2015–16 Al Ahly SC season

Al Ahly
2015–16 season
Chairman	Mahmoud Taher
Manager	José Peseiro; (until 18 January 2016); Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Shafi; (until 1 March 2016); Martin Jol; (from 1 March 2016)
Stadium	Borg El Arab Stadium
Premier League	Winners
Egypt Cup	Runner-up
Super Cup	Winners
CAF Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mo'men Zakaria (12) ; Malick Evouna (12); All: ; Abdallah Said (14)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 8 August 2016.

The 2015–16 Al Ahly SC season was the 57th edition in the Egyptian Premier League and 57th consecutive season in the topflight of Egyptian football. The club will participate in the Premier League, Egypt Cup, Super Cup and the CAF Champions League.

Squad information

Current squad

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Sherif Ekramy (Vice-captain)	GK	1 July 1983 (age 32)
13	Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam	GK	April 10, 1987 (age 28)
16	Mossad Awad	GK	January 15, 1993 (age 22)
Defenders
2	Sherif Hazem	CB	7 July 1989 (age 26)
3	Ramy Rabia	RB / CB / DM	20 May 1993 (age 22)
6	Sabry Raheel	LB	2 October 1987 (age 27)
7	Hussein Sayed	LB	September 18, 1991 (age 23)
24	Ahmed Fathy	RB / DM	10 November 1984 (age 30)
20	Saad Samir	CB	April 1, 1989 (age 26)
23	Mohamed Nagieb	CB	January 13, 1983 (age 32)
12	Basem Ali	RB	27 October 1988 (age 26)
30	Mohamed Hany	RB	January 25, 1996 (age 19)
5	Ahmed Hegazy	CB	January 25, 1991 (age 24)
Midfielders
8	Mo'men Zakaria	RM / LM	12 April 1988 (age 27)
11	Walid Soliman	AM / LM	1 December 1984 (age 30)
14	Hossam Ghaly (captain)	CM / DM	15 December 1981 (age 33)
18	Ahmed El Sheikh	RM / LM	September 9, 1992 (age 23)
19	Abdallah El Saïd	AM / CM	13 July 1985 (age 30)
22	Saleh Gomaa	DM / CM	1 August 1993 (age 22)
25	Hossam Ashour (Vice-captain)	CM / DM	March 9, 1986 (age 29)
32	Ramadan Sobhi	RM / LM	May 14, 1997 (age 18)
Forwards
17	Mohamed Hamdy	SS / AM	December 13, 1991 (age 23)
9	Amr Gamal	SS	August 4, 1991 (age 24)
10	Emad Moteab (Vice-captain)	ST	20 February 1983 (age 32)
15	Malick Evouna	SS / ST	28 November 1992 (age 22)
29	John Antwi	ST	6 August 1992 (age 23)
21	Ahmed Abd El-Zaher	ST	January 15, 1985 (age 30

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
—	MF	EGY	Trezeguet (on loan to RSC Anderlecht until 30/06/2016)
—	MF	EGY	Amr Warda (on loan to Panetolikos until 30/06/2016)
—	MF	EGY	Mohamed Rizk (on loan to El Geish until 30/06/2016)
—	MF	EGY	Islam Roshdi (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	EGY	Mohamed Hassan (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016)
—	DF	EGY	Islam Serry (on loan to Petrojet until 30/06/2016)
—	MF	EGY	Ahmed Ramdan Beckham (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016)
—	FW	EGY	Mohamed Hamdy Zaky (on loan to Smouha until 30/06/2016)

Summer Transfers

In

No.	Name	From
3	Rami Rabia	Sporting Lisbon
5	Ahmed Hegazy	Free agent
15	Malick Evouna	Al Wydad
17	Mohamed Hamdy Zaky	Free agent
18	Ahmed El Sheikh	Misr El Makasa
22	Saleh Gomaa	Enppi
24	Ahmed Fathy	Free agent
29	John Antwi	Al Shabab

2015 Egyptian Super Cup

15 October 2015	Zamalek	2–3	Al Ahly	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:00 (UTC+4)	Gaber 26' Kahraba 90'		Abdallah 45+4' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Mo'men 69'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Carlos Carballo (Spain)

Note: The team is managed by the Interim Coach Abdelaziz Abdelshafy in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup.

