African champions Ahly will take on fellow country club Zamalek, winners of the CAF Confederation Cup in the Super Cup at the Kingdom Arena Stadium in the Saudi capital on Friday.
Coach koller has named a list of 23 players for the anticipated clash, including summer new-signings Youssef Ayman, Moroccan duo Yahya Attia Allah and Achraf Dari, and Omar El-Saaiy.
Fullback Yahya Attia Allah played the team’s past new games in the Champions League against Kenyan side Gor Mahia last week, while the other three players are yet to make their debut.
However, team classic stars such as veteran keeper Mohamed El-Shenawy, inform defender Rami Rabia and midfielders Marwan Attia, Emam Ashour, Hussein El-Shahat, Percy Tau, reserved their place in the list.
Ahly who have a record of eight CAF Super Cup titles are looking for their ninth one, while Zamalek are in quest for their fifth trophy.
Zamalek arrived to Riyadh on Tuesday with a list of 25 players. According to the competition's regulations only 20 players for each team will be registreted for the game.
Both sides faced-off in the same competition in 1994 when Zamalek won 1-0 in Johannesburg.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Mohamed El-Shenawy, Mostafa Shobeir, Hamza Alaa
Defenders: Achraf Dari, Yasser Ibrahim, Mohamed Hani, Yahya Attia Allah, Youssef Ayman, Rami Rabia, Omar Kamal
Midfielders: Akram Tawfik, Marwan Attia, Omar El-Saai, Mohamed "Afsha" Magdy, Emam Ashour, Amr El-Solia, Ahmed "Koka" Nabil
Forwards: Wessam Abou Ali, Mahmoud "Kahraba" Abdel-Moneim, Hussein El-Shahat, Percy Tau, Taher Mohamed, Reda Slim
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