2017–18 Al Ahly SC season

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Al Ahly
2017–18 season
ChairmanEgypt Mahmoud Taher (until 1 December) Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib (from 1 December)
ManagerEgypt Hossam El-Badry (until 15 May 2018) Egypt Ahmed Ayoub (interim manager as from 15 May 2018)
StadiumCairo Stadium
Egyptian Premier LeagueChampion
Egyptian Super CupChampion
Egypt CupQuarter final
2017 CAF Champions LeagueRunner-up
2018 CAF Champions LeagueGroup Stage (on-going)
Home colours colours
Away colours colours
Third colours colours

The 2017–18 season is Al Ahly's 59th season in the Egyptian Premier League. The club will participate in the Egyptian Premier League, Egypt Cup, Egyptian Super Cup, finish the 2017 CAF Champions League campaign and start the 2018 campaign.

Squad[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Sherif Ekramy (third-captain) Egypt GK (1983-07-01) 1 July 1983 (age 40)
16 Mohamed El Shenawy Egypt GK (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35)
13 Ali Lotfi Egypt GK (1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 34)
Centerbacks
3 Ramy Rabia Egypt CB (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 30)
20 Saad Samir Egypt CB (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35)
23 Mohamed Naguib Egypt CB (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 41)
Fullbacks
6 Sabry Raheel Egypt LB (1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 36)
26 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)
12 Ayman Ashraf Egypt LB (1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 33)
30 Mohamed Hany Egypt RB (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28)
Defensive midfielders
4 Hesham Mohamed Egypt DM (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 34)
17 Amr El Soleya Egypt DM (1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 34)
25 Hossam Ashour (vice-captin) Egypt DM (1986-03-09) 9 March 1986 (age 38)
38 Akram Tawfik Egypt DM (1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 26)
14 Hossam Ghaly(captain) Egypt MF (1981-12-15) 15 December 1981 (age 42)
Attacking midfielders
34 Ahmed Hamdy Egypt AM (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)
35 Karim Nedvěd Egypt AM (1998-08-08) 8 August 1998 (age 25)
33 Moahmed Fakhri Egypt AM (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25)
Wingers
11 Walid Soliman Egypt RW (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 39)
7 Ahmed Hamoudi Egypt RW (1990-07-30) 30 July 1990 (age 33)
5 Islam Mohareb Egypt RW (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 32)
27 Mido Gaber Egypt RW (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 28)
15 Mohamed Sheref Egypt RW/LW (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28)
28 Junior Ajayi Nigeria LW (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)
32 Phakamani Mahlambi South Africa LW (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 26)
Strikers
9 Walid Azaro Morocco ST (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 28)
18 Marwan Mohsen Egypt ST (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)
39 Ahmed Yasser Rayyan Egypt ST (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)
37 Salah Mohsen Egypt ST (1998-09-01) 1 September 1998 (age 25)

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee
July 2017 AM Egypt Islam Mohareb Smouha 9M EGP
July 2017 DM Egypt Hesham Mohamed Misr Lel Makassa 8M EGP
July 2017 LB Egypt Ayman Ashraf Smouha Free
July 2017 ST Morocco Walid Azaro Difaâ El Jadidi 23M EGP
July 2017 LW South Africa Phakamani Mahlambi Bidvest Wits 23M EGP
July 2017 CB Syria Abdullah Al Shami Al-Safa' Free
January 2018 AM Egypt Moahmed Fakhri Ghazl El Mahalla 1.8M EGP
January 2018 GK Egypt Ali Lotfi Enppi 2.5M EGP
January 2018 ST Egypt Salah Mohsen Enppi 30M EGP
January 2018 RW/LW Egypt Mohamed Sheref Wadi Degla FC 10M EGP
January 2018 MF Egypt Hossam Ghaly Al-Nassr FC Free

Transfers out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee
July 2017 ST Egypt Mohamed Hamdy Zaky Smouha 1M EGP
July 2017 GK Egypt Mossad Awad Smouha Free
July 2017 DM Egypt Hossam Ghaly Al-Nassr FC Free
July 2017 AM Egypt Islam El Far Tanta SC Free
December 2017 CB Egypt Ahmed Hegazy West Bromwich Albion £4.5m
January 2018 CB Syria Abdullah Al Shami Al-Masry SC Free
January 2018 GK Egypt Ahmed Adel Misr Lel Makkasa 1M EGP

