Zamalek SC

Zamalek SC

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Full name	Zamalek Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Nadi Al-Watania W Al-Karama (Patriotism and Dignity Club) Al-Nadi Al-Malaki (The Royal Club) Al-Qalaa Al-Baydaa (The White Castle) Madrasat Al-Fin W Al-Handasa (The School of Art and Engineering) Al-Fares Al-Abyed (The White Knight)
Short name	ZSC
Founded	5 January 1911 (1911-01-05), as Qasr El Nile Club
Ground	Cairo International Stadium
Capacity	75,000
Chairman	Mortada Mansour
Head coach	Patrice Carteron
League	Egyptian Premier League
2018–19	Egyptian Premier League, 2nd
Website	http://www.el-zamalek.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Template:Active departments of Al Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك الرياضي), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system.

The club was founded on 5 January 1911 as Qasr El Nile Club and was first headed by the Belgian lawyer George Marzbach. The name was changed, two years later, to Cairo International Sports Club, commonly abbreviated as C.I.S.C., which was colloquially translated to the Arabic name Nady El Qāhirah El Mokhtalat or simply Nady El Mokhtalat. The club was named in 1941 after King Farouk of Egypt and became known as Nady Farouk El Awal, meaning Farouk I Club. Following the 1952 Egyptian revolution, the club name was once again changed to its current name.

Zamalek established itself as a major force in Egyptian football during the 1920s, becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a title which was the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921, the first team to ever win Egypt Cup in 1922, and the first team to ever win Cairo League in 1922/1923. It is one of two clubs that have played in every season of the Egyptian Premier League, and one of seven clubs that have never been relegated to the Egyptian Second Division. On the continental side, Zamalek has won five CAF Champions League titles, one CAF Confederation Cup title, four CAF Super Cup titles and one African Cup Winners' Cup title; making it one of the most successful clubs in Africa. It is also recognized as the first Egyptian team to ever win CAF Super Cup when it beat archrival Al-Ahly in 1994. On the international level, Zamalek is the first Egyptian team to ever win the Afro Asian Cup in 1987, and the most successful to winning it (2 times in 1987 and 1997). Zamalek is also the first Egyptian team to ever qualify to the FIFA Club World Cup when it qualified in 2000 to the 2001 championship, despite the cancellation of the championship later on. Zamalek is the top and most decorated football team in Africa in the twentieth century, with a record 4 titles of the top prestigious continental competition, the African Cup of Champions (later known as CAF Champions League), as well as a record 9 continental and intercontinental championships.

History

Early years, Qasr El Nile Club (1911–1913)

Main article: List of Zamalek SC seasons

See also: Zamalek SC History

George Marzbach

Little is known about the very early years of the club. According to historians, the club was established by the Belgian lawyer, George Marzbach Bey. On the twenty-fifth of December 1910, Marzbach Bey, while attending Cairo Tramways Company’s Christmas celebration, realized that the company's guest house hosting the celebration on the Nile banks is suitable as a sports club headquarters. Marzbach Bey then decided to establish a new club for the Belgians, Egyptians, and foreigners. During that time, Gezira Sporting Club, the main sporting club in Cairo, was for the exclusive use of the British Army and unavailable for non-British foreigners and Egyptians. Marzbach Bey left the Christmas celebration with a strong intention to establish the new club in the very place, which is currently occupied by Qasr El Nile casino and the Navy House. For the new club, he chose the name Qasr El Nile, which means Nile Palace. He did not find difficulties to establish the club as he enjoyed strong ties within the Palace of Khedive Abbas II, as well as many friendships with senior officials of the Egyptian society. He was also the private lawyer for both Baron Empain and his Cairo Tramways Company. On January 5, 1911, the club was established, and it was officially opened on February 6. The first board of directors consisted of Marzbach Bey as president;

Howard Carter

 Howard Carter, the great archaeologist and Marzbach Bey's personal friend, as vice president; and Noah Amin Abdullah, Ahmed Mahmoud Azzam, Khoury Chalhoub (Lebanese, representative of the Cairo Tramways Company), and Paolo Esposito (Italian, representative of the Khedivial Palace) as members. It was the first club in Cairo to emerge from non-English expatriate communities. They formed sports and social clubs, each with its own identity. An essential aspect of the club was that it was for all people and not for any specific social, economic, or ethnic community. It started out and continued through World War I under the presidency of Marzbach.

Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C.), Nady El Mokhtalat (1913–1941)

