Cairo derby

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Cairo Derby
Al Ahly and Zamalek historical kits
Other namesClasico El Arab
The Peak القمۃ
LocationCairo, Egypt
TeamsAl Ahly SC
Zamalek SC
First meetingAl Ahly 1–0 Zamalek
Friendly
(9 February 1917)
Latest meetingAl Ahly 2–0 Zamalek
Egyptian Premier League
(24 February 2020, Match fortified)
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total237
Most winsAl Ahly SC (102)
Most player appearancesHossam Ashour (34)
Top scorerAbdel-Karim Sakr
All-time seriesAl Ahly: 102
Drawn: 78
Zamalek: 57

The Cairo Derby (Arabic: ديربي القاهرة) is a football match between Egyptian clubs Al Ahly SC and Zamalek. It is a match between arguably the two most successful clubs in Egypt and Africa. Ahly and Zamalek were named by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as The 1st and 2nd African Clubs of the 20th Century respectively. Both teams are located in Greater Cairo and their matches are considered the highlight of the football season with a live broadcast to most of the Middle Eastern and North African countries since the 1970s. Usually the derby is played twice each season with 2 matches in the Egyptian Premier League, but it is not uncommon to find the teams meeting each other in the Egypt Cup, especially in the final, and in Africa's most prestigious club competition, the CAF Champions League.

The rivalry

AL Ahly and Zamalek historical positions in the League

Ever since their creation, both clubs have been the top clubs in the Egyptian Premier League, the country's top-flight football league. In the first half of the twentieth century.[1] They won their first league title when the Egyptian Premier League was first created in the 1948–49 season and won 39 domestic titles after that. Zamalek managed to win the league 12 times only.

The largest winning margin in this derby was 6–0 for Zamalek, known as Farouk back then, at the 1944 Egypt Cup Final, while the largest winning margin in the League was for Al Ahly 6–1 in the 2002 league.

Fans of both clubs can be violent when in anger, such as a match in the 1971–1972 season, which had crowd violence and caused the rest of the season to be called off.[2] Numerous fights, injuries, and deaths have been reported before matters became more controlled due to Egypt's authoritarian regime. Yet many fights and riots still occur after derby matches between both sets of fans, leading the government to post even higher numbers of Central Security Forces troops in the stadium during the derby. The number of fights have increased with the increasing popularity of the "ultras" movement.[3]

Matches between both teams can be decisive. Whenever they meet in the Egypt Cup the winner usually goes on to win the cup, or at least grab the runners up medal. Moreover, the team which has the aggregate result on its favor in the league rarely misses the chance to win the Egyptian Premier League.

Non-Egyptian referees are often flown in to officiate the derby in order to ensure impartiality.[4]

In 2018, World Soccer Magazine selected the Cairo Derby as the 10th most fierce derby in the world.[5] Besides the estimated 50 million domestic TV audience, the game is huge all over North Africa, the Middle East and the entire world. [6] On 24 February 2020, Zamalek forfeited a league match against Al Ahly, a few days after their match at the 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup.[7]

The Meetings

Zamalek against Al Ahly in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup
Ultras Ahlawy Tifo Before cairo derby in 2007–08 Egyptian Premier League

These meetings are the meetings in the League:[8]

Season Home Away Home Away
1948–1949 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 4 Zamalek SC 1
1949–1950 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
1950–1951 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 3 Zamalek SC 0
1951–1952 No matches Due to Egyptian Revolution of 1952
1952–1953 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
1953–1954 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 4 Zamalek SC 2
1954–1955 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
1955–1956 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 2
1956–1957 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 1
1957–1958 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 3 Zamalek SC 1
1958–1959 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
1959–1960 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 1
1960–1961 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 4 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 3
1961–1962 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 3 Al Ahly SC 3 Zamalek SC 0
1962–1963 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 No away match due to one leg championship play-off
1963–1964 No matches because they were in separate groups in the League
1964–1965 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 2
1965–1966 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 2
1966–1967 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 1
1967–1968 No matches Due to Six-Day War & War of Attrition
1968–1969
1969–1970
1970–1971
1971–1972 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 No away match due to crowd violence in the first match
1972–1973 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 1
1973–1974 No matches due to October War
1974–1975 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
1975–1976 No matches because they were in separate groups in the League
1976–1977 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 1
1977–1978 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
1978–1979 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 1
1979–1980 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
1980–1981 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 2
1981–1982 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 1
1982–1983 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 0
1983–1984 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 1
1984–1985 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 0
1985–1986 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 2
1986–1987 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 1
1987–1988 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 1
1988–1989 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 0
1989–1990 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 No away match due to 1990 World Cup preparation
1990–1991 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 2
1991–1992 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 1
1992–1993 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 1
1993–1994 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 3 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 2
1994–1995 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
1995–1996 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0
1996–1997 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 3 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
1997–1998 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
1998–1999 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
1999–2000 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 2
2000–2001 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 3
2001–2002 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 6 Zamalek SC 1
2002–2003 Zamalek SC 3 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 2
2003–2004 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 2 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 0
2004–2005 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 4 Al Ahly SC 3 Zamalek SC 0
2005–2006 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
2006–2007 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 2
2007–2008 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
2008–2009 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 0
2009–2010 Zamalek SC 3 Al Ahly SC 3 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
2010–2011 Zamalek SC 2 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 0 Zamalek SC 0
2011–2012 No matches Due to Port Said Stadium riot
2012–2013 No matches Due to June 2013 Egyptian protests
2013–2014 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 1 No away match due to one leg championship play-off
2014–2015 Zamalek SC 1 Al Ahly SC 1 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
2015–2016 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
2016–2017 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 2 Al Ahly SC 2 Zamalek SC 0
2017–2018 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 3 Al Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 2
2018–2019 Zamalek SC 0 Al Ahly SC 0 AL Ahly SC 1 Zamalek SC 0
2019–2020 Zamalek SC forfeited the match, so the result was Al Ahly SC 2–0 Zamalek SC

