2015–16 Al Ahly S.C. 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	1st (on-going)
Egypt Cup	Round of 16 (on-going)
Super Cup	Winners
CAF Champions League	Group stage (on-going)
Top goalscorer	League: Moamen Zakaria (12) All: Abdallah Said (14)
Home colours Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2016.

The 2015–16 season is Al Ahly's 57th season in the Egyptian Premier League and 57th consecutive season in the top flight 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	Nationality	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	Moamen Zakaria		RM / LM	12 April 1988 (age 27)
11	Walid Soliman		AM / LM	1 December 1984 (age 30)
14	Hossam Ghaly		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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Trezeguet (on loan to RSC Anderlecht until 30/06/2016) MF Amr Warda (on loan to Panetolikos until 30/06/2016)

No. Position Player MF Mohamed Rizk (on loan to El Geish until 30/06/2016) MF Islam Roshdi (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016) MF Mohamed Hassan (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016) DF Islam Serry (on loan to Petrojet until 30/06/2016) MF ِAhmed Ramdan Beckham (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016) FW Mohamed Hamdy Zaky (on loan to Smouha until 30/06/2016)

Summer Transfers

In

No.	Nat.	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

Main article: 2015 Egyptian Super Cup

Zamalek v Al Ahly

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'		Said  45+4' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Moamen  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

Main article: 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League

Position

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (Q)	29	21	5	3	58	19	+39	68	Qualification to Champions League
2	Zamalek (Q)	30	19	6	5	43	20	+23	63
3	Wadi Degla	30	13	11	6	34	24	+10	50	Qualification to Confederation Cup

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	P	W	W	L	W	W	W
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

Last updated: 17 May 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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		2–2
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		1–1
Ismaily	1–0
El Ittihad		1–0
Zamalek	2–0

Match Details

Tala'ea El Geish v Al Ahly

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

Al Ahly v Ghazl El Mahalla

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'

Petrojet v Al Ahly

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

Misr El Makasa v Al Ahly

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

Enppi v Al Ahly

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

Al Ahly v Ittihad El Shorta

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)

Al Masry v Al Ahly

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'

Al Ahly v Smouha

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

Al Ahly v Haras El Hodoud

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'

Wadi Degla v Al Ahly

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

Al Ahly v Aswan

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'

El Entag El Harby v Al Ahly

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

Al Ahly v Al Mokawloon

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'

El Dakhleya v Al Ahly

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.)

Al Ahly v Ismaily

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

Al Ittihad v Al Ahly

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

Al Ahly v Zamalek

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

Al Ahly v Tala'ea El Geish

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

Ghazl El Mahalla v Al Ahly

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

Al Ahly v Petrojet

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

Al Ahly v Misr El Makasa

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'

Al Ahly v Enppi

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

Ittihad El Shorta v Al Ahly

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'

Al Ahly v Al Masry

13 June 2016 24	Al Ahly	v	Al Masry	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
22:00 UTC+02:00

Smouha v Al Ahly

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'

Haras El Hodoud v Al Ahly

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.)

Al Ahly v Wadi Degla

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

Aswan v Al Ahly

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'

Al Ahly v El Entag El Harby

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'

Al Mokawloon v Al Ahly

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'

Al Ahly v El Dakhleya

Ismaily v Al Ahly

32	Ismaily	v	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez

Al Ahly v Al Ittihad

33	Al Ahly	v	Al Ittihad	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Zamalek v Al Ahly

2016 Egypt Cup

Main article: 2016 Egypt Cup

Round 32

Al Ahly v Dayrout

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

Round of 16

Al Ahly v Haras El Hodoud

12 July 2016	Al Ahly	v	Haras El Hodoud	TBD
20:00 UTC+03:00

2016 CAF Champions League

Main article: 2016 CAF Champions League

Round 32

Main article: 2016 CAF Champions League § First round

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

Recreativo do Libolo v Al Ahly

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)

Al Ahly v Recreativo do Libolo

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

Main article: 2016 CAF Champions League § Second round

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

Young Africans v Al Ahly

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)

Al Ahly v Young Africans

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

Main article: 2016 CAF Champions League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZES	AHL	MIM	WAC
1	ZESCO United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knock-out stage		—	17–19 Jun	15–17 Jul	23–24 Aug
2	Al-Ahly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12–14 Aug	—	28–29 Jun	15–17 Jul
3	ASEC Mimosas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			26–27 Jul	23–24 Aug	—	17–19 Jun
4	Wydad Casablanca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			28–29 Jun	26–27 Jul	12–14 Aug	—

Match Details

ZESCO United v Al Ahly

17–19 June 2016 (2016-06) 1	ZESCO United	v	Al Ahly

Al Ahly v ASEC Mimosas

28–29 June 2016 (2016-06) 2	Al Ahly	v	ASEC Mimosas	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Al Ahly v Wydad Casablanca

15–17 July 2016 (2016-07) 3	Al Ahly	v	Wydad Casablanca	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Wydad Casablanca v Al Ahly

26–27 July 2016 (2016-07) 4	Wydad Casablanca	v	Al Ahly

Al Ahly v ZESCO United

12–14 August 2016 (2016-08) 5	Al Ahly	v	ZESCO United	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

ASEC Mimosas v Al Ahly

23–24 August 2016 (2016-08) 6	ASEC Mimosas	v	Al Ahly

Champions Golden Cup

Friendly cup organized by Teleserve Co. between Al Ahly and AS Roma.

Al Ahly v AS Roma

20 May 2016	Al Ahly	4–3	AS 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'