Zamalek SC Team who won the first Egypt Cup in 1921

In 1913, the club moved to a second headquarters at the intersection of the current day 26 July and Ramses streets and changed its name to Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C.) which was colloquially translated to the Arabic name Nady El Qāhirah El Mokhtalat or simply Nady El Mokhtalat. The second president was Nicola Arfagi, who also played left wing for the club's football team. The idea of ​​the Royal Trophy started as a competition for Egyptian clubs and allied weapons weapons clubs. Al-Ahly rejected the idea because he did not want to play with the Allied clubs to keep Zamalek alone. In the second year of the competition, Al-Ahly was convinced of the need to participate as a new step for resistance and defiance and proving the existence of the Egyptians .. Then The clubs - Al-Ahly and Zamalek - have begun to agree not only to resist foreigners.Rather, they agreed to compete between them as well .. It was agreed to establish two games .. The first on the land of Zamalek on February 9, 1917 and Al-Ahly won over Al-Zamalek 1 / zero .. and the second on Al-Ahly on March 2, 1917 and won Zamalek 1 / zero .In the same year .. 1917 .. The Egyptians began their decisive battle to liberate the Zamalek club from the control of foreigners .. The Egyptians met and decided that Zamalek was in need of reviewing its conditions and conditions based on twelve points, including the fact that the club's land is owned by the Egyptian government and that the lease term has expired and has not been renewed No one and that the club's board of directors did not meet for a long time and the general assembly of the club also did not meet for two years .. and that the members of the board of directors are all foreigners .. and there are no records of the club except in the office of the Belgian general secretary Monsieu Choudouh, director of Pollack company .. and that the club does not have Accounts and bank balances .. There is no record for members .. The club has only a ball court, tennis courts, a small dressing room and a water slide .. The club walls are old and surrounded by billboards owned by an advertising company .. There is no printed law for the club with these points ..The battle started, it was not the Battle of Zamalek Zamalek, but it was a bet on the Egyptian footballing process in all of Egypt The battle started with the convening of a general assembly for the club on Al-Shawarby Street, and a decision was issued by the association to withdraw confidence from the club's board of directors consisting of Khawajis and to elect a new board of directors from the Egyptians .. Dr. Mohamed Badr as president, Mustafa Hassan as agent and Ibrahim Allam as secretary of the fund .. Fawzi, Captain Hassan and Abdo Al-Jabbawi

Dr. Mohamed Badr is the first Egyptian president of the Zamalek club after a long struggle with Mr.Nicolas Arfagi Bianchi, the head of the French community in Cairo, to restore the club to the Egyptians

The new board of directors held its first meeting and decided to continue the battle. They renewed the club in the name of the new president. They informed the prosecution of the disappearance of the club's records. During all this, and all these procedures and steps were taken, and the club itself guarded twenty strongmen from Bulaq, who decided and volunteered to protect an Egyptian club and to preserve it and protect its Egyptian The Ministry of the Interior and its English consultant interfered. More than one foreign embassy in Cairo interfered. But the Egyptians did not retreat or the sons of Zamalek surrendered. The first battles of Egyptian football and sport won, thanks to Zamalek .. There was no longer a place for foreigners In 1917, Egyptian members attempted to form an Egyptian board for the club, but this was blocked by the president of the club, a Frenchman called M. Bianchi, and the secretary M. Shoudoi, who was Belgian, and as a result, no general members meetings were held for the next few years.This era was the beginning of Zamalek's moniker of "Qahir-al-Aganib" (the conqueror of foreigners) due to their many underdog wins against renowned foreign teams. In 1921, Zamalek won the Sultan Hussein Cup, becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a title.In 1922, Zamalek won the first Egyptian Cup in its history and the first cup tournament to be held in Egypt.

Zamalek SC in 1938–39 season

The Egyptian members realized that it was important to gain a majority at the next general members meeting. As a result, when the next elections were held, the first Egyptian board was elected with Mohammad Badr as president, Mostafa Hassan as Deputy President, Ibrahim Allam as General Secretary, and Nicola Arkaji, Mahmoud Bassyouni, Hussein Fawzy and Abdo El Jabalawy as board members. After the first board, a new board in 1923 was formed with General Mohamed Heidar as president and Youssef Mohamad as secretary. In the winter of 1924, the club moved for the third time to a location on the west bank of the River Nile, and west of Gezira island (a.k.a. Geziret Al Zamalek), and became known as Cairo International Sports Club - Zamalek. The 1924 location is currently occupied by El Balloon Theater.The beginning of Zamalek was successful in the local cups, as he participated in the Sultan Hussein Cup as a competition for Egyptian clubs and weapons clubs of the Allied Forces, and the club won the Sultan Hussein Cup for the first time in 1921 after its victory over Britain's Schrods 1–2. Zamalek won the first round of the Egyptian Cup, the club after its victory over the Egyptian club 5–0, and won the Sultan Hussein Cup for the second time in two weeks after winning the Egypt Cup. In 1922, the Cairo region League was launched, and the club won its first championship.Zamalek Club managed to win the Cairo Region League championship in the second year in which it was held in 1940 .. Also, Zamalek won .. or mixed .. Prince Farouk Cup three times in the thirties .. The first time in 1932 .. Then in 1935 .. Then in the year 1939 But after Prince Farouk became king, he sits on the throne of Egypt after his father, King Fuad I, died on April 28, 1936.

Nady Farouk El Awal (1941–1952)

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Farouk I prince of Egypt deliver Egypt Cup to Zamalek SC football team

King Farouk I king of Egypt and Sudan the Honorary President of Zamalek Club

Farouk's story started with Egypt .. and with the Zamalek club .. Zamalek opened the 1940s by winning the King's Cup .. and the Cairo Region League Championship for the second time in the 1941/40 season .. After a year, Zamalek lost the final of the cup that Al-Ahly won .. and shared The two teams cup 1943/42 season In 1941, Farouk I, King of Egypt and Sudan, bestowed the royal sponsorship on the club, and the club name was changed to Nady Farouk El Awal (Farouk I Club). Mohamed Heidar Pasha, the club president at the time, was informed by the royal decision to change the name to Farouk I Club and accordingly Ismail Bak Shirin of Mohammed Ali's family took the post of the vice president of the club. This period witnessed the biggest victories in the history of the Cairo derby (contested with Al Ahly), a pair of 6–0 wins for Zamalek in 1941–42 and 1943-1944.This record scoreline in the Cairo derby has not been broken since then.

