2020–21 Al Ahly SC season

Al Ahly
2020–21 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Pitso Mosimane
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium; Al Ahly WE Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	2nd
Egypt Cup	Final
Egyptian Super Cup	Runners-up
CAF Champions League	Winners
CAF Super Cup	Winners
FIFA Club World Cup	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed Sherif (21); All: Mohamed Sherif (28)
Biggest win	4–0 vs Al Ittihad; 4–0 vs AS SONIDEP; 4–0 vs Smouha; 4–0 vs Ceramica Cleopatra
Biggest defeat	0–2 vs Bayern Munich
	All statistics correct as of 25 September 2021.

The 2020–21 Al Ahly season is the 113th season in the football club's history and 62nd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the Egypt Cup, the Egyptian Super Cup, and the first-tier African cup, the CAF Champions League. The season covers a period from 13 December 2020 to 30 July 2021.

Kit information

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsors: WE, SAIB Bank, GLC Paints, Tiger Chips, Royal Dutch Shell

Home

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Away

Third

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Players

Current squad

As of 20 December 2020

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed El Shenawy(captain)	GK	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988	Petrojet	129	0
16	Ali Lotfi	GK	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989	ENPPI	12	0
31	Mostafa Shobier	GK	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000	Youth academy	1	0
Defenders
2	Mahmoud Wahid	LB	(1994-06-19) 19 June 1994	Misr Lel Makkasa	18	0
13	Badr Benoun	CB	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993	Raja CA	2	0
4	Mahmoud Metwalli	CB/DM	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993	Ismaily	17	0
5	Ramy Rabia	CB/DM	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993	Sporting CP	168	11
6	Yasser Ibrahim	CB	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993	Smouha	46	2
12	Ayman Ashraf	CB/LB	(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991	Smouha	143	4
3	Ahmed Ramadan	RB/CB/DM	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997	Wadi Degla	3	0
20	Saad Samir	CB	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989	Youth academy	195	13
21	Ali Maâloul	LB	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990	CS Sfaxien	137	23
30	Mohamed Hany	RB	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	Youth academy	166	3
Midfielders
8	Hamdy Fathy	DM/CB	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994	ENPPI	43	6
11	Walid Soliman (Vice-captain)	AM/RW/LW	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984	ENPPI	260	62
15	Aliou Dieng	DM	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997	MC Alger	42	2
17	Amr El Solia	CM/DM	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990	Al Shaab	184	19
19	Afsha	AM/CM	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996	Pyramids	46	9
23	Nasser Maher	AM/CM	(1997-02-08) 8 February 1997	Youth Academy	39	3
24	Karim Walid	CM/RB	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997	Youth academy	67	7
25	Akram Tawfik	DM/CM/RB	(1997-11-08) 8 November 1997	ENPPI	21	0
Forwards
7	Kahraba	LW/ST	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994	C.D. Aves	25	7
9	Marwan Mohsen	ST	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989	Ismaily	88	22
10	Mohamed Sherif	ST/RW/LW	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996	Wadi Degla	13	4
14	Hussein El Shahat	RW/AM/RB	(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992	Al Ain	62	14
18	Salah Mohsen	ST/LW/RW	(1998-09-01) 1 September 1998	ENPPI	35	8
26	Walter Bwalya	ST	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995	El Gouna	0	0
27	Taher Mohamed	ST/LW	(1997-03-03) 3 March 1997	Al Mokawloon	3	0
28	Junior Ajayi	LW/ST	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996	CS Sfaxien	140	39

Youth Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	EGY	Faress Mohamed
34	DF	EGY	Mohamed Maghrabi
35	DF	EGY	Abdel Rahman Ashraf


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
36	MF	EGY	Ahmed Nabil Koka
37	GK	EGY	Hamza Alla

Transfers

Transfers in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
22	FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	El Gouna	End of loan	31 October 2020
25	MF	Akram Tawfik	El Gouna		31 October 2020
23	MF	Nasser Maher	Smouha		31 October 2020
10	MF	Mohamed Sherif	Enppi		31 October 2020
18	MF	Salah Mohsen	Smouha		31 October 2020
27	FW	Taher Mohamed	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	E£20m	9 July 2020	[1]
13	DF	Badr Benoun	Raja Casablanca	E£31m	11 November 2020	[2]
3	MF	Ahmed Ramadan Beckham	Wadi Degla SC	E£12m	23 November 2020	[3]
26	ST	Walter Bwalya	El Gouna	E£28m	1 January 2021	[4]

