# 2016–17 Al Ahly SC season

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 39) |
| 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 42) |
| 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 26) |
| 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 39) |
| 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

| 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 | Teamvte | 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 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 63 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Al Masry | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 62 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Smouha | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 57 | |
* ↑ Zamalek was deducted three points as they did not show up to their home match against Misr Lel Makkasa.
* ↑ 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 |

#### Match details
## Final

| 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 |
Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.

### Group stage
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarter-finals | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Zanaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 11 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Coton Sport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 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).

## 2017 Arab Club Championship

* Times listed are UTC+2

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Faisaly | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Ahly | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | NA Hussein Dey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Al-Wahda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
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 | Teamvte | 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 | |