Zamalek Sporting Club and the post-1952 period (1952–1960)

Zamalek SC in 1950–1951 season

Following the army coup in 1952, the club was renamed Zamalek after the area where the club was situated. The club later moved for the fourth time in its history to its final destination on 26 July Street, just 500 meters west of the Zamalek bridge, occupying an area of 35 acres (140,000 m²) and hosting 24 different sports. A new board was formed with Mohammad Shawky as president and secretary and Mohammad Hassan Helmy as assistant secretary. At the time, the rules required that half the club board be changed every year, and Helmy took the position of secretary-general. In 1954, the stadium needed renovations, so the board sought a businessman to take over the club and guide the renovation. Abd El Hamid El Shawarbi took the presidency and, although, he was elected for a second period, he was not able to do the job he wanted. Zamalek Faithful figures as Heidar Pasha and Haj Sayed El Annany contributed to forming the VIP stand and the first-class stand in a way that suited the high status of the club. This happened while El Shawarbi was outside Egypt, so when he came back, he resigned and the board continued after Shawky stepped up from his Deputy position to continue till September 1955. Still, the idea of bringing a businessman to help the club did not subside, and thus, the businessman Abd El Latif Abo Regeila became the club president in 1956; by then, the rules had been changed allowing the board to stay for 3 years. Once again, Shawky stepped down for the new businessman, although he was re-elected as a club president. Although Regeila was re-elected for a second term, he had to leave Egypt after he lost his money due to the governmental policy against private property. Still the club continued to search for another businessman, and chose Alwe El Gazzar, the owner of El Sheikh Sherieb Company and the president of the board of the Coca-Cola Company at the time.  

First league championship and the start of local glittering (1960–1983)

Abdel Latif Abu Regaila

Abdel Latif Abu Regaila is an Egyptian businessman and pioneer of public transport buses in Cairo. During his reign, the construction of the Zamalek Stadium was established, as well as the social building continued as the club's official president until 1961.In 1961, Zamalek paid Real Madrid to play against Zamalek.

Hamada Emam and Hazem Emam Legends of Zamalek football team

Hamada Emam was a popular player on the club who helped raise the club's profile. In 1962, there was a new board with Hassan Amer as a president and emeritus deputy Mohammad Shawky, Mohammad Lateef, Galal Kereitam, Mahmoud Emam, and Mahmoud Hafez. Hassan Amer stayed as president until the defeat of the Egyptian army in 1967.

Hassan Shehata legend in 1975

Hassan Shehata,One of the best players in Egypt and Africa throughout history is a player and coach who was an integrated player on the defensive and offensive levels. He is considered the best player in the history of Egyptian football for what he presented and got the best player in Asia.He Made the popularity of Zamalek, especially in the Arab Gulf region After retirement, he achieved three championships with the nations of Africa and the latest boom Great inside the national team, playing the Intercontinental Cup, and playing the Egyptian team with a high and honorable level. led Zamalek in the 1963/64 season as the team won the league for the second time.In 1968, during the War of Attrition Zamalek hosted the Ismaily and Al masry clubs and rest of the Suez Canal teams at its grounds Confirming to his role for helping his brothers. In 1967, the Minister of Youth and Sports Talat Khairy decided that the club boards would be appointed rather than elected, and hence

Mohammed Hassan Helmy The icon of Zamalek Club

Mohammed Hassan Helmy took the presidency to become the first sportsman in Egypt to become a president of a club. He became an icon of Zamalek. He remained president until July 1971 where the rules were changed to allow board elections again and to forbid anyone from being president if they had already held to presidency for two consecutive terms. Tawfeek El Kheshen took over the presidency and the honorary presidency was given to Helmy.The 1970s generation was one of the best generations of football in Zamalek, and it included legendary players in the history of Egyptian and Arab football.

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Zamalek SC Legends in Seventies in 1977

In 1973, Helmy was elected president and stayed as the head of the board till 1984.

Zamalek won the Egyptian Premier League, the first championship it gets. The Egyptian Premier League was the 1959–60 season. You were the first dead obstacle to enter since the tournament was launched in 1948. The squad consisted of Aldo and Shaheen, Hussein, Ahmed Mustafa, Samir Kotb, Mohamed Al-Rifai, Abdou Nasouhi, Raafat Atia, Issam Bahij and Al-Hamouli were Club coach Evan and club president Abd al-Latif Abu Rujaila. Zamalek successively won the Egyptian Premier League and won the Egyptian Premier League five times in seasons (1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, and 1983–84). Zamalek won the Egyptian Cup in that period five times (1960, 1962, 1975, 1977 and 1979). He also won during that period the October Cup, which is the tournament that was held as an alternative to the Egyptian Premier League because of Egypt hosting the 1974 African Nations Cup.

African Uprising (1984–2004)

Zamalek won the first African title against Nigeria's Shooting Stars after beating them in Cairo 2-0 and in Nigeria 0-1

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Zamalek SC won the first African title CAF Champions League in 1984

