2017–18 Al Ahly SC season

The 2017–18 Al Ahly SC season was the 59th edition in the Egyptian Premier League. The club participated in the Egyptian Premier League, Egypt Cup, Egyptian Super Cup, finish the 2017 CAF Champions League campaign and start the 2018 campaign.

Al Ahly

2017–18 season
Chairman	Mahmoud Taher (until 1 December) Mahmoud El Khatib (from 1 December)
Manager	Hossam El-Badry (until 15 May 2018) Ahmed Ayoub (interim manager as from 15 May 2018)
Stadium	Cairo Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	Champion
Egyptian Super Cup	Champion
Egypt Cup	Quarter final
2017 CAF Champions League	Runner-up
2018 CAF Champions League	Group Stage (on-going)
Home colours colours Away colours colours Third colours colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Squad

Current squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Sherif Ekramy (third-captain)		GK	(1983-07-01) 1 July 1983 (age 42)
16	Mohamed El Shenawy		GK	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36)
13	Ali Lotfi		GK	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 35)
Centerbacks
3	Ramy Rabia		CB	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 32)
20	Saad Samir		CB	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 36)
23	Mohamed Naguib		CB	(1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 42)
Fullbacks
6	Sabry Raheel		LB	(1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 37)
26	Basem Ali		RB	(1988-10-27) 27 October 1988 (age 36)
21	Ali Maâloul		LB	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 35)
24	Ahmed Fathy		RB / DM	(1984-11-10) 10 November 1984 (age 40)
12	Ayman Ashraf		LB	(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 34)
30	Mohamed Hany		RB	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 29)
Defensive midfielders
4	Hesham Mohamed		DM	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 35)
17	Amr El Soleya		DM	(1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 35)
25	Hossam Ashour (vice-captin)		DM	(1986-03-09) 9 March 1986 (age 39)
38	Akram Tawfik		DM	(1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 27)
14	Hossam Ghaly(captain)		MF	(1981-12-15) 15 December 1981 (age 43)
Attacking midfielders
34	Ahmed Hamdy		AM	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 27)
35	Karim Nedvěd		AM	(1998-08-08) 8 August 1998 (age 26)
33	Moahmed Fakhri		AM	(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 26)
Wingers
11	Walid Soliman		RW	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 40)
7	Ahmed Hamoudi		RW	(1990-07-30) 30 July 1990 (age 35)
5	Islam Mohareb		RW	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33)
27	Mido Gaber		RW	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 30)
15	Mohamed Sheref		RW/LW	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 29)
28	Junior Ajayi		LW	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 29)
32	Phakamani Mahlambi		LW	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)
Strikers
9	Walid Azaro		ST	(1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 30)
18	Marwan Mohsen		ST	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 36)
39	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan		ST	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 27)
37	Salah Mohsen		ST	(1998-09-01) 1 September 1998 (age 26)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
July 2017	AM		Islam Mohareb	Smouha	9M EGP
July 2017	DM		Hesham Mohamed	Misr Lel Makassa	8M EGP
July 2017	LB		Ayman Ashraf	Smouha	Free
July 2017	ST		Walid Azaro	Difaâ El Jadidi	23M EGP
July 2017	LW		Phakamani Mahlambi	Bidvest Wits	23M EGP
July 2017	CB		Abdullah Al Shami	Al-Safa'	Free
January 2018	AM		Moahmed Fakhri	Ghazl El Mahalla	1.8M EGP
January 2018	GK		Ali Lotfi	Enppi	2.5M EGP
January 2018	ST		Salah Mohsen	Enppi	30M EGP
January 2018	RW/LW		Mohamed Sheref	Wadi Degla FC	10M EGP
January 2018	MF		Hossam Ghaly	Al-Nassr FC	Free

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
July 2017	ST		Mohamed Hamdy Zaky	Smouha	1M EGP
July 2017	GK		Mossad Awad	Smouha	Free
July 2017	DM		Hossam Ghaly	Al-Nassr FC	Free
July 2017	AM		Islam El Far	Tanta SC	Free
December 2017	CB		Ahmed Hegazy	West Bromwich Albion	£4.5m
January 2018	CB		Abdullah Al Shami	Al-Masry SC	Free
January 2018	GK		Ahmed Adel	Misr Lel Makkasa	1M EGP

