2026–27 Al Ahly SC season

Al Ahly
2026–27 season
Chairman	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Hussein Ammouta
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	3rd
Egypt Cup	Round of 32
Egyptian League Cup	Group stage
Egyptian Super Cup	Semi-finals
CAF Confederation Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Zizo (3); All: Zizo (3)
Biggest win	Home:; Al Ahly 3–2 Sharkia Enppi; Away:; Petrol Asyut 0–5 Al Ahly
	← 2025–26 2027–28 →
	All statistics correct as of 7 October 2026.

The 2026–27 season is the 120th season in Al Ahly's history and the 68th 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 Confederation Cup and the Egyptian Super Cup

ChairmanMahmoud El Khatib

ManagerHussein Ammouta

StadiumCairo International Stadium

Egyptian Premier League3rd

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Home	Away	Third
Goalkeeper 1	Goalkeeper 2	Goalkeeper 3

Position	Name
Head coach	Hussein Ammouta
Assistant coaches	Yasser Radwan Hichame Zahid
Conditioning Coach	Issam Armoum
Goalkeeping coach	Joey Potveer
Head Analyst	Othmane Manekoudi
Video Analyst	Khalil Aghchmi
Fitness coaches	Renato Buscariolli

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Signed in
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohamed El Shenawy (C)	37	2016
31	GK	Mostafa Shobeir	26	2018
33	GK	Hamza Alaa	25	2026
Defenders
2	CB	Yassin Marei	24	2025
3	CB	Achraf Dari	27	2024
4	RB	Ahmed Eid	25	2026
5	CB	Hady Reyad	28	2026
6	CB	Yasser Ibrahim	33	2019
11	LB	Karim El Debes	23	2022
20	LB	Youssef Belammari	27	2026
24	LB	Tawfik Mohamed	26	2026
26	CB	Amr El Gazar	27	2026
30	RB	Mohamed Hany (VC)	30	2014
49	CB	Ibrahim El Asyuti	21	2025
Midfielders
8	CM	Ahmed Reda	25	2025
12	CM	Akram Tawfik	28	2026
13	DM	Marwan Attia	28	2023
15	CM	Omar El Saaiy	23	2024
19	AM	Afsha	30	2019
21	CM	Ali Mahmoud	23	2026
22	CM	Emam Ashour	28	2023
34	CM	Kabaka	21	2023
36	DM	Ahmed Koka	25	2020
Forwards
7	LW	Taher Mohamed	29	2020
9	CF	Soufiane Benjdida	25	2026
10	ST	Monsef Bakrar	25	2026
14	LW	Hussein El Shahat	34	2019
17	LW	Achraf Bencharki	31	2025
18	RW	Omar Moawad	20	2024
25	RW	Zizo	30	2025
27	ST	Aqtay Abdallah	23	2026
28	RW	Karim Fouad	26	2021
29	RW	Reda Slim	25	2023
32	ST	Mohamed Raafat	20	2024
38	RW	Mohamed Abdallah	20	2023
39	ST	Mahmoud Salah	18	2026

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Source
Summer
27	FW	Aqtay Abdallah	Sharkia Enppi	€630k	7 July 2026	^[2]
21	MF	Ali Mahmoud	Sharkia Enppi	€538k	7 July 2026	^[3]
9	FW	Soufiane Benjdida	MAS Fès	€2.20m	19 July 2026	^[4]
10	FW	Monsef Bakrar	Dinamo Zagreb	€3.00m	28 July 2026	^[5]
12	MF	Akram Tawfik	Al-Shamal	Free transfer	12 August 2026	^[6]
39	FW	Mahmoud Salah	El Mahalla	€600k	14 August 2026	^[7]
24	DF	Tawfik Mohamed	Suez Petrojet	€515k	15 August 2026	^[8]
Winter

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
Summer
FW	Hamza Abdelkarim	Barcelona	€1.50m	23 June 2026	^[9]
MF	Aliou Dieng	Valencia	Free transfer	30 June 2026	^[10]
DF	Beckham	Cleopatra	End of loan	30 June 2026
FW	Ieltsin Camões	Tromsø	End of loan	30 June 2026
FW	Marwan Otaka	Cleopatra	End of loan	30 June 2026
FW	Trezeguet	Al-Riyadh	Free transfer	14 July 2026	^[11]
DF	Mostafa El Aash	Al Masry	€510k	30 July 2026
DF	Mohamed Shokry	Al Masry	€510k	30 July 2026
GK	Mohamed Seha	Al Masry	Loan fee: €100k	2 August 2026
MF	Mohamed Ben Romdhane	Al-Shamal	€695k	9 August 2026
DF	Omar Kamal	El Mokawloon	Free transfer	15 August 2026
GK	Mostafa Makhlouf	Modern Sport	?
FW	Samir Mohamed	Suez Petrojet	?
DF	Ahmed Abdin	Wadi Degla	?
FW	Nejc Gradisar	Cleopatra	Loan transfer
FW	Mohamed Sherif	Al-Zawraa	Loan transfer
MF	Ibrahim Adel	El Mokawloon	Loan transfer
Winter

2026–27 Al Ahly SC season

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Management team

Players

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Egyptian Premier League

Regular season

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Egypt Cup

Egyptian League Cup

Group stage

CAF Confederation Cup

Squad statistics

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Pos.	Player	To	End date
FW	Nejc Gradišar	Cleopatra	30 June 2027
FW	Mohamed Sherif	Al-Zawraa	30 June 2027
MF	Ibrahim Adel	Al Mokawloon	30 June 2027
GK	Mohamed Seha	Al Masry	30 June 2027

23 July 2026 Friendly	Al Ahly	5–1	Al Nasr	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gradišar El Shahat Ali Mahmoud Aqtay			Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium
Note: This match was played behind closed doors.

