2013–14 Al Ahly SC season

2013–14 Al Ahly SC season

2013–14 season
Chairman	Hassan Hamdy succeeded by Mahmoud Taher
Manager	Mohamed Youssef succeeded by Fathi Mabrouk, as an interim manager
2013/14 Egyptian League	Champion
2013 Egypt Cup	withdrew
2014 Egypt Cup	Semi-final
2013 Egyptian Super Cup	Not Held
2013 CAF Champions League	Champion
2013 FIFA Club World Cup	6th
2014 CAF Super Cup	Champion
2014 CAF Champions League	Round of 16 (eliminated to participate in 2014 CAF Confederation Cup)
2014 CAF Confederation Cup	Leading Group B (on going in next season)
Home colours Away colours

2013 CAF Champions league

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AHL	ORL	ZAM	LEO
Al-Ahly	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11		—	0–3	4–2	2–1
Orlando Pirates	6	2	2	2	8	4	+4	8		0–0	—	4–1	0–0
Zamalek	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7[lower-alpha 1]		1–1	2–1	—	4–1
AC Léopards	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7[lower-alpha 1]		0–1	1–0	1–0	—

Source:
Notes:

1. Zamalek are ranked ahead of AC Léopards on head-to-head record.

24 July 2013	Zamalek	1–1	Al-Ahly	El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
16:30 UTC+2	Gaafar  8'	Report	Aboutrika  54' (pen.)	Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Note: The Zamalek v Al-Ahly match was postponed due to security concerns in Egypt.[1]

4 August 2013	Al-Ahly	0–3	Orlando Pirates	El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
16:30 UTC+2		Report	Ntshumayelo  12' Jali  73' (pen.) Myeni  76'	Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

17 August 2013	AC Léopards	0–1	Al-Ahly	Stade Denis Sassou Nguesso, Dolisie
14:30 UTC+1		Report	Soliman  41'	Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

31 August 2013	Al-Ahly	2–1	AC Léopards	El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
16:00 UTC+2	El-Said  37' Soliman  68'	Report	Beaullia  84'	Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

15 September 2013	Al-Ahly	4–2	Zamalek	El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
15:00 UTC+2	Soliman  9' Abd El-Zaher  15' Aboutrika  52' Ahmed Fathy  71'	Report	Gaber  4' Hassan  82'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
Note: No fans attended the match for CAF decision against Al-Ahly, the Home Team.

22 September 2013	Orlando Pirates	0–0	Al-Ahly	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coton Sport	2–2 (6–7p)	Al-Ahly	1–1	1–1

6 October 2013	Coton Sport	1–1	Al-Ahly	Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua
15:00 UTC+1	Mbongo  33'	Report	Aboutrika  45+3'	Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Note: The first leg was originally played on 5 October 2013, 15:00 UTC+1, but was abandoned with the score 0–0 in the 65th minute due to a waterlogged pitch. The match was replayed the next day in its entirety according to the competition regulations.[2]

20 October 2013	Al-Ahly	1–1 (7–6 p)	Coton Sport	El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
14:30 UTC+2	El-Said  3'	Report	Yougouda  65'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)
	Penalties
	Aboutrika Soliman Gomaa Ahmed Moawad Trzeguet Nagieb Fathy		Oyongo Bouba Yougouda Manga Mbah Kingue Mpondo Ngamaleu Zimbori Haman
Note: No fans attended the match for CAF decision against Al-Ahly, the Home Team.

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the final.

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Orlando Pirates	1–3	Al-Ahly	1–1	0–2

2 November 2013	Orlando Pirates	1–1	Al-Ahly	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg
20:30 UTC+2	Matlaba  90+3'	Report	Aboutrika  14'	Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

10 November 2013	Al-Ahly	2–0	Orlando Pirates	Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Aboutrika  54' Abd El-Zaher  78'	Report		Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

2013 CAF Champions League winners
Al-Ahly Eighth title

FIFA Club World Cup

Play-off

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

11 December – Agadir

Raja Casablanca

2

14 December – Agadir

Auckland City

1

Raja Casablanca (a.e.t.)

