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{{short description|Association football club in Giza, Egypt}}
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| nickname = ''مدرسة الفن والهندسة'' (School of Art and Engineering)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2017/12/28/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86/3575579|title= تعرف علي الزملكاوية  |date=28 December 2017|website=Youm7.com|access-date=11 June 2022|archive-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184848/https://www.youm7.com/story/2017/12/28/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86/3575579|url-status=live}}</ref> <br/>''النادي الملكي'' (The Royal Club)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.masralarabia.net/sports/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/1370364-%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%85--%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A--%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF|title=ختم "الملكي".. مصادفات تاريخية جمعت الزمالك وريال مدريد|first=مصر|last=العربية|website=M.masralarabia.net|access-date=11 June 2022|archive-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184852/https://m.masralarabia.net/sports/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/1370364-%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%85--%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A--%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br/>''القلعة البيضاء'' (The White Castle)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/409011|title=الاتحاد الدولي اليوم|website=Almasryalyoum.com|access-date=6 May 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205835/https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/409011|url-status=live}}</ref> <br/>''الفارس الأبيض'' (The White Knight)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/4803852.aspx|title=الفارس الأبيض|website=gate.ahram.com|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> <br/>''قاهر الأجانب'' (Conqueror of the Foreigners)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rosaelyoussef.com/798817/110-%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8 |title= قاهر الأجانب|website=rosaelyoussef.com|access-date=6 May 2021 }}</ref> <br/>''نادي الوطنية والكرامة'' (Club of Patriotism and Dignity)
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| ground = *[[Cairo International Stadium]]
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| chairman = [[Hussein Labib]]
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = [[Ahmed Abdel Raouf]] (caretaker)
| league = [[Egyptian Premier League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Egyptian Premier League|2024–25]]
| position = Egyptian Premier League, 3rd of 18
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'''Zamalek Sporting Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية}}), commonly referred to as '''Zamalek''', is an [[List of football clubs in Egypt|Egyptian Club]] based in [[Giza]], [[Egypt]]. The club is best known for its professional men's [[Association football|football]] team, which plays in the [[Egyptian Premier League]], the top tier of the [[Egyptian football league system]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://el-zamalek.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89/|title=تاريخ النادى|website=El-zamalek.com|access-date=11 June 2022|archive-date=14 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614023826/https://el-zamalek.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Africa's greatest teams #2: SC Zamalek |url=https://www.goal.com/en-cm/news/africas-greatest-teams-2-sc-zamalek/12oosiqqw7ksd1aqgmb24njd64 |access-date=30 May 2022 |website=Goal.com |archive-date=30 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530215706/https://www.goal.com/en-cm/news/africas-greatest-teams-2-sc-zamalek/12oosiqqw7ksd1aqgmb24njd64 |url-status=live }}</ref> The club is renowned for its consistent success at both domestic and continental levels, regularly contending in [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] tournaments.<ref name="Haytham">{{Cite web |last=Haytham |first=Ahmed |date=2017-09-03 |title=Łukasz Gikiewicz: Zamalek are one of the biggest clubs in Africa |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2017/09/03/lukasz-gikiewicz-discusses-zamalek-move/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=KingFut |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://dailynewsegypt.com/2020/11/26/egyptian-giants-al-ahly-and-zamalek-to-face-off-in-final-of-the-century/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |website=Dailynewsegypt.com |date=26 November 2020 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323150126/https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2020/11/26/egyptian-giants-al-ahly-and-zamalek-to-face-off-in-final-of-the-century/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Founded on 5 January 1911 in [[Cairo]] as Kasr el-nil club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since its inception. The club won its first championship title in 1913.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1913-12-28 |title=Le Phare d'Alexandrie. Journal quotidien |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k95240603/f3.item.zoom |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digitalcollections.aucegypt.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sphinx/id/2354|title=The Sphinx, Vol. 22, No. 351 :: The Sphinx|website=digitalcollections.aucegypt.edu|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=10 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410190134/http://digitalcollections.aucegypt.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sphinx/id/2354|url-status=live}}</ref> The club is most widely supported in [[Africa]] and the [[Middle East]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elikplim |first=Bokor |date=2025-05-08 |title=Egypt: Ayman El Ramadi embraces Zamalek SC challenge ahead of Ceramica Cleopatra clash |url=https://africasoccer.com/egypt-ayman-el-ramadi-embraces-zamalek-sc-challenge-ahead-of-ceramica-cleopatra-clash/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=AfricaSoccer |language=en-US}}</ref> Zamalek is credited to be the first [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] club to participate in the [[Sultan Hussein Cup]] in 1917, as a sign of resistance to the [[British Empire|British]] presence in Egypt and a way to display the Egyptian presence in the [[Association football|sport]], this encouraged other [[List of football clubs in Egypt|Egyptian clubs]] to participate after.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=بطولات صاموا عنها.. كأس السلطان حسين |url=https://al-ain.com/article/sultan-hussein-cup-tournaments-cancelled |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=العين الإخبارية |language=ar}}</ref> In 1941, the club was granted the [[Title of honor|honorific title]] after [[Farouk of Egypt|Farouk I]] and became officially known as Farouk El Awal Club ({{translation|Farouk I Club}}), however, since the 1910s, Zamalek was the club's unofficial name and it became official after the [[1952 Egyptian revolution]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Onwumechili |first1=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bHmEAwAAQBAJ&q=el+mokhtalat&pg=PT135 |title=Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community and Clubs |last2=Akindes |first2=G. |date=8 April 2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-35581-2 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

Domestically, Zamalek established itself as a major force in [[Football in Egypt|Egyptian football]] since the 1920s, as it is the first Egyptian team to win a title in the history of [[Football in Egypt|Egyptian football]]. Zamalek is the first Egyptian club to win [[Sultan Hussein Cup]] in [[1921 Sultan Hussein Cup final|1921]], and the first club to win the [[Egypt Cup]] in [[1922 Egypt Cup final|1922]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/ar-eg/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-109-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6/cl7pbpp0y94h173jew1krj7ge|title=تاريخ 109 عامًا مرت على تأسيس نادي الزمالك|website=goal.com|language=ar|date=5 January 2020|access-date=8 June 2020|archive-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507212637/https://www.goal.com/ar-eg/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-109-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6/cl7pbpp0y94h173jew1krj7ge|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first club to win the [[Cairo League]] in [[Cairo League#Honours|1922–23]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drtareksaid.net/ZamalekSoccerFacts.html#Historical|title=Dr. Tarek Said's Homepage&nbsp;– Zamalek Sporting Club&nbsp;– Zamalek in History Books|access-date=10 April 2020|archive-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507190847/http://drtareksaid.net/ZamalekSoccerFacts.html#Historical|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In domestic football, the club has won 14 Egyptian Premier League titles, 29 Egypt Cup titles, 4 [[Egyptian Super Cup]] titles, 14 Cairo League titles, 2 Sultan Hussein Cup titles, and a record of one title for each of the [[October League Cup]], [[Egyptian Friendship Cup]] and Egyptian Confederation Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2021 |title=تعرف علي عدد بطولات الزمالك الحقيقي في ذكراه الـ 110 |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2227118}}</ref> 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 [[Zamalek SC#Club of the Century|most successful African football club]] of the 20th century (gaining 9 titles versus 7 for their closest rival), and one of the [[List of football clubs by competitive honours won|most successful clubs in the world]]. That have won five [[CAF Champions League]] titles, two [[CAF Confederation Cup]] titles, five [[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 CAF Super Cup|1994]]. Zamalek is also considered the Club of the Afro-Asian Century, it was the first Egyptian team to participate in and win the [[Afro-Asian Club Championship|Afro-Asian Cup]] in [[1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship|1987]]; and holds the record for most participations (1987, 1994, and 1997) and most titles after winning it a second time in [[1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=Africa's greatest teams #2: SC Zamalek {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/africas-greatest-teams-2-sc-zamalek/12oosiqqw7ksd1aqgmb24njd64 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.goal.com |language=en}}</ref> Zamalek is regularly contending in [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] tournaments and is one of the most successful clubs in Africa.<ref name="Haytham"/>

== History ==

{{Main|History of Zamalek SC}}
{{See also|List of Zamalek SC seasons}}

=== Early years (1911–1915) ===

[[File:Ahmad Zaki Pasha.jpg|thumb|155px|[[Ahmed Zaki Pasha]], Secretary of the [[Cabinet of Egypt|Egyptian Cabinet]] and Zamalek's first Egyptian board member.]]

The writer Ibrahim Allam Juhaina mentions the story of the founding of the Zamalek Sporting Club in the [[Al-Ahram]] issue issued on February 12, 1927. The idea of establishing the club began in one of the Santi buildings in Ezbekieh garden. After a short period, around 1911, the idea grew until they acquired land for the club. It was the water company’s land on Boulak Street, Fuad I Street after that, and 26th of July Street now. Juhayna mentions that most of the club’s writings were published in French, and in the first years there was no general assembly, no fixed bodies, and no applicable law.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Allam Juhayna |first=Ibrahim |date=1927-02-12 |title=افتتاح النادي المختلط بالزمالك |url=https://archive.org/details/20250129_20250129_1232 |journal=[[Al-Ahram]] |volume= |pages=8}}</ref>

''Le phare d'Alexandria'' newspaper reported in its issue of October 24, 1912 that the club was called Cairo International Sports Club, contrary to what is commonly known in modern sources that the club was called Qasr El Nil at that time, and the club was interested in organizing car races between [[Cairo]] and [[Alexandria]]. It also reported that [[Ahmad Zaki Pasha|Ahmed Zaki Pasha]], Secretary of the [[Cabinet of Egypt|Egyptian Cabinet]], was a board member of the club, and that the club board members included Kramer, Bianchi, Morel, Bouchet, Guy, Deputy Director of the Financial Secretariat, and Manhi. Same reported in the next issues of October 25 and 26, 1912.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1912-10-24 |title=Le Phare d'Alexandrie. Journal quotidien |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9523696g/f3.item.zoom |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1912-10-25 |title=Le Phare d'Alexandrie. Journal quotidien |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9523697w/f2.item.zoom |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> ''Aegytische Nachrichten'' newspaper reported in its issue of October 26, 1912 that the club was named Cairo International Sports Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DFG-Viewer: Aegyptische Nachrichten |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show?id=9&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP27191503-19121026-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=2 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=dfg-viewer.de}}</ref>

[[Ahmed Zaki Pasha]], Secretary of the [[Cabinet of Egypt|Egyptian Cabinet]], mentions in his book A Journey between Cairo and Alexandria on November 2, 1912, in his book published in French, that the club was called C.I.S.C, and the club’s president at that time was Antoine Bianchi, contrary to what is reported in modern sources that [[George Merzbach]] was the club’s president from 1911 to 1915.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/le-caire-alexandrie-en-automobile-communication-faite-au-cairo-international-spo |title=Le Caire Alexandrie En Automobile Communication Faite Au Cairo International Sports Club, Le 2 Novembre 1912 |date=1912-11-02}}</ref> The French newspaper ''La Revue Aerienne'' mentioned in its issue published on November 10, 1912, that the Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C) published a monthly magazine called ''Les Sports''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1912-11-10 |title=La Revue aérienne / directeur Emile Mousset |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6553952j/f2.item |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> The newspaper was founded, as mentioned in the book ''The Development of the Egyptian Press 1798 – 1951'' by Ibrahim Abdo in 1912.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The development of the egyptian press 1798–1951 |url=https://www.noor-book.com/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87-%D9%A1%D9%A7%D9%A9%D9%A8-%D9%A1%D9%A9%D9%A5%D9%A1-pdf |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Noor Book |language=en}}</ref>

The ''Aegytische Nachrichten'' newspaper reported in its issue of December 11, 1912 that the Cairo International Sports Club issued its first weekly newspaper under the name ''Cairo Sports'' on Saturday, December 11, 1912. The news was concerned with the [[Ministry of Manpower (Egypt)|Ministry of Labor]]'s approval to allow the club to work on adding signs on all the Cairo-Alexandria Road. The ministry only wanted a preliminary sample.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DFG-Viewer: Aegyptische Nachrichten |url=https://dfg-viewer.de/show?tx_dlf%5Bdouble%5D=0&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP27191503-19121211-0-0-0-0.xml&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=2&cHash=24277a6ae1a65769ac835c552edf2dbc |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=dfg-viewer.de}}</ref> Zamalek (C.I.S.C) participated in the International Union's championships(El Mokhtalat union's), and ''Le phare d'Alexandria'' newspaper reported that they won the second edition of the ''Bolanchi Challenge Cup'' on December 28, 1913 after defeating the Greek team (who won the Alexandria qualifiers) by a score of 6–0.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1913-12-28 |title=Le Phare d'Alexandrie. Journal quotidien |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k95240603/f3.item.zoom |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> The match was played at the Zamalek's stadium in [[Boulaq|Bulaq]]. Zamalek's [[starting lineup]] included; [[Tewfik Abdullah|Tawfik Abdullah]], Soufi, Saeed, Williams, Gamal, Songhurst, Khorazati, Lyon, Southon, and Arangi. The match started at 3:07 p.m., Lyon scored the first goal in the ninth minute, and Khorazati scored the second goal in the 28th minute, and Khorazati scored two goals in the second half.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1913-12-30 |title=Le Phare d'Alexandrie. Journal quotidien |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9524061h/f2.item.zoom |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> Before reaching the final match, Zamalek played at home with the Italian Brotherhood team on November 23, 1913, and played with the same team on November 30, 1913.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1913-11-22 |title=Le Phare d'Alexandrie. Journal quotidien |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9524030z/f2.item.r=%22cairo%20international%20sport%22.zoom |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref>

=== Egyptianization and unprecedented success (1915–1941) ===
[[File:محمد بدر.png|thumb|left|Dr. Mohamed Badr, the first Egyptian [[List of Zamalek SC presidents|president of Zamalek SC]], after a long struggle with Mr. Bianchi, the head of the French community in Cairo, to restore the club to the Egyptians.|204x204px]]

In 1915, Ibrahim Allam "Juhainah" moved to the club with his football team, coming from [[El Sekka El Hadid SC]]. Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to play against foreign teams. In 1916, they defeated the [[Scottish Horse]] by a score of 1–0. In 1917, Zamalek had the legacy of participating as the first and only Egyptian football club in [[Sultan Hussein Cup]], the first official football competition in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://3rabica.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE|title=3rabica &#124; الكأس السلطانية، تاريخ|website=3rabica.org|access-date=20 March 2023|archive-date=20 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320134855/https://3rabica.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE|url-status=live}}</ref> Zamalek played great matches and reached the final match against the English GHQ Signals team, the first champion of the competition. The championship was managed by the Egyptian Ibrahim Allam and was organized under the auspices of the [[Sultan of Egypt]] [[Hussein Kamel of Egypt|Hussein Kamel]]. After Zamalek's historic first season, many Egyptian clubs announced their desire to participate in the competition as they found it serious, official, bearing the name of the country's sultan, and includes a trophy for the winning team. Zamalek's team in the 1910s included [[Tewfik Abdullah]], [[Gamil Osman]], [[Fouad Gamil]], [[Ali El-Hassani]], Abdel Salam Hamdy and Ahmed Kholousi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1113521|title=السلطانية منذ مائة سنة &#124; المصري اليوم|website=Almasryalyoum.com|access-date=6 May 2021|archive-date=15 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715203716/http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1113521|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:نادي_الزمالك_1917.png|alt=نادي_الزمالك_1917|thumb|Zamalek SC squad in 1917]]

In 1917, Ibrahim Allam and the Egyptian members of the club began their revolution to nationalize the club and remove the foreigners from the club's board of directors which mainly consisted of members of the Belgian and French communities. It started with informing the authorities that the club did not have a general assembly for three years, the club records are illegally kept with the club secretary, and have not been legally audited. Allam also put the club under the protection of 17–20 men from [[Bulaq]], to preserve it and protect its Egyptian members. The [[Ministry of Interior (Egypt)|Ministry of Interior]] and some foreign embassies in Cairo interfered, but non-Egyptians were not allowed to enter the club. Finally Allam agreed to turn in the club to Mr. Bianchi in the presence of an official force from the police. The Egyptian members realized that it was important to gain a majority at the general members meeting. Accordingly, Allam and the Egyptian members called for an extraordinary general assembly for the club at Al-Shawarby Street.

