Al-Ahly Club achieved a great financial benefit, after ensuring the qualification of the Egyptian national team to the round of 16 competitions in the 2026 World Cup, at the expense of Australia.
The Egyptian national team defeated its counterpart, Australia, on penalties with a score of 4-2, after tying in regular and extra time with one goal each, in the match that brought the two teams together, yesterday evening, Friday, at Dallas Stadium, for the round of 32 competitions of the 2026 World Cup.
The Egyptian national team will face its counterpart, Argentina, at seven in the evening next Tuesday, at Atalanta Stadium, in the United States of America, for the round of 16 competitions of the 2026 World Cup.
FIFA has allocated an amount of 250 million US dollars as rewards through the 2026 World Cup Club Benefits Program, to be divided among the clubs that allowed their players to participate in the World Cup finals.
Each club's share per player, for each day they are at the 2026 World Cup, is 5,000 US dollars, with days calculated starting from the player's first day in their country's camp (May 25), until one day after their national team exits the World Cup competitions.
Al-Ahly Club has 8 players in the ranks of the Egyptian national team: Mohamed El-Shenawy, Mustafa Shobier, Mohamed Hany, Yasser Ibrahim, Marwan Attia, Ahmed Sayed Zizo, Imam Ashour, and Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet, in addition to Youssef Belamri in the ranks of the Moroccan national team.
Al-Ahly Club will receive 5,000 dollars per day for each participating player from its ranks in the 2026 World Cup, until at least July 8 of this month.
Al-Ahly secured 175 thousand US dollars after the Moroccan national team qualified for the round of 16 in the 2026 World Cup, at the expense of the Netherlands, due to the presence of left-back Youssef Belamri in the Atlas Lions squad.
In the Egyptian national team, Al-Ahly secured one million and 520 thousand dollars with the Pharaohs reaching the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup, and this amount will be subject to increase if the squad of coach Hossam Hassan manages to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
The United States of America is hosting the 2026 World Cup, along with Mexico and Canada, with the participation of 48 teams for the first time in the history of the tournament, during the period from last June 11 to July 19 of this month.