2

18 December – Marrakesh

Monterrey

1

Raja Casablanca

3

Atlético Mineiro

1

21 December – Marrakesh

Raja Casablanca

0

14 December – Agadir

Bayern Munich

2

Guangzhou Evergrande

2

17 December – Agadir

Al-Ahly

0

Guangzhou Evergrande

0

Fifth place

Third place

Bayern Munich

3

Monterrey

5

Atlético Mineiro

3

Al-Ahly

1

Guangzhou Evergrande

2

18 December – Marrakesh

21 December – Marrakesh

All times Western European Time (UTC±0).

Quarter-finals

14 December 2013	Guangzhou Evergrande	2–0	Al-Ahly	Stade Adrar, Agadir
16:00	Elkeson  49' Conca  67'	Report		Attendance: 34,579 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Fifth place match

18 December 2013	Al-Ahly	1–5	Monterrey	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
16:30	Moteab  8'	Report	Cardozo  3' Delgado  22', 65' López  27' Suazo  45' (pen.)	Attendance: 35,219 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Egyptian Premier League

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (Q)	20	12	4	4	30	10	+20	40	Qualification to Championship play-off
2	Smouha (Q)	20	10	5	5	24	20	+4	35
3	Al Ittihad	20	7	10	3	20	17	+3	31
4	Al Mokawloon	20	7	9	4	27	17	+10	30
5	El Gouna	20	7	5	8	17	16	+1	26

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

26 December 2013	El Entag El Harby	0 – 2	Al-Ahly	El Salam Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Abdallah  69' (p) Gamal  83'	Attendance: 0

4 January 2014	Smouha	0 – 2	Al-Ahly	El Max Stadium, Alexandria
17:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Abdallah  13'  52'	Attendance: 0

9 January 2014	Al-Ahly	1 – 0	Enppi	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+02:00	Mano  67' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 0

18 January 2014	El Ragaa	0 – 3	Al-Ahly	El Max Stadium, Alexandria
17:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Fathy  37' Gamal  60' Hamdy  70'	Attendance: 0

30 January 2014	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	2 – 1	Al-Ahly	Othman Ahmed Othman Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+02:00	Farouk  4' Adel  57'	Report	Gamal  16'	Attendance: 0

3 February 2014	Al-Ahly	0 – 1	El Dakhleya	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Temsah  19'	Attendance: 0

6 February 2014	Al-Ahly	1 – 0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah  66' (p)	Report		Attendance: 0

11 February 2014	Al-Ahly	0 – 0	Al Ittihad Al Sakandary	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+02:00		Report		Attendance: 0

15 February 2014	El Gouna	1 – 0	Al-Ahly	El Gouna Stadium, El-Gouna
14:30 UTC+02:00	Sherif  52'	Report		Attendance: 0

13 March 2014	Al-Ahly	3 – 1	El Entag El Harby	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:30 UTC+02:00	Gamal  25' Yedan  52' Hamdy  78'	Report	Bassem  7'	Attendance: 0

17 March 2014	El Dakhleya	1 – 0	Al-Ahly	30 June Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00	Koné  32'	Report		Attendance: 0

2 April 2014	Enppi	1 – 1	Al-Ahly	30 June Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+02:00	Die Foneye  23'	Report	Abdallah  28' (p)	Attendance: 0

6 April 2014	Al-Ahly	4 – 1	Misr El Makasa	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+02:00	Gamal  46' Abdallah  66'  67' Trezeguet  89'	Report	Hussein  89'	Attendance: 0

10 April 2014	Al-Ahly	3 – 0	El Ragaa	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah  76' Gamal  83' Fathy  93'	Report		Attendance: 0

15 April 2014	Al-Ahly	1 – 0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+02:00	Rabia  87'	Report		Attendance: 0

3 May 2014	Al-Ahly	1 – 1	Smouha	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+02:00	Abdallah  72'	Report	Hamoudy  36'	Attendance: 0

7 May 2014	Al Ittihad Al Sakandary	0 – 2	Al-Ahly	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+02:00	Gamal  11'  74'	Report		Attendance: 0

11 May 2014	Ghazl El Mahalla	1 – 1	Al-Ahly	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
16:00 UTC+02:00	Arafat  30'	Report	Trezeguet  74'	Attendance: 0

12 June 2014	Al-Ahly	1 – 0	El Gouna	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+03:00	Hamdy  49'	Report		Attendance: 0

16 June 2014	Misr El Makasa	0 – 3	Al-Ahly	30 June Stadium, Cairo
16:15 UTC+03:00	Saad  24' (p) Raouf  36' (p) Ramadan  58'	Report		Attendance: 0