.In 1984 Hassan Amer became president, followed by Hasan Abo el Fetouh in 1988. During his period, a new rule from the Ministry of Youth increasing the number of elected board members to ten, which was reduced in 1990. Under Fetouh, the club built many new buildings, including a gymnasium that is considered one of the biggest in the Middle East. He also increased the funding for most of the sports teams in the club and assisted in the winning of many championships during his era. In 1990, Galal Ibrahim became the temporary president of the club due to the death of Fetouh until September 1990, when the general club meeting was held and elected Mohamad Nour El Daly as the president. In 1992, Galal Ibrhim became the new president.The club's president from 92 to 96 was Jalal Ibrahim, The rules were changed to require that the vice treasurer be selected mostly by the board members; Hamada Emam was selected by default to that position while Abdel Hamid Shaheen was elected treasurer. The board members were Ahmed Shereen Fawzy, Mahmoud Marouf, Mohamad Fayez El Zummur, Raouf Gaser, and Tarek Ghonaim. The new rules required the board to have two members under the age of 30. For these two spots, Samy Abo El Kheir and Ihab Ibrahim were elected. The members appointed by the high committee for youth and sports were Mohamad Amer, General Hanafy Reyad, and Farouk Abo El Nasr.In 1993 Zamalek fc won CAF Champions League By 1994, Abdel Hamid Shaheen was not able to continue his duties due to his sickness, but the board chose to keep him in the position in honor of his devotion to the club, and thus Farouk Abo El Nasr was appointed to take over the duties while keeping Shaheen in the position. In 1995, changes came to the board due to the court removal of four members in the board due to their six absences from board meetings. These members included Mahmoud Marouf, Mohamad Fayez El Zummur, and Dr. Mohamad Amer. The newly appointed members were Mortada Mansour, Mahmoud Abdallah, Mounnir Hassan, and Ibrahim Latif. The high committee for youth and sports objected on linking the appointed members with the elected ones, so Mounnir Hassan and Ibrahim Latif forfeited their positions for the good of the club and to remove any embarrassment happening to the board.

Ahmad Hossam Mido

Ahmed Hossam Mido is one of the best players in Africa and Egypt, started his football career in 1999 and played at the age of sixteen years of age, and after that, he made a career in many European teams.After retirement, he trained the club team and won the Egypt Cup in 2014 as the youngest Egyptian coach to win a championship The newly two appointed members for the club board were Mohamad Amer and Farouk Abo El Nasr in support of their abilities and dedication. Shereen Fawzy was selected to be treasurer till the new elections. On Thursday 4 July, Abd El Menem Emarah decided to release the club board and the Egyptian Football Federation board after the sad incidence in the game between Ahly and Zamalek season 95/96, as the board decided to freeze the football activity in the club. A one-year temporary club board was selected with Kamal Darweesh as president, Abd EL Aziz Kabil as vice president, and board members Hanafy Reyad, Magdy Sharaf, Ismail Selim, Azmy Megahed, and Mohamad Abd El Rahman Fawzy. Also, accountant Mahmoud Badr El Deen was appointed as treasurer.

Kamal Darwish's Era

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Dr.Kamal Darwish

Kamal Darwish was the president of Zamalek club for two terms from 1996 to 2005. It was a golden age for Zamalek in all sports, including football. He is one of the most prominent club presidents in Egypt, the Arab world and Africa, and he is one of the most loved among the fans of Zamalek. Zamalek won 16 football championships during his reign, but overall he achieved 1186 championships in 24 games and he assumed the chairmanship of the Board of Directors in 2013 on a temporary board for the second time. He is the president with most achievements in the history of Zamalek.
In 2000 there was a match between Zamalek and Palestine in Gaza After breaking the Zionist siege,Zamalek was named the best club in the world by the IFFHS in February 2003. It was also the first Egyptian team to qualify for the 2001 FIFA Club World Cup in Spain but that competition doesn't happen because of funding problems. Zamalek won the African Champions League in 2002, and Zamalek won two African Super Cups in 1996 and 2003, and during the reign of the Majlis he won the first two championships in the Egyptian Super Cup in 2001 and 2002. Zamalek also won the Egyptian Premier League in that period 3 times (2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04), and won the Egypt Cup 1999 and 2002 season.

Regression (2005–2013)

In 2005 many boards were dismissed by the decision of the Minister of Sport, which led to organizational uncertainty from 2005 until 2013.That changed the form of competition in Egypt for years. The football team only won two championships Egypt Cup 2008 and Egypt Cup 2013 and the other games were severely affected.The level of Zamalek continued to decline, as the period witnessed administrative instability in the club, since Mortada Mansour assumed the presidency of the club in 2005, the council did not last long and was dissolved, so that a certain council headed by Morsi Atallah came to run the club, before Mortada Mansour returned again to head the council once Others, who witnessed many cases pending before the courts, to dissolve the board of directors and restore it again, and the National Sports Council intervened to appoint a council headed by Muhammad Amir for a year before elections were held in May 2009, which resulted in the election of Mamdouh Abbas as the club's president. Then the Council of Mamdouh Abbas was dissolved in 2010 after Mortada Mansour obtained a court ruling stating that the elections were rigged, and then the administrative authority appointed an interim council to manage the club headed by Jalal Ibrahim, before the Council of Mamdouh Abbas returned again to exercise his duties after Mansour abandoned his lawsuit, Then Taher Abu Zaid disbanded the Mamdouh Abbas Council, where he formed an interim council headed by Kamal Darwish to head Zamalek, but by appointment, so Zamalek knew of instability.

Reconstruction, reform and back again

Mortada Mansour's Era (2014–present)

Zamalek SC and RS Berkane Squad in the final of CAF Confederation Cup 2019

In 2014, Mortada Mansour took over the club and Zamalek rebounded again. Zamalek Club has achieved in his age many titles since its last term in many games, and a great social and construction boom has occurred in the club. In his first year,Zamalek return to the podium once again by winning the Egypt Cup in 2014 at the expense of fellow Smouha 1–0. In the next season 2014–15 season, Zamalek managed to form a good generation such as Tariq Hamed and Ayman Hefni helped him return to the podiums, so he managed to get the Egyptian Premier League so that Zamalek broke the record in obtaining the largest number of points in the league, and led him to the league stand by nine points from The closest competitors, and an impressive record, with only one loss in a year. Then the team achieved Egypt Cup championship at the end of the year, at the expense of Al Ahly SC team, 2–0, and reached the semifinals of the African CAF Confederation Cup in 2015. In 2016, Zamalek reached the final of the CAF Champions League and achieved the Egypt Cup and the Egypt Super Cup. In 2018, the Zamalek football team achieved the Egypt Cup. In 2019 Zamalek won the CAF Confederation Cup and achieved Four more titles, the Egypt Cup,the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup, the Egypt Super Cup and the CAF Super Cup. Since 2014, the football team achieved 11 championships, the last of which was the Egyptian Super Cup and the African Super Cup that were achieved in the span of one week.

