# 2021–22 Al Ahly SC season

The 2021–22 Al Ahly SC season was the 114th season in the football club's history and 63rd consecutive and overall season in the topflight 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, and the first-tier African cup, the CAF Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.

## Kit information

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## Players
### Current squad

    Stats As of 21 January 2022
| 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 (age 35) | Petrojet | 169 | 0 |
| 16 | Ali Lotfi | GK | (1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 34) | ENPPI | 22 | 0 |
| 31 | Mostafa Shobier | GK | (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24) | Youth academy | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Mahmoud Wahid | LB | (1994-06-19) 19 June 1994 (age 30) | Misr Lel Makkasa | 33 | 0 |
| 13 | Badr Benoun | CB | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | Raja CA | 38 | 4 |
| 4 | Mahmoud Metwalli | CB/DM | (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31) | Ismaily | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | Ramy Rabia | CB/DM | (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31) | Sporting CP | 191 | 11 |
| 6 | Yasser Ibrahim | CB | (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31) | Smouha | 77 | 5 |
| 24 | Mohamed Abdelmonem | CB | (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 25) | Youth academy | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ayman Ashraf | CB/LB | (1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 33) | Smouha | 182 | 4 |
| 21 | Ali Maâloul | LB | (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 34) | CS Sfaxien | 166 | 28 |
| 30 | Mohamed Hany | RB | (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28) | Youth academy | 198 | 3 |
| 28 | Karim Fouad | RB | (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 25) | Nogoom | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 8 | Hamdy Fathy | DM/CB | (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30) | ENPPI | 74 | 6 |
| 11 | Walid Soliman (Vice-captain) | AM/RW/LW | (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 39) | ENPPI | 276 | 67 |
| 15 | Aliou Dieng | DM | (1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 26) | MC Alger | 92 | 3 |
| 17 | Amr El Solia | CM/DM | (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34) | Al Shaab | 223 | 21 |
| 19 | Afsha | AM/CM | (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28) | Pyramids | 93 | 18 |
| 25 | Akram Tawfik | DM/CM/RB | (1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 26) | ENPPI | 52 | 1 |
| 22 | Mohamed Mahmoud | DM/CM | (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26) | Wadi Degla SC | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Ahmed Abdelkader | AM | (1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 25) | Youth Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Ahmed Nabil Koka | DM/CM | (2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 (age 23) | Youth Academy | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 10 | Mohamed Sherif | ST/RW/LW | (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28) | Wadi Degla | 60 | 31 |
| 14 | Hussein El Shahat | RW/AM/RB | (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 32) | Al Ain | 104 | 25 |
| 18 | Salah Mohsen | ST/LW/RW | (1998-09-01) 1 September 1998 (age 26) | ENPPI | 67 | 15 |
| 27 | Taher Mohamed | ST/LW | (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27) | Al Mokawloon | 42 | 6 |
| 38 | Amar Hamdy | RW | (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 25) | Al Nasr | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Luís Miquissone | RW | (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 29) | Simba | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Percy Tau | ST | (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 30) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hossam Hassan | ST | (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 31) | Smouha | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Ziad Tarek | RW | (2000-09-06) 6 September 2000 (age 24) | Youth academy | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 32 | FW | EGY | Ahmed Said Gharib |
| 33 | DF | EGY | Faress Mohamed |
| 37 | GK | EGY | Hamza Alaa |
| 44 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Ashraf |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | DF | EGY | Abdel Rahman Ashraf |
| 40 | MF | EGY | Arabi Badr |
| 43 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Fakhri |
| 43 | MF | EGY | Mido Nabil |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| | FW | Aliou Badji | Ankaragücü | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| | FW | Ahmed Yasser Rayyan | Ceramica Cleopatra | End of loan | 30 August 2021 |
| | FW | Amar Hamdy | Al Ittihad | End of loan | 30 August 2021 |
| | FW | Shady Radwan | National Bank of Egypt | End of loan | 30 August 2021 |
| 35 | MF | Ahmed Abdelkader | Smouha | End of loan | 30 August 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Hossam Hassan | Smouha | Undisclosed | 26 August 2021 |
| | DF | Percy Tau | Brighton & Hove Albion | £E35m | 26 August 202 |
| 29 | MF | Luís Miquissone | Simba | £E15m | 26 August 2021 |
| 28 | DF | Karim Fouad | Nogoom | £E13m | 26 August 2021 |
| | FW | Mostafa El Badry | El Entag El Harby | £E7m | 7 September 2021 |
| | DF | Mohamed Abdelmonem | Future | End of loan | 30 January 2022 |
| | FW | Walter Bwalya | Malatyaspor | End of loan | 1 January 2022 |

