# 2019–20 Al Ahly SC season

The 2019–20 Al Ahly season was the 112th season in the football club's history and 61st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the Egypt Cup, the Egyptian Super Cup, and the first-tier African cup, the CAF Champions League. The season covers a period from 1 July 2019 to 5 December 2020.

## Kit information

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| Home | Away | Third |

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2020
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 | Mohamed El Shenawy (Captain) |
| 3 | MF | EGY | Akram Tawfik |
| 4 | MF | EGY | Nasser Maher |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Ramy Rabia |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Yasser Ibrahim |
| 7 | FW | EGY | Ramadan Sobhi |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Hamdy Fathy |
| 9 | FW | EGY | Marwan Mohsen |
| 10 | MF | EGY | Saleh Gomaa |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Walid Soliman |
| 12 | DF | EGY | Ayman Ashraf |
| 13 | DF | MAR | Badr Banoun |
| 14 | MF | EGY | Hussein El Shahat |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Aliou Dieng |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Ali Lotfi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Amr El Solia |
| 18 | FW | SEN | Aliou Badji |
| 19 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Magdy |
| 20 | DF | EGY | Saad Samir |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Ali Maâloul |
| 22 | MF | EGY | Ahmed El Sheikh |
| 23 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Wahid |
| 24 | FW | EGY | Salah Mohsen |
| 25 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Sherif |
| 26 | FW | EGY | Mahmoud Kahraba |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Junior Ajayi |
| 29 | FW | ANG | Geraldo |
| 30 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Hany |
| 76 | GK | EGY | Mostafa Shobeir |

### Youth Academy

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 |
| 32 | DF | EGY | Faress Mohamed |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Maghrabi |
| 34 | DF | EGY | Abdel Rahman Ashraf |
| — | MF | EGY | Shady Radwan |
| 40 | MF | EGY | Arabi Badr |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Fakhri |
| 36 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Nabil Koka |
| 38 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Shokry |
| 99 | GK | EGY | Hamza Alaa |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | EGY | Ahmed Alaa (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | EGY | Basem Ali (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | EGY | Mahmoud El Gazzar (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | EGY | Hussein El Sayed (at CS Sfaxien until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | EGY | Amar Hamdy (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | EGY | Nasser Maher (at Smouha until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | EGY | Karim Yehia (at Smouha until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdelmonem (at Smouha until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EGY | Akram Tawfik (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | MAR | Walid Azaro (at Al Ettifaq until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | EGY | Amr Gamal (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | EGY | Salah Mohsen (at Smouha until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | EGY | Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mohamed Sherif (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | EGY | Fawzi El Henawy (at Smouha until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 42 | DF | Mahmoud El Gazzar | El Gouna | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Hussein El Sayed | Al Ettifaq | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 5 | MF | Amr Barakat | Smouha | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 17 | MF | Ahmed Hamdy | El Gouna | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 35 | MF | Akram Tawfik | El Gouna | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 38 | FW | Amar Hamdy | Al Ittihad | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 40 | FW | Fawzy El Henawy | Al Ittihad | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 39 | FW | Ahmed Yasser Rayyan | El Gouna | End of loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 15 | MF | Aliou Dieng | MC Alger | E£22m | 5 July 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Mahmoud Metwalli | Ismaily | E£15m | 30 July 2019 |
| 19 | MF | Mohamed Magdy | Pyramids | E£20m | 31 July 2019 |
| 26 | FW | Mahmoud Kahraba | Desportivo das Aves | Undisclosed | 13 December 2019 |
| 18 | FW | Aliou Badji | Rapid Wien | E£38m | 16 January 2020 |
| | FW | Taher Mohamed | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | E£20m | 3 August 2020 |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Source |
| 7 | FW | Ramadan Sobhi | Huddersfield Town | 5 July 2019 | 30 June 2020 | |

### Transfers out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Mohamed Naguib | El Gouna | Free Transfer | 31 July 2019 |
| MF | Islam Mohareb | El Gouna | E£4m | 12 August 2019 |
| MF | Amr Barakat | El Gouna | Undisclosed | 12 August 2019 |
| MF | Ahmed Hamdy | El Gouna | Undisclosed | 18 September 2019 |
| MF | Hesham Mohamed | Al Ittihad Alexandria | Free Transfer | 20 August 2019 |
| MF | Ahmed Hamoudi | Pyramids FC | released | 20 August 2019 |
| MF | Islam Gaber | El Raja | released | 18 September 2019 |