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Ramadan Sobhi	Huddersfield	End of loan	30 June 2020
GK	Sherif Ekramy	Pyramids	Released	26 September 2020	[5]
DF	Hussein El Sayed	Tala'ea El Gaish	Undisclosed	15 October 2020	[6]
MF	Hossam Ashour	Al Ittihad	Released	25 October 2020	[7]
DF	Ahmed Fathy	Pyramids	Free transfer	31 October 2020	[8]
DF	Basem Ali	Al Mokawloon	Free transfer	30 November 2020	[9]
MF	Saleh Gomaa	Ceramica Cleopatra	Free transfer	3 December 2020	[10]
MF	Ahmed El Sheikh	Pyramids	Free transfer	7 December 2020	[11]
MF	Geraldo	Ankaragücü	Released	29 January 2021	[12]

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
FW	Amr Gamal	Tala'ea El Gaish	9 August 2019	30 June 2021
DF	Ahmed Alaa	Tala'ea El Gaish	9 August 2019	30 June 2021	[13]
DF	Mohamed Abdelmonem	Smouha	23 January 2020	30 June 2021
MF	Amar Hamdy	Al Ittihad	1 November 2020	30 June 2022	[14]
DF	Mohamed Fakhri	National Bank of Egypt	12 November 2020	30 June 2021	[15]
MF	Shady Radwan	National Bank of Egypt	16 November 2020	30 June 2021	[16]
DF	Mahmoud El Gazzar	El Gouna	30 November 2020	30 June 2021	[17]
MF	Arabi Badr	El Gouna	1 January 2020	30 June 2021	[18]
FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayan	Ceramica Cleopatra	10 January 2020	30 June 2021	[19]
FW	Aliou Badji	Ankaragücü	21 January 2020	30 June 2021	[20]
DF	Mohamed Shokry	Smouha	28 January 2021	30 June 2022	[21]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	11 December 2020	27 August 2021	Matchday 1	2nd	34	22	10	2	72	29	+43	064.71
Egypt Cup	14 April 2021		Round of 32		3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Egyptian Super Cup	21 September 2021		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	0	+0	000.00
CAF Champions League	22 December 2020	17 July 2021	Group stage	Winners	13	9	3	1	26	6	+20	069.23
CAF Super Cup	28 May 2021		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
FIFA Club World Cup	4 February 2021	11 February 2021	Second round	Third place	3	2	0	1	1	2	−1	066.67
Total					55	37	13	5	106	39	+67	067.27

Last updated: 27 September 2021
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek[lower-alpha 1] (C)	34	24	8	2	61	21	+40	80	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Al Ahly[lower-alpha 1]	34	22	10	2	72	29	+43	76	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Pyramids[lower-alpha 1]	34	13	16	5	51	37	+14	55	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4	Smouha	34	12	18	4	54	41	+13	54
5	Al Masry[lower-alpha 1]	34	13	11	10	44	38	+6	50	Qualification for the Confederation Cup

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions
Notes:

The 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Al Masry and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.[22]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	22	10	2	72	29	+43	76	10	6	1	38	16	+22	12	4	1	34	13	+21

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2020–21 season were announced on 23 November 2020.[23]

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 1	Al Ahly	3–1	Misr Lel Makkasa	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Maâloul 5' (pen.) Kahraba 65' El Solia 87'	Report	Mar. Hamdy 41' Mody 90+6'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 2	Al Ahly	3–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 49', 80' Kahraba 69'	Report	Rashwan 25'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

28 December 2020 (2020-12-28) 3	Al Ahly	4–0	Al Ittihad	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Kahraba 17' Maâloul 45+4' El Shahat 48' Sherif 60' Tawfik 85' Hany 87'	Report	Yehia 23'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha
Note: Postponed from 23 December 2020.