Names

• Kasr El Nil Club (The Nile Palace) (1911–1913)
• Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C.), a.k.a. Nady El Mokhtalat (Mixed Courts) (1913–1941)
• Farouk El Awal Club (Farouk I Club) (1941–1952)
• Zamalek Sporting Club (1952–Present)

The word "Zamalek" is of Turkish origin and comes from when Mohammed Ali, the ruler in the first half of the nineteenth century, established camps for the leaders of the army on the island in the Nile.

Crest and Colours

In 1941 the royal emblem of the Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan was the official emblem of the club at the time; As the club's name changed from "Mixed Club" to "Farouk Club" by royal order from King Farouk I of Egypt and Sudan, the king attended the 1944 Egypt Cup final match, in which the mixed club won over Al-Ahly with the largest result in the history of the two teams' meeting with a score of 6-0 ) On the Army Union Stadium. After the revolution on the royal rule in Egypt, the club's name and logo changed after the revolution of July 23, 1952; The logo became a mixture of the sporting model and the ancient Egyptian civilization.

 An icon for Zamalek SC

Zamalek club has used in its logo its main colors that express peace and struggle and that have not changed since its foundation where the background of the logo was used white color as the color of peace, surrounded by two horizontal or vertical red lines with white shorts because it is the symbol of the struggle for victory.The home jersey uses the original Zamalek colours. In the upper half of the logo, the arrow that points towards the target appears in a pharaonic uniform, as an indication of the common goal between it and the club of Zamalek. This slogan means expressing belonging to Egypt and cherishing Egyptian civilization and pride for their culture and heritage. and also indicates that the goal of the club is always to achieve victory. As Pharaonic archer seeks to hit the target, as well as the Royal Club, which has a goal aimed at achieving it against competitors on the field.

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  1941-1952
• 1952–Present
  1952–Present

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1999–2001	Diadora	Philips
2001–2004	Adidas	Chipsey
		Pepsi
2004–2005	Venecia	None
2005–2007	Adidas	SIPES
2007–2008	Venecia	KFC/Lion Chips
2008–2011	Adidas	Ceramica Royal
2011–2012		York
2012–2013		Prego
2013–2014		Twist
2014–2015		SAIB Bank/Pepsi
2015–2016	Macron	SAIB Bank/Hyundai
2016–17	Joma
2017–2018		TE/Lactel/Oppo/JAC
2018–	Puma

Kit evolution

Classic

1984

1992–1993

1994–1995

1996–1997

1997–1998

2000–2001

2002–2003

2005–2007

2008–2010

2011–2012

2012–2015

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–

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Grounds

Cairo Stadium

Stad El Qahira El Dawly
Full name	Cairo International Stadium
Location	Nasr City, Cairo
Capacity	75,000
Record attendance	130,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1955–1960
Opened	23 July 1960
Renovated	2019
Architect	Werner March

Panorma Cairo Stadium

Cairo Stadium

The club has no regular home ground. Their old stadium, Abdel Latif Abou Regaila Stadium, is not suitable for hosting the first team's official matches due to its limited capacity, its central downtown location, and need of renovations. The players train in Abdel-Latif Abo Regeila but play their home matches in Cairo International Stadium for local matches and Al Salam Stadium for continental matches.

Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha Stadium

Main article: Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha Stadium

Mohammed Hassan Helmy Zamora stadium, before changing its name to Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha Stadium , and demolishing the stadium's stands

Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha stadium, formerly known as Zamalek stadium then Mohammed Hassan Helmy "Zamora" stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Cairo, Egypt. The stadium was initially named in honor of Mohammed Hassan Helmy, the former player and president of Zamalek. It was then renamed in 2014 to Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha Stadium after the former president of Zamalek Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home of Zamalek before they moved to Cairo International Stadium because of the small capacity. The stadium held as high as 40,000 spectators before the capacity was reduced to 20,000 as controls were put in place.

Supporters

Main article: Ultras White Knights (UWK)

Zamalek fans tifo in Egypt Super Cup 2015

Zamalek club fans are a group of Zamalek club fans and fans who attend the matches and encourage the team in the various governorates of Egypt and the Arab, African and foreign countries, and these fans are known to be loyal and adored to their club at all times and several fans groups have emerged recently to support Zamalek club such as: White Knights Ultras Zamalek has an ultras group named the Ultras White Knights that was founded on 17 March 2007 and is known for its pyrotechnic displays. Their motto is "Brotherhood in blood and fans of the free public Club". In clashes on 8 February 2015 before the league match between Zamalek and ENPI Club at the Cairo Air Defense Stadium, 20 people were killed.

Zamalek disasters

Main article: Zamalek disaster

See also: 30 June Stadium stampede

Helmy Zamora Stadium disaster 1974

Helmy Zamora Stadium disaster 1974

The year 1974 saw at least forty-eight people die in a stampede at a friendly game against Czechoslovak club Dukla Prague at the Helmy Zamora Stadium.

30 June Stadium stampede 2015

The second disaster was on 8 February 2015, when twenty supporters were killed by policemen outside the 30 June Stadium.

Honours

Zamalek is one of the most successful clubs in Egypt and Africa, Zamalek Club is one of the twenty clubs that have won the most championships in the world, and in the seventh place in the ranking of clubs with the most continental and international championships with a total of 13 continental honours.

