Zamalek Sporting Club is a professional association football club based in Giza, Egypt, that plays in Egyptian Premier League. The club was established in 1911 as Qasr El Nil Club and played its first competitive match 1912. Zamalek is the first Egyptian club to ever win a title, when they won the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921. It is one of two clubs that have played in every season of the Egyptian Premier League, and one of seven that have never been relegated to the Egyptian Second Division. Since then, the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organized competitions. The club has won 65 domestic trophies. At the international level, Zamalek is the most successful football club of the 20th century in Africa (gaining 9 titles versus 7 for their closest rival), with a total of 17 international titles. Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to ever qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.[1]
Abdel Wahed El Sayed holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 504 from 1997 to 2014, ahead of Abdel Halim Ali who made 339 appearances from 1999 to 2009. Abdel Halim Ali is Zamalek's all-time record goalscorer with 138 goals in 339 appearances. Hassan Shehata is the second-highest scorer with 102 goals ahead of Ali Khalil, who is third with 94 goals. Zamalek has employed numerous famous players, with players winning African Footballer of the Year, EFA Egyptian Footballer of the Year.[2][3]
The list includes notable footballers who have played for Zamalek. Generally, this means players that have played at least 50 official matches. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included if they are on Zamalek's list of Legendary Players.
From the beginning to the end of the eighties
editThe nineties
editName | Nationality | Position | Zamalek career | Captaincy | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mostafa Nigm | Palestine | Defender | 1990–1993 | ||||
Hussein Abd El-Latif | Egypt | Defender | 1990–1996 | 21 | 0 | ||
Essam Marei | Egypt | Midfielder | 1991–1998 | 26 | 3 | ||
Emmanuel Amuneke | Nigeria | Winger | 1991–1994 | 71 | 26 | ||
Mostafa Ibrahim | Egypt | ||||||
Sami El-Sheshini | Egypt | Defender | 1991–2001 | 38 | 2 | ||
Walid Moaz | Egypt | 1 | |||||
Ayman Mansour | Egypt | Forward | 1991–1997 | 54 | |||
Harouna Youssef | Ghana | ||||||
Yehia Nabil | Egypt | 9 | 1 | ||||
Ahmed Sary | Egypt | Forward | 1992–1993 | 8 | |||
Nader El-Sayed | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 1992–1998 | 27 | -18 | ||
Aki Akshendi | Nigeria | Forward | 1993–1994 | 4 | |||
Osmano Somano | Mali | Defender | 1993–1994 | ||||
Ashraf Youssef | Egypt | Defender | 1993–1995 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hazem Emam | Egypt | Midfielder | 1993–1996 2001–2008 |
2003–2008 | 124 | 27 | |
Joe Otchiri | Ghana | Forward | 1993–1995 | ||||
Ayman Shawky | Egypt | Forward | 1993–1994 | ||||
William Anganga | Kenya | 1994–1995 | |||||
Khaled El-Ghandour | Egypt | Midfielder | 1994–2003 | 1997–2003 | 53 | 2 | |
Mohamed Sabry | Egypt | Midfielder | 1994–2003 | 52 | 7 | ||
Islam Fathi | Egypt | Midfielder | 1994–1995 | ||||
Laod Oscar | Ghana | Forward | 1994–1995 | ||||
Medhat Abdel-Hady | Egypt | Defender | 1994–2000 2001–2006 |
20 | |||
Kamel Kaci-Saïd | Algeria | Midfielder | 1994–1996 | ||||
Ahmed El-Kass | Egypt | Forward | 1995–1997 | 25 | |||
Rami Shaaban | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1995 | 4 | 0 | ||