A decision was made by the general assembly to withdraw confidence from the club's foreign board of directors and elect a new Egyptian board of directors. When the elections were held, the first Egyptian board was elected with Mohammad Badr as president, Mostafa Hassan as treasurer, Ibrahim Allam as General Secretary, and Nicola Arkaji, Mahmoud Bassyouni, Hussein Fawzy, and Abdo El Gabalawy as board members. In 1921, Zamalek won the [[Sultan Hussein Cup]], becoming the first Egyptian team to ever win a title, after their victory over Britain's [[Sherwood Foresters]] by a score of 2–1 in the [[1921 Sultan Hussein Cup final|final]], the two winning goals were scored by [[Sayed Abaza|El-Sayed Abaza]] and [[Hussein Hegazi]]. After the victory, historic celebrations began that Egypt had never witnessed before, as a celebratory demonstration took place, and Zamalek fans carried their players on their shoulders in the streets of [[Cairo]] to celebrate the victory over the English, which was considered by many at that time as a victory for patriotism. Since then, the Zamalek team has been nicknamed “The Conqueror of Foreigners”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TNT Sports is not available in your region |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=www.tntsports.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-01-05 |title=بوابة روز اليوسف {{!}} 110 سنوات زمالك.. قاهر الأجانب |url=https://rosaelyoussef.com/798817/110-%d8%b3%d9%86%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83-%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a8 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250715090852/https://rosaelyoussef.com/798817/110-%d8%b3%d9%86%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83-%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a8 |archive-date=2025-07-15 |access-date=2025-12-16 |work=بوابة روز اليوسف}}</ref>

[[File:نادي_الزمالك_1921.jpg|alt=نادي الزمالك 1921|thumb|230x230px|Zamalek SC team that won the first [[Sultan Hussein Cup]] in [[1921 Sultan Hussein Cup final|1921]], becoming the first Egyptian team to win a title.]]

In 1922, Zamalek won the first edition of the [[Egypt Cup]] and two weeks later won the Sultan Hussein Cup for the second time, after winning Sherwood Foresters in the final by a score of 3–1. Also in 1922, the [[Cairo League]] was launched, and Zamalek won its first title in 1922. Besides [[Hussein Hegazi]], the club managed to create a new generation of talented players such as; [[Ali Riadh]], [[Ibrahim Yakan]], [[Sayed Abaza|El-Sayed Abaza]], Mahmoud Marei and [[Ali El-Hassani]]. This team won several titles for Zamalek in the 1920s. They defeated the English Stars 3–0 in 1922. On 5 January 1923, Zamalek won the friendly contest against [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] by a score of 5–0, goals scored by Ali Riadh, Hussein Hegazi and Sadek Fahmy (three goals), the first player to score a [[hat-trick]] in the [[Cairo derby]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=سعد |first=عادل |date=2017-07-15 |title=لاعبون منسيون في القمة - علي رياض.. صنع تاريخه بالمختلط.. وختم في الأهلي |url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/303226 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=FilGoal|language=ar}}</ref> 

After the first board, a new saif in 1923 was formed with [[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant General]] [[Mohammed Haidar Pasha]] as president and Youssef Mohamad as secretary. The new board of directors held its first meeting and decided to continue the fight. They informed the authorities of the missing club records. As a result, no general members' meetings were held for the next few years and later, Mr. Shoudoi, the Belgian club secretary was summoned and agreed to turn in the club records. Mohammed Haider Pasha is the fourth president of Zamalek Sporting Club and the longest serving president in its history and managed the club for almost three decades.

Haider Pasha served as [[Ministry of Defense (Egypt)|Minister of War]] in the coalition ministry headed by [[Hussein Sirri Pasha]] in 1946, and remained in office until 1952. Haider Pasha remained [[Commander-in-chief|Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Egyptian Armed Forces|Egyptian Army]] by royal decree, regardless of successive governments, due to [[Farouk of Egypt|King Farouk]]'s insistence on him remaining in his position. Zamalek's strongman also assumed the presidency of the [[Egyptian Football Association]] in 1937 and continued to chair successive boards every two years until 1944. [[Fouad Serageddin|Fouad Serageddin Pasha]] assumed the presidency of the association and Haidar Pasha returned again as president from 1945 to 1952. During his 29-year career as Zamalek's president, Haidar pasha defended the Zamalek's rights and strengthened the club's position, and gave a political weight to the club with the [[Muhammad Ali dynasty|Royal Family]] and Egyptian public life. He assured that Zamalek's headquarters stay in El-Balloon Theater area in 1945, when the government wanted to move it to Haram Street, and he insisted that it must stay on the [[Nile Corniche|Nile banks]] as a symbol of giving to the society.

[[File:Mohammed_Haidar_Pasha.jpg|alt=Mohammed Haidar Pasha|thumb|218x218px|[[Mohammed Haidar Pasha]], Zamalek's 4th and longest serving president|left]]

[[File:Mohamed_Latif.jpg|alt=Mohamed Latif|thumb|216x216px|[[Mohamed Latif]], Zamalek's forward]]

In the winter of 1924, the club moved to a location on the west bank of the [[Nile|River Nile]], and west of [[Gezira (Cairo)|Gezira]] island, and became known as the Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C.)-Zamalek.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cairo International Sports Club – Zamalek Membership Card |url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1928-1929-cairo-international-429370768 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410190128/https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1928-1929-cairo-international-429370768 |archive-date=10 April 2020 |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> The 1924 location is occupied by El-Balloon Theater today. Around that time Zamalek received the moniker "Qahir-al-Aganib" (the conqueror of foreigners) due to their many victories against renowned foreign teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fmisr.com/showthread.php?t=39055|title=الزمالك قاهر الاجانب نتائج جميع مباريات الزمالك مع الفرق الأجنبية )|first=سامح يسرى|last=مطاوع|website=نجوم مصرية|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615142835/https://fmisr.com/showthread.php?t=39055|url-status=live}}</ref> In several occasions in Egypt in the 1920s, the team beat foreign teams either in [[Exhibition game|friendly matches]] or official ones. This increased the popularity of the club and of the sport as a whole in Egypt especially that Egyptian teams such as Zamalek can beat the foreign teams. Zamalek finished as champions in the 1925 [[King's Cup (Egypt)|King Fouad Cup]], for the first time. 

In 1925, In continuation of their fame as "Qahir-al-Aganib" (the conqueror of foreigners), Zamalek played four friendly matches against [[English people|English]] clubs and won them all, the club defeated the English Howitzers by a score of 6–0, and the English Kings 2–1, and England's Coast Guards 1–0, and the English Wonders 4–1. In the 1923–24 Sultan Hussein Cup, Zamalek and Al Ahly had never met in the final, however, they played six matches in the tournament. Their first match was in the 1924 Sultan Hussein Cup's semifinal on 17 March 1924, the match finished in a 1–1 draw, in the rematch on 21 March, Zamalek won 2–0 and advanced to the final.

In 1928, [[Hussein Hegazi]], who is considered one of the founding fathers of [[Football in Egypt|Egyptian football]] toured the country's [[secondary school]]s to search for new players to join Zamalek, and with those students, Hegazi played against Al Ahly in the 1928–29 Cairo League and won. The students cheered on Al Ahly, and it was the first time that the name Zamalek was associated with the school's nickname, but the traditional chant was not born yet. Despite this, it was not completed until 1952, when Zamalek sold 20 trees for 1000 [[Egyptian pound]]s and gave them to a contractor to build new stands for the [[Helmy Zamora Stadium]], the traditional chant was completed for the first time and it became, "Oh Zamalek, oh, school of play, art, and engineering".

On the occasion of the opening of the club's new headquarters, Zamalek played against the English Army Club on 7 October 1928, and won by a score of 1–0, and Zamalek also won on 23 October 1928, one of the British teams with a great score of 14–0. This match witnessed only three players from Zamalek scoring 14 goals, namely Gamal El-Prince, Hussein Hegazy, and [[Sayed Abaza|El-Sayed Abaza]]. Zamalek proved that they are "Qahir-al-Aganib" (the conqueror of foreigners). Zamalek won two consecutive Cairo League titles in the 1928–29 and 1929–30 seasons. The club managed to lead the league with the help of [[Mohamed Latif]], [[Ismail Rafaat]], [[Hussein Hegazi]] and [[Ali El-Hassani]]. After winning their second league title in 1928–29, Zamalek played a friendly game against [[Hungary national football team]] and they won by a score of 2–1.

[[File:فريق المختلط في نهائي كأس السلطان 1930.png|thumb|Zamalek's starting lineup in 1930]]

In the 1929–30 season, Zamalek won their second consecutive league title. In this season [[Mostafa Taha]] was Zamalek's new rising star, Taha, who was just 19, in his second season with the club, scored his first goal in the [[Cairo derby]]. He moved to Al Ahly for two seasons from 1931 to 1933 before returning to Zamalek in 1933. With Zamalek, he won seven Cairo League titles, five Egypt Cup titles and the King Fouad Cup for one time. He was a great goal scorer and he is Zamalek's [[Cairo derby#All-time top scorers|all-time top scorer]] in the Cairo derby with 12 goals, he scored over 100 goals for the team in all competitions. Taha retired as Zamalek's captain in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |title=كل مباريات الزمالك مع الفرق الاجنبية |url=http://zamalekeygpt.weebly.com/16031604-1605157615751585161015751578-1575160415861605157516041603-16051593-15751604160115851602-15751604157515801606157616101577.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=zamalekeygpt.weebly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Emara">{{Cite web |last=Emara |first=Mohamed |date=2020-07-12 |title=الكأس السلطانية .. مهد ميلاد البطولات المصرية {{!}} كورابيديا |url=https://koraapedia.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3_%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9_%d9%85%d9%87%d8%af_%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%af_%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=koraapedia |language=ar}}</ref>

One of the notable matches of the 1930s was the 1929–30 Sultan Hussein Cup semifinal, despite that the two belligerents failed to win this season's title, the match was of a high level of intensity and had much media attention. Zamalek faced Al Ahly in a purely Egyptian contest, in which Zamalek knocked Al Ahly out of the competition, after defeating them in the infamous Cairo derby with a score of 3–1, Zamalek's goals were scored by [[Mohamed Latif]] and [[Mostafa Taha]] (two goals), while Al Ahly's goal was scored by [[Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh]].<ref name="Emara"/> In the 1930s, Zamalek achieved several titles, winning the [[1931–32 Egypt Cup]] after defeating their rival, Al Ahly, with a score of 2–1, with goals from [[Ismail Rafaat]] and Said El-Hadary.

After the retirement of Zamalek's veteran striker [[Hussein Hegazi]] in 1931, the club bought [[Ali El-Hassani]] from Al Ahly for the third and last time, together El-Hassani with [[Abdulrahman Fawzi]] who moved to Zamalek in 1934, [[Mohamed Latif]], Sayed Marei, [[Ahmed Halim Ibrahim|Ibrahim Halim]], [[Ahmed Salem]], Ismail El-Samkari, [[Mohammed Hassan Helmy|Helmy Zamora]], [[Hassan El-Far|Hassan El Far]] and [[Mostafa Taha]] managed to win the Cairo League title twice in the 1931–32 and 1933–34 seasons, and in the same year, Zamalek won the 1934 [[King's Cup (Egypt)|King Fouad Cup]] title for the second time.

[[File:Abdulrahman Fawzi.jpg|thumb|236x236px|[[Abdulrahman Fawzi]], led the team as a player and coach]]

In the [[1934–35 Egypt Cup]], Zamalek faced Cairo Police in the quarterfinals and won 2–0, played against [[Al Ittihad Alexandria Club|Al Ittihad]] in the semifinals and won 3–1, goals scored by [[Mostafa Taha]] (two goals) and Sayed Marei. Zamalek won the cup after defeating Al Ahly in the final with a score of 3–0, goals scored by [[Mohammed Hassan Helmy|Helmy Zamora]], Sayed Marei and Ismail El-Samkari. On December 2, 1938, Hussein Labib scored the winning goal for Zamalek over Al Ahly in the [[1938 Egypt Cup final]] rematch, announcing his team's victory after the two teams tied in the first match with a score of 1-1, Labib also scored his team's winning goal. In the 1939–40 Cairo League, Zamalek met their rivals; Al Ahly in the last match of the league on 29 March 1940 where they won with a score of 4–3, Zamalek goals scored by [[Galal Keraitam]], [[Abdulrahman Fawzi]] (two goals) and Hussein Labib, and [[Hussein Madkour]] (two goals), Salah Osman scored for Al Ahly. Zamalek won the 1939–40 Cairo League title for their sixth time finishing with 3 points ahead of Al Ahly.

=== Domestic dominance (1941–1952) ===
[[File:Zamalek SC 1940-41.jpg|thumb|230px|left|Zamalek's squad that dominated all football competitions in Egypt in 1940–41 season]]

Zamalek started the 1940s with dominating all the major football tournaments in Egypt, this decade, Zamalek was growing as a sports, social and educational institution. Zamalek won the 1939–40 and 1940–41 Cairo League consecutively and the 1940 [[King's Cup (Egypt)|King Fouad Cup]]. With [[Mohamed Latif]] still on the pitch as the team's captain and with the help of [[Tewfik Abdullah]], the head coach (Zamalek's forward in the 1920s), the team was unbeatable.

In the 1940–41 league's season, Zamalek achieved impressive results, they won eight matches out of ten, scoring five goals or more in five matches. Zamalek scored 37 goals and received only 9 goals. On 30 May 1941, Zamalek was supposed to face Al Ahly in the final match of the league, Zamalek was two points ahead of Ahly with goal difference of 28 compared to Ahly's 13, which means that Ahly needed to win with eight goals or more to win the title. Al Ahly withdrew and Zamalek played an exhibition match instead against [[El Sekka El Hadid SC|El Sekka]] on that day to celebrate the title. In 1941, [[Farouk of Egypt|Farouk I]], [[King of Egypt and the Sudan|King of Egypt and Sudan]], who was himself a fan of Zamalek, bestowed the royal sponsorship on the club, and the club name was renamed to Nady Farouk El Awal ({{translation|Farouk I Club}}). Farouk was named the club's honorary president, and [[Ismail Chirine|Ismail Bek Chirine]] of Mohammed Ali's family took the post of vice president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/egypt/zamalek/3460/|title=Egypt – Zamalek SC – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509045857/https://int.soccerway.com/teams/egypt/zamalek/3460/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://alwan.elwatannews.com/news/details/3913106/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-108-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7|title=ألوان الوطن &#124; بالفيديو&#124; زمالك 108.. "قاهر الأجانب" يسطر التاريخ مع عمالقة أوروبا|date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508131439/https://alwan.elwatannews.com/news/details/3913106/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-108-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7|archive-date=8 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://sport.elwatannews.com/ar/1/1/668790/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D9%81%D9%8A-1942-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-6-0-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1|title=الوطن سبورت &#124; حدث في 1942.. الزمالك يحتفل بذكرى فوزه 6–0 على الأهلي (صور)|date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508131437/https://sport.elwatannews.com/ar/1/1/668790/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D9%81%D9%8A-1942-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-6-0-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1|archive-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>

[[File:الملك_فاروق_ومحمد_حيدر_في_نهائي_كأس_مصر_1944.jpg|alt=الملك فاروق ومحمد حيدر في نهائي كأس مصر 1944|thumb| 230px |Haidar Pasha (left) with [[Farouk of Egypt|King Farouk I]], the Honorary President of Zamalek SC attending the [[1944 Egypt Cup final]], ended with the largest win in the history of the [[Cairo derby]] with a 6–0 win for Zamalek, 2 June 1944]]

In 1944, [[Mohammed Haidar Pasha]] persuaded [[Farouk I|King Farouk]] to attend the [[Egypt Cup|Egypt Cup final]] at the stadium and the King agreed. King Farouk was photographed while watching the [[1944 Egypt Cup final]], while Zamalek won Al Ahly by a score of 6–0 and won the cup. This period witnessed the biggest victories in the history of the [[Cairo derby]] (contested with [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]), a pair of 6–0 wins for Zamalek in [[1941–42 Cairo League#Matches|1942 Cairo Derby]] for the [[1941–42 Cairo League]] and 1944 Egypt Cup final. This record scoreline in the Cairo derby has not been broken since.<ref name="auto2" /> 

[[File:Yehia Emam - Hanafy Bastan.jpg|thumb|left|225px|alt=Hanafy Bastan 1947|[[Yehia Emam]] and [[Hanafy Bastan]], Zamalek's iconic players of the 1940s]]

In this period, a new generation of talents emerged in Egypt, the majority were Zamalek players, such as; [[Yehia Emam]], [[Hanafy Bastan]], [[Omar Shendi]], [[Mahmoud Hafez|Zoklot]], [[Abdel-Karim Sakr]], Halim Thalouth and Mohsen El-Sehaimi. Zamalek won the [[Cairo League]] for five times in the 1940s; 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47 and [[1948–49 Cairo League|1948–49]]. Stability in the top management of the club helped to succeed and achieve subsequent titles. Mohammad Haider Pasha was on the head of the Zamalek's administration for nearly three decades. Several football players moved back and forth from Zamalek and Al Ahly, however, each team has its own style and football strategy. Even the team's lineup itself was stable enough for a whole decade.