Zamalek SC honours

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	Egyptian Premier League	12	1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88 , 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15
	Egypt Cup	27	(25 solo titles and 2 titles in conjunction with Al Ahly SC in 1943 and 1958.) 1922, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1975, 1977, 1979,1988, 1999, 2002, 2008,2013,2014,2015, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018-2019 (* First ever winners)
	Egyptian Super Cup	4	2001, 2002, 2016, 2018–19 (* First ever winners)
	Sultan Hussein Cup	2	1920-21 , 1921–22
	Cairo League	13	1922–23, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53 (* First ever winners)
	October League	1	1974
Continent	CAF Champions League	5	1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002
	CAF Confederation Cup	1	2018-19
	CAF Super Cup	4	1994, 1997, 2003, 2020
	African Cup Winners' Cup	1	2000
Intercontinental	Afro-Asian Cup	2	1987, 1997
Arab	Arab Club Championship	1	2003
	Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup	2	2003, 2018

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Statistics and Records

Main article: List of Zamalek SC records and statistics

See also: Zamalek SC in African football

Performance in CAF competitions

• PR = Preliminary round
• FR = First round
• SR = Second round
• PO = Play-off round
• QF = Quarter-final
• SF = Semi-final

CAF ranking of African Clubs titles at the end of 20th century

Zamalek SC the most decorated club of the 20th century in Africa

Pos	Club	Titles	Trophies won
1	Zamalek	7 (+2)	4 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 2 CAF Super Cup, (2 Afro-Asian Club Championship)
2	Al-Ahly	6 (+1)	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 4 CAF Cup Winners' Cups, (1 Afro-Asian Club Championship)
3	ES Tunis	4 (+1)	1 African Cup of Champions Clubs; 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, (1 Afro-Asian Club Championship)
	Raja Casablanca	4 (+1)	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1 CAF Super Cup, (1 Afro-Asian Club Championship)
	Canon Yaoundé	4	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup
	JS Kabylie	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Cup

Appearances

Name	Years	League	Cup	Super Cup	African	Arab	Total
Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed	1997–2014	264 (-213)	40 (-31)	4 (-6)	88 (-28)	27 (-21)	423   (-353)
Abdel Halim Ali	1999–2009	219 (80)	27 (18)	3 (0)	58 (23)	32 (13)	339   (134)
Tarek El-Sayed	1995–2008	207 (19)	23 (2)	2 (0)	56 (5)	35 (0)	323   (26)
Mohamed Aboul Ela	1999–2009	144 (9)	27 (0)	3 (0)	51 (1)	23 (1)	248   (11)
Besheer El-Tabei	1997–2004 2007–2008	146 (9)	21 (0)	2 (0)	42 (0)	22 (2)	323   (11)

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Goalscorers

• Most goals scored in all competitions: 134 – Abdel Halim Ali
• Most goals scored in the League: 80 – Abdel Halim Ali
• Most goals scored in October League Cup: 9 - Hassan Shehata
• Most goals scored in the cup: 23 – Alaa El-Hamouly
• Most goals scored in all African competitions: 23 – Abdel Halim Ali
• Most goals scored in all Arabian competitions: 13 – Abdel Halim Ali

Awards Winners

African Footballer of The Year

The following players won African Footballer of the Year while playing for Zamalek:

• Emmanuel Amuneke – 1994

Al-Ahram Hebdo Egyptian Best footballer award

The following players won Al-Ahram Hebdo Egyptian Best footballer award while playing for Zamalek:

• Ahmed El-Kass – 1994
• Ismail Youssef – 1996
• Tarek El-Said – 2000
• Hossam Hassan – 2001

Matches

• First League match: Farouk (Zamalek) 5–1 El-Masry, Week 1, 22 October 1948.
• First Egypt Cup match: Mokhtalat (Zamalek) 4–0 Tersana SC, first round, 3 March 1922.
• First African Cup Winners' Cup match: Zamalek 3–0 Al Ahly (Tripoli), first round, 7 May 1976.
• First CAF Champions League match: Zamalek 2–1 Simba S.C., first round, 16 March 1979.
• First CAF Cup match: Zamalek 0–1 Gor Mahia, first round, 21 March 1998.
• First CAF Confederation Cup match: Rayon Sports 3–1, 2nd round, 15 March 2015.

• Longest Winning Streak: 10 matches (2012/2013).
• Longest Clean sheet: 7 matches (2014–15 Egyptian Premier League).
• Longest Unbeaten Streak in Egypt Cup (Egyptian Record): 22 matches (2013–2017).
• Longest Unbeaten Home Streak in African Cups (African Record): 70 matches (1976–2005).

Individual

League

• Ayman Younes scored the fastest goal in 1990 against Souss after 13 seconds.
• Mohamed Amin scored the first goal in the Egyptian League against El Masry.
• Saad Rostom scored the first hat trick for Zamalek in the league against El Masry.

The following players have won the top scorer award in the league while playing with Zamalek:

Season	Player	Goals
1956–57	Alaa El-Hamouly	16
1960–61	Ali Mohsen	16
1976–77	Ali Khalil	17
	Hassan Shehata
1978–79	Ali Khalil	12
1979–80	Hassan Shehata	14
1987–88	Gamal Abdul Hamid	11
1997–98	Abdul Hamid Bassiouny	15
2000–01	Tarek El-Said	13
2001–02	Hossam Hassan	18
2003–04	Abdel Halim Ali	21
2010–11	Shikabala	13

Cup

• Hussein Yasser scored the fastest goal in the cup against Al Ahly in 2010 after 46 seconds.

