The 2019–20 Al Ahly season was the 112th season in the football club's history and 61st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the Egypt Cup, the Egyptian Super Cup, and the first-tier African cup, the CAF Champions League. The season covers a period from 1 July 2019 to 5 December 2020.
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Players Current squad
Youth Academy
Out on loan
Transfers Transfers in # Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source42DF El GounaEnd of loan2DF Al Ettifaq5MF Smouha17MF El Gouna35MF El Gouna38FW Al Ittihad40FW Al Ittihad39FW El Gouna15MF MC AlgerE£22m4DF IsmailyE£15m19MF PyramidsE£20m26FW Desportivo das AvesUndisclosed18FW Rapid WienE£38mFW Al Mokawloon Al ArabE£20m
Loans in # Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source7FW Huddersfield Town
Transfers out Position Player Transferred to Fee Date SourceFW El GounaFree TransferMF El GounaE£4m MF El GounaUndisclosedMF El GounaUndisclosedMF Al Ittihad AlexandriaFree TransferMF Pyramids FCreleasedMF El Rajareleased
Loans out Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires SourceFW El GounaDF El GounaMF El GounaDF El GounaDF Tala'ea El GaishFW Tala'ea El GaishMF SmouhaMF EnppiFW EttifaqMF SmouhaMF Tala'ea El GaishDF SmouhaDF SmouhaMF Smouha
Friendly matches
Competitions Overview
Egyptian Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 12 September 2019.
Egypt Cup
Al Ahly entered the competition from the round of 32 and were given a home tie against Egyptian Second Division side Beni Suef. The bracket of the tournament was also decided at the time of the round of 32 draw; meaning that the path to the final for each time was decided prior to playing any matches. Also, all matches are played on stadiums selected by the Egyptian Football Association starting from the round of 16.
Egyptian Super Cup
As the winners of the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League, Al Ahly faced 2018–19 Egypt Cup winners Zamalek in the Egyptian Super Cup. The match was played on 20 February 2020 in the United Arab Emirates.
CAF Champions League
Al Ahly entered the competition for the 22nd consecutive time after winning the league in the previous season. Al Ahly were ranked 4th in the CAF 5-year ranking prior to the start of the 2019–20. As a result, they entered the competition from the preliminary round since only the top 3 ranked teams were given a bye to the first round.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 21 July 2019. Al Ahly were drawn against Atlabara from South Sudan.
First round
The draw for the first round was held on 21 July 2019 (after the preliminary round draw). Al Ahly were drawn against the winner of the tie involving Cano Sport from Equatorial Guinea and Mekelle 70 Enderta from Ethiopia, which was won by the former.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2019. Al Ahly were drawn in Group B alongside Étoile du Sahel from Tunisia, Al Hilal from Sudan and FC Platinum from Zimbabwe.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 February 2020. Al Ahly were drawn against Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa.
Semi-finals
Final
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Statistics Appearances and goals
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Goalscorers
Rank Position Name Egypt Cup Total 1 MF Hussein El Shahat 5 0 0 5 10 2 FW Walid Soliman 6 0 0 3 9 3 FW Junior Ajayi 5 0 0 2 7 4 FW Walid Azaro 2 2 0 2 6 5 MF Mohamed Magdy 4 0 0 1 5 MF Ahmed El Sheikh 3 1 0 1 5 FW Ramadan Sobhi 4 0 0 1 5 8 DF Ali Maâloul 3 0 0 1 4 FW Marwan Mohsen 3 0 0 1 4 FW Salah Mohsen 0 0 0 4 4 11 MF Hamdy Fathy 1 0 0 2 3 FW Mahmoud Kahraba 3 0 0 0 3 13 MF Aliou Dieng 1 0 0 1 2 MF Amr El Solia 2 0 0 0 2 15 FW Aliou Badji 1 0 0 0 1 DF Ahmed Fathy 0 0 0 1 1 Own goal 0 0 0 1 1 Awarded goal 2 0 0 0 2 Total 45 3 0 26 74
Clean sheets
Rank Name Egypt Cup Total 1 Mohamed El Shenawy 12 0 1 4 17 2 Ali Lotfi 0 0 0 2 23 Sherif Ekramy000004 Mostafa Shobair00000 Total 12 0 1 6 19
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