List of Zamalek SC records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Zamalek SC seasons.

Zamalek SC colors

'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.

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-eight 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 27 September 2024.

Honours

See also: List of Zamalek SC Honours

Worldwide / Intercontinental

Afro-Asian

• Afro-Asian Cup
  • Winners (2): 1987, 1997 (record)
  • Runners-up (1): 1994

Continental

African

• CAF Champions League
  • Winners (5): 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002
  • Runners-up (3): 1994, 2016, 2020
• African Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners (1): 2000
• CAF Confederation Cup
  • Winners (2): 2019, 2024
• CAF Super Cup
  • Winners (5): 1994, 1997, 2003, 2020, 2024
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

Regional

UAFA

• Arab Champions Cup
  • Winners (1): 2003
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup (League Winners)
  • Winners (2): 2003, 2018 (record)

Domestic

League

• Egyptian Premier League
  • Winners (14): 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2014–15, 2020–21, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (34): 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Cairo League
  • Winners (14): 1922–23, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53
  • Runners-up (6): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1957–58

Cup

• Egypt Cup^[1]
  • Winners (28): 1921–22, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (14): 1927–28, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1941–42, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1991–92, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2022–23
• Egyptian Super Cup
  • Winners (4): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2016–17, 2019–20
  • Runners-up (5): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Sultan Hussein Cup
  • Winners (2): 1920–21, 1921–22
  • Runners-up (3): 1923–24, 1929–30, 1936–37
• King's Cup
  • Winners (3): 1924–25, 1933–34, 1940–41 (record)
• Egyptian Friendship Cup
  • Winners (1): 1986 (record)
• October League Cup
  • Winners (1): 1973–74 (record)
• Egypt Confederation Cup (association football)
  • Winners (1): 1995

Defunct

• Bolanchi Challenge Cup
  • Winners (1): 1913
• Egyptian Television Cup (Association Football)
  • Winners (4): 1971, 1982, 1984, 1996

Friendly

• Official Love Tournament
  • Winners (1): 1999
• Egyptian-Algerian friendship Cup (organized by Zamalek)
  • Winners (1): 2014
• Dubai Challenge Cup
  • Winners (1): 2024
• Independence Cup (Friendship Cup)
  • Winners (2): 1987, 1988
• Alexandria Summer League
  • Winners (3): 1982, 1984, 2004
• Giza League
  • Winners (1): 1963–64
• Jordan International Cup (Egyptian-Jordanian Cup)
  • Winners (2): 1986, 1987
• Friendship International Cup
  • Winners (2): 1970, 1988

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

Players

See also: List of Zamalek SC players

Appearances

Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed, Zamalek's all-time leader in appearances

Shikabala, Zamalek's 2nd all-time appearance maker

Mohamed Aboul Ela, Zamalek's 5th all-time appearance maker

Rank[4]	Name	Years	League	Cup	Super Cup	African	Arab	Total
1	Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed	1997–2014	345	40	4	88	27	504   (0)
2	Shikabala	2003–	270	48	5	69	10	393   (70)
3	Abdel Halim Ali	1999–2009	219	27	3	58	32	339   (138)
4	Tarek El-Sayed	1995–2008	207	23	2	56	35	323   (26)
5	Mohamed Aboul Ela	1999–2009	144	27	3	51	31	248   (11)
6	Besheer El-Tabei	1997–2004 2007–2008	146	21	2	42	22	223   (11)
7	Wael El-Quabbani	1999–2004 2005–2007	126	31	3	38	3	231   (8)
8	Gamal Hamza	2000–2009 2007–2008	145	17	1	33	33	229   (74)
9	Hazem Emam (footballer, born 1988)	2008–2016 2017–2022	151	18	0	54	4	227   (10)
10	Mahmoud Fathalla	2008–2016 2007–2014	145	12	0	47	0	204   (50)

