2018–19 Ismaily SC season

The 2018–19 Ismaily season was the 96th season in the football club's history and 48th consecutive and 56th overall season in the top flight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League, having been promoted from the Egyptian Second Division in 1962. In addition to the domestic league, Ismaily also competed in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the Egypt Cup, the first-tier African cup, the CAF Champions League, and the first-tier Arab cup, the Arab Club Champions Cup. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019; however Ismaily played their last match of the season in July 2019.

Ismaily

2018–19 season
President	Ibrahim Osman
Manager	Kheïreddine Madoui (until 23 September) Mohamed Abou Grisha (caretaker, until 3 October) Jorvan Vieira (until 11 December) Čedomir Janevski (until 27 April) Mahmoud Gaber (from 29 April)
Stadium	Ismailia Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	7th
Egypt Cup	Quarter-finals
CAF Champions League	Group stage
Arab Club Champions Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Karim Bambo Mahmoud Metwalli (6 goals each) All: Karim Bambo (9 goals)
Home colours Away colours

Kit information

Supplier: Adidas

Home

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Away

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Players

Current squad

As of 1 February 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  EGY Baher El Mohamady (Vice-captain) 3 DF  EGY Mohamed Magdy I 4 MF  EGY Emad Hamdy 5 DF  GHA Richard Baffour 9 FW  EGY Mohamed El Shamy 10 FW  EGY Karim Bambo 11 DF  EGY Tarek Taha 13 DF  EGY Alaa Abdel Azim 14 DF  EGY Mahmoud Metwalli (Captain) 15 MF  EGY Ahmed Ali 16 GK  EGY Mohamed Magdy II 17 FW  NGA Odah Marshall 20 MF  EGY Ibrahim Abdel Khalek 21 DF  EGY Selim Abdel Khalek 22 MF  EGY Nader Ramadan 26 GK  EGY Mohamed Fawzy

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  NAM Benson Shilongo 28 MF  EGY Mahmoud Abdel Aati (on loan from Zamalek) 29 DF  EGY Mohamed Hashem 30 DF  EGY Osama Ibrahim 31 FW  EGY Wagih Abdel Hakim 32 FW  EGY Abdel Rahman Magdy 33 MF  EGY Mohamed Sadek 34 DF  EGY Ahmed Ayman 35 MF  EGY Mohamed El Darf 36 MF  EGY Medhat Faqousa 38 FW  EGY Gabry Youssef 39 FW  TAN Yahya Zayd 41 MF  EGY Mohamed Bayoumi 42 MF  EGY Mostafa Fares 43 FW  EGY Hazem Morsy 44 FW  EGY Mahmoud Abou Gouda - GK  EGY Mahmoud Reda (on loan from Wadi Degla)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  EGY Mohamed Awad (at Al Wehda until 30 June 2019) — MF  EGY Omar El Wahsh (at Misr Lel Makkasa until 30 June 2019) — FW  EGY Walid Attia (at Ghazl El Mahalla until 30 June 2019) — FW  EGY Ahmed El Gendy (at El Qanah until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NGA Taro Godswill (at El Qanah until 30 June 2019) — FW  CMR Christopher Mendouga (at Al Tai until 30 June 2019) — FW  EGY Shoukry Naguib (at Petrojet until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

Transfers in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
13	DF	Alaa Abdel Azim	El Mansoura	E£800k	14 May 2018	[1]
11	DF	Tarek Taha	Smouha	Undisclosed	29 May 2018	[2]
18	FW	Lassaâd Jaziri	US Ben Guerdane	Free transfer	10 June 2018	[3]
7	FW	Christopher Mendouga	JS Kairouan		13 June 2018	[4]
	FW	Taro Godswill	Free agent		13 June 2018	[5]
3	DF	Mohamed Magdy I	Zamalek	Undisclosed	24 June 2018	[6]
9	FW	Mohamed El Shamy	Zamalek		24 June 2018	[7]
1	GK	Essam El Hadary	Al Taawoun	Free transfer	1 July 2018	[8]
17	MF	Omar Fathy	Pyramids	Undisclosed	16 July 2018	[9]
21	DF	Selim Abdel Khalek	Pyramids		22 July 2018	[10]
23	FW	Okiki Afolabi	Jimma Aba Jifar		29 July 2018	[11]
27	FW	Benson Shilongo	Smouha	E£5m	26 December 2018	[12]
17	FW	Odah Marshall	ENPPI	Free transfer	7 January 2019	[13]
39	FW	Yahya Zayd	Azam	Undisclosed	7 January 2019	[14]
30	DF	Osama Ibrahim	Smouha	Free transfer	13 January 2019	[15]

