The Al Ahli Post
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Mohamed Al Suwaidi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ahmed Yaqoob asks to leave Al Ahli
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market7 Sep 2026
Youssef Ismail raises the bar for Al Ahli
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Ahli heard it as anything else.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Al Ahli
Yusuf Akçiçek was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Al Ahli
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market7 Sep 2026
Al Ahli promote Ahmed Al Kamali from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ahmed Al Kamali has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market7 Sep 2026
Omar Juma steps up from the Al Ahli academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Omar Juma has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match5 Sep 2026
Youssef Ismail the difference as Al Ahli beat Al Shabab
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Youssef Ismail. 1‑0 against Al Shabab, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Salem Omar falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Player ratings Youssef Ismail in the eights
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Al Ahli
- Squad Youssef Ismail is off the mark for Al Ahli