2022–23 Al Ahly men's basketball season

Al Ahly
2022–23 season
BAL champions
Egyptian Premier League champions
Egyptian Cup champions
	Al Ahly hosting the BAL championship trophy after winning the final
Chairman	Mahmoud El Khatib
Head coach	Augustí Julbe
Hosny Elgarhy	Hosny Elgarhy
Premier League	Champions
BAL	Champions
Egyptian Cup	Winners
Arab Championship	Fourth place
Biggest win	77 points; Al Ahly 130–57 Al Minae; (5 October 2022)
Biggest defeat	21 points ; Al Ahly 45–66 Al Ittihad ; (24 December 2023)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season Al Ahly men's basketball season was the 93rd season of Al Ahly's men's basketball team. This season, the Reds made their debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), and won their second continental title.

In the second year under Spanish head coach Augustí Julbe, who extended his contract for two more years in July.^[1] Al Ahly won the treble consisting of the BAL championship, the Egyptian Premier League and Egyptian Cup. On 19 April, Al Ahly won the Egyptian Cup.^[2] On 15 May, Al Ahly won their second consecutive Premier League title, after beating Al Ittihad in the finals of the playoffs.^[3] Their BAL championship was won on 27 May 2023, following a win over AS Douanes in the final.^[4]

Roster[edit]

The following was Al Ahly's 2022–23 roster for the BAL. The four import players, Nuni Omot, Michael Fakuade, Corey Webster and Michael Thompson, only played in BAL games.

Al Ahly roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	2	Thompson, Michael (I)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	35 – (1989-02-09)9 February 1989
PF	4	Sarhan, Marwan	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1992-05-02)2 May 1992
F	6	Gendy, Amr	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	32 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991
F	7	Omot, Nuni (I)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994
PF	10	Camara, Dramane (E)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	20 – (2004-01-24)24 January 2004
G	12	Azab, Omar	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	26 – (1998-04-05)5 April 1998
PG	13	Tarek, Moamen	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	21 – (2003-01-01)1 January 2003
SF	14	Zahran, Amr	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (2001-10-06)6 October 2001
SG	15	Webster, Corey (I)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	35 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988
SF	23	Aboelnasr, Mohamed	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	32 – (1991-08-15)15 August 1991
C	24	Samir, Seif (C)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	30 – (1993-06-05)5 June 1993
PF	28	Fakuade, Michael (I)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	35 – (1989-02-18)18 February 1989
C	34	Ismail, Ahmed	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	29 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995
C	41	Oraby, Omar	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	32 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991
G	45	Amin, Ehab	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	28 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995

Head coach

Augustí Julbe

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 25, 2023

Transactions[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
10	PF	Dramane Camara	18	NBA Academy Africa	Drafted	May 2023 (BAL only)	March 2023
7	F	Nuni Omot	27	Lakeland Magic	Free agent	2023	April 2023
15	G	Corey Webster	33	Mornar Bar	Free agent	May 2023 (BAL only)	April 2023	^[5]
2	G	Michael Thompson	33	None	Free agent	May 2023 (BAL only)	April 2023
28	F/C	Michael Fakuade	33	Kagoshima Rebnise	Free agent	May 2023 (BAL only)	May 2023

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
BAL	26 April 2023	27 May 2023	Nile Conference	Winners	8	7	0	1	677	594	+83	087.50
Egyptian Premier League	30 December 2022	15 May 2023	Regular season	Winners	24	22	0	2	1,776	1,456	+320	091.67
Egyptian Cup	8 December 2022	19 April 2023	Round of 16	Winners	4	4	0	0	320	220	+100	100.00
Egyptian Super Cup	24 December 2022			Runner-up	1	0	0	1	45	66	−21	000.00
Arab Championship	5 October 2022	15 October 2022	Group phase	Runner-up	7	6	0	1	638	593	+45	085.71
Total					44	39	0	5	3,456	2,929	+527	088.64

Source: Goalzz

Egyptian Premier League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Source: ^[6]

