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.

Al Ahly

2021–22 season
President	Mahmoud El Khatib
Manager	Pitso Mosimane (until 13 June) Sami Komsan (interim 13 June – 30 June) Ricardo Soares (30 June – 31 August 2022)
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium Al Ahly WE Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	3rd
2020–21 Egypt Cup	Runners-up
2021–22 Egypt Cup	Quarter-finals
CAF Champions League	Runners-up
CAF Super Cup	Winners
FIFA Club World Cup	Third Place (bronze medal winners)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 15 September 2021.

Kit information

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

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Players

Current squad

Stats As of 21 January 2022

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed El Shenawy(captain)		GK	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36)	Petrojet	169	0
16	Ali Lotfi		GK	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 35)	ENPPI	22	0
31	Mostafa Shobier		GK	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 25)	Youth academy	2	0
Defenders
2	Mahmoud Wahid		LB	(1994-06-19) 19 June 1994 (age 31)	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 32)	Ismaily	18	0
5	Ramy Rabia		CB/DM	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 32)	Sporting CP	191	11
6	Yasser Ibrahim		CB	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 32)	Smouha	77	5
24	Mohamed Abdelmonem		CB	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 26)	Youth academy	0	0
12	Ayman Ashraf		CB/LB	(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 34)	Smouha	182	4
21	Ali Maâloul		LB	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 35)	CS Sfaxien	166	28
30	Mohamed Hany		RB	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 29)	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 40)	ENPPI	276	67
15	Aliou Dieng		DM	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 27)	MC Alger	92	3
17	Amr El Solia		CM/DM	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 35)	Al Shaab	223	21
19	Afsha		AM/CM	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 29)	Pyramids	93	18
25	Akram Tawfik		DM/CM/RB	(1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 27)	ENPPI	52	1
22	Mohamed Mahmoud		DM/CM	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 27)	Wadi Degla SC	2	0
35	Ahmed Abdelkader		AM	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 26)	Youth Academy	0	0
35	Ahmed Nabil Koka		DM/CM	(2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 (age 24)	Youth Academy	0	0
Forwards
10	Mohamed Sherif		ST/RW/LW	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 29)	Wadi Degla	60	31
14	Hussein El Shahat		RW/AM/RB	(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 33)	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 28)	Al Mokawloon	42	6
38	Amar Hamdy		RW	(1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 26)	Al Nasr	1	0
29	Luís Miquissone		RW	(1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 30)	Simba	0	0
23	Percy Tau		ST	(1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 31)	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; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Source
	FW	Aliou Badji	Ankaragücü	End of loan	30 June 2021
	FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	Ceramica Cleopatra		30 August 2021
	FW	Amar Hamdy	Al Ittihad		30 August 2021
	FW	Shady Radwan	National Bank of Egypt		30 August 2021
35	MF	Ahmed Abdelkader	Smouha		30 August 2021
9	FW	Hossam Hassan	Smouha	Undisclosed	26 August 2021	[1]
	DF	Percy Tau	Brighton & Hove Albion	£E35m	26 August 202	[2]
29	MF	Luís Miquissone	Simba	£E15m	26 August 2021	[3]
28	DF	Karim Fouad	Nogoom	£E13m	26 August 2021	[4]
	FW	Mostafa El Badry	El Entag El Harby	£E7m	7 September 2021	[5]
	DF	Mohamed Abdelmonem	Future	End of loan	30 January 2022	[6]
	FW	Walter Bwalya	Malatyaspor	End of loan	1 January 2022	[7]

Transfers out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Ahmed Alaa	Al Masry	Released	30 August 2021	[8]
FW	Marwan Mohsen	Future	Released	9 September 2021	[9]
MF	Nasser Maher	Future	E£13m	1 October 2021	[10]
FW	Junior Ajayi	Al Nasr	Released	19 February 2022	[11]
FW	Aliou Badji	Amiens	$18m	1 June 2022	[12]

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
FW	Aliou Badji	Amiens	4 August 2021	30 June 2022	[13]
FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	Altay	17 August 2021	30 June 2022	[14]
FW	Walter Bwalya	Malatyaspor	31 August 2021	1 January 2022	[15]
DF	Ahmed Ramadan	Smouha	1 September 2021	30 September 2022	[16]
MF	Shady Radwan	National Bank of Egypt	3 September 2021	30 September 2022	[17]
MF	Mostafa El Badry	Future	7 September 2021	30 June 2023	[18]
MF	Karim Walid	Future	13 September 2021	30 September 2022	[19]
DF	Saad Samir	Future	15 September 2021	30 September 2022	[20]
FW	Walter Bwalya	Al Sailiya	31 January 2022	30 June 2022	[21]
DF	Mohamed El Maghrabi	Teplice	21 February 2022	30 June 2024	[22]
FW	Walter Bwalya	Al Qadsiah	15 July 2022	30 June 2023	[23]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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		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					61	33	18	10	101	46	+55	054.10

