The Al Ahli Post
Match23 Nov 2026
Al Ahli sink to position 12
6 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match21 Nov 2026
Al Ahli come up short against Sharjah
Sharjah left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Al Ahli
Mahmoud Alaa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A masterclass from Majed Al Naqbi
Marked 8.10 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Hamdan Obaid beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Al Ahli
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ali Al Junaibi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 2‑3 defeat, delivered by Salem Obaid to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Ali Al Junaibi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ali Al Junaibi, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead23 Nov 2026
A test against the best for Al Ahli
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Al Jazira.
In brief
- Looking ahead Stojan Leković goes back to face Al Jazira
- Squad Hamdan Obaid finally opens his account
- The dugout Youssef Oggadi does not fit this one