2016–17 Al Ahly SC season

Al Ahly
2016–17 season
Chairman	Mahmoud Taher
Manager	Hossam El-Badry
Egyptian Premier League	Champion
Egyptian Super Cup	Runner-up
Egypt Cup	Champion
CAF Champions League	Quarter-final (progress continued in next season)
Arab Club Championship	Semi-final
Home colours colours	Away colours colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

Squad

Current squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Sherif Ekramy	GK	(1983-07-01) 1 July 1983 (age 41)
13	Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam	GK	(1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 (age 37)
16	Mossad Awad	GK	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31)
26	Mohamed El-Shenawy	GK	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35)
Centerbacks
3	Ramy Rabia	CB	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31)
5	Ahmed Hegazy	CB	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33)
20	Saad Samir	CB	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35)
23	Mohamed Nagieb	CB	(1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 41)
Fullbacks
6	Sabry Raheel	LB	(1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 37)
7	Hussein Sayed	LB	(1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 (age 33)
12	Basem Ali	RB	(1988-10-27) 27 October 1988 (age 36)
21	Ali Maâloul	LB	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34)
24	Ahmed Fathy	RB / DM	(1984-11-10) 10 November 1984 (age 40)
30	Mohamed Hany	RB	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28)
Defensive midfielders
14	Hossam Ghaly	DM	(1981-12-15) 15 December 1981 (age 43)
17	Amr Al-Sulaya	DM	(1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 34)
25	Hossam Ashour	DM	(1986-03-09) 9 March 1986 (age 38)
38	Akram Tawfik	AM	(1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 27)
Attacking midfielders
4	Amr Barakat	AM	(1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 33)
19	Abdallah El Said	AM	(1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 (age 39)
22	Saleh Gomaa	AM	(1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 31)
27	Mohamed Gaber	AM	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29)
34	Ahmed Hamdy	AM	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)
35	Karim Nedvěd	AM	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)
Wingers
8	Moamen Zakaria	LW	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36)
11	Walid Soliman	RW	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 40)
Strikers
18	Marwan Mohsen	ST	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)
9	Amr Gamal	ST	(1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 33)
10	Emad Moteab	ST	(1983-02-20) 20 February 1983 (age 41)
15	Souleymane Coulibaly	ST	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 29)
26	Junior Ajayi	ST	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Loans out

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

2016 Egyptian Super Cup

10 February 2017

20:00 (UTC+4)

Al Ahly	0–0	Zamalek
	Report
Penalties
Zakaria Hegazy Gomma Ghaly	1–3	Morsy O. Ibrahim Refaat

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Al Ahly

Zamalek


GK	1	Sherif Ekramy
RB	30	Mohamed Hany
CB	20	Saad Samir
CB	5	Ahmed Hegazy
LB	7	Hussein El Sayed	61'
CDM	24	Ahmed Fathy		78'
CDM	25	Hossam Ashour
CAM	19	Abdallah El Said		70'
RM	11	Walid Soliman		84'
LM	9	Mo'men Zakaria
FW	28	Junior Ajayi
Substitutes:
GK	13	Ahmed Adel
MF	23	Mohamed Naguib
LB	6	Sabry Raheel
CAM	15	Saleh Gomaa		70'
RM	35	Karim Nedvěd		84'
CDM	14	Hossam Ghaly		78'
MF	9	Amr Gamal
Manager:
Hossam El-Badry


GK	16	Gennesh
RB	29	Osama Ibrahim
CB	25	Ali Gabr
CB	28	Mahmoud Hamdy El Wensh
LB	11	Mohamed Nasef
DM	3	Tarek Hamed
CM	4	Ahmed Tawfik
CM	15	Maarouf Youssef		70'
RW	20	Mohamed Ibrahim		55'
LW	23	Stanley Ohawuchi		85'
FW	17	Basem Morsy	40'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Ahmed El-Shenawy
DF	6	Shawky El Said
MF	13	Mahmoud Abdel-Aati Dunga	82'	70'
MF	18	Ahmed Refaat		85'
AM	30	Mostafa Fathi		55'
FW	9	Ahmed Gaafar
FW	19	Hossam Paolo
Manager:
Mohammed Helmy

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

Position

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for the Champions League
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	Qualification for the Confederation Cup^[b]
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:

^ Zamalek was deducted three points as they did not show up to their home match against Misr Lel Makkasa.^[1]
^ 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

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W
Position	7	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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 17 July 2017. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match details

17 September 2016 1	Al Ahly	1-0	Ismaily	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
21:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah 78' (pen.)

