2012–13 Zamalek SC season

The 2012–2013 season was Zamalek Sporting Club's 102nd season of football and 57th consecutive season in the Egyptian Premier League. The club also played in the CAF Champions League.

Zamalek
2012–13 season
ChairmanMamdouh Abbas
ManagerBrazil Jorvan Vieira
Egyptian Premier LeagueNot completed
Egypt CupWinner[nb 1]
2013 CAF Champions LeagueEliminated (Round 8)

Team kit

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The 2012-2013 home kit was the classic Zamalek home kit, which featured golden trims and two parallel horizontal red lines. The away kit was all pink with grey trims, and grey shorts.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goalkeeper 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goalkeeper 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goalkeeper 3

Squad

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As of 14 May 2015.

Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad.
The Squad Has 25 Players Registered as Professionals and 5 Players Registered (-U23) and 2 Players of the Youth academy

No. Nationality Name Age
Goalkeepers
16   Abdelwahed El-Sayed (captain) 35
1   Ahmed El-Shenawy 21
21   Gennesh 25
Defenders
2   Salah Soliman 22
4   Ahmed Samir 31
7   Hazem Emam 25
34   Omar Gaber 20
6   Sabry Raheel 25
13   Mohamed Abdel-Shafy 27
26   Hamada Tolba 31
14   Ahmed Magdy 26
20   Mahmoud Fathallah 30
28   Ahmed El Sayed
Midfielders
3   Alexis Enam 25
5   Ibrahim Salah 25
11   Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek 24
15   Nour El Sayed 28
17   Ahmed Hassan 30
18   Islam Awad 25
24   Said Mohamed Otta 20
33   Mohamed Ibrahim 20
35   Mahmoud El-Badry 20–21
36   Youssif Hassan 20
38   Ahmed Tawfik 21
Forwards
9   Ahmed Gaafar 26
19   Abdoulaye Cissé 28
23   Razak Omotoyossi 27

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   EGY Shikabala (at Al Wasl FC until the end of season 2012–13)
36 MF   EGY Hossam Arafat (at Petrojet until the end of season 2012–13)
8 DF   EGY Hani Saied (at ِAl Dhofar until the end of season 2012–13)
12 MF   EGY Ahmed El Merghany (at Al Tadamun until the end of season 2012–13)
30 MF   EGY Ahmed Kattawi (at Tala'ea El-Gaish until the end of season 2012–13)
22 MF   EGY Alaa Ali (at Telephonat Bani Sweif until the end of season 2012–13)

Friendlies

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Pre-season friendlies

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16 May 2012 Zamalek 1–1 Ismaily Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
22:00 UTC+3 Ahmed Samir   86' Gamal   17'

Match World Cup 2013

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16 January 2013 Shakhtar Donetsk   3–2   Zamalek Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00 UTC+4 Eduardo da Silva   9'
Darijo Srna   43'
Henrikh Mkhitaryan   89'
Report Ahmed Hassan   17'
Mohamed Ibrahim   21'
Attendance: 550[1]
Referee: Ali Hasan Kareem (UAE)
19 January 2013 Zenit St. Petersburg   0–1   Zamalek Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00 UTC+4 Report Ahmed Samir   34' Attendance: 100[2]
Referee: Hamed Ali Youssef (UAE)

Mid-season friendlies

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24 May 2013 (2013-05-24) Khaitan   0–6   Zamalek Khaitan Stadium, Kuwait
Gaafar   19', 45', 50'
Awad   25'
Youssif   70', 86'
Note: Hamed Al Shaibani retired match.