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Source
28	MF	Mahmoud Abdel Aati	Zamalek	2 January 2019	30 June 2019	[16]
	GK	Mahmoud Reda	Wadi Degla	7 January 2019	30 June 2019	[17]

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Diego Calderón	Al Faisaly	E£21m	26 May 2018	[18]
FW	Ibrahim Hassan	Zamalek	Undisclosed	3 June 2018	[19]
DF	Ahmed Dowidar	El Entag El Harby	E£500k	18 June 2018	[20]
DF	Bahaa Magdy	Zamalek	E£7m	24 June 2018	[21]
MF	Osama Kajo	Ceramica Cleopatra	Undisclosed	27 June 2018	[22]
MF	Mohamed Fathy	Pyramids	E£17m	28 June 2018	[23]
DF	Basem Abdel Aziz	Released		30 June 2018
MF	Islam Abdel Naim	Tala'ea El Gaish	Free transfer	9 July 2018	[24]
DF	Mohamed Abou El Magd	Tala'ea El Gaish		9 July 2018	[24]
FW	Moussa Camara	MO Béjaïa		17 July 2018	[25]
MF	Ahmed El Geaidy	Al Raed	Undisclosed	19 July 2018	[26]
FW	Thomas Abbey	Hearts of Oak	Free transfer	27 July 2018	[27]
FW	Okiki Afolabi	Released		1 January 2019
MF	Omar Fathy	ENPPI	Free transfer	6 January 2019	[28]
MF	Hosny Abd Rabo	Retired		16 January 2019
FW	Lassaâd Jaziri	Released		22 January 2019
GK	Essam El Hadary	Nogoom	Free transfer	28 January 2019	[29]

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
GK	Mohamed Awad	Al Wehda	22 May 2018	30 June 2019	[30]
FW	Ahmed El Gendy	El Qanah	29 June 2018	30 June 2019	[31]
MF	Ibrahim Abdel Khalek	Haras El Hodoud	17 July 2018	31 January 2019	[32]
FW	Walid Attia	Haras El Hodoud	17 July 2018	31 December 2018	[33]
FW	Taro Godswill	El Qanah	19 July 2018	30 June 2019	[34]
FW	Shoukry Naguib	Petrojet	22 January 2019	30 June 2019	[35]
FW	Walid Attia	Ghazl El Mahalla	29 January 2019	30 June 2019	[36]
FW	Christopher Mendouga	Al Tai	31 January 2019	30 June 2019	[37]
MF	Omar El Wahsh	Misr Lel Makkasa	31 January 2019	30 June 2019	[38]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 July 2018	Ismaily	2–1	Petrojet	Ismailia, Egypt
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Taro  ??' Jaziri  ??'	Report	??  ??'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

8 July 2018	Ismaily	3–1	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Alexandria, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Metwalli  ??' Hashem  ??' El Shamy  ??'	Report	Ali  ??'	Stadium: Tolip Stadium

13 July 2018	Ismaily	2–0	Tala'ea El Gaish	Alexandria, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Jaziri  ??' El Shamy  ??' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

15 July 2018	Haras El Hodoud	0–0	Ismaily	Alexandria, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium

23 July 2018	Al Ahli	0–4	Ismaily	Salalah, Oman
10:00 GST (UTC+4)		Report	Hashem  ??' Naguib  ??' A. Magdy  ??' Soliman  ??'	Stadium: Al Saada Stadium

7 August 2018	Ismaily	2–2	Dhofar	Ismailia, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Abdel Azim  ??' Abdel Hakim  ??' (pen.)	Report	??  ??' ??  ??'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

25 August 2018	Ismaily	0–2	Kahraba Ismailia	Ismailia, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	??  ??' ??  ??'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

7 September 2018	Ismaily	3–3	Al Ahli	Ismailia, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Naguib  ??', ??' A. Magdy  ??'	Report	??  ??' ??  ??' ??  ??'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

14 September 2018	Ismaily	8–0	MS Abou Souyer	Ismailia, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  ??', ??', ??' Naguib  ??', ??' Fathy  ??' Abou Gouda  ??' Abdel Hakim  ??'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