Last updated: 30 August 2022
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek[a] (C)	34	24	5	5	62	29	+33	77	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Pyramids[a]	34	22	5	7	56	25	+31	71	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
3	Al Ahly[a]	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[b]
5	Future[a]	34	16	8	10	49	34	+15	56[b]	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:

1. 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.
2. Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

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	20	10	4	62	21	+41	70	13	4	0	36	5	+31	7	6	4	26	16	+10

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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2022. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 12 October 2021.^[24]

Ismaily v Al Ahly

27 October 2021 (2021-10-27) 1	Ismaily	0–4	Al Ahly	Alexandria
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	El Mohamady  28'	Report	Maâloul 21' (pen.) Tau 23', 32' Dieng  45'  74' El Solia  85' Abd El Kader 87'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ahly v National Bank of Egypt

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 2	Al Ahly	1–0	National Bank of Egypt	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 62'	Report	Farid  51'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Zamalek v Al Ahly

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) 3	Zamalek	3–5	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Hamed  34' El Said  38' Fathi 51' Zizo  66' 80' (pen.) Bencharki 90'	Report	Abou Gabal 16' (o.g.) Maâloul 20' (pen.) 63' (pen.) Sherif 25' Aliou Dieng 53' Ashraf  66'	Stadium: Cairo Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ahly v Al Mokawloon Al Arab

19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) 4	Al Ahly	1–0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ashraf  12' Tawfik  45' Fathy 67'  90+7'  90+9'	Report	Bassam  28' Samir  38' Abdelaziz  54' Magdy  73' Ali  90+1'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Ghazl El Mahalla v Al Ahly

22 November 2021 (2021-11-22) 5	Ghazl El Mahalla	2–3	Al Ahly	El Mahalla El Kubra
19:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Yehia 57' Hamed  75' Tawfik 90+4' (o.g.) El Nadry  90+6'	Report	Afsha 10' Tau 49' El Solia  55' Benoun  84' Maâloul 90+8'	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohamed Hanafi

Al Ahly v Smouha

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 6	Al Ahly	4–1	Smouha	Cairo
16:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Benoun 6' Tawfik  13' Ashraf 31' Tau 35' 80' El Shahat 67'	Report	Shokry  3' Metwaly  45' 66'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Future v Al Ahly

26 December 2021 (2021-12-26) 7	Future	1–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Walid 57' Mohamed  87'	Report	Sherif 3' El Shenawy  40' Benoun  90+2'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohamed Hanafi

Al Ahly v Misr Lel Makkasa

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22) 10	Al Ahly	4–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Miquissone 13', 15' El Shahat 43' Sherif  48' Tarek 87' El Solia  90+3'	Report	Abdelmoniem  88'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Abdelaziz El Sayed

Pharco v Al Ahly

1 March 2022 (2022-03-01) 11	Pharco	1–4	Al Ahly	Alexandria
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ibrahim 17' Emad  64'	Report	Sherif 5' Afsha 7', 13' Fathy  20' Miquissone  27' Tau  70' Abdelmonem  27' El Shahat 87'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohamed Maarouf

Al Ahly v Pyramids

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08) 8	Al Ahly	3–0	Pyramids	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Hany  19' Afsha  38' 47' Sherif  61' 90+6' Abdelmonem  64' El Solia 86'	Report	Sobhi  21' Gaber  62' Lakay  66'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Al Ahly v Al Ittihad

6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) 12	Al Ahly	1–0	Al Ittihad	Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Dieng  7' Tau 17' Miquissone 35' Abdel Kader  43'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Ahmed Ghandour

Al Masry v Al Ahly

9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) 13	Al Masry	1–0	Al Ahly	Alexandria
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ayouni 8'  86' Hassan Ali  11'	Report	Ashraf  7' Dieng  38'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Al Ahly v Tala'ea El Gaish

27 April 2022 (2022-04-27) 16	Al Ahly	0–0	Tala'ea El Gaish	Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Ceramica Cleopatra v Al Ahly

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30) 17	Ceramica Cleopatra	1–1	Al Ahly	Nasr City, Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Mohamed Ibrahim  53' Morsy 88' Ahmed Mohsen  90+10' Mohamed  90+11'	Report	Afsha 90+11' (pen.)	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Nader Kamar

