# 2023–24 Al Ahly SC season

The 2023–24 Al Ahly SC season was the 117th edition and the 65th consecutive season in the topflight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the League Cup, the CAF Champions League, the Africa Football League, the CAF Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. Al Ahly decided to withdraw from the league cup due to fixture congestion.

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## Players
### First-team squad

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) |
| 2 | DF | EGY | Khaled Abdel Fattah |
| 3 | DF | EGY | Omar Kamal |
| 4 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Metwalli |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Ramy Rabia (2nd captain) |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Yasser Ibrahim |
| 7 | MF | EGY | Kahraba |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Akram Tawfik |
| 9 | MF | PLE | Wessam Abou Ali |
| 10 | FW | RSA | Percy Tau |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Abdel Kader |
| 12 | FW | MAR | Reda Slim |
| 13 | MF | EGY | Marwan Attia |
| 14 | MF | EGY | Hussein El Shahat |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Aliou Dieng |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Hamza Alaa |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Amr El Solia (4th captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | TUN | Mohamed Dhaoui |
| 19 | MF | EGY | Afsha |
| 20 | MF | EGY | Karim Walid |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Ali Maâloul |
| 22 | MF | EGY | Emam Ashour |
| 25 | GK | EGY | Mahmoud El Zanfaly |
| 26 | MF | EGY | Mostafa Abou El Khier |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste |
| 28 | DF | EGY | Karim Fouad |
| 29 | FW | EGY | Taher Mohamed |
| 30 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Hany (3rd captain) |
| 31 | GK | EGY | Mostafa Shobeir |
| 33 | DF | EGY | Karim El Debes |
| 34 | DF | EGY | Moataz Mohamed |
| 36 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Nabil Koka |
| 37 | GK | EGY | Mostafa Makhlouf |
| 38 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Abdallah |
| 41 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Abdin |

### 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 | Mohamed El Maghrabi (at Smouha) |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Ashraf (at ZED) |
| — | DF | EGY | Abdallah Bostangy (at Smouha) |
| — | DF | EGY | Abdelrahman Rashdan (at Modern Sport) |
| — | MF | ALG | Ahmed Kendouci (at Ceramica Cleopatra) |
| — | MF | EGY | Ammar Hamdy (at Al Mokawloon Al Arab) |
| — | MF | EGY | Raafat Khalil (at ZED) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EGY | Messi (at ElDakhleya) |
| — | MF | EGY | Kabaka (at Modern Sport) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mostafa El Badry (at Smouha) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mohamed Yasser (at Teplice) |
| — | FW | GHA | Samuel Oppong (at WE SC) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mohamed Zaalouk (at Modern Sport) |
| — | FW | GER | Amr Khaled (at Aarau) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Emam Ashour | Midtjylland | €2,600,000 | 18 July 2023 |
| MF | Mostafa El Badry | Future | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| MF | Karim Nedved | Future | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| DF | Saad Samir | Future | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| FW | Reda Slim | AS FAR | €2,000,000 | 30 July 2023 |
| FW | Anthony Modeste | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 11 September 2023 |
| FW | Wessam Abou Ali | Sirius | €2,000,000 | 11 January 2024 |
| DF | Omar Kamal | Modern Future | Swap deal | 12 January 2024 |
| DF | Reindorf Huncho | Cheetah | €100,000 | 3 February 2024 |
| FW | Samuel Oppong | MSK Zilina | €100,000 | 3 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Bruno Sávio | Club Bolívar | Undisclosed | 5 July 2023 |
| DF | Ayman Ashraf | National Bank | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| FW | Hossam Hassan | Smouha | €297,000 | 21 July 2023 |
| FW | Mostafa Fawzy | ZED | Undisclosed | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Mostafa Saad | ZED | Undisclosed | 27 July 2023 |
| FW | Shady Hussein | ZED | €384,000 | 27 July 2023 |
| GK | Ali Lotfi | ZED | Undisclosed | 28 July 2023 |
| DF | Mohamed Ashraf | ZED | Loan | 28 July 2023 |
| FW | Mohamed Sherif | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed | 14 August 2023 |
| MF | Mohamed Mahmoud | Future | Undisclosed | 18 August 2023 |
| MF | Ahmed Kendouci | Ceramica Cleopatra | Loan | 27 August 2023 |
| FW | Walter Bwalya | Wydad AC | Free | 29 August 2023 |
| MF | Ammar Hamdy | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | €90,000 | 4 September 2023 |
| FW | Fahd Gomaa | Petrol Asyout | Free | 5 September 2023 |
| MF | Raafat Khalil | ZED FC | Loan | 14 September 2023 |
| MF | Zeyad Tarek | ENPPI | Free | 14 September 2023 |
| MF | Mohamed Fakhri | Pharco | €121,000 | 14 September 2023 |
| DF | Abdelrahman Rashdan | Modern Future | Loan | 12 January 2024 |
| MF | Kabaka | Modern Future | Loan | 12 January 2024 |
| FW | Mohamed Zaalouk | Modern Future | Loan | 12 January 2024 |
| FW | Anthony Modeste | | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
The team had a training camp in Austria, which took place from 28 August to 6 September. During this period, they participated in one practice match.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 19 September 2023 | 17 August 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 079.41 |
| 2022–23 Egypt Cup | 4 October 2023 | 8 March 2024 | Semi-finals | Winner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| 2023–24 Egypt Cup | 20 July 2024 | 20 July 2024 | Round of 32 | Withdrew | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Egyptian Super Cup | 25 December 2023 | 28 December 2023 | Semi-finals | Winner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 100.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 24 September 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Second round | Winners | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 064.29 |
| Africa Football League | 20 October 2023 | 1 November 2023 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| CAF Super Cup | 15 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | Match | Runner-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 15 December 2023 | 22 December 2023 | Second round | Third Place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 116 | 41 | +75 | 070.49 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 27 | +35 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 4 | Al Masry | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 5 | Modern Future | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 54 | |
* ↑ Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
* ↑ Zamalek were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.
* ↑ Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.
* ↑ The league was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's CAF competitions. As a result, Al Masry, who finished the first half of the season at third place (and were also at third place by the time of the draw) qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Modern Future 4, Smouha 1.

#### 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 |
| Ground | H |
| Result | W |
| Position | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 September 2023.

### CAF Champions League
#### Second round

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | YNG | CRB | MED |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Medeama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Young Africans +1, CR Belouizdad –1.

#### Knockout stage
##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 March 2024.

#### Final
### African Football League

The draw was held on 2 September 2023.

#### Semi-finals
### CAF Super Cup
### FIFA Club World Cup

The draw was held on 5 September 2023.