Zamalek Sporting Club is a professional association football club based in Giza, Egypt, that plays in Egyptian Premier League. The club was established in 1911 as Qasr El Nil Club and played its first competitive match 1912. Zamalek is the first Egyptian club to ever win a title, when they won the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921. Zamalek 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. Since then, the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organized competitions.

The club has won 66 domestic trophies. At the international level, the club won 17 trophies. Zamalek is the most successful football club of the 20th century in Africa (gaining 9 titles versus 7 for their closest rival), with a total of 17 international titles. Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to ever qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.

Abdel Wahed El Sayed holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 504 from 1997 to 2014, ahead of Shikabala who made 394 appearances from 2003 till 2025. Abdel Halim Ali is Zamalek's all-time record goalscorer with 138 goals in 339 appearances. Hassan Shehata is the second-highest scorer with 102 goals ahead of Ali Khalil, who is third with 94 goals. Zamalek has employed numerous famous players, with players winning African Footballer of the Year, EFA Egyptian Footballer of the Year.

List of players

The list includes notable footballers who have played for Zamalek. Generally, this means players that have played at least 50 official matches. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included if they are on Zamalek's list of Legendary Players.

1911–1989 NameNationalityPositionZamalek careerCaptaincyAppearancesGoalsNotesAhmed KadryForward1911–??Taha FarghalyMidfielder1911–??Hussein FawziForward1911–??Mohamed GabrForward1911–??Amin GabrielWinger1911–??Mahmoud MareiForward1912–??Abdel Salam HamdiDefender1912–??Youssef Muhammad Forward1912–1919Tewfik AbdullahForward1912–1920 1930–1932Ali El-HassaniForward1914–1923 1927–1929 1931–1932Fuad GamilWinger1916–1929Gamil OsmanMidfielder1916–1927Ibrahim YakanForward1917–1926Ahmed SalemWinger1918–1926 1927–1934Hussein HegaziForward1919–1923 1928–1931 El-Sayed AbazaForward1920–1923 1928–1930Mohamed LatifWinger1920–1935 1936–1945 Ali RiadhForward1920–1923 1933–1935Mostafa Kamel TahaForward1929–1938 Nicola Mahmoud Emam Sayed Marie Ali ShafiMidfielder Ali El-KafDefender1930–1938 Al-Labban Ali Shoier Husein Labib Hassan El-FarDefender1930–1938 Ismail RafaatForward1930–1938 Ahmed Kholosy Mohammed BakhatiMidfielder1933–1937 Mohammed Hassan HelmyMidfielder1934–1948 Kamel Abd Rabu Ahmed Halim IbrahimMidfielder1933–1937 Hussein El-Far Mahmoud Marie Abdulrahman FawziWinger1935–1947 Ismail Al-Samkary Niazy Gregaitos Qadry Mostafa Ibrahim Nigm Yehia EmamGoalkeeper1937–1953 Omar ShendiDefender1938–1949 Abdel-Karim SakrForward1938–1945 Galal Keraitam Hanafy BastanDefender1940–1958 Al-Arabi Galal Qadri Mohsen Al-Sehaimy Anwar El-Beshbeshy Mahmoud Hafez "Zoklot" Abdel Rehim Shendi Sherif El-FarWinger1946–1961 Ali Sharaf Mohamed Amin Saad Rostom Essam BaheegWinger1949–1960 Alaa El-HamoulyForward1950–1961 Abd El-Aziz Qabil Nour El-DaliMidfielder1950–1959 Zaki Osman Yones Marie Halim Thaloth Yakan HussienDefender1954–1972 9 Bebo Samir Abd El-Aziz Mimi Fekry Raafat AttiaForward1955–1967 Samir QotbMidfielder1955–1967 11 Mohamed RefaieDefender1955–1965 Abdu NoshiMidfielder1955–1965 Ali MohsenForward1956–1965 Zamer Ezzat Halim Hamada EmamForward1957–1974 84 Aldo StellaGoalkeeper1958–1962 Ahmed MostafaDefender1958–1967 Abo Al-Qasem Ahmed Abo Hussien Hilal Musa Khalil Qadtry Ali Bakr Ali Mahmoud Farouk Al-Turky Auliman Dawood Hamada Al-Sharqawy Mahmoud Abou-RegailaDefender1959–1966 Nabil NosairWinger1959–1967 Omar Al-NoorMidfielder1960–1975 25 Hossam WasfyMidfielder1960–1973 Ahmed ReffatMidfielder1961–1973 Ahmed Effat Abd El-Maksoud Salah Farouk El-SayedWinger1963–1977 Abd El-Karim El-GoharyDefender1963–1976 Abdel Hamid ShaheenGoalkeeper Hesham Azmy Shawky Abu El-Saod El-Bardesy Samir Mohamed Ali El-gohary El-Sagheer Tarek Ghonaim Abd El-Sammad Said Doalla Galal Mahmoud Hassan ShehataForward1967–1968 1971–1983 102 Taha BasryMidfielder1967–1979 26 Shawky HusseinDefender1968–1977 Ashraf Abu El-NourGoalkeeper1970–1975 Mohamed TawfikDefender1970–1980 Ghanem SoltanMidfielder1970–1981 2 Ali KhalilForward1970–1980 97 Nooh AdamDefender1970–1976 Farouk GaafarMidfielder1971–1988 Mahmoud El-KhawagaWinger1971–1982 Salah El-Nahy Helmy ToulanMidfielder1972–1979 Adel El-MaamourGoalkeeper1975–1988 Mohamed SalahDefender1975–1988 Wahid Kamal Mohamed Said Farouk Fawzy Mahmoud SaadDefender1975–1987 Ibrahim YoussefDefender1975–1988Ibrahim YossefDefender1977–1989 Sami MansourDefender1977–1985 Gamal AbdullahDefender1977–1990 Sabry El-Meniawy Mohamed Taher Mahmoud Fawzy Abd El-Rehem Mohamed Adel Abd El-Moaty Hamama Ahmed Abd El-Halim Mamdouh Mosbah Hashim Ibrahim Mansour Hafiz Said El-Gadie Hesham YakanDefender1982–1995 Badr Hamid Medhat Mekky Hamada Nasr Mohamed GamalDefender El-Rasheedi El-Ebaidi Reda Hemida Hany Ebada Adolf Hesham Ismail Adel Dosoky Mohamed Genedy Atef Gad Osama Abd El-Gelil Adel Ibrahim Medhat Mostafa Henry Thompson Abd El-Moniem El-Sayad Ismail Scondo Shabandar Mansour Hafiz Amr Abd-El-Salam Mohamed Abd El-Gelil Akl Gad Allah Zakaria Nasef Hussein Abd El-Rasoul Mohammed Helmy Adel Abd El-Wahid Tarek YehiaMidfielder1981–