El Zamalek
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| Full name | Zamalek Sporting Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The White Knights, The White House |
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| Founded | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Cairo Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |
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| Capacity | 74,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Mamdouh Abass |
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| Manager |  Henri Michel |
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| League | Egyptian League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Egyptian League, 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zamalek Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك) is one of Egypt's best sports clubs. The club was established in 1911 and is currently based in Giza (a suburb of Cairo), Egypt. It promotes numerous different sports for all ages. The most famous part of Zamalek Sporting Club is the football team known as just Zamalek. It is a leading club side in Egyptian, Arabian and African football. The Club, alongside their arch rivals Al-Ahly, are the most crowned African Club teams with 5 Champions Cups (a joint record) , 3 African Super Cups (a joint record), 2 Afro-Asian Cups (a record), and 1 African Cup-Winners-Cup. Zamalek is also the first African-Asian club to be crowned as the team of the month according to the IFFHS for World Club Ranking (Feb, 2003). The team's trademark look is two horizontal red stripes on a white shirt.
The team has a fierce rivalry with its Cairo rival Al-Ahly. The team has a fierce rivalry with its Cairo rival Al-Ahly. Derby matches between the teams are so fierce that foreign referees are always asked to officiate them. The biggest result of these derbies was in 1944 when Zamalek defeated Al-Ahly 6-0 in the Egyptian Cup final [1][2][3][4][5] when the Egyptian football Federation punished Al-Ahly team with stopping their activity 11 months, because Al-Ahly traveled to play friendly in Palestine without getting a political permission, the punishment ended directly before the match. Al-Ahly took revenge defeating Zamalek 6-1 in the Egyptian League 2001/02.
The history of the club goes back to 1911 when it was founded by the Belgian gentleman Merzbach as a rival to the British founded club (Al-Ahly). It was administrated mostly, as was the case at this time in Egyptian football by foreign expatriates who didn't allow to many Egyptians to take part in the club.
The first football team in the club was formed in 1913.The team was average in skill, and took part in domestic competitions along with Al-Ahly, Al Seka AlHadid club, British army teams and school and college teams.
However at this time, an Egyptian player who had just returned from his studies in Cambridge, UK named Hussien Hegazy established his own squad, that was named "Hegazy's Eleven" and started to rally with the British Army teams at that time. One of the British teams was a team named "Stanley's Team", that was formed from by a British man named Stanley and was made up of a group of British soldiers who were stationed in Egypt. Both teams met twice, and in both matches, Hegazy's Eleven won. Excited by their symbolic resistance to the British, both Egyptian clubs Al-Ahly and Al-Zamalek sought to bring member's of "Hegazy's Eleven" to their squads. Hegazy joined Al-Ahly, while the rest of his team mates joined Al-Zamalek. In 1919, Hegazy joined Al-Zamalek and the team became the most powerful team in Egyptian soccer at that time. He later rejoined Al-Ahly in 1924.
In 1916, the idea of establishing a league in the sultanate of Egypt at that time, where Egyptian teams plays with teams from the allies' military clubs, including the British was getting more ripe. Al-Zamalek was the first and only Egyptian club to participate. Al-Ahly followed Zamalek's footsteps and took part the following year. Both Al-Zamalek and Al-Ahly also agreed on creating their own 2-game competition, the first was on 9 October 1917 which Al-Zamalek lost at home (0 - 1) and the second was on 2 March 1917 which Al-Zamalek won on Al-Ahly's turf (1 - 0).
A Belgian Lawyer and former judge in the "Mixed Courts" named Merzbach became the first President of the club under the name "The Diverse Club" or Mokhtalat".
Some say that this club go this name from the fact that the club was a mix where Europeans and Egyptians would meet. Some also say that the club was initially built for the Belgian community in face of the British existence as well as the Egyptian.
In 1930, the club's 60 member board met and decided to expel the foreign members of the club.
Al-Zamalek continued its glory days, winning many titles. The most impressive result was winning against Al-Ahly (6 -0) [6][7][8][9][10]. The club changed its name from Al-Mokhtalat to "Farouk". After the 1952 Revolution, the club's named was finally changed to "Al-Zamalek".[11]
It is widely believed that Zamalek is the club of choice of Egyptian free-thinkers, those who have a propensity for supporting the underdog, and Egypt's aristocratic class[12]. It is considered the 2nd most popular and supported club in Africa and the Middle East after their legendary arch-rivals Al-Ahly.