Tarek Mostafa | Egypt | Midfielder | 1995–1999 | 37 | 4 | ||
Moatamed Gamal | Egypt | Defender | 1995–1996 | 11 | 1 | ||
Sayed Hanafi | Egypt | Defender | 24 | 2 | |||
Ayman Abdelaziz | Egypt | Midfielder | 1995–2000 2008 |
75 | 8 | ||
Tarek El-Sayed | Egypt | Defender | 1995–2008 | 219 | 23 | ||
Moamen Suliman | Egypt | Midfielder | 1995–1998 | 8 | 0 | ||
Mohamed Abdel-Galil | Egypt | Forward | 1995–1997 | ||||
Tamer Begato | Egypt | Midfielder | 1996–1997 | ||||
Mohamed Kamouna | Egypt | Midfielder | 1996–2003 | 89 | 4 | ||
Moussa Touri | Burkina Faso | 1997–1998 | 6 | 1 | |||
Osama Nabih | Egypt | Forward | 1997–2002 | 68 | 25 | ||
Ahmed Abdullah | Egypt | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 36 | 14 | ||
Mohamed Ramadan | Egypt | Forward | 9 | 2 | |||
Akram Abdel-Majeed | Egypt | Forward | 1997–1999 | 15 | 4 | ||
Soumaila Coulibaly | Mali | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 42 | 6 | ||
Mohamed El-Sayed | Egypt | 22 | 0 | ||||
Mohamed El-Kot | Egypt | 43 | 1 | ||||
Ahmed Metwalli | Egypt | Defender | 1997–1998 | 11 | 1 | ||
Besheer El-Tabei | Egypt | Defender | 1997–2008 | 160 | 9 | ||
Ayman Mashaly | Egypt | 19 | 1 | ||||
Abdul Hamid Bassiouny | Egypt | Forward | 1997–2000 | 52 | 20 | ||
Abdelwahed El-Sayed | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 1998–2014 | 2008–2014 | 223 | -117 | |
Tarek El-Said | Egypt | Midfielder | 1998–2006 | 148 | 23 | ||
Hossam Abdelmoneim | Egypt | Defender | 1998–2004 | 86 | 11 | ||
Amr Fahim | Egypt | Defender | 1998–2001 | 36 | 1 | ||
Abd El-Latif El-Doumany | Egypt | Forward | 1998–2002 | 47 | 13 | ||
Haytham Farouk | Egypt | Defender | 31 | 2 | |||
Elvis Rubin | Nigeria | Midfielder | 1998–1999 | 12 | 3 | ||
Cristopher | Nigeria | Defender | 1998–1999 | 12 | 3 | ||
Andy Chiko | Nigeria | Forward | 1998–1999 | ||||
Abdel Halim Ali | Egypt | Forward | 1999–2009 | ?? | 134 | ||
Mohamed Aboul Ela | Egypt | Midfielder | 1999–2009 | 149 | 9 | ||
Ahmed Saleh | Egypt | Defender | 94 | 0 | |||
Mohamed Abdel Monsef | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 1999–2010 | 140 | -127 | ||
Wael El-Quabbani | Egypt | Defender | 1999–2007 | 126 | 11 | ||
Ahmed Moaz | Egypt | Defender | 20 | 0 | |||
Osama Ammar | Egypt | Defender | |||||
Basem Sayed Al-Regal | Egypt | Midfielder | |||||
Amir Zaki | Egypt | Forward | |||||
Khalid El-Sayed Taha | Egypt | Midfielder | |||||
Ahmed Hossam (Mido) | Egypt | Forward | 1999–2000 2009–2010 2011–2012 |
16 | 5 |
The Millennium period The first decade
editName | Nationality | Position | Zamalek career | Captaincy | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ibrahim Hassan | Egypt | Defender | 2000–2004 | 47 | 4 | ||
Hossam Hassan | Egypt | Forward | 2000–2004 | 61 | 38 | ||
Tamer Abdel Hamid | Egypt | Midfielder | 2000–2007 | 141 | 10 | ||
Walid Salah Abdel Latif | Egypt | Forward | 2000–2007 | 73 | 18 | ||
Al-Hassan Mohamed | Egypt | 2000–2002 | 9 | 0 | |||
Gamal Hamza | Egypt | Midfielder | 2000–2009 | 74 | |||
Wael Zenga | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2000–2008 | ||||
Felix Aboagye | Ghana | Forward | 2001–2002 | 20 | 5 | ||
Ramadan Ragab | Egypt | Forward | |||||
Mahmoud Mahmoud | Egypt | Defender | 2001–2007 | 54 | 2 | ||
Reda Seka | Egypt | Defender | 2001–2003 | 4 | 0 | ||
Mohamed Abdel Wahed | Egypt | Defender | 2001–2005 | 75 | 10 | ||
Freddie Mwila Jr. | Zambia | Midfielder | 2001–2002 | ||||
Ahmed Samir | Egypt | Defender | 2001–2004 2010–2014 |
27 | 1 | ||
