£36 Million on the Line: Al-Ahly and Zamalek Clash in Thrilling African Super Cup Showdown

The Kingdom Arena stadium in the Saudi capital Riyadh will host an all-Egyptian clash between Al-Ahly, the African Champions League champions, and Zamalek, winners of the African Confederation Cup, for the African Super Cup on Friday evening.

It was the first match at the Kingdom Arena since the stadium’s renovation, and will be at 95% capacity with 25,000 fans in attendance, less than 24 hours after tickets for the match went on sale.

The total prize money for the African Super Cup is approximately $750,000 (36.3 million pounds), of which $500,000 goes to the title winner, and $250,000 to the loser.

The two teams will meet for the second time in the African Super Cup, having previously played in the 1994 edition of the competition, where Zamalek won the crown after defeating Al-Ahli through an unanswered goal by Ayman Mansour.

Al-Ahly, which is taking part in the tournament for the twelfth time in its history, is looking to win the title for the ninth time to strengthen its record as the most successful team in the competition, while Zamalek, which is playing. In the competition for the sixth time in its history, it hopes to win the championship for the fifth time.

10 million dollars collected from the Al-Ahly tournament

Al-Ahly collected nearly $10 million this season from winning and participating in tournaments, the most recent of which was 5 million pounds ($103.4 thousand) after winning the Egyptian General League Championship award for the 2023-2024 season.

Al-Ahly earned $1.7 million from its exit from the semi-finals of the first edition of the African Super League and $250,000 from its participation in the African Super Cup against USM Algiers, which won the title.

The team also finished third in the Club World Cup in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, winning $2.5 million, before adding $250,000 from the Super Cup win in the Emirates, and returning to win $950,000 in the Egypt Cup held in Riyadh. Cost of Zamalek.

Al-Ahly won the African Champions League title for the twelfth time in its history, adding almost $4 million to its financial balance since winning the title.

Zamalek earned $2.35 million from the tournament

Zamalek, on the other hand, earned $2.35 million from the tournament and title this season, the prize money for the African Confederation title, which is the biggest figure in its financial balance from tournament participation this season.

Zamalek collected $100,000 from participating in the Taif Arab Championship Saudi ArabiaHe also earned $250,000 for his appearance in the Egypt Cup final against Al-Ahly in Riyadh.

Transfer summer 2024

Al-Ahly have so far earned around 2.2 million euros ($2.5 million) from the 2024 summer transfer window, which has yet to close in Egypt, compared to spending 5.4 million euros ($6 million) for 3.16 million euros ($3.5 million).

Al-Ahly received 4.2 million euros from the sale of the contract of Mohamed Abdel Moneim to the French club Nice, half a million euros from the loan of Elliot Dieng to the Saudi Al-Khuloud club, 450 thousand euros from the loan of Ahmed. £12m from the sale of the contracts of Abdel Kader to the Qatari club and Rafat Khalil to the Z club.

The Red Team, on the other hand, strengthened its position by bringing in Omar Al-Saye from Al-Ismaili in a deal worth £50m which is the most expensive in Egypt’s local transfer history and also includes Morocco’s Ashraf. Dari from French side Brest in a deal that cost the coffers €1.8 million.

He also signed Youssef Ayman from Qatar’s Al-Duhail on a $250,000 loan for one season, with a clause in the contract specifying the right to buy the contract to include Moroccan Yahya. Atiyatallah from Sochi, Russia for 200,000 euros.

For Zamalek, it cost 1.25 million euros, with Palestinian Omar Farag from AEK Al-Suwaidi for a million dollars, it activated the clause to buy Mohamed Shehata from Talaya El Gaish for 10 million pounds and loaned Mohamed. Hamdi from NPP for £3 million.

He signed Morocco’s Mahmoud Bentayek from France’s Saint-Etienne on a one-season free loan with the intention of buying his contract and covering his salary, as well as Poland’s Konrad Michalak from Saudi Arabia for a season on loan. Part of his salary was recovered after he completed their loans to Senegalese Sidi Ndiaye and Hossam Ashraf, younger than Ahmed Mahmoud.

Zamalek failed to achieve significant returns from player sales in light of the free departures of Youssef Ibrahim “Obama”, Mahmoud Alaa, Mohamed Ashraf “Rouka”, Ibrahima Ndia, and Yassir Hamad.

The Whites received £12m from selling the contracts of Maged Hani and Hamdi Alaa to Club Z, and £300,000 from El-Sekka loaning Mohamed Salah Zaki to the El-Sekka team.

Al-Ahly surpassed Zamalek in player market value by $10.7 million

Market price estimates give Al-Ahli the upper hand… Zamalek A difference of 9.6 million euros ($10.7 million), according to estimates by specialized website TransferMarkt.

Al-Ahly’s player market value for the 2024–2025 season is estimated at €28.4 million, the highest market value among Egyptian league clubs and the second highest among African clubs after Mamelodi Sun Downs, whose player market value is €34.5 million.

The team list has 6 players with a market value of €2 million or more, led by Imam Ashour at around €2.5 million, followed by Moroccan duo Reda Slim and Yahya Atiyat Allah, each with an estimated market value of around €2.2 million. .

With a market value of up to 2 million euros, the Red Team has 3 players: Moroccan Ashraf Dari, midfielder Marwan Attia and team captain and goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawi.

Al-Ahly have 5 players who are worth between one and two million euros, South African Percy Tau has a market value of approximately 1.8 million euros, while the pair of Mohamed Hani and the Palestinian, Wissam Abu, the Egyptian league’s top scorer of last season, Ali is valued at 1.5 million euros. arrived

Mohamed Magdi “Afsha” has a market value of approximately 1.2 million euros and finally Omar Kamal Abdel Waheed brings a market value of up to one million euros.

Zamalek, on the other hand, ranks third among Egyptian league clubs after Al-Ahly and Pyramids in terms of player market value, as its players are worth around 18.8 million euros.

Zamalek have the most expensive player by market value on the African continent, who is Ahmed Mustafa “Jizou”, whose market value is estimated at 4.5 million euros, and he is the one who gives great power to this price.
Zamalek’s market value, which includes 5 players whose prices start at one million euros, including the absent pair, Ahmed Fatouh, who has a market value of around 1.2 million euros and Mahmoud Hamdi “Al-Wansh” who is worth around one million euros .

Palestinian Omar Farag, who joined from Swedish club AIK, is among the highest Zamalek players with a market value of around 1.2 million euros, while defensive midfielder Nabil Imad “Dunga” is estimated to be worth around one million euros for Polish Konrad Michalak, from Saudi club Ohod. The newly transferred winger from

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