Al-Ahly
2009–10 season
ChairmanEgypt Hassan Hamdy
ManagerEgypt Hossam El-Badry
Egyptian Premier League1st
Egypt Cup 2010Round of 16
Egyptian Super Cup 2009Runners-up
CAF Champions LeagueSemi-finals

The 2009–10 season was Al-Ahly's 53rd season in the Egyptian Premier League. Al-Ahly was looking to defend their fifth title in a row.

Pre-season games

Al-Ahly announced that the six fixtures of their 2009 pre-season would be in Germany and England.[1] On July 3, 2009, Al-Ahly played their first pre-season match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany against FC Gelsenkirchen.[2] Later that day, Al-Ahly also played their first match of the Zayton Cup against the Turkish team Galatasaray, and 3 days later they played the German Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The last match was on July 11 against the Moroccan team Wydad Casablanca.[3] After their match against Haras El Hodood in the Egyptian Super Cup, Al-Ahly's 23 players went to London to play in the Wembley Cup against Celtic and Barcelona on 24th and 26 July.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F - A
Scorers
3 July 2009 FC Gelsenkirchen A Gelsenkirchen 5 - 0[2] 3 Ahmed 'Manga' Nabil, Hany El-Agazy, Osama Hosny
5 July 2009 Galatasaray A LTU Arena 0 - 1[4] Barış Özbek (P) 33'
24 July 2009 Bayer 04 Leverkusen A LTU Arena 0 - 2[4] Burak Kaplan 3', Tranquillo Barnetta 90'
11 July 2009 Wydad Casablanca A LTU Arena 2 - 0[4] Mostafa Shebeita (P) 40', Mohamed Samir (P) 52'
24 July 2009 Celtic A Wembley 0 - 5[5] Massimo Donati 31', Scott McDonald 2 38'(P) 59', Shaun Maloney 49', Chris Killen 83'
26 July 2009 Barcelona A Wembley 1 - 4[5] Bojan Krkic 16', Hany El-Agazy 31', José Manuel Rueda 41', Jeffrén Suárez 56', Pedro 67'

Egyptian Super Cup

As the Egyptian Premier League 2008–09 champions, Al-Ahly kicked off the 2009–10 season with the traditional match in the Egyptian Super Cup against 2009 Egypt Cup champion Haras El Hodood on July 21.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F A
Scorers
21 July 2009 Haras El Hodood N 0 - 2[6] Ahmed Hassan Mekky 5', Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 85'

Egyptian Premier League

Al-Ahly's opening game of the Egyptian Premier League 2009–10 was on August 6 against Ghazl El-Mehalla. Al-Ahly's coach Hossam El-Badry, who took over the club following the departure of Portuguese Manuel José at the end of the previous season, employed an unusual 4-4-2 formation. Despite the bad opening of the season in the super cup defeat against Haras El Hodood Al-Ahly beat Ghazl El-Mehalla 2–0. Ahmed Hassan made the opening score after 40 minutes and Francis Doe brought the score up to two 66 minutes into his Egyptian Premier League debut.[7] The next game was a narrow 2–1 win over Ittihad El-Shorta in an unbroadcast game on 19 August. Former Ahly player Ahmed Galal scored the first goal of the game after 31 minutes, but 4 minutes later Ahly's player Ahmed Hassan scored equalizing the score. In the second-half substitute Hussein Yasser scored Al-Ahly's second goal in the 80th minute to secure Ahly's second win of the season.[8]

On 23 August, Al-Ahly played their third match of the season against Haras El Hodood in a 1–1 draw, Haras El Hodood player Ahmed Salama scored the opener 69 minutes in and Ahmed Hassan scored the equalizer nine minutes later.[9]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F A
Scorers League
position
6 August 2009 Ghazl El-Mehalla H 2 - 0[7] Ahmed Hassan 40', Francis Doe 60' 2nd
19 August 2009 Ittihad El-Shorta A 1 - 2[8] Ahmed Galal 31', Ahmed Hassan 34', Hussein Yasser 80' 2nd
23 August 2009 Haras El Hodood H 1 - 1[9] Ahmed Salama 69', Ahmed Hassan 78' 2nd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 30 18 11 1 47 23 +24 65 2011 CAF Champions League
2 Zamalek 30 16 7 7 43 26 +17 55
3 Ismaily 30 11 15 4 34 25 +9 48 2011 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Petrojet 30 13 8 9 42 37 +5 47[lower-alpha 1]
5 Police Union 30 12 11 7 35 24 +11 47[lower-alpha 1]
Source: FIFA.com
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Petrojet and Police Union are ranked based on the results of the two matches played between them.