Egyptian Premier League

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Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zamalek (Q) 15 13 0 2 26 11 +15 39 Qualification for Championship Playoff
2 Ismaily (Q) 16 9 3 4 20 11 +9 30
3 Ittihad El Shorta 15 6 4 5 21 15 +6 22
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2013. Source: Egyptian League Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWWBWWLWWLWWBW
Position111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2013. Source: fifa.com
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 13 0 2 26 11  +15 39 5 0 1 9 3  +6 8 0 1 17 8  +9

Last updated: 22 Mar 2013.
Source: 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League

Matches

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2 February 2013 1 Zamalek 2–0 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary 30 June Stadium, Cairo
19:30 UTC+2 Gaber   74'
Gaafar   78'
Attendance: 0
9 February 2013 2 Ittihad El Shorta 2–3 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+2 Mohamed Maged   23'
Khaled Qamar   43'
Abdel-Shafy   17'
Mohamed Ibrahim   45'
Gaafar   89'
Attendance: 0
13 February 2013 3 Zamalek 1–0 El Dakhleya 30 June Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+2 Emam   76' Attendance: 0
21 February 2013 4 Petrojet 0–3 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
15:15 UTC+2 Cissé   45'
Gaafar   72'
Abdel Malek   83'
Attendance: 0
25 February 2013 5 Zamalek 2–1 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Samir   62'
Abdel-Shafy   70'
Mohamed Farok   41' Attendance: 0
8 March 2013 6 El Entag El Harby 1–3 Zamalek Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Kareem Qarda   52' Samir   11'
Nour El Sayed   49'
Gaber   90+2'
Attendance: 0
19 March 2013 9 Tala'ea El Gaish 1–2 Zamalek Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Gomaa Mashour   90+2' Ahmed Hassan   16'
Mohamed Ibrahim   64'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ahmad Sabahi
29 March 2013 8 Zamalek 2–0 Ismaily 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Gaafar   63'
Mohamed Ibrahim   65'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gehad Grisha
13 April 2013 10 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary v Zamalek Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
15:30 UTC+2 Attendance: 0
Note: Postponed due to the military stadiums crisis.
24 April 2013 11 Zamalek 1–0 Ittihad El Shorta 30 June Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Mohamed Ibrahim   64' Attendance: 0
28 April 2013 12 El Dakhleya 1–2 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
15:30 UTC+2 Ahmed Samir   61' Ahmed Hassan   32'
Cissé   88'
Attendance: 0
9 May 2013 13 Zamalek 1–2 Petrojet 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Cissé   38' Koffi   31'
Ragab   87'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samir Othman
13 May 2013 14 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–1 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
17:45 UTC+2 Cissé   79' Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohamed Farouk
17 May 2013 15 Zamalek 1–0 El Entag El Harby 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Abdel Malek   85' (pen.) Attendance: 0
23 June 2013 17 Ismaily 1–2 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Khairy   27' Mohamed Ibrahim   33' (pen.)
Ahmed Hassan   59'
Attendance: 0

Note: The rest of the tournament was Cancelled due to 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.

Egypt Cup

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21 May 2013 Round of 32 Zamalek 3–0 Tersana 30 June Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Mendomo   11'
Abdel Malek   21'
Magdy   45' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohamed Basiony
27 June 2013 Round of 16 Zamalek v Tanta
UTC+2 Attendance: 0

Note: The rest of the tournament was held during the following season due to 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.

CAF Champions League

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Preliminary round

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17 February 2013 First leg Zamalek   7–0   Gazelle Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+2 Gaafar   15', 45+3'
Ibrahim   28', 83'
Cissé   76', 88'
Hassan   81'
Report Attendance: 4000
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)

Zamalek won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

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15 March 2013 Zamalek   1–0   AS Vita Club Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Gaafar   67' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Gervais Munyanziza (Rwanda)
6 April 2013 AS Vita Club   0–0
(0–1 agg.)
  Zamalek Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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5 May 2013 Saint George   2–2
(3 – 3a agg.)
  Zamalek Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Bekele   14'
Isinde   43'
Cissé   2', 87' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Note: 3–3 on aggregate, Zamalek won on away goals.

Zamalek advanced to the group stage.

Notes

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  1. ^ The tournament from 2nd round was continued with following season squad.

References

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