2016–17 Al Ahly SC season

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Al Ahly
2016–17 season
ChairmanEgypt Mahmoud Taher
ManagerEgypt Hossam El-Badry
Egyptian Premier LeagueChampion
Egyptian Super CupRunner-up
Egypt CupChampion
CAF Champions LeagueQuarter-final (progress continued in next season)
Arab Club ChampionshipSemi-final
Home colours colours
Away colours colours

The 2016–17 season was Al Ahly's 58th season in the Egyptian Premier League and 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. The club participated in the Premier League, Egypt Cup, Super Cup, and the CAF Champions League.

Squad[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Sherif Ekramy Egypt GK (1983-07-01) 1 July 1983 (age 40)
13 Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam Egypt GK (1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 (age 37)
16 Mossad Awad Egypt GK (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31)
26 Mohamed El-Shenawy Egypt GK (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35)
Centerbacks
3 Ramy Rabia Egypt CB (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 30)
5 Ahmed Hegazy Egypt CB (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33)
20 Saad Samir Egypt CB (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35)
23 Mohamed Nagieb Egypt CB (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 41)
Fullbacks
6 Sabry Raheel Egypt LB (1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 36)
7 Hussein Sayed Egypt LB (1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 (age 32)
12 Basem Ali Egypt RB (1988-10-27) 27 October 1988 (age 35)
21 Ali Maâloul Tunisia LB (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34)
24 Ahmed Fathy Egypt RB / DM (1984-11-10) 10 November 1984 (age 39)
30 Mohamed Hany Egypt RB (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28)
Defensive midfielders
14 Hossam Ghaly Egypt DM (1981-12-15) 15 December 1981 (age 42)
17 Amr Al-Sulaya Egypt DM (1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 34)
25 Hossam Ashour Egypt DM (1986-03-09) 9 March 1986 (age 38)
38 Akram Tawfik Egypt AM (1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 26)
Attacking midfielders
4 Amr Barakat Egypt AM (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 32)
19 Abdallah El Said Egypt AM (1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 (age 38)
22 Saleh Gomaa Egypt AM (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 30)
27 Mohamed Gaber Egypt AM (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 28)
34 Ahmed Hamdy Egypt AM (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)
35 Karim Nedvěd Egypt AM (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 26)
Wingers
8 Moamen Zakaria Egypt LW (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36)
11 Walid Soliman Egypt RW (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 39)
Strikers
18 Marwan Mohsen Egypt ST (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)
9 Amr Gamal Egypt ST (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 32)
10 Emad Moteab Egypt ST (1983-02-20) 20 February 1983 (age 41)
15 Souleymane Coulibaly Ivory Coast ST (1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 29)
26 Junior Ajayi Nigeria ST (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee
July 2016 ST Nigeria Junior Ajayi CS Sfaxien $2.5M
July 2016 ST Egypt Marwan Mohsen Ismaily $500,000
July 2016 AM Egypt Mohamed Gaber Misr Lel-Makkasa SC $475,000
July 2016 AM Egypt Akram Tawfik ENPPI $320,000
July 2016 LB Tunisia Ali Maâloul CS Sfaxien $750,000
July 2016 GK Egypt Mohamed El-Shenawy Petrojet FC $160,000
February 2017 FW Egypt Amr Barakat Lierse S.K. $265,000
February 2017 FW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Kilmarnock F.C. $800,000

Transfers out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee
July 2016 LW Egypt Ramadan Sobhi Stoke City $7M
July 2016 ST Gabon Malick Evouna Tianjin Teda $8M
July 2016 ST Egypt Ahmed Abd El-Zaher Misr Lel-Makkasa SC Free
July 2016 AM Egypt Mohamed Rizk Tala'ea El Gaish Undisclosed

Loans out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until
July 2016 LW Egypt Ahmed El Sheikh Misr Lel-Makkasa SC July 2017
July 2016 LW Egypt Mohamed Rizk Tala'ea El-Gaish SC July 2017
July 2016 LW Egypt Islam El Far Aswan SC July 2017
January 2017 FW Ghana John Antwi Misr Lel-Makkasa SC July 2017
January 2017 FW Egypt Mohamed Hamdy Zaky Enppi July 2017

