2009–10 Al-Ahly S.C. season

Al-Ahly
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
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

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Pre-season friendlies

Al-Ahly announced their six matches fixtures of their 2009 pre-season will be in Germany and England [1], On 3 July 2009 Al-Ahly played their first pre-season match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany against FC Gelsenkirchen [2] On 3 July 2009 Al-Ahly played their first match of Zayton Cup against Turkish side Galatasaray, After 3 days they played German side Bayer 04 Leverkusen, The last match was on 11 July 2009 aganist Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca [3], After their match against Haras El Hodood in Egyptian Super Cup, Al-Ahly's 23 players were in london to play in The Wembley Cup 2009 against Celtic and Barcelona on 24 and 26 July.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F - A
Scorers
3 July 2009 FC Gelsenkirchen A Gelsenkirchen 5 - 0 3 Ahmed 'Manga' Nabil, Hany El-Agazy, Osama Hosny
5 July 2009 Galatasaray A LTU Arena 0 - 1 Barış Özbek (P) 33'
24 July 2009 Bayer 04 Leverkusen A LTU Arena 0 - 2 Burak Kaplan 3', Tranquillo Barnetta 90'
11 July 2009 Wydad Casablanca A LTU Arena 2 - 0 Mostafa Shebeita (P) 40', Mohamed Samir (P) 52'
24 July 2009 Celtic A Wembley 0 - 5 Massimo Donati 31', Scott McDonald 2 38'(P) 59' , Shaun Maloney 49', Chris Killen 83'
26 July 2009 Barcelona A Wembley 1 - 4 Bojan Krkic 16', Hany El-Agazy 31', José Manuel Rueda 41', Jeffrén Suárez 56', Pedro Rodríguez 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 21 July 2009

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

Egyptian Premier League

Al-Ahly's opening game of the Egyptian Premier League 2009–10 were fixture on 6 August 2009 against Ghazl El-Mehalla, Al-Ahly's coach Hossam El-Badry who took over at the club following the departure of Portuguese Manuel José at the end of last season and employed an unfamiliar 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 open scoring after 40' minutes and Francis Doe makes it two in the 66' minutes on his Egyptian Premier League debut[4], This was followed up by a narrow 2–1 win over Ittihad El-Shorta in an Un-broadcasting match due to Broadcasting problems on 19 August. Former Ahly player Ahmed Galal socres the first goal of the game ater 31' minutes, 4 minutes later Ahly's player Ahmed Hassan scores the equalizer, the second half substitute Hussein Yasser scored Al-Ahly's second goal in the 80' minutes to secure ahly's second win of the season[5].

On 23 August Al-Ahly plays their third match of the season against Haras El Hodood in a 1-1 darw, Haras El Hodood player Ahmed Salama scores the opener in the 69' minutes and Ahmed Hassan scores the equalizer in the 78' minutes of the game[6].

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers League
position
6 August 2009 Ghazl El-Mehalla H 2 – 0 Ahmed Hassan 40', Francis Doe 60' 2nd
19 August 2009 Ittihad El-Shorta A 1 – 2 Ahmed Galal 31', Ahmed Hassan 34', Hussein Yasser 80' 2nd
23 August 2009 Haras El Hodood H 1 – 1 Ahmed Salama 69', Ahmed Hassan 78' 2nd
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Al-Ahly 15 10 5 0 22 8 +14 35
2 Petrojet 15 8 5 2 24 14 +10 29
3 Ismaily 15 7 7 1 18 12 +6 28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Group Stage

Group B

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
18 July 2010
15:00 UTC+1
Heartland 1 – 1 Al-Ahly Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
Bello Musa Kofarmata  49' Report Mohamed Aboutrika  75' (pen.)

1 August 2010
20:30 UTC+3
Al-Ahly 2 – 1 Ismaily Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Mohamed Talaat  58'
Wael Gomaa  90+3'
Mohamed Abougrisha 80'

15 August 2010
22:00 UTC+1
JS Kabylie 1 – 0 Al-Ahly Stade 1er Novembre, Tizi Ouzou
Referee: Kokou Djaoupe (Togo)
Mohamed Khoutir-Ziti  25'

29 August 2010
21:30 UTC+2
Al-Ahly 1 – 1 JS Kabylie Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Kaoma Wellington (Zambia)
Gedo  22' Saad Tedjar  29'

12 September 2010
20:00 UTC+3
Al-Ahly 2 – 1 Heartland Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Amanuel Ayob Russom (Eritrea)
Ahmed Fathy  20'
Mohamed Fadl  48'
Emmanuel Nwachi  56'

19 September 2010
18:00 UTC+3
Ismaily 4 – 2 Al-Ahly Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Abdallah El-Shahat  5'
Ahmed Ali  36'74'
Moatasem Salem  70'
Mohamed Barakat  35'
Mohamed Talaat 87'

Semi-Finals

3 October 2010
19:30 UTC+2
Al-Ahly 2 – 1 Espérance ST Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Referee: El Raay Adel (Libya)
Ashour 34'
Fadl  38'
Shehab El Din 52'
Fathy  68'
Ayman Bin Amor 36'
Hechri 71'
Darragi  72'

17 October 2010
19:30 UTC+1
Espérance ST 1 – 0 Al-Ahly Stade 7 November, Rades
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)
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 has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee / Note
13 May 2009 DF Mohamed Khalaf Al-Nasr Cairo
15 May 2009 DF Wael Shafik Semouha
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
01 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

See also

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