2019–20 Al Ahly SC season

The 2019–20 Al Ahly season was the 112th season in the football club's history and 61st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of Egyptian football, the Egyptian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, Al Ahly also participated 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 1 July 2019 to 5 December 2020.

Al Ahly

2019–20 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Martín Lasarte (30 December 2018 – 18 August 2019) Mohamed Youssef (caretaker) (18–31 August 2019) René Weiler (31 August 2019 – 1 October 2020) Pitso Mosimane (2 October 2020 –Present)
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium Al Ahly WE Stadium[A]
Egyptian Premier League	Winners
Egypt Cup	Winners
Egyptian Super Cup	Runners-up
CAF Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Walid Soliman (9 goals) All: Walid Soliman (14 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 24 February 2020.

Kit information

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

Home

Away

Third

Players

Current squad

As of 1 February 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EGY Mohamed El Shenawy (Captain) 3 MF  EGY Akram Tawfik 4 MF  EGY Nasser Maher 5 DF  EGY Ramy Rabia 6 DF  EGY Yasser Ibrahim 7 FW  EGY Ramadan Sobhi 8 MF  EGY Hamdy Fathy 9 FW  EGY Marwan Mohsen 10 MF  EGY Saleh Gomaa 11 MF  EGY Walid Soliman 12 DF  EGY Ayman Ashraf 13 DF  MAR Badr Banoun 14 MF  EGY Hussein El Shahat 15 MF  MLI Aliou Dieng 16 GK  EGY Ali Lotfi

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  EGY Amr El Solia 18 FW  SEN Aliou Badji 19 MF  EGY Mohamed Magdy 20 DF  EGY Saad Samir 21 DF  TUN Ali Maâloul 22 MF  EGY Ahmed El Sheikh 23 DF  EGY Mahmoud Wahid 24 FW  EGY Salah Mohsen 25 FW  EGY Mohamed Sherif 26 FW  EGY Mahmoud Kahraba 28 FW  NGA Junior Ajayi 29 FW  ANG Geraldo 30 DF  EGY Mohamed Hany 76 GK  EGY Mostafa Shobeir

Youth Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 DF  EGY Faress Mohamed — DF  EGY Mohamed Maghrabi 34 DF  EGY Abdel Rahman Ashraf — MF  EGY Shady Radwan 40 MF  EGY Arabi Badr

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  EGY Mohamed Fakhri 36 MF  EGY Ahmed Nabil Koka 38 DF  EGY Mohamed Shokry 99 GK  EGY Hamza Alaa

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  EGY Ahmed Alaa (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021) — DF  EGY Basem Ali (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) — DF  EGY Mahmoud El Gazzar (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) — DF  EGY Hussein El Sayed (at CS Sfaxien until 30 June 2020) — MF  EGY Amar Hamdy (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2020) — MF  EGY Nasser Maher (at Smouha until 30 June 2020) — DF  EGY Karim Yehia (at Smouha until 30 June 2020) — DF  EGY Mohamed Abdelmonem (at Smouha until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  EGY Akram Tawfik (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) — FW  MAR Walid Azaro (at Al Ettifaq until 30 June 2020) — FW  EGY Amr Gamal (at Tala'ea El Gaish until 30 June 2021) — FW  EGY Salah Mohsen (at Smouha until 30 June 2020) — FW  EGY Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (at El Gouna until 30 June 2020) — FW  EGY Mohamed Sherif (at ENPPI until 30 June 2020) — MF  EGY Fawzi El Henawy (at Smouha until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