Shikabala | Egypt | Winger | 2002–2005 2007–2014 |
181 | 45 | ||
Mohamed Sedik | Egypt | Defender | 2002–2006 | 66 | 3 | ||
Ahmed Omran | Egypt | Forward | 7 | 0 | |||
Hany El-Agazy | Egypt | Forward | 2002–2007 | 7 | 0 | ||
Osama Othman | Egypt | Forward | |||||
Walid Anwar | Egypt | Forward | |||||
Amer Sabry | Egypt | Midfielder | 2002–2005 | 0 | |||
Atoat Abd El-Halim | Egypt | Goalkeeper | -2 | ||||
Amir Azmy | Egypt | Defender | 2002–2005 | 12 | 0 | ||
Islam El-Shater | Egypt | Defender | 2003–2004 | 1 | |||
Hossam Abd El-Aal | Egypt | Midfielder | |||||
Moataz Eno | Egypt | Midfielder | 2002–2007 | 60 | 5 | ||
Sameh Youssef | Egypt | Forward | 2003–2006 | 43 | 5 | ||
Hossam Osama | Egypt | Forward | 11 | 2 | |||
Mohamed Mahmoud Khafaga | Egypt | Forward | |||||
Ibrahim Said | Egypt | Defender | 2004–2006 | 27 | 4 | ||
Ahmed El-Bakry | Egypt | Defender | 2004–2006 | 25 | 1 | ||
Salih Sadir | Iraq | Midfielder | 2004–2005 | 11 | 0 | ||
Ahmed Ghanem Soltan | Egypt | Defender | 2004–2011 | 94 | 0 | ||
Marc Mboua | Cameroon | Forward | 2004–2005 | 6 | 0 | ||
Ernest Papa Arko | Ghana | Forward | 2004 | 5 | 1 | ||
Hossam Zainhom | Egypt | Defender | 7 | 0 | |||
Walid Qandiel | Egypt | Defender | |||||
Ahmed Zaher | Egypt | Defender | |||||
Ahmed Hossam | Egypt | Defender | 2005–2008 | 20 | 0 | ||
Sunny Ekeh Kingsley | Nigeria | Forward | 2005–2006 | 4 | 0 | ||
Farag Shalaby | Egypt | Defender | 2005–2006 | 4 | 0 | ||
Tamer Abd El-Wahhab | Egypt | Defender | 2005–2007 | 34 | 0 | ||
Adel Fathi | Egypt | Defender | 2005–2006 | 2 | 0 | ||
Yossef Hamdy | Egypt | Midfielder | 2005–2007 | 33 | 4 | ||
Alaa Abdel-Ghany | Egypt | Midfielder | 2005–2008 | 45 | 3 | ||
Mostafa Gaafar | Egypt | Forward | 2005–2009 | 59 | 15 | ||
Edson Sousa | Portugal | Forward | 2005–2006 | 3 | 1 | ||
Awulley Junior Quaye | Ghana | Forward | 2005–2007 | 28 | 6 | ||
Ahmed Mohsen | Egypt | Defender | 2005–2006 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tarik El Jarmouni | Morocco | goal keeper | 2006–2006 | ||||
Jean-Jacques Tizié | Côte d'Ivoire | goal keeper | 2006–2007 | ||||
Yamen Ben Zekry | Tunisia | Defender | 2006–2007 | 15 | 0 | ||
Amr El-Safty | Egypt | Defender | 2006–2011 | 94 | 1 | ||
Magdy Atwa | Egypt | Midfielder | 2006–2007 | 30 | 4 | ||
Amr Zaki | Egypt | Forward | 2006–2012 | 41 | |||
Ahmed Abdel-Raouf | Egypt | Midfielder | 2006–2010 | 68 | 1 | ||
Wisam El Abdy | Tunisia | Defender | 2006–2008 | 17 | 1 | ||
Emad El-Sayed | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2007–2010 | ||||
Mahmoud Fathalla | Egypt | Defender | 2007–2014 | 111 | 18 | ||
Khaled Saad | Jordan | Defender | 2007–2008 | 6 | 0 | ||
Karim Zekri | Egypt | Defender | 2007–2009 | 15 | 0 | ||
Osama Hassan | Egypt | Defender | 2006–2009 | 30 | 4 | ||
Mohamed Ibrahim | Egypt | Defender | 2007–2009 | 16 | 1 | ||
Ahmed Magdy | Egypt | Defender | 2007–2010 | 73 | 5 | ||
Sherif Ashraf | Egypt | Forward | 2007–2010 | 52 | 14 | ||
Mohamed Abdullah | Egypt | Defender | 2007–2009 2010 |
30 | 0 | ||
Alaa Ali | Egypt | Midfielder | 2007–2013 | 41 | 3 | ||
Ahmed Ibrahim Zakaria | Egypt | Defender | 2007–2009 | 3 | 0 | ||
Hany Said I | Egypt | Defender | 2008–2011 | 61 | 4 | ||
Ricardo Alves Fernandes | Brazil | Defender | 2008–2009 | 6 | 1 | ||
Amr Adel | Egypt | Defender | 2008–2010 | 15 | 0 | ||
Mahmoud Samir | Egypt | Midfielder | 2008–2009 | 9 | 1 | ||
Alaa Kamal | Egypt | Midfielder | 2008–2009 | 7 | 1 | ||
Junior Agogo | Ghana | Forward | 2008–2009 | 11 | 3 | ||