14 October 2018	Ismaily	10–0	Ras El Bar	Ismailia, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  ??' Taha  ??' Afolabi  ??' Metwalli  ??' Fathy  ??' Abou Gouda  ??' Jaziri  ??' Ayman  ??', ??' Naguib  ??'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

13 May 2019	Al Masry	1–1	Ismaily	Port Said, Egypt
22:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Nada  55'	Report	Morsy  90+4'	Stadium: Al Masry Club Stadium

Salalah Friendly Tournament

22 July 2018 Semi-final	CS Sfaxien	1–1 (11–10 p)	Ismaily	Salalah, Oman
20:00 GST (UTC+4)	Sokari  16'	Report	Jaziri  42' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Saada Stadium
	Penalties
	Mathlouthi Hnid Sokari Aka Zouaghi Harzi Chaouat Zamen Trabelsi Kouakou Ben Hassen Mathlouthi Chaouat		Jaziri Metwalli A. Magdy Afolabi El Mohamady Abdel Hakim Hamdy El Hadary Abdel Azim Mendouga Hashem Jaziri Metwalli

25 July 2018 Third place play-off	Al Nasr	0–3	Ismaily	Salalah, Oman
18:00 GST (UTC+4)		Report	Abd Rabo  29' Bambo  67' Metwalli  85'	Stadium: Al Saada Stadium

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	2 August 2018	24 July 2019	Matchday 1	7th	34	10	13	11	30	36	−6	029.41
Egypt Cup	8 October 2018	5 May 2019	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
CAF Champions League	28 November 2018	16 March 2019	Preliminary round	Group stage (4th)	10	3	2	5	10	14	−4	030.00
Arab Club Champions Cup	12 August 2018	11 December 2018	First round	Second round	4	1	2	1	2	2	+0	025.00
Total					51	16	17	18	48	55	−7	031.37

Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	34	13	9	12	45	38	+7	48
6	Misr Lel Makkasa	34	12	10	12	34	36	−2	46
7	Ismaily	34	10	13	11	30	36	−6	43
8	Tala'ea El Gaish	34	10	11	13	41	39	+2	41
9	ENPPI	34	9	13	12	39	42	−3	40[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (3) and on head-to-head away goals scored (2). Overall goal difference: ENPPI –3, Wadi Degla –6.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	13	11	30	36	−6	43	7	5	5	21	18	+3	3	8	6	9	18	−9

Source: Soccerway

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D
Position	5	12	14	9	8	8	9	11	14	14	11	11	12	14	15	18	18	18	17	11	11	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2018 1	Al Ahly	1–1	Ismaily	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif  90+4'	Report	Jaziri  54'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha

6 August 2018 2	Ismaily	0–0	Petrojet	Ismailia
18:45 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abou Khater

17 August 2018 3	Al Ittihad	1–0	Ismaily	Alexandria
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Cissé  30'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nagy

24 August 2018 4	Ismaily	1–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Ismailia
18:15 CAT (UTC+2)	Baffour  30'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

31 August 2018 5	Nogoom	1–1	Ismaily	Cairo
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Abdel Halim  54' (pen.)	Report	A. Magdy  19'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

13 September 2018 6	Ismaily	3–2	ENPPI	Ismailia
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Mendouga  11', 60' Baffour  45'	Report	Roaa  24' Kaoud  45+4'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy

18 September 2018 7	Tala'ea El Gaish	3–0	Ismaily	Cairo
15:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Kabouria  45+3' N'Diaye  59' Tarek  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

22 September 2018 8	Ismaily	1–3	Smouha	Ismailia
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Jaziri  13'	Report	Taha  22' (o.g.) Shilongo  39' Farid  69'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

19 October 2018 11	Ismaily	2–0	Pyramids	Ismailia
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Metwalli  6' Jaziri  69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

3 November 2018 12	Ismaily	0–0	Al Masry	Ismailia
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

7 November 2018 13	Ismaily	1–3	Wadi Degla	Ismailia
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Mendouga  42'	Report	Reda  3' El Gabbas  82' (pen.) Mamdouh  85'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

11 November 2018 14	Haras El Hodoud	1–0	Ismaily	Alexandria
14:45 CAT (UTC+2)	Moses  34'	Report		Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy

