# 2015–16 Al Ahly SC season

The 2015–16 Al Ahly SC season was the 57th edition in the Egyptian Premier League and 57th consecutive season in the topflight of Egyptian football. The club will participate in the Premier League, Egypt Cup, Super Cup and the CAF Champions League.

## Squad information
### Current squad

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Sherif Ekramy (Vice-captain) | GK | 1 July 1983 (age 32) |
| 13 | Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam | GK | April 10, 1987 (age 28) |
| 16 | Mossad Awad | GK | January 15, 1993 (age 22) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Sherif Hazem | CB | 7 July 1989 (age 26) |
| 3 | Ramy Rabia | RB / CB / DM | 20 May 1993 (age 22) |
| 6 | Sabry Raheel | LB | 2 October 1987 (age 27) |
| 7 | Hussein Sayed | LB | September 18, 1991 (age 23) |
| 24 | Ahmed Fathy | RB / DM | 10 November 1984 (age 30) |
| 20 | Saad Samir | CB | April 1, 1989 (age 26) |
| 23 | Mohamed Nagieb | CB | January 13, 1983 (age 32) |
| 12 | Basem Ali | RB | 27 October 1988 (age 26) |
| 30 | Mohamed Hany | RB | January 25, 1996 (age 19) |
| 5 | Ahmed Hegazy | CB | January 25, 1991 (age 24) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Mo'men Zakaria | RM / LM | 12 April 1988 (age 27) |
| 11 | Walid Soliman | AM / LM | 1 December 1984 (age 30) |
| 14 | Hossam Ghaly (captain) | CM / DM | 15 December 1981 (age 33) |
| 18 | Ahmed El Sheikh | RM / LM | September 9, 1992 (age 23) |
| 19 | Abdallah El Saïd | AM / CM | 13 July 1985 (age 30) |
| 22 | Saleh Gomaa | DM / CM | 1 August 1993 (age 22) |
| 25 | Hossam Ashour (Vice-captain) | CM / DM | March 9, 1986 (age 29) |
| 32 | Ramadan Sobhi | RM / LM | May 14, 1997 (age 18) |
| Forwards |||||
| 17 | Mohamed Hamdy | SS / AM | December 13, 1991 (age 23) |
| 9 | Amr Gamal | SS | August 4, 1991 (age 24) |
| 10 | Emad Moteab (Vice-captain) | ST | 20 February 1983 (age 32) |
| 15 | Malick Evouna | SS / ST | 28 November 1992 (age 22) |
| 29 | John Antwi | ST | 6 August 1992 (age 23) |
| 21 | Ahmed Abd El-Zaher | ST | January 15, 1985 (age 30 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EGY | Trezeguet (on loan to RSC Anderlecht until 30/06/2016) |
| — | MF | EGY | Amr Warda (on loan to Panetolikos until 30/06/2016) |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Rizk (on loan to El Geish until 30/06/2016) |
| — | MF | EGY | Islam Roshdi (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Hassan (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016) |
| — | DF | EGY | Islam Serry (on loan to Petrojet until 30/06/2016) |
| — | MF | EGY | Ahmed Ramdan Beckham (on loan to El Haras until 30/06/2016) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mohamed Hamdy Zaky (on loan to Smouha until 30/06/2016) |

### Summer Transfers
#### In

| No. | Name | From |
| 3 | Rami Rabia | Sporting Lisbon |
| 5 | Ahmed Hegazy | Free agent |
| 15 | Malick Evouna | Al Wydad |
| 17 | Mohamed Hamdy Zaky | Free agent |
| 18 | Ahmed El Sheikh | Misr El Makasa |
| 22 | Saleh Gomaa | Enppi |
| 24 | Ahmed Fathy | Free agent |
| 29 | John Antwi | Al Shabab |

## 2015 Egyptian Super Cup

Note: The team is managed by the Interim Coach Abdelaziz Abdelshafy in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup.
* 2015 Egyptian Super Cup winners
* Al Ahly Ninth title

## 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League
### Position

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Smouha | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
* ↑ Smouha ahead of Al Masry on head-to-head record; Smouha–Al Masry 1–0, Al Masry–Smouha 1–1.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

### Results
#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Results overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Team | Home score | Away score |
| Tala'ea El-Gaish | 0–0 | 1-0 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | 2–0 | 1-1 |
| Petrojet | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Misr Lel-Makkasa | 2–1 | 0-1 |
| Enppi | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Ittihad El Shorta | 7–3 | 5–3 |
| Al Masry | 2-3 | 2–2 |
| Smouha | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Haras El Hodoud | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Wadi Degla | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Aswan | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| El-Entag El-Harby | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| El Mokawloon | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| El Dakhelya | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ismaily | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| El Ittihad | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Zamalek | 2–0 | 0–0 |

#### Match Details
## 2016 Egypt Cup
### Final

| Zamalek | Al Ahly |
| GK | 1 | Ahmed El Shenawy | 84' |
| RB | 6 | Shawky El Said |
| CB | 7 | Islam Gamal |
| CB | 25 | Ali Gabr |
| LB | 27 | Ali Fathy | | 76' |
| DM | 3 | Tarek Hamed |
| CM | 4 | Ahmed Tawfik |
| CM | 15 | Maarouf Youssef |
| RW | 10 | Shikabala (c) | | 51' |
| LW | 14 | Ayman Hefny | | 65' |
| FW | 17 | Basem Morsy | 7' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 28 | Omar Salah |
| DF | 19 | Ahmed Duiedar |
| DF | 33 | Osama Ibrahim |
| MF | 11 | Mohamed Nasef | | 65' |
| MF | 5 | Ibrahim Salah | | 76' |
| FW | 9 | Ahmed Gaafar |
| FW | 30 | Mostafa Fathi | | 51' |
| Manager: ||
| Moamen Soliman ||
| GK | 13 | Ahmed Adel |
| RB | 3 | Ramy Rabia | 62' |
| CB | 20 | Saad Samir |
| LB | 6 | Sabri Raheel |
| DM | 25 | Hossam Ashour | | 68' |
| RM | 20 | Ahmed Fathy | 88' 90+1' |
| CM | 14 | Hossam Ghaly (c) | 65' 83' |
| LM | 11 | Walid Soliman | | 63' |
| AM | 8 | Moamen Zakaria |
| FW | 9 | Amr Gamal | | 58' |
| FW | 19 | Abdallah Said |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 16 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| DF | 21 | Ali Maâloul |
| DF | 23 | Mohamed Nagieb |
| DF | 24 | Mohamed Hany |
| MF | 15 | Mohamed Gaber | | 68' |
| FW | 4 | Marwan Mohsen | | 63' |
| FW | 10 | Emad Moteab | | 58' |
| Manager: ||
| Martin Jol ||
| Assistant referees: Peter Berettyan (Hungary) Zsolt Varga (Hungary) Fourth official: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt) | Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |

## 2016 CAF Champions League
### Round 32

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 0–2 | Al Ahly | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate.

### Round 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Young Africans | 2–3 | Al Ahly | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Group stage

Group A
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | ZESCO United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | |
Match Details

## Champions Golden Cup

Friendly cup organized by IMCC Sports Co. between Al Ahly and Roma.