Transfers in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
42	DF	Mahmoud El Gazzar	El Gouna	End of loan	30 June 2019
2	DF	Hussein El Sayed	Al Ettifaq		30 June 2019
5	MF	Amr Barakat	Smouha		30 June 2019
17	MF	Ahmed Hamdy	El Gouna		30 June 2019
35	MF	Akram Tawfik	El Gouna		30 June 2019
38	FW	Amar Hamdy	Al Ittihad		30 June 2019
40	FW	Fawzy El Henawy	Al Ittihad		30 June 2019
39	FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	El Gouna		30 June 2019
15	MF	Aliou Dieng	MC Alger	E£22m	5 July 2019	[1]
4	DF	Mahmoud Metwalli	Ismaily	E£15m	30 July 2019	[2]
19	MF	Mohamed Magdy	Pyramids	E£20m	31 July 2019	[3]
26	FW	Mahmoud Kahraba	Desportivo das Aves	Undisclosed	13 December 2019	[4]
18	FW	Aliou Badji	Rapid Wien	E£38m	16 January 2020	[5]
	FW	Taher Mohamed	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	E£20m	3 August 2020	[6]

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Source
7	FW	Ramadan Sobhi	Huddersfield Town	5 July 2019	30 June 2020	[7]

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Mohamed Naguib	El Gouna	Free Transfer	31 July 2019	[8]
MF	Islam Mohareb	El Gouna	E£4m	12 August 2019	[9]
MF	Amr Barakat	El Gouna	Undisclosed	12 August 2019	[10]
MF	Ahmed Hamdy	El Gouna	Undisclosed	18 September 2019
MF	Hesham Mohamed	Al Ittihad Alexandria	Free Transfer	20 August 2019	[11]
MF	Ahmed Hamoudi	Pyramids FC	released	20 August 2019
MF	Islam Gaber	El Raja	released	18 September 2019

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	El Gouna	3 August 2019	30 June 2020	[12]
DF	Mahmoud El Gazzar	El Gouna	3 August 2019	30 June 2020	[12]
MF	Akram Tawfik	El Gouna	3 August 2019	30 June 2020	[12]
DF	Basem Ali	El Gouna	29 August 2019	30 June 2020	[13]
DF	Ahmed Alaa	Tala'ea El Gaish	9 August 2019	30 June 2021	[14]
FW	Amr Gamal	Tala'ea El Gaish	9 August 2019	30 June 2021	[15]
MF	Nasser Maher	Smouha	19 August 2019	30 June 2020	[16]
MF	Mohamed Sherif	Enppi	25 August 2019	30 June 2020	[17]
FW	Walid Azaro	Ettifaq	22 January 2020	30 June 2020	[18]
MF	Salah Mohsen	Smouha	26 January 2020	30 June 2020	[19]
MF	Amar Hamdy	Tala'ea El Gaish	28 January 2020	30 June 2020	[20]
DF	Mohamed Abdelmonem	Smouha	23 January 2020	30 June 2021	[19]
DF	Karim Yehia	Smouha	23 January 2019	30 June 2020
MF	Fawzi El Henawy	Smouha	18 July 2019	30 June 2021

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Al Ahly v El Motaheda HR

3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)	Al Ahly	0–0	El Motaheda HR	Cairo, Egypt
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

Soccer Smart Academy v Al Ahly

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)	Soccer Smart Academy	0–9	Al Ahly	Alicante, Spain
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	El Shahat 11' Azaro 37', 42' Jordan 38' (o.g.) Ramadan 40' S. Mohsen 61' El Sheikh 67', 86' Maher 81'	Stadium: La Finca

Newport County v Al Ahly

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)	Newport County	1–1	Al Ahly	Murcia, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Amond 22' (pen.)	Report	El Sheikh 52'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

UCAM Murcia v Al Ahly

15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)	UCAM Murcia	0–7	Al Ahly	Murcia, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ajayi 8', 44' H. Fathy 14' Azaro 17', 82' Ramadan 29', 36'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Al Ahly v Plastic Shubra El Kheima

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)	Al Ahly	4–0	Plastic Shubra El Kheima	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Azaro 51', 60' Gomaa 72' M. Mohsen 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

Al Ahly v Media

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)	Al Ahly	1–0	Media	Cairo, Egypt
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Azaro 24'	Report		Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