[[Abdel-Karim Sakr]], who moved from Al Ahly to Zamalek in 1939 in a record transfer, played for Zamalek for 14 seasons, scored over 100 goals for the club. Zamalek's management thought that bringing Sakr to the team would not only help improve the team's attacking ability but also stop him from scoring in Zamalek. Sakr was a prolific goal scorer and helped the team in the 1940s in winning several titles and winning as well the Cairo derby. Sakr is the only player who scored in both matches against Al Ahly that finished by a score of 6–0 for Zamalek in [[1941–42 Cairo League]] and 1944 Egypt Cup final.

[[File:نادي الزمالك 1951.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Zamalek football team in the 1950–1951 season|alt=]]

In 1948, the newly formed [[Egyptian Premier League|Egyptian League]] was launched, Zamalek played against [[Al Masry SC|Al Masry]] in the first match on October 22, and Zamalek won by a score of 5–1. The first goal in the history of the Egyptian League was scored by Zamalek's Mohamed Amin, and the first [[hat-trick]] was scored by Zamalek's Saad Rustom. Despite not finishing the first two seasons in a good position in the league, Zamalek won the Cairo League for three consecutive seasons. In the [[1948–49 Cairo League]], Zamalek won the league with narrow margin. In the beginning of the 1950s, Zamalek won the Cairo League for three consecutive seasons; 1950–51, 1951–52 and 1952–53, tying with Al Ahly with 14 titles each. Zamalek finished runner-up in the [[1950–51 Egyptian Premier League|1950–51 Egyptian League]], winning 11 matches and the champions; Al Ahly won 10, with both finishing with 25 points out of 18 matches, Zamalek lost the title to goal difference. In the [[1952 Egypt Cup final]], Zamalek defeated Al Ahly in the final with a score of 2–0, [[Sharif El-Far]] scored the two goals, Zamalek won their 8th title.

=== Post-1952 period (1952–1960) ===

[[File:عبد اللطيف ابو رجيلة.jpg|thumb|Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha, Zamalek's 8th president|200px|left]]

After the [[1952 Egyptian revolution|1952 revolution]], and on 18 August 1952, the club's president, [[Mohammed Haidar Pasha]], announced the change of the club's name to Zamalek, retrospectively starting July 23, after the area where the club was situated. Renamed after Egypt's Zamalek [[Nile river|Nile Island]], one of the most prestigious areas of the capital and the word itself is an Egyptian-slang of the classical and standard Arabic word, ({{langx|ar|ذو ملك}}, {{IPA|ar|''Zu-Molk''}}), meaning ''Preciously owned''.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.abou-alhool.com/arabic1/details.php?id=40478#.YtnoYqbRY0F|title=الزمالك ..رقي وفخامة|access-date=22 July 2022|website=abou alhool|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405135758/https://www.abou-alhool.com/arabic1/details.php?id=40478#.YtnoYqbRY0F|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The club later moved for the last time to 26 July Street, and occupied an area of 35 acres (140,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>) and hosted 24 different sports. A new board was formed with Mahmoud Shawky as president and secretary and [[Mohammed Hassan Helmy|Mohammad Hassan Helmy]] as assistant secretary. At the time, the rules required that half the club board be changed every year, and Helmy took the position of secretary-general. In 1954, the stadium needed renovations, so the board sought a businessman to take over the club and guide the renovation. Abd El Hamid El-Shawarbi became the president, and although he was elected for a second period, he was not able to do the job he wanted. Mohammed Haidar Pasha and Hagg Sayed El Annany contributed to forming the VIP stands and the first-class stands, which happened while El Shawarbi was outside Egypt. When he returned, he resigned and the board continued after Shawky stepped up from his deputy position to continue till September 1955.

Businessman Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha became the club president in 1956. By 1956, the rules had been changed allowing the board to stay for three years. Shawky stepped down for Abo Regeila, although he was re-elected as a club president. Although Abu-Rajelha was re-elected for a second term, he had to leave Egypt after he lost money from the governmental policy of [[nationalization]] against private property. The club continued to search for another businessman, and chose Alwe El Gazzar, the owner of El Sheikh Sherieb Company and the president of the board of directors of [[The Coca-Cola Company]] in Egypt at this time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alwafd.news/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86/2139962-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B7-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82|title=أسماء في تاريخ الزمالك.. من المختلط إلى نادي الملك فاروق &#124; الوفد|date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209205450/https://alwafd.news/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86/2139962-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B7-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82|archive-date=9 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.korabreak.com/news/5a4f43a926f05424602806f7/%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80107-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|title=في ذكرى تأسيسه الـ107.. السبب الحقيقي وراء تسمية "الزمالك"|date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507154611/http://www.korabreak.com/news/5a4f43a926f05424602806f7/%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80107-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|archive-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zamalek.tv/2014/itemlist/category/95-2014-07-11-14-27-08.html|title=تاريخ الزمالك|date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018211112/http://www.zamalek.tv/2014/itemlist/category/95-2014-07-11-14-27-08.html|archive-date=18 October 2019|access-date=29 July 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2084026.aspx|title=الزمالك في 108 أعوام.. أول ناد مصري يصل كأس العالم للأندية.. و73 بطولة في خزائن القلعة البيضاء&#124; صور – بوابة الأهرام|date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531142246/http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2084026.aspx|archive-date=31 May 2019|access-date=29 July 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

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Essam Baheeg was arguably Zamalek's most valuable player in the 1950s, and credit for his discovery in particular goes to [[Mohammed Haidar Pasha]], the club's president at the time, as Haider Pasha included him in 1949 in the youth team when he was 18 years old. Quickly, Baheeg was able to secure a distinguished position in the starting lineup for the first team and the [[Egypt national football team]] as well, thanks to his talent and skills, and he gradually turned into an icon. Baheeg was known for his extreme loyalty and dedication to Zamalek, which increased his popularity among the club's fans and Egyptian football fans in general. He did not play for any other club throughout his 12-year football career, and is considered a symbol of the club throughout its history. Baheeg was a key player in the Egypt national football team and helped his country lift the [[Africa Cup of Nations|African Cup of Nations]] trophy in [[1959 African Cup of Nations|1959]] by scoring the two winning goals in the [[United Arab Republic v Sudan (1959 African Cup of Nations)|final]] against [[Sudan national football team|Sudan]]. He became a head coach after retirement, and coached Zamalek in the 1980s for only one season and won four titles with the team.

This era saw the emergence of a new generation of players who besides their talents as footballers were known with their loyalty for Zamalek such as; [[Essam Baheeg]], [[Alaa El-Hamouly]], [[Sharif El-Far]], [[Yaken Zaki|Yaken Hussein]], [[Samir Qotb]], and [[Nour El-Dali]]. One of the fiercest Egyptian goal scorers of this era was Alaa El-Hamouly, he won with Zamalek seven titles of the Egypt Cup in his 13 seasons with the team, he is Zamalek's [[Egypt Cup#All time top scorers|all-time top scorer]] in the Egypt Cup with 23 goals, he is also Zamalek's [[Cairo derby#Top scorers|3rd all-time top scorer]] of the Cairo derby with 9 goals after [[Mostafa Taha]] (12 goals) and [[Abdel-Karim Sakr|Abdel Karim Sakr]] (10 goals).

In 1959, Zamalek bought [[Ali Mohsen]], a [[Yemenis|Yemeni]] striker, he scored two goals in the 3–2 win over [[Olympic Club (Egypt)|El Olympi]] in the [[1960 Egypt Cup final]] and was the first non-Egyptian top scorer of the League's [[1960–61 Egyptian Premier League|1960–61 season]]. Zamalek won 6 titles of the Egypt Cup from 1952 to 1960, starting with [[1952 Egypt Cup final|1952]] through [[1955 Egypt Cup final|1955]], followed by four consecutive titles in; [[1957 Egypt Cup final|1957]], [[1958 Egypt Cup final|1958]] (shared), [[1959 Egypt Cup final|1959]] and [[1960 Egypt Cup final|1960]]. The club won the Cairo League for 3 consecutive seasons; 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, the tournament was stopped til the final season of 1957–58 and it was defunct permanently.

=== Sustained success (1960–1984) ===

[[File:Zamalek_SC_(1964).jpg|thumb|230px|Zamalek's starting lineup in 1964]]

[[File:Zamalek SC 1969.jpg|thumb|Zamalek's starting lineup in 1969|230x230px]]

With the beginning of the 1960s, a new generation emerged in Zamalek and the Egyptian football, such as [[Ahmed Rifaat]], [[Nabil Nosair]], [[Hamada Emam]], [[Raafat Attia]], [[Abdou Noshi]], [[Aldo Stella (footballer)|Aldo Stella]], [[Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1940)|Ahmed Mostafa]] and [[Mahmoud Abou-Regaila]]. This era was one of the first periods in which competitions and conflicts occurred between Zamalek and Al Ahly, due to a number of writers publishing articles that inflamed one party at the expense of the other. Al Ahly was then going through a difficult period in its history, and there were a large number of issues related to corruption that struck the Egyptian sports field, which were embodied by the journalist writer [[Yusuf Sibai]] in one of his novels and several articles.

Abu Regeila was an Egyptian businessman and pioneer of public transport buses in Cairo. During his reign, the construction of the [[Helmy Zamora Stadium|Zamalek Stadium]] was completed in 1959, as well as the social building. Abu Regeila stayed in office as the club's official president until 1961. [[Hamada Emam]] was a popular player of the club in this era who helped sustain the club's profile. In 1961, Zamalek invited [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] to play a friendly match in [[Cairo]] on the occasion of celebrating the [[Golden jubilee|Golden Jubilee]] for the club's establishment, the match took place on March 10, 1961 at [[Cairo International Stadium|Cairo Stadium]]. In 1962, there was a new board came to power with Hassan Amer as a president, emeritus deputy Mahmoud Shawky, [[Mohamed Latif]], [[Galal Keraitam|Galal Kereitam]], Mahmoud Emam, and [[Mahmoud Hafez]], as board members. Amer remained as president until the [[Six-Day War|1967 War]].

In 1966, Zamalek invited [[West Ham United F.C.]] to play in Cairo, West Ham were the title holders of the [[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|1964–65 European Cup Winners]]. Zamalek made a phenomenal match and hammered the European champions with a score of 5–1, at a time when the English club was at the peak of its glory and playing in its ranks were six of the stars of the [[England national football team|England national team]], headed by [[Bobby Moore]]. Hamada Emam scored a [[hat-trick]], [[Taha Basry]] and Abdel-Karim El-Gohary scored the other two goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://korabas.com/Article/1367/%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|title=حكاية اول بطولة دورى للزمالك &#124; كورة بس|date=15 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915152831/http://korabas.com/Article/1367/%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|archive-date=15 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-30 |title=زى النهاردة.. الزمالك يهزم وست هام يونايتد بخماسية والثعلب الكبير يسجل هاتريك |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/11/30/%D8%B2%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%B2%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1/5091452 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Assem |first=Ahmed |date=2015-07-08 |title=Zamalek hammer European champions West Ham |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2015/07/08/zamalek-champions-west-ham/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=KingFut |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[File:Hamada Emam (1965).jpg|thumb|221x221px|[[Hamada Emam]], Zamalek's forward in the 1960s, nicknamed the "Fox"]]

After the [[Six-Day War|1967 war]], Zamalek hosted [[Ismaily SC]] and [[Al Masry SC]] clubs, as well as the other Suez Canal teams at its grounds.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 May 2020 |title=لماذا تُعرف مباريات الزمالك والإسماعيلي بقمة "ولاد العم"؟ – سبورت 360 |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83/786766/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%8F%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%9F |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508230634/https://arabic.sport360.com/article/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83/786766/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%8F%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%9F |archive-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> In 1967, Minister of Youth and Sports Talaat Khairy decided that the club boards would be appointed rather than elected, and Mohamed Hassan Helmy, popularly known as [[Mohammed Hassan Helmy|Helmy Zamora]], took over the presidency<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/357309|title=حلمي زامورا.. من لاعب إلى رئيس الزمالك.. حكاية مؤسس "الشانزليزيه" وزيارة صالح سليم|first=محمد|last=البنا|date=13 February 2019|website=FilGoal.com|access-date=8 June 2020|archive-date=8 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608020940/https://www.filgoal.com/articles/357309|url-status=live}}</ref> and was the first Egyptian sportsman to become a president of a club. He remained as president until July 1971 where the rules were changed to allow board elections again and to forbid anyone from being president if they had already held to presidency for two consecutive terms. Tawfeek El Kheshen took over the presidency and the honorary presidency was given to Mohamed Hassan Helmy.

In 1973, [[Mohammed Hassan Helmy]] was re-elected president. Helmy is one of the most famous figures of Zamalek. He joined Zamalek in 1934 as a player in the youth team, he played for 14 years in Zamalek. he won the Cairo League for six times and the Egypt Cup for five times. He was a member of the [[Egypt national football team]]. After his retirement, he began his administrative work as a member of the Zamalek Football Committee in 1948, and four years later he was chosen as general secretary of the club in the first general assembly in Zamalek. Then he was appointed full-time director of the club in 1966, in the same year in which he was elected as board member. He held several administrative positions in the [[Egyptian Football Association]], including his presidency of the Competitions Committee and the Technical Committee. In May 1978, he served as president of the Egyptian Football Association. Helmy served as Zamalek's president from 1967 through 1984, except a year in 1971–1972 of El-Kheshen. Helmy also held the position of the president of the [[Egyptian Football Association]]. He was primarily credited with establishing most of the facilities of the Zamalek Club. He was famous for his [[Volunteering|volunteer work]], as he refused any pay for his role in the club.

[[File:Mohamed Hassan Helmy 1.jpg|alt=Helmy Zamora|left|thumb|150px|[[Mohammed Hassan Helmy|Helmy Zamora]], second longest serving president, first Egyptian footballer to become a club's president. The club's old stadium (current training ground) is named [[Helmy Zamora Stadium|after him]].]]

