# 2022–23 Al Ahly men's basketball season

The 2022–23 season Al Ahly men's basketball season was the 93rd season of Al Ahly's men's basketball team. This season, the Reds made their debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), and won their second continental title.
In the second year under Spanish head coach Augustí Julbe, who extended his contract for two more years in July. Al Ahly won the treble consisting of the BAL championship, the Egyptian Premier League and Egyptian Cup. On 19 April, Al Ahly won the Egyptian Cup. On 15 May, Al Ahly won their second consecutive Premier League title, after beating Al Ittihad in the finals of the playoffs. Their BAL championship was won on 27 May 2023, following a win over AS Douanes in the final.

## Roster

The following was Al Ahly's 2022–23 roster for the BAL. The four import players, Nuni Omot, Michael Fakuade, Corey Webster and Michael Thompson, only played in BAL games.

## Transactions
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Date |
| 10 | PF | Dramane Camara | 18 | NBA Academy Africa | Drafted | May 2023 (BAL only) | March 2023 |
| 7 | F | Nuni Omot | 27 | Lakeland Magic | Free agent | 2023 | April 2023 |
| 15 | G | Corey Webster | 33 | Mornar Bar | Free agent | May 2023 (BAL only) | April 2023 |
| 2 | G | Michael Thompson | 33 | None | Free agent | May 2023 (BAL only) | April 2023 |
| 28 | F/C | Michael Fakuade | 33 | Kagoshima Rebnise | Free agent | May 2023 (BAL only) | May 2023 |

## 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 | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| BAL | 26 April 2023 | 27 May 2023 | Nile Conference | Winners | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 677 | 594 | +83 | 087.50 |
| Egyptian Premier League | 30 December 2022 | 15 May 2023 | Regular season | Winners | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1,776 | 1,456 | +320 | 091.67 |
| Egyptian Cup | 8 December 2022 | 19 April 2023 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 320 | 220 | +100 | 100.00 |
| Egyptian Super Cup | 24 December 2022 | 24 December 2022 | | Runner-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 000.00 |
| Arab Championship | 5 October 2022 | 15 October 2022 | Group phase | Runner-up | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 638 | 593 | +45 | 085.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 3,456 | 2,929 | +527 | 088.64 |
Source: Goalzz

### Egyptian Premier League
#### Regular season
##### Standings

Source:
| Pos | Standings | Standings | Standings | Standings | Standings | Standings | Standings |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 1 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1171 | 892 | 279 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1133 | 869 | 264 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1081 | 1044 | 37 |
| 4 | Gezira | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1025 | 1018 | 7 |
| 5 | Smouha | 14 | 5 | 9 | 968 | 1013 | –45 |
| 6 | El Gaish Army | 14 | 5 | 9 | 979 | 1102 | –123 |
| 7 | Telecom Egypt | 14 | 3 | 11 | 966 | 1090 | –124 |
| 8 | Egypt Insurance | 14 | 1 | 13 | 812 | 1107 | –295 |

##### Games

| Gameday | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| 1 | 30 December 2022 | El Gaish Army | H | W 74–61 | 1–0 |
| 2 | 2 January 2023 | Telecom Egypt | A | W 57–85 | 2–0 |
| 3 | 5 January 2023 | Egypt Insurance | H | W 78–53 | 3–0 |
| 4 | 9 January 2023 | Smouha | H | W 81–59 | 4–0 |
| 5 | 13 January 2023 | Zamalek | A | W 65–92 | 5–0 |
| 6 | 16 January 2023 | Gezira | A | W 67–83 | 6–0 |
| 7 | 20 January 2023 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | H | W 77–72 | 7–0 |
| 8 | 23 January 2023 | El Gaish Army | A | W 80–103 | 8–0 |
| 9 | 27 January 2023 | Telecom Egypt | A | W 75–96 | 9–0 |
| 10 | 30 January 2023 | Egypt Insurance | A | W 51–79 | 10–0 |
| 11 | 3 February 2023 | Smouha | A | W 54–74 | 11–0 |
| 12 | 6 March 2023 | Zamalek | H | W 74–59 | 12–0 |
| 13 | 10 March 2023 | Gezira | H | W 80–67 | 13–0 |
| 14 | 13 March 2023 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | A | L 80–69 | 13–1 |

#### Playoffs
##### Quarterfinals

| Gameday | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| 1 | 25 March 2023 | Telecom Egypt | H | W 106–62 | 1–0 |
| 2 | 26 March 2023 | Telecom Egypt | H | W 88–76 | 2–0 |
| 3 | 29 March 2023 | Telecom Egypt | A | W 60–95 | 3–0 |

##### Semifinals

| Gameday | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| 1 | 6 April 2023 | Zamalek | H | W 71–62 | 1–0 |
| 2 | 8 April 2023 | Zamalek | H | W 79–48 | 2–0 |
| 3 | 10 April 2023 | Zamalek | A | W 57–91 | 3–0 |

##### Finals

| Gameday | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| 1 | 10 May 2023 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | A | W 62–69 | 1–0 |
| 2 | 11 May 2023 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | A | L 80–62 | 1–1 |
| 3 | 13 May 2023 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | H | W 67–58 | 2–1 |
| 4 | 15 May 2023 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | H | W 72–70 | 3–1 |

### Egyptian Cup

Source:
| Round | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| Round of 16 | 8 December 2022 | Heliopolis Sporting Club | H | W 69–55 | 1–0 |
| Quarter-finals | 12 December 2022 | Smouha | H | W 91–48 | 2–0 |
| Semi-finals | 17 April 2023 | Gezira | H | W 88–52 | 3–0 |
| Finals | 19 April 2023 | Zamalek | N | W 72–65 | 4–0 |

### Egyptian Super Cup

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result |
| 24 December 2022 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | N | L 45–66 |

### Arab Club Championship

All games were played in Kuwait City.

#### Knock-out phase
##### Round of 16
##### Final
## Individual awards

| Date | Player | Award |
| 27 May 2023 | Nuni Omot | BAL Most Valuable Player |
| 27 May 2023 | Nuni Omot | All-BAL First Team |
| 19 April 2023 | Ehab Amin | Egyptian Basketball Premier League MVP Award |

## Player statistics

After all games.

### BAL

Al Ahly statistics :
| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Omar Azab | 2 | 3.4 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Dramane Camara | 4 | 3.7 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Amr Gendy | 8 | 11.4 | .280 | .200 | .714 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Michael Fakuade$^≠$ | 3 | 21.3 | .474 | .286 | .667 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| Ehab Amin | 7 | 24.0 | .458 | .333 | .647 | 4.7 | 3 .9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
| Omar Oraby | 8 | 17.9 | .737 | .000 | .667 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| Nuni Omot | 8 | 28.0 | .446 | .368 | .902 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 18.9 |
| Seif Samir | 7 | 11.6 | .333 | .000 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| Marwan Sarhan | 4 | 9.9 | .455 | .200 | .667 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Mohamed Abdelkawy | 8 | 14.6 | .474 | .444 | .500 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Amr Zahran | 8 | 18.2 | .426 | .263 | .778 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Ahmed Ismail | 5 | 18.0 | .737 | .000 | .500 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| Moamen Tarek | 3 | 14.1 | .222 | .222 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| Corey Webster | 8 | 19.1 | .433 | .429 | .857 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 9.9 |
| Michael Thompson | 8 | 27.5 | .431 | .310 | .852 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
$^≠$Acquired during the season $^~$Waived during the season