Rivalries

Cairo Derby

Main article: Cairo derby

The Cairo derby is a football match between Zamalek and Al Ahly, arguably the two most successful clubs in Egypt and Africa. 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 two 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 the CAF Champions League.

Mit Okba Derby

The Mit Okba derby is a football match between Zamalek and Tersana SC. Both teams are located in the Mit Okba region in Giza. The derby was one of the most important matches of the Egyptian Premier League during the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century, but it gradually lost its value after Tersana SC's performance started to deteriorate and the club has been relegated more than once to the Egyptian Second Division where it currently plays after being relegated for the sixth time in the 2008–09 season.

North Africa Derby

The North Africa derby is one of the strongest Derbies within the continent of Africa, and it is usually between the teams of Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, such as the Zamalek SC Derby, the Tunisian Espérance Sportive de Tunis , the Club Africain Tunisian, the Tunisian Étoile Sportive du Sahel , Zamalek SC, the Moroccan  Raja Casablanca , the Moroccan Wydad AC, the Algerian JS Kabylie, or MC Alger and others.

Finances and ownership

In 2018,The sponsorship contract obtained by Presentation company to sponsor the club increased from 100 million Egyptian pounds to 120 million a year This increase in the sponsorship contract will be other than 20% over the amount mentioned in each year Including broadcasting rights. It is noteworthy that Presentation received Zamalek sponsorship in the next four years, so that the club would sell its sponsorship rights until 2022 for 624 million Egyptian pounds.

The Zamalek Club Board of Directors announced its contract with the German company Puma to care and produce sports team clothes in the White Castle during the coming period, and the design of the new shirt for the white team, with the initial contract between the two parties for a period of 6 months. The financial cost of the new team uniform reaches 9 million Egyptian pounds.

Zamalek Club Board of Directors announced the end of the tax and insurance crisis, which was estimated at 160 million Egyptian pounds, including the value of taxes and some penalties for delay, in addition to 28 million Egyptian pounds for the Insurance Authority, and some dues to other parties.

The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Egypt signed a contract with the management of the Zamalek Club to rent 3 stores in the club wall on the League of Arab States Street with a usufruct for 25 years, with a rent for two years in advance. Zamalek Club signs a cooperation protocol with Banque Misr, from which it will obtain immediate returns of 10 million pounds under the protocol also, Banque Misr will have the right to use two local walls of the Zamalek Club wall for 20 years in exchange for 5 million pounds and an annual rent of 1.560 million pounds. The rent is set to increase annually by 10%, and the club will receive in advance the first 3 years of it.

The report of the Controller at the Zamalek Club revealed that the budget surplus for the fiscal year 2018-2019 reached 170 million Egyptian pounds.

Popular Culture

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Zamalek TV Logo

Zamalek TV

Zamalek Club owns a TV channel known as "Zamalek TV" that broadcasts on Nilesat in SD quality. The broadcast began experimentally on December 31, 2019 and the channel launched on January 22, 2020. The channel main concern is for the club's news. It produces reports, and transmits matches and affairs.

Zamalek Magazine

Zamalek SC Magazine is an official Zamalek weekly magazine which is issued every Thursday. The magazine contains news and reviews about the club and interviews with the players.

Documentaries

The year 2015, entitled Zamalek, O Engineering, playing, Art and Engineering, produced by Abu Dhabi Sports, presented the film in two parts, the duration of the first part 41 minutes, and the second part 43 minutes, presented the history of the club since its foundation, and a review of the heads of Zamalek since its inception, and the most important coaches who successively Ali The club, shedding light on the club's stars from different generations, and the championships that won the club locally and in Africa.

Another documentary film produced in 2016 entitled "The Story is Mpethanish", the film's duration is 56 minutes. The film covered the history of the club in the five championships in the African Champions League and the dream of obtaining the sixth championship, produced by DMC Sport. In the documentary some stars of Zamalek, such as Khaled El-Ghandour and Medhat Abdel-Hadi, the film was prepared by the journalist Ahmed Afifi.

Another documentary film produced in 2017 entitled Helmy Zamora, produced by the network of CBC channels, the film duration is 20 minutes, the film deals with the story of Mohamed Hassan Helmy or Hilmi Zamora, player of the Zamalek club and the former Egyptian national football team and former international referee and administrative and president of Zamalek Club. He is considered the best president of Zamalek club throughout its history and one of the most important personalities from the club since its founding in 1911.

Another documentary film that was produced 2019 was produced a documentary film entitled Zamalek Club, the National and Dignity Club, produced by Zamalek Club, the film duration is four hours, showing the history of the club since its foundation, a review of the heads of Zamalek since its inception, and highlighting the stars of the club from different generations, and the championships that Culminated in the club locally and in Africa showing the film on al mehwar TV network. Another documentary film produced in 2020 entitled Zamalek Legends .. A long history of stars who inhabited the memory, produced by Abu Dhabi Sports, the film lasted 10 minutes, the film covered the highlight of the club's most prominent stars from different generations.

Another documentary film produced in 2020 entitled Zamalek - The Road to the African Super 2020, produced by BN Sports Arabia, the film duration is 29 minutes, the film documents the journey of Zamalek winning the African Confederation Cup 2019, with all its details, secrets and all the moments of sadness and joy in End of the tournament.