2015 Egyptian Super Cup winners
Al Ahly Ninth title

2015–16 Egyptian Premier League

Position

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	34	23	7	4	65	24	+41	76	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Zamalek	34	20	9	5	49	25	+24	69	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Smouha	34	13	16	5	45	37	+8	55^[a]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[b]

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goal scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goal scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goal scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Smouha ahead of Al Masry on head-to-head record; Smouha–Al Masry 1–0, Al Masry–Smouha 1–1.
^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D
Position	7	1	1	3	1	3	1	9	9	9	6	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 July 2016. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results overview

Win Draw Loss

Team	Home score	Away score
Tala'ea El-Gaish	0–0	1-0
Ghazl El Mahalla	2–0	1-1
Petrojet	2–0	1–0
Misr Lel-Makkasa	2–1	0-1
Enppi	2–0	2–0
Ittihad El Shorta	7–3	5–3
Al Masry	2-3	2–2
Smouha	0–3	3–1
Haras El Hodoud	3–0	4–0
Wadi Degla	0–1	0–0
Aswan	3–1	4–0
El-Entag El-Harby	2–0	1–0
El Mokawloon	3–1	3–0
El Dakhelya	2–0	1–1
Ismaily	1–0	2–1
El Ittihad	1–1	1–0
Zamalek	2–0	0–0

Match Details

22 October 2015 1	Tala'ea El Geish	0-1	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:45 UTC+02:00			Abdallah 75'

25 October 2015 2	Al Ahly	2-0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:45 UTC+02:00	Abdallah 38' (pen.) Ghaly 82'

1 November 2015 3	Petrojet	0-1	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
17:00 UTC+02:00			Meteab 90+1'

5 November 2015 4	Misr El Makasa	1-0	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2:00	Samy 57'

3 February 2016 5	Enppi	0-2	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2:00			Gamal 36' Mo'men 79'

7 January 2016 6	Al Ahly	7-3	Ittihad El Shorta	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+2:00	Evouna 21' 45+2' Rabia 26' 57' Saleh 39' Ramadan 41' Meteab 76'		Galal 23' Agogo 38' Rico 79' (pen.)

23 February 2016 7	Al Masry	2-2	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
	Yasser 11' Magdy 58' (pen.)		Mo'men 26' Evouna 78'

17 December 2015 8	Al Ahly	0-3	Smouha	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
21:45 UTC+02:00			Kamar 24' (pen.) Mohareb 60' 85'

22 December 2015 9	Al Ahly	3-0	Haras El Hodoud	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+02:00	Evouna 27' 62' Saleh 90+2'

26 December 2015 10	Wadi Degla	0-0	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:45 UTC+02:00

29 December 2015 11	Al Ahly	3-1	Aswan	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+03:00	Mo'men 13' 45+3' Evouna 68'		Shokry 33'

3 January 2015 12	El Entag El Harby	0-1	Al Ahly	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:45 UTC+02:00			Meteab 90+6'

10 January 2016 13	Al Ahly	3-1	Al Mokawloon	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+02:00	Mo'men 14' Abdallah 54' 74'		Sherif 90'

14 January 2016 14	El Dakhleya	1-1	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:45 UTC+02:00	Marei 42'		Farouk 77' (o.g.)