21 November 2018 15	Ismaily	1–2	El Entag El Harby	Ismailia
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Taha  45+3' (pen.)	Report	Mosaad  36' Diawara  40'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

2 January 2019[upper-alpha 1] 9	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	1–2	Ismaily	Cairo
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	El Shimi  18'	Report	Adel  56' (o.g.) Shilongo  79'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

5 January 2019[upper-alpha 2] 16	El Dakhleya	0–0	Ismaily	Cairo
14:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Police Academy Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nagy

24 January 2019[upper-alpha 3] 19	Petrojet	0–1	Ismaily	Cairo[upper-alpha 4]
14:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Shilongo  7'	Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium[upper-alpha 4] Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy

28 January 2019 20	Ismaily	2–0	Al Ittihad	Ismailia
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  38' Abdel Hakim  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha

7 February 2019 21	Misr Lel Makkasa	0–0	Ismaily	Cairo[upper-alpha 5]
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium[upper-alpha 5] Referee: Tarek Magdy

16 February 2019 22	Ismaily	3–2	Nogoom	Cairo[upper-alpha 6]
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  45+2', 81' Metwalli  55'	Report	Amin  63', 90+3'	Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium[upper-alpha 6] Referee: Ahmed Hamdy

26 February 2019 24	Ismaily	0–0	Tala'ea El Gaish	Alexandria[upper-alpha 7]
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium[upper-alpha 7] Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

12 March 2019[upper-alpha 8] 25	Smouha	0–1	Ismaily	Alexandria
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Baffour  31'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

29 March 2019[upper-alpha 9] 23	ENPPI	0–0	Ismaily	Cairo
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

2 April 2019[upper-alpha 10] 26	Ismaily	2–0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Suez[upper-alpha 11]
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  4' Dunga  48'	Report		Stadium: Egyptian Army Stadium[upper-alpha 11] Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

6 April 2019 28	Pyramids	3–1	Ismaily	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Benavente  14', 63' Kharbin  19' (pen.)	Report	Metwalli  39' (pen.)	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

10 April 2019[upper-alpha 12] 17	Ismaily	2–2	El Gouna	Suez[upper-alpha 13]
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Shilongo  45' Metwalli  58' (pen.)	Report	Mekky  15', 90+4'	Stadium: Egyptian Army Stadium[upper-alpha 13] Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

14 April 2019 29	Al Masry	1–1	Ismaily	Cairo[upper-alpha 14]
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Amutu  47'	Report	Metwalli  61'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium[upper-alpha 14] Referee: Amin Omar

18 April 2019[upper-alpha 15] 10	Ismaily	0–2	Zamalek	Suez[upper-alpha 16]
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	El Said  36' Obama  47'	Stadium: Egyptian Army Stadium[upper-alpha 16] Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)

25 April 2019 30	Wadi Degla	3–0	Ismaily	Cairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Arafat  14', 24' Ndiaye  65'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

30 April 2019 31	Ismaily	0–1	Haras El Hodoud	Cairo[upper-alpha 17]
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Moses  28'	Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium[upper-alpha 17] Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

10 May 2019 32	El Entag El Harby	0–0	Ismaily	Cairo
22:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Police Academy Stadium[upper-alpha 18] Referee: Gehad Grisha

17 May 2019[upper-alpha 19] 33	Ismaily	2–0	El Dakhleya	Suez[upper-alpha 20]
22:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  29' Metwalli  50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Egyptian Army Stadium[upper-alpha 20] Referee: Tarek Magdy

22 May 2019[upper-alpha 21] 18	Ismaily	1–1	Al Ahly	Alexandria[upper-alpha 22]
22:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  84'	Report	Azaro  73'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium[upper-alpha 22] Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

27 May 2019 34	El Gouna	0–0	Ismaily	El Gouna
22:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: El Gouna Stadium Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

24 July 2019[upper-alpha 23] 27	Zamalek	3–1	Ismaily	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Alaa  14' (pen.) Sayed  47' El Said  59'	Report	Shilongo  37'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Egypt Cup

8 October 2018 Round of 32	Ismaily	4–0	Naser El Fekreia	Ismailia
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	A. Magdy  36' El Wahsh  41' M. Magdy I  49' Naguib  75'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Tabei

23 October 2018 Round of 16	Ismaily	1–0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo[upper-alpha 24]
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  82'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[upper-alpha 24] Referee: Mohamed Adel