1 January 2021 (2021-01-01) 5	Al Ahly	0–0	Wadi Degla	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Dieng 64'	Report	Magdy 63'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 6	Ceramica Cleopatra	0–2	Al Ahly	Suez City, Suez
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Mohsen 78'	Report	El Shenawy 72' Kahraba 79' Soliman 90+6'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Mohamed Youssef

12 January 2021 (2021-01-12) 7	Al Ahly	4–1	El Entag El Harby	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Maâloul 48' El Shahat 69' Soliman 77', 86'	Report	Morsy 66', 84'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

17 January 2021 (2021-01-17) 8	National Bank of Egypt	0–0	Al Ahly	El Max, Alexandria
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	M. Magdy 84'	Report	Fathy 63'	Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salama

21 January 2021 (2021-01-21) 9	Al Ahly	3–2	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Al Salam City, Cairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ibrahim 8' Taher 60' Fathy 67' Sherif 70', 82' El Shahat 75' Magdy 80' El Solia 90'	Report	Dawouda 36' Ashraf 38' (o.g.) Jaziri 44' Hamdy 62'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nagy

26 January 2021 (2021-01-26) 10	Pyramids	0–0	Al Ahly	New Cairo, Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Samy 26'	Report	Ramadan 22' El Shahat 52'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha

28 February 2021 (2021-02-28) 14	Al Ahly	2–1	Tala'ea El Gaish	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Fathy 42' Benoun 79' Ajayi 25', 32', 90+1'	Report	Samir 26' A. Gamal 36'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
Note: Postponed from 18 February 2021.

10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) 12	Ismaily	0–2	Al Ahly	Borg El Arab, Alexandria
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Sahraoui 42' Hashem 55'	Report	El Shahat 32' Benoun 72' (pen.) Ramadan 78' S. Mohsen 88' El Shenawy 90+4'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din
Note: Postponed from 8 February 2021.

18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) 4	Zamalek	1–2	Al Ahly	Nasr City, Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Shikabala 31' Alaa 59', 64' Bencharki 90+5'	Report	Sherif 21', 34' Ramadan 79'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
Note: Postponed from 28 December 2020.

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 11	Al Ahly	1–2	Smouha	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	El Shahat 33' Ashraf 63'	Report	Abdel Halim 11' Soliman 45+2' El Tahir 77' Hassan 73', 90+3'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy
Note: Postponed from 4 February 2021.

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 13	ENPPI	1–3	Al Ahly	New Cairo, Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Shalaby 36' Sabry 55' (pen.)	Report	El Shahat 1' Sherif 3' El Solia 43' Samir 54'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
Note: Postponed from 15 February 2021.

27 April 2021 (2021-04-27) 15	Al Masry	1–2	Al Ahly	Shatby, Alexandria
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Gomaa 41' Kamal 45+1'	Report	Sherif 11', 63' Taher 87'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy
Note: Postponed from 3 March 2021.

30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) 16	Al Ahly	1–1	El Gouna	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ramadan 53' Taher 57'	Report	El Tayeb 52' Aka 63' Naguib 86'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel
Note: Postponed from 13 March 2021.

3 May 2021 (2021-05-03) 19	Ghazl El Mahalla	1–0	Al Ahly	El Saba Banat, El Mahalla El Kubra
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Sayed 35' Eid 45+3' Fathallah 47' Rashwan 59' Moussa 79' Yehia 80' Shaaban 90+1'	Report	Bwalya 66'	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

6 May 2021 (2021-05-06) 20	Al Ittihad	1–2	Al Ahly	Shatby, Alexandria
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Lowe 49' Hamdy 52' El Sabahy 90+2'	Report	Benoun 50' (pen.), 53' Magdy 55'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

10 May 2021 (2021-05-10) 21	Al Ahly	1–1	Zamalek	Nasr City, Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ashraf 43' S. Mohsen 73'	Report	Sassi 22', 80' Alaa 82'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

1 July 2021 (2021-07-01) 27	Al Ahly	2–2	Pyramids	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Fathy 21' El Shahat 50' Maâloul 62' Kahraba 81'	Report	Mansour 27' Adel 39', 47' Dunga 43' 45+4' Fathy 63' Traoré 90+3'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel
Note: Postponed from 26 June 2021.

4 July 2021 (2021-07-04) 28	Smouha	0–4	Al Ahly	Shatby, Alexandria
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Homos 87'	Report	Sherif 40', 58' El Shahat 42' Maâloul 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

8 July 2021 (2021-07-08) 26	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–2	Al Ahly	New Cairo, Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	S. Mohsen 77' Sherif 90+4'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna
Note: Postponed from 15 June 2021.

