List of Zamalek SC records and statistics

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'Zamalek Football Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك لكرة القدم, lit.: Nadi El Zamalek'), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo. The club is the most titled African club in the 20th century, considered one of the continent's giants. Zamalek is the first Egyptian club to win a title, as it was the first Egyptian team to win the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921, the first team to win the Egypt Cup in 1922, and the first team to win the Cairo League in 1922–23. This article includes records and statistics related to Zamalek SC.

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Zamalek is one of the most successful clubs in the history of Egyptian football in terms of the number of local championships, as the club has won fourteen Egyptian League titles, twenty-nine titles in the Egypt Cup, four titles in the Egyptian Super Cup, fourteen titles in the Cairo League and two titles in the Sultan Hussein Cup, one title of the October League Cup, three titles of King Fouad Cup, one title of each of the Egyptian Friendship Cup and the Egyptian Confederation Cup.

At the African level, they had achieved fourteen African continental titles by winning the CAF Champions League five times, the CAF Confederation Cup twice, and the African Cup Winners' Cup once, five times in the CAF Super Cup, in addition to winning two titles of the Afro-Asian Club Championship. At the Arab level, Zamalek won the Arab Club Champions Cup once and the Egyptian-Saudi Super Cup twice. The Zamalek football team is the most victorious African team in the continental level in the 20th century, with 9 tournaments. The football team in Zamalek also won the title of the best club in the world according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in February 2003.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Zamalek and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first team competitions.

All stats are accurate as of 3 July 2025.

Honours

Worldwide / Intercontinental

Afro-Asian

Continental

African

Regional

UAFA

Domestic

League

Cup

Defunct

Friendly

All trophies are approved by Egyptian football Association website [2] and Zamalek SC Official Facebook page. [3]

Players

Appearances

Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed, Zamalek's all-time leader in appearances `bd lwHd lsyd.jpg
Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed, Zamalek's all-time leader in appearances
Shikabala, Zamalek's 2nd all-time appearance maker Shikabala (2021).jpg
Shikabala, Zamalek's 2nd all-time appearance maker
Mohamed Aboul Ela, Zamalek's 5th all-time appearance maker Mohamed Abo Elala.png
Mohamed Aboul Ela, Zamalek's 5th all-time appearance maker
Rank [4] NameYears League Cup Super Cup AfricanArabTotal
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed 1997–20143454048827504   (0)
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Shikabala 2002–2005
2006–2014
2016–2017
2019–2025
2704856910404   (70)
3 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Halim Ali 1999–20092192735832339   (138)
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek El-Sayed 1995–20082072325635323   (26)
5 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Aboul Ela 1999–20091442735131248   (11)
6 Flag of Egypt.svg Besheer El-Tabei 1997–2004
2007–2008
1462124222223   (11)
7 Flag of Egypt.svg Wael El-Quabbani 1999–2004
2005–2007
126313383231   (8)
8 Flag of Egypt.svg Gamal Hamza 2000–2009
2007–2008
1451713333229   (74)
9 Flag of Egypt.svg Hazem Emam (footballer, born 1988) 2008–2016
2017–2022
151180544227   (10)
10 Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud Fathalla 2008–2016
2007–2014
145120470204   (50)

Top-scorers

Hassan Shehata Hassan Shehata 1977.jpg
Hassan Shehata
Gamal Abdel-Hamid Gamal Abdel Hamid 1984.jpg
Gamal Abdel-Hamid
Ali Khalil Ali Khalil (Zamalek 1976).jpg
Ali Khalil
RankPlayerTime League Cup October League Cup Confederation AfricanAfro-AsianArabTotal
1 Abdel Halim Ali 1999-200980 (210)18 (27)0 (3)023 (58)023 (13)134 (330)
2 Hassan Shehata 1967-1969

1973-1983

771090600102
3 Gamal Abdel Hamid 1984-199473700161097
4 Ali Khalil 1970-198078121030094
5 Alaa El-Hamouly 1949-196268230000091
6 Ahmed Sayed 2019-202561 (164)8 (16)0014 (17)01 (3)86
7 Hamada Emam 1957-197474100000084
8 Gamal Hamza 2000-200946 (145)10 (17)0010 (33)08 (33)74 (229)
9 Tarek Yehia 1981-199251604100071
10 Shikabala 2002–2005
2006–2014
2016–2017
2019–2025
50 (276)10 (48)0010 (69)0070 (393)