5 May 2019[upper-alpha 25] Quarter-finals	Ismaily	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al Ittihad	Cairo[upper-alpha 24]
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bambo  81'	Report	Cissé  84' Anwar  103' Kamar  108'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium[upper-alpha 24] Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

CAF Champions League

Premilinary round

28 November 2018 First leg	Le Messager Ngozi	0–1	Ismaily	Ngozi, Burundi
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Taha  56'	Stadium: Stade Urukundo Referee: Sabry Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

5 December 2018 Second leg	Ismaily	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Le Messager Ngozi	Ismailia, Egypt
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Hamdy  33' A. Magdy  64'	Report	Urasenga  43' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Abdul Wahid Huraywidah (Libya)

First round

16 December 2018 First leg	Ismaily	2–0	Coton Sport	Ismailia, Egypt
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	El Mohamady  45+2' Bambo  59'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

22 December 2018 Second leg	Coton Sport	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Ismaily	Yaoundé, Cameroon
15:30 EAT (UTC+1)	Ndassi  44' Daouda  66' (pen.)	Report	El Mohamady  4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Militaire Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TP Mazembe	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11	Quarter-finals
2	CS Constantine	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10[lower-alpha 1]
3	Club Africain	6	3	1	2	5	9	−4	10[lower-alpha 1]
4	Ismaily[lower-alpha 2]	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Goal difference in all group matches: CS Constantine +2, Club Africain –4.
2. The CAF announced on 23 January 2019 that Ismaily were disqualified for aggressive fans behaviors, including consistently throwing rocks and water bottles on the assistant referee and the away fans, and other incidents at their home match against Club Africain on 18 January 2019.[39][40] All results of matches played by Ismaily were annulled and not taken into consideration according to the regulations. However, following an appeal by Ismaily, the CAF decided on 10 February 2019 to reinstate Ismaily to the competition.[41]

12 January 2019 1	TP Mazembe	2–0	Ismaily	Lubumbashi, DR Congo
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ushindi  83' Mondeko  86'	Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

18 January 2019 2	Ismaily	0–3 (Awarded)	Club Africain	Ismailia, Egypt
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Shilongo  8'	Report	Ayadi  40' (pen.), 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Note: On 19 February 2019, the CAF decided to consider the match forfeited by Ismaily with a result of 3–0 in favour of Club Africain.[42] The match was originally suspended on the 83rd minute due to aggressive fans behaviors with Club Africain leading 2–1.

23 February 2019[upper-alpha 26] 3	Ismaily	1–1	CS Constantine	Alexandria, Egypt[upper-alpha 27]
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Shilongo  69'	Report	Hamdy  90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium[upper-alpha 27] Attendance: 0[upper-alpha 28] Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

2 March 2019[upper-alpha 29] 4	CS Constantine	3–2	Ismaily	Constantine, Algeria
17:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Zaâlani  45+2' Yettou  67' Bahamboula  81'	Report	Hamdy  13' Shilongo  50'	Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

8 March 2019 5	Ismaily	1–1	TP Mazembe	Alexandria, Egypt[upper-alpha 30]
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	A. Magdy  55'	Report	Elia  40'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium[upper-alpha 30] Attendance: 0[upper-alpha 31] Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

16 March 2019 6	Club Africain	1–0	Ismaily	Radès, Tunisia
14:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Ayadi  75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

Arab Club Champions Cup

First round

12 August 2018 First leg	Ismaily	2–0	Al Kuwait	Ismailia, Egypt
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	El Shamy  34' Mendouga  54'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

27 September 2018 Second leg	Al Kuwait	2–0 (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Ismaily	Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:30 AST (UTC+3)	Saeed  22' Al Hajri  70'	Report		Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)
	Penalties
	Lahmar Fatau Al Fadhel Al Shereedah		Abd Rabo Taha Naguib Baffour

Second round

29 October 2018 First leg	Ismaily	0–0	Raja Casablanca	Ismailia, Egypt
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

11 December 2018 Second leg	Raja Casablanca	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (4–2 p)	Ismaily	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 WAT (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Ahmed Al Kaf (Oman)
	Penalties
	Hafidi Banoun Rahimi Achchakir Hadraf		Abd Rabo Taha El Wahsh El Mohamady