The 1970s football team was one of the best generations of football in Zamalek, and it included legendary players in the history of Egyptian and Arab football. This era's team included talented players such as [[Taha Basry]], [[Hassan Shehata]], [[Ali Khalil]], [[Farouk Gaafar]], [[Ibrahim Youssef]], [[Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952)|Mahmoud Saad]] and Mahmoud El-Khawaga.<ref>{{Cite web |author=كريم أبو حسين |date=5 January 2021 |title=الزمالك يحتفل بأساطير القلعة البيضاء علي مدار تاريخه |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2227121}}</ref> In the [[1975 Egypt Cup final]], which Zamalek played against [[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]], finished in a victory for Zamalek with a score of 1–0, Hassan Shehata scored the winning goal giving his team their 15th title and himself the 1st. Shehata and his colleagues led their team to the [[1977–78 Egyptian Premier League]] title. Hassan Shehata is arguably one of the greatest footballers in [[Football in Egypt|Egyptian football]] history. He is one of the icons of Zamalek throughout its long history. He was called the "Master" for his dribbling skills and goals. He was the Egyptian League [[Egyptian Premier League#All seasons top goalscorers|top scorer]] for two seasons in [[1976–77 Egyptian Premier League|1976–77]] and 1979–80, he scored 108 goals for Zamalek. He was included in the Egypt national football team in 1969, where he played his first international match and since then, he was in the starting lineup until his retirement. Besides his honours with the club, Shehata won the [[Egyptian Football Association|EFA]] Egyptian Player of the Year award in 1976, and was awarded the [[Order of the Republic (Egypt)|Order of the Republic (first class)]] in 1980. Shehata worked as a head coach after his retirement, and as an Egypt's head coach, he won with the Egypt national football team three consecutive African Cup of Nations titles.<ref>{{Cite web |author=وائل عباس |date=4 January 2024 |title=المعلم» حسن شحاتة: النادى صاحب الفضل فى صناعة تاريخى |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/3069313}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Middle East News Agency |url=http://www.mena.org.eg/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=MENA |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816235941/https://mena.org.eg/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Zamalek were still called "Qahir-al-Aganib" (the conqueror of foreigners), despite not playing against foreigners regularly. They met [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] on 21 December 1977 in a friendly match at the [[Cairo International Stadium|Cairo Stadium]],  Zamalek succeeded in defeating the Bavarians with a score of 3–2, and goals scorers were Waheed Kamel, Mohamed Taher, and [[Ali Khalil]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-17 |title=الزمالك بطل الأرقام القياسية.. هزم البايرن مرتين "تاريخ لاينساه الفارس الأبيض" |url=https://www.elaosboa.com/284606/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=الأسبوع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=نبيل |first=أمير |title=وديات لها تاريخ.. الزمالك يهزم بايرن مرتين.. والأهلي يقهر ريال مدريد - سبورت 360 |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/football/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a/906697/%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%84%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83-%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%b2%d9%85-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%87%d9%84%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%82%d9%87%d8%b1-%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%85%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%af |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=arabic.sport360.com |language=ar}}</ref>

[[File:Hassan_Shehata_(1975).jpg|thumb|218x218px|[[Hassan Shehata]], Zamalek's iconic forward, nicknamed the "Master"]]

In the 1970s, several Zamalek players were football stars who can simply lead a team by themselves such as; [[Ali Khalil]], who started his football career in Zamalek's youth team in 1969, and played for the first team in 1971. Khalil spent his whole career with Zamalek. He was an outstanding goal scorer who scored 94 goals for Zamalek in 9 seasons. Khalil was one of Egypt's most popular players of the 1970s. In the [[Egypt Cup|1976–77 Egypt Cup]], Zamalek faced [[Ismaily SC|Ismaily]] in the [[1977 Egypt Cup final|final]] and finished the match in their favor with a score of 3–1. Zamalek's goals were scored by Farouk Gaafar and Ali Khalil (two goals), Khalil was the cup's top scorer with 4 goals. He also scored in both in the [[1979 Egypt Cup final]]. Nicknamed "Dangerous Ali", Khalil was the [[Egyptian Premier League]]'s [[Egyptian Premier League#All seasons top goalscorers|top scorer]] in 1976-77 and 1979–80 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emara |first=Mohamed |date=2020-12-19 |title=علي خليل .. فارس الأخلاق الزملكاوية {{!}} كورابيديا - koraapedia |url=https://koraapedia.com/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |language=ar}}</ref> In the [[1978–79 Egyptian Premier League|1978–79 league]] season, Khalil had a famous incident of honesty and high integrity, when he scored an incorrect goal after he shot the ball which passed through the torn outer net and landed in the goal against [[Ismaily SC|Ismaily]] in a famous match. Unfortunately, this goal was important for Zamalek in the chase for the league title, however he encountered the referee Ahmed Bilal, the referee of the match, and told him that the ball was not a goal, and the goal was canceled after it had been awarded amid major objections from the Ismaily players and fans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=علي خليل يُذكِّر بواقعة "الأمانة" بعد 39 عاما |url=https://www.yallakora.com//news/320894/%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84-%d9%8a-%d8%b0%d9%83-%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-39-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%88%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%87-%d9%86%d8%b5%d9%8a%d8%ad%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b5%d8%a9 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=يلاكورة.كوم |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Emara |first=Mohamed |date=2020-12-19 |title=علي خليل .. فارس الأخلاق الزملكاوية {{!}} كورابيديا |url=https://koraapedia.com/%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84-%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b2%d9%85%d9%84%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%a9/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=koraapedia|language=ar}}</ref>

In the same generation, the midfielder [[Farouk Gaafar]] also started his youth career in Zamalek and spent his whole career with the club, was a rising star in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |author=فتحي الشافعي |date=29 March 2024 |title=شخصيات رياضية لها تاريخ .. فاروق جعفر "ملك النص" ..صاحب اللمسات الساحرة |url=https://m.youm7.com/story/2024/3/29/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA/6522212}}</ref> He was a talented player with intelligence and incredible football skills that made him a great player in the squad and in the Egyptian national football team.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-29 |title=في عيد ميلاده.. ملك النص يحكي كواليس لا تعرفها في مسيرته |url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/421296 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=FilGoal |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=شخصيات رياضية لها تاريخ .. فاروق جعفر "ملك النص" ..صاحب اللمسات الساحرة |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2024/3/29/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA/6522212 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref> Nicknamed the "King of Midfield", Gaafar was the first captain in history to lift the [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Player of the Year 1975 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy75.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Farouk Gaafar (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/33123/Farouk_Gaafar.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref> 
[[File:Zamalek SC team 1978.jpg|thumb|Zamalek's starting lineup in 1978]]

In the same era [[Taha Basry]], the Egyptian "Eusebio", as media and audiences used to call him, who played in the 1960s, and after a spell in [[Kuwait]], returned to Zamalek in 1974 to become the captain of the team that won the league title in 1977–78 season and the cup title twice in 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-02 |title=اليوم.. ذكرى رحيل طه بصرى نجم الزمالك ومنتخب مصر الأسبق |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2023/4/2/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B7%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%82/6135564 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=وفاة طه بصري أسطورة نادي الزمالك |url=https://aawsat.com/home/article/69251 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=aawsat.com |language=ar}}</ref>

Zamalek won the Egypt Cup for another two times in the 1970s, in [[1977 Egypt Cup final|1977]] and [[1979 Egypt Cup final|1979]]. Besides the Egyptian Premier League trophy in the 1959–60 season. Zamalek won the Egyptian Premier League in 1963–64, 1964–65, 1977–78, and 1983–84. The club also won the [[October League Cup]], which is the tournament that was held as an alternative to the Egyptian Premier League after canceling the league due to the [[Yom Kippur War|1973 War]] and as Egypt was hosting the [[1974 African Cup of Nations]]. Other trophies in this period include; 1963–64 Giza League, Friendship International Cup in 1970, Egyptian Television Cup (Defunct Egyptian Super Cup) in 1971 and 1982, and the Alexandria Summer League (Arabian competition) in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/1973OctoberLeague.html|title=Dr.Tarek Said's Homepage – 1973 October League|date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408170713/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/1973OctoberLeague.html|url-status=live|archive-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>

=== African Uprising (1984–2005) ===

[[File:الزمالك 1984.jpeg|alt= الزمالك 1984|thumb|Zamalek SC team, winners of the first [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]] title for the club in [[1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1984]]|left|230x230px]]

Zamalek won the first African title in [[1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs final|1984]] against Nigeria's [[Shooting Stars S.C.|Shooting Stars]] after beating them in Cairo 2–0 and in Nigeria 0–1. In 1984, Amer became president, followed by Hassan Abo el Fetouh in 1988 until 1990. In 1986, Zamalek won the [[1986 African Cup of Champions Clubs]], achieving their second title. In 1987, Zamalek won the Japanese side [[JEF United Ichihara Chiba|Furukawa Electric]] in the [[Afro-Asian Club Championship]] with [[Effat Nssar]] and [[Gamal Abdel-Hamid]] scoring the two goals, retaining the [[1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship]] for the first time for an Egyptian club. In the [[1987–88 Egyptian Premier League|1987–88 season]], Zamalek won the Egyptian League title with [[Essam Baheeg]] as the team's coach. [[Gamal Abdel-Hamid]] was the season's top scorer. He was a prolific goal scorer, and scored over 90 goals for Zamalek in his decade with the team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=عصام |first=مصطفى |date=2017-07-13 |title=نادي الـ 100 (4) - جمال عبد الحميد أفضل صفقة من الأهلي للزمالك |url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/303026 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=FilGoal.com |language=ar}}</ref> He is one of the [[Egyptian Premier League#All time top goalscorers|all-time top scorers]] of the [[Egyptian Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=عصام |first=مصطفى |date=2017-07-13 |title=نادي الـ 100 (4) - جمال عبد الحميد أفضل صفقة من الأهلي للزمالك |url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/303026 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=FilGoal.com |language=ar}}</ref> He was Egypt's captain in the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]]. Abdel-Hamid is regarded as one of the best forwards in the history of [[Football in Africa|African football]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gamal Abdel Hamid - Goals in International Matches |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/gahamid-intlg.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=RSSSF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-22 |title=هداف كأس أمم إفريقيا 1988 - أربعة من أساطير القارة يتقاسمون الجائزة - 365Scores |url=https://www.365scores.com/ar/news/magazine/%d9%87%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%81-%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%85-%d8%a5%d9%81%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a7-1988-%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=www.365scores.com |language=ar}}</ref>

In 1990, [[Galal Ibrahim]] became the temporary president of the club after Hassan Abo el Fetouh died in office, Ibrahim remained president until September 1990, when the general club meeting was held and [[Nour El-Dali]] was elected president. In 1992, Galal Ibrahim became the new president. Je remained in office from 1992 to 1996, and the rules were changed to require that the vice treasurer be selected mostly by the board members; [[Hamada Emam]] was selected by default to that position while [[Abdel Hamid Shaheen]] was elected treasurer. The board members were Ahmed Shereen Fawzy, Mahmoud Marouf, Mohamad Fayez El Zummur, Raouf Gasser, and Tarek Ghonaim.

[[File:Ibrahim Youssef (footballer).jpg|220x220px|thumb|[[Ibrahim Youssef]], Zamalek's defender nicknamed "The Black Deer"]]

The new rules required the board to have two members under the age of 30; for these two spots, Samy Abo El Kheir and Ihab Ibrahim were elected. The members appointed by the high committee for youth and sports were Mohamad Amer, General Hanafy Reyad, and Farouk Abo El Nasr.

In 1993, Zamalek won the [[1993 African Cup of Champions Clubs final]] after beating Ghanaian giants [[Asante Kotoko SC|Asante Kotoko]], followed by the [[1994 CAF Super Cup|1994 African Super Cup]], which was the first time in history to be with two Egyptian contenders, Zamalek won Al Ahly in the [[Cairo derby#African Game of the 20th Century|African Game of the 20th Century]] by [[Ayman Mansour]]'s goal.

By 1994, Shaheen was not able to continue his duties due to his sickness, but the board chose to keep him in the position in honor of his devotion to the club, and Farouk Abo El Nasr was appointed to take over his duties while Shaheen stayed in his position. In 1995, four members in the board were removed due to their six absences from board meetings: Mahmoud Marouf, Mohamad Fayez El Zummur, and Amer. They were replaced with [[Mortada Mansour]], Mahmoud Abdallah, Mounnir Hassan, and Ibrahim Latif. The high committee for youth and sports objected on linking the appointed members with the elected ones, Hassan and Ibrahim Latif forfeited their positions. The newly two appointed members for the club board were Amer and El Nasr in support of their abilities and dedication. Fawzy was selected to be treasurer till the new elections.

On 4 July, Abd El Menem Emarah decided to release the club board and the [[Egyptian Football Association]] board after the game between Al-Ahly and Zamalek in 1995–96, and the board froze football activities in the club. A one-year temporary club board was selected with [[Kamal Darwish]] as president, Abdel Aziz Kabil as vice president, and board members Hanafy Reyad, Magdy Sharaf, Ismail Selim, [[Azmi Mohamed Megahed|Azmy Megahed]], and Mohamad Abd El Rahman Fawzy. Accountant Mahmoud Badr El Deen was appointed as treasurer.

In 1996, Zamalek won their 4th [[1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs|CAF Champions League]] title, followed by the [[1997 CAF Super Cup]]. In the same year, Zamalek won the [[South Korea]]n side [[Pohang Steelers]] in the [[1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship]], to be the only team to win this championship for two times in a record never broken to date.

[[File:Hazem Emam.png|thumb|right|160px|[[Hazem Emam]], Zamalek's attacking midfielder, nicknamed the "Emperor"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abdin |first=Ashraf |title=INTERVIEW: Hazem Emam on Udinese, the Scudetto race and advice for Mohamed Salah |url=https://sport360.com/article/football/european/45802/interview-hazem-emam-udinese-scudetto-race-and-advice-mohamed-salah |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Sport360 |language=en-US}}</ref>]]

[[Kamal Darwish]] was the president of Zamalek club for two terms from 1996 to 2005. Zamalek won 16 football titles during his reign, but overall he achieved 1186 championships in 24 games and he assumed the chairmanship of the board of directors in 2013 on a temporary board for the second time. He is the president with the most achievements in the history of Zamalek.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yallakora.com//News/332351/%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82-1186-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-|title=كمال درويش: الزمالك في عهدي حقق 1186 بطولة بطرق علمية|website=يلاكورة.كوم|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=8 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015349/https://www.yallakora.com/news/332351/%d9%83%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%b4-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b9%d9%87%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%ad%d9%82%d9%82-1186-%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b7%d8%b1%d9%82-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, there was a friendly match between Zamalek and [[Palestine national football team]] in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] after breaking the Zionist siege. Zamalek was named the best club in the world by the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] in February 2003. It was also the first Egyptian team to qualify for the [[2001 FIFA Club World Championship|2001 FIFA Club World Cup]] in Spain, though that competition did not happen because of funding problems. Zamalek won the [[CAF Champions League]] in [[2002 CAF Champions League|2002]], one [[CAF Super Cup|African Super Cup]] title in [[2003 CAF Super Cup|2003]], and the first two championships in the [[Egyptian Super Cup]] in [[2001 Egyptian Super Cup|2001]] and [[2002 Egyptian Super Cup|2002]].

Zamalek is the only team to achieve seven championships between the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, surpassing [[FC Barcelona]], who won six championships in one year. Zamalek also won the Egyptian Premier League three times in; [[2000–01 Egyptian Premier League|2000–01]], [[2002–03 Egyptian Premier League|2002–03]] and [[2003–04 Egyptian Premier League|2003–04]] seasons, the Egypt Cup in 1999 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youm7.com/story/2016/1/5/%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-105-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84/2524096|title=فى ذكرى تأسيس الزمالك رقم 105: أول فريق مصرى يتأهل لكأس العالم للأندية.. الأول عالميا فبراير 2003.. الأبيض صاحب الرقم القياسى فى البطولات القارية بالقرن العشرين.. 12 دورى و23 كأس مصر و5 بطولات أفريقية – اليوم السابع|date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822063445/http://www.youm7.com/story/2016/1/5/%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-105-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84/2524096|archive-date=22 August 2017|access-date=29 July 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/3/30/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-4-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%86-2000-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/4687215|title=بداية جيل البطولات بالزمالك.. 4 مواسم بدأت من 2000 كان الأبيض فارس أفريقيا|date=30 March 2020|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=29 July 2020|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729052535/https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/3/30/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-4-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A3%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%86-2000-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/4687215|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hazem Emam]] was the icon of this generation for Zamalek, he won 14 titles with Zamalek and won the [[1998 African Cup of Nations]] with the Egypt national football team, and he was nicknamed the "imam of the talented players".<ref>{{cite web |title=Goal &#124; خليفة أسطورة حمادة و حازم إمام |url=https://www.goal.com/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%94%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9--%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%95%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85--%D8%A7%D9%95%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%8E%D8%B6-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A8/blt807b34a4c6900622 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922072354/https://www.goal.com/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%94%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9--%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%95%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85--%D8%A7%D9%95%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%8E%D8%B6-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A8/blt807b34a4c6900622 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=goal.com}}</ref>

=== Regression (2005–2013) ===
In 2005, many boards were dismissed by the Minister of Sport, which led to organizational uncertainty from 2005 to 2013, and changed the form of competition in Egypt for years. The football team only won two titles in this period; the [[Egypt Cup]] in [[2008 Egypt Cup final|2007–08]] and [[2013 Egypt Cup final|2012–13]]. [[Shikabala]], Zamalek's winger, is one of the most prominent talents in the history of [[Football in Egypt|Egyptian football]], who carried the banner of Zamalek and preserved the popularity of Zamalek in that difficult period, to become the most decorated player in the history of the club.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Hossam |date=2025-07-03 |title=Shikabala announces retirement, ending a golden era at Zamalek |url=https://www.panafricafootball.com/post/shikabala-announces-retirement-ending-a-golden-era-at-zamalek |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Pan-Africa Football |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zamalek legend Shikabala announces retirement |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/549141.aspx |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref> The level of Zamalek continued to decline, and its administration destabilized since [[Mortada Mansour]] assumed the presidency of the club in 2005.