Al Ahly v Smouha

24 July 2020 (2020-07-24)	Al Ahly	4–0	Smouha	Cairo, Egypt
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Kahraba 44', 80' Mohsen 56' Ajayi 81'	Report		Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

Al Ahly v El Gouna

28 July 2020 (2020-07-28)	Al Ahly	5–2	El Gouna	Cairo, Egypt
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Soliman 2' Ibrahim 41' Afsha 51' (pen.) 83' Badji 90'	Report	Mohamed Magdy 65' (pen.) Fathy 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	23 September 2019	31 October 2020	Matchday 1	Winners	34	28	5	1	74	8	+66	082.35
Egypt Cup	3 December 2019	5 December 2020	Round of 32	Winners	5	5	0	0	10	5	+5	100.00
Egyptian Super Cup	20 February 2020		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	0	+0	000.00
CAF Champions League	11 August 2019	27 November 2020	Preliminary round	Winners	15	11	3	1	36	7	+29	073.33
Total					55	44	8	3	120	20	+100	080.00

Last updated: 6 December 2020
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	34	28	5	1	74	8	+66	89	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Zamalek	34	21	8	5	50	27	+23	68[a]
3	Pyramids	34	19	8	7	54	33	+21	65	Qualification for the Confederation Cup[b]
4	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	34	15	9	10	45	34	+11	54
5	Smouha	34	11	18	5	44	33	+11	51

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:

1. As a result of Zamalek refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly on 24 February 2020, the club was subject to a 3-point deduction following the conclusion of the season.^[21]
2. Since the 2019–20 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, Al Mokawloon Al Arab.

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	28	5	1	74	8	+66	89	14	3	0	38	2	+36	14	2	1	36	6	+30

Last updated: 7 November 2020.
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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	5	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 12 September 2019.^[22]

Smouha v Al Ahly

23 September 2019 (2019-09-23) 1	Smouha	0–1	Al Ahly	Alexandria
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Al Tarhoni  30' Gamal  57'	Report	Ramadan 10' Ashraf  27'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Al Ahly v El Entag El Harby

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02) 2	Al Ahly	4–0	El Entag El Harby	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ramadan 25' Hany  51' El Shahat 56' Ajayi 69' Soliman 88'	Report	Magdy  55' Ma. Adel  68'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[A] Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy

Aswan v Al Ahly

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 3	Aswan	1–5	Al Ahly	Aswan
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Oukri 67' Abdel Zaher  75'	Report	Ajayi 7' El Shahat 25' H. Fathy 59' Magdy 66' (pen.) Ramadan 86'	Stadium: Aswan Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

El Gouna v Al Ahly

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25)[B] 5	El Gouna	0–4	Al Ahly	El Gouna
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Leila  27' Bwalya  29' Magdy  61'	Report	Soliman 10', 42', 49' El Shahat 88'	Stadium: El Gouna Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

Wadi Degla v Al Ahly

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 7	Wadi Degla	0–3	Al Ahly	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ab. Ramadan  42'	Report	Ramadan 53' Azaro 72' El Sheikh 90+3'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[C][A] Referee: Said Hamza

Al Ahly v Haras El Hodoud

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15) 8	Al Ahly	1–0	Haras El Hodoud	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ashraf  71' El Solia 81'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Ismaily v Al Ahly

19 December 2019 (2019-12-19) 9	Ismaily	0–1	Al Ahly	Alexandria[D]
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	El Badry  82'	Report	Dieng  45+2' Soliman 78'	Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium[D] Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Al Ahly v Al Ittihad

23 December 2019 (2019-12-23) 10	Al Ahly	4–0	Al Ittihad	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ashraf  30' El Sheikh 45+3' Magdy 54' Azaro 66' Maâloul 73' (pen.)	Report	El Azab  55' N. El Sayed  55' Rizk  72'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