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
July 2017	ST		Amr Gamal	Bidvest Wits	July 2018
July 2017	ST		John Antwi	Misr Lel-Makkasa SC	July 2018
July 2017	LW		Nasser Maher	Smouha SC	July 2018
January 2018	ST		Emad Moteab	Al-Taawoun FC	July 2018
January 2018	MF		Ahmed El Sheikh	Ettifaq FC	July 2018
January 2018	LW		Moamen Zakaria	Al-Ahli Saudi FC	July 2018
January 2018	LB		Hussein El Sayed	Ettifaq FC	July 2019
January 2018	AM		Amr Barakat	Al Shabab FC	July 2019
January 2018	AM		Saleh Gomaa	Al-Faisaly FC	July 2019
April 2018	AM		Abdallah Said	KuPs	July 2018

Suspensions

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	Date until	Reason
July 2017	ST		Souleymane Coulibaly	unknown	leave without permission, case reported to FIFA

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 24 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Egyptian Premier league		Champions League		Egypt Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	EGY	Sherif Ekramy	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	EGY	Mohamed El-Shenawy	30	0	23	0	4	0	3	0
13	GK	EGY	Ali Lotfi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	EGY	Ramy Rabia	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	EGY	Sabri Raheel	21	0	17	0	2	0	2	0
12	DF	EGY	Ayman Ashraf	35	2	29	2	3	0	3	0
20	DF	EGY	Saad Samir	19	4	15	4	3	0	1	0
21	DF	TUN	Ali Maâloul	15	0	13	0	2	0	0	0
24	DF	EGY	Ahmed Fathy	28	1	24	1	3	0	1	0
23	DF	EGY	Mohamed Nagieb	19	0	15	0	2	0	2	0
25	DF	EGY	Mohamed Hany	24	1	19	1	3	0	2	0
26	DF	EGY	Basem Ali	9	1	8	1	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	EGY	Hesham Mohamed	15	1	12	0	1	0	2	1
14	MF	EGY	Hossam Ghaly	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	EGY	Amr Elsolia	37	4	30	2	4	0	3	2
19	MF	EGY	Abdallah Said	22	12	21	10	1	2	0	0
25	MF	EGY	Hossam Ashour	28	0	22	0	4	0	2	0
34	MF	EGY	Ahmed Hamdi	9	2	7	1	1	0	1	1
35	MF	EGY	Karim Nedved	10	1	9	1	1	0	0	0
38	MF	EGY	Akram Tawfik	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
5	FW	EGY	Islam Mohareb	31	5	24	4	4	0	3	1
7	FW	EGY	Ahmed Hamoudi	11	1	10	1	0	0	1	0
8	FW	EGY	Mohamed Sheref	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	MAR	Walid Azaro	33	21	30	18	2	2	1	1
11	FW	EGY	Walid Soliman	26	9	20	8	4	1	2	0
18	FW	EGY	Marwan Mohsen	11	4	7	3	3	1	1	0
27	FW	EGY	Mohamed Gaber	10	2	6	1	3	1	1	0
28	FW	NGA	Junior Ajayi	31	9	27	9	1	0	3	0
32	FW	RSA	Phakamani Mahlambi	15	1	12	1	2	0	1	0
37	FW	EGY	Salah Mohsen	10	2	7	2	3	0	0	0
39	FW	EGY	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0

Squad statistics

	League	Africa	Cup	Total Stats
Games played	34	3	4	41
Games won	28	2	2	32
Games drawn	4	0	1	4
Games lost	2	1	1	4
Goals scored	75	7	7	89
Goals conceded	19	1	3	23
Goal difference	56	6	4	66
Clean sheets	19	1	2	22

Friendlies

Al Ahly v Atlético Madrid

30 Dec 2017	Al Ahly	2–3	Atlético Madrid	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt
	Moamen Zakaria 40' Ahmed El Sheikh 52'		Kevin Gameiro 64' 73' 81'	Attendance: 50,000

Al-Shabab FC v Al Ahly

2 February 2018	Al-Shabab FC	0–1	Al Ahly	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
			Phakamani Mahlambi 34'	Attendance: 15,000

