Al-Ahly club fans rely on the new offensive signings to resolve the scoring drought crises, in an attempt to return to the podiums of winning major tournaments once again.
Al-Ahly's management succeeded in signing the Moroccan striker Sofiane Benjdida, arriving from Maghreb Fes, before bolstering the attacking line with a new deal by signing the Algerian Monsef Bekdar, star of Croatian side Dynamo Zagreb.
Reviewing the careers of Bekdar and Benjdida shows that the duo excelled in a single season before moving to Al-Ahly, specifically in the most recent season in which both players' stars rose.
Benjdida's standout season was 2025-2026, during which he scored 20 goals and provided two assists in 31 matches with Maghreb Fes, leading the team to win the Moroccan Premier League title. (See photos)
Bekdar's standout season was the same one, in which he scored 18 goals and provided seven assists in 42 matches, prompting Dynamo Zagreb to agree to sell him for 3 million euros after signing him from New York City for just 1 million euros. (See photos)
Monsef Bekdar's weakest season statistically was 2024-2025 with New York City, in which he scored only two goals and provided no assists in 22 matches.
Sofiane Benjdida's weakest season statistically was 2024-2025, in which he scored three goals and provided one assist in 26 matches with Belgian sides Standard Liège and Molenbeek.
Sofiane Benjdida and Monsef Bekdar, whose combined goals across all clubs so far total 89, join a number of Al-Ahly's current strikers, led by Mohamed Sherif, Nets Gradisar, and Oktay Abdullah, who arrived from ENPPI.