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	Egyptian Premier League		Egypt Cup		CAF Champions League		Arab Club Champions Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Baher El Mohamady	29	0	1	0	7	2	4	0	41	2
3	DF	Mohamed Magdy I	20	0	2	1	7	0	2+1	0	32	1
4	MF	Emad Hamdy	19+2	0	3	0	9	2	4	0	37	2
5	DF	Richard Baffour	12+1	3	1	0	4+1	0	2	0	21	3
9	FW	Mohamed El Shamy	10+8	0	1	0	0+2	0	2	1	23	1
10	FW	Karim Bambo	14+13	6	0+2	2	3+6	1	0+2	0	40	9
11	DF	Tarek Taha	26+1	1	3	0	9	1	3+1	0	43	2
13	DF	Alaa Abdel Azim	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
14	DF	Mahmoud Metwalli	20+2	6	3	0	5	0	4	0	34	6
15	MF	Ahmed Ali	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	GK	Mohamed Magdy II	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
17	FW	Odah Marshall	4+5	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0	14	0
20	MF	Ibrahim Abdel Khalek	3+4	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0	11	0
21	DF	Selim Abdel Khalek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Nader Ramadan	9+1	0	1+1	0	3	0	2	0	17	0
26	GK	Mohamed Fawzy	19	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	29	0
27	FW	Benson Shilongo	17+3	4	1	0	4+2	2	0	0	27	6
28	MF	Mahmoud Abdel Aati	16	1	1	0	4+1	0	0	0	22	1
29	DF	Mohamed Hashem	9+1	0	1	0	1+3	0	1+1	0	17	0
30	DF	Osama Ibrahim	11+1	0	1	0	3+1	0	0	0	17	0
31	FW	Wagih Abdel Hakim	4+13	1	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	21	1
32	FW	Abdel Rahman Magdy	23+4	1	3	1	9+1	2	2+1	0	43	4
33	MF	Mohamed Sadek	25+4	0	0+1	0	7+2	0	0+3	0	42	0
34	DF	Ahmed Ayman	15+1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	21	0
35	MF	Mohamed El Darf	3+7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
36	MF	Medhat Faqousa	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
38	FW	Mahmoud Abou Gouda	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	FW	Yahya Zayd	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
41	MF	Mohamed Bayoumi	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
42	MF	Mostafa Fares	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
43	FW	Hazem Morsy	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	Essam El Hadary	13	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	18	0
7	FW	Christopher Mendouga	13+1	3	2	0	4	0	3	1	23	4
8	MF	Omar El Wahsh	5+4	0	1	1	2	0	1+1	0	14	1
12	MF	Hosny Abd Rabo	11+3	0	2	0	2+1	0	4	0	23	0
17	MF	Omar Fathy	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18	FW	Lassaâd Jaziri	7+1	3	2	0	4	0	4	0	18	3
23	FW	Okiki Afolabi	2+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
24	FW	Shoukry Naguib	4+5	0	0+1	1	1+3	0	1+2	0	17	1
38	FW	Walid Attia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Name	Egyptian Premier League	Egypt Cup	CAF Champions League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	FW	Karim Bambo	6	2	1	0	9
2	DF	Mahmoud Metwalli	6	0	0	0	6
	FW	Benson Shilongo	4	0	2	0	6
4	FW	Abdel Rahman Magdy	1	1	2	0	4
	FW	Christopher Mendouga	3	0	0	1	4
6	DF	Richard Baffour	3	0	0	0	3
	FW	Lassaâd Jaziri	3	0	0	0	3
8	MF	Emad Hamdy	0	0	2	0	2
	DF	Baher El Mohamady	0	0	2	0	2
	DF	Tarek Taha	1	0	1	0	2
11	MF	Mahmoud Abdel Aati	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Wagih Abdel Hakim	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Mohamed Magdy I	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Shoukry Naguib	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Mohamed El Shamy	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Omar El Wahsh	0	1	0	0	1
Own goal			1	0	0	0	1
Total			30	6	10	2	48

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Egyptian Premier League	Egypt Cup	CAF Champions League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	Mohamed Fawzy	10	0	2	1	13
2	Essam El Hadary	4	2	0	2	8
3	Mohamed Magdy II	1	0	0	0	1
Total		15	2	2	3	22