National Bank of Egypt v Al Ahly

18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) 19	National Bank of Egypt	0–0	Al Ahly	Nasr City, Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ahmed Said  66' El Zonfouly  90+2' Mahmoud Sayed  90+4' Faisal  90+6'	Report	Ashraf  38' Hany  66'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

ENPPI v Al Ahly

21 May 2022 (2022-05-21) 15	ENPPI	1–2	Al Ahly	Cairo
22:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Atef  45+1' Zeyad Kamal  57' Mostafa Shalaby 76' Ebuka  90+1' Yehia  90+6'  90+7'	Report	Taher  60' Hany  89' Maâloul 90+5', 90+7'  90+9'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mohamed Sabahi

Al Ahly v Eastern Company

25 May 2022 (2022-05-25) 14	Al Ahly	4–1	Eastern Company	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	El Shahat 25' Taher 31' (pen.) Abdel Kader 57' Rabia  85' Soliman 90+1'	Report	Saber El Shimi  12' Firas Ifia 76'  86' Hossam Hassan  80'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Al Ahly v Zamalek

19 June 2022 (2022-06-19) 20	Al Ahly	2–2	Zamalek	Cairo
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Sherif 12' Mohsen 80'	Report	Bencharki 68' Shikabala 76'  76' Farouk  89'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Munuera

Al Ahly v Ghazl El Mahalla

22 June 2022 (2022-06-22) 22	Al Ahly	2–1	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Afsha 12' (pen.) Sherif 90+2'	Report	Mao 58' Mostafa Mahmoud  79' El Henawy  83' El Sheikh  90+8'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Abdelaziz El Sayed

Smouha v Al Ahly

29 June 2022 (2022-06-29) 23	Smouha	3–2	Al Ahly	Alexandria
21:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Ahmed Hakam  2' Hamdy 9', 46' El Ouadi 45+1' Soliman  45+3' Sherif Reda  45+4'	Report	Afsha  43' Taher 59'  86' Hassan 90+4'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

El Gouna v Al Ahly

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05) 9	El Gouna	0–0	Al Ahly	El Gouna
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Seif El Agouz  12' Mahmoud Shabrawy  46'	Report	Fouad  90+1'	Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ahly v Future

12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) 24	Al Ahly	4–0	Future	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Afsha 23', 45+1' Fathy  38' Maâloul 43' (pen.) Abdel Kader 59' Mohsen  69' Fakhri  82'	Report	Kamal  69'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mohamed El Hanafi

Pyramids v Al Ahly

16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) 25	Pyramids	2–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ben Youssef 29' Tawfik  45' Traoré 65'	Report	Hassan  36' Fouad  70' Abdel Kader  73' Dieng  77'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Carlos del Cerro

Al Ahly v El Gouna

24 July 2022 (2022-07-24) 26	Al Ahly	2–0	El Gouna	Cairo
18:30 CAT (UTC+2)	El Solia  58' Rabia 73' Maâloul 78' (pen.)	Report	Abdelgawad  36'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Misr Lel Makkasa v Al Ahly

27 July 2022 (2022-07-27) 27	Misr Lel Makkasa	0–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Mohamed Adel  26' Mostafa  44'	Report	Dieng 23' Hany  90+5'	Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nagi

Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Al Ahly

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30) 21	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Amir Abed  32' Ahmed Mohamed  37' Hassan El Shami  45+3' Niass  80' Abou El Saoud  85'	Report	Fouad  20' Maâloul 39'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ahly v Pharco

3 August 2022 (2022-08-03) 28	Al Ahly	0–0	Pharco	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Rabia  61' Mahmoud  90+4'	Report	Azmi Ghouma  27' Encada  33' Sokari  65' Sobhy  81' Mahmoud Emad  87'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Ahmed Ghandour

Al Ittihad v Al Ahly

7 August 2022 (2022-08-07) 29	Al Ittihad	0–3	Al Ahly	Alexandria
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Hesham Saleh  24' Abdel Monsef  37' Salifu  52'  69' Simporé  55' Ahmed Elkalamawy  58' Hassan  65'	Report	Gharib 35' 47' Tarek 44' Abdelmonem  71' Tau  90+4'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Al Ahly v Al Masry

10 August 2022 (2022-08-10) 30	Al Ahly	2–0	Al Masry	Alexandria
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Miquissone  10' Fakhri  59' Rabia 80' (pen.) Hany  90+1' Hassan 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Eastern Company v Al Ahly

