| Club: | Al Ahly |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Ownertitle: | President |
| Owner: | Mahmoud El Khatib |
| Manager: | Pitso Mosimane |
| Stadium: | Cairo International Stadium Al Ahly WE Stadium |
| League: | Egyptian Premier League |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | Egypt Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Final |
| Cup2: | Egyptian Super Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup3: | CAF Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Winners |
| Cup4: | CAF Super Cup |
| Cup4 Result: | Winners |
| Cup5: | FIFA Club World Cup |
| Cup5 Result: | Third place |
| Season Topscorer: | Mohamed Sherif (28) |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 vs Al Ittihad 4–0 vs AS SONIDEP 4–0 vs Smouha 4–0 vs Ceramica Cleopatra |
| Largest Loss: | 0–2 vs Bayern Munich |
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| Updated: | 25 September 2021 |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
| League Topscorer: | Mohamed Sherif (21) |
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.
Supplier: Umbro
Sponsors: WE, SAIB Bank, GLC Paints, Tiger Chips, Royal Dutch Shell
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 | 1988 12, df=yes | Petrojet | 129 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Ali Lotfi | | GK | 1989 10, df=yes | ENPPI | 12 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Mostafa Shobier | | GK | 2000 3, df=yes | Youth academy | 1 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 2 | Mahmoud Wahid | | LB | 1994 6, df=yes | Misr Lel Makkasa | 18 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Badr Benoun |  | CB | 1993 9, df=yes | Raja CA | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Mahmoud Metwalli | | CB/DM | 1993 1, df=yes | Ismaily | 17 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Ramy Rabia | | CB/DM | 1993 5, df=yes | Sporting CP | 168 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Yasser Ibrahim | | CB | 1993 2, df=yes | Smouha | 46 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Ayman Ashraf | | CB/LB | 1991 4, df=yes | Smouha | 143 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Ahmed Ramadan | | RB/CB/DM | 1997 5, df=yes | Wadi Degla | 3 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Saad Samir | | CB | 1989 4, df=yes | Youth academy | 195 | 13 | ||
| 21 | Ali Maâloul |  | LB | 1990 1, df=yes | CS Sfaxien | 137 | 23 | ||
| 30 | Mohamed Hany | | RB | 1996 1, df=yes | Youth academy | 166 | 3 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 8 | Hamdy Fathy | | DM/CB | 1994 10, df=yes | ENPPI | 43 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Walid Soliman (Vice-captain) | | AM/RW/LW | 1984 12, df=yes | ENPPI | 260 | 62 | ||
| 15 | Aliou Dieng |  | DM | 1997 10, df=yes | MC Alger | 42 | 2 | ||
| 17 | Amr El Solia | | CM/DM | 1990 4, df=yes | Al Shaab | 184 | 19 | ||
| 19 | Afsha | | AM/CM | 1996 3, df=yes | Pyramids | 46 | 9 | ||
| 23 | Nasser Maher | | AM/CM | 1997 2, df=yes | Youth Academy | 39 | 3 | ||
| 24 | Karim Walid | | CM/RB | 1997 8, df=yes | Youth academy | 67 | 7 | ||
| 25 | Akram Tawfik | | DM/CM/RB | 1997 11, df=yes | ENPPI | 21 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 7 | Kahraba | | LW/ST | 1994 4, df=yes | C.D. Aves | 25 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Marwan Mohsen | | ST | 1989 2, df=yes | Ismaily | 88 | 22 | ||
| 10 | Mohamed Sherif | | ST/RW/LW | 1996 2, df=yes | Wadi Degla | 13 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Hussein El Shahat | | RW/AM/RB | 1992 6, df=yes | Al Ain | 62 | 14 | ||
| 18 | Salah Mohsen | | ST/LW/RW | 1998 9, df=yes | ENPPI | 35 | 8 | ||
| 26 | Walter Bwalya |  | ST | 1995 5, df=yes | El Gouna | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Taher Mohamed | | ST/LW | 1997 3, df=yes | Al Mokawloon | 3 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Junior Ajayi |  | LW/ST | 1996 1, df=yes | CS Sfaxien | 140 | 39 | ||
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | FW | El Gouna | End of loan | ||||
| 25 | MF | El Gouna | |||||
| 23 | MF | Smouha | |||||
| 10 | MF | Enppi | |||||
| 18 | MF | Smouha | |||||
| 27 | FW | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | E£20m | [1] | |||
| 13 | DF | Raja Casablanca | E£31m | [2] | |||
| 3 | MF | Wadi Degla SC | E£12m | [3] | |||
| 26 | ST | El Gouna | E£28m | [4] |
| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Huddersfield | End of loan | ||||
| GK | Pyramids | Released | [5] | |||
| DF | Tala'ea El Gaish | Undisclosed | [6] | |||
| MF | Al Ittihad | Released | [7] | |||
| DF | Pyramids | Free transfer | [8] | |||
| DF | Al Mokawloon | Free transfer | [9] | |||
| MF | Ceramica Cleopatra | Free transfer | [10] | |||
| MF | Pyramids | Free transfer | [11] | |||
| MF | Ankaragücü | Released | [12] |
| Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Tala'ea El Gaish | ||||
| DF | Tala'ea El Gaish | [13] | |||
| DF | Smouha | ||||
| MF | Al Ittihad | [14] | |||
| DF | National Bank of Egypt | [15] | |||
| MF | National Bank of Egypt | [16] | |||
| DF | El Gouna | [17] | |||
| MF | El Gouna | [18] | |||
| FW | Ceramica Cleopatra | [19] | |||
| FW | Ankaragücü | [20] | |||
| DF | Smouha | [21] | |||
See main article: 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League.
The fixtures for the 2020–21 season were announced on 23 November 2020.[22]
See main article: 2020–21 Egypt Cup.
See main article: 2020–21 Egyptian Super Cup.
See main article: 2020–21 CAF Super Cup.
See main article: 2020–21 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.
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.
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.
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 30 April 2021. Al Ahly were drawn against Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa.
See main article: 2021 CAF Champions League Final.
See main article: 2020 FIFA Club World Cup.
| style=width:56px; | Rank | style=width:64px; | Position | style=width:200px; | Name | style=width:64px; | style=width:64px; | Egypt Cup | style=width:64px; | style=width:64px; | style=width:64px; | style=width:64px; | style=width:64px; | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | align=left | Mohamed Sherif | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | align=left | Hussein El Shahat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| 3 | FW | align=left | Kahraba | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | align=left | Mohamed Magdy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 | FW | align=left | Salah Mohsen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 6 | FW | align=left | Taher Mohamed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| DF | align=left | Ali Maâloul | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | align=left | Walid Soliman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| FW | align=left | Walter Bwalya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 10 | DF | align=left | Badr Benoun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 11 | MF | align=left | Amr El Solia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| DF | align=left | Yasser Ibrahim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | align=left | Junior Ajayi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 | MF | align=left | Aliou Dieng | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | align=left | Akram Tawfik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | align=left | 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 | ||||||||||||
| style=width:56px; | Rank | style=width:200px; | Name | style=width:84px; | style=width:84px; | Egypt Cup | style=width:84px; | style=width:84px; | style=width:84px; | style=width:84px; | style=width:84px; | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Mohamed El Shenawy | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| 2 | align=left | Ali Lotfi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | align=left | Mostafa Shobair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||