Misr Lel Makkasa v Al Ahly

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 11	Misr Lel Makkasa	0–2	Al Ahly	Cairo[E]
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Sobhy  20' Mosaad  23' Yassin  77' Moses  84'	Report	Magdy  51', 80' Maâloul 74' (pen.) Metwalli  84'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[E][A] Referee: Amin Omar

Al Ahly v FC Masr

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) 12	Al Ahly	3–1	FC Masr	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ajayi 23' Dieng  25' M. Mohsen 51', 54' Ashraf  74'	Report	El Sheikh 57' Youssef  58' Saleh  85'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ahly v Tanta

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 13	Al Ahly	5–0	Tanta	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	El Shahat 11' Kahraba 79', 90+1' El Sheikh 81' M. Mohsen 89'	Report	Ghaly  45'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Al Ahly

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) 14	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–2	Al Ahly	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Salem  29' Jaziri  45+2'	Report	El Shahat 20' A. Fathy  38' Rabia  61'  74' Soliman 81'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[F][A] Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Pyramids v Al Ahly

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 16	Pyramids	1–2	Al Ahly	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Gabr 53' Mansour  78'  90+3' Issa  90+3' Bakar  90+4'	Report	Maâloul  49' Badji 77' Ashraf  82' Dieng 90+1'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Al Ahly v Tala'ea El Gaish

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) 17	Al Ahly	3–0	Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Rabia  19' Ajayi 33' El Solia 69' Magdy 85'	Report	Shehata  82' El Fil  84' Stouhi  90+1'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Al Ahly v Al Masry

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)[B] 6	Al Ahly	3–0	Al Masry	Alexandria[G]
20:15 CAT (UTC+2)	Maâloul 10' (pen.) Rabia  26' Soliman  34' Ajayi 83' Kahraba  85', 90+1'	Report	Shawky  12' Simporé  27' Attia  45+3' Yasser  50'	Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium[G] Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy

Al Ahly v Zamalek

24 February 2020 (2020-02-24)[H] 4	Al Ahly	2–0 (Awarded)	Zamalek	Cairo
20:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
Note: Al Ahly were awarded a 2–0 win after Zamalek did not show up for the match.[23]

Al Ahly v Smouha

11 March 2020 (2020-03-11) 18	Al Ahly	1–1	Smouha	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	El Solial 90+3' (pen.)		Youssef Diop 69'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Al Ahly v ENPPI

9 August 2020 (2020-08-09)[I] 15	Al Ahly	2–0	ENPPI	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ayman Ashraf  21' Mohamed Hany 64' Maâloul 90+5'	Summary	Ali Fawzy  26' Mohamed Bassiouny  45' Omar Bassam  90+2'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

El Entag El Harby v Al Ahly

14 August 2020 (2020-08-14) 19	El Entag El Harby	1–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Amr El Solia  30' 77' Ramy Rabia  65'		Karim Afifi 77' Moussa Diawara  65'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[A]

Al Ahly v Aswan

17 August 2020 (2020-08-17) 20	Al Ahly	3–0	Aswan	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Geraldo 9' Walid Soliman 83' Aliou Badji 90+4'			Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Zamalek v Al Ahly

22 August 2020 (2020-08-22) 21	Zamalek	3–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Zizo 13' Mostafa Mohamed 71'  72' Osama Faisal 90+3'  89'		Mohamed Hany  46' Aliou Dieng  50' Hamdy Fathy  50' Yasser Ibrahim 62' Amr El Solia  67'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Al Ahly v El Gouna

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) 22	Al Ahly	1–0	El Gouna	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Aliou Dieng  13'  62' Ahmed Fathy  89' Marwan Mohsen 90+5'		Khaled Sobhy  40' Mahmoud Shabrawy  90+6' Islam Tarek  90+6' Islam Mohareb  90+6'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Al Masry v Al Ahly

