2025–26 Al Ahly SC season
Al Ahly 2025–26 football season
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The 2025–26 season was the 119th season in Al Ahly's history and the 67th consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly competed in the Egyptian Cup, the Egyptian League Cup, the CAF Champions League the Egyptian Super Cup
(until 31 August)
Emad El Nahhas
(caretaker, 1 September–8 October)
Jess Thorup
(from 8 October)
| 2025–26 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Mahmoud El Khatib | |||
| Manager | José Riveiro (until 31 August) Emad El Nahhas (caretaker, 1 September–8 October) Jess Thorup (from 8 October) | |||
| Stadium | Cairo International Stadium | |||
| Egyptian Premier League | 3rd | |||
| Egypt Cup | Round of 32 | |||
| Egyptian League Cup | Group stage | |||
| Egyptian Super Cup | Winners | |||
| CAF Champions League | Quarter-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Trézéguet (11) All: Trézéguet (18) | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 21 August 2026. | ||||
Kit information
Supplier: Adidas
Main sponsor: e&, ORA (friendlies only), FABMISR bank
Sleeve sponsor: GLC Paints, Al Marasem Development
Back sponsor: Shell Helix, Lipton
Home
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Away
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Players
First-team squad
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Since | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Mohamed El Shenawy (C) | 18 December 1988 | 2016 | |||||||
| 26 | GK | Mohamed Seha | 1 May 2001 | 2025 | |||||||
| 31 | GK | Mostafa Shobier | 17 March 2000 | 2019 | |||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | CB | Yassin Marei | 7 November 2001 | 2025 | |||||||
| 3 | RB | Omar Kamal | 29 September 1993 | 2024 | |||||||
| 4 | CB | Ahmed Ramadan Beckham | 23 March 1997 | 2025 | on loan from Ceramica Cleopatra | ||||||
| 6 | CB | Yasser Ibrahim | 10 February 1993 | 2019 | |||||||
| 12 | LB | Mohamed Shokry | 6 July 1999 | 2025 | |||||||
| 15 | CB | Achraf Dari | 6 May 1999 | 2024 | |||||||
| 20 | CB | Mostafa El Aash | 11 October 2000 | 2025 | |||||||
| 30 | RB | Mohamed Hany
(TC) |
25 January 1996 | 2014 | |||||||
| 40 | CB | Ahmed Abdin | 1 May 2006 | 2024 | |||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 5 | DM | Ben Romdhane | 6 September 1999 | 2025 | |||||||
| 8 | CM | Ahmed Reda Hashem | 19 December 2000 | 2025 | |||||||
| 13 | DM | Marwan Attia | 12 August 1998 | 2023 | |||||||
| 19 | AM | Afsha | 6 March 1996 | 2019 | |||||||
| 22 | CM | Emam Ashour | 20 February 1998 | 2023 | |||||||
| 23 | DM | Aliou Dieng | 16 October 1997 | 2019 | |||||||
| 36 | DM | Ahmed Koka | 4 July 2001 | 2020 | |||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 7 | LW | Trezeguet
(VC) |
1 October 1994 | 2025 | |||||||
| 9 | CF | Nejc Gradišar | 6 August 2002 | 2025 | |||||||
| 10 | ST | Mohamed Sherif | 4 February 1996 | 2025 | |||||||
| 11 | LW | Ahmed Abdel Kader | 23 May 1999 | 2020 | |||||||
| 14 | LW | Hussein El Shahat | 21 June 1992 | 2019 | |||||||
| 17 | LW | Achraf Bencharki | 24 September 1994 | 2025 | |||||||
| 25 | RW | Ahmed Sayed | 10 January 1996 | 2025 | |||||||
| 28 | RW | Karim Fouad | 1 October 1999 | 2021 | |||||||
| 29 | CF | Taher Mohamed | 7 March 1997 | 2020 | |||||||
| 38 | RW | Mohamed Abdallah | 18 October 2005 | 2023 | |||||||
| 39 | ST | Hamza Abdelkarim | 1 January 2008 | 2020 | From the Youth Academy | ||||||
Out on loan
| Pos | Player | To | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FW | End of the season | ||
| FW | End of the season | ||
| FW | End of the season | ||
| MF | End of the season | ||
| MF | End of the season | ||
| MF | End of the season | ||
| MF | End of the season | ||
| DF | End of the season | ||
| DF | End of the season | ||
| DF | End of the season | ||
| DF | End of the season | ||
| GK | End of the season |
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 440K $ | 1 June 2025 | |||
| MF | loan transfer | 1 June 2025 | |||
| MF | 1.8M $ | 1 June 2025 | |||
| MF | End of loan | 1 June 2025 | |||
| FW | 1.6M $ | 1 June 2025 | [1] | ||
| DF | Loan transfer | 5 June 2025 | |||
| FW | Free Transfer | 6 June 2025 | |||
| FW | End of loan | 30 June 2025 | |||
| FW | End of loan | 30 June 2025 | |||
| FW | End of loan | 30 June 2025 | |||
| MF | End of loan | 30 June 2025 | |||
| DF | End of loan | 30 June 2025 | |||
| DF | End of loan | 30 June 2025 | |||
| DF | Undisclosed | 14 July 2025 | [2] |
Out
| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | End of contract | 1 June 2025 | |||
| DF | End of contract | 1 June 2025 | |||
| MF | End of contract | 1 June 2025 | |||
| MF | End of contract | 1 June 2025 | |||
| GK | End of contract | 1 June 2025 | |||
| DF | Undisclosed | 18 July 2025 | |||
| DF | Undisclosed | 12 July 2025 | |||
| MF | Undisclosed | 20 July 2025 | |||
| FW | €6.40m | 26 July 2025 | [3] | ||
| MF | Undisclosed | 4 August 2025 | |||
| FW | €150K | 2 September 2025 | |||
Pre-season and friendlies
| 21 July 2025 Friendly | Stade Tunisien | 1–4 | Al Ahly | Tabarka, Tunisia |
| 25 July 2025 Friendly | CA Bizertin | 0–5 | Al Ahly | Tabarka, Tunisia |
| 29 July 2025 Friendly | Al Ahly | 2–0 | ENPPI | Cairo |
| 19:00 | Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium |
| 3 August 2025 Friendly | Al Ahly | 1–0 | | Cairo |
| Stadium: Al Salam Stadium |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Premier League First Stage | 9 August 2025 | 9 March 2026 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 55.00 |
| Premier League Championship Group | 7 April 2026 | 20 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 66.67 |