### Transfers out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Ahmed Alaa | Al Masry | Released | 30 August 2021 |
| FW | Marwan Mohsen | Future | Released | 9 September 2021 |
| MF | Nasser Maher | Future | E£13m | 1 October 2021 |
| FW | Junior Ajayi | Al Nasr | Released | 19 February 2022 |
| FW | Aliou Badji | Amiens | $18m | 1 June 2022 |

#### Loans out

| Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| FW | Aliou Badji | Amiens | 4 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 |
| FW | Ahmed Yasser Rayyan | Altay | 17 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 |
| FW | Walter Bwalya | Malatyaspor | 31 August 2021 | 1 January 2022 |
| DF | Ahmed Ramadan | Smouha | 1 September 2021 | Error in Template:Date table sorting: '30 September022' is an invalid date |
| MF | Shady Radwan | National Bank of Egypt | 3 September 2021 | 30 September 2022 |
| MF | Mostafa El Badry | Future | 7 September 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Karim Walid | Future | 13 September 2021 | 30 September 2022 |
| DF | Saad Samir | Future | 15 September 2021 | 30 September 2022 |
| FW | Walter Bwalya | Al Sailiya | 31 January 2022 | 30 June 2022 |
| DF | Mohamed El Maghrabi | Teplice | 21 February 2022 | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Walter Bwalya | Al Qadsiah | 15 July 2022 | 30 June 2023 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Egyptian Premier League | 27 October 2021 | 30 August 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 058.82 |
| 2021–22 Egypt Cup | 12 June 2022 | | Round of 32 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| 2020–21 Egypt Cup | 26 June 2022 | 21 July 2022 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| 2022 EFA Cup | 13 January 2022 | 30 January 2022 | Group Stage | Group stage | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 000.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 15 October 2021 | 30 May 2022 | Second Round | Runners-up | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 046.15 |
| CAF Super Cup | 22 December 2021 | 22 December 2021 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 100.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 2 February 2022 | 12 February 2022 | Second round | Third place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 101 | 46 | +55 | 054.10 |
Last updated: 30 August 2022 Source: Competitions

### Egyptian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zamalek (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 71 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 4 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 56 | |
| 5 | Future | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
* 1 2 3 4 The 2021–22 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 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
* 1 2 Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 12 October 2021.

### 2022 EFA Cup

2022 EFA League Cup is the first edition of the EFA Cup, an annual knockout football competition for Egyptian Premier League clubs. Al Ahly played most of the matches with a squad mainly consists of youth team players.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ismaily | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advanced to Semifinals |
| 2 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Smouha | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | El Gouna | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | |
| 5 | National Bank of Egypt | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 6 | Al Ahly | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |

#### Matches
### CAF Champions League

Al Ahly entered the competition for the 24th 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 2021–22 season. As a result, they entered the competition from the Second round.

#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | AHL | HIL | MER |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Al Merrikh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ 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.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al Hilal 3, Al Merrikh 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Hilal 0, Al Merrikh 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Hilal 1, Al Merrikh 0

#### Knockout stage
##### Final
### FIFA Club World Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 31 August 2022
| Rank | Position | Name | Premier League | Egypt Cup | EFA Cup | Egyptian Super Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Super Cup | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Sherif | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | Afsha | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | DF | Maâloul | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | Tau | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | El Shahat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | Abd Elkader | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | Taher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | Miquissone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | Rabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | Hossam Hassan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | Ahmed Sayed Gharib | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | Ziad Tarek | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | El Solia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | Dieng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Fathy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | Yasser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | Abdelmonem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | Ayman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Salah Mohsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Walid Soliman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Kahraba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Hany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Mohamed Mahmoud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Rafaat Khalil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 62 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 101 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 31 August 2022
| Rank | Name | Premier League | Egypt Cup | EFA Cup | Egyptian Super Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Super Cup | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Ali Lotfi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Mostafa Shobier | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 |