Pos	Standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Al Ittihad Alexandria	14	13	1	1171	892	279
2	Al Ahly	14	13	1	1133	869	264
3	Zamalek	14	9	5	1081	1044	37
4	Gezira	14	7	7	1025	1018	7
5	Smouha	14	5	9	968	1013	–45
6	El Gaish Army	14	5	9	979	1102	–123

7	Telecom Egypt	14	3	11	966	1090	–124
8	Egypt Insurance	14	1	13	812	1107	–295

Games[edit]

Gameday	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Record
1	30 December 2022	El Gaish Army	H	W 74–61	1–0
2	2 January 2023	Telecom Egypt	A	W 57–85	2–0
3	5 January 2023	Egypt Insurance	H	W 78–53	3–0
4	9 January 2023	Smouha	H	W 81–59	4–0
5	13 January 2023	Zamalek	A	W 65–92	5–0
6	16 January 2023	Gezira	A	W 67–83	6–0
7	20 January 2023	Al Ittihad Alexandria	H	W 77–72	7–0
8	23 January 2023	El Gaish Army	A	W 80–103	8–0
9	27 January 2023	Telecom Egypt	A	W 75–96	9–0
10	30 January 2023	Egypt Insurance	A	W 51–79	10–0
11	3 February 2023	Smouha	A	W 54–74	11–0
12	6 March 2023	Zamalek	H	W 74–59	12–0
13	10 March 2023	Gezira	H	W 80–67	13–0
14	13 March 2023	Al Ittihad Alexandria	A	L 80–69	13–1

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Gameday	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Record
1	25 March 2023	Telecom Egypt	H	W 106–62	1–0
2	26 March 2023	Telecom Egypt	H	W 88–76	2–0
3	29 March 2023	Telecom Egypt	A	W 60–95	3–0

Semifinals[edit]

Gameday	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Record
1	6 April 2023	Zamalek	H	W 71–62	1–0
2	8 April 2023	Zamalek	H	W 79–48	2–0
3	10 April 2023	Zamalek	A	W 57–91	3–0

Finals[edit]

Gameday	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Record
1	10 May 2023	Al Ittihad Alexandria	A	W 62–69	1–0
2	11 May 2023	Al Ittihad Alexandria	A	L 80–62	1–1
3	13 May 2023	Al Ittihad Alexandria	H	W 67–58	2–1
4	15 May 2023	Al Ittihad Alexandria	H	W 72–70	3–1

Egyptian Cup[edit]

Source: ^[7]

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Record
Round of 16	8 December 2022	Heliopolis Sporting Club	H	W 69–55	1–0
Quarter-finals	12 December 2022	Smouha	H	W 91–48	2–0
Semi-finals	17 April 2023	Gezira	H	W 88–52	3–0
Finals	19 April 2023	Zamalek	N	W 72–65	4–0

Egyptian Super Cup[edit]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
24 December 2022	Al Ittihad Alexandria	N	L 45–66

Basketball Africa League[edit]

Nile Conference[edit]

26 April 2023	Al Ahly	92–73	Ferroviário da Beira	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 32–15, 21–19, 23–24, 16–16
	Pts: Omot 21 Rebs: Oraby 6 Asts: Webster 9	BAL Report RealGM Report	Pts: Perry 19 Rebs: Three players 7 Asts: Perry 5	Attendance: 1,159

29 April 2023	City Oilers	70–72	Al Ahly	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–20, 9–21, 34–11
	Pts: Roebuck Jr. 28 Rebs: Roebuck Jr. 11 Asts: Enabu 4	Livestats	Pts: Omot 17 Rebs: Oraby 10 Asts: Tarek 5	Attendance: 1,372 Referees: Catherine Chang, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto

2 May 2023	Cape Town Tigers	75–91	Al Ahly	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 22–16, 14–18, 19–17
	Pts: Ganapamo 26 Rebs: Cele 6 Asts: Ganapamo, Gbinije 5	BAL Report	Pts: Omot 28 Rebs: Omot 5 Asts: Amin 8	Attendance: 2,050 Referees: Ian McClenny, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Hassan Kamate