Hossam Arafat | Egypt | Midfielder | 2008–2012 | 19 | 1 | ||
Hazem Emam II | Egypt | Defender | 2008– | 2014– | 48 | 2 | |
Ahmed El Merghany | Egypt | Midfielder | 2008–2013 | 24 | 1 | ||
Mohamed El-Morsy | Egypt | Forward | 2008 | 10 | 0 | ||
Eugène Koffi Kouamé | Côte d'Ivoire | Forward | 2008–2009 | 3 | 0 | ||
Sabri Raheel | Egypt | Defender | 2009–2013 | 32 | 1 | ||
Ibrahim Salah | Egypt | Midfielder | 2008–2013 2014– |
53 | f | ||
Mohamed Abdel-Shafy | Egypt | Defender | 2009–2015 | ?? | 10 | ||
Sayed Mosaad | Egypt | Forward | 2009–2010 | 3 | 1 | ||
Rémi Adiko | Côte d'Ivoire | Midfielder | 2009–2010 | 11 | 1 | ||
Abdul Rahim Ayew | Ghana | Defender | 2009–2010 | 10 | 1 | ||
Hassan Mostafa | Egypt | Midfielder | 2009–2011 | 42 | 3 | ||
Ahmed Gaafar | Egypt | Forward | 2009–2014 2015- |
?? | 44 | ||
Ahmed Fathi (Bogy) | Egypt | Forward | 2009–2010 | 2 | 0 | ||
Mohamed Ibrahim II | Egypt | Midfielder | 2009–2014 2015- |
21 | 2 | ||
Omar Gaber | Egypt | Winger | 2009–2016 | 12 | |||
Mohamed Refaie | Egypt | Midfielder | 2009–2011 | 1 | 0 |
The Millennium period The second decade
editName | Nationality | Position | Zamalek career | Captaincy | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hussein Yasser | Qatar | Midfielder | 2010–2011 | 37 | 7 | ||
Essam El-Hadary | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2010 | 4 | -7 | ||
Mostafa Abdel Satar | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2010–2013 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mahmoud Abdel Rahim | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2011– | ||||
Mohamed Younis | Egypt | Defender | 2010–2011 | 3 | 0 | ||
Ahmed Kattawi | Egypt | Midfielder | 2010– | ||||
Ahmed Tawfik | Egypt | Midfielder | 2010– | 4 | |||
Wajih Abdel-Azim | Egypt | Midfielder | 2010–2011 | 8 | 1 | ||
Ashour El-Adham | Egypt | Midfielder | 2010–2011 | 22 | 1 | ||
Abou Kone | Côte d'Ivoire | Forward | 2010–2011 | 17 | 1 | ||
Emad Mohammed | Iraq | Forward | 2010 | 2 | 0 | ||
Mohamed Amine Aoudia | Algeria | Forward | 2011 | 7 | 1 | ||
Hassan Youssef | Egypt | Forward | 2010–2011 | 2 | 0 | ||
Mahmoud El-Badry | Egypt | Defender | 2010–2013 | ||||
Karim Alhassan | Ghana | Defender | 2011–2012 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hany Said II | Egypt | Defender | 2011–2014 | ||||
Salah Soliman | Egypt | Defender | 2011–2014 | 1 | |||
Ahmed Hassan | Egypt | Midfielder | 2011–2013 | 15 | |||
Said Mohamed Otta | Egypt | Forward | 2011–2014 | ||||
Hussein Hamdy | Egypt | Forward | 2011–2012 | 4 | 2 | ||
Razak Omotoyossi | Benin | Forward | 2011–2012 | 6 | |||
Nour El Sayed | Egypt | Midfielder | 2012–2014 | 1 | |||
Islam Awad | Egypt | Winger | 2012–2014 | 0 | |||
Alexis Enam | Cameroon | Midfielder | 2012–2013 | ||||
Abdoulaye Cisse | Burkina Faso | Forward | 2012–2013 2014–2016 |
?? | 12 | ||
Ahmed El-Shenawy | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2012–2013 2014– |
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Hamada Tolba | Egypt | Defender | 2012–2014 | 1 | |||
Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek | Egypt | Midfielder | 2013–2014 | 12 | |||
Youssef Hassan | Egypt | Midfielder | 2013 | ||||
Ali Fareed | Egypt | Forward | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mohamed El-Aqabawy | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ahmed Fawzi | Egypt | Defender | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mohamed Abou Gabal | Egypt | Goalkeeper | 2013–2016 | ||||
Moamen Zakaria | Egypt | Midfielder | 2013–2014 | 12 | |||