17 August 2022 (2022-08-17) 31	Eastern Company	0–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Ahmed Abdel Mawgod  22' Ahmed Hamza  33' Saleh  81'	Report		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mohamed Sabahi

Al Ahly v Ismaily

21 August 2022 (2022-08-21) 18	Al Ahly	0–0	Ismaily	Alexandria
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)		Report	Madbouly  52'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafi

Al Ahly v ENPPI

24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) 32	Al Ahly	2–0	ENPPI	Cairo
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Miquissone 71' Mahmoud 90'	Report	Ahmed El Agouz  4' Hesham Adel  10' Moamen Rady  57' Mohamed Morsi  85' Mostafa Shalaby 69'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

Tala'ea El Gaish v Al Ahly

26 August 2022 (2022-08-26) 33	Tala'ea El Gaish	1–0	Al Ahly	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Samir 67'	Report	Gharib  39' Nabil  85'	Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abass

Al Ahly v Ceramica Cleopatra

29 August 2022 (2022-08-29) 34	Al Ahly	4–0	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Gharib 35' Rabia 68' (pen.) Miquissone 72' Rafaat Khalil 78'  90+1'		Bonsu  66'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Ahmed Gamal

Egypt Cup

2020–21 Egypt Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Egypt Cup

Al Ahly v Pyramids

26 June 2022 (2022-06-26)[a] Quarter-finals	Al Ahly	2–1	Pyramids	Cairo
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Taher 18' Hossam Hassan 90'	Report	Sobhi 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Cairo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács

Al Ahly v Petrojet

2 July 2022 (2022-07-02) Semi-finals	Al Ahly	2–0	Petrojet	Cairo
21:00	Afsha 8' Abdelmonem 72'	Report		Stadium: Cairo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mahmoud Nagi

Al Ahly v Zamalek

21 July 2022 (2022-07-21) Final	Al Ahly	1–2	Zamalek	Cairo
21:00	Hassan 55'	Report	Zizo 5' Ashour 29'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2021–22 Egypt Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Egypt Cup

Al Ahly v Al Masry Sallum

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) Round of 32	Al Ahly	1–0	Al Masry Sallum	Cairo
21:00	Abdel Kader 59'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nader Kamar

Al Ahly v Misr Lel Makkasa

14 August 2022 (2022-08-14) Round of 16	Al Ahly	1–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Cairo
20:00	Rabia 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Hesham Hafez  66'  90+1' Avire  86' Mohamed Adel  90+1'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Wael Farhan

Al Ahly v Al Mokawloon Al Arab

October 2022 (2022-10) Quarter Final	Al Ahly	v	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
20:00

2022 EFA Cup

Main article: 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.^[25][26][27] 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway

Matches

Al Ahly v El Gouna

13 January 2022 (2022-01-13) 1	Al Ahly	0–0	El Gouna	Cairo
14:30 CAT (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium

Ismaily v Al Ahly

17 January 2022 (2022-01-17) 2	Ismaily	1–1	Al Ahly	Alexandria
14:30 CAT (UTC+2)	Algarañaz 16'	Report	Ahmed Sayed Gharib 90+2'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

Al Ahly v Al Mokawloon Al Arab

21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) 3	Al Ahly	1–1	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Tarek 55'	Report	Hamdy Zaky 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium

Smouha v Al Ahly

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27) 4	Smouha	3–0	Al Ahly	Alexandria
17:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Abdelaati 27' El Ouadi 48', 51'	Report		Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Al Ahly v National Bank of Egypt

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30) 5	Al Ahly	1–1	National Bank of Egypt	Cairo
14:00 CAT (UTC+2)	Rabia 51'	Report	Helal 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium

CAF Super Cup

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Super Cup

Al Ahly v Raja Casablanca

22 December 2021 (2021-12-22)	Al Ahly	1–1 (6–5 p)	Raja Casablanca	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
17:00 GMT (20:00 UTC+3)	Taher 90'	Report	Ibrahim 13' (o.g.)	Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
	Penalties
	Maâloul Benoun Tau Abdel Kader Taher Tawfik		Zrida El Wardi Hadhoudi Benhalib Moutouali Madkour

CAF Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 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.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Second round

USGN v Al Ahly

16 October 2021 (2021-10-16) First leg	USGN	1–1	Al Ahly	Niamey
16:30 UTC+1	Diori 75'	Report	Maâloul 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)