[[File:Shikabala_(2021).jpg|thumb|217x217px|[[Shikabala]], Zamalek's iconic winger, nicknamed the "Apache"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Hossam |date=2025-07-03 |title=Shikabala announces retirement, ending a golden era at Zamalek |url=https://www.panafricafootball.com/post/shikabala-announces-retirement-ending-a-golden-era-at-zamalek |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Pan-Africa Football |language=en}}</ref>]]

A new generation emerged in Zamalek in this era with several notable players at the [[Egypt national football team]], such as Shikabala, [[Amr Zaki]], [[Omar Gaber]], [[Mohamed Abdel Shafy]], [[Mahmoud Fathalla]], and [[Mohamed Abou Gabal]]. Also several Zamalek’s players were a major part of the squad that won the [[Africa Cup of Nations]] for three consecutive times in [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations|2006]], [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations|2008]] and [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations|2010]].

The council did not last long and was dissolved, and a council headed by Morsi Atallah came to run the club before Mansour returned to head the council. Mansour dissolved the board of directors before restoring it, and the National Sports Council intervened to appoint a council headed by Muhammad Amir for a year before elections were held in May 2009, which resulted in the election of [[Mamdouh Abbas]] as the club's president; Abbas' council was dissolved in 2010 after Mansour obtained a court ruling stating that the elections were rigged. The administrative authority appointed an interim council to manage the club headed by [[Galal Ibrahim]], before Abbas' council returned when Mansour abandoned his lawsuit. [[Taher Abouzeid|Taher Abu Zaid]] disbanded Abbas' council, and formed an interim council headed by [[Kamal Darwish]] to head Zamalek, but by appointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/5/7/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-2006-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%89-2013-%D9%85%D9%86/4762413|title=هانى زادة: أتمنى محو الفترة من 2006 حتى 2013 من تاريخ نادى الزمالك|date=7 May 2020|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615144044/https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/5/7/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-2006-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%89-2013-%D9%85%D9%86/4762413|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Reconstruction and reform (2014–) ===

[[File:Zamalek sporting club4 - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|Zamalek Sporting Club headquarters in 2015|220x220px]]

In 2014, [[Mortada Mansour]] took over the club. Zamalek won the [[2013–14 Egypt Cup|2014 Egypt Cup]], playing in the [[2014 Egypt Cup final|final]] against Smouha, and won 1–0. In the next season 2014–15 season, Zamalek won the [[Egyptian Premier League]], and broke the record in obtaining the largest number of points in the league. The team won the [[2014–15 Egypt Cup|2015 Egypt Cup]] title at the end of the year, defeating Al Ahly in the final by a score of 2–0, and reached the semi-finals of the African [[CAF Confederation Cup]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/arabic/sports/2015/07/150728_zamalek_league_champions|title=الزمالك بطلا للدوري المصري بتعادل الأهلي مع سموحة – BBC News Arabic|date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107071704/http://www.bbc.com/arabic/sports/2015/07/150728_zamalek_league_champions|archive-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> In 2016, Zamalek reached the finals in the [[CAF Champions League]] and won the [[2015–16 Egypt Cup|2016 Egypt Cup]] after winning Al Ahly again in the [[2016 Egypt Cup final|final]] and the [[Egypt Super Cup]]. In 2018, the Zamalek football team won the [[2017–18 Egypt Cup|2018 Egypt Cup]] again.

In 2019 Zamalek won the [[CAF Confederation Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2019/05/27/zamalek-confederation-cup-champions-var-penalty/|title=Zamalek crowned Confederation Cup champions after VAR, penalty drama|first=Seif|last=Soliman|date=26 May 2019|access-date=12 June 2020|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527030236/https://www.kingfut.com/2019/05/27/zamalek-confederation-cup-champions-var-penalty/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[2018–19 Egypt Cup|2019 Egypt Cup]], the [[Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup]], the [[2020 Egyptian Super Cup]], and the [[2020 CAF Super Cup]]. Since 2014, the football team won 11 championships, the last of which was the Egyptian Super Cup and the CAF Super Cup that were achieved in the span of one week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albawabhnews.com/3722065|title=الزمالك 'منصور' دائما مع مرتضى.. إنجازات إنشائية ومالية.. و5 بطولات بـ'كأس مصر' والألعاب الجماعية|website=البوابة نيوز|date=10 September 2019|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=8 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015747/https://www.albawabhnews.com/3722065|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/382681|title=FilGoal &#124; أخبار &#124; الزمالك يفوز بطولتين في أسبوع واحد.. متى تكرر هذا الأمر|date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221194219/https://www.filgoal.com/articles/382681|archive-date=21 February 2020}}</ref> Mansour announced that "The trademark 'Real Football Club of the Century' is registered in the Ministry of Supply and Trade in Egypt."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/7/19/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84/4885046|title=الزمالك يرسل ملف نادى القرن إلى الكاف اليوم من خلال الجبلاية|date=19 July 2020|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=31 January 2021|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222105107/https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/7/19/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84/4885046|url-status=live}}</ref> Zamalek sent a complaint to the [[Egyptian Football Association]] in preparation for escalating the case of the Century Club to [[FIFA]] and the International Sports Court.

[[File:Zamalek vs RS Berkane 2019-05-26.svg|thumb|right|180px|Zamalek and RS Berkane squads in the [[2019 CAF Confederation Cup final]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soliman |first=Seif |date=2019-05-16 |title=Zamalek name squad for CAF Confederation Cup final |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2019/05/17/zamalek-squad-caf-confederation-final/ |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=KingFut |language=en-GB}}</ref>]]

The Ministry of Youth and Sports suspended Zamalek's board of directors due to financial violations on Sunday 29 November 2020. The Egyptian Ministry of Sports and Youth named Emad Abdel-Aziz as Zamalek's new president to succeed Ahmed Bakry, who died due to [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yallakora.com//egyptian-league/2673/News/400655/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2-|title=من هو المستشار عماد عبدالعزيز رئيس الزمالك الجديد؟|website=يلاكورة.كوم|access-date=4 August 2021|archive-date=27 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227123834/https://www.yallakora.com//egyptian-league/2673/News/400655/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2-|url-status=live}}</ref> Then [[Hussein Labib]] has been appointed the new Zamalek president of normalization committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2021/05/22/efa-hussein-labib-zamalek-president/|title=EFA name Hussein Labib as new Zamalek president|first=Seif|last=Soliman|website=Kingfut|date=22 May 2021|access-date=11 June 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523080451/https://www.kingfut.com/2021/05/22/efa-hussein-labib-zamalek-president/|url-status=live}}</ref> And the team was able to obtain the Egyptian Premier League championship after the absence of six years from achieving the championship and Zamalek was also able to win the Egypt Cup in the same year, despite the difficult conditions that the club was going through in [[2020–21 Egyptian Premier League|2020–21 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youm7.com/story/2021/8/24/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-2020-2021/5436617|title=اليوم السابع&#124; الزمالك بطل الدوري ٢٠٢٠-٢٠٢١|website=youm7.com|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-2020-2021/1pxxltmf33lu31v4dgdf5ijpit|title=goal &#124; الزمالك بطلاً للدوري المصري ٢٠٢٠-٢٠٢١|website=goal.com|access-date=5 October 2022|archive-date=24 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824155111/https://www.goal.com/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-2020-2021/1pxxltmf33lu31v4dgdf5ijpit|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 22 November 2021, Mansour and his board of directors officially returned to Zamalek SC management, following the departure of the normalization committee until the club's elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2021/11/22/mortada-mansour-returns-zamalek/ |title = OFFICIAL: Morta Mansour returns to Zamalek|website=Kingfut.com| date=22 November 2021 }}</ref> On 12 February 2022, Mansour became the president of Zamalek club for the third time, after the elections held by the club through the general assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://al-ain.com/article/mortada-mansour-results-zamalek-elections|title=نتائج انتخابات الزمالك.. مرتضى منصور رئيسا للمرة الثالثة|website=Al-ain.com|language=ar|date=12 February 2022|access-date=12 February 2022|archive-date=12 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212051950/https://al-ain.com/article/mortada-mansour-results-zamalek-elections|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2021–22 Egyptian Premier League|2021–22 season]], the football team managed to achieve the Egyptian League for a second consecutive year and Egypt cup, despite the penalty of the [[International Football Association Board|International Football Association]] (FIFA) to suspend the players' registration.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://arabic.cnn.com/sport/article/2022/08/23/zamalek-club-champion-egyptian-league | title=للمرة الـ14 في تاريخه.. نادي الزمالك بطلا للدوري المصري | date=22 August 2022 | access-date=24 August 2022 | archive-date=4 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904215540/https://arabic.cnn.com/sport/article/2022/08/23/zamalek-club-champion-egyptian-league | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youm7.com/story/2022/8/23/%D8%B5%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89/5880505|title=اليوم السابع &#124; صعوبة و سهولة تتويج الزمالك بالدوري |website=youm7.com|access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> In the 2022–23 season, the club was suspended for the third time by FIFA, but maintained the main structure of the team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soliman |first=Seif |date=2023-09-03 |title=Zamalek receive third transfer ban due to Samson Akinyoola deal |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2023/09/03/zamalek-third-ban-samson-akinyoola/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=KingFut |language=en-GB}}</ref>

On August 19, 2023, the Board of Directors of Zamalek submitted a collective resignation following the administration's failure to solve the club's crises and debts. This failure resulted in a ban on registering players, an inability to win most of the games and championships, and the cessation of work at the club's branch in [[6th of October (city)|6th of October City]]. The Youth and Sports Directorate appointed Hassan Moussa as executive management of the Zamalek Club, Ahmed Fouad Al-Watan as financial director, and Ayman Abdel Moneim as director of sports activities. The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced, in an official statement, the replacement of Hassan Moussa, CEO of Zamalek Club, with Imad Mustafa El-Banani until the elections for the new Board of Directors are held .<ref>{{cite web |title= إعلان أسماء اللجنة المؤقتة لإدارة الزمالك |url=https://mobile.btolat.com/news/323705|access-date=20 August 2023|website=btolat .com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= عماد البنانى رئيساً للجنة المؤقتة بنادى الزمالك.. ورحيل حسن موسى|url=https://m.youm7.com/story/2023/8/27/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89/6285598|access-date=21 August 2023|website=  youm7.com  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=بالأسماء، تعرف على اللجنة الثلاثية المؤقتة لإدارة نادي الزمالك|url=https://www.vetogate.com/4957212rl= |access-date=21 August 2023|website= vetogate.com }}</ref>

[[File:Zamalek sc won CAF Confederation Cup 2024.jpg|thumb|Zamalek SC team that won the [[CAF Confederation Cup]] in [[2024 CAF Confederation Cup final|2024]]|230x230px]]
On 21 October 2023, the unified list, headed by [[Hussein Labib]], succeeded in winning the elections of Zamalek Club, by a large margin of votes from their closest rivals in all positions, except for the position of vice president, which witnessed a fierce competition between Hisham Nasr and Hany El Attal, before the former won it by a margin of more than 400 votes, to start the White Club a new era with the Labib board for the next 4 years.

Zamalek SC have defeated RS Berkane on away goals to win the [[2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup]] title for the second time in the club's history, the number of continental titles rose to 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2024/05/19/zamalek-overcome-rs-berkane-confederation-cup/ |title= نادي الزمالك بطل الكونفدرالية الإفريقية عام ٢٠٢٤|website=.com|date= 19 May 2024|access-date=19 May 2024 }}</ref> Zamalek have won the [[2024 CAF Super Cup]], to be the fifth title of the [[CAF Super Cup]] in the history of the club after beating Al Ahly 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in the famous match known as the [[Cairo derby#African Super of the Century|African Super of the 21st Century]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2024/09/27/zamalek-caf-cup-champions/ |title= نادي الزمالك بطل السوبر الافريقي عام ٢٠٢٤|website=.com|date= 27 September 2024|access-date=28 September 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-27 |title=وائل جمعة: صدى مباراة السوبر الإفريقي سيكون مثل نهائي القرن |url=https://www.btolat.com/news/353881#goog_rewarded |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=btolat.com |language=ar}}</ref> On June 5, 2025, Zamalek claimed the [[2024–25 Egypt Cup]] after a dramatic 8-7 victory on penalties over Pyramids FC, following a 1-1 draw across 120 minutes.

== Crests and colors ==
===Crests===

In 1913, the Cairo International Sports Club "Zamalek" was the official name of the club, often stamped C.I.S.C on the team's white jersey. In 1941, the royal emblem of the [[Kingdom of Egypt|Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan]] was the official emblem of the club at the time; when the club's name changed from "Mixed Club" to "Farouk Club" by royal order from [[Farouk of Egypt|Farouk I]], who was a fan of the club.

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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! colspan="9" style="background: white;" |<span style="color:crimson;"> The Evolution of the Crest of Zamalek SC</span>
|-
! width="10%"|<span style="color:black;">1913–1941</span>
! width="10%"|<span style="color:black;">1941–1952</span>
! width="10%"|<span style="color:black;">Since 1952</span>
|-
! align="center" |[[File:Zamalek logo 1913.jpg|120px]]
! align="center" |[[File:Coat of arms of Kingdom of Egypt (blue color).svg|120px]]
! align="center" | [[File:Zamalek SC logo.svg|120px]]
|}

After the [[1952 Egyptian revolution|1952 revolution]] on the royal rule in Egypt, the club's name and logo changed; the logo became a mixture of the sporting model and the ancient [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian civilization]]. The logo's main colors express peace and struggle and have not changed since its establishment. The home jersey uses the original Zamalek colours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://el-zamalek.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89/|title=الموقع الرسمى لنادى الزمالك&nbsp;– تاريخ النادى|publisher=el-zamalek.com|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-date=20 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520233947/http://el-zamalek.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the upper half of the logo, the arrow that points towards the target appears in a pharaonic uniform as an indication of the common goal between it and Zamalek.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2018/1/16/%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%84%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86/3602750|title=قصة شعار.. رامى السهم سلاح الزمالك لقهر المنافسين|date=16 January 2018|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=27 July 2020|archive-date=20 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320091731/http://www.youm7.com/story/2018/1/16/%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%84%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86/3602750|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Colors===
[[File:Zamalek SC symbol.png|center|thumb|327x327px|The two red lines on a white canvas, the traditional symbol of the club.]]
Zamalek is famous for the stability of its basic colors, which have not changed throughout the club's history. It is distinguished by a fully white dress with two parallel red lines in the middle. The parallel red lines traditionally have always been displayed on the chest part of the jersey.
=== Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors ===
{{Commons|Zamalek SC kits}}
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|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Period
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Kit manufacturer
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Shirt sponsor
|-
|1979–1980
| rowspan=2|[[Hummel International|Hummel]]
|bgcolor=#eee| {{color|#999|''None''}}
|-
|1980–1981
|[[Toyota]]
|-
|1981–1982
| rowspan=3|[[Puma SE|Puma]]
|bgcolor=#eee| {{color|#999|''None''}}
|-
|1982–1984
|[[Canada Dry|Sport Cola]]
|-
|1984–1985
|[[Coca-Cola|Coca Cola]]
|-
|1985–1986
|[[Umbro]]
|bgcolor=#eee| {{color|#999|''None''}}
|-
|1986–1989
|[[Adidas]]
|[[Fanta]]
|-
|1992–1996
|Venecia
|Olympic Electric
|-
| 1999–2001
| [[Diadora]]
| [[Philips]]
|-
| 2001–2004
| [[Adidas]]
| [[Lays|Chipsey]]
|-
| 2004–2005
| Venecia
|bgcolor=#eee| {{color|#999|''None''}}
|-
| 2005–2007
| [[Adidas]]
| SIPES
|-
| 2007–2008
| Venecia
| [[KFC]]
|-
| 2008–2011
| rowspan=5|[[Adidas]]
| Ceramica Royal
|-
| 2011–2012
| [[York International|York]]
|-
| 2012–2013
| [[Prego]]
|-
| 2013–2014
| Twist
|-
| 2014–2015
| rowspan=2| [[The Saudi Investment Bank|SAIB Bank]]
|-
| 2015–2016
| [[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
|-
| 2016–2018
| rowspan=1| [[Joma]]
| rowspan=2| [[Telecom Egypt|TE]]
|-
| 2018–2019
| rowspan=2| [[Puma SE|Puma]]
|-
| 2019–2021
| [[The Saudi Investment Bank|SAIB Bank]]
|-
| 2021–2024
| Tempo
| rowspan=2| Nile Developments
|-
| 2024 - 2025
| ZAT
|-
|2025 - Present
|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|Nile Developments
|}

=== Kit evolution ===
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| socks      =
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| socks      =
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| socks      =
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|{{Football kit box
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|{{Football kit box
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| socks      =
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|{{Football kit box
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Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2015/11/13/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%82%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF/2439411|title=بالصور.. تطور قميص الزمالك عبر التاريخ والجماهير تترقب التصميم الجديد|date=13 November 2015|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-date=12 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312044300/http://www.youm7.com/story/2015/11/13/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%82%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF/2439411|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Grounds ==

=== Helmy Zamora Stadium ===
{{Main|Helmy Zamora Stadium}}

[[File:Zamalek Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|[[Helmy Zamora Stadium]], the stadium is used as a training field for Zamalek SC first team.]]
Helmy Zamora Stadium, formerly known as Zamalek Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in [[Giza]], [[Egypt]]. Originally, it was Zamalek's home ground, the stadium was developed over the years to become known as Helmy Zamora Stadium. In 1959, the stadium was officially opened and hosted a match between Zamalek and [[Dukla Prague]] on this occasion. It was named Zamalek Stadium, and was later renamed to the Helmy Zamora Stadium, after [[Mohammed Hassan Helmy|Helmy Zamora]], a legend of the club. Zamalek continued to play some of their home games at Helmy Zamora Stadium.

