2024–25 Al Ahly SC season

Al Ahly
2024–25 season
Chairman	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Marcel Koller
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium; (official)
Egyptian Premier League	–
Egyptian League Cup	–
Egyptian Super Cup	Semi-finals
CAF Champions League	Second round
CAF Super Cup	Runners-up
FIFA Intercontinental Cup	Second Round
FIFA Club World Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: ; Wessam Abou Ali; Percy Tau; Rami Rabia; (2 each)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 27 September 204.

The 2024–25 season is the 118th season in Al Ahly's history and the 57th consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly is set to compete in the Egyptian League Cup, the CAF Champions League, the Egyptian Super Cup, the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

The club will not be participating in the domestic cup competition, as it had withdrawn from the previous season's edition.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohamed El Shenawy (C)	(1988-12-18) December 18, 1988 (age 35)	2016
16	GK	Hamza Alaa	(2001-03-01) March 1, 2001 (age 23)	2020
31	GK	Mostafa Shobier	(2000-03-17) March 17, 2000 (age 24)	2019
37	GK	Mostafa Makhlouf	(2003-03-11) March 11, 2003 (age 21)	2023	^U21
Defenders
2	RB	Khaled Abdelfattah	(1999-01-22) January 22, 1999 (age 25)	2023
3	RB	Omar Kamal	(1993-09-29) September 29, 1993 (age 31)	2024
4	CB	Yousef Aymen	(1999-03-21) March 21, 1999 (age 25)	2024	on loan from Al Duhail
5	CB	Ramy Rabia (VC)	(1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 (age 31)	2014
6	CB	Yasser Ibrahim	(1993-02-10) February 10, 1993 (age 31)	2019
15	CB	Achraf Dari	(1999-05-06) May 6, 1999 (age 25)	2024
18	LB	Yahia Attiyat Allah	(1995-03-02) March 2, 1995 (age 29)	2024	on loan from Sochi
21	LB	Ali Maâloul	(1990-01-01) January 1, 1990 (age 34)	2016
28	RB	Karim Fouad	(1999-10-01) October 1, 1999 (age 25)	2021
30	RB	Mohamed Hany	(1996-01-25) January 25, 1996 (age 28)	2014
33	LB	Karim El Debes	(2003-06-03) June 3, 2003 (age 21)	2023	^U21
34	CB	Moataz Mohamed	(2005-03-19) March 19, 2005 (age 19)	2023	^U19
Midfielders
8	DM	Akram Tawfik	(1997-11-08) November 8, 1997 (age 26)	2016
13	DM	Marwan Attia	(1998-08-12) August 12, 1998 (age 26)	2023
17	CM	Amr El Solia	(1990-04-02) April 2, 1990 (age 34)	2015
19	AM	Afsha	(1996-03-06) March 6, 1996 (age 28)	2019
20	CM	Karim Nedvěd	(1997-08-08) August 8, 1997 (age 27)	2016
22	CM	Emam Ashour	(1998-02-20) February 20, 1998 (age 26)	2023
23	CM	Omar El Saaiy	(2003-01-01) January 1, 2003 (age 21)	2024	^U21
26	DM	Mostafa Abou El Khier	(2004-01-01) January 1, 2004 (age 20)	2023	^U21
36	DM	Ahmed Koka	(2001-07-04) July 4, 2001 (age 23)	2020
Forwards
7	CF	Mahmoud Kahraba	(1994-04-13) April 13, 1994 (age 30)	2019
9	CF	Wessam Abou Ali	(1999-01-04) January 4, 1999 (age 25)	2024
10	RW	Percy Tau	(1994-05-14) May 14, 1994 (age 30)	2021
12	LW	Reda Slim	(1999-10-25) October 25, 1999 (age 24)	2023
14	LW	Hussein El Shahat	(1992-06-21) June 21, 1992 (age 32)	2019
29	RW	Taher Mohamed	(1997-03-07) March 7, 1997 (age 27)	2020
32	CF	Samir Mohamed	(2003-09-04) September 4, 2003 (age 21)	2024	^U21
38	RW	Mohamed Abdallah	(2005-01-01) January 1, 2005 (age 19)	2023	^U19

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Yousef Aymen	Al Duhail	Loan^[A]	17 July 2024	^[2]
DF	Yahia Attiyat Allah	Sochi	Loan^[B]	10 August 2024	^[3]
MF	Ammar Hamdy	Al Mokawloon	End of loan	18 August 2024	^[4]
MF	Ahmed Kendouci	Ceramica Cleopatra	End of loan	21 August 2024	^[5]
DF	Mohamed Maghrabi	Smouha	End of loan	21 August 2024	^[6]
DF	Achraf Dari	Brest	€1,800,000	28 August 2024	^[7]
MF	Omar El Saaiy	Ismaily	€931,000	31 August 2024	^[8]