Al-Fujairah SC v Al Ahly

27 March 2018	Al-Fujairah SC	1–4	Al Ahly	Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah, UAE
	Danilo 63'		Mohareb 17' 61' 68' Ghaly 56'	Attendance: 5,000

Al Ahly v Ajax

11 May 2018 Champions Golden Cup	Al Ahly	1–0	Ajax	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
	Mohsen 83'	Report		Attendance: 10,000

2017 Egyptian Super Cup

Main article: 2017 Egyptian Super Cup

12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)

20:00 GST

Al Ahly	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al Masry
Azaro 101'	Report

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi (United Arab Emirates)^[1]

Al-Ahly

Al Masry

GK 16 Mohamed El Shenawy LB 21 Ali Maâloul CB 12 Ayman Ashraf CB 20 Saad Samir  54' RB 24 Ahmed Fathy  21' CM 25 Hossam Ashour (c)  107' CM 14 Amr El Solia  120' AM 19 Abdallah Said  120+2' LW 28 Junior Ajayi  97' RW 11 Walid Soliman  83' CF 9 Walid Azaro  57' Substitutes: GK 1 Sherif Ekramy DF 30 Mohamed Hany MF 8 Moamen Zakaria  83' MF 35 Karim Nedvěd  120+2' FW 5 Islam Mohareb  97' FW 17 Ahmed Hamoudi FW 18 Marwan Mohsen Manager: Hossam El Badry

GK 26 Ahmed Buska LB 19 Mohamed Hamdy  15' CB 4 Mohamed Koffi CB 24 Ahmed Gouda RB 32 Karim El Iraqi CM 5 Farid Shawky  115' CM 7 Islam Issa AM 10 Walid Hassan  108' LW 21 Mohamed Grendo RW 25 Ahmed Shoukry  72' CF 15 Ahmed Gomaa (c) Substitutes: GK 16 Mahmoud El Sayed DF 13 Islam Saleh  115' DF 35 Abdullah Al Shami MF 8 Amr Moussa  72' MF 12 Mostafa Ali MF 28 Mohamed Abou Shaeshaa FW 20 Issouf Ouattara  108' Manager: Hossam Hassan

Match officials: Assistant referees: Ahmed Al Rashdi (United Arab Emirates) Jassim Abdullah (United Arab Emirates) Fourth official: Hamad Ali Youssef (United Arab Emirates)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

2017–18 Egyptian Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 Egyptian Premier League

Position

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	34	28	4	2	75	19	+56	88	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Ismaily	34	19	11	4	50	27	+23	68
3	Al Masry	34	18	9	7	52	34	+18	63	Qualification for the Confederation Cup[a]
4	Zamalek	34	18	7	9	45	30	+15	61
5	Smouha	34	14	9	11	37	26	+11	51

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goal scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goal scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goal scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup by winning the 2017–18 Egypt Cup.

Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L
Position	10	12	14	16	7	1	13	14	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match details

Al Ahly v Tala'ea Al Geish

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 1	Al Ahly	1–1	Tala'ea Al Geish	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:15 UTC+2	El Sheikh 57'		Asem 35' (pen.)

Misr Lel Makassa v Al Ahly

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 2	Misr Lel Makassa	3–2	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
19:00 UTC+2	El Shahat 24' Voavy 64' Antwi 73'		Abdallah 45+1' (pen.) Azaro 74'

Al Ahly v Al Raga'

16 October 2017 (2017-10-16) 3	Al Ahly	4–1	Al Raga'	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Fathy 7' Mo'men 20' Ajayi 44' Saad 59'		Oka 54'

Ismaily v Al Ahly

20 November 2017 (2017-11-20) 4	Ismaily	0–2	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2			El Soleya 74' Abdallah 82'

Al Ahly v Al Ittihad

12 October 2017 (2017-10-12) 5	Al Ahly	2–0	Al Ittihad	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Ajayi 44' Hussein 79'

Al Mokawloon v Al Ahly

8 February 2018 (2018-02-08) 6	Al Mokawloon	0–3	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2			Mahlambi 8' Azaro 25' Abdallah 90'

Al Ahly v Al Assiouty

6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 7	Al Ahly	1–0	Al Assiouty	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Abdallah 53'