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11) 18	Misr Lel Makkasa	1–4	Al Ahly	Attaka, Suez
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Mody 34' (pen.), 77' Sobhy 55'	Report	Sherif 39', 62' Desouki 75' (o.g.) El Solia 77' Magdy 90+4'	Stadium: Egyptian Army Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour
Note: Postponed from 8 April 2021. Mohamed Desouki's own goal is also accredited as a goal for Mohamed Sherif.

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22) 25	Al Ahly	1–1	National Bank of Egypt	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Magdy 48' Ashraf 90+3'	Report	Farid 9' Bambo 86'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed
Note: Postponed from 29 May 2021.

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 24	El Entag El Harby	2–3	Al Ahly	Al Salam City, Cairo
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Abou El Ezz 54' El Shebini 63' El Badry 64' Salama 76' Yehia 86'	Report	Hany 30' Maâloul 38' (pen.) Ashraf 49' Bwalya 73', 90+3' El Shahat 85' Sherif 90+6'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf
Note: Postponed from 26 May 2021.

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 17	Aswan	1–3	Al Ahly	New Cairo, Cairo
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Osama 62' Agbettor 85'	Report	Kahraba 22' Ashraf 41' Sherif 66' Bwalya 90+5'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel
Note: Postponed from 4 April 2021.

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 22	Wadi Degla	1–2	Al Ahly	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Abdel Aati 66' Sherif 67' Walid 75'	Report	Kahraba 46' Sherif 60'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din
Note: Postponed from 16 May 2021.

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07) 23	Al Ahly	4–0	Ceramica Cleopatra	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ibrahim 5' Sherif 54' (pen.) Samy 72' (o.g.) Magdy 79'	Report	Amer 19'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Amin Omar
Note: Postponed from 19 May 2021.

11 August 2021 (2021-08-11) 29	Al Ahly	1–1	Ismaily	Shatby, Alexandria
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 22' Ibrahim 76' Taher 90+5'	Report	Dunga 25' Ben Youssef 65' Hassan 72'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

14 August 2021 (2021-08-14) 30	Al Ahly	2–0	ENPPI	Al Salam City, Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Bwalya 3' El Solia 16' Magdy 28'	Report	Ebuka 14' Sabry 67' 82'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

17 August 2021 (2021-08-17) 31	Tala'ea El Gaish	0–0	Al Ahly	Suez
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Gamal 25' El Sisi 30' Islam Gamal 73' Mansi 80'	Report	Fathy 27'	Stadium: Egyptian Army Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) 32	Al Ahly	4–2	Al Masry	Alexandria
CAT (UTC+2)	Mohsen 9' 73' Taher 35' 60' Tawfik 38' El Shahat 45+2' Kahraba 80'	Report	Gomaa 19' Kamal 29' Refaat 41' (pen.) 9'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) 33	El Gouna	3–3	Al Ahly	El Gouna
CAT (UTC+2)	Naguib 7' 43' Wael 58' Shabrawy 86' El Said 90+10' (pen.) 67'	Report	Hany 58' Maâloul 61' (pen.) El Shahat 69' Sherif 80' Lotfi 90+4'	Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 34	Al Ahly	2–1	Aswan	Cairo
CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 69' (pen.) Mohsen 90+6'	Report	El Fil 62' Dahroug 67' Magdy 51' Safi 73'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Said Hamza

Egypt Cup

14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)[lower-alpha 1] Round of 32	Al Ahly	2–1	Al Nasr	Alexandria
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Soliman 45+2' Bwalya 83'		El Saidy 54'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abbas

25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) Round of 16	Al Ahly	1–0	ENPPI	Alexandria
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Mohsen 74'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

TBD ()[lower-alpha 2] Quarter Final	Al Ahly	v	Pyramids
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Egyptian Super Cup

21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)	Al Ahly	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Tala'ea El Gaish	Alexandria
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
	Penalties
	Maâloul Benoun El Solia Magdy Sherif		El Sabahy Jouini El Sisi El Tayeb Magdy

CAF Super Cup

28 May 2021 (2021-05-28)	Al Ahly	2–0	RS Berkane	Doha
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 57' S. Mohsen 82'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 3,000

CAF Champions League

Al Ahly entered the competition for the 3rd consecutive time after winning the league and the CAF Champions League in the previous season. Al Ahly were ranked first in the CAF 5-year ranking prior to the start of the 2020–21 season. As a result, they entered the competition from the first round.