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Mohamed Dhaoui	Sfaxien	Loan	19 July 2024	^[9]
MF	Aliou Dieng	Al Kholood	Loan^[C]	26 July 2024	^[10]
GK	Mahmoud El Zanfaly	El Dakhleya	Loan return	13 August 2024	^[11]
FW	Ahmed Abdelkader	Qatar SC	Loan^[D]	19 August 2024	^[12]
MF	Ahmed Kendouci	Ceramica Cleopatra	Loan^[E]	28 August 2024	^[13]
DF	Mohamed Abdelmonem	Nice	€4,200,000^[F]	29 August 2024	^[14]
DF	Mahmoud Metwalli	Ittihad Alex	Free	8 September 2024	^[15]
DF	Mohamed Maghrabi	Ittihad Alex	Undisclosed	14 September 2024	^[16]
DF	Mohamed Ashraf	ZED	Undisclosed	14 September 2024
FW	Rafaat Khalil	ZED	Undisclosed	14 September 2024
FW	Samuel Oppong	WE	Loan	14 September 2024	^[17]
DF	Ahmed Abdin	Ceramica Cleopatra	Loan	17 September 2024	^[18]
DF	Youssef Abdelhafiz	Ceramica Cleopatra	Loan	19 September 2024	^[19]
MF	Ammar Hamdy	ZED	Undisclosed	25 September 2024	^[20]
FW	Shady Radwan		Free	30 September 2024

^ In addition to a fee of €229,000.
^ In addition to a fee of €200,000.
^ In addition to a fee of €505,000.
^ In addition to a fee of €451,000.
^ In addition to a fee of €185,000.
^ Up to €1,000,000 in bonuses + 10% of the next deal as a sell on clause .

Contract renewals

Pos.	Player	Contract length	Contract ends	Date	Source
MF	Amr El Solia	One year	2025	5 August 2024	^[21]

Friendlies

Pre-season

6 September 2024	Al Ahly	1–0	Wadi Degla	Cairo
	El Shahat			Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

11 October 2024	Al Ahly	3–0	Haras El Hodoud	Cairo
	Afsha Samir El Shahat			Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

Mid-season

On 2 July 2024, it was announced that Al Ahly would participate in Khaled Massad’s retirement celebration.^[22]

15 November 2024	Al-Ahli	v	Al Ahly	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	30 October 2024		Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Egyptian League Cup					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Egyptian Super Cup	20 October 2024		Semi-finals		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CAF Champions League	15 September 2024		Second round		2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
CAF Super Cup	27 September 2024		Final	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
FIFA Intercontinental Cup	29 October 2024		Second Round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FIFA Club World Cup	June 2025		Group stage		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	066.67

Last updated: 27 September 2024
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly	Qualification for the Champions League first or second round
2	Ceramica Cleopatra
3	ENPPI	Qualification for the Confederation Cup first or second round
4	Ghazl El Mahalla
5	El Gouna

First match(es) will be played: October 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off tie.^[23]
(Note: Head-to-head records are used for final standings only)

Matches

The league schedule will be released on 20 October 2024.^[24]

Egyptian League Cup

Egyptian Super Cup

20 October 2024 Semi-finals	Al Ahly	v	Ceramica Cleopatra	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
21:00 UTC+4				Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium

CAF Champions League

Second round

15 September 2024 First leg	Gor Mahia	0–3	Al Ahly	Nairobi, Kenya
15:00 UTC+3			Rabia 14' Tau 16', 74'	Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Steve Juan (Mauritius)

21 September 2024 Second leg	Al Ahly	3–0 (6–0 agg.)	Gor Mahia	Cairo
19:00 UTC+3	Rabia 23' Abou Ali 54' Taher 90+1'			Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo)

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 7 October 2024.^[25]

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification	AHL	CRB	ORL	SAB
1	Al Ahly	Advance to knockout stage	—	13–14 Dec	17–18 Jan	26–27 Nov
2	CR Belouizdad	Advance to knockout stage	3–4 Jan	—	26–27 Nov	17–18 Jan
3	Orlando Pirates		6–7 Dec	10–11 Jan	—	3–4 Jan
4	Stade d'Abidjan		10–11 Jan	6–7 Dec	13–14 Dec	—

First match(es) will be played: 26 or 27 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

26–28 November 2024 1	Al Ahly	v	Stade d'Abidjan	Cairo
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