30 July 2026 Friendly	Al Ahly	7–1	La Viena	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bencharki K. Fouad M. Abdallah Gradišar M. Sherif Gradišar M. Sherif			Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium
Note: This match was played behind closed doors.

5 August 2026 Friendly	Al Ahly	2–0	Petrol Asyut	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	M. Abdallah Samir			Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium
Note: This match was played behind closed doors.

5 August 2026 Friendly	Al Ahly	6–2	Nogoom	Cairo, Egypt
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	M. Sherif El Shahat Zizo Benjdida K. Fouad Kabaka			Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium
Note: This match was played behind closed doors.

12 August 2026 Friendly	Badalona	0–3	Al Ahly	Badalona, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Mahmoud 60' Aqtay 70' Zizo 85'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Badalona
Note: This match was played behind closed doors.

14 August 2026 Friendly	Europa	2–1	Al Ahly	Barcelona, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Bencharki 55'	Stadium: Nou Sardenya
Note: This match was played behind closed doors.

19 August 2026 Joan Gamper Trophy	Barcelona	2–1	Al Ahly	Barcelona, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdelkarim 29' Raphinha 45' (pen.) Gordon 90+1'	Report	Zizo 51' Eid 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 54,224 Referee: Carlos Muñiz Ruiz (Spain)

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	23 August 2026	TBD	Matchday 1	6	5	1	0	9	3	+6	083.33
Egypt Cup	TBD	TBD	Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super Cup	TBD	TBD	Semi-finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
League Cup	7 October 2026	TBD	League phase	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
CAF Confederation Cup	17 October 2026	TBD	Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	6	1	0	14	3	+11	085.71

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pyramids	5	5	0	0	9	1	+8	15	Qualification for the championship play-offs
2	Zamalek	5	4	1	0	8	1	+7	13
3	Al Ahly	5	4	1	0	9	3	+6	13
4	Ceramica Cleopatra	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	12
5	Modern Sport	5	3	1	1	7	4	+3	10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10	2	0	0	4	2	+2	1	1	0	3	1	+2

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	2	2	2	3	3	2

23 August 2026 1	Al Ahly	3–2	Sharkia Enppi	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Attia 34' 90+6' Zizo 69' (pen.) Afsha 90'	Report	A. Ehab 17' M. Hamdy M. Essam 24' Temsah 77'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)

24 December 2026 12	Ceramica Cleopatra	v	Al Ahly
20:00 UTC+3

28 August 2026 2	ZED	0–2	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	A. Bakry 65'	Report	Bencharki 21' Ali 24' Taher 61'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

3 September 2026 3	Al Ahly	1–0	Smouha	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Taher 55' Hany 57' Yasser 87'	Report	H. Hafez 45+3' El Sisi 57'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

9 September 2026 4	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	1–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Dokou 3' I. Gaber 38' (pen.)	Report	Zizo 58' (pen.) 69'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouni (Egypt)

15 September 2026 5	Al Ahly	2–0	Abou Qir	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Zizo 18' El Saaiy 42' Attia 90+1' El Shahat 90+3'	Report	Dabash 51' Osha 77' M. Alaa 81'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Ghazi (Egypt)

11 October 2026 6	Zamalek	0–2	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Gaber 70'	Report	Hany 39' Bakrar 80'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Solvenia)

21 October 2026 7	Al Ahly	v	El Qanah	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

29 October 2026 8	Modern Sport	v	Al Ahly	Cairo
17:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

23 November 2026 9	Al Ahly	v	Pyramids	Cairo
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

10 December 2026 10	Ghazl El Mahalla	v	Al Ahly	El Mahalla El Kubra
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium

15 December 2026 11	Al Ahly	v	Asyut Petroleum	Cairo
17:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

5 January 2027 14	El Gouna	v	Al Ahly	El Gouna
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium

6 February 2027 17	Al Ahly	v	Al Masry	Alexandria
20:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

12 February 2027 18	Al Ahly	v	Tala'ea El Gaish
21:30 UTC+3

7 October 2026 1	Asyut Petroleum	0 – 5	Al Ahly
17:00 UTC+3

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20:00 UTC+3

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		EPL		CAF CC		Other¹
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mohamed El Shenawy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Yassin Marei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Achraf Dari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ahmed Eid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Hady Reyad	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Yasser Ibrahim	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Taher Mohamed	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Ahmed Reda	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Soufiane Benjdida	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Monsef Bakrar	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF		Karim El Debes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Akram Tawfik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Marwan Attia	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Hussein El Shahat	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Omar El Saaiy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Achraf Bencharki	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Omar Moawad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Afsha	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Youssef Belammari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Ali Mahmoud	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Emam Ashour	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Tawfik Mohamed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Zizo	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Amr El Gazar	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Aqtay Abdallah	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Karim Fouad	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Reda Slim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Mohamed Hany	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Mostafa Shobeir	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Mohamed Raafat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Hamza Alaa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Kabaka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Ahmed Koka	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW		Mohamed Abdallah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Mahmoud Salah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	DF		Ibrahim El Asyuti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0