These meetings are the meetings in the Egypt Cup

Date Venue Score Competition
20 April 1928 ? 0–1 Egypt Cup Final
15 March 1929 ? 0–1 Egypt Cup quarter-final
26 June 1931 ? 1–4 Egypt Cup Final
6 May 1932 ? 2–1 Egypt Cup Final
24 March 1933 ? 3–1 Egypt Cup semi-final
11 May 1934 ? 3–0 Egypt Cup semi-final
10 May 1935 ? 3–0 Egypt Cup Final
30 April 1937 ? 1–1 Egypt Cup quarter-final
14 May 1937 ? 2–2 Egypt Cup quarter-final Replay
30 May 1937 ? 0–5 Egypt Cup quarter-final Replay
13 May 1938 ? 1–1 Egypt Cup Final
2 December 1938 ? 1–0 Egypt Cup Final Replay
17 May 1942 ? 3–0 Egypt Cup Final
2 June 1944 ? 6–0 Egypt Cup Final
21 March 1948 ? 1–2 Egypt Cup semi-final
29 April 1949 ? 1–3 Egypt Cup Final
11 May 1952 ? 2–1 Egypt Cup Final
8 May 1953 ? 4–1 Egypt Cup Final
9 May 1958 ? 0–0 Egypt Cup Final
13 May 1958 ? 2–2 Egypt Cup Final Replay
24 April 1959 ? 2–1 Egypt Cup Final
4 August 1985 ? 3–2 Egypt Cup Final
28 April 1989 ? 2–1 Egypt Cup Final
6 August 1991 ? 2–0 Egypt Cup semi-final
26 June 1992 Cairo Stadium 2–1 Egypt Cup Final
26 June 2006 Cairo Stadium 3–0 Egypt Cup Final
27 July 2007 Cairo Stadium 4–3 Egypt Cup Final
26 May 2010 Cairo Stadium 3–1 Egypt Cup R16
21 September 2015 Petro Sport Stadium 2–0 Egypt Cup Final
8 August 2016 Borg El Arab Stadium 3–1 Egypt Cup Final

Statistics

Matches Wins Draws
Al Ahly Zamalek
League 119 45 26 48
Cup 31 16 10 5
Super Cup 7 3 0 4
Sultan Hussein Cup 6 1 3 2
Cairo League 42 21 9 12
CAF Champions League 8 5 0 3
CAF Super Cup 1 0 1 0
All competitions 214 91 49 74
Exhibition game 23 11 8 4
All matches 237 102 57 78

Top goalscorers

Player Club Goals
Egypt Abdel-Karim Sakr Al Ahly
Zamalek 		19
Egypt Mostafa Taha Zamalek
Al Ahly 		17
Egypt Aboutrika Al Ahly 13
Egypt El Tetsh Al Ahly 13
Egypt Ahmed Mekawi Al Ahly 11
Egypt Emad Moteab Al Ahly 10
Egypt El-Sayed Ateya Toto Al Ahly 10
Egypt Labib Mahmoud Al Ahly
Zamalek 		10
Egypt Alaa El-Hamouly Zamalek 9
Egypt El Dhizui Al Ahly 9
Egypt Hossam Hassan Al Ahly
Zamalek 		9

Hat-tricks

# Player For Score Date Competition
1. Egypt Mokhtar El Tetsh Al Ahly 4–0 28 November 1930 Cairo League
2. Egypt Abd El Karim Sakr Al Ahly 5–0 30 May 1937 Egypt Cup
3. Egypt El Sayed Ateya Toto Al Ahly 4–2 26 March 1953 Egyptian League
4. Egypt Khaled Bebo Al Ahly 6–1 16 May 2002 Egyptian League