In 1974, and after [[Zamalek's stadium disaster]], the [[Cairo International Stadium]] became the main official stadium of Zamalek. Currently, the stadium holds the team training and friendly games.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 June 2014 |title=الموقع الرسمى لنادى الزمالك |url=http://el-zamalek.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204141/http://el-zamalek.com/ |archive-date=30 May 2015 |access-date=4 June 2015 |publisher=El-Zamalek.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=International Cairo Stadium |url=http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/articlesdetail.aspx?id=N10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235340/http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/articlesdetail.aspx?id=N10 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=14 January 2022 |website=Cairo-stadium.org.eg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=9 April 2017 |title=Untitled Page |url=http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409152459/http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/ |archive-date=9 April 2017}}</ref> It was renamed in 2014 -2023 to Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha Stadium after the former president of Zamalek, Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha. The stadium could hold 40,000 spectators before the capacity was reduced to 20,000, and later renamed Helmy Zamora Stadium in October 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2014/10/30/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89-1956-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82/1929195|title="أبورجيلة" العنوان الجديد لملعب الزمالك.. تولى رئاسة النادى 1956 ليحقق أولى بطولاته بالدورى.. أنشأ الاستاد من ملاليم "البنزين".. وافتتحه بمواجهة دوكلا براج التشيكى|date=30 October 2014|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=17 September 2020|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016131430/https://www.youm7.com/story/2014/10/30/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89-1956-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82/1929195|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://drtareksaid.net/ZamalekFriendlies.html|title=Dr.Tarek Said's Homepage – Zamalek Friendlies|work=drtareksaid.com|access-date=10 April 2020|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022133631/http://drtareksaid.net/ZamalekFriendlies.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://arabia.eurosport.com/article/كرة-القدم/الدوري-المصري/رسمياً-الزمالك-يغير-اسم-ملعب-زامورا-لـأبو-رجيلة|title=رسمياً .. الزمالك يغير اسم ملعب زامورا لـ"أبو رجيلة"|website=arabia.eurosport.com}}</ref>
Currently, the football team is training outside the club until the training grounds for the Zamalek Club branch football team in 6th of October City are completed.

=== Cairo International Stadium ===
{{Main|Cairo International Stadium}}

[[File:Panorma Cairo Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|Panorama view of Cairo International Stadium]]
Cairo International Stadium in the [[home (sports)|home]] ground of Zamalek, as the [[Helmy Zamora Stadium]] is not suitable for hosting the first team's official matches due to its limited capacity, its central downtown location, and in need for renovations. The players train in Helmy Zamora Stadium but play their home matches in [[Cairo International Stadium]] for local matches and continental matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://el-zamalek.com/ |title=الموقع الرسمى لنادى الزمالك |publisher=El-Zamalek.com |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=4 June 2015 |archive-date=30 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204141/http://el-zamalek.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/articlesdetail.aspx?id=N10 |title=International Cairo Stadium |website=Cairo-stadium.org.eg |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235340/http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/articlesdetail.aspx?id=N10 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/|title=Untitled Page|date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409152459/http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/|archive-date=9 April 2017}}</ref>

== Supporters ==
{{Main|Ultras White Knights}}

[[File:Zamalek fans tifo.JPG|thumb|Zamalek fans during a derby match]]
Zamalek has an [[ultras]] group named the [[Ultras White Knights (UWK)|Ultras White Knights]] that was founded on 17 March 2007 and is known for its pyrotechnic displays. Their motto is "Brotherhood in blood and fans of the free public Club". They were involved in clashes on 8 February 2015 before the league match between Zamalek and ENPI Club at the Cairo Air Defense Stadium, where 20 people were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.marefa.org/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3|title=وايت نايتس – المعرفة|website=m.marefa.org|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613115818/https://m.marefa.org/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Stadiums disasters ===
'''Helmy Zamora Stadium disaster 1974''' 

{{Main|Zamalek Stadium disaster}}

At least 48 people died in a stampede at a friendly game against Czechoslovak club [[Dukla Prague]] at the [[Helmy Zamora Stadium]] in 1974.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yHETAQAAIAAJ&q=dukla|title=The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football|first=David|last=Goldblatt|date=30 August 2007|publisher=Penguin Adult|isbn=978-0-14-101582-8|via=Google Books}}</ref>

'''30 June Stadium stampede 2015''' 

{{Main|30 June Stadium stampede}}

On 8 February 2015, 20 supporters were killed by policemen outside the [[30 June Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|title=الوايت نايتس تعلن عن عدد شهداء الزمالك الرسمي|url=http://www.akhbarak.net/articles/17769472-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF|access-date=5 July 2015|work=akhbarak.net|language=ar|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209184453/http://www.akhbarak.net/articles/17769472-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirkpatrick|first1=David D.|last2=Thomas|first2=Merna|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/world/middleeast/soccer-stadium-stampede-kills-at-least-25-in-egypt.html|title=Soccer Stadium Stampede Kills at Least 25 in Egypt|work=The New York Times|date=8 February 2015|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915020217/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/world/middleeast/soccer-stadium-stampede-kills-at-least-25-in-egypt.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/tragic-22-people-killed-outside-cairo-soccer-stadium/20150209.htm|title=TRAGIC! 22 people killed outside Cairo soccer stadium|date=9 February 2015|work=rediff.com|access-date=9 February 2015|archive-date=9 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209130755/http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/tragic-22-people-killed-outside-cairo-soccer-stadium/20150209.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Karimi |first=Faith |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/09/africa/egypt-soccer-violence/ |title=Egypt soccer match goes ahead despite clashes that killed at least 19 fans |publisher=CNN |date=9 February 2015 |access-date=7 March 2015 |archive-date=9 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209181235/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/09/africa/egypt-soccer-violence/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/02/09/28-football-fans-killed-deliberate-massacre-ultras/ |title=28 football fans killed in 'deliberate massacre': Ultras |work=Daily News Egypt |author=Mahmoud Mostafa |date=9 February 2015 |access-date=24 August 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805085121/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2015/02/09/28-football-fans-killed-deliberate-massacre-ultras/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/president/news/newsid=2522354/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209180647/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/president/news/newsid=2522354/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2015 |title=Blatter saddened by Egyptian tragedy |publisher=FIFA |date=9 February 2015 |access-date=7 March 2015}}</ref>

== Records and statistics ==
{{Main|List of Zamalek SC records and statistics}}

{{See also|Zamalek SC in international football}}

===Most appearances<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek players statistics|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekStats4years.pdf|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=2015-06-26}}</ref>===

[[File:عبد الواحد السيد.jpg|thumb|right|190px|[[Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed]], Zamalek's all-time leader in appearances]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" width=90%;
!width=16%|Rank
!width=16%|Name
!width=12%|Years
!width=12%|[[Egyptian Premier League|League]]
!width=12%|[[Egypt Cup|Cup]]
!width=12%|[[Egypt Super Cup|Super Cup]]
!width=12%|African
!width=12%|Arab
!width=16%|Total
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Abdel-Wahed|El-Sayed}}||1997–2014||345||40||4||88||27||{{sort|504|'''504 &nbsp; (0)'''}}
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Shikabala]]||2002–2005 <br/> 2006–2014  <br/>  2016–2017 <br/> 2019–2025 ||270||48||5||69||10||{{sort|402|'''402 &nbsp; (70)'''}}
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Abdel Halim|Ali}}||1999–2009||219||27||3||58||32||{{sort|339|'''339 &nbsp; (138)'''}}
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Tarek|El-Sayed}}||1995–2008||207||23||2||56||35||{{sort|323|'''323 &nbsp; (26)'''}}
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Mohamed|Aboul Ela}}||1999–2009||144||27||3||51||31||{{sort|248|'''248 &nbsp; (11)'''}}
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Besheer|El-Tabei}}||1997–2004 <br/> 2007–2008||146||21||2||42||22||{{sort|233|'''223 &nbsp; (11)'''}}
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Wael|El-Quabbani}}||1999–2004<br/> 2005–2007||126||31||3||38||3||{{sort|231|'''231 &nbsp; (8)'''}}
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Gamal|Hamza}}||2000–2009 <br/> 2007–2008||145||17||1||33||33||{{sort|229|'''229 &nbsp; (74)'''}}
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Hazem|Emam (footballer, born 1988)}}||2008–2016 <br/> 2017–2022||151||18||0||54||4||{{sort|237|'''227 &nbsp; (10)'''}}
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} {{sortname|Mahmoud|Fathalla}}||2008–2016 <br/> 2007–2014||145||12||0||47||0||{{sort|204|'''204 &nbsp; (50)'''}}
|}

=== Top goal-scorers ===

[[File:Hassan Shehata 1977.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Hassan Shehata]]]]

[[File:Gamal Abdel Hamid 1984.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gamal Abdel-Hamid]]]]

[[File:Ali Khalil (Zamalek).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Ali Khalil]]]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" width=90%;
!width=12%|Rank
!width=12%|Player
!width=12%|Time
!width=12%| [[Egyptian Premier League|League]]
!width=12%|[[Egypt Cup|Cup]]
!width=12%|[[October League Cup]]
!width=12%|[[Egypt Confederation Cup|Confederation]]
!width=12%|African
!width=12%|Afro-Asian
!width=12%|Arab
!width=16%|Total
|-
| 1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Abdel Halim Ali]]
|1999–2009
|80 (210)
|18 (27)
|0 (3)
|0
|23 (58)
|0
|23 (13)
|'''134''' (330)
|-
| 2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hassan Shehata]]
|1966–1968 <br/> 1973–1982
|77
|10
|9
|0
|6
|0
|0
|'''102'''
|-
| 3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Gamal Abdel-Hamid|Gamal Abdel Hamid]]
|1984–1994
|73
|7
|0
|0
|16
|1
|0
|'''97'''
|-
| 4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ali Khalil]]
|1970–1980
|78
|12
|1
|0
|3
|0
|0
|'''94'''
|-
| 5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Alaa El-Hamouly]]
|1949–1962
|68
|23
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|'''91'''
|-
| 6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmed Sayed]]
|2019–2025
|61 (164)
|8 (16)
|0
|0
|14 (17)
|0
|1 (3)
|'''86'''
|-
| 7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hamada Emam]]
|1957–1974
|74
|10
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|'''84'''
|-
| 8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Gamal Hamza]]
|2000–2009
|46 (145)
|10 (17)
|0
|0
|10 (33)
|0
|8 (33)
|'''74''' (229)
|-
| 9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Tarek Yehia]]
|1981–1992
|51
|6
|0
|4
|10
|0
|0
|'''71'''
|-
| 10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Shikabala]]
|2002–2005 <br/> 2006–2014 <br/>  2016–2017 <br/> 2019–2025
|50 (276)
|10 (48)
|0
|0
|10 (69)
|0
|0
|'''70''' (394)
|}

*Most goals scored in all competitions: '''134''' – [[Abdel Halim Ali]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek Scorers in Different Competitions in 66 years since start of Egyptian League on 22/10/1948 (Last updated 23/6/15)|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamalekscorers10yrs.pdf|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810054703/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamalekscorers10yrs.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most goals scored in the League: '''80''' – [[Abdel Halim Ali]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek Scorers in Egyptian League in 66 years since start of Egyptian League on 22/10/1948 (Last updated 23/6/15)|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/Zamalekleaguescorers19.pdf|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810054615/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/Zamalekleaguescorers19.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most goals scored in October League Cup: '''9''' – [[Hassan Shehata]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek Champion of 6th October League 1973/1974 (Single Edition)|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekIn1973OctoberLeague.html|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174431/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekIn1973OctoberLeague.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most goals scored in Egypt Cup: '''23''' – [[Alaa El-Hamouly]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek Scorers in Egyptian Cup in 66 years since start of Egyptian League on 22/10/1948|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/Zamalekcupscorers19yrs.pdf|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629211530/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/Zamalekcupscorers19yrs.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most goals scored in all African competitions: '''23''' – [[Abdel Halim Ali]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek Scorers in African Club Cups|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekScorersInAfrica.html|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629224748/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekScorersInAfrica.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most goals scored in all Arabian competitions: '''13''' – [[Abdel Halim Ali]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek Scorers in Arab Cups|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekARclubs.html|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174418/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekARclubs.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Awards winners ===

;[[Egyptian Football Association|EFA]] Egyptian Player of the Year:

*{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Hassan Shehata]] – 1976
*{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Ibrahim Youssef]] – 1984
*{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Tarek El-Said]] – 2001
*{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Hazem Emam]] – 2003
*{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Shikabala]] – 2011

=== Matches ===
*First [[Egyptian Premier League|League]] match: Farouk (Zamalek) 5–1 [[El-Masry]], Week 1, 22 October 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek "Farouk" League Games 1948–1949|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekLeagueGames4849.html|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629212149/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekLeagueGames4849.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*First [[Egypt Cup]] match: Mokhtalat (Zamalek) 4–0 [[Tersana SC]], first round, 3 March 1922.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek's First time Champion – 1st Egyptian Cup 1921/1922|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekInEgyptCup.html#1922|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126151036/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekInEgyptCup.html#1922|url-status=live}}</ref>
*First [[African Cup Winners' Cup]] match: Zamalek 3–0 [[Al Ahly (Tripoli)]], first round, 7 May 1976.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek in Cup Winners' Cup 1976 (Semifinalist)|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekGmAfr2.html#1976|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016035004/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekGmAfr2.html#1976|url-status=live}}</ref>
*First [[CAF Champions League]] match: Zamalek 2–1 [[Simba F.C.]], first round, 16 March 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek in African Champions' League|url=http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamalekinafricaCHL.html|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016035025/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamalekinafricaCHL.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*First [[CAF Cup]] match: Zamalek 0–1 [[Gor Mahia]], first round, 21 March 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zamalek in CAF Cup|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamalekinafricaCAF.html|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-date=31 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031005833/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamalekinafricaCAF.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*First [[CAF Confederation Cup]] match: Zamalek 3–1 [[Rayon Sports]], first round, 15 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web
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*'''Longest Winning Streak:''' 10 matches (1987–1988), (2012–2013).
*'''Longest [[Shutout|Clean sheet]]:''' 7 matches (2014–15 Egyptian Premier League).
*'''Longest Unbeaten Streak in Egypt Cup (Egyptian Record):''' 22 matches (2013–2017).
*'''Longest Unbeaten Home Streak in African Cups (African Record):''' 70 matches (1976–2005).