5 May 2023	Petro de Luanda	91–90	Al Ahly	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–25, 24–26, 20–21
	Pts: Morais 34 Rebs: Morais 6 Asts: Majok 5	BAL Report	Pts: Omot 25 Rebs: Ismail 7 Asts: Webster 8	Attendance: 3,015 Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Annie Joyce Muchenu

6 May 2023	Al Ahly	80–70	SLAC	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–25, 31–8, 11–19
	Pts: Oraby 20 Rebs: Ismail 9 Asts: Thompson 6	Livestats	Pts: Nwabuzor 19 Rebs: Conde 7 Asts: Nwabuzor 4	Attendance: 1,623 Referees: Catherine Chang, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Marie Leslie Cherubin

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

21 May 2023	Al Ahly	94–77	REG	BK Arena, Kigali
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 23–14, 21–21, 27–24
	Pts: Amin 22 Rebs: Amin, Fakuade 6 Asts: Amin 4	Report Livestats	Pts: Filer 26 Rebs: Kambuy Manga 6 Asts: Filer 9	Attendance: 6,423 Referees: Marcy Williams, Kalume Tonton Banza, Mbaye Seye

Semifinals[edit]

24 May 2023	Stade Malien	73–78	Al Ahly	BK Arena, Kigali
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 21–16, 15–25, 20–20
	Pts: Amayo 15 Rebs: Diarra 11 Asts: Foster 6	Livestats	Pts: Amin 21 Rebs: Amin 6 Asts: Thompson 4	Attendance: 6,102 Referees: Klyde Mulla, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Annie Joyce Muchenu

Finals[edit]

27 May 2023	Al Ahly	80–65	AS Douanes	BK Arena, Kigali
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 21–23, 25–13, 17–19
	Pts: Omot 22 Rebs: Fakuade 10 Asts: Seif 4	Livestats	Pts: Boissy 20 Rebs: Ochereobia 9 Asts: Ndour 4	Attendance: 7,532 Referees: JD Ralls, Yann Vezo Davidson, Arnold Moseya

Arab Club Championship[edit]

All games were played in Kuwait City.

Group phase[edit]

5 October 2022	Al Ahly	130–53	Al Minae	Kuwait City
9:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Al-Ittihad Hall

7 October 2022	Al Gharafa	59–108	Al Ahly	Kuwait City

		Boxscore		Arena: Al-Ittihad Hall

8 October 2022	Al Ahly	88–71	Al Riyadi	Kuwait City

		Boxscore		Arena: Al-Ittihad Hall

Knock-out phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

11 October 2022	Al Ahly Cairo	87–76	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	Al-Ittihad Hall, Kuwait City, Kuwait
12:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 17–15, 22–18, 23–22
	Pts: Ehab Amin 11 Rebs: Amin, Ismail 5 Asts: Fakuade, Amin 4	Boxscore	Pts: Brandon Spearman 24 Rebs: Igor Chumakov 9 Asts: Brandon Spearman 6

Quarter-finals[edit]

12 October 2022	Al Ahly Cairo	93–54	Al-Jahra	Al-Ittihad Hall, Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:55
	Pts: Ahmed Ismail 16 Rebs: Amr Gendy 6 Asts: Marwan Sarhan 6	Boxscore	Pts: Chinemelu Elonu 20 Rebs: Chinemelu Elon 11 Asts: Two players 2

Semi-finals[edit]

14 October 2022	Kazma	87–91	Al Ahly Cairo	Al-Ittihad Hall, Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:00
	Pts: Kevin Murphy 29 Rebs: Latavious Williams 10 Asts: Ahmad Al-Baloushi 9	Report	Pts: Ehab Amin 31 Rebs: Seif Samir 10 Asts: Amr Gendy 4

Final[edit]

15 October 2022	Kuwait	78–77	Al Ahly Cairo	Al-Ittihad Hall, Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30
	Pts: Marcus Georges-Hunt 22 Rebs: Lalanne, Adnan 10 Asts: Hamad Adnan 4	Report	Pts: Amr Gendy 18 Rebs: Michael Fakuade 10 Asts: Walter Hodge 5