| Egypt Cup | 27 December 2025 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
| Egyptian League Cup | 12 December 2025 | 15 January 2026 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 33.33 |
| Egyptian Super Cup | 6 November 2025 | 9 November 2025 | Semi-finals | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 18 October 2025 | 21 March 2026 | First round | Quarter-finals | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 40.00 |
| Total | 45 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 51.11 | ||||
Last updated: 20 May 2026
Source: Competitions
Egyptian Premier League
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zamalek | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 43 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Pyramids | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 43 | |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 40 | |
| 4 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 38 | |
| 5 | Al Masry | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Results by round
Matches
| 9 August 2025 1 | Modern Sport | 2–2 | Al Ahly | Cairo |
| 21:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium |
| 15 August 2025 2 | Al Ahly | 4–1 | Pharco | Cairo |
| 21:00 UTC+3 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium |
| 19–21 August 2025 3 | Bye |
| 25 August 2025 4 | Ghazl El Mahalla | 0–0 | Al Ahly |
| 30 August 2025 5 | Al Ahly | 0–2 | Pyramids |
| 14 September 2025 6 | ENPPI | 1–1 | Al Ahly |
| 19 September 2025 7 | Al Ahly | 1–0 | Ceramica Cleopatra |
| 23 September 2025 8 | Haras El Hodoud | 2–3 | Al Ahly |
| 29 September 2025 9 | Al Ahly | 2–1 | Zamalek |
| 4 October 2025 10 | Kahrabaa Ismailia | 2–4 | Al Ahly |
| 22 October 2025 11 | Al Ahly | 2–1 | Al Ittihad |
| 29 October 2025 12 | Petrojet | 1–1 | Al Ahly |
| 2 November 2025 13 | Al Ahly | 0–0 | Al Masry |
| 27 January 2026 16 | Al Ahly | 3–1 | Wadi Degla |
| 3 February 2026 17 | National Bank | 1–1 | Al Ahly |
| 11 February 2026 14 | Al Ahly | 2–0 | Ismaily |
| 19 February 2026 18 | Al Ahly | 1–0 | El Gouna |
| 23 February 2026 19 | Smouha | 0–1 | Al Ahly |
| 28 February 2026 20 | Al Ahly | 1–1 | ZED |
| 5 March 2026 21 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 1–3 | Al Ahly |
| 9 March 2026 15 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 2–1 | Al Ahly |
Championship round
| 7 April 2026 1 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 1–1 | Al Ahly |
| 11 April 2026 2 | Al Ahly | 2–1 | Smouha |
| 22–23 April 2026 3 | Bye |
| 27 April 2026 4 | Pyramids | 3–0 | Al Ahly |
| 1 May 2026 5 | Zamalek | 0–3 | Al Ahly |
| 5 May 2026 6 | Al Ahly | 3–0 | ENPPI |
| 20 May 2026 7 | Al Masry | 0–2 | Al Ahly |
Egypt Cup
Egyptian League Cup
Group stage
- Group A
| 12 December 2025 1 | Al Ahly | 0–1 | ENPPI |
| 19 December 2025 2 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 0–1 | Al Ahly |
| 23 December 2025 3 | Ghazl El Mahalla | 2–1 | Al Ahly |
| 30 December 2025 4 | Al Ahly | 0–3 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab |
| 4–6 January 2026 5 | Bye |
| 10 January 2026 6 | Pharco | 1–4 | Al Ahly |
| 15 January 2026 7 | Al Ahly | 1–2 | Tala'ea El Gaish |
CAF Champions League
Al Ahly will receive a bye to the second round.[4]
Statistics
Squad statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | EPL | CAF CL | Other1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Mohamed El Shenawy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Yassin Marei | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Omar Kamal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Ahmed Ramadan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | MF | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Yasser Ibrahim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Trézéguet | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Ahmed Reda | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Nejc Gradišar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Mohamed Sherif | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Ahmed Abdelkader | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Mohamed Shokry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | Marwan Attia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW | Hussein El Shahat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Achraf Dari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Achraf Bencharki | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Afsha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | Mostafa El Aash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Emam Ashour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | Aliou Dieng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | Ahmed Sayed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | GK | Mohamed Seha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | Karim Fouad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW | Taher Mohamed | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | DF | Mohamed Hany | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | GK | Mostafa Shobeir | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | MF | Koka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | FW | Mohamed Abdallah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | FW | Hamza Abdelkarim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | DF | Ahmed Abdin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last updated: 10 August 2025
Source: [citation needed]
1 Includes, 2025–26 Egyptian Super Cup, 2025 CAF Super Cup, and 2025–26 Egyptian League Cup.