This article is about the men's football team. For the
Handball team, see Zamalek SC Handball. For the basketball team, see Zamalek SC Basketball. For the volleyball team, see Zamalek SC Volleyball. For the tennis team, see Zamalek SC Table Tennis.
Football club
Zamalek SC
Full name
Zamalek Sporting Club
Nickname(s)
Madraset El fan W El Handasa (School of art and engineering)[1]
El Nady El Malaky (The Royal Club)[2]
El Fares El Abyad (The White Knight)
El Qalaa El Baida (The White Castle)[3][4]
Short name
ZSC-ZAM
Founded
12 March 1911; 113 years ago (1911-03-12)
Ground
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity
75,000
Chairman
Hussein Labib
Head Coach
José Gomes
League
Egyptian Premier League
2022–23
Egyptian Premier League, 3rd
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season
Active departments of Zamalek SC
Football
Volleyball
Volleyball
Handball
Handball
Basketball
Basketball
Table Tennis
Table tennis
Athletics
Karate
Swimming
Croquet
Judo
Field hockey
Water polo
Gymnastics
Tennis
Zamalek Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Al Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system.[5][6] The club is renowned for its consistent success at both domestic and continental levels.[7][8]
Founded on 5 January 1911 as Qasr El Nile Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit with two red lines since its inception. The club's name was changed two years later to Cairo International Sports Club (Zamalek),[9] colloquially El Qāhirah El Mokhtalat Club or El Mokhtalat Club. In 1941, The club was granted the honorific title after Farouk I and became officially known as Farouk El Awal Club (transl. Farouk I Club), however, since the 1910s, Zamalek was the club's unofficial name and it became official after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution.[10]
Domestically, Zamalek established itself as one of the two major forces in Egyptian football during the 1920s, as it became the second Egyptian team to win titles. Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to win Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921 and 1922, and the first team to win the Egypt Cup in 1922;[11] and the first team to win the Cairo League in 1922–23.[12] 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.
At the international level, Zamalek is the most successful club of the 20th century in Africa (gaining 9 titles versus 7 for its closest rival) and it has won five CAF Champions League titles, one CAF Confederation Cup title, four CAF Super Cup titles and one African Cup Winners' Cup title. It is also the first Egyptian team ever to win the CAF Super Cup in 1994. Zamalek is also considered the Club of the Afro-Asian Century, Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to participate in and win the Afro-Asian Cup in 1987; and holds the record for most participations (1987, 1994, and 1997) and most titles after winning it a second time in 1997. Zamalek is also the first Egyptian team to ever qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup when they qualified in 2000 to the 2001 championship, despite the cancellation of the championship later on.[13] Zamalek is regularly contending in CAF tournaments and is one of the most successful clubs in Africa.[7]
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