20 January 2016 15	Al Ahly	1-0	Ismaily	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
17:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah 45'

23 January 2016 16	Al Ittihad	0-1	Al Ahly	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
15:00 UTC+02:00			Antwi 64'

9 February 2016 17	Al Ahly	2-0	Zamalek	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+02:00	Evouna 56' Gamal 89'

13 February 2016 18	Al Ahly	0-0	Tala'ea El Geish	Suez Stadium, Suez
18:00 UTC+02:00

18 February 2016 19	Ghazl El Mahalla	1-1	Al Ahly	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
17:00 UTC+02:00	Yehia 48'		Ramadan 90+6'

2 March 2016 20	Al Ahly	2-0	Petrojet	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah 62' (pen.) 66'

5 March 2016 21	Al Ahly	2-1	Misr El Makasa	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+02:00	Ramadan 42' Gamal 76'		Mido 59'

15 April 2016 22	Al Ahly	2-0	Enppi	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah 42' Mo'men 79'

3 April 2016 23	Ittihad El Shorta	3-5	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00	Rico 45+2' (pen.) Cissé 49' 57'		Mo'men 17' Fathy 22' 45' Abdelsalam 44' (o.g.) Gamal 78'

13 June 2016 24	Al Ahly	2-3	Al Masry	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
22:00 UTC+02:00	Ramadan 69' (pen.) Ghaly 88'		Dao 4' Caporia 32' Mosaad 54'

26 April 2016 25	Smouha	1-3	Al Ahly	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+02:00	Mohareb 24'		Abdallah 35' 68' (pen.) Mo'men 78'

4 May 2016 26	Haras El Hodoud	0-4	Al Ahly	El Max Stadium, Alexandria
20:30 UTC+02:00			Rabia 38' Mo'men 53' 70' Saad 80' (o.g.)

7 May 2016 27	Al Ahly	0-1	Wadi Degla	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:30 UTC+02:00			Mapuku 90+5'

12 May 2016 28	Aswan	0-4	Al Ahly	Aswan Stadium, Aswan
20:30 UTC+02:00			Rabia 40' Evouna 42' Abdallah 45+3' Mo'men 72'

17 May 2016 29	Al Ahly	2-0	El Entag El Harby	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+02:00	Magdy 58' (o.g.) Antwi 80'

25 May 2016 30	Al Mokawloon	0-3	Al Ahly	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00			Evouna 21' Evouna 42' Mo'men 68'

9 June 2016 31	Al Ahly	2-0	El Dakhleya	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
22:00 UTC+02:00	Evouna (64) 69'

24 June 2016 32	Ismaily	1-2	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
22:00 UTC+02:00	Banahene 18'		Ramadan 10' Walid 12'

3 July 2016 33	Al Ahly	1-1	Al Ittihad	Borg El Arab Stadium, Cairo
22:00 UTC+02:00	Meteab 34'		El Alfy 79'

9 July 2016 34	Zamalek	0-0	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
21:30 UTC+02:00

2016 Egypt Cup

Round 32

30 March 2016	Al Ahly	3–0	Dayrout	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+02:00	Fathy 11' El Sheikh 61', 64'			Referee: Mohamed Saber

Round of 16

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)	Al Ahly	2–1	Haras El Hodoud	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
18:30 UTC+02:00	Meteab 31' (pen.) El Solaya 67'		Benzema 84' (pen.)	Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed

Quarter-finals

1 August 2016 (2016-08-01)	Al Ahly	1–0	Smouha	Suez Stadium, Suez
20:30	Samir 45'	Report		Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Semi-finals

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)	ENPPI	1–2	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
20:30	El Shamy 29'		Zakaria 82' Samir 85'	Referee: Samir Osman

Final

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)	Zamalek	3–1	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:30 UTC+2	Morsy 20', 25' (pen.) M. Fathi 59'		Said 33' (pen.)	Referee: Andó-Szabó Sándor (Hungary)