Championship Play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Qualification to Champions League
2	Smouha	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Zamalek	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	Qualification to Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4	Petrojet	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2014 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

28 June 2014	Al-Ahly	1 – 0	Zamalek	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
20:30 UTC+03:00	Tawfik  21' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 0

2 July 2014	Petrojet	0 – 4	Al-Ahly	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
21:30 UTC+03:00		Report	Ramadan  53'  68' Gamal  58' Raouf  84'	Attendance: 0

7 July 2014	Al-Ahly	0 – 0	Smouha	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
21:30 UTC+03:00		Report		Attendance: 0

2013–14 Egyptian Premier League
Al-Ahly Thirty Seventh title

2014 CAF Super Cup

20 February 2014	Al-Ahly	3–2	CS Sfaxien	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Gedo  23' Gamal  55', 67'	Report	Maâloul  63' (pen.) Ben Youssef  77'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

2014 CAF Super Cup winners
Al-Ahly Sixth title

2014 CAF Champions League

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Africans	1–1 (3–4p)	Al-Ahly	1–0	0–1

1 March 2014	Young Africans	1–0	Al-Ahly	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam
16:00 UTC+3	Haroub  83'			Referee: Bazezew Belete (Ethiopia)

9 March 2014	Al-Ahly	1–0 (4–3 p)	Young Africans	El Max Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2	Moawad  71'			Attendance: 0 Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the second round.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi)	4–2	Al-Ahly	1–0	3–2

21 March 2014	Al-Ahly Benghazi	1–0	Al-Ahly	Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis (Tunisia)
14:00 UTC+1	Sadomba  68'			Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)
Note: The first leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns.

29 March 2014	Al-Ahly	2–3	Al-Ahly Benghazi	30 June Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Nagieb  38' Gamal  75'		Fetori  40' (pen.) Farag  52' Al Mehdi  60'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Al-Ahly Benghazi won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. Al-Ahly entered the play-off round.

2014 CAF Confederation Cup

Play-off Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly	2–2 (a)	Difaâ El Jadidi	1–0	2–1

20 April 2014	Al-Ahly	1–0	Difaâ El Jadidi	30 June Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Abdallah  21'			Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

26 April 2014	Difaâ El Jadidi	2–1	Al-Ahly	Stade El Abdi, El Jadida
16:00 UTC+1	Chagou  62' (pen.) Lengoualama  78'		Raouf  90+5'	Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won on the away goals rule and advanced to the group stage.

Group Stage

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AHL	SEW	NKA	ESS
Al-Ahly	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9[lower-alpha 1]			1–0	2–0	0–0
Séwé Sport	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	9[lower-alpha 1]		1–1		3–0	1–1
Nkana	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7		1–0	1–1		4–3
Étoile du Sahel	6	1	3	2	9	10	−1	6		1–1	0–1	4–3

Source:
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Al-Ahly and Séwé Sport are ranked on head-to-head record.

17 May 2014	Al-Ahly	2–0	Nkana	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+3	Gamal  46' Gedo  56'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

25 May 2014	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	Al-Ahly	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
18:00 UTC+1	Bounedjah  39'	Report	Gamal  59'	Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

8 June 2014	Séwé Sport	1–1	Al-Ahly	Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
15:30 UTC±0	Akrofi  78'		Yedan  45'	Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Note: Al Ahly's season end in beginning of July, so the rest of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup group stage matches will be included in the next season, as the competition will be resumed by the end of July, after the end of 2014 FIFA World Cup

2014 Egypt Cup

Round of 16

22 June 2014	Al Ahly	4 – 3	El Menia	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+03:00	Hamdy  26' Gamal  55'  90+2' Bambo  63'		Atef  31' Qaoud  82'  90'	Attendance: 0

Quarter-final

11 July 2014	Al Ahly	1 – 0	El Ragaa	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
21:30 UTC+03:00	Moteab  60'			Attendance: 0

Semi-final

11 July 2014	Al Ahly	1 – 2	Smouha	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
21:30 UTC+03:00	Moteab  81'		Hamoudi  25'  34'	Attendance: 0

References

1. "Soccer-Postponements loom in African Champions League". Yahoo Sports. 17 July 2013.
2. "CotonSport against Al Ahly to be replayed tomorrow (Sunday 6 October)". Confederation of African Football. 5 October 2013.