# 2009–10 Al Ahly SC season

The 2009–10 Al Ahly SC season was the 53rd edition in the Egyptian Premier League. Al-Ahly was looking to defend their fifth title in a row.

## Pre-season games

Al-Ahly announced that the six fixtures of their 2009 pre-season would be in Germany and England. On July 3, 2009, Al-Ahly played their first pre-season match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany against FC Gelsenkirchen. Later that day, Al-Ahly also played their first match of the Zayton Cup against the Turkish team Galatasaray, and 3 days later they played the German Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The last match was on July 11 against the Moroccan team Wydad Casablanca. After their match against Haras El Hodood in the Egyptian Super Cup, Al-Ahly's 23 players went to London to play in the Wembley Cup against Celtic and Barcelona on 24th and 26 July.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F - A | Scorers |
| 3 July 2009 | FC Gelsenkirchen | A Gelsenkirchen | 5 - 0 | 3 Ahmed 'Manga' Nabil, Hany El-Agazy, Osama Hosny |
| 5 July 2009 | Galatasaray | A LTU Arena | 0 - 1 | Barış Özbek (P) 33' |
| 24 July 2009 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | A LTU Arena | 0 - 2 | Burak Kaplan 3', Tranquillo Barnetta 90' |
| 11 July 2009 | Wydad Casablanca | A LTU Arena | 2 - 0 | Mostafa Shebeita (P) 40', Mohamed Samir (P) 52' |
| 24 July 2009 | Celtic | A Wembley | 0 - 5 | Massimo Donati 31', Scott McDonald 2 38'(P) 59', Shaun Maloney 49', Chris Killen 83' |
| 26 July 2009 | Barcelona | A Wembley | 1 - 4 | Bojan Krkic 16', Hany El-Agazy 31', José Manuel Rueda 41', Jeffrén Suárez 56', Pedro 67' |

## Egyptian Super Cup

As the Egyptian Premier League 2008–09 champions, Al-Ahly kicked off the 2009–10 season with the traditional match in the Egyptian Super Cup against 2009 Egypt Cup champion Haras El Hodood on July 21.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers |
| 21 July 2009 | Haras El Hodood | N | 0 - 2 | Ahmed Hassan Mekky 5', Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 85' |

## Egyptian Premier League

Al-Ahly's opening game of the Egyptian Premier League 2009–10 was on August 6 against Ghazl El-Mehalla. Al-Ahly's coach Hossam El-Badry, who took over the club following the departure of Portuguese Manuel José at the end of the previous season, employed an unusual 4-4-2 formation. Despite the bad opening of the season in the super cup defeat against Haras El Hodood Al-Ahly beat Ghazl El-Mehalla 2–0. Ahmed Hassan made the opening score after 40 minutes and Francis Doe brought the score up to two 66 minutes into his Egyptian Premier League debut. The next game was a narrow 2–1 win over Ittihad El-Shorta in an unbroadcast game on 19 August. Former Ahly player Ahmed Galal scored the first goal of the game after 31 minutes, but 4 minutes later Ahly's player Ahmed Hassan scored equalizing the score. In the second-half substitute Hussein Yasser scored Al-Ahly's second goal in the 80th minute to secure Ahly's second win of the season.
On 23 August, Al-Ahly played their third match of the season against Haras El Hodood in a 1–1 draw, Haras El Hodood player Ahmed Salama scored the opener 69 minutes in and Ahmed Hassan scored the equalizer nine minutes later.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | League position |
| 6 August 2009 | Ghazl El-Mehalla | H | 2 - 0 | Ahmed Hassan 40', Francis Doe 60' | 2nd |
| 19 August 2009 | Ittihad El-Shorta | A | 1 - 2 | Ahmed Galal 31', Ahmed Hassan 34', Hussein Yasser 80' | 2nd |
| 23 August 2009 | Haras El Hodood | H | 1 - 1 | Ahmed Salama 69', Ahmed Hassan 78' | 2nd |
| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 65 | 2011 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Zamalek | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 55 | 2011 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Ismaily | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 48 | 2011 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Petrojet | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 47 | |
| 5 | Police Union | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 47 | |
* 1 2 Petrojet and Police Union are ranked based on the results of the two matches played between them.

## CAF Champions League
### Group stage

Group B :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| JS Kabylie | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 14 |
| Al-Ahly | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 |
| Ismaily | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| Heartland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 |

### Semi-finals

Ahly 2–2 Espérance on aggregate. Espérance won on away goals rule and advances to the 2010 CAF Champions League final.

## 2009–2010 Squad

As September 12, 2009.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | EGY | Amir Abdelhamid |
| 2 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Samir |
| 3 | MF | EGY | Wael Shafik |
| 4 | DF | EGY | Ateya El-Belqasy |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Ahmad El-Sayed |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Sherif Abdel-Fadil |
| 7 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Fadl |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Barakat |
| 9 | FW | EGY | Emad Moteab |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Ahmed Belal (Captain) |
| 12 | MF | ANG | Gilberto |
| 14 | DF | EGY | Sayed Moawad |
| 15 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Ali |
| 16 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Talaat |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Hassan |
| 18 | FW | EGY | Osama Hosny (Vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | EGY | Abdullah Farouk |
| 20 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Khalaf |
| 21 | GK | PLE | Ramzi Saleh |
| 22 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Aboutrika |
| 23 | MF | EGY | Mostafa Shebeita |
| 24 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Fathy |
| 25 | MF | EGY | Hossam Ashour |
| 26 | DF | EGY | Wael Gomaa |
| 27 | MF | EGY | Moataz Eno |
| 28 | GK | EGY | Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam |
| 29 | FW | LBR | Francis Doe |
| 30 | FW | EGY | Hany El-Agazy |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Amir Sayoud |
| — | MF | EGY | Alaa Shaaban |

## Transfers

* Players in / out

### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee / Note |
| 13 May 2009 | DF | Mohamed Khalaf | Al-Nasr Cairo | |
| 15 May 2009 | DF | Wael Shafik | Semouha | |
| 22 May 2009 | DF | Ateya El-Belqasy | Olympi | Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2009 | FW | Mohamed Fadl | Ismaily | Free agent |
| 23 June 2009 | MF | Amir Saayoud | Al-Ahli Dubai | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2009 | MF | Alaa Shaaban | El Hammam | Undisclosed |
| 01 July 2009 | FW | Emad Moteab | Al-Ittihad | Loan return |
| 14 July 2009 | FW | Francis Doe | D.C. United | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2009 | DF | Sherif Abdel-Fadil | Ismaily | €0.2m + Ahmad Sedik |
| 1 January 2010 | GK | Sherif Ekramy | El Gouna | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee / Note |
| 25 May 2009 | DF | Abdel Hamid Ahmed | El Gouna | Loan return |
| 1 June 2009 | FW | Flávio Amado | Al-Shabab | €2.75m |
| 4 June 2009 | DF | Emad El-Nahhas | | Retired |
| 4 June 2009 | DF | Shady Mohamed | Ittihad | Free agent |
| 16 June 2009 | DF | Ramy Adel | El Gouna | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2009 | FW | Ahmed Hassan Farag | El-Shorta | €0.25m |
| 24 June 2009 | MF | Hassan Mostafa | Zamalek | Free agent |
| 25 June 2009 | MF | Hussein Ali | El Gouna | €0.25m |
| 31 July 2009 | MF | Ahmad Sedik | Ismaily | In Sherif Abdel-Fadil deal |
| 27 January 2010 | MF | Hussein Yasser | Zamalek | Free agent |