2009–10 Al Ahly SC season
Al-Ahly 2009–10 football season
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The 2009–10 Al Ahly SC season was the 53rd edition in the Egyptian Premier League. Al-Ahly was looking to defend their fifth title in a row.
| 2009–10 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Hassan Hamdy | |||
| Manager | Hossam El-Badry | |||
| Egyptian Premier League | 1st | |||
| Egypt Cup 2010 | Round of 16 | |||
| Egyptian Super Cup 2009 | Runners-up | |||
| CAF Champions League | Semi-finals | |||
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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[a] | |
| 5 | Police Union | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 47[a] |
- Petrojet and Police Union are ranked based on the results of the two matches played between them.
CAF Champions League
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 JS Kabylie |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 14 |
 Al-Ahly |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 |
| Ismaily |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
 Heartland |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 |
| Heartland | 1 – 1 | Al-Ahly |
|---|---|---|
Bello Musa Kofarmata  49' |
[10] | Mohamed Aboutrika 75' (pen.) |
| Al-Ahly | 2 – 1 | Ismaily |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Talaat 58' Wael Gomaa 90+3' |
Mohamed Abougrisha 80' |
| JS Kabylie | 1 – 0 | Al-Ahly |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Khoutir-Ziti 25' |
| Al-Ahly | 1 – 1 | JS Kabylie |
|---|---|---|
| Gedo 22' |
Saad Tedjar 29' |
| Al-Ahly | 2 – 1 | Heartland |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Fathy 20' Mohamed Fadl 48' |
Emmanuel Nwachi 56' |
| 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' |
| Espérance ST | 1 – 0 | Al-Ahly |
|---|---|---|
| Eneramo 1' Traoui 63'Darragi 75' |
Ashour 11' Sherif Abdel-Fadil 28'Barakat  30'Gomaa 34'Ghaly 52' |
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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
- Players in / out
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee / Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2009 | DF | Mohamed Khalaf |
Al-Nasr Cairo |
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| 15 May 2009 | DF | Wael Shafik |
Semouha |
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| 22 May 2009 | DF | Ateya El-Belqasy |
Olympi |
Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2009 | FW | Mohamed Fadl |
Ismaily |
Free agent |
| 23 June 2009 | MF | Amir Saayoud |
 Al-Ahli Dubai |
Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2009 | MF | Alaa Shaaban |
El Hammam |
Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2009 | FW | Emad Moteab |
 Al-Ittihad |
Loan return |
| 14 July 2009 | FW |  Francis Doe |
 D.C. United |
Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2009 | DF | Sherif Abdel-Fadil |
Ismaily |
€0.2m + Ahmad Sedik |
| 1 January 2010 | GK | Sherif Ekramy |
El Gouna |
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee / Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2009 | DF | Abdel Hamid Ahmed |
El Gouna |
Loan return |
| 1 June 2009 | FW |  Flávio Amado |
Al-Shabab |
€2.75m |
| 4 June 2009 | DF | Emad El-Nahhas |
Retired | |
| 4 June 2009 | DF | Shady Mohamed |
Ittihad |
Free agent |
| 16 June 2009 | DF | Ramy Adel |
El Gouna |
Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2009 | FW | Ahmed Hassan Farag |
El-Shorta |
€0.25m |
| 24 June 2009 | MF | Hassan Mostafa |
Zamalek |
Free agent |
| 25 June 2009 | MF | Hussein Ali |
El Gouna |
€0.25m |
| 31 July 2009 | MF | Ahmad Sedik |
Ismaily |
In Sherif Abdel-Fadil deal |
| 27 January 2010 | MF |  Hussein Yasser |
Zamalek |
Free agent |