22 September 2016 2	El Mokawloon	0-2	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00			Naguib 18' Abdallah 68'

28 September 2016 3	Al Ahly	2-1	Wadi Degla	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
21:00 UTC+02:00	Nedvěd 18' Mo'men 58'		Galal 54' (pen.)

15 October 2016 4	El Dakhelya	0-2	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00			Antwi 46' Mo'men 60'

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

30 October 2016 7	Al Ahly	2-2	El Ittihad	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00	Walid 4' Ajayi 69'		Kamar 60' Kassongo 68'

4 November 2016 8	Tanta	0-1	Al Ahly	El Mahalla Stadium, El Mahalla
15:00 UTC+02:00			Maâloul 32' (pen.)

19 November 2016 9	El Entag El Harby	0-2	Al Ahly	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00			Ajayi 49' Abdallah 65'

23 November 2016 10	Al Ahly	3-0	Tala'ea El Gaish	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00	Mo'men 73' Abdallah 77' Ajayi 82'

27 November 2016 11	Al Nasr Lel Ta'din	0-3	Al Ahly	Aswan Stadium. Aswan
20:00 UTC+02:00			Walid 61' (pen.) 84' Ajayi 71'

30 November 2016 12	Al Ahly	3-0	El Sharkia	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00	Walid 9' Fathy 69' Mo'men 87'

4 December 2016 13	Al Ahly	1-0	Misr Lel Makkasa	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah 22' (pen.)

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

18 December 2016 16	Al Ahly	3-1	Al Masry	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 UTC+02:00	Marwan 3' Saad 48' Abdallah 90' (pen.)		Safi 81'

29 December 2016 17	Zamalek	0-2	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00			Mo'men 22' Ajayi 89'

15 February 2017 18	Ismaily	0-0	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
17:00 UTC+02:00

19 February 2017 19	Al Ahly	2-0	El Mokawloon	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+02:00	Meteab 75' Mo'men 79'

23 February 2017 20	Wadi Degla	0-1	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00			Gamal 80'

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'

6 April 2017 23	Al Ahly	2-0	Petrojet	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00	Coulibaly 40' Walid 78'

11 April 2017 24	El Ittihad	0-1	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+02:00			El Sulaya 45+1'

24 April 2017 25	Al Ahly	1-0	Tanta	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+02:00	Coulibaly 36'

30 April 2017 26	Al Ahly	1-1	El Entag El Harby	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00	Ajayi 51'		Oukri 48'

4 May 2017 27	Tala'ea El Gaish	1-2	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
19:00 UTC+02:00	Moatamed 57'		Abdallah 25' (pen.) Gaber 90+4'

8 May 2017 28	Al Ahly	4-0	Al Nasr Lel Ta'din	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
18:15 UTC+02:00	Abdallah 33' 51' 70' Coulibaly 61'

17 May 2017 29	El Sharkia	1-1	Al Ahly	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
18:30 UTC+02:00	Shika 82'		Saad 45'

29 May 2017 30	Misr Lel Makkasa	2-2	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
22:00 UTC+02:00	Ajayi 23' Walid 62'		El Sheikh 71' (pen.) Antwi 74'

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'