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[edit] Name Changes
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- Kasr El-Nil : (1911-1913)
- Al-Mokhtalat Club : (1913-1941)
- Farouk Club : (1941-1952)
- Nadi Al Zamalek : since 1952
[edit] Presidents
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- 1-Merzbach (Founder) : (Belgium) 1911-1915
- 2-Bianchi (Belgium) : 1915-1917
- 3-Dr.Mohamed Badr : 1917-1919
- 4-Mohamed Heidar : 1923-1952
- 5-Mahmoud Shawki : 1952-1955
- 6-Abdel Hamid El-Shawarbi : 1955-1955
- 2nd Term -Mahmoud Shawki : 1955-1956
- 7-Abdel Latif Abou Regaila : 1956-1961
- 8-Elwi El-Gazzar : 1961-1962
- 9-Hassan Amer : 1962-1967
- 10-Mohamed Hassan Helmi : 1967-1971
- 11-Tawfik El-Kheshin : 1971-1972
- 2nd Term -Mohamed Hassan Helmi : 1974-1980
- 3rd Term -Mohamed Hassan Helmi : 1980-1984
- 2nd Term -Hassan Amer : 1984-1988
- 12-Hassan Aboul Fotouh : 1988-1990
- 13-Nour El-Dali : 1990-1992
- 14-Galal Ibrahim : 1992-1996
- 15-Dr.Kamal Darwish : 1996-2001
- 2nd Term -Dr.Kamal Darwish : 2001-2005
- 16-Mortada Mansour : 2005-2005
- 17-Morsi Atallah : 2005-2006.
- 18-Mortada Mansour : 2006-2006.
- 19-Raouff Gasser : 2006-2006.
- 20-Mamdouh Abaas : current
[edit] Managers(Coaches)
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- 1982/83 :
- - Vasovicz (Yugoslavia)+ Mahmoud Saad .
- 1983/84 :
- - Mahmoud Abouregaila + Ahmed Rifaat.
- 1984/85 :
- - Mahmoud Abouregaila + Ahmed Rifaat.
- - Ahmed Rifaat .
- 1985/86 :
- - Ninkovicz (Yugoslavia) + Zaki Othman.
- - Zaki Othman .
- - Hassan Shehata .
- - Parker (England) + Mahmoud Saad .
- 1986/87 :
- - Parker (England) + Mahmoud Saad.
- - Essam Baheeg + Farouk Gaafar .
- 1987/88 :
- - Essam Baheeg + Mahmoud Saad.
- 1988/89 :
- - Zaki Othman + Farouk Gaafar.
- - Zaki Othman.
- - Hamada El-Sharkawi .
- 1989/90 :
- - Carlos (Brazil)
- 1990/91 :
- - Mahmoud Abouregaila .
- 1991/92 :
- - Dave Mackay (Scotland) + Farouk Gaafar.
- 1992/93 :
- - Dave Mackay (Scotland) + Farouk Gaafar.
- 1993/94 :
- - Dave Mackay (Scotland) + Farouk Gaafar.
- - Mahmoud El-Gohary + Mahmoud Saad.
- 1994/95 :
- - Reidl (Austria) + Mahmoud Saad.
- - Taha Basry + Hassan Shehata.
- - Hassan Shehata.
- 1995/96 :
- - Werner Olk (Germany) + Farouk Gaafar .
- - Ahmed Rifaat + Farouk Gaafar.
- 1996/97 :
- - Werner Olk (Germany) + Mahmoud Saad.
- - Werner Olk (Germany) + Mahmoud Abouregaila .
- - Werner Olk (Germany) + Mahmoud Saad .
- - Farouk El-Sayed + Ahmed Abdel Halim .
- 1997/98 :
- - Ruud Krul (Holland) + Farouk El-Sayed .
- 1998/99 :
- - Ruud Krul (Holland) + Farouk El-Sayed .
- - Ruud Krul (Holland) + Ismail Youssef .
- - Farouk Gaafar + Nabil Nosair .
- - Mahmoud Abouregaila + Ahmed Moustafa.
- 1999/2000 :
- - Mahmoud Abouregaila + Ibrahim Youssef .
- - Helmi Toulan + Ashraf Quasem / Ahmed Ramzy .
- - Otto Pfister (Germany) + Helmi Toulan / Ashraf Quasem / Ahmed Ramzy.