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) 23	Al Masry	0–2	Al Ahly	Alexandria
20:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ahmed Yasser  8'  45+1' Abdel Rahman Zein  90+1'		Aliou Badji 46' Maâloul  49' Hamdy Fathy 55'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

Al Ahly v Wadi Degla

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) 24	Al Ahly	2–0	Wadi Degla	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Marwan Mohsen 42' Yasser Ibrahim  62' Hamdy Fathy 90+4'		Marwan Hamdi  41' Khaled Reda  90+5'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Haras El Hodoud v Al Ahly

7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) 25	Haras El Hodoud	0–2	Al Ahly	Alexandria
20:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Walid Soliman 85' Mohamed Magdy 90+6'			Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium

Al Ahly v Ismaily

11 September 2020 (2020-09-11) 26	Al Ahly	3–0	Ismaily	Alexandria
20:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Aliou Badji 65' El Sheikh 72'		Ibrahim Osama  69' Mohamed El Shamy  71' Ahmed Madbouly  90+1'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

Al Ittihad v Al Ahly

14 September 2020 (2020-09-14) 27	Al Ittihad	0–0	Al Ahly	Alexandria
20:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Kamar  46' Raheel  67' Mohamed  88' Sayed Salem  90+5'		Fathy  55'  60'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Al Ahly v Misr Lel Makkasa

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 28	Al Ahly	0–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Maâloul  39'		Mohamed Dabash  59' Marey  87'	Stadium: Cairo Stadium Referee: Mohamed Hanafy

FC Masr v Al Ahly

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) 29	FC Masr	0–3	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Mostafa Soltan  52' Moamen Ibrahim  81' Willis Furtado  90' Alaa Atta  90'		El Solia pen.' (7) Kahraba 57' Ajayi 73'	Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bassiouny

Tanta v Al Ahly

27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) 30	Tanta	0–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
17:30 CAT (UTC+2)			El Solia  26' 79' Ashraf  50'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

Al Ahly v Al Mokawloon

4 October 2020 (2020-10-04) 31	Al Ahly	1–0	Al Mokawloon	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	El Solia pen.' (40) Yasser Ibrahim  50'Seifeddine Jaziri Kahraba  50' Ashraf  63'		Abed  89' Jaziri  90' Kabore  90+1'	Stadium: Cairo Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha

Enppi v Al Ahly

7 October 2020 (2020-10-07) 32	Enppi	0–3	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)			Marwan Mohsen 3' (17) Ajayi 80'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Yousef

Al Ahly v Pyramids

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) 33	Al Ahly	0–0	Pyramids	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Fathy  36' El Solia  43'		El Said  29' Farouk  34' Bakry  45+4' Hamdy  59'	Stadium: Cairo Stadium

Tala'ea El Gaish v Al Ahly

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 34	Tala'ea El Gaish	0–3	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Gamal  24' Mohamed  28'		Walid Soliman 1' Geraldo 18' Kahraba 36' 37'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

Egypt Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Egypt Cup

Al Ahly entered the competition from the round of 32 and were given a home tie against Egyptian Second Division side Beni Suef.^[24] The bracket of the tournament was also decided at the time of the round of 32 draw; meaning that the path to the final for each time was decided prior to playing any matches. Also, all matches are played on stadiums selected by the Egyptian Football Association starting from the round of 16.

Al Ahly v Beni Suef

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) Round of 32	Al Ahly	3–1	Beni Suef	Cairo
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Dieng  20' El Shahat  33' Azaro 67', 90+2' El Sheikh 69'	Report	Ali  39' Mahmoud  65' Mahrous  76' Abdel Razek 88'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abbas

Al Ahly v Tersana

30 September 2020 (2020-09-30) Round of 16	Al Ahly	2–1	Tersana	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ajayi 7', 14'		Ibrahim Mansour 42'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

Al Ahly v Abou Qir Fertilizers

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) Quarter-finals	Al Ahly	2–1	Abou Qir Fertilizers	Alexandria
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Soliman 15', 26' (pen.)		Kouyaté 38'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salama