Loans out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until
July 2017 ST Egypt Amr Gamal Bidvest Wits July 2018
July 2017 ST Ghana John Antwi Misr Lel-Makkasa SC July 2018
July 2017 LW Egypt Nasser Maher Smouha SC July 2018
January 2018 ST Egypt Emad Moteab Al-Taawoun FC July 2018
January 2018 MF Egypt Ahmed El Sheikh Ettifaq FC July 2018
January 2018 LW Egypt Moamen Zakaria Al-Ahli Saudi FC July 2018
January 2018 LB Egypt Hussein El Sayed Ettifaq FC July 2019
January 2018 AM Egypt Amr Barakat Al Shabab FC July 2019
January 2018 AM Egypt Saleh Gomaa Al-Faisaly FC July 2019
April 2018 AM Egypt Abdallah Said KuPs July 2018

Suspensions[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name Date until Reason
July 2017 ST Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly unknown leave without permission,
case reported to FIFA

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 24 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Egyptian Premier league Champions League Egypt Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Egypt EGY Sherif Ekramy 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK Egypt EGY Mohamed El-Shenawy 30 0 23 0 4 0 3 0
13 GK Egypt EGY Ali Lotfi 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Egypt EGY Ramy Rabia 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Egypt EGY Sabri Raheel 21 0 17 0 2 0 2 0
12 DF Egypt EGY Ayman Ashraf 35 2 29 2 3 0 3 0
20 DF Egypt EGY Saad Samir 19 4 15 4 3 0 1 0
21 DF Tunisia TUN Ali Maâloul 15 0 13 0 2 0 0 0
24 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Fathy 28 1 24 1 3 0 1 0
23 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Nagieb 19 0 15 0 2 0 2 0
25 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Hany 24 1 19 1 3 0 2 0
26 DF Egypt EGY Basem Ali 9 1 8 1 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
4 MF Egypt EGY Hesham Mohamed 15 1 12 0 1 0 2 1
14 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Ghaly 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Egypt EGY Amr Elsolia 37 4 30 2 4 0 3 2
19 MF Egypt EGY Abdallah Said 22 12 21 10 1 2 0 0
25 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Ashour 28 0 22 0 4 0 2 0
34 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Hamdi 9 2 7 1 1 0 1 1
35 MF Egypt EGY Karim Nedved 10 1 9 1 1 0 0 0
38 MF Egypt EGY Akram Tawfik 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
5 FW Egypt EGY Islam Mohareb 31 5 24 4 4 0 3 1
7 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Hamoudi 11 1 10 1 0 0 1 0
8 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Sheref 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Morocco MAR Walid Azaro 33 21 30 18 2 2 1 1
11 FW Egypt EGY Walid Soliman 26 9 20 8 4 1 2 0
18 FW Egypt EGY Marwan Mohsen 11 4 7 3 3 1 1 0
27 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Gaber 10 2 6 1 3 1 1 0
28 FW Nigeria NGA Junior Ajayi 31 9 27 9 1 0 3 0
32 FW South Africa RSA Phakamani Mahlambi 15 1 12 1 2 0 1 0
37 FW Egypt EGY Salah Mohsen 10 2 7 2 3 0 0 0
39 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Yasser Rayyan 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0

Squad statistics[edit]

League Africa Cup Total Stats
Games played 34 3 4 41
Games won 28 2 2 32
Games drawn 4 0 1 4
Games lost 2 1 1 4
Goals scored 75 7 7 89
Goals conceded 19 1 3 23
Goal difference 56 6 4 66
Clean sheets 19 1 2 22

Friendlies[edit]

30 Dec 2017 Al Ahly Egypt 2–3 Spain Atlético Madrid Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt
Moamen Zakaria 40'
Ahmed El Sheikh 52'
Kevin Gameiro 64' 73' 81' Attendance: 50,000
27 March 2018 Al-Fujairah SCUnited Arab Emirates 1–4 EgyptAl Ahly Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah, UAE
Danilo 63' Mohareb 17' 61' 68'
Ghaly 56'
Attendance: 5,000
11 May 2018 Champions Golden Cup Al Ahly Egypt 1–0 Netherlands Ajax Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
Mohsen 83' Report Attendance: 10,000