Individual

Alaa El-Hamouly, Zamalek's all-time top scorer of the Egypt Cup Alaa El-Hamouly (Zamalek).jpg
Alaa El-Hamouly, Zamalek's all-time top scorer of the Egypt Cup
Ali Mohsen, League's top-scorer in 1960-61 season `ly mHsn lmrysy.jpg
Ali Mohsen, League's top-scorer in 1960–61 season

League

  • Ayman Younes scored the fastest goal in 1990 against Suez 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:

SeasonPlayerGoals
1960–61 Flag of Yemen.svg Ali Mohsen 16
1976–77 Flag of Egypt.svg Ali Khalil 17
Flag of Egypt.svg Hassan Shehata
1978–79 Flag of Egypt.svg Ali Khalil 12
1979–80 Flag of Egypt.svg Hassan Shehata 14
1987–88 Flag of Egypt.svg Gamal Abdel-Hamid 11
1997–98 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdul Hamid Bassiouny 15
2000–01 Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek El-Said 13
2001–02 Flag of Egypt.svg Hossam Hassan 18
2003–04 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Halim Ali 21
2010–11 Flag of Egypt.svg Shikabala 13
2021–22 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Sayed 19

Cup

  • Hussein Yasser scored the fastest goal in the cup against Al Ahly in 2010 after 46 seconds.
  • Alaa El-Hamouly is Zamalek's all-time top scorer in the cup.

Captaincy

Tewfik Abdullah, 3rd captain in the club's history Tewfik Abdullah.jpg
Tewfik Abdullah, 3rd captain in the club's history
Ahmed Salem, 8th captain in the club's history Ahmed Salem at 1924 Olympics in Paris, France.jpg
Ahmed Salem, 8th captain in the club's history
Yakan Hussein, longest serving captain in the club's history Yakan Hussein Zaki.jpg
Yakan Hussein, longest serving captain in the club's history

Team captains

Throughout its history, Zamalek has had 31 club captains. The following players have been official Zamalek captains.

No.Name
1 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ahmed Kadry
2 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Amin Gabriel
3 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Tewfik Abdullah
4 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Mohamed Gabr
5 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ibrahim Yakan
6 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Fouad Gamil
7 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Mokhtar Fawzi
8 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ahmed Salem
9 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Mohamed Latif
10 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Mostafa Taha
11 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ahmed Halim
12 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Yehia Emam
13 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Hanafy Bastan
14 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Nour El-Dali
15 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Yakan Hussein
16 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Hamada Emam
17 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Taha Basry
18 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Hassan Shehata
19 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Farouk Gaafar
20 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ibrahim Youssef
21 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Hisham Yakan
22 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ismail Youssef
23 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Hussein El Sayed
24 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Khaled El Ghandour
25 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Hazem Emam
26 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed
27 Flag of Egypt.svg Hazem Emam II
28 Flag of Egypt.svg Shikabala
29 Flag of Egypt.svg Hazem Emam II
30 Flag of Egypt.svg Shikabala
31 Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Gaber

Awards

Club awards

Best Club in the World

Zamalek SC was named the best club in the world by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) in February 2003. [11]

Best Club in Africa

Zamalek SC was named the best club in Africa in 2003 by the Confederation of African Football. [12] [13]

Players awards

Hassan Shehata Hassan Shehata 1977.jpg
Hassan Shehata
Hazem Emam Hazem Emam.png
Hazem Emam
EFA Egyptian Player of the Year
Al-Ahram Hebdo Egyptian Best footballer award

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

Al-Shabab & Al-Reyada Annual Awards

The following players won Al-Shabab & Al-Reyada Annual Awards while playing for Zamalek: [14]

African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)
African Legends
Top African Stars of the 20th Century
Best Arab Player

Team records

Matches

Season-by-season performance

League record by opponent

References

  1. 25 solo titles, two titles in conjunction with Ahly SC in 1943 and 1958
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