2016 Egyptian Super Cup[edit]

Al Ahly
Zamalek
  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:

Match rules:

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

2016–17 Egyptian Premier League[edit]

Position[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 34 25 9 0 62 14 +48 84 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Misr Lel Makkasa 34 23 5 6 65 34 +31 74
3 Zamalek[a] 34 20 6 8 42 24 +18 63 Qualification for the Confederation Cup[b]
4 Al Masry 34 19 5 10 51 36 +15 62
5 Smouha 34 15 12 7 49 40 +9 57
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:
  1. ^ Zamalek was deducted three points as they did not show up to their home match against Misr Lel Makkasa.[1]
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Egypt Cup, Al Ahly, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was given to the Cup runners-up, Al Masry.

Results[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAH
ResultWWWWWDDWWWWWWWDWWDWWWWWWWDWWDDWDDW
Position7222111111111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2017. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match details[edit]

17 September 2016 1 Al Ahly 1-0 Ismaily Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
21:00 UTC+02:00 Abdallah 78' (pen.)
20 October 2016 5 Al Ahly 2-0 Aswan Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:30 UTC+02:00 Mo'men 46'
Walid 76'
25 October 2016 6 Petrojet 0-0 Al Ahly Suez Stadium, Suez
17:30 UTC+02:00
8 December 2016 14 Al Ahly 1-0 Smouha El Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:30 UTC+02:00 Saad 90+4'
12 December 2016 15 Enppi 0-0 Al Ahly Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+02:00
15 February 2017 18 Ismaily 0-0 Al Ahly Suez Stadium, Suez
17:00 UTC+02:00
1 April 2017 21 Al Ahly 4-0 El Dakhelya El Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00 Saad 60'
Walid 70'
Coulibaly 79' 90+3'
16 April 2017 22 Aswan 0-2 Al Ahly Aswan Stadium, Aswan
21:15 UTC+02:00 Gaber 7'
Coulibaly 10'
16 June 2017 31 Smouha 2-4 Al Ahly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
22:00 UTC+02:00 Mohareb 25'
Farid 76' (pen.)
Saleh 15' 69'
Mo'men 32'
Rabia 89'
24 June 2017 32 Al Ahly 2-2 Enppi El Salam Stadium, Cairo
22:00 UTC+02:00 Hamoudi 45+3'
Saleh 66'
Mar'ey 46'
Magdy 55'

2017 Egypt Cup[edit]

Round 32[edit]

22 December 2016 (2016-12-22) Al Ahly 6–0 Aluminium El Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00 Gamal 14', 51'
Mo'men 23'
Meteab 65', 85', 86'
Referee: Mohamed Saber

Round of 16[edit]

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) Al Ahly 2–1 El Dakhleya Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00 Gamal 34'
Ghaly 49'
Fagar 63' Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Quarter-final[edit]

12 July 2017 Al Ahly 4-1 Wadi Degla El Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00 Saleh 29' (pen.) 77' (pen.)
Mo'men 88'
Meteab 90+2'
Anwar 25'

Semi-final[edit]

9 August 2017 (2017-08-09) Smouha 0–4 Al Ahly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 UTC+02:00 Ajayi 38'
Walid 40', 55'
Saleh 67'
Referee: Mahmoud Al Banna

Final[edit]