2017 Egyptian Super Cup[edit]

Al Ahly1–0 (a.e.t.)Al Masry
Azaro 101' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi (United Arab Emirates)[1]
Al-Ahly
Al Masry
GK 16 Egypt Mohamed El Shenawy
LB 21 Tunisia Ali Maâloul
CB 12 Egypt Ayman Ashraf
CB 20 Egypt Saad Samir Yellow card 54'
RB 24 Egypt Ahmed Fathy Yellow card 21'
CM 25 Egypt Hossam Ashour (c) Yellow card 107'
CM 14 Egypt Amr El Solia Yellow card 120'
AM 19 Egypt Abdallah Said downward-facing red arrow 120+2'
LW 28 Nigeria Junior Ajayi downward-facing red arrow 97'
RW 11 Egypt Walid Soliman downward-facing red arrow 83'
CF 9 Morocco Walid Azaro Yellow card 57'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Egypt Sherif Ekramy
DF 30 Egypt Mohamed Hany
MF 8 Egypt Moamen Zakaria upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 35 Egypt Karim Nedvěd upward-facing green arrow 120+2'
FW 5 Egypt Islam Mohareb upward-facing green arrow 97'
FW 17 Egypt Ahmed Hamoudi
FW 18 Egypt Marwan Mohsen
Manager:
Egypt Hossam El Badry
GK 26 Egypt Ahmed Buska
LB 19 Egypt Mohamed Hamdy Yellow card 15'
CB 4 Burkina Faso Mohamed Koffi
CB 24 Egypt Ahmed Gouda
RB 32 Egypt Karim El Iraqi
CM 5 Egypt Farid Shawky downward-facing red arrow 115'
CM 7 Egypt Islam Issa
AM 10 Egypt Walid Hassan downward-facing red arrow 108'
LW 21 Egypt Mohamed Grendo
RW 25 Egypt Ahmed Shoukry downward-facing red arrow 72'
CF 15 Egypt Ahmed Gomaa (c)
Substitutes:
GK 16 Egypt Mahmoud El Sayed
DF 13 Egypt Islam Saleh upward-facing green arrow 115'
DF 35 Syria Abdullah Al Shami
MF 8 Egypt Amr Moussa upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 12 Egypt Mostafa Ali
MF 28 Egypt Mohamed Abou Shaeshaa
FW 20 Burkina Faso Issouf Ouattara upward-facing green arrow 108'
Manager:
Egypt Hossam Hassan

Match officials:

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.

2017–18 Egyptian Premier League[edit]

Position[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 34 28 4 2 75 19 +56 88 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Ismaily 34 19 11 4 50 27 +23 68
3 Al Masry 34 18 9 7 52 34 +18 63 Qualification for the Confederation Cup[a]
4 Zamalek 34 18 7 9 45 30 +15 61
5 Smouha 34 14 9 11 37 26 +11 51
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 qualified for the Confederation Cup by winning the 2017–18 Egypt Cup.

Results[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultDLWWWWWWWWWWDWDWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWDWWL
Position1012141671131464322222211111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match details[edit]

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 1 Al Ahly 1–1 Tala'ea Al Geish Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:15 UTC+2 El Sheikh 57' Asem 35' (pen.)
10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 2 Misr Lel Makassa 3–2 Al Ahly Suez Stadium, Suez
19:00 UTC+2 El Shahat 24'
Voavy 64'
Antwi 73'
Abdallah 45+1' (pen.)
Azaro 74'
16 October 2017 (2017-10-16) 3 Al Ahly 4–1 Al Raga' Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Fathy 7'
Mo'men 20'
Ajayi 44'
Saad 59'
Oka 54'
20 November 2017 (2017-11-20) 4 Ismaily 0–2 Al Ahly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2 El Soleya 74'
Abdallah 82'
12 October 2017 (2017-10-12) 5 Al Ahly 2–0 Al Ittihad Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Ajayi 44'
Hussein 79'
8 February 2018 (2018-02-08) 6 Al Mokawloon 0–3 Al Ahly Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Mahlambi 8'
Azaro 25'
Abdallah 90'
6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 7 Al Ahly 1–0 Al Assiouty Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Abdallah 53'
2 January 2018 (2018-01-02) 8 Al Nasr 0–4 Al Ahly Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Ashraf 12'
Soliman 37' (pen.)
Azaro 87' (pen.)
Mohareb 90'
16 November 2017 (2017-11-16) 9 Al Intag Al Harby 1–2 Al Ahly Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 El Said 45+2' (pen.) Azaro 14' 77'
24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 10 Al Ahly 2–0 Al Dakhelya Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Azaro 16'
Saad 86'
28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) 11 Al Masry 0–2 Al Ahly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 UTC+2 Azaro 34'
Soliman 70'
2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 12 Al Ahly 4–1 Enppi Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Saad 28'
Ajayi 39'
Azaro 54'
El Sheikh 90+3'
Mohsen 43'
15 December 2017 (2017-12-15) 13 Tanta 1–1 Al Ahly El Mahalla Stadium, Mahalla
17:00 UTC+2 Ashraf 60' (o.g.) Azaro 42'
20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 14 Al Ahly 2–1 Smouha Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Abdallah 42'
Mohareb 65'
Diawara 50'
26 December 2017 (2017-12-26) 15 Wadi Degla 1–1 Al Ahly Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Ahmed El Shenawy 62' Abdallah 61' (pen.)
29 December 2017 (2017-12-29) 16 Al Ahly 3–0 Petrojet Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Soliman 61'
Abdallah 77' 81' (pen.)
8 January 2018 (2018-01-08) 17 Zamalek 0–3 Al Ahly Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Mo'men 3'
Abdallah 42' (pen.)
Azaro 53'
16 January 2018 (2018-01-16) 18 Tala'ea Al Geish 0–2 Al Ahly 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Gaber 38'
El Soleya 78'
20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19 Al Ahly 2–1 Misr Lel Makassa Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Ajayi 65'
Soliman 84'
Antwi 27' (pen.)
25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) 20 Al Raga' 1–3 Al Ahly Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
14:30 UTC+2 Nasser 40' Azaro 51'
Basem 60'
Mohareb 73'
30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) 21 Al Ahly 1–0 Ismaily Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 UTC+2 Soliman 90+1'
3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 22 Al Ittihad 0–3 Al Ahly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:30 UTC+2 Azaro 40'
Abdallah 77'
Ajayi 82'
12 February 2018 (2018-02-12) 23 Al Ahly 5–2 Al Mokawloon Cairo Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Azaro 7' 90+4'
Ajayi 16' 84'
Mohareb 90+2'
Farouk 45+2'
Kamel 55' (pen.)
15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 24 Al Assiouty 0–1 Al Ahly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
14:30 UTC+2 Soliman 70' (pen.)
19 February 2018 (2018-02-19) 25 Al Ahly 5–0 Al Nasr Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Azaro 16' (pen.) 33'
Hany 43'
Mohsen 49'
Karim Nedvěd 90+1'
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 26 Al Ahly 2–1 Al Intag Al Harby Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Hamoudi 10'
Ajayi 77'
Kamar 13'
28 February 2018 (2018-02-28) 27 Al Dakhelya 0–3 Al Ahly Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Mohsen 65'
Soliman 76'
Azaro 86'
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 28 Al Ahly 2–0 Al Masry Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
22:00 UTC+2 Hamdy 18'
Mohsen 74'
11 March 2018 (2018-03-11) 29 Enppi 0–1 Al Ahly Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2 Ashraf 3'
2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) 30 Al Ahly 2–1 Tanta Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:30 UTC+2 Ajayi 61'
Mohsen 86'
Gaber 90+1'
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 31 Smouha 0–0 Al Ahly Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:30 UTC+2
17 April 2018 (2018-04-17) 32 Al Ahly 1–0 Wadi Degla Cairo Stadium, Cairo
17:30 UTC+2 Azaro 24'
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 33 Petrojet 1–2 Al Ahly Suez Stadium, Suez
18:00 UTC+2 Omar 78' Saad 22'
Mohsen 55'
26 April 2018 (2018-04-26) 34 Al Ahly 1–2 Zamalek Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Soliman 71' (pen.) Kasongo 6'
Hefny 21'

