Al Ahly’s Congolese striker Walter Bwalya scored a goal in Al Ahly's 3-0 victory over Al Merrikh SC of Sudan in the team’s opening game of the CAF Champions League group stage.

Bwalya opened his goal-scoring tally with the Red Eagles in his first game with the team in the African competitions. 

Bwalya became the first Congolese player and the 18th foreigner to score a goal for the Red Eagles in the African competitions.

Amado Flavio, who scored 18 goals for the Red Eagles, leads the list of Al Ahly’s foreign players who scored in the African competitions and is followed by Walid Azzaro who scored 13 goals. 

Al Ahly’s current players: Ali Maaloul and Junior Ajayi come in third and fourth place in the list with 9 goals and 6 goals respectively.