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Notes

1. Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Ismaily match, originally scheduled to be played on 1 October 2018, was postponed due to security concerns. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 2 January 2019.
2. El Dakhleya v Ismaily match, originally scheduled to be played on 27 November 2018, was postponed due to conflicting with Le Messager Ngozi v Ismaily match in the CAF Champions League, which was set to be played on 28 November 2018. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 5 January 2019.
3. Petrojet v Ismaily match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 January 2019, was postponed due to conflicting with TP Mazembe v Ismaily match in the CAF Champions League, which was set to be played on 12 January 2018. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 24 January 2019.
4. Petrojet v Ismaily match was played at Gehaz El Reyada Stadium in Cairo instead of the Egyptian Army Stadium in Suez due to security concerns.
5. Misr Lel Makkasa v Ismaily match was played at Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium in Cairo instead of Faiyum Stadium in Faiyum due to pitch status.
6. Ismaily v Nogoom match was played at Gehaz El Reyada Stadium in Cairo instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
7. Ismaily v Tala'ea El Gaish match was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
8. Smouha v Ismaily match, originally scheduled to be played on 1 March 2019, was postponed due to conflicting with CS Constantine v Ismaily match in the CAF Champions League, which was set to be played on 2 March 2019. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 12 March 2019.
9. ENPPI v Ismaily match, originally scheduled to be played on 21 February 2019, was postponed due to conflicting with Ismaily v CS Constantine match in the CAF Champions League, which was set to be played on 23 February 2019. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 29 March 2019.
10. Ismaily v Al Mokawloon Al Arab match, originally scheduled to be played on 9 March 2019, was postponed due to conflicting with Ismaily v TP Mazembe match in the CAF Champions League, which was set to be played on 8 March 2019. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 2 April 2019.
11. Ismaily v Al Mokawloon Al Arab match was played at the Egyptian Army Stadium in Suez instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
12. Ismaily v El Gouna match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 December 2018, was postponed due to conflicting with Raja Casablanca v Ismaily match in the Arab Club Champions Cup, which was set to be played on 11 December 2018. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 10 April 2019.
13. Ismaily v El Gouna match was played at the Egyptian Army Stadium in Suez instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
14. Al Masry v Ismaily match was played at 30 June Stadium in Cairo instead of Al Masry Club Stadium in Port Said due to security concerns.
15. Ismaily v Zamalek match, originally scheduled to be played on 6 October 2018, was postponed due to conflicting with Al Hilal v Zamalek match in the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup, which was set to be played on the same day. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 18 April 2019.
16. Ismaily v Zamalek match was played at the Egyptian Army Stadium in Suez instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
17. Ismaily v Haras El Hodoud match was played at Gehaz El Reyada Stadium in Cairo instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
18. El Entag El Harby v Ismaily match was played at Police Academy Stadium instead of Al Salam Stadium due to maintenance.
19. Ismaily v El Dakhleya match, originally scheduled to be played on 21 May 2019, was played on 17 May 2019 to avoid scheduling conflicts.
20. Ismaily v El Dakhleya match was played at the Egyptian Army Stadium in Suez instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
21. Ismaily v Al Ahly match, originally scheduled to be played on 23 December 2018, was postponed due to conflicting with Coton Sport v Ismaily match in the CAF Champions League and with Jimma Aba Jifar vs Al Ahly match in the CAF Champions League, which were set to be played on 22 and 23 December 2018 respectively. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 22 May 2019.
22. Ismaily v Al Ahly match was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
23. Zamalek v Ismaily match, originally scheduled to be played on 1 April 2019, was postponed due to security concerns. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 24 July 2019.
24. Starting from round of 16, all matches were played on stadiums selected by the Egyptian Football Association.
25. Ismaily v Al Ittihad match, originally scheduled to be played on 2 April 2019, was postponed due to security concerns. The match was later rescheduled to be played on 5 May 2019.
26. CS Constantine v Ismaily match, originally scheduled to be played on 1 February 2019, was rescheduled to be played on 23 February 2019 after the reinstatement of Ismaily.
27. Ismaily v CS Constantine match was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
28. Ismaily v CS Constantine match was played behind closed doors due to crowd trouble during the Ismaily v Club Africain match.
29. Ismaily v CS Constantine match, originally scheduled to be played on 12 February 2019, was rescheduled to be played on 2 March 2019 after the reinstatement of Ismaily.
30. Ismaily v TP Mazembe match was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to maintenance.
31. Ismaily v TP Mazembe match was played behind closed doors due to crowd trouble during the Ismaily v Club Africain match.