Al-Ahly of Egypt succeeded in qualifying for the semi-finals of the African Champions League for the 18th time in its history, after overcoming the South African Sun downs obstacle in the quarter-finals of the tournament, 3-1 in the aggregate of the first leg and return matches.
The Red Genie continued its successful journey in the defense of his favorite championship title, to complete the process of consolidating his record in the number of times winning the title for the 11th time in its history and retaining it for the third time in a row in an unprecedented achievement.
Al-Ahly qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League at the expense of Moroccan Raja, where it won in Cairo in the first leg (2-1) before imposing a draw on the Raja team (1-1) back in Casablanca, to reach the semi-finals after excelling (3-2) in Total.
Al-Ahly consolidated its historical record as the most African club to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League for the 18th time in its history, reaching the semi-finals of the current edition 2021/2022 to set a date with Algeria’s ES Setif.
The African champion qualified for the semi-finals of the African Championship in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
during the 17 occasions in which Al-Ahly was in the semi-finals, it succeeded in reaching the final 14 times, and bid farewell to the championship from the half of the final on 3 occasions, the first was by withdrawal, the second by penalty shootout, and the third by a theoretical goal difference.