2018 Egypt Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10) Telephonat Beni Suef SC 0–5 Al Ahly Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:30 UTC+2 Hesham 20'
El Soleya 23'
Azaro 44'
Meteab 57' (pen.)
Hamdy 82'

Round of 16[edit]

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) Al Ahly 2–0 Al Dakhleya Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 El Soleya 71'
Mohareb 84'

Quarter final[edit]

30 April 2018 (2018-04-30) Al Ahly 0–1 Al Assiouty Sport Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Kamal

2017 CAF Champions League[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt 4–3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2–2 2–1
16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) Al Ahly Egypt 2–2 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2
Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 1–2 Egypt Al Ahly Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
19:00 UTC+1 Khenissi 40' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 4–7 Egypt Al Ahly 2–1 2–6
1 October 2017 (2017-10-01) Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 2–1 Egypt Al Ahly Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
18:30 UTC+1
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) Al Ahly Egypt 6–2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Final[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt 1–2 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1–1 0–1
28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) Al Ahly Egypt 1–1 Morocco Wydad Casablanca Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2
Report Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)[2]
4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Wydad Casablanca Morocco 1–0 Egypt Al Ahly Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
20:00 UTC±0 Report Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.

2018 CAF Champions League[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly Egypt 7–1 Gabon CF Mounana 4–0 3–1
6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) Al-Ahly Egypt 4–0 Gabon CF Mounana Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2
Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) CF Mounana Gabon 1–3 Egypt Al-Ahly Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville
15:30 UTC+1 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Al-Ahly won 7–1 on aggregate.

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL EST KCC ROL
1 Egypt Al Ahly 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Quarter-finals 0–0 4–3 3–0
2 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 0–1 3–2 4–1
3 Uganda KCCA 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 6 2–0 0–1 1–0
4 Botswana Township Rollers 6 1 1 4 2 9 −7 4 0–1 0–0 1–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
4 May 2018 (2018-05-04) Al-Ahly Egypt 0–0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
21:00 UTC+2 Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) KCCA Uganda 2–0 Egypt Al-Ahly Mandela National Stadium, Kira
16:00 UTC+3
Report Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Note:Rest of the group stage matches were held in next season

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Emirati referee to officiate Egyptian Super Cup". Sada El Balad. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "FIFA Referees News: 2017 CAF Champions League Cup - Final (1st leg)". 28 October 2017.