Al Ahly v Al Ittihad

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) Semi-finals	Al Ahly	2–1	Al Ittihad	Suez
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Magdy 71' H. Fathy 89'	Report	Cissé 35'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

Al Ahly v Tala'ea El Gaish

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) Final	Al Ahly	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Tala'ea El Gaish	Alexandria
20:00 CAT	Kahraba 65'	Report	Mansi 90+2'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy
	Penalties
	Maâloul El Solia Benoun Ashraf Magdy		Mohareb Mansi Sotohi Gamal El Sayed

Egyptian Super Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup

As the winners of the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League, Al Ahly faced 2018–19 Egypt Cup winners Zamalek in the Egyptian Super Cup. The match was played on 20 February 2020 in the United Arab Emirates.^[25]

Al Ahly v Zamalek

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)	Al Ahly	0–0 (3–4 p)	Zamalek	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
21:00 GST (UTC+4)	Ajayi  74' Kahraba  PSO'	Report	Hamed  74'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Penalties
	Maâloul El Solia Metwalli Hany Badji		Alaa Sassi Bencharki Hamed Gomaa

CAF Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League

Al Ahly entered the competition for the 22nd consecutive time after winning the league in the previous season. Al Ahly were ranked 4th in the CAF 5-year ranking prior to the start of the 2019–20. As a result, they entered the competition from the preliminary round since only the top 3 ranked teams were given a bye to the first round.

Preliminary round

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds § Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 21 July 2019. Al Ahly were drawn against Atlabara from South Sudan.^[26]

Atlabara v Al Ahly

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) First leg	Atlabara	0–4	Al Ahly	Alexandria, Egypt[J]
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Mandela  70'	Report	Maâloul 12' (pen.) Azaro 32', 48' El Solia  75' El Sheikh 90+2'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium[J] Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Brian Miiro Nsubuga (Uganda)

Al Ahly v Atlabara

23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) Second leg	Al Ahly	9–0 (13–0 agg.)	Atlabara	Alexandria, Egypt
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)	S. Mohsen 6', 40' El Shahat 19', 46', 62',  28' A. Fathy 45' H. Fathy 55', 67' Salim 81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

First round

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds § First round

The draw for the first round was held on 21 July 2019 (after the preliminary round draw). Al Ahly were drawn against the winner of the tie involving Cano Sport from Equatorial Guinea and Mekelle 70 Enderta from Ethiopia, which was won by the former.^[26]

Cano Sport v Al Ahly

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) First leg	Cano Sport	0–2	Al Ahly	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
17:00 WAT (UTC+1)		Report	Maâloul  42' S. Mohsen 62' Soliman 82'	Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Ahmed Sékou Touré (Guinea)

Al Ahly v Cano Sport

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) Second leg	Al Ahly	4–0 (6–0 agg.)	Cano Sport	Alexandria, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Dieng 8' Ajayi 48' El Shahat 55' S. Mohsen 88'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League group stage § Group B

The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2019. Al Ahly were drawn in Group B alongside Étoile du Sahel from Tunisia, Al Hilal from Sudan and FC Platinum from Zimbabwe.^[27]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Ahly	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11
3	Al-Hilal	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
4	FC Platinum	6	0	1	5	2	11	−9	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Étoile du Sahel v Al Ahly

29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) 1	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Al Ahly	Radès, Tunisia
20:00 WAT (UTC+1)	Ben Ouannes  28' Chikhaoui 50' Kechrida  90+4'	Report	Ashraf  13' Ajayi  45+2'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Al Ahly v Al Hilal

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) 2	Al Ahly	2–1	Al Hilal	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	El Shahat 15' Ramadan 37' (pen.)	Report	Boya  36' Ali  83' Abuaagla  89' El Tahir 90+8'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[A] Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Al Ahly v FC Platinum