Al Nasr v Al Ahly

2 January 2018 (2018-01-02) 8	Al Nasr	0–4	Al Ahly	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Ashraf 12' Soliman 37' (pen.) Azaro 87' (pen.) Mohareb 90'

Al Intag Al Harby v Al Ahly

16 November 2017 (2017-11-16) 9	Al Intag Al Harby	1–2	Al Ahly	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	El Said 45+2' (pen.)		Azaro 14' 77'

Al Ahly v Al Dakhelya

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 10	Al Ahly	2–0	Al Dakhelya	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Azaro 16' Saad 86'

Al Masry v Al Ahly

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28) 11	Al Masry	0–2	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 UTC+2			Azaro 34' Soliman 70'

Al Ahly v Enppi

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 12	Al Ahly	4–1	Enppi	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Saad 28' Ajayi 39' Azaro 54' El Sheikh 90+3'		Mohsen 43'

Tanta v Al Ahly

15 December 2017 (2017-12-15) 13	Tanta	1–1	Al Ahly	El Mahalla Stadium, Mahalla
17:00 UTC+2	Ashraf 60' (o.g.)		Azaro 42'

Al Ahly v Smouha

20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 14	Al Ahly	2–1	Smouha	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Abdallah 42' Mohareb 65'		Diawara 50'

Wadi Degla v Al Ahly

26 December 2017 (2017-12-26) 15	Wadi Degla	1–1	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Ahmed El Shenawy 62'		Abdallah 61' (pen.)

Al Ahly v Petrojet

29 December 2017 (2017-12-29) 16	Al Ahly	3–0	Petrojet	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Soliman 61' Abdallah 77' 81' (pen.)

Zamalek v Al Ahly

8 January 2018 (2018-01-08) 17	Zamalek	0–3	Al Ahly	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2			Mo'men 3' Abdallah 42' (pen.) Azaro 53'

Tala'ea Al Geish v Al Ahly

16 January 2018 (2018-01-16) 18	Tala'ea Al Geish	0–2	Al Ahly	30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2			Gaber 38' El Soleya 78'

Al Ahly v Misr Lel Makassa

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19	Al Ahly	2–1	Misr Lel Makassa	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Ajayi 65' Soliman 84'		Antwi 27' (pen.)

Al Raga' v Al Ahly

25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) 20	Al Raga'	1–3	Al Ahly	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
14:30 UTC+2	Nasser 40'		Azaro 51' Basem 60' Mohareb 73'

Al Ahly v Ismaily

30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) 21	Al Ahly	1–0	Ismaily	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
20:00 UTC+2	Soliman 90+1'

Al Ittihad v Al Ahly

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 22	Al Ittihad	0–3	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:30 UTC+2			Azaro 40' Abdallah 77' Ajayi 82'

Al Ahly v Al Mokawloon

12 February 2018 (2018-02-12) 23	Al Ahly	5–2	Al Mokawloon	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Azaro 7' 90+4' Ajayi 16' 84' Mohareb 90+2'		Farouk 45+2' Kamel 55' (pen.)

Al Assiouty v Al Ahly

15 February 2018 (2018-02-15) 24	Al Assiouty	0–1	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
14:30 UTC+2			Soliman 70' (pen.)

Al Ahly v Al Nasr

19 February 2018 (2018-02-19) 25	Al Ahly	5–0	Al Nasr	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Azaro 16' (pen.) 33' Hany 43' Mohsen 49' Karim Nedvěd 90+1'

Al Ahly v Al Intag Al Harby

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 26	Al Ahly	2–1	Al Intag Al Harby	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Hamoudi 10' Ajayi 77'		Kamar 13'

Al Dakhelya v Al Ahly

28 February 2018 (2018-02-28) 27	Al Dakhelya	0–3	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2			Mohsen 65' Soliman 76' Azaro 86'

Al Ahly v Al Masry

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 28	Al Ahly	2–0	Al Masry	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
22:00 UTC+2	Hamdy 18' Mohsen 74'

Enppi v Al Ahly

11 March 2018 (2018-03-11) 29	Enppi	0–1	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2			Ashraf 3'

Al Ahly v Tanta

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) 30	Al Ahly	2–1	Tanta	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:30 UTC+2	Ajayi 61' Mohsen 86'		Gaber 90+1'

