2009–10 Al Ahly SC season

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.

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
← 2008–09

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.

DateOpponentsH / AResult
F - A
Scorers
3 July 2009FC GelsenkirchenA Gelsenkirchen5 - 0[2]3 Ahmed 'Manga' Nabil, Hany El-Agazy, Osama Hosny
5 July 2009GalatasarayA LTU Arena0 - 1[4]Barış Özbek (P) 33'
24 July 2009Bayer 04 LeverkusenA LTU Arena0 - 2[4]Burak Kaplan 3', Tranquillo Barnetta 90'
11 July 2009Wydad CasablancaA LTU Arena2 - 0[4]Mostafa Shebeita (P) 40', Mohamed Samir (P) 52'
24 July 2009CelticA Wembley0 - 5[5]Massimo Donati 31', Scott McDonald 2 38'(P) 59', Shaun Maloney 49', Chris Killen 83'
26 July 2009BarcelonaA Wembley1 - 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.

DateOpponentsH / AResult
F – A
Scorers
21 July 2009Haras El HodoodN0 - 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]

DateOpponentsH / AResult
F – A
ScorersLeague
position
6 August 2009Ghazl El-MehallaH2 - 0[7]Ahmed Hassan 40', Francis Doe 60'2nd
19 August 2009Ittihad El-ShortaA1 - 2[8]Ahmed Galal 31', Ahmed Hassan 34', Hussein Yasser 80'2nd
23 August 2009Haras El HodoodH1 - 1[9]Ahmed Salama 69', Ahmed Hassan 78'2nd
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Al Ahly (C)30181114723+24652011 CAF Champions League
2Zamalek3016774326+1755
3Ismaily30111543425+9482011 CAF Confederation Cup
4Petrojet3013894237+547[a]
5Police Union30121173524+1147[a]
Source: FIFA.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

CAF Champions League

Group stage

Group B
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
JS Kabylie642062+414
Al-Ahly622289−18
Ismaily620478−16
Heartland612357−25
Source: [citation needed]
Heartland 1 – 1 Al-Ahly
Bello Musa Kofarmata 49'[10]Mohamed Aboutrika 75' (pen.)
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Al-Ahly 2 – 1 Ismaily
Mohamed Talaat 58'
Wael Gomaa 90+3'
Mohamed Abougrisha 80'
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)


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

Al-Ahly 2 – 1 Heartland
Ahmed Fathy 20'
Mohamed Fadl 48'
Emmanuel Nwachi 56'
Referee: Amanuel Ayob Russom (Eritrea)

Ismaily 4 – 2 Al-Ahly
Abdallah El-Shahat 5'
Ahmed Ali 36', 74'
Moatasem Salem 70'
Mohamed Barakat 35'
Mohamed Talaat 87'

Semi-finals

Al-Ahly 2 – 1 Espérance ST
Ashour  34'
Fadl 38'
Shehab El Din  52'
Fathy 68'
Ayman Bin Amor  36'
Hechri  71'
Darragi 72'
Referee: El Raay Adel (Libya)

Espérance ST 1 – 0 Al-Ahly
Eneramo 1'
Traoui  63'
Darragi  75'
Ashour  11'
Sherif Abdel-Fadil  28'
Barakat  30'
Gomaa  34'
Ghaly  52'
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Ahly 2–2 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. NationPlayer
19DF  EGYAbdullah Farouk
20DF  EGYMohamed Khalaf
21GK  PLERamzi Saleh
22MF  EGYMohamed Aboutrika
23MF  EGYMostafa Shebeita
24MF  EGYAhmed Fathy
25MF  EGYHossam Ashour
26DF  EGYWael Gomaa
27MF  EGYMoataz Eno
28GK  EGYAhmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
29FW  LBRFrancis Doe
30FW  EGYHany El-Agazy
31MF  ALGAmir Sayoud
MF  EGYAlaa Shaaban

Transfers

  • Players in / out

In

DatePos.NameFromFee / Note
13 May 2009DF Mohamed Khalaf Al-Nasr Cairo
15 May 2009DF Wael Shafik Semouha
22 May 2009DF Ateya El-Belqasy OlympiUndisclosed
31 May 2009FW Mohamed Fadl IsmailyFree agent
23 June 2009MF Amir Saayoud Al-Ahli DubaiUndisclosed
25 June 2009MF Alaa Shaaban El HammamUndisclosed
01 July 2009FW Emad Moteab Al-IttihadLoan return
14 July 2009FW Francis Doe D.C. UnitedUndisclosed
31 July 2009DF Sherif Abdel-Fadil Ismaily€0.2m + Ahmad Sedik
1 January 2010GK Sherif Ekramy El Gouna

Out

DatePos.NameToFee / Note
25 May 2009DF Abdel Hamid Ahmed El GounaLoan return
1 June 2009FW Flávio Amado Al-Shabab€2.75m
4 June 2009DF Emad El-NahhasRetired
4 June 2009DF Shady Mohamed IttihadFree agent
16 June 2009DF Ramy Adel El GounaUndisclosed
16 June 2009FW Ahmed Hassan Farag El-Shorta€0.25m
24 June 2009MF Hassan Mostafa ZamalekFree agent
25 June 2009MF Hussein Ali El Gouna€0.25m
31 July 2009MF Ahmad Sedik IsmailyIn Sherif Abdel-Fadil deal
27 January 2010MF Hussein Yasser ZamalekFree agent

See also

References