2020–21 Al Ahly SC season

The 2020–21 Al Ahly season is the 113th season in the football club's history and 62st 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.

Al Ahly

2020–21 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Pitso Mosimane (2 October 2020 –Present)
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium Al Ahly WE Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	2nd
Egypt Cup	Round of 32
Egyptian Super Cup	Final
CAF Champions League	Group stage
CAF Super Cup	Final
FIFA Club World Cup	Semi Final
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Current squad

As of 14 December 2020

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed El Shenawy(captain)		GK	18 December 1988	Petrojet	129	0
16	Ali Lotfi		GK	14 October 1989	ENPPI	12	0
76	Mostafa Shobier		GK	1 March 2000	Youth academy	1	0
Defenders
2	Mahmoud Wahid		LB	19 June 1994	Misr Lel Makkasa	18	0
13	Badr Benoun		CB	30 September 1993	Raja CA	2	0
4	Mahmoud Metwalli		CB/DM	4 January 1993	Ismaily	17	0
5	Ramy Rabia		CB/DM	20 May 1993	Sporting CP	168	11
6	Yasser Ibrahim		CB	10 February 1993	Smouha	46	2
12	Ayman Ashraf		CB/LB	9 April 1991	Smouha	143	4
3	Ahmed Ramadan		RB/CB/DM	23 May 1997	Wadi Degla	3	0
20	Saad Samir		CB	1 April 1989	Youth academy	195	13
21	Ali Maâloul		LB	3 January 1990	CS Sfaxien	137	23
30	Mohamed Hany		RB	25 January 1996	Youth academy	166	3
Midfielders
8	Hamdy Fathy		DM/CB	1 October 1994	ENPPI	43	6
11	Walid Soliman (Vice-captain)		AM/RW/LW	1 December 1984	ENPPI	260	62
15	Aliou Dieng		DM	16 October 1997	MC Alger	42	2
17	Amr El Solia		CM/DM	2 April 1990	Al Shaab	184	19
19	Afsha		AM/CM	5 March 1996	Pyramids	46	9
23	Nasser Maher		AM/CM	8 February 1997	Youth Academy	39	3
24	Karim Walid		CM/RB	8 August 1997	Youth academy	67	7
25	Akram Tawfik		DM/CM/RB	8 November 1997	ENPPI	21	0
Forwards
7	Kahraba		LW/ST	13 April 1994	C.D. Aves	25	7
9	Marwan Mohsen		ST	26 February 1989	Ismaily	88	22
10	Mohamed Sherif		ST/RW/LW	4 February 1996	Wadi Degla	13	4
14	Hussein El Shahat		RW/AM/RB	21 June 1992	Al Ain	62	14
18	Salah Mohsen		ST/LW/RW	1 September 1998	ENPPI	35	8
26	Walter Bwalya		ST	5 May 1995	El Gouna	0	0
27	Taher Mohamed		ST/LW	3 March 1997	Al Mokawloon	3	0
28	Junior Ajayi		LW/ST	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]
DF	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	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	11 December 2020		Matchday 1	9	6	3	0	19	4	+15	066.67
Egypt Cup			Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
Egyptian Super Cup	TBD		Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
CAF Champions League	22 December 2020		Group stage	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
CAF Super Cup	TBD		Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
FIFA Club World Cup	4 February 2021	11 February 2021	Quarter Final	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				12	9	3	0	25	4	+21	075.00

Last updated: 5 February 2021

Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek	11	8	2	1	19	5	+14	26	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Al Ahly	9	6	3	0	19	4	+15	21
3	Al Masry	11	5	5	1	14	5	+9	20	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4	El Gouna	12	5	4	3	14	10	+4	19
5	Pyramids	12	4	6	2	15	12	+3	18

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. 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).

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
9	6	3	0	19	4	+15	21	5	1	0	17	4	+13	1	2	0	2	0	+2

Last updated: 13 January 2021.
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
Result	W	W	W		D	W	W	D	W	D
Position	1	1	1		1	1	1	2	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2021. 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.[22]

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

18 December 2020 2	Al Ahly	3–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Mohamed Sherif  5'  80' Kahraba  69'	Report	Mohamed Adel  25'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

28 December 2020 3	Al Ahly	4–0	Al Ittihad	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Kahraba  17' Maâloul  25' El Shahat  48' Sherif  60' Tawfik  85' Hany  87'	Report	Karim Yehia  23'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha

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

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

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

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

21 January 2021 9	Al Ahly	3–2	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Yasser Ibrahim  8' Taher Mohamed  60' Hamdy Fathy  67' Sherif  70'  82' Afsha  81' El Solia  90'	Report	Ahmed Dawood  36' Ayman Ashraf  38' (o.g.) Jaziri  44' Zaky  62'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium

26 January 2021 10	Pyramids	0–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ahmed Samy  26'	Report	Ramadan  22' El Shahat  52'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium

16 February 2021 11	Al Ahly	v	Smouha	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium

28 February 2021 14	Al Ahly	v	Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium

10 March 2021 12	Ismaily	v	Al Ahly	Alexandria
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)				Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

22 April 2021 13	ENPPI	v	Al Ahly	Cairo
TBD CAT (UTC+2)				Stadium: Petro Port Stadium

4	Zamalek	v	Al Ahly	Cairo
TBD CAT (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo Stadium

Egypt Cup

Round of 32	Al Ahly	v	Al Nasr	TBD
TBD CAT (UTC+2)				Stadium: TBD

CAF Super Cup

2021	Al Ahly	v	RS Berkane	Doha
19:00 GMT (21:00 UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Rayyan Stadium

CAF Champions League

Al Ahly entered the competition for the 23nd consecutive time after winning the league and the CAF champions league in the previous season. Al Ahly were ranked 1st in the CAF 5-Year Ranking prior to the start of the 2020–21. 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 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 Second leg	Al Ahly	4–0	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		AHL	VIT	SIM	MER
1	Al Ahly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage		—	5–6 Mar	9–10 Apr	16 Feb
2	AS Vita Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			16–17 Mar	—	12 Feb	9–10 Apr
3	Simba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23 Feb	2–3 Apr	—	16–17 Mar
4	Al Merrikh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2–3 Apr	23 Feb	5–6 Mar	—

First match(es) will be played on 12 February 2021. Source: Soccerway

12 February 2021 1	Al Ahly	v	Al Merrikh
CAT (UTC+2)

23 February 2021 2	Simba	v	Al Ahly
--:-- UTC+3

5 March 2021 3	Al Ahly	v	AS Vita Club
CAT (UTC+2)

16 March 2021 4	AS Vita Club	v	Al Ahly
--:-- UTC+1

2 April 2021 5	Al Merrikh	v	Al Ahly
--:-- UTC+2

9 April 2021 6	Al Ahly	v	Simba
CAT (UTC+2)

FIFA Club World Cup

4 February 2021 Second round	Al-Duhail	0–1	Al Ahly	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
20:30	Benatia  85'		Fathi  27' El Shahat  30' Hany  89'

8 February 2021 Semi final	Al Ahly	v	Bayern Munich	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
21:00

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Notes

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