- 2000/2001 :
- - Otto Pfister (Germany) + Helmi Toulan / Ashraf Quasem / Ahmed Ramzy.
- 2001/2002 :
- - Otto Pfister (Germany) + Helmi Toulan / Ashraf Quasem / Ahmed Ramzy.
- - Otto Pfister (Germany) + Mahmoud Saad / Ahmed Ramzy / Essam Marei.
- 2002/2003 :
- - Carlos Roberto F. Cabral (Brazil) + Mahmoud Saad / Tarek Yehia / Ahmed Ramzy.
- - Carlos Roberto.F.Cabral (Brazil) + Ahmed Rifaat / Ahmed Ramzy.
- 2003/2004 :
- - Nelo Vingada (Portugal) + Mahmoud El-Khawaga / Ayman Mansour.
- 2004/2005 :
- - Dragoslav Stepanović (Germany) + Ibrahim Youssef / Gamal Abdullah / Hesham Yakan.
- - Carlos Roberto F. Cabral (Brazil) + Ibrahim Youssef / Ahmed Ramzy / Samir Mohamed Ali.
- 2005/2006 :
- - Theo Bucker(Germany) + Ahmed Rifaat / Gamal Abdel Hamid / Essam Marei / Khaled El-Ghandour / Emad El-Mandouh .
- - Farouk Gafaar + Gamal Abdel Hamid / Essam Marei / Khaled El-Ghandour / Emad El-Mandouh .
- - Manuel Cajuda(Portugal)/Ahmed Ramzy .
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- - Henry Michael(France)/Mahmoud Saad .
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Football Titles
Zamalek won a total of 57 Soccer Titles.
| Year | Championships |
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| 2004 | Egyptian League |
| 2003 | Egyptian League, CAF Super Cup, Arab Club Championship, Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup |
| 2002 | Egyptian Cup, Egyptian Super Cup, CAF Champion League |
| 2001 | Egyptian League, Egyptian Super Cup |
| 2000 | CAF Cup Winners Cup |
| 1999 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1997 | CAF Super Cup, Afro-Asian Cup |
| 1996 | CAF Champion League |
| 1994 | CAF Super Cup |
| 1993 | Egyptian League, CAF Champion League |
| 1992 | Egyptian League |
| 1988 | Egyptian League, Egyptian Cup, Afro-Asian Cup |
| 1986 | CAF Champion League |
| 1984 | Egyptian League, CAF Champion League |
| 1979 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1978 | Egyptian League |
| 1977 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1975 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1965 | Egyptian League |
| 1964 | Egyptian League |
| 1962 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1960 | Egyptian League, Egyptian Cup |
| 1959 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1958 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1957 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1955 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1953 | Cairo League |
| 1952 | Egyptian Cup, Cairo League |
| 1951 | Cairo League |
| 1949 | Cairo League |
| 1947 | Cairo League |
| 1946 | Cairo League |
| 1945 | Cairo League |
| 1944 | Egyptian Cup, Cairo League |
| 1943 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1941 | Egyptian Cup, Cairo League |
| 1940 | Cairo League |
| 1938 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1935 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1932 | Egyptian Cup |
| 1922 | Sultan Cup, Egyptian Cup |
| 1921 | Sultan Cup |
[edit] Famous players
Ahmed "Mido" Hossam One of the most popular Egyptian players over Egyptian Footballing history, he got a wide popularity and fan base from playing in the most powerful leagues in the world, he started his Career at Zamalek and went into many stages till he finally sattled at London's side Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Hazem Emam is also a famous Egyptian player who won the Pepsi challenge for best soccer skills all over the world. Beckham outshone by Egyptian
Emmanuel Amuneke One of the greatest African professionals that played in Egypt and was one of the most effective players in Zamalek team.
Rami Shaaban Sweden's No. 1.
Shikabala He is the youngest talented player who is playing now in the Greek team "PAOK", and fans are calling him "The Magician".
Gamal Abdul Hamid Egypt's captain in the 1990 worldcup, Italy.
[edit] See also
- [[ZamalekFans.com]]
- Al-Ahly
- Ismaily SC
- Local derby
- Egyptian Soccer League
- Egyptian Soccer Cup
- Egyptian Super Cup
- CAF Champions League
- CAF Super Cup
- Africa Winner's Cup
- CAF Cup
- Afro-Asian Club Competition
- Al-Ahly versus Al-Zamalek Derby
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