Another documentary film produced in 2020 entitled Zamalek, the road to the semi-finals 2020, produced by BN Sports Arabia, the film duration is 27 minutes, during which it indicated that Zamalek won the African Super Cup championship at the expense of Esperance Tunisian, and won the local super championship at the expense of Al-Ahly, The career of the African Champions League.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 July 2020

As of Egyptian Premier League: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	EGY	Mohamed Abou Gabal
3	MF	EGY	Tarek Hamed
4	DF	EGY	Mahmoud Alaa
5	DF	EGY	Mohamed Abdel Ghani
6	DF	EGY	Mohamed Abdel Salam
7	DF	EGY	Hazem Emam (Vice-captain)
8	FW	EGY	Mohamed Antar
9	FW	EGY	Omar El Said
10	MF	EGY	Mahmoud Abdul-Razeq (Captain)
11	MF	EGY	Youssef Ibrahim
13	MF	TUN	Ferjani Sassi
14	FW	EGY	Mostafa Fathi
15	FW	EGY	Mostafa Mohamed
16	GK	EGY	Mahmoud Abdul-Rahim (4th captain)
17	MF	EGY	Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	EGY	Karim Bambo
19	DF	EGY	Mohamed Abdel Shafy (3rd captain)
20	FW	MAR	Achraf Bencharki
21	GK	EGY	Mohamed Awaad
22	DF	EGY	Abdallah Gomaa
23	FW	EGY	Islam Gaber
24	MF	EGY	Mohamed Hassan
25	MF	EGY	Ahmed Sayed
26	FW	EGY	Emam Ashour
27	FW	MAR	Mohamed Ounajem
28	DF	EGY	Mahmoud Hamdy
30	FW	COD	Kabongo Kasongo
34	DF	EGY	Ahmad Eid
99	GK	EGY	Muhammad Sobhy

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CIV	Razack Cisse (on loan to Al Ittihad)
—	FW	MAR	Hamid Ahaddad (on loan to Raja CA)
—	MF	NGA	Maarouf Youssef (on loan to Al Mokawloon Al Arab)
—	DF	EGY	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (on loan to Smouha)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	EGY	Ahmed Kabouria (on loan to Tala'ea El Gaish)
—	MF	EGY	Mohamed Ashraf (on loan to Enppi)
—	MF	EGY	Ahmed Refaat (on loan to Al Ittihad)

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MAR	Khalid Boutaïb

Youth Team and Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
36	DF	EGY	Hossam Abdul-Majeed
38	DF	EGY	Hatem Mohamed
50	MF	EGY	Mohamed Hossam El-Deen
40	MF	EGY	Saif Farouk
51	MF	EGY	Yassin Maray
37	FW	EGY	Osama Faisal
43	FW	EGY	Hossam Ashraf

Notable players

See also: List of Zamalek SC players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Hossam Abdel-Moneim Mohamed Abdel Monsef Mohamed Abdel Shafy Mohamed Abdel Wahed Ayman Abdelaziz Mehdat Abdelhadi Gamal Abdelhamid Tewfik Abdullah Mohamed Aboul Ela Abdel Halim Ali Mohammed Bakhati Taha Basry Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny

Hanafy Bastan Hazem Emam Yehia Emam Mahmoud Fathallah Abdulrahman Fawzi Farouk Gaafar Ayman Hefny Gamal Hamza Ahmed Halim Ibrahim Hussein Hegazi Ashraf Kasem Mohamed Latif Ahmed Hossam Mido

Tarek Mostafa Osama Nabih Samir Qotb Ismail Rafaat Ahmed Ramzy Ibrahim Said Hassan Shehata Shikabala Mostafa Taha Ayman Taher Hesham Yakan Tarek Yehia Ayman Younes

Ismail Youssef Amr Zaki Emmanuel Quarshie Junior Agogo Aldo Stella Soumaila Coulibaly Emmanuel Amuneke Rami Shaaban Yamen Ben Zekry Wisam El Abdy

Staff

Board of directors

Main article: List of Zamalek SC presidents

Position	Name
President	Mortada Mansour
Vice-president	Ahmed Galal Ibrahim
Treasurer	Ashraf Zaki
Board member	Ismail Youssef
Board member	Hani Zada
Board member	Alaa Meqled
Board member	Ahmad Mortada Mansour
Board member	Hamada Anwar
Board member	Ahmed Adel Abdel Fattah
Board member	Sharifh Al Far

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Current Technical Staff

See also: List of Zamalek SC managers

Patrice Carteron

Position	Name
Head Coach	Patrice Carteron
General Coach	Amir Abdul-Aziz
Assistant Coach	Ahmed Abdel-Raouf
Assistant Coach	Sameh Ismail
Goalkeeping Coach	Amr Abdul-Salam
Fitness Coach	Patrice Carteron
Sporting Director	Amir Mortada
Head of the administrative body	Ahmed Zaher
Administrator	Montaser El Sayed
Administrator	Ahmad Ibrahim
Administrator	Ibrahim Zarea

Medical staff

Position	Name
Team Doctor	Dr. Mohammed Osama
Team Assistant Doctor	Dr. Mohammed Eid
Physiotherapist Specialist	Dr. Amr El-Mattarawy
Physiotherapist Specialist	Dr. Ibrahim Anaba
Physiotherapist	Dr. Mostafa Abdo
Physiotherapist	Dr. Abdul-Aziz Hamdy

Other sports

Zamalek participates in many sports alongside football, including handball, athletics, volleyball and basketball. They have won many local, Arab and African tournaments, participated in world championships and achieved advanced positions.

Note

This Article is mainly for football

See also

• Zamalek SC (handball)
• Zamalek SC (volleyball)
• Zamalek SC (basketball)

External links

• Official website
• Zamalek TV channel on YouTube
• Zamalek SC on FIFA.com
• Zamalek SC on CAF
• Zamalek SC on Egyptian Football Association

Social media sites for Zamalek SC

●Zamalek SC on Facebook

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●Zamalek SC on YouTube

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