Arafa El-Sayed | Egypt | Forward | 2013–2014 | 0 | |||
Ahmed Ali Kamel | Egypt | Forward | 2013– | 18 | |||
Mostafa Fathi | Egypt | Midfielder | 2013– | 7 | |||
Omar Gamal | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dominique Da Silva | Mauritania | Forward | 2014 | 6 | 3 | ||
Ahmed Samir Farag | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014 | 4 | 1 | ||
Abd El-Rahman Salah | Egypt | Defender | 2014– | ||||
Omar Youssef | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014– | ||||
Reda El-Azab | Egypt | Defender | 2014– | ||||
Islam Gamal | Egypt | Defender | 2014– | ||||
Ahmed Duiedar | Egypt | Defender | 2014– | ||||
Mohamed Koffi | Burkina Faso | Midfielder | 2014– | 1 | |||
Khaled Kamar | Egypt | Forward | 2014– | 6 | |||
Ayman Hefny | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014– | 5 | |||
Maarouf Youssef | Burkina Faso | Midfielder | 2014– | ||||
Basem Morsi | Egypt | Forward | 2014– | 14 | |||
Tarek Hamed | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014– | 1 | |||
Mohamed Shaaban | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014– | ||||
Saleh Moussa | Egypt | Defender | 2014– | ||||
Ali Gabr | Egypt | Defender | 2014– | 2 | |||
Mohamed Abd El-Razek | Egypt | Defender | 2014– | ||||
Yasser Ibrahim | Egypt | Defender | 2014- | ||||
Mahmoud Khaled | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014- | ||||
Youssef Obama | Egypt | Forward | 2014- | ||||
Ahmed Samir II | Egypt | Midfielder | 2014– | 1 | |||
Sherif Alaa | Egypt | Defender | 2015- | ||||
Mohamed Adel Gomaa | Egypt | Defender | 2015-2016 | ||||
Mohamed Salem | Egypt | Forward | 2015- | ||||
Ahmed Hassan Mekky | Egypt | Forward | 2015-2016 | ||||
Mahmoud Kahraba | Egypt | Forward | 2015- | ||||
Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq | Egypt | Midfielder | 2015- | ||||
Ahmed Hamoudi | Egypt | Midfielder | 2015-2016 | Loan | |||
Ramzi Khaled | Egypt | Defender | 2015- | ||||
Emmanuel Mayuka | Zambia | Forward | 2015- | ||||
Ali Fathy | Egypt | Defender | 2016- | ||||
Salah Atef | Egypt | Midfielder | 2016- | ||||
Osama Ibrahim | Egypt | Defender | 2016- | ||||
Mahmoud Abdel-Aati | Egypt | Midfielder | 2016- | ||||
Mohamed Nasef | Egypt | Midfielder | 2016- | ||||
Shawky El Said | Egypt | Midfielder | 2016- | ||||
Hosny Fathy | Egypt | Defender | 2016- | ||||
Mouhammad Majdy | Egypt | Defender | 2016- | ||||
Stanley Ohawuchi | Nigeria | Forward | 2016- | ||||
Ahmed Refaat | Egypt | Defender | 2016- | ||||
Mahmoud Hamdy | Egypt | Defender | 2016- |
Currently playing for Zamalek
Team captains
editThroughout its history, Zamalek has had 31 club captains. The following players have been official Zamalek captains.
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Ahmed Kadry |
2 | Amin Gabriel |
3 | Tewfik Abdullah |
4 | Mohamed Gabr |
5 | Ibrahim Yakan |
6 | Fouad Gamil |
7 | Mokhtar Fawzi |
8 | Ali Riadh |
9 | Ahmed Halim |
10 | Ahmed Salem |
11 | Mohamed Latif |
12 | Mostafa Taha |
13 | Omar Shendi |
14 | Yehia Emam |
15 | Hanafy Bastan |
16 | Nour El-Dali |
17 | Sharif El-Far |
18 | Yakan Hussein |
19 | Ahmed Rifaat |
20 | Taha Basry |
21 | Farouk Gaafar |
22 | Ibrahim Youssef |
23 | Hisham Yakan |
24 | Ismail Youssef |
25 | Hussein El Sayed |
26 | Khaled El Ghandour |
27 | Hazem Emam |
28 | Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed |
29 | Hazem Emam II |
30 | Shikabala |
31 | Hazem Emam II |
32 | Shikabala |
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