Hany scored the only goal of the match in the 53rd minute. In the Semi-final, Al Ahly lost against Palmeiras, the Winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores 2–0 to play against Saudi Side Al Hilal in the Third place playoff. Al Ahly achieved the 3rd place in the FIFA Club World Cup for the 3rd time in the club's history after defeating Al Hilal 4–0, the biggest victory for Al Ahly in the Club World Cup. Al Ahly for the second time reached the CAF Champions League Final for the third time in a row under the management of Pitso Mosimane (the first time was under the management of Portuguese former manager Manuel José), after defeating Algerian side ES Sétif 6–2 on aggregate, but failed to secure the 11th CAF Champions League trophy after losing 2–0 to Wydad AC, this would be seen as unfair since the match was played at Wydad's home stadium (Stade Mohamed V), and the match should have been played at a neutral stadium. Al Ahly players were unwilling to wear the silver medal and went as far by throwing their silver medal on the ground, Al Ahly's manager, Pitso Mosimane, threw it as well and said that he doesn't play for silver. On 13 June 2022, Mosimane parted ways with Al Ahly and Samy Koumsan took over the manager role as an interim manager. On June 29, 2022, Ricardo Soares replaced Pitso Mosimane as Al Ahly's manager. His debut with Al Ahly was against Petrojet in the Egypt Cup Semi-final in which he led Al Ahly to a 2–0 victory to meet rival Zamalek for the Egypt Cup Final in which Al Ahly lost to its local rival in a 2-1 defeat hence failed to secure its 38th Egypt Cup. This period witnessed a mass deterioration of Al Ahly, losing 3-2 to Smouha and Soares’s league debut was a goalless draw with El Gouna, Al Ahly lost 2-0 to Pyramids in the league, drawing with Mokawloon Al Arab and drawing with Pharco. Due to that, Al Ahly went through a critical phase. Al Ahly for the first time since the 1991-92 season was not in the top two of the Egyptian Premier League table as the club finished third place. Following disappointing results during his reign, Ricardo Soares was sacked on August 31, 2022, just 2 months after he was appointed as Al Ahly’s manager.