The 2020–21 Al Ahly SC season was 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.

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Players

Current squad

As of 20 December 2020 Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth Signed from Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Mohamed El Shenawy(captain) GK Petrojet 129 0 16 Ali Lotfi GK ENPPI 12 0 31 Mostafa Shobier GK Youth academy 1 0Defenders 2 Mahmoud Wahid LB Misr Lel Makkasa 18 0 13 Badr Benoun CB Raja CA 2 0 4 Mahmoud Metwalli CB/DM Ismaily 17 0 5 Ramy Rabia CB/DM Sporting CP 168 11 6 Yasser Ibrahim CB Smouha 46 2 12 Ayman Ashraf CB/LB Smouha 143 4 3 Ahmed Ramadan RB/CB/DM Wadi Degla 3 0 20 Saad Samir CB Youth academy 195 13 21 Ali Maâloul LB CS Sfaxien 137 23 30 Mohamed Hany RB Youth academy 166 3Midfielders 8 Hamdy Fathy DM/CB ENPPI 43 6 11 Walid Soliman (Vice-captain) AM/RW/LW ENPPI 260 62 15 Aliou Dieng DM MC Alger 42 2 17 Amr El Solia CM/DM Al Shaab 184 19 19 Afsha AM/CM Pyramids 46 9 23 Nasser Maher AM/CM Youth Academy 39 3 24 Karim Walid CM/RB Youth academy 67 7 25 Akram Tawfik DM/CM/RB ENPPI 21 0Forwards 7 Kahraba LW/ST C.D. Aves 25 7 9 Marwan Mohsen ST Ismaily 88 22 10 Mohamed Sherif ST/RW/LW Wadi Degla 13 4 14 Hussein El Shahat RW/AM/RB Al Ain 62 14 18 Salah Mohsen ST/LW/RW ENPPI 35 8 26 Walter Bwalya ST El Gouna 0 0 27 Taher Mohamed ST/LW Al Mokawloon 3 0 28 Junior Ajayi LW/ST CS Sfaxien 140 39

Youth Academy

Transfers Transfers in # Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source22FW El GounaEnd of loan25MF El Gouna23MF Smouha10MF Enppi18MF Smouha27FW Al Mokawloon Al ArabE£20m13DF Raja CasablancaE£31m3MF Wadi Degla SCE£12m26ST El GounaE£28m

Transfers out Position Player Transferred to Fee Date SourceFW HuddersfieldEnd of loanGK PyramidsReleasedDF Tala'ea El GaishUndisclosedMF Al IttihadReleasedDF PyramidsFree transferDF Al MokawloonFree transferMF Ceramica CleopatraFree transferMF PyramidsFree transferMF AnkaragücüReleased

Loans out Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires SourceFW Tala'ea El GaishDF Tala'ea El GaishDF SmouhaMF Al IttihadDF National Bank of EgyptMF National Bank of EgyptDF El GounaMF El GounaFW Ceramica CleopatraFW AnkaragücüDF Smouha

Competitions

Overview

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

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

Egypt Cup

Egyptian Super Cup

CAF Super Cup

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.

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

Final

FIFA Club World Cup

Statistics Goalscorers

Rank Position Name Egypt Cup Total 1 FW Mohamed Sherif 21 0 0 6 1 0 28 2 FW Hussein El Shahat 9 0 0 1 0 1 113 FW Kahraba 8 0 0 2 0 0 104 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 06 DF Ali Maâloul 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 MF Walid Soliman 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 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 DF Yasser Ibrahim 1 0 0 2 0 0 313 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

Rank Name Egypt Cup Total 1 Mohamed El Shenawy 11 1 1 8 1 2 24 2 Ali Lotfi 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 Mostafa Shobair0000000 Total 11 1 1 9 1 2 25

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