27 June 2017 33	Al Masry	1-1	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+02:00	El Shamy 79'		Saleh 87'

17 July 2017 34	Al Ahly	2-0	Zamalek	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 UTC+02:00	Walid 41' Ajayi 89'

2017 Egypt Cup

Round 32

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

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

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

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

15 August 2017

20:00 CAT

Al Ahly	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al Masry
Gamal 116' Fathy 120+1'	Report	Bika 102'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Al-Ahly

Al Masry


GK	1	Sherif Ekramy
CB	3	Ramy Rabia
CB	23	Mohamed Nagieb
RB	24	Ahmed Fathy
LB	21	Ali Maâloul
CM	25	Hossam Ashour (c)		106'
CM	17	Amr Al Sulaya
AM	19	Abdallah Said
RW	11	Walid Soliman		64'
LW	8	Moamen Zakaria		100'
CF	28	Junior Ajayi	68'
Substitutes:
GK	13	Ahmed Adel
DF	30	Mohamed Hany
MF	14	Hossam Ghaly
MF	22	Saleh Gomaa		68'
FW	4	Ahmed Hamoudi		100'
FW	9	Amr Gamal		106'
FW	10	Emad Moteab
Manager:
Hossam El Badry


GK	26	Ahmed Buska
CB	3	Islam Salah
CB	13	Ahmed Ayman (c)		52'
RB	19	Karim El Iraqy
LB	45	Mohamed Hamdy
CM	8	Amr Moussa
CM	5	Farid Shawky	115'
AM	18	Mohamed El Shamy
RF	10	Ahmed Gomaa
CF	29	Hamada Nasser		90+1'
LF	15	Abdallah Gomaa
Substitutes:
GK	1	Ahmed Abdel Fattah
DF	46	Hossam Ashraf
DF	24	Islam Saleh
MF	4	Ahmed Kaboria		90+1'
MF	14	Abdallah Bika	57'	52'
FW	20	Ahmed Salem
FW	37	Hossam Attiya
Manager:
Hossam Hassan

Assistant referees:

Magnus Lindberg (Norway)
Kim Thomas (Norway)

Fourth official:

Badawy Hemida (Egypt)

2017 CAF Champions League

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	1–0	Bidvest Wits	1–0	0–0

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11)	Al Ahly	1–0	Bidvest Wits	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
18:30 UTC+2	Hegazy 56'	Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19)	Bidvest Wits	0–0	Al Ahly	Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg
15:30 UTC+2		Report		Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WAC	AHL	ZAN	COT
1	Wydad AC	6	4	0	2	7	3	+4	12	Quarter-finals	—	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Al Ahly	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11^[a]	Quarter-finals	2–0	—	0–0	3–1
3	Zanaco	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	11^[a]		1–0	0–0	—	2–1
4	Coton Sport	6	0	0	6	2	12	−10	0		0–2	0–2	0–1	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

^ ^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	0–0	Zanaco	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)	Coton Sport	0–2	Al Ahly	Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua
16:00 UTC+1		Report	Ajayi 12' Mo'men 14'	Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)	Al Ahly	2–0	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)

20 June 2017 (2017-06-20)	Wydad Casablanca	2–0	Al Ahly	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
23:00 UTC±0	Ondama 47' El Karti 77'	Report		Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)	Zanaco	0–0	Al Ahly	National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08)	Al Ahly	3–1	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

Times listed are UTC+2

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Faisaly	3	3	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Ahly	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	NA Hussein Dey	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	Al-Wahda	3	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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Al-Ahly	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	B	Al-Ahed	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	C	Al-Merrikh	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4

Source: Soccerway

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)	Al Ahly	0–1	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	0–2	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	2–1	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

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

References

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

[table_note_ZAM0.98312101698626-2] Zamalek was deducted three points as they did not show up to their home match against Misr Lel Makkasa.^[1]

[table_note_res_CCC0.98312101698626-3] 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.

[table_hth_AHL0.22909268561243-4] 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).

[1] "EFA fines and deducts three points from Zamalek". KingFut. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[5] "عشرة آلاف مشجع لمباراة الأهلي والوداد البيضاوي بدوري أبطال أفريقيا | المصري اليوم".

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