Al Ahly v USGN

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22) Second leg	Al Ahly	6–1 (7–2 agg.)	USGN	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2	Sherif 9' Magdy 26', 58' El Shahat 64' Kahraba 69' Fathy 89'	Report	Hinsa 35'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Stadium Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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			0–1	—	1–0	3–2
3	Al Hilal	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4[b]			2–4	0–0	—	1–0
4	Al Merrikh	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4[b]			0–0	1–3	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

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.
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

Al Hilal v Al Ahly

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) Matchday 2	Al Hilal	0–0	Al Ahly	Omdurman
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Al Ahly v Mamelodi Sundowns

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26) Matchday 3	Al Ahly	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2		Report	Morena 85'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Al Ahly v Al Merrikh

5 March 2022 (2022-03-05)[note 1] Matchday 1	Al Ahly	3–2	Al Merrikh	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Sherif 2', 34' Karshoum 76' (o.g.)	Report	Edjomariegwe 43' Saadeldin 69'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Mamelodi Sundowns v Al Ahly

12 March 2022 (2022-03-12) Matchday 4	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Al Ahly	Johannesburg
15:00 UTC+2	Shalulile 23'	Report		Stadium: FNB Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Al Merrikh v Al Ahly

18 March 2022 (2022-03-18) Matchday 5	Al Merrikh	1–3	Al Ahly	Cairo (Egypt)[note 2]
18:00 UTC+2	Agab 60'	Report	Tau 19' Sherif 72' Abdel Kader 73'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium

Al Ahly v Al Hilal

3 April 2022 (2022-04-03) Matchday 6	Al Ahly	1–0	Al Hilal	Cairo Egypt
22:00 UTC+2	El Shahat 74'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Al Ahly v Raja Casablanca

16 April 2022 (2022-04-16) First leg	Al Ahly	2–1	Raja Casablanca	Cairo
22:00 UTC+2	El Solia 13' (pen.) El Shahat 23'	Report	Zrida 45+1'	Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Raja Casablanca v Al Ahly

22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) Second leg	Raja Casablanca	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Al Ahly	Casablanca
22:00 UTC+0	Ngoma 5'	Report	Abdelmonem 44'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

Semi-finals

Al Ahly v ES Sétif

7 May 2022 (2022-05-07) First leg	Al Ahly	4–0	ES Sétif	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Tau 30', 90' Mohamed 54' Sherif 72'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

ES Sétif v Al Ahly

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14) Second leg	ES Sétif	2–2 (2–6 agg.)	Al Ahly	Algiers[note 3]
20:00 UTC+1	Kendouci 45' Benayad 61'	Report	Abdel Kader 2' Sherif 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Final

Al Ahly v Wydad AC

30 May 2022 (2022-05-30) Final	Al Ahly	0–2	Wydad AC	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Dieng  56' Rabia  90+2'	Report	El Moutaraji 15', 48' Farhane  44'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

FIFA Club World Cup

Main article: 2021 FIFA Club World Cup

Al Ahly v Monterrey

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) Second round	Al Ahly	1–0	Monterrey	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:30 AST (UTC+3)	Maghraby  31' Hany 53' Afsha  66' Lotfi  77' Dieng  90+2'	Report		Attendance: 9,396 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Palmeiras v Al Ahly

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) Semi final	Palmeiras	2–0	Al Ahly	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:30	Veiga 39' Dudu 49'	Report	Ashraf  81'	Attendance: 11,902 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Al Hilal v Al Ahly

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) Match for third place	Al Hilal	0–4	Al Ahly	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
17:00	Pereira  14' Kanno  28' Al-Faraj  58'	Report	Ibrahim 8', 17' Hany  32' Abdel Kader 40' Taher  45+6' Sherif  55' El Solia 64'	Attendance: 9,008 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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
	FW	Abd Elkader	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	7
7	MF	Taher	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
	MF	Miquissone	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
	DF	Rabia	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
10	FW	Hossam Hassan	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
	FW	Ahmed Sayed Gharib	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
12	MF	Ziad Tarek	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
	DF	El Solia	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
14	DF	Dieng	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	MF	Fathy	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
	DF	Yasser	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	DF	Abdelmonem	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
18	DF	Ayman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	Salah Mohsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Walid Soliman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	Kahraba	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	Hany	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Mohamed Mahmoud	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Rafaat Khalil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
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		23	2	1	0	1	0	2	29

Notes

1. The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 11/12 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 5 March 2022 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in United Arab Emirates between 3 and 12 February 2022.
2. Al Merrikh play their group stage home matches at Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt), instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan), which did not meet CAF requirements.
3. ES Sétif play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, which did not meet CAF requirements.