Zamalek

Al Ahly


GK	1	Ahmed El Shenawy	84'
RB	6	Shawky El Said
CB	7	Islam Gamal
CB	25	Ali Gabr
LB	27	Ali Fathy		76'
DM	3	Tarek Hamed
CM	4	Ahmed Tawfik
CM	15	Maarouf Youssef
RW	10	Shikabala (c)		51'
LW	14	Ayman Hefny		65'
FW	17	Basem Morsy	7'
Substitutes:
GK	28	Omar Salah
DF	19	Ahmed Duiedar
DF	33	Osama Ibrahim
MF	11	Mohamed Nasef		65'
MF	5	Ibrahim Salah		76'
FW	9	Ahmed Gaafar
FW	30	Mostafa Fathi		51'
Manager:
Moamen Soliman


GK	13	Ahmed Adel
RB	3	Ramy Rabia	62'
CB	20	Saad Samir
LB	6	Sabri Raheel
DM	25	Hossam Ashour		68'
RM	20	Ahmed Fathy	88' 90+1'
CM	14	Hossam Ghaly (c)	65' 83'
LM	11	Walid Soliman		63'
AM	8	Moamen Zakaria
FW	9	Amr Gamal		58'
FW	19	Abdallah Said
Substitutes:
GK	16	Mohamed El Shenawy
DF	21	Ali Maâloul
DF	23	Mohamed Nagieb
DF	24	Mohamed Hany
MF	15	Mohamed Gaber		68'
FW	4	Marwan Mohsen		63'
FW	10	Emad Moteab		58'
Manager:
Martin Jol

Assistant referees:

Peter Berettyan (Hungary)
Zsolt Varga (Hungary)

Fourth official:

Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

Match rules:

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

2016 CAF Champions League

Round 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Recreativo do Libolo	0–2	Al Ahly	0–0	0–2

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)	Recreativo do Libolo	0–0	Al Ahly	Estádio Municipal de Calulo, Calulo
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)	Al Ahly	2–0	Recreativo do Libolo	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+2	Ramadan 10' Antwi 83'	Report		Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate.

Round 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Africans	2–3	Al Ahly	1–1	1–2

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)	Young Africans	1–1	Al Ahly	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3	Hegazy 19' (o.g.)	Report	Gamal 10'	Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20)	Al Ahly	2–1	Young Africans	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:30 UTC+2	Ghaly 53' Abdallah 90+6'	Report	Ngoma 67'	Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wydad AC	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Knockout stage
2	ZESCO United	6	2	3	1	10	9	+1	9	Knockout stage
3	Al Ahly	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6
4	ASEC Mimosas	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	5

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Match Details

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18) 1	ZESCO United	3–2	Al Ahly	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
15:30 UTC+2	Ching'andu 27' Chama 49', 56'	Report	Antwi 31', 68'	Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

28 June 2016 (2016-06-28)	Al Ahly	1–2	ASEC Mimosas	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
22:00 UTC+2	Hegazy 53'	Report	Zakri 29' Niamke 80'	Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) 3	Al Ahly	0–0	Wydad Casablanca	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:30 UTC+2		Report		Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) 4	Wydad Casablanca	0–1	Al Ahly	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
19:30 UTC+1		Report	Rabia 47'	Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 5	Al Ahly	2–2	ZESCO United	Suez Stadium, Suez
21:30 UTC+2	Rabia 31' Meteab 85'	Report	Were 6', 35'	Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) 6	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	Al-Ahly	Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
14:30 UTC+0		Report		Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Champions Golden Cup

Friendly cup organized by IMCC Sports Co. between Al Ahly and Roma.

20 May 2016	Al Ahly	4–3	Roma	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:15 UTC+4	Antwi 13' Mo'men 42' Walid 55' El Sheikh 90+3'		Džeko 20' Salah 41' Vainqueur 90+1'

[table_hth_SMO0.3520397792347-1] Smouha ahead of Al Masry on head-to-head record; Smouha–Al Masry 1–0, Al Masry–Smouha 1–1.

[table_note_res_CCC0.3520397792347-2] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

[a]

[b]