result:Winners
Cup5:CAF Champions League
Cup5 Result:Winners
Cup6:FIFA Club World Cup
Cup6 Result:Fourth place
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Updated:4 August 2023
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
League Topscorer:Mohamed Sherif (11)

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

Players

Current squad

Stats As of October 2022

Squad no.NameNationalityPosition(s)Date of birthSigned fromAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1Mohamed El Shenawy(captain)GK1988 12, df=yes Petrojet2110
16Ali LotfiGK1989 10, df=yes ENPPI360
31Mostafa ShobierGK2000 3, df=yesYouth academy80
33Hamza AlaaGK2001 3, df=yesYouth academy10
Defenders
2Khaled AbdelfattahCB1999 1, df=yes Smouha00
4Mahmoud MetwalliCB/DM1993 1, df=yes Ismaily280
5Ramy RabiaCB/DM1993 5, df=yes Sporting CP21915
6Yasser IbrahimCB1993 2, df=yes Smouha1137
12Ayman AshrafCB/LB1991 4, df=yes Smouha2155
24Mohamed AbdelmonemCB1999 2, df=yesYouth academy283
21Ali MaâloulLB1990 1, df=yes CS Sfaxien20737
30Mohamed HanyRB1996 1, df=yesYouth academy2394
28Karim FouadRB1999 10, df=yes Nogoom300
25Akram TawfikRB/DM1997 11, df=yes ENPPI651
Midfielders
8Hamdy FathyDM/CB1994 10, df=yes ENPPI1148
ManoDM1999 6, df=yesYouth academy00
13Marwan AttiaCM/DM1998 8, df=yes Al Ittihad Alexandria00
15Aliou DiengDM1997 10, df=yes MC Alger1355
17Amr El SoliaCM/DM1990 4, df=yes Al Shaab25924
19AfshaAM/CM1996 3, df=yes Pyramids13929
9Ahmed AbdelkaderAM/LM1999 5, df=yesYouth Academy447
34Mohamed FakhriAM/CM1999 11, df=yesYouth academy130
36Ahmed Nabil KokaDM2001 5, df=yesYouth academy210
26Ahmed KendouciCM1999 6, df=yes ES Sétif00
Forwards
7KahrabaST/LW1994 4, df=yes C.D. Aves6217
18Mohamed DhaouiRW2003 5, df=yes Étoile Sportive du Sahel00
10Mohamed SherifST/RW/LW1996 2, df=yes Wadi Degla10344
11Bruno SávioLW1994 8, df=yes Bolívar10
20Shady HusseinST/LW1993 5, df=yes Ceramica Cleopatra10
14Hussein El ShahatRW/AM/RB1992 6, df=yes Al Ain14032
27Taher MohamedST/LW1997 3, df=yes Al Mokawloon7611
23Percy TauST/LW/RW1994 5, df=yes Brighton & Hove Albion318
32Raafat KhalilRW2004 2, df=yesYouth academy00

Transfers

Transfers in

PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource
DF TepliceEnd of loan
11FW Bolívar1.48m[1]
20FW Ceramica CleopatraUndisclosed[2]
MF Ceramica CleopatraUndisclosed[3]
18MF Étoile Sportive du Sahel$360k[4]
13MF Ittihad Alexandria$841K[5]
MF ES Sétif$920K[6]

Loans in

Transfers out

PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource
FW Amiens$1.8m[8]
DF Qatar$1.7m[9]
MF
FW Ceramica CleopatraUndisclosed[10]
DF Ceramica CleopatraUndisclosed
DF Ceramica CleopatraUndisclosed[11]

Loans out

PositionPlayerLoaned toDateLoan expiresSource
FW Al Qadsiah[12]
DF Tala'ea El Gaish[13]
MF Abha[14]
FW Al Ittihad Alexandria[15]
FW Ceramica Cleopatra[16]
FW Smouha[17]
MF Smouha[18]
MF Al Ittihad
MF Al Ittihad
DF Smouha

Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

See main article: 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League.

