# 2022–23 Al Masry SC season

The 2022–23 Al Masry SC season was the club's 103rd season in existence and the 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Al Masry participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup and the EFA Cup.

## Overview

Head coach Ehab Galal was sacked on 1 December after four rounds due to inconsistent results and was replaced by veteran Hossam Hassan. Who after a 3-1 loss to Aswan SC was sacked as head coach.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 18 January 2023
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 |
| 1 | GK | EGY | Essam Tharwat |
| 27 | GK | EGY | Mahmoud Gad |
| 31 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Shehata |
| — | GK | EGY | Ihab El Aiady |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Imadeddine Boubekeur |
| 4 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Dabash |
| 7 | DF | EGY | Karim El Eraki |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Amr El Saadawy |
| 14 | DF | TUN | Elyes Jelassi |
| 17 | DF | EGY | Hussein Al Sayed |
| 38 | DF | EGY | Islam Al Mazayen |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Gad |
| — | DF | EGY | Karim Alaa |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Amr Moussa (captain) |
| 10 | MF | EGY | Hassan Ali |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Emeka Christian Eze |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | EGY | Ahmed El Sheikh |
| 30 | MF | EGY | Islam Abou Slemma |
| 35 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Shadad |
| 40 | MF | EGY | Osama El Gazzar |
| 39 | MF | EGY | Zyad Farag |
| — | MF | EGY | Islam Ateia |
| — | MF | EGY | Sherif Dabo |
| — | MF | EGY | Mostafa Abou El Hassan |
| — | MF | EGY | Ragab Omran |
| 9 | FW | EGY | Amr Marei |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Abderrahim Deghmoum |
| 19 | FW | EGY | Marwan Hamdy |
| 21 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Grendo |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Anthony Okpotu |
| 37 | FW | CMR | Franck Mbella Etouga |
| — | FW | EGY | Mohamed El Gamal |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 18 | MF | Abderrahim Deghmoum | ES Sétif | €250,000 | 24 August 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Imadeddine Boubekeur | Wydad AC | Free | 4 September 2022 |
| 28 | FW | Anthony Okpotu | Qatar SC | Undisclosed | 13 September 2022 |
| 17 | DF | Hussein El Sayed | Pyramids | Undisclosed | 13 September 2022 |
| 13 | DF | Amr El Saadawy | El Gouna | Undisclosed | 15 September 2022 |
| 37 | FW | Franck Mbella Etouga | Asante Kotoko | €400,000 | 18 September 2022 |
| | FW | Abdo Yehia | Ghazl El Mahalla | Loan | 30 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 19 | FW | Mohammed Balah | | Free | 15 September 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Austin Amutu | Al Ittihad | Free | 22 September 2022 |
| 27 | DF | Ahmed Alaa | | Free | 28 September 2022 |
| | FW | Ahmed Hamoudi | Aswan | Free | 5 October 2022 |
| | GK | Ahmed Masoud | Contract termination | Contract termination | 6 January 2023 |
| 5 | MF | Farid Shawky | Tala'ea El Gaish | Loan | 10 January 2023 |
| 23 | DF | Amro Tarek | Austin FC | Free | 27 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Egyptian Premier League | 18 October 2022 | 26 July 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 032.35 |
| Egypt Cup | 8 May 2023 | 3 August 2023 | Round of 32 | Quarter-final | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| EFA Cup | 29 April 2023 | 22 July 2023 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 035.00 |
Last updated: 26 July 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Egyptian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 4 | Future | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 5 | Al Masry | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 48 | |
| 6 | ENPPI | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 45 | |
| 7 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 44 | |
* ↑ Since the 2022–23 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup first or second round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 18 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 October 2022.

### EFA Cup
## Goalscorers

Updated as of 3 August 2023.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 21 | Mohamed Grendo | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Marwan Hamdy | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 14 | Elyes Jelassi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 6 | 3 | 43 |