28 December 2019 (2019-12-28) 3	Al Ahly	2–0	FC Platinum	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Soliman 8', 69' (pen.) El Shahat  90+2'	Report	Chinyengetere  9' Bello  22' Chafa  47'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[A] Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

FC Platinum v Al Ahly

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 4	FC Platinum	1–1	Al Ahly	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ngala 19' Chikwende  90+2'	Report	Rabia  22' M. Mohsen 52' A. Fathy  68'	Stadium: Barbourfields Stadium Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Al Ahly v Étoile du Sahel

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)[K] 5	Al Ahly	1–0	Étoile du Sahel	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ajayi 32' M. Mohsen  81' Kahraba  83'	Report	Ben Amor  3' Aribi  90+3'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium[A] Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Al Hilal v Al Ahly

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 6	Al Hilal	1–1	Al Ahly	Omdurman, Sudan
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Merghani  3' El Shighail  30' Mohamed  43' Mokhtar  70' Omer 90+6'	Report	Ashraf  5' Dieng  25' Magdy 48'	Stadium: Al Hilal Stadium Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Quarter-finals

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League knockout stage § Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 February 2020. Al Ahly were drawn against Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa.^[28]

Al Ahly v Mamelodi Sundowns

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) First leg	Al Ahly	2–0	Mamelodi Sundowns	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Maâloul 56', 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DRCongo)

Mamelodi Sundowns v Al Ahly

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) Second leg	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Al Ahly	Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 SAST (UTC+2)	Sirino 27'	Report	Maboe 21' (o.g.)	Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Semi-finals

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League knockout stage § Semi-finals

Wydad Casablanca v Al-Ahly

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) First leg	Wydad Casablanca	0–2	Al-Ahly	Casablanca
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Magdy 4' Maâloul 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 0 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Al Ahly v Wydad Casablanca

23 October 2020 (2020-10-23) Second leg	Al Ahly	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Wydad Casablanca	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Mohsen 5' El Shahat 26' Ibrahim 59'	Report	El Moutaraji 82'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Final

Main article: 2020 CAF Champions League Final

27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)

19:00 GMT
(21:00 UTC+2)

Zamalek	1–2	Al-Ahly
Shikabala 31'	Report	El Solia 5' Magdy 86'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Zamalek

Al-Ahly

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 10 February 2020

No.	Pos	Player	Egyptian Premier League		Egypt Cup		Egyptian Super Cup		CAF Champions League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Sherif Ekramy	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Mahmoud Metwalli	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	10	0
5	DF	Ramy Rabia	11	0	0	0	0	0	8+1	0	20	0
6	DF	Yasser Ibrahim	3	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0	7	0
7	FW	Ramadan Sobhi	5+1	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	5
8	MF	Hamdy Fathy	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	3
9	FW	Marwan Mohsen	6+2	3	0+1	0	0	0	4+1	1	14	4
10	MF	Saleh Gomaa	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF	Walid Soliman	2+11	6	1	0	0	0	4+3	3	21	9
12	DF	Ayman Ashraf	11	0	1	0	0	0	7+1	0	20	0
13	GK	Ali Lotfi	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
14	MF	Hussein El Shahat	10+2	5	1	0	0	0	7+1	5	21	10
15	MF	Aliou Dieng	6+2	1	1	0	0	0	5+3	1	17	2
16	GK	Mohamed El Shenawy	14	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	22	0
17	MF	Amr El Solia	13	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	23	2
18	FW	Aliou Badji	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	3	1
19	MF	Mohamed Magdy	14	4	0	0	0	0	6	1	20	5
20	DF	Saad Samir	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
21	DF	Ali Maâloul	11	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	17	3
22	MF	Ahmed El Sheikh	6+1	3	1	1	0	0	4+2	1	14	5
23	DF	Mahmoud Wahid	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
24	DF	Ahmed Fathy	4+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	7	1	14	1
25	MF	Hossam Ashour	0+3	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	5	0
26	FW	Mahmoud Kahraba	0+5	2	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	8	2
28	FW	Junior Ajayi	12+1	4	0	0	0	0	8+1	2	22	6
29	FW	Geraldo	3+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+3	0	9	0
30	DF	Mohamed Hany	11+1	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	17	0
35	MF	Karim Walid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Mohamed Mahmoud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	GK	Mostafa Shobair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	Hussein El Sayed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Walid Azaro	1+6	2	1	2	0	0	2+2	2	12	6
27	FW	Salah Mohsen	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	4	4	4
38	MF	Amar Hamdy	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 24 February 2020

