2015–16 Al Ahly SC season

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.

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
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 8 August 2016.

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	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.	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'		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

Main article: 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League

Position

Pos	Team v t e	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
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:

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

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: ^{[citation needed]}
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

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	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'

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

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

Ismaily v Al Ahly

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

Al Ahly v Al Ittihad

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'

Zamalek v Al Ahly

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

2016 Egypt Cup

Main article: 2016 Egypt Cup

Round 32

Al Ahly v Dayrout

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

Al Ahly v Haras El Hodoud

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

Al Ahly v Smouha

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

ENPPI v Al Ahly

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

Main article: 2016 Egypt Cup Final

Zamalek v Al Ahly

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

Main article: 2016 CAF Champions League

Round 32

Main article: 2016 CAF Champions League § First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 v t e	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
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

ZESCO United v Al Ahly

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)

Al Ahly v ASEC Mimosas

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)

Al Ahly v Wydad Casablanca

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)

Wydad Casablanca v Al Ahly

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)

Al Ahly v ZESCO United

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)

ASEC Mimosas v Al-Ahly

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.

Al Ahly v 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.Z 42' Soliman 55' Sheikh 90+4'		Džeko 20' Salah 41' Vainqueur 90+1'