First round

Al Ahly were drawn against the winner of the tie involving AS SONIDEP from Niger and Mogadishu City from Somalia, which was won by the former.

23 December 2020 (2020-12-23) First leg	AS SONIDEP	0–1	Al Ahly	Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Dieng 33'	Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) Second leg	Al Ahly	4–0 (5–0 agg.)	AS SONIDEP	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Taher 13' Soliman 37' Benoun 67' (pen.) Kahraba 90+1'	Report		Referee: Yousri Bouali (Tunisia)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 January 2021. Al Ahly were drawn in Group A alongside AS Vita Club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Simba from Tanzania and Al Merrikh from Sudan.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SIM	AHL	VIT	MER
1	Simba	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	4–1	3–0
2	Al Ahly	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–0	—	2–2	3–0
3	AS Vita Club	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7		0–1	0–3	—	3–1
4	Al Merrikh	6	0	2	4	4	15	−11	2		0–0	2–2	1–4	—

Source: Soccerway

16 February 2021 (2021-02-16)[lower-alpha 3] 1	Al Ahly	3–0	Al Merrikh	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Magdy 57' Kahraba 63' Bwalya 71'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) 2	Simba	1–0	Al Ahly	Dar es Salaam
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Miquissone 31'	Report		Stadium: Benjamin Mkapa Stadium Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) 3	Al Ahly	2–2	AS Vita Club	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 69' Mohsen 71'	Report	Lilepo 41' Tulengi 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

16 March 2021 (2021-03-16) 4	AS Vita Club	0–3	Al Ahly	Kinshasa
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Sherif 6' Magdy 19' Taher 78'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 5	Al Merrikh	2–2	Al Ahly	Omdurman
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Agab 26' Bakhit 36'	Report	Benoun 81' (pen.) Ibrahim 90+4'	Stadium: Al Hilal Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) 6	Al Ahly	1–0	Simba	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 32'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 30 April 2021. Al Ahly were drawn against Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa.

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) First leg	Al Ahly	2–0	Mamelodi Sundowns	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Taher 23' Mohsen 89'			Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Second leg	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Al Ahly	Pretoria
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Lebusa 30'	Report	Ibrahim 11'	Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Semi-finals

19 June 2021 (2021-06-19) First leg	Espérance de Tunis	0–1	Al Ahly	Radès
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Sherif 67'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

26 June 2021 (2021-06-26) Second leg	Al Ahly	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Espérance de Tunis	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Maaloul 38' (pen.) Sherif 56' El Shahat 60'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Final

17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)	Kaizer Chiefs	0–3	Al Ahly	Casablanca
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Happy Mashiane 45+4'	Report	Sherif 53' Magdy 64' El Solia 74'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

FIFA Club World Cup

4 February 2021 (2021-02-04) Second round	Al-Duhail	0–1	Al Ahly	Al Rayyan, Qatar
20:30 AST (UTC+3)	Benatia 85'	Report	Fathi 27' El Shahat 30' Hany 89'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

8 February 2021 (2021-02-08) Semi final	Al Ahly	0–2	Bayern Munich	Al Rayyan, Qatar
21:00 AST (UTC+3)		Report	Lewandowski 17', 86'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 7,982 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

11 February 2021 (2021-02-11) Match for third place	Al Ahly	0–0 (3–2 p)	Palmeiras	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 AST (UTC+3)		Report	Weverton 27' Willian 45+2' Patrick 69'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 5,606 Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
	Penalties
	Benoun El Solia M. Mohsen Hany Ajayi		Rony Luiz Adriano Gustavo Scarpa Gómez Felipe Melo

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 27 September 2021

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League	Egypt Cup	Egyptian Super Cup	CAF Champions League	CAF Super Cup	Club World Cup	Total
1	FW	Mohamed Sherif	21	0	0	6	1	0	28
2	FW	Hussein El Shahat	9	0	0	1	0	1	11
3	FW	Kahraba	8	0	0	2	0	0	10
4	MF	Mohamed Magdy	6	0	0	3	0	0	9
5	FW	Salah Mohsen	5	1	0	1	1	0	8
6	FW	Taher Mohamed	3	0	0	3	0	0	6
6	DF	Ali Maâloul	5	0	0	1	0	0	6
8	MF	Walid Soliman	3	1	0	1	0	0	5
8	FW	Walter Bwalya	3	1	0	1	0	0	5
10	DF	Badr Benoun	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
11	MF	Amr El Solia	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
11	DF	Yasser Ibrahim	1	0	0	2	0	0	3
13	FW	Junior Ajayi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
14	MF	Aliou Dieng	-	0	0	1	0	0	1