Smouha v Al Ahly

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 31	Smouha	0–0	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:30 UTC+2

Al Ahly v Wadi Degla

17 April 2018 (2018-04-17) 32	Al Ahly	1–0	Wadi Degla	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
17:30 UTC+2	Azaro 24'

Petrojet v Al Ahly

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 33	Petrojet	1–2	Al Ahly	Suez Stadium, Suez
18:00 UTC+2	Omar 78'		Saad 22' Mohsen 55'

Al Ahly v Zamalek

26 April 2018 (2018-04-26) 34	Al Ahly	1–2	Zamalek	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Soliman 71' (pen.)		Kasongo 6' Hefny 21'

2018 Egypt Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Egypt Cup

First round

Telephonat Beni Suef SC v Al Ahly

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)	Telephonat Beni Suef SC	0–5	Al Ahly	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
19:30 UTC+2			Hesham 20' El Soleya 23' Azaro 44' Meteab 57' (pen.) Hamdy 82'

Round of 16

Al Ahly v Al Dakhleya

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)	Al Ahly	2–0	Al Dakhleya	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	El Soleya 71' Mohareb 84'

Quarter final

Al Ahly v Al Assiouty Sport

30 April 2018 (2018-04-30)	Al Ahly	0–1	Al Assiouty Sport	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2			Kamal

2017 CAF Champions League

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League

Quarter-finals

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League § Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	4–3	Espérance de Tunis	2–2	2–1

Al Ahly v Espérance de Tunis

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)	Al Ahly	2–2	Espérance de Tunis	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2	Abdallah 11' (pen.) Azaro 67'	Report	Khenissi 21' Chaalali 48'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Espérance de Tunis v Al Ahly

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)	Espérance de Tunis	1–2	Al Ahly	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
19:00 UTC+1	Khenissi 40' (pen.)	Report	Maâloul 50' Ajayi 62'	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Semi-finals

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League § Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel	4–7	Al Ahly	2–1	2–6

Étoile du Sahel v Al Ahly

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)	Étoile du Sahel	2–1	Al Ahly	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
18:30 UTC+1	Brigui 16' Ben Amor 73'	Report	Saleh 66'	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Al Ahly v Étoile du Sahel

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)	Al Ahly	6–2	Étoile du Sahel	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2	Maâloul 2' Azaro 23', 39', 48' Nagguez 58' (o.g.) Ramy 63'	Report	Bedoui 51' Msakni 90'	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Final

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	1–2	Wydad Casablanca	1–1	0–1

Al Ahly v Wydad Casablanca

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)	Al Ahly	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2	Mo'men 3'	Report	Bencharki 16'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)[2]

Wydad Casablanca v Al Ahly

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)	Wydad Casablanca	1–0	Al Ahly	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
20:00 UTC+0	El Karti 69'	Report		Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.

2018 CAF Champions League

Main article: 2018 CAF Champions League

First round

Main article: 2018 CAF Champions League § First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly	7–1	CF Mounana	4–0	3–1

Al-Ahly v CF Mounana

6 March 2018 (2018-03-06)	Al-Ahly	4–0	CF Mounana	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Mohsen 14' Azaro 22' Said 65', 69' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

CF Mounana v Al-Ahly

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17)	CF Mounana	1–3	Al-Ahly	Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville
15:30 UTC+1	Massamba 43'	Report	Gaber 8' Azaro 30' Soliman 83'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Al-Ahly won 7–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

Main article: 2018 CAF Champions League § Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	EST	KCC	ROL
1	Al Ahly	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Quarter-finals		—	0–0	4–3	3–0
2	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11			0–1	—	3–2	4–1
3	KCCA	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	6			2–0	0–1	—	1–0
4	Township Rollers	6	1	1	4	2	9	−7	4			0–1	0–0	1–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Al-Ahly v Espérance de Tunis

4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)	Al-Ahly	0–0	Espérance de Tunis	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

KCCA v Al-Ahly

15 May 2018 (2018-05-15)	KCCA	2–0	Al-Ahly	Mandela National Stadium, Kira
16:00 UTC+3	Juma 74' Awany 89' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Note:Rest of the group stage matches were held in next season