=== Individual ===

[[File:Alaa El-Hamouly (Zamalek).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Alaa El-Hamouly]], Zamalek's all-time top scorer of the Egypt Cup]]

[[File:علي محسن المريسي.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Ali Mohsen]], League's top-scorer in 1960–61 season]]

==== League ====
* [[Ayman Younes]] scored the fastest goal in 1990 against [[Suez SC|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:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Player
! Goals
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1960–61 Egyptian Premier League|1960–61]]|| {{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Ali Mohsen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 16
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[1976–77 Egyptian Premier League|1976–77]]|| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali Khalil]]|| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 17
|-
| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hassan Shehata]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1978–79 Egyptian Premier League|1978–79]]|| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali Khalil]]|| style="text-align:center;" | 12
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1979–80 || {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hassan Shehata]] || style="text-align:center;"| 14
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1987–88 Egyptian Premier League|1987–88]]|| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Gamal Abdel-Hamid]] || style="text-align:center;"| 11
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1997–98 Egyptian Premier League|1997–98]]|| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdul Hamid Bassiouny]] || style="text-align:center;"| 15
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2000–01 Egyptian Premier League|2000–01]]|| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Tarek El-Said]] || style="text-align:center;"| 13
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2001–02 Egyptian Premier League|2001–02]]|| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hossam Hassan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 18
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2003–04 Egyptian Premier League|2003–04]] || {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdel Halim Ali]] || style="text-align:center;"| 21
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2010–11 Egyptian Premier League|2010–11]] || {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Shikabala]] || style="text-align:center;"| 13
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2021–22 Egyptian Premier League|2021–22]] || {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ahmed Sayed]] || style="text-align:center;"| 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.

== Rivalries ==

=== Cairo Derby ===
{{Main|Cairo derby}}

The '''Cairo Derby''' is a rivalry match between Egyptian clubs Zamalek and [[Al Ahly SC]]. Both clubs are located in [[Greater Cairo]], and their matches are considered the highlight of the football season with a live broadcast to most of the Middle Eastern and North African countries since the 1970s. Typically, the derby is played twice each season with two matches in the [[Egyptian Premier League]], [[Egypt Cup]], especially in the [[Egypt Cup#List of finals|final]], and in Africa's most prestigious club competition, the [[CAF Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.masralarabia.net/sports/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/1520249-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83--%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9|title=الأهلي والزمالك.. مائة عام من المنافسة على قمة الكرة المصرية|first=مصر|last=العربية|website=مصر العربية|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613115518/https://m.masralarabia.net/sports/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/1520249-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83--%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Grant Wahl, [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20131009/bob-bradley-egypt/ American Pharaoh: Ex-U.S. coach Bradley has Egypt on brink of World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226201546/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20131009/bob-bradley-egypt/ |date=26 February 2014 }}, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', Published 9 October 2013, Retrieved 10 October 2013.</ref>

=== Mit Okba Derby ===
The Mit Okba derby is a football match between Zamalek and [[Tersana SC]]. Both teams are located in the [[Mit Okba]] region in Giza. The derby was one of the most important matches of the Egyptian Premier League during the 1960s and 1970s, but it gradually lost its value after Tersana SC's performance started to deteriorate and the club has been relegated more than once to the [[Egyptian Second Division]] where it currently plays after being relegated for the sixth time in the [[2008–09 Egyptian Premier League|2008–09]] season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamvstersana.html|title=Dr.Tarek Said's Homepage – Zamalek Vs Tersana|website=Angelfire.com|access-date=12 July 2020|archive-date=14 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014163307/http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/zamvstersana.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Finances and ownership ==
In 2018, Presentation Sports obtained a contract that increased from 100 million Egyptian pounds to 120&nbsp;million annually to sponsor the club increased This increase in the sponsorship contract will be other than 20% over the amount mentioned in each year including broadcasting rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/339659|title=مرتضى: عقد رعاية الزمالك الجديد تخطى نصف مليار جنيه|first=أحمد شوقي|last=صلاح|date=13 July 2018|website=FilGoal.com|access-date=12 July 2020|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713032704/https://www.filgoal.com/articles/339659|url-status=live}}</ref>

The financial cost of the new team uniform reached 9 million Egyptian pounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2018/8/21/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85/3920662|title=الزمالك يتعاقد مع شركة ملابس جديدة الموسم القادم|date=21 August 2018|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=13 July 2020|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713120724/https://www.youm7.com/story/2018/8/21/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85/3920662|url-status=live}}</ref>

The board of directors of the [[National Bank of Egypt]] signed a contract with Zamalek's management to rent three stores in the club wall on the League of Arab States Street with a [[usufruct]] for 25 years, with a rent for two years in advance. Zamalek Club signed a cooperation protocol with [[Banque Misr]], from which it obtains immediate returns of 10 million pounds under the protocol. In return, Banque Misr has the right to use two local walls of the Zamalek Club wall for 20 years in exchange for 5&nbsp;million pounds and an annual rent of 1.560&nbsp;million pounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mostkbal.com/135898|title=المستقبل الاقتصادي &#124; بالصور.. "البنك الأهلي" يوقع بروتوكول تعاون مع نادي الزمالك|date=5 March 2020|website=المستقبل الاقتصادي}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://almalnews.com/%d8%a8%d9%86%d9%83-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%af-%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%b4%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%82%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84/|title=بنك مصر يتعاقد لتدشين مقر جديد بنادي الزمالك|first=سيد|last=بدر|date=11 March 2020|website=جريدة المال|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713140042/https://almalnews.com/%d8%a8%d9%86%d9%83-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%af-%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%b4%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%82%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The report of the Controller at the Zamalek Club revealed that the budget surplus for the fiscal year 2018–2019 reached 170 million Egyptian pounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yallakora.com//egyptian-league/2620/News/373065/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B6%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|title=تعرف على تفاصيل ميزانية الزمالك|website=يلاكورة.كوم|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715114352/https://www.yallakora.com/egyptian-league/2620/News/373065/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B6%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The temporary committee that runs the Zamalek club has signed a cooperation protocol with the [[Ministry of Military Production (Egypt)]] for a construction and sports boom.
Imad Abdel Aziz, head of the temporary committee at Zamalek Club, stated that this protocol will contribute to building 6 October branch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2021/1/31/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%89-%D9%88-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA/5183193|title=توقيع بروتوكول تعاون بين "الإنتاج الحربى" و"نادي الزمالك" لإنشاءات جديدة|date=31 January 2021|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=13 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213110210/https://www.youm7.com/story/2021/1/31/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%89-%D9%88-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA/5183193|url-status=live}}</ref>

Zamalek Club and Aerosport Sports Club of the Ministry of Civil Aviation signed a protocol of joint cooperation aimed at benefiting from the expertise of Zamalek.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yallakora.com/egyptian-league/2673/news/413273/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA |title=الزمالك يوقع اتفاقية تعاون مشترك مع نادي ايرو سبورت {{!}} يلاكورة |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826213853/https://www.yallakora.com/egyptian-league/2673/news/413273/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Zamalek SC has signed a cooperation protocol with the "I-Friends Sports" company, to establish a branch of the club in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/08/30/zamalek-sc-i-friends-sports-cooperate-to-establish-club-branch-in-uae/ | title=StackPath | date=30 August 2021 | access-date=10 September 2021 | archive-date=31 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831100027/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/08/30/zamalek-sc-i-friends-sports-cooperate-to-establish-club-branch-in-uae/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Popular culture ==
=== Documentaries ===
In 2015, a documentary entitled ''Zamalek, O Engineering, playing, Art and Engineering'', was produced by [[Abu Dhabi Sports]]. It was presented in two parts, and presents the history of the club since its foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39emhv|title=وثائقي ابو ظبي الرياضية عن الزمالك الجزء الاول – video dailymotion|date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611204800/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39emhv|archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39k33k|title=وثائقي ابو ظبي الرياضية عن الزمالك الجزء التاني – video dailymotion|date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611204804/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39k33k|archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>

Another documentary film produced in 2016, ''Al Hekaya Mpethanish''(The story does not end), covers the club's history in the five championships in the African Champions League, and was produced by DMC Sport channel.

Another documentary film was produced by the [[Capital Broadcasting Center|CBC]] network in 2017, entitled ''Helmy Zamora''. It covers the story of Helmy or Zamora the icon of Zamalek club.

Another documentary film was produced in 2019 with the title ''Zamalek Club, the National and Dignity Club''. It was produced by the club, and shows the history of the club since its establishment.

Another documentary film produced in 2020 entitled ''Zamalek Legends: A long history of stars who inhabited the memory'', produced by Abu Dhabi Sports channel, covers the highlight of the club's most prominent stars from different generations.

Another documentary film produced in 2020 entitled ''Zamalek – The Road to the African Super 2020'', produced by [[beIN SPORTS]] Arabia channel, documents Zamalek's journey in winning the 2019 [[CAF Confederation Cup]].

Another documentary film produced in 2020 entitled ''Zamalek, the Road to the Semi-finals 2020'', produced by [[beIN SPORTS]] Arabia channel, describes Zamalek won the African Super Cup championship against [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis]], and won the local super championship against [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]].

===Anthem===
Malaki (Royal) is the Zamalek Club's anthem in the year of the Zamalek Club's centenary in 2011, with words, composition and singing by the artist Aziz Al-Shafi’i.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albawabhnews.com/4419920 |title= أغنية "ملكي|website=albawabhnews.com|date= 25 August 2021|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> The words are as follows:

{{Quote box
| width = 100%
| align = left
| quote = Royal, Royal, Zamalek, Royal

Zamalek, My precious, Your flag is always high

Royal, Royal, Zamalek, Royal

Zamalek, My precious, Your flag is always high

We'll be by your side even before you call us

You're not just a club to us

We're always by your side and with you

No matter what happens, we'll stay behind you

We'll cheer for our club with the loudest voice

Zamalek fans and pride is ours

Royal, Royal, Zamalek, Royal

Zamalek, My precious, Your flag is always high

Egyptian since the day you were born, you're a symbol for your country

Who can deny your history, who can forget your glories

We're always by your side and with you

No matter what happens, we'll stay behind you

We'll cheer for our club with the loudest voice

Zamalek fans and pride is ours.
}}

=== Zamalek TV ===
{{Main|Zamalek TV}}

Zamalek Club owns a TV channel known as Zamalek TV, which broadcasts on Nilesat in SD quality. The broadcast began experimentally on 31 December 2019 before the channel launched on 22 January 2020. The channel focuses on news about the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albawabhnews.com/3852501|title=إطلاق قناة الزمالك رسميا.. تعرف على التردد|website=البوابة نيوز|date=31 December 2019|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=1 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101142953/https://www.albawabhnews.com/3852501|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/2973926/1/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7..-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|title=رسميا.. انطلاق البث التجريبي لقناة الزمالك|first=Heba|last=Musa|date=31 December 2019|website=بوابة اخبار اليوم|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722215430/https://m.akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/2973926/1/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7..-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Zamalek Magazine ===
{{Main|Zamalek SC (magazine)}}

Zamalek magazine is an official Zamalek weekly magazine that is issued every Thursday, and contains news and reviews about the club and interviews with the players

===Other===

In South Africa,  Zamalek also is a nickname for the strong alcoholic drink [[Carling Black Label]] due to them beating local club [[Kaiser Chiefs]] by an outstanding score in the 1990s

==Club of the Century==
[[File:لافتة نادى الزمالك.png|thumb|center|250px]]
In February 2014 administration of Zamalek announced the nickname of the club as the Club of the Century, as the most successful club of the 20th century in Africa (gaining 9 titles versus 7 for its closest rival)
===CAF African Clubs top titles winners at the end of 20th century===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!width=2%| Pos
!width=17%| Club
!width=3%| Titles
!width=65%| Trophies won
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|{{center|1}}||{{Flagicon|Egypt}} Zamalek||{{center|7 (+2)}}||4 [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]], 1 [[African Cup Winners' Cup|CAF Cup Winners' Cup]], 2 [[CAF Super Cup]], (2 [[Afro-Asian Club Championship]])
|-
|{{center|2}}||{{Flagicon|Egypt}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al-Ahly]]||{{center|6 (+1)}}||2 [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]], 4 [[African Cup Winners' Cup|CAF Cup Winners' Cup]]s, (1 [[Afro-Asian Club Championship]])
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{center|3}}
|{{Flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Espérance de Tunis|ES Tunis]]||{{center|4 (+1)}}||1 [[African Cup of Champions Clubs]]; 1 [[African Cup Winners' Cup|CAF Cup Winners' Cup]], 1 [[CAF Cup]], 1 [[CAF Super Cup]], (1 [[Afro-Asian Club Championship]])
|-
|{{Flagicon|Morocco}} [[Raja Casablanca]]||{{center|4 (+1)}}||3 [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]], 1 [[CAF Super Cup]], (1 [[Afro-Asian Club Championship]])
|-
|{{Flagicon|Algeria}} [[JS Kabylie]]||{{center|4 (+1)}}||2 [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]], 1 [[African Cup Winners' Cup|CAF Cup Winners' Cup]], 1 [[CAF Cup]], (1 [[CAF Super Cup|African Super Cup]])
|-
|{{Flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Canon Yaoundé]]||{{center|4}}||3 [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]], 1 [[African Cup Winners' Cup|CAF Cup Winners' Cup]]
|-
|}

