2018–19 Ismaily SC season
# 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.

## Kit information

Supplier: Adidas

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

**Loans in**

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

### Transfers out

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

**Loans out**

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

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 031.37 |

Source: Competitions

### Egyptian Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

### CAF Champions League

**Group C**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Club Africain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 10 | |
| 4 | Ismaily | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | |

* 1 2 Goal difference in all group matches: CS Constantine +2, Club Africain –4.
* ↑ 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. 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.

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Player | Egyptian Premier League | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egypt Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Champions League | Arab Club Champions Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Player | 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 |
| 2 | FW | Benson Shilongo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | Abdel Rahman Magdy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | Christopher Mendouga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Richard Baffour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | Lassaâd Jaziri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Emad Hamdy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Baher El Mohamady | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Tarek Taha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Mahmoud Abdel Aati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Wagih Abdel Hakim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Mohamed Magdy I | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Shoukry Naguib | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Mohamed El Shamy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Omar El Wahsh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 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 | Total | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