	MF	Akram Tawfik	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
FW	Marwan Mohsen	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own goal			1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Awarded goal			1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total			72	3	0	26	2	1	105

Clean sheets

As of 27 September 2021

Rank	Name	Premier League	Egypt Cup	Egyptian Super Cup	CAF Champions League	CAF Super Cup	Club World Cup	Total
1	Mohamed El Shenawy	11	1	1	8	1	2	24
2	Ali Lotfi	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
3	Mostafa Shobair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		11	1	1	9	1	2	25

Notes

The Al Ahly v Al Nasr match, originally scheduled to be played on 19 February 2021, was postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with Al Ahly's Champions League fixtures.[24] The match was later rescheduled to be played on 14 April 2021.
The Al Ahly v Pyramids match, originally scheduled to be played on 29 September 2021, was postponed due to Egypt national team preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 February 2021, was rescheduled to be played on 16 February 2021 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar between 4 and 11 February 2021.[25]

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[table_note_AHL0.88933718339044-22] The 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Al Masry and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.[22]

[26] The Al Ahly v Al Nasr match, originally scheduled to be played on 19 February 2021, was postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with Al Ahly's Champions League fixtures.[24] The match was later rescheduled to be played on 14 April 2021.

[27] The Al Ahly v Pyramids match, originally scheduled to be played on 29 September 2021, was postponed due to Egypt national team preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

[29] The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 February 2021, was rescheduled to be played on 16 February 2021 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar between 4 and 11 February 2021.[25]

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[2] "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly complete signing of Raja skipper Badr Benoun". KingFut. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[3] "NEWSOFFICIAL: Al Ahly re-sign 'Beckham' from Wadi Degla". KingFut. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[4] "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly complete signing of Walter Bwalya". KingFut. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[5] "OFFICIAL: Sherif Ekramy signs for Pyramids FC". KingFut. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[6] "رسمياً.. طلائع الجيش يضم حسين السيد من الأهلي". Yallakora. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[7] "OFFICIAL: Hossam Ashour joins Ittihad of Alexandria". KingFut. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[8] "OFFICIAL: Pyramids sign Ahmed Fathi on a free transfer". KingFut. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[9] Youm7. 30 November 2020 https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/11/30/المقاولون-يعلن-تعاقده-مع-ظهير-الأهلي-لمدة-موسمين-رسميًا/5092593. Retrieved 7 December 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[10] "OFFICIAL: Saleh Gomaa joins Ceramica Cleopatra on free transfer". KingFut. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[11] "OFFICIAL: Ahmed El-Sheikh joins Pyramids FC on free transfer from Al Ahly". KingFut. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[12] "سيزامل بادجي.. جيرالدو إلى أنقرة جوتشو". FilGoal. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[13] "الأهلى يعلن إعارة أحمد علاء لطلائع الجيش موسمين". Youm 7 (in Arabic). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[14] "عمار حمدى ينتقل إلى الاتحاد السكندرى موسمين على سبيل الإعارة". Youm7. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[15] "محمد فخرى فى "البنك الأهلى" لمدة سنة على سبيل الإعارة". Youm 7 (in Arabic). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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[23] @EFA (10 August 2021). "اتحاد الكرة يرسل أسماء الأندية المصرية المشاركة في بطولتي أفريقيا" [EFA sends names of Egyptian clubs participating in the Champions League and Confederation Cup next season to CAF] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.

[24] "EFA release schedule for new Egyptian Premier League season". KingFut. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[FR-25] "تأجيل مباريات الأهلي والزمالك وبيراميدز في دور ال 32 لكأس مصر" [Egypt Cup round of 32 fixtures involving Al Ahly, Pyramids and Zamalek postponed]. Egyptian Football Association (in Arabic). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[28] "كاف يعلن تأجيل مواجهة الأهلي والمريخ بسبب مونديال الأندية" [FIFA Club World Cup: CAF postpone Al Ahly and Al Merrikh in the Champions League due to tight schedule]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.