2022–23 Al Ahly men's basketball season explained

Club:Al Ahly
Season:2022–23
Championship1:yes
Champions1 League:BAL
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
Champions2 League:Egyptian Premier League
Championship2:yes
Championship3:yes
Champions3 League:Egyptian Cup
Coach:Augustí Julbe
League:Premier League
League Result:Champions
Cup1:Egyptian Cup
League2:BAL
League2 Result:Champions
Cup1 Result:Winners
Cup2:Arab Championship
Cup2 Result:Fourth place
Largest Win:77 points
Al Ahly 130–57 Al Minae
(5 October 2022)
Largest Loss:21 points
Al Ahly 45–66 Al Ittihad
(24 December 2023)
Chairman:Mahmoud El Khatib
Gm:Hosny Elgarhy

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

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.

Transactions

In

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Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

Regular season

Standings

Source:[5]

Standings
Team
1Al Ittihad Alexandria141311171892279
2Al Ahly141311133869264
3Zamalek14951081104437
4Gezira1477102510187
5Smouha14599681013–45
6El Gaish Army14599791102–123
7Telecom Egypt143119661090–124
8Egypt Insurance141138121107–295
Games
GamedayDateOpponentsH / AResultRecord
130 December 2022El Gaish ArmyHW 74–611–0
22 January 2023Telecom EgyptAW 57–852–0
35 January 2023Egypt InsuranceHW 78–533–0
49 January 2023SmouhaHW 81–594–0
513 January 2023ZamalekAW 65–925–0
616 January 2023GeziraAW 67–836–0
720 January 2023Al Ittihad AlexandriaHW 77–727–0
823 January 2023El Gaish ArmyAW 80–1038–0
927 January 2023Telecom EgyptAW 75–969–0
1030 January 2023Egypt InsuranceAW 51–7910–0
113 February 2023SmouhaAW 54–7411–0
126 March 2023ZamalekHW 74–5912–0
1310 March 2023GeziraHW 80–6713–0
1413 March 2023Al Ittihad AlexandriaAL 80–6913–1

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
GamedayDateOpponentsH / AResultRecord
125 March 2023Telecom EgyptHW 106–621–0
226 March 2023Telecom EgyptHW 88–762–0
329 March 2023Telecom EgyptAW 60–953–0
Semifinals
GamedayDateOpponentsH / AResultRecord
16 April 2023ZamalekHW 71–621–0
28 April 2023ZamalekHW 79–482–0
310 April 2023ZamalekAW 57–913–0
Finals
GamedayDateOpponentsH / AResultRecord
110 May 2023Al Ittihad AlexandriaAW 62–691–0
211 May 2023Al Ittihad AlexandriaAL 80–621–1
313 May 2023Al Ittihad AlexandriaHW 67–582–1
415 May 2023Al Ittihad AlexandriaHW 72–703–1

Egyptian Cup

Source:[6]

RoundDateOpponentsH / AResultRecord
Round of 168 December 2022Heliopolis Sporting ClubHW 69–551–0
Quarter-finals12 December 2022SmouhaHW 91–482–0
Semi-finals17 April 2023GeziraHW 88–523–0
Finals19 April 2023ZamalekNW 72–654–0

Basketball Africa League

Playoffs

Semifinals

Finals

See also: 2023 BAL Final.

Arab Club Championship

See also: 2023 Arab Club Basketball Championship. All games were played in Kuwait City.

Knock-out phase

Final

Individual awards

DatePlayerAward
27 May 2023[7] [8] Nuni OmotBAL Most Valuable Player
27 May 2023All-BAL First Team
19 April 2023Ehab AminEgyptian Basketball Premier League MVP Award

Player statistics

After all games.[9]

BAL

|-| || 2 || 3.4 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5|-| || 4 || 3.7 || .250 || .250 || style=""| 1.000 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.5|-| || 8 || 11.4 || .280 || .200 || .714 || 1.9|| 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 2.8|-| || 3 || 21.3 || .474 || .286 || .667 || style=""| 6.7 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 8.0|-| || 7 || 24.0 || .458 || .333 || .647 || 4.7 || 3 .9 || style=""| 1.6 || 0.1 || 12.7|-| || 8 || 17.9 || style=""| .737 || .000 || .667 || 5.5 || 0.1 || 0.4 || style=""| 1.6 || 8.8|-| || 8 || style=""| 28.0 || .446 || .368 || .902 || 3.6 || 2.1 || 1.1 || 0.4 || style=""| 18.9|-| || 7 || 11.6 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 2.1|-| || 4 || 9.9 || .455 || .200 || .667 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5|-| || 8 || 14.6 || .474 || style=""| .444 || .500 || 2.1 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 1.3|-| || 8 || 18.2 || .426 || .263 || .778 || 3.5 || 2.3 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 2.6|-| || 5 || 18.0 || style=""| .737 || .000 || .500 || 5.8 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 6.2|-| || 3 || 14.1 || .222 || .222 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 3.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 2.3|-| || 8 || 19.1 || .433 || .429 || .857 || 3.1 || 3.4 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 9.9|-| || 8 || 27.5 || .431 || .310 || .852 || 1.5 ||style=""| 4.0 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 10.8|}

Acquired during the season
~Waived during the season

References

  1. News: 2022-07-01 . Al Ahly Extend Augustí’s Contract For 2 More Years . 2023-02-08 . Al Ahly.
  2. Web site: ريمونتادا حمراء.. الأهلي يحطم أحلام الزمالك ويتوج بطلًا لكأس مصر لكرة السلة . 19 April 2023 . yallakora.
  3. News: 2023-05-16 . الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر . 2023-05-16 . . ar.
  4. Web site: 2023-05-27 . Al Ahly are the 2023 BAL champions . 2023-05-28 . The BAL . en.
  5. Web site: Egyptian Basketball Premier League – 2022/2023 . 2024-01-12 . www.goalzz.com.
  6. Web site: Egyptian Basketball Cup – 2022/2023 . 2024-01-12 . www.goalzz.com.
  7. Web site: 2023-05-27 . AL AHLY ARE THE 2023 BAL CHAMPIONS . 2023-05-28 . The BAL . en.
  8. Web site: 2023-05-27 . MVP Nuni Omot leads Al Ahly to BAL title in Kigali . 2023-05-28 . ESPN.com . en.
  9. Web site: Al Ahly Stats - RealGM . 2024-05-10 . basketball.realgm.com.