CAF Champions League

Group stage

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Algeria JS Kabylie 6 4 2 0 6 2 +4 14
Egypt Al-Ahly 6 2 2 2 8 9 1 8
Egypt Ismaily 6 2 0 4 7 8 1 6
Nigeria Heartland 6 1 2 3 5 7 2 5
Source:
Heartland Nigeria1 – 1Egypt Al-Ahly
Bello Musa Kofarmata 49' [10] Mohamed Aboutrika 75' (pen.)
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Al-Ahly Egypt2 – 1Egypt Ismaily
Mohamed Talaat 58'
Wael Gomaa 90+3'
Mohamed Abougrisha 80'
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)


Al-Ahly Egypt1 – 1Algeria JS Kabylie
Gedo 22' Saad Tedjar 29'
Referee: Kaoma Wellington (Zambia)

Al-Ahly Egypt2 – 1Nigeria Heartland
Ahmed Fathy 20'
Mohamed Fadl 48'
Emmanuel Nwachi 56'
Referee: Amanuel Ayob Russom (Eritrea)

Ismaily Egypt4 – 2Egypt Al-Ahly
Abdallah El-Shahat 5'
Ahmed Ali 36', 74'
Moatasem Salem 70'
Mohamed Barakat 35'
Mohamed Talaat 87'

Semi-finals

Al-Ahly Egypt2 1Tunisia Espérance ST
Ashour Yellow card 34'
Fadl 38'
Shehab El Din Yellow card 52'
Fathy 68'
Ayman Bin Amor Yellow card 36'
Hechri Yellow card 71'
Darragi 72'
Referee: El Raay Adel (Libya)

Espérance ST Tunisia1 0Egypt Al-Ahly
Eneramo 1'
TraouiYellow card 63'
DarragiYellow card 75'
Ashour Yellow card 11'
Sherif Abdel-Fadil Yellow card 28'
Barakat Red card 30'
Gomaa Yellow card 34'
Ghaly Yellow card 52'
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Ahly 22 Espérance on aggregate. Espérance won on away goals rule and advances to the 2010 CAF Champions League final.

2009–2010 Squad

As September 12, 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Egypt EGY Amir Abdelhamid
2 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Samir
3 MF Egypt EGY Wael Shafik
4 DF Egypt EGY Ateya El-Belqasy
5 DF Egypt EGY Ahmad El-Sayed
6 DF Egypt EGY Sherif Abdel-Fadil
7 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Fadl
8 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Barakat
9 FW Egypt EGY Emad Moteab
10 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Belal (Captain)
12 MF Angola ANG Gilberto
14 DF Egypt EGY Sayed Moawad
15 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Ali
16 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Talaat
17 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Hassan
18 FW Egypt EGY Osama Hosny (Vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Egypt EGY Abdullah Farouk
20 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Khalaf
21 GK State of Palestine PLE Ramzi Saleh
22 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Aboutrika
23 MF Egypt EGY Mostafa Shebeita
24 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Fathy
25 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Ashour
26 DF Egypt EGY Wael Gomaa
27 MF Egypt EGY Moataz Eno
28 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
29 FW Liberia LBR Francis Doe
30 FW Egypt EGY Hany El-Agazy
31 MF Algeria ALG Amir Sayoud
MF Egypt EGY Alaa Shaaban

Transfers

  • Players in / out

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee / Note
13 May 2009 DF Egypt Mohamed Khalaf Egypt Al-Nasr Cairo
15 May 2009 DF Egypt Wael Shafik Egypt Semouha
22 May 2009 DF Egypt Ateya El-Belqasy Egypt Olympi Undisclosed
31 May 2009 FW Egypt Mohamed Fadl Egypt Ismaily Free agent
23 June 2009 MF Algeria Amir Saayoud United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli Dubai Undisclosed
25 June 2009 MF Egypt Alaa Shaaban Egypt El Hammam Undisclosed
1 July 2009 FW Egypt Emad Moteab Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Loan return
14 July 2009 FW Liberia Francis Doe United States D.C. United Undisclosed
31 July 2009 DF Egypt Sherif Abdel-Fadil Egypt Ismaily €0.2m + Ahmad Sedik
1 January 2010 GK Egypt Sherif Ekramy Egypt El Gouna

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee / Note
25 May 2009 DF Egypt Abdel Hamid Ahmed Egypt El Gouna Loan return
1 June 2009 FW Angola Flávio Amado Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab €2.75m
4 June 2009 DF Egypt Emad El-Nahhas Retired
4 June 2009 DF Egypt Shady Mohamed Egypt Ittihad Free agent
16 June 2009 DF Egypt Ramy Adel Egypt El Gouna Undisclosed
16 June 2009 FW Egypt Ahmed Hassan Farag Egypt El-Shorta €0.25m
24 June 2009 MF Egypt Hassan Mostafa Egypt Zamalek Free agent
25 June 2009 MF Egypt Hussein Ali Egypt El Gouna €0.25m
31 July 2009 MF Egypt Ahmad Sedik Egypt Ismaily In Sherif Abdel-Fadil deal
27 January 2010 MF Qatar Hussein Yasser Egypt Zamalek Free agent

See also

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