6–8 December 2024 2

Orlando Pirates

v

Al Ahly

South Africa

13–15 December 2024 3	Al Ahly	v	CR Belouizdad	Cairo
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

3–5 January 2025 4

CR Belouizdad

v

Al Ahly

Algiers, Algeria

10–12 January 2025 5

Stade d'Abidjan

v

Al Ahly

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

17–19 January 2025 6	Al Ahly	v	Orlando Pirates	Cairo
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

CAF Super Cup

27 September 2024 Final	Al Ahly	1–1 (3–4 p)	Zamalek	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3	Tawfik 32' Abou Ali 44' (pen.)		Mathlouthi 37' Jaziri 38' Mansi 77' Donga 89'	Stadium: Kingdom Arena Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)
	Penalties
	Rabia Kamal Attiyat Allah Mohamed Abou Ali		El Said Mathlouthi Mansi Abdelmaguid

FIFA Intercontinental Cup

Al Ahly qualified for this tournament as the 2023–24 CAF Champions League title holder.^[26]

Second round

African–Asian–Pacific Cup

29 October 2024 Second round	Al Ahly	v	Al Ain	Cairo
		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

FIFA Club World Cup

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[2] In addition to a fee of €229,000.

[4] In addition to a fee of €200,000.

[12] In addition to a fee of €505,000.

[15] In addition to a fee of €451,000.

[17] In addition to a fee of €185,000.

[19] Up to €1,000,000 in bonuses + 10% of the next deal as a sell on clause .

[1] "الأهلي يؤكد عدم مشاركته في كأس مصر موسم 2024-2025 - 365Scores". www.365scores.com. 19 September 2024.

[3] "Youssef Ayman joins Al Ahly". alahlyegypt.com. 17 July 2024.

[5] "Yahia Attiyat Allah joins Al Ahly". alahlyegypt.com. 10 August 2024.

[6] "Ammar Hamdy returns to Al Ahly after the end of his loan to Al-Mokawloon... and the Planning Committee decides his fate". youm7.com. 19 August 2024.

[7] "Breaking: Ahmed Kendouci return to Al Ahly". Koraplus.com. 22 August 2024.

[8] "Mohamed Maghrabi return to Al Ahly". Yallakora.com. 1 September 2024.

[9] "Achraf Dari joins Al Ahly". alahlyegypt.com. 28 August 2024.

[10] "Omar El Saaiy joins Al Ahly". alahlyegypt.com. 1 September 2024.

[11] "Sfaxien announces Cristo's loan from Al-Ahly". Filgoal.com. 19 July 2024.

[13] Ehab, Yassin (29 July 2024). "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly star departs Cairo ahead of Saudi Arabia move".

[14] Ehab, Yassin (12 August 2024). "OFFICIAL: El-Zanfaly departs Al Ahly after unsuccessful loan spell".

[16] "Qatar SC sign Abdelkader". Gulf Times. 20 August 2024.

[18] "Kendouci leaves Al Ahly on loan". elbalad.news. 30 August 2024.

[20] "Mohamed Abdelmonem joins Les Aiglons". OGC Nice. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[21] "Mahmoud Metwalli join Al Ittihad on free transfer". filgoal.com. 8 September 2024.

[22] "الاتحاد السكندري يعلن التعاقد مع محمد المغربي". el-ahly.com. 15 September 2024.

[23] "Al Ahly renews Oppong's loan to WE". sport.elwatannews. 15 September 2024.

[24] "رسمياً.. الأهلي يوافق على إعارة أحمد عابدين إلى سيراميكا كليوباترا لمدة موسم". elbalad.news. 17 September 2024.

[25] "رسمياً.. الأهلي يوافق على إعارة يوسف عبدالحفيظ إلى سيراميكا كليوباترا لمدة موسم". stadelahly.net. 19 September 2024.

[26] "حاوي جديد".. زد يعلن التعاقد مع عمار حمدي". filgoal.com. 25 September 2024.

[27] "Official Announcement: Amr El Solia renewal". alahlyegypt.com. 5 August 2024.

[28] "الأهلي يواجه الأهلي السعودي في نوفمبر المقبل (تفاصيل) | المصري اليوم".

[29] "لائحة دوري النيل للموسم الجديد 2023-2024" [Nile League 2023/24 season's regulations] (PDF). Egyptian Pro League (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[30] موعد إجراء قرعة دوري الموسم الجديد 2024-2025

[31] "تحديد موعد قرعة مجموعات الأبطال والكونفيدرالية". كووورة. 22 September 2024.

[32] Team, KingFut (26 May 2024). "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly qualify for newly formed Intercontinental Cup".

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