# 2022–23 El Dakhleya SC season

The 2022–23 El Dakhleya SC season is the club's 18th season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, El Dakhleya will participate in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup and the EFA Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 January 2023
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 | Mohamed Magdy Abdelfattah |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Reda Sayed |
| — | GK | EGY | Ahmed Soliman |
| 3 | DF | EGY | Barakat Haggag |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Ezzat |
| 14 | DF | EGY | Momen Atef |
| 23 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Naguib (footballer) |
| 26 | DF | EGY | Ahmed El Amour |
| 66 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Abdel Naby |
| — | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Shedid Kenawi |
| — | DF | EGY | Mido El Nagar |
| — | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Mansour |
| — | DF | EGY | Ahmed Rifai |
| 7 | MF | EGY | Abdelaziz El Sayed |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Samir Fekri |
| 9 | MF | EGY | Hussein Ragab |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Christopher John |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Mahmoud Talaat |
| 19 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Nosseir |
| 29 | MF | NGA | Rasheed Ahmed |
| 25 | MF | NGA | Kelechi Chimezie |
| 35 | MF | NGA | Funom Alfred |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Mohab Yasser |
| — | MF | UGA | Allan Kyambadde |
| — | MF | CIV | Eric Serge |
| — | MF | EGY | Ahmed Refo |
| 30 | FW | EGY | Hesham Sabry |
| 37 | FW | EGY | Essa Abdallah |
| 15 | FW | EGY | Mostafa Fawzy |
| — | FW | EGY | Salah El Deen Yehia |
| — | FW | NGA | Abdullahi Ojifinni |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Abdullahi Ojifinni | ABS | | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Eric Serge | Misr Lel Makkasa | Free | 27 September 2022 |
| DF | Allan Kyambadde | El Gouna | Free | 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Kelechi Chimezie | Gombe United | | 28 September 2022 |
| FW | Salah El Deen Yehia | Pyramids | | 29 September 2022 |
| MF | Ahmed Refo | Smouha | | 29 September 2022 |
| MF | Funom Alfred | Nasarawa United | | 29 September 2022 |
| MF | Mohab Yasser | ENPPI | Free | 10 October 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| | GK | Reda Sayed | ENPPI | Undisclosed | 30 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 | 20 October 2022 | 14 July 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 020.59 |
| Egypt Cup | 7 May 2023 | | Round of 32 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| EFA Cup | 19 November 2022 | 19 November 2022 | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 019.44 |
Last updated: 14 July 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 37 | |
| 14 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 36 | |
| 15 | El Dakhleya | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 35 | |
| 16 | Aswan (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 33 | Relegation to Second Division A |
| 17 | Ghazl El Mahalla (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 33 | Relegation to Second Division A |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3) and on head-to-head goal difference (0). Overall goal difference: Aswan −14, Ghazl El Mahalla −21.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 June 2023. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 October 2022.