Matches

Egypt Cup

2021–22 Egypt Cup

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

See main article: 2021–22 Egypt Cup.

2022–23 Egypt Cup

See main article: 2022–23 Egypt Cup.

Egyptian Super Cup

See main article: 2021-22 Egyptian Super Cup.

CAF Champions League

See main article: 2022–23 CAF Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2022–23 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds.

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

Second round

Group stage

See main article: 2022–23 CAF Champions League group stage. The draw of the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.

Group B

Knockout stage

See main article: 2022–23 CAF Champions League knockout stage.

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

Quarter-finals

Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Al Ahly won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2023 CAF Champions League final. Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate.

FIFA Club World Cup

See main article: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup. Al Ahly will be participating in the tournament as the CAF representative after Wydad qualified as the host.

Statistics

Goalscorers

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1FW Kahraba72006015
2FW Sherif110002114
3DF Maâloul81010111
4MF El Shahat41004110
FW Tau310051
FW Abd Elkader610012
7MF Hamdy1200306
8MF Afsha3100015
9MF El Solia4000004
DF Karim210100
DF Abdelmonem000040
12FW Taher3000003
13FW Bruno1001002
DF Dieng200000
MF010010
16FW Shady1000001
DF Yasser100000
MF Akram100000
MF Khalil000010
DF Metwalli100000
Own goals4000004
Total631103277111

Clean sheets

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official: Club Bolívar announce Bruno Sávio transfer to Al Ahly. . 10 September 2022 . 13 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Official: Al Ahly announce signing of Shady Hussein on five-year deal. KingFut. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Official: Al Ahly complete signing of Ceramica Cleopatra's Messi . KingFut. en-GB.
  4. Web site: Official: Al Ahly announce signing of Tunisian forward Mohamed Dhaoui . KingFut. en-GB.
  5. Web site: Official: Ittihad announce Marwan Ateya move to Al Ahly in swap deal. . 10 January 2023 . 27 January 2023.
  6. Web site: Official: Al Ahly complete signing of Algeria's Ahmed Kendouci. . 28 January 2023 . 28 January 2023.
  7. Web site: Official: Al Ahly sign Smouha defender Khaled Abdel-Fattah . . 6 January 2023 . 27 January 2023.
  8. Web site: Aliou Badji leaves Al Ahly to join French outfit Amiens on permanent dealwork=KingFut. 4 June 2022. 17 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Official: Qatar SC announce signing of Badr Benoun. KingFut. 31 July 2022. 13 September 2022.
  10. Web site: Official: Cleopatra sign Ahmed Yasser Rayan on four-year deal. KingFut. 13 September 2022. 13 September 2022.
  11. Web site: Official: Ceramica Cleopatra announce signing of Al Ahly duo. KingFut. 15 September 2022. 19 September 2022.
  12. Web site: Official: Al Ahly's Walter Bwalya joins Saudi side Al-Qadsiah on loan. en . KingFut. 15 July 2022 . 17 July 2022.
  13. Web site: طلائع الجيش لـ في الجول: اتفقنا مع الأهلي على ضم محمود وحيد . ar . FilGoal. 24 August 2022 . 16 September 2022.
  14. Web site: Official: Luís Miquissone joins Abha on season-long loan . en . KingFut. 3 September 2022 . 13 September 2022.
  15. Web site: Official: Al Ahly's Ahmed Sayed Gharib joins Ittihad of Alexandria . en . KingFut. 17 September 2022 . 19 September 2022.
  16. Web site: Official: Salah Mohsen joins Ceramica Cleopatra FC. en . KingFut. 10 October 2022.
  17. Web site: Smouha confirm signing of Al Ahly's Hossam Hassan in swap deal . en . KingFut. 4 January 2023.
  18. Web site: Official: Smouha sign Al Ahly's Ziad Tarek on loan . en . KingFut. 7 January 2023.