== Honours ==
{{Main|List of Zamalek SC Honours}}
 
Zamalek is one of the [[List of football clubs by competitive honours won|top twenty clubs with the most titles in the world]], and the seventh with the most continental and intercontinental titles, with 15 international honors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mercatoday.com/2020/04/23/%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83/|title=سجل البطولات : سجل بطولات نادي الزمالك المصري|date=23 April 2020|access-date=8 June 2020|archive-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507152439/https://mercatoday.com/2020/04/23/%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1425211|title=تقرير بريطاني: الأهلي النادي الأكثر تتويجًا بالبطولات في العالم.. وهذا ترتيب الزمالك &#124; المصري اليوم|website=Almasryalyoum.com|access-date=26 July 2020|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726234025/https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1425211|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/2/15/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%81%D9%89-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A/4631911|title=الأهلى يتصدر والزمالك وصيف فى قائمة أكثر الأندية حصولا علي البطولات القارية|date=15 February 2020|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=26 July 2020|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726234004/https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/2/15/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%81%D9%89-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A/4631911|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-27 |title=بطولات صاموا عنها.. دوري منطقة القاهرة |url=https://al-ain.com/article/egyptian-regional-league-alahly-zamalek |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=العين الإخبارية |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-05 |title=110 سنة زمالك .. الأبيض يحقق 97 بطولة في تاريخه |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2021/1/5/110-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82-97-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%87/5144250 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=ملاعب ومواقف.. الزمالك يتوج بلقب كأس حب مصر على حساب الأهلى 1986 |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2023/4/12/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8-%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8/6147285 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup Archives |url=https://www.kingfut.com/tag/saudi-egyptian-super-cup/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=KingFut |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|+ Zamalek SC honours
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}} width:1%" | Type
!style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}} width:5%" | Competition
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}} width:1%" | Titles
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}} width:21%" | Seasons
|-
| rowspan="8" |'''Domestic'''
! scope=col|[[Egyptian Premier League]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''14'''
|[[1959–60 Egyptian Premier League|1959–60]], [[1963–64 Egyptian Premier League|1963–64]], [[1964–65 Egyptian Premier League|1964–65]], [[1977–78 Egyptian Premier League|1977–78]], [[1983–84 Egyptian Premier League|1983–84]], [[1987–88 Egyptian Premier League|1987–88]], [[1991–92 Egyptian Premier League|1991–92]], [[1992–93 Egyptian Premier League|1992–93]], [[2000–01 Egyptian Premier League|2000–01]], [[2002–03 Egyptian Premier League|2002–03]], [[2003–04 Egyptian Premier League|2003–04]], [[2014–15 Egyptian Premier League|2014–15]], [[2020–21 Egyptian Premier League|2020–21]], [[2021–22 Egyptian Premier League|2021–22]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elmaestroo.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84/ |title=تاريخ الدوري المصري وسجل الأبطال &#124; المايسترو الرياضي |publisher=Elmaestroo.com |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924034402/https://www.elmaestroo.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=col|[[Egypt Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''29'''
|[[1922 Egypt Cup Final|1921–22]], [[1931–32 Egypt Cup|1931–32]], [[1934–35 Egypt Cup|1934–35]], [[1938 Egypt Cup Final|1937–38]], [[1941 Egypt Cup Final|1940–41]], [[1943 Egypt Cup Final|1942–43]], [[1944 Egypt Cup Final|1943–44]], [[1952 Egypt Cup Final|1951–52]], [[1955 Egypt Cup Final|1954–55]], [[1957 Egypt Cup Final|1956–57]], [[1958 Egypt Cup Final|1957–58]], [[1959 Egypt Cup Final|1958–59]], [[1960 Egypt Cup Final|1959–60]], [[1962 Egypt Cup Final|1961–62]], [[1975 Egypt Cup Final|1974–75]], [[1977 Egypt Cup Final|1976–77]], [[1979 Egypt Cup Final|1978–79]], [[1988 Egypt Cup Final|1987–88]], [[1999 Egypt Cup Final|1998–99]], [[2002 Egypt Cup Final|2001–02]], [[2008 Egypt Cup Final|2007–08]], [[2012–13 Egypt Cup|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Egypt Cup|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Egypt Cup|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Egypt Cup|2015–16]], [[2017–18 Egypt Cup|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Egypt Cup|2018–19]], [[2020–21 Egypt Cup|2020–21]], [[2024–25 Egypt Cup|2024–25]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Egyptian Super Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''4'''
|[[2001–02 Egyptian Super Cup|2001–02]], [[2002–03 Egyptian Super Cup|2002–03]], [[2016–17 Egyptian Super Cup|2016–17]], [[2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup|2019–20]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://al-ain.com/article/egyptian-super-cup-uae-history | title=كأس السوبر المصري.. التاريخ يُنصف الأهلي والزمالك في الإمارات | date=7 June 2022 | access-date=24 August 2022 | archive-date=24 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824154423/https://al-ain.com/article/egyptian-super-cup-uae-history | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.alqabas.com/article/5753624-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AD | title=الزمالك يتوج بـ "السوبر المصري" بعد فوزه على الأهلي بركلات الترجيح | access-date=24 August 2022 | archive-date=24 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824154424/https://www.alqabas.com/article/5753624-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AD | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=col|[[Cairo League]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''14'''
|1922–23, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, [[1948–49 Cairo League|1948–49]], 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53
|-
! scope=col|[[Sultan Hussein Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''2'''
| [[1921 Sultan Hussein Cup Final|1920–21]], 1921–22
|-
! scope="col" |[[October League Cup|October League]]
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''{{sup|}}
| style="text-align:center;" |[[October League Cup|1974]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[Egyptian Friendship Cup]]
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''{{sup|}}
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Egyptian Friendship Cup|1986]]
|-
! scope="col" |Egyptian Confederation Cup
| style="background:gold;" 123|'''1'''{{sup|S}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1995
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''Continental'''
! scope=col|[[CAF Champions League]]
|'''5'''
|[[1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1984]], [[1986 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1986]], [[1993 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1993]], [[1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1996]], [[2002 CAF Champions League|2002]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://al-ain.com/article/caf-champions-league-winners | title=ما هي الأندية الفائزة بدوري أبطال أفريقيا وعدد بطولات كل فريق؟ | date=31 May 2022 | access-date=24 August 2022 | archive-date=24 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924034401/https://al-ain.com/article/caf-champions-league-winners | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mawdoo3.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7|title=Mawdoo3 &#124; تاريخ دوري ابطال افريقيا|website=mawdoo3.com|access-date=5 October 2022|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927200446/https://mawdoo3.com/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope=col|[[African Cup Winners' Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''1'''
|[[2000 African Cup Winners' Cup|2000]]
|-
! scope=col|[[CAF Confederation Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''2'''
|[[2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup|2018–19]], [[2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup|2023–24]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.almrsal.com/post/833936 | title=معلومات عن بطولة كأس الكونفدراليه الأفريقية | access-date=24 August 2022 | archive-date=24 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824154424/https://www.almrsal.com/post/833936 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://akhbarak.net/news/20926856/articles/37956729/%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-- | title=سجل الأبطال &#124; كأس الاتحاد الأفريقي "الكونفدرالية" – ميركاتو داي – الرياضة | access-date=24 August 2022 | archive-date=24 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924034406/https://akhbarak.net/news/20926856/articles/37956729/%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-- | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope=col|[[CAF Super Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;"|'''5'''
|[[1994 CAF Super Cup|1994]], [[1997 CAF Super Cup|1997]], [[2003 CAF Super Cup|2003]], [[2020 CAF Super Cup (February)|2020]], [[2024 CAF Super Cup|2024]]
|-
| '''Intercontinental'''
! scope=col|[[Afro-Asian Club Championship]]
| style="background:gold;"|'''2'''
|[[1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship|1987]], [[1997 Afro-Asian Club Championship|1997]]
|-
|'''Subregional'''
! scope=col|[[Arab Club Champions Cup]]
|'''1'''
|[[2003 Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs|2003]]
|-
|}
* {{legend|gold|record}}
* {{sup|S}} shared record

== Players ==

{{Commons|Category:Players of Zamalek SC}}

=== Current squad ===
{{updated|3 December 2025}}<ref name="Zamalek SC First Team">{{cite web |url=https://www.el-zamalek.com/team/first-team |title=First team |publisher=Zamalek SC |access-date=6 August 2019 |archive-date=14 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714004920/https://www.el-zamalek.com/team/first-team |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=E00|border=E00}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=EGY|name=[[Mohamed Awad (Egyptian footballer)|Mohamed Awad]]|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=EGY|name=[[Ahmad Hossam]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=MAR|name=[[Mahmoud Bentayg]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=EGY|name=[[Omar Gaber]]|pos=DF|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=EGY|name=[[Hossam Abdelmaguid]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=EGY|name=[[Mahmoud Gehad]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=EGY|pos=MF|name=[[Seif Gaafar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=EGY|name=[[Nabil Emad]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=EGY|name=[[Nasser Mansi]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=EGY|name=[[Ahmed Abdel Rahim]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=EGY|name=[[Ahmed Rabie]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=EGY|name=[[Ahmed Abou El Fotouh]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=EGY|name=[[Ahmed Hamdi (footballer)|Ahmed Hamdi]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=EGY|name=[[Mohamed Sobhy (footballer, born 1999)|Mohamed Sobhy]]|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=EGY|pos=MF|name=[[Mohamed Shehata (footballer)|Mohamed Shehata]]|other=}}
{{fs player|no=18|nat=PLE|name=[[Adam Kaied]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=E00|border=E00}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=EGY|name=[[Abdallah El Said]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=EGY|name=[[Nasser Maher]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=EGY|name=[[Mohamed Ismail (footballer)|Mohamed Ismail]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=EGY|name=[[Mahmoud Hamdy]]|pos=DF|other=[[Vice-captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=TUN|name=[[Seifeddine Jaziri|Seifeddine AlJaziri]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat= EGY |name=[[Ahmed Sherif]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=BRA|name=[[Juan Alvina]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=EGY|name=[[El Mahdy Soliman]]|pos=GK|other=}}
{{fs player|no=38|nat=KEN|name=[[Baron Ochieng]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=EGY|name=[[Mohamed El Sayed (footballer, born 2005)|Mohamed El Sayed]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=46|nat=EGY|name=[[Mahmoud Ashraf]]|pos=GK|other=}}
{{fs player|no=77|nat=MAR|name=[[Abdelhamid Maali ]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{fs player|no=81|nat=ANG|name=[[Chico Banza]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat= EGY |name=[[Amr Nasser]]|pos=FW}}
{{fs player|no=98|nat=PLE|name=[[Oday Dabbagh]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Out on loan ===
{{Fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=E00|border=E00}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Mohamed Atef]]|pos=FW|other=on loan to [[Tala'ea El Gaish SC ]]}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Hossam Ashraf]]|pos=FW|other=on loan to [[Smouha SC ]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed]]|pos=DF|other=on loan to [[Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ]]}}
{{Fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=E00|border=E00}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=TUN|name=[[Ahmed Jafeli]]|pos=FW|other=on loan to [[Abha Club|Abha]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Mostafa El Zenary]]|pos=DF|other=on loan to [[National Bank of Egypt SC]]}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Youth team and reserves ===
{{fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=E00|border=E00}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=EGY|name=[[Omar AbdulAziz]]|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Mohamed Abdul Fattah]]|pos=GK|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=49|nat=EGY|name=[[Ahmad Magdy]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Ali Nofal]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Muhammad Ibraheem]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Hany Yasser]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Ali Abdul Majeed  ]]|pos=DF|other=}}
{{fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=E00|border=E00}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=EGY|name=[[Youssef Wael]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Hesham Mohamed Fouad]]|pos=MF|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=48|nat=EGY|name=[[Hazem Osama]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=41|nat=EGY|name=[[Amaar Yasser]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=EGY|name=[[Ayman Amir]]|pos=FW|other=}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Players under contract ===

{{fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=E00|border=E00}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=PLE|name=[[Omar Faraj]]|pos=FW|other=}}

{{Fs end}}

=== Notable players ===

{{See also|List of Zamalek SC players}}

This list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games or have reached international status.
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Tewfik Abdullah]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali El-Hassani]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ibrahim Yakan]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ahmed Salem]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Fouad Gamil]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Gamil Osman]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali Riadh]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Sayed Abaza]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohammed Bakhati]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hussein Hegazi]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mostafa Taha]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ismail Rafaat]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ahmed Halim Ibrahim]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Latif]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali El-Kaf]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Galal Keraitam]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Yehia Emam]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Omar Shendi]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hassan El-Far]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohammed Hassan Helmy|Helmy Zamora]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hanafy Bastan]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdulrahman Fawzi]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdel-Karim Sakr]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mahmoud Hafez|Zoklot]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Sharif El-Far]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Nour El-Dali]]
||
||
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Essam Baheeg]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Alaa El-Hamouly]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Raafat Attia]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdou Noshi]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hamada Emam]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Samir Qotb]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Nabil Nosair]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Taha Basry]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hassan Shehata]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Farouk Gaafar]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ali Khalil]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Adel El-Maamour]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Helmy]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Gamal Abdel-Hamid]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ashraf Kasem]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ahmed Ramzy (footballer)|Ahmed Ramzy]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hesham Yakan]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Tarek Yehia]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ayman Younes]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ibrahim Youssef]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Effat Nssar]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ismail Youssef]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Khaled El Ghandour]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Tarek Mostafa]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Osama Nabih]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Sabry]]
||
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ahmed El-Kass]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mehdat Abdelhadi]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ayman Abdelaziz]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hossam Hassan]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ibrahim Hassan]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Aboul Ela]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Shikabala]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Hazem Emam]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdel Halim Ali]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Tamer Abdel Hamid]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mohamed Abdel Shafy]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Tarek El-Sayed]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Mido (footballer)|Ahmed Hossam Mido]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1975)|Ahmed Hassan]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Amr Zaki]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Tarek Hamed]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Aldo Stella (footballer)|Aldo Stella]]
*{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Ali Mohsen]]
*{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Emmanuel Quarshie]]
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Amuneke]]
*{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Kamel Kaci-Saïd]]
*{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Ferjani Sassi]]
*{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Hamza Mathlouthi]]
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abdallah El Said]]
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sawtelzamalkawya.blogspot.com/2012/03/blog-post_7167.html|title=لاعبي الزمالك على مر التاريخ|website=Sawtelzamalkawya.blogspot.com|access-date=11 June 2022|archive-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184844/https://sawtelzamalkawya.blogspot.com/2012/03/blog-post_7167.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/?t=31100627|title=منتديات كووورة|website=Forum.kooora.com|date=27 July 2012 |access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018023054/https://forum.kooora.com/?t=31100627|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personnel ==
=== Current technical staff ===

{{See also|List of Zamalek SC managers}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Position
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Name
|-
| Head coach || {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmed Abdel Raouf]] (caretaker)
|-
|General coach || {{flagicon|EGY}} Amer Sabry
|-
| Goalkeeping coach || {{flagicon|EGY}} Ayman El Taweel
|-
| Performance analyst  ||
|-
| Video analyst  || {{flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed Alaa Eldin
|-
| Fitness coach ||
|-
| Fitness planner ||
|}

=== Football sport management ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Position
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Name
|-
| Sporting Director ||{{flagicon|EGY}} John Edward Nassif
|-
| Director of Football || {{flagicon|EGY}} Abdel-Nasser Mohamed
|-
| Director of Contracts || {{flagicon|EGY}} Abdel-Rahman Ismail
|-
| rowspan="3"|Managerial Delegates || {{flagicon|EGY}} Montaser El-Sayed
|-
|{{flagicon|EGY}} Abdallah Hussein
|-
|{{flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed Abdel-Rahim
|}

=== Medical staff ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Position
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Name
|-
|Head of medical staff || {{flagicon|SPA}} Gerard Owusu Manzanite
|-
|Head of physiotherapy team||{{flagicon|EGY}}  Mohamed Shawky
|-
|Physiotherapy and recovery specialist ||{{flagicon|EGY}} Amr Owaida
|-
|Rehabilitation specialist ||{{flagicon|EGY}} Mostafa Abdou <br /> 
{{flagicon|EGY}} Alaa Ragab
|-
|Masseur ||{{flagicon|EGY}} Saeed Suwaylam <br /> {{flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed El Gazzar
|}

=== Management ===
{{See also|List of Zamalek SC presidents}}
====Board of Directors====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Office
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#E00; {{box-shadow border|a|#E00|2px}}" | Name
|-
| President
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hussein Labib]]
|-
| Vice President
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hisham Nasr
|-
| Secretary of the fund
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hossam El-Mandouh
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Souliman
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hussein El-Sayed]]
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Amr El-Adham
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hani Berzi
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Hani Shukri
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Muhammad Tariq
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Nayera El-Ahmar
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Rami Nasuhi
|-
| board member
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Khaled
|-
|}

*Source: [https://www.zamalekegypt.com/en/club/executives]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
<ref>{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL: Hussein Labib elected new Zamalek president |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2023/10/21/official-hussein-labib-elected-new-zamalek-president/ |access-date=21 October 2023 |website= kingfut.com |date=21 October 2023 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=hussein-labib-elected-new-al-zamalek-president |url=https://see.news/hussein-labib-elected-new-al-zamalek-president |access-date=21 October 2023 |website= Sada Albalad eng.com }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=القائمة الموحدة تحكم في نادي الزمالك|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/3011062 |access-date=21 October 2023|website=almasry alyoum.com }}</ref>
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حسين لبيب الرئيس رقم 25 في تاريخ الزمالك |url=https://nabd.com/s/126854261-01317b/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-25-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83 |access-date=21 October 2023|website=nabd.com }}</ref>
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== Other sports ==
Zamalek participates in many sports besides football, such as [[Zamalek SC Handball|Handball]], Athletics, [[Zamalek SC Volleyball|Volleyball]], and [[Zamalek SC Basketball|Basketball]]. Zamalek has won many domestic, Arab and African tournaments and participated in world championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sotor.com/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83/|title=معلومات عن نادي الزمالك سطور|website=sotor.com|access-date=25 July 2020|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130014729/https://sotor.com/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://el-zamalek.com/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83/|title=بعثة الكرة الطائرة تطير لتونس للمشاركة في البطولة الأفريقية|publisher=el-zamalek.com|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-date=17 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417140744/https://el-zamalek.com/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/ZamalekTV Zamalek TV] – official channel on [[YouTube]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190808203446/https://www.fifa.com/news/zamalek-egypt-white-knights-1062684 Zamalek SC] on [[FIFA]] (archived)
*[https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confederation-cup/news/live-blog-zamalek-1-0-rs-berkane-totalenergies-caf-confederation-cup-final-202324-second-leg/ Zamalek SC] on [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
*[https://egyptianproleague.com/team/23/detials/2 Zamalek SC] on [[Egyptian Football Association]]

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