Records

Biggest wins (4+ goals)

6 Zamalek 6–0 Al Ahly 2 January 1942 Cairo League
Zamalek 6–0 Al Ahly 2 June 1944 Egypt Cup
5
Al Ahly 5–0 Zamalek 30 May 1937 Egypt Cup
Al Ahly 6–1 Zamalek 16 May 2002 Egyptian League
4 Al Ahly 4–0 Zamalek 28 November 1930 Cairo League
Al Ahly 5–1 Zamalek 8 January 1937 Cairo League
Al Ahly 5–1 Zamalek 25 February 1938 Cairo League

Honours

Al Ahly Competition Zamalek
Domestic
41 Egyptian Premier League 12
36 Egypt Cup 27
7 Sultan Hussein Cup (defunct) 2
15 Cairo League (defunct) 14
11 Egyptian Super Cup 4
110 Aggregate 59
African and Worldwide
8 CAF Champions League 5
1 CAF Confederation Cup 1
6 CAF Super Cup 4
1 Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct) 2
4 African Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) 1
20 Aggregate 13
130 Total Aggregate 72

Crossing the divide

Due to the rivalry between the clubs, relatively few players have played for both Ahly and Zamalek. Some of the players who have done so are listed below:

Al Ahly, then Zamalek

Name Pos Al Ahly Zamalek
Career Apps Goals Career Apps Goals
Gamal Abdelhamid FW 1977–84 ? ? 1984–94 ? ?
Ayman Shawky FW 1984–94 ? ? 1995–96 ? ?
Mohamed Abdel-Galil MF 1988–95 ? ? 1995–97 ? ?
Hossam Hassan FW 1985–99 231 109 2000–04 61 38
Ibrahim Hassan DF 1985–99 177 4 2000–04 47 4
Felix Aboagye FW 1993–98 117 47 2001–02 20 5
Ibrahim Said DF 1998–03 76 18 2004–06 27 4
Osama Hassan DF 1999–01 0 0 2006–09 30 4
Ahmed Magdy DF 2004–05 0 0 2007–10 75 6
Sherif Ashraf FW 2005–07 0 0 2008–09 52 14
Mohamed Abdullah DF 2005–07 ? ? 2008–09 30 0
Hany Said DF 1997–98 12 2 2008–11 76 4
Hassan Mostafa MF 2003–09 ? ? 2009–11 41 3
Hussein Yasser MF 2008–10 20 1 2010–11 33 8
Essam El Hadary GK 1996–08 510 1 2010–11 4 0
Ahmed Hassan MF 2008–11 58 22 2011–13 26 14

Zamalek, then Al Ahly

Name Pos Zamalek Al Ahly
Career Apps Goals Career Apps Goals
Reda Abdel-Aal MF 1987–93 ? ? 1993–98 ? ?
Magdy Tolba MF 1986–89 ? ? 1995–98 ? ?
Islam El-Shater DF 2003–04 ? ? 2004–08 ? ?
Nader El-Sayed GK 1992–98 103 0 2005–06 2 0
Tarek El-Said MF 1998–06 132 23 2006–08 ? ?
Mohamed Sedik DF 2002–06 56 2 2006–07 ? ?
Moataz Eno MF 2002–07 60 5 2007–12 49 2
Hany El-Agazy FW 2006–07 1 0 2008–11 12 5
Gamal Hamza* FW 2000–09 150 50 2010 0 0
Sabry Raheel DF 2009–13 61 11 2013–
Moamen Zakaria MF 2013–14 51 12 2015– 30 11

References

  1. ^ Grant Wahl, American Pharaoh: Ex-U.S. coach Bradley has Egypt on brink of World Cup, Sports Illustrated, Published 9 October 2013, Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  2. ^ "«شغب» الملاعب المصرية: بدأ 1971.. و«بورسعيد» و«الدفاع الجوي» الأكثر دموية". almasryalyoum.com (in Arabic). 9 February 2015.
  3. ^ Shenker, Jack (28 June 2011). "New Egypt sees old sporting rivalry resume". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  4. ^ "The world's most violent derby: Al Ahly v Zamalek". The Guardian. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ "World Soccer's 50 Greatest Derbies". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. ^ https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-50-biggest-derbies-world-no10-al-ahly-vs-zamalek
  7. ^ "Zamalek to face penalties after Cairo derby incidents, confirms EFA". kingfut.com. 25 February 2020.
  8. ^ Egypt, Dr. Tarek Said ,Cairo ,. "Dr.Tarek Said's Homepage - All About Zamalek VS Ahly Matches". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

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