Rank	Position	Name	Egyptian Premier League	Egypt Cup	Egyptian Super Cup	CAF Champions League	Total
1	MF	Hussein El Shahat	5	0	0	5	10
2	FW	Walid Soliman	6	0	0	3	9
3	FW	Junior Ajayi	5	0	0	2	7
4	FW	Walid Azaro	2	2	0	2	6
5	MF	Mohamed Magdy	4	0	0	1	5
	MF	Ahmed El Sheikh	3	1	0	1	5
	FW	Ramadan Sobhi	4	0	0	1	5
8	DF	Ali Maâloul	3	0	0	1	4
	FW	Marwan Mohsen	3	0	0	1	4
	FW	Salah Mohsen	0	0	0	4	4
11	MF	Hamdy Fathy	1	0	0	2	3
	FW	Mahmoud Kahraba	3	0	0	0	3
13	MF	Aliou Dieng	1	0	0	1	2
	MF	Amr El Solia	2	0	0	0	2
15	FW	Aliou Badji	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Ahmed Fathy	0	0	0	1	1
Own goal			0	0	0	1	1
Awarded goal			2	0	0	0	2
Total			45	3	0	26	74

Clean sheets

As of 24 February 2020

Rank	Name	Egyptian Premier League	Egypt Cup	Egyptian Super Cup	CAF Champions League	Total
1	Mohamed El Shenawy	12	0	1	4	17
2	Ali Lotfi	0	0	0	2	2
3	Sherif Ekramy	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mostafa Shobair	0	0	0	0	0
Total		12	0	1	6	19

Notes

1. Despite the official name of Al Salam Stadium was supposed to be changed to Al Ahly Stadium on 1 January 2020, the stadium was still referred to with its old name.
2. All Egyptian Premier League fixtures scheduled to be played between 23 October and 22 November 2019 were postponed due to Egypt U-23 team's involvement in the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.
3. The Wadi Degla v Al Ahly match was played at Al Salam Stadium instead of Petro Sport Stadium, both in Cairo, due to security concerns.
4. The Ismaily v Al Ahly match was played at Haras El Hodoud Stadium in Alexandria instead of Ismailia Stadium in Ismailia due to security concerns.
5. Misr Lel Makkasa play their home matches at Al Salam Stadium in Cairo instead of their regular stadium Faiyum Stadium in Faiyum.
6. The Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Al Ahly match was played at Al Salam Stadium instead of Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, both in Cairo, due to security concerns.
7. The Al Ahly v Al Masry match was played at Haras El Hodoud Stadium in Alexandria instead of Cairo International Stadium in Cairo due to security concerns.
8. The Al Ahly v Zamalek match, originally scheduled on 19 October 2019, was postponed due to security concerns.
9. The Al Ahly v ENPPI match, originally scheduled on 24 January 2020, was postponed due to conflicting with Al Ahly v Étoile du Sahel match in the CAF Champions League, which is set to be played on 26 January 2020.
10. Teams from South Sudan played their home matches outside the country due to renovation process of Juba Stadium.
11. The Al Ahly v Étoile du Sahel match, originally scheduled on 24 January 2020, was postponed for 48 hours following request from the Egyptian Football Association due to security concerns ahead of the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution of 2011.