Al Ahly2–1 (a.e.t.)Al Masry
Gamal 116'
Fathy 120+1'
Report Bika 102'
Al-Ahly
Al Masry
GK 1 Egypt Sherif Ekramy
CB 3 Egypt Ramy Rabia
CB 23 Egypt Mohamed Nagieb
RB 24 Egypt Ahmed Fathy
LB 21 Tunisia Ali Maâloul
CM 25 Egypt Hossam Ashour (c) downward-facing red arrow 106'
CM 17 Egypt Amr Al Sulaya
AM 19 Egypt Abdallah Said
RW 11 Egypt Walid Soliman downward-facing red arrow 64'
LW 8 Egypt Moamen Zakaria downward-facing red arrow 100'
CF 28 Nigeria Junior Ajayi Yellow card 68'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Egypt Ahmed Adel
DF 30 Egypt Mohamed Hany
MF 14 Egypt Hossam Ghaly
MF 22 Egypt Saleh Gomaa upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 4 Egypt Ahmed Hamoudi upward-facing green arrow 100'
FW 9 Egypt Amr Gamal upward-facing green arrow 106'
FW 10 Egypt Emad Moteab
Manager:
Egypt Hossam El Badry
GK 26 Egypt Ahmed Buska
CB 3 Egypt Islam Salah
CB 13 Egypt Ahmed Ayman (c) downward-facing red arrow 52'
RB 19 Egypt Karim El Iraqy
LB 45 Egypt Mohamed Hamdy
CM 8 Egypt Amr Moussa
CM 5 Egypt Farid Shawky Yellow card 115'
AM 18 Egypt Mohamed El Shamy
RF 10 Egypt Ahmed Gomaa
CF 29 Egypt Hamada Nasser downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
LF 15 Egypt Abdallah Gomaa
Substitutes:
GK 1 Egypt Ahmed Abdel Fattah
DF 46 Egypt Hossam Ashraf
DF 24 Egypt Islam Saleh
MF 4 Egypt Ahmed Kaboria upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
MF 14 Egypt Abdallah Bika Yellow card 57' upward-facing green arrow 52'
FW 20 Egypt Ahmed Salem
FW 37 Egypt Hossam Attiya
Manager:
Egypt Hossam Hassan
  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:

2017 CAF Champions League[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt 1–0 South Africa Bidvest Wits 1–0 0–0
11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Al Ahly Egypt 1–0 South Africa Bidvest Wits El Salam Stadium, Cairo
18:30 UTC+2
Report Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage[edit]

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC AHL ZAN COT
1 Morocco Wydad AC 6 4 0 2 7 3 +4 12 Quarter-finals 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11[a] 2–0 0–0 3–1
3 Zambia Zanaco 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11[a] 1–0 0–0 2–1
4 Cameroon Coton Sport 6 0 0 6 2 12 −10 0 0–2 0–2 0–1
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Ahly 0–0 Zanaco, Zanaco 0–0 Al-Ahly (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).
13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) Al Ahly Egypt 0–0 Zambia Zanaco Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2 Report Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
4 June 2017 (2017-06-04) Al Ahly Egypt 2–0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
23:00 UTC+2 Mo'men 24'
Ajayi 77'
Report Attendance: 10,000[2]
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) Zanaco Zambia 0–0 Egypt Al Ahly National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
15:00 UTC+2 Report Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) Al Ahly Egypt 3–1 Cameroon Coton Sport Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
21:00 UTC+2 Gamal 14', 53'
Said 33'
Report Kombous 12' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

2017 Arab Club Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jordan Al-Faisaly 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Al-Ahly 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Algeria NA Hussein Dey 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: Soccerway

Ranking of second-placed teams
The highest ranked second-placed team from the groups advanced to the knockout stage; the rest were eliminated.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Egypt Al-Ahly 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 B Lebanon Al-Ahed 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 C Sudan Al-Merrikh 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
Source: Soccerway
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) Al Ahly Egypt 0–1 Jordan Al Faisaly El Salam Stadium, Cairo
21:15 Al-Rawashdeh 55' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nawaf Abdulla Ghayyath Shukralla (Bahrain)
25 July 2017 (2017-07-25) Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 0–2 Egypt Al Ahly El Salam Stadium, Cairo
21:00 Barakat 32'
Mohareb 84'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) Al Ahly Egypt 2–1 Algeria NA Hussein Dey El Salam Stadium, Cairo
21:00 Saleh 74' (pen.)
Barakat 90+2'
Boulaouidet 61' Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Semi-final[edit]

2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) Al Ahly Egypt 1–2 Jordan Al Faisaly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 Azaro 90+8' Mendy 26'
Fathy 37' (o.g.)
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "EFA fines and deducts three points from Zamalek". KingFut. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. ^ "عشرة آلاف مشجع لمباراة الأهلي والوداد البيضاوي بدوري أبطال أفريقيا | المصري اليوم".