Top-scorers

Gamal Abdel-Hamid

Ali Khalil

Rank	Player	Time	League	Cup	October League Cup	Confederation	African	Afro-Asian	Arab	Total
1	Abdel Halim Ali	1999-2009	80 (210)	18 (27)	0 (3)	0	23 (58)	0	23 (13)	134 (330)
2	Hassan Shehata	1967-1969 1973-1983	77	10	9	0	6	0	0	102
3	Gamal Abdel Hamid	1984-1994	73	7	0	0	16	1	0	97
4	Ali Khalil	1970-1980	78	12	1	0	3	0	0	94
5	Alaa El-Hamouly	1949-1962	68	23	0	0	0	0	0	91
6	Ahmed Sayed	2019-2025	61 (164)	8 (16)	0	0	14 (17)	0	1 (3)	86
7	Hamada Emam	1957-1974	74	10	0	0	0	0	0	84
8	Gamal Hamza	2000-2009	46 (145)	10 (17)	0	0	10 (33)	0	8 (33)	74 (229)
9	Tarek Yehia	1981-1992	51	6	0	4	10	0	0	71
10	Shikabala	2003-	50 (276)	10 (48)	0	0	10 (69)	0	0	70 (393)

• Most goals scored in all competitions: 138 – Abdel Halim Ali^[5]
• Most goals scored in the Egyptian Premier League: 81 – Abdel Halim Ali^[6]
• Most goals scored in October League Cup: 9 - Hassan Shehata^[7]
• Most goals scored in the Egypt Cup: 23 – Alaa El-Hamouly^[8]
• Most goals scored in all African competitions: 23 – Abdel Halim Ali^[9]
• Most goals scored in all Arabian competitions: 13 – Abdel Halim Ali^[10]

Team captains

Tewfik Abdullah, 3rd captain in the history of the team

Ahmed Salem, 8th captain in the history of the team

Yakan Hussein, longest serving captain of the team

Throughout its history, Zamalek has had 30 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	Ahmed Salem
9	Mohamed Latif
10	Mostafa Taha
11	Ahmed Halim
12	Yehia Emam
13	Hanafy Bastan
14	Nour El-Dali
15	Yakan Hussein
16	Hamada Emam
17	Taha Basry
18	Hassan Shehata
19	Farouk Gaafar
20	Ibrahim Youssef
21	Hisham Yakan
22	Ismail Youssef
23	Hussein El Sayed
24	Khaled El Ghandour
25	Hazem Emam
26	Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed
27	Hazem Emam II
28	Shikabala
29	Hazem Emam II
30	Shikabala

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

Hazem Emam

EFA Egyptian Player of the Year

• Hassan Shehata – 1976
• Ibrahim Youssef – 1984
• Tarek El-Said – 2001
• Hazem Emam – 2003
• Shikabala – 2011

Al-Ahram Hebdo Egyptian Best footballer award

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

• Ahmed El-Kass – 1994
• Ismail Youssef – 1996
• Tarek El-Said – 2000
• Hossam Hassan – 2001

Al-Shabab & Al-Reyada Annual Awards

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

• Ahmed El-Shenawy – 2015 (Best GK)
• Ali Gabr – 2015 (Best CD)
• Ibrahim Salah – 2015 (Best MF)

Team records

Matches

• First League match: Farouk (Zamalek) 5–1 El-Masry, Week 1, 22 October 1948.^[15]
• First Egypt Cup match: Mokhtalat (Zamalek) 4–0 Tersana SC, first round, 3 March 1922.^[16]
• First African Cup Winners' Cup match: Zamalek 3–0 Al Ahly (Tripoli), first round, 7 May 1976.^[17]
• First CAF Champions League match: Zamalek 2–1 Simba S.C., first round, 16 March 1979.^[18]
• First CAF Cup match: Zamalek 0–1 Gor Mahia, first round, 21 March 1998.^[19]
• First CAF Confederation Cup match: Rayon Sports 3–1, 2nd round, 15 March 2015.^[20]

Season-by-season performance

Main article: List of Zamalek SC seasons

League record by opponent

Main article: Zamalek SC league record by opponent

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