#### Loans out

| Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| FW | Ahmed Yasser Rayyan | El Gouna | 3 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| DF | Mahmoud El Gazzar | El Gouna | 3 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Akram Tawfik | El Gouna | 3 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| DF | Basem Ali | El Gouna | 29 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| DF | Ahmed Alaa | Tala'ea El Gaish | 9 August 2019 | 30 June 2021 |
| FW | Amr Gamal | Tala'ea El Gaish | 9 August 2019 | 30 June 2021 |
| MF | Nasser Maher | Smouha | 19 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Mohamed Sherif | Enppi | 25 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| FW | Walid Azaro | Ettifaq | 22 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Salah Mohsen | Smouha | 26 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Amar Hamdy | Tala'ea El Gaish | 28 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| DF | Mohamed Abdelmonem | Smouha | 23 January 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
| DF | Karim Yehia | Smouha | 23 January 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Fawzi El Henawy | Smouha | 18 July 2019 | 30 June 2021 |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 23 September 2019 | 31 October 2020 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 74 | 8 | +66 | 082.35 |
| Egypt Cup | 3 December 2019 | 5 December 2020 | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Egyptian Super Cup | 20 February 2020 | 20 February 2020 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 11 August 2019 | 27 November 2020 | Preliminary round | Winners | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 7 | +29 | 073.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 120 | 20 | +100 | 080.00 |
Last updated: 6 December 2020 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 74 | 8 | +66 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Pyramids | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 65 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Smouha | 34 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 51 | |
* ↑ As a result of Zamalek refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly on 24 February 2020, the club was subject to a 3-point deduction following the conclusion of the season.
* ↑ Since the 2019–20 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, Al Mokawloon Al Arab.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 November 2020. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 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 |

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 12 September 2019.

### Egypt Cup

Al Ahly entered the competition from the round of 32 and were given a home tie against Egyptian Second Division side Beni Suef. The bracket of the tournament was also decided at the time of the round of 32 draw; meaning that the path to the final for each time was decided prior to playing any matches. Also, all matches are played on stadiums selected by the Egyptian Football Association starting from the round of 16.

### Egyptian Super Cup

As the winners of the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League, Al Ahly faced 2018–19 Egypt Cup winners Zamalek in the Egyptian Super Cup. The match was played on 20 February 2020 in the United Arab Emirates.

### CAF Champions League

Al Ahly entered the competition for the 22nd consecutive time after winning the league in the previous season. Al Ahly were ranked 4th in the CAF 5-year ranking prior to the start of the 2019–20. As a result, they entered the competition from the preliminary round since only the top 3 ranked teams were given a bye to the first round.

#### Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 21 July 2019. Al Ahly were drawn against Atlabara from South Sudan.

#### First round

The draw for the first round was held on 21 July 2019 (after the preliminary round draw). Al Ahly were drawn against the winner of the tie involving Cano Sport from Equatorial Guinea and Mekelle 70 Enderta from Ethiopia, which was won by the former.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2019. Al Ahly were drawn in Group B alongside Étoile du Sahel from Tunisia, Al Hilal from Sudan and FC Platinum from Zimbabwe.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Ahly | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | FC Platinum | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |

#### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 February 2020. Al Ahly were drawn against Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa.

#### Final

| Zamalek | Al-Ahly |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 10 February 2020
| No. | Pos | Player | Egyptian Premier League | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egypt Cup | Egyptian Super Cup | Egyptian Super Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Sherif Ekramy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mahmoud Metwalli | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ramy Rabia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Yasser Ibrahim | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Ramadan Sobhi | 5+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Hamdy Fathy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Marwan Mohsen | 6+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Saleh Gomaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Walid Soliman | 2+11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 3 | 21 | 9 |
| 12 | DF | Ayman Ashraf | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Ali Lotfi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Hussein El Shahat | 10+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 5 | 21 | 10 |
| 15 | MF | Aliou Dieng | 6+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| 16 | GK | Mohamed El Shenawy | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Amr El Solia | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | Aliou Badji | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Mohamed Magdy | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
| 20 | DF | Saad Samir | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Ali Maâloul | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| 22 | MF | Ahmed El Sheikh | 6+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| 23 | DF | Mahmoud Wahid | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ahmed Fathy | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Hossam Ashour | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Mahmoud Kahraba | 0+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | Junior Ajayi | 12+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 | 22 | 6 |
| 29 | FW | Geraldo | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Mohamed Hany | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Karim Walid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Mohamed Mahmoud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | Mostafa Shobair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Hussein El Sayed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Walid Azaro | 1+6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 27 | FW | Salah Mohsen | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 38 | MF | Amar Hamdy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 24 February 2020
| Rank | Position | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egyptian Super Cup | CAF Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | Hussein El Shahat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | Walid Soliman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | Junior Ajayi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | Walid Azaro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | Mohamed Magdy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | Ahmed El Sheikh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | Ramadan Sobhi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | Ali Maâloul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | Marwan Mohsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | Salah Mohsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | Hamdy Fathy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Mahmoud Kahraba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | Aliou Dieng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Amr El Solia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | Aliou Badji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Ahmed Fathy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Awarded goal | Awarded goal | Awarded goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 45 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 74 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 24 February 2020
| Rank | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egyptian Super Cup | CAF Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Ali Lotfi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Sherif Ekramy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mostafa Shobair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19 |