Individual awards[edit]

Date	Player	Award
27 May 2023^[8]^[9]	Nuni Omot	BAL Most Valuable Player
27 May 2023^[9]	Nuni Omot	All-BAL First Team
19 April 2023	Ehab Amin	Egyptian Basketball Premier League MVP Award

Player statistics[edit]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

After all games.^[10]

BAL[edit]

Al Ahly statistics
Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Omar Azab	2	3.4	.000	.000	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Dramane Camara	4	3.7	.250	.250	1.000	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5
Amr Gendy	8	11.4	.280	.200	.714	1.9	0.8	0.3	0.0	2.8
Michael Fakuade^≠	3	21.3	.474	.286	.667	6.7	2.3	0.3	0.7	8.0
Ehab Amin	7	24.0	.458	.333	.647	4.7	3 .9	1.6	0.1	12.7
Omar Oraby	8	17.9	.737	.000	.667	5.5	0.1	0.4	1.6	8.8
Nuni Omot	8	28.0	.446	.368	.902	3.6	2.1	1.1	0.4	18.9
Seif Samir	7	11.6	.333	.000	.000	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.1
Marwan Sarhan	4	9.9	.455	.200	.667	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5
Mohamed Abdelkawy	8	14.6	.474	.444	.500	2.1	0.5	0.0	0.1	1.3
Amr Zahran	8	18.2	.426	.263	.778	3.5	2.3	1.3	0.1	2.6
Ahmed Ismail	5	18.0	.737	.000	.500	5.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	6.2
Moamen Tarek	3	14.1	.222	.222	1.000	1.0	3.0	0.3	0.0	2.3
Corey Webster	8	19.1	.433	.429	.857	3.1	3.4	0.3	0.0	9.9
Michael Thompson	8	27.5	.431	.310	.852	1.5	4.0	0.9	0.0	10.8

^≠Acquired during the season
^~Waived during the season

References[edit]

^ "Al Ahly Extend Augustí's Contract For 2 More Years". Al Ahly. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
^ "ريمونتادا حمراء.. الأهلي يحطم أحلام الزمالك ويتوج بطلًا لكأس مصر لكرة السلة". yallakora. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ "الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر". Al Ahly (in Arabic). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ "Al Ahly are the 2023 BAL champions". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Corey Webster (ex Mornar) signs at Al Ahly". afrobasket.com. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
^ "Egyptian Basketball Premier League – 2022/2023". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Egyptian Basketball Cup – 2022/2023". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "AL AHLY ARE THE 2023 BAL CHAMPIONS". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "MVP Nuni Omot leads Al Ahly to BAL title in Kigali". ESPN.com. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Al Ahly Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[1] "Al Ahly Extend Augustí's Contract For 2 More Years". Al Ahly. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

[2] "ريمونتادا حمراء.. الأهلي يحطم أحلام الزمالك ويتوج بطلًا لكأس مصر لكرة السلة". yallakora. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[3] "الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر". Al Ahly (in Arabic). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[4] "Al Ahly are the 2023 BAL champions". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[5] "Corey Webster (ex Mornar) signs at Al Ahly". afrobasket.com. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[6] "Egyptian Basketball Premier League – 2022/2023". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[7] "Egyptian Basketball Cup – 2022/2023". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[:0-8] "AL AHLY ARE THE 2023 BAL CHAMPIONS". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[:1-9] "MVP Nuni Omot leads Al Ahly to BAL title in Kigali". ESPN.com. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[10] "Al Ahly Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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v t e 2023 BAL season
Qualification tournaments Group stage Nile Conference Sahara Conference Playoffs Final Rosters
Nile Conference	Al Ahly Cape Town Tigers City Oilers Ferroviário da Beira Petro de Luanda SLAC
Sahara Conference	ABC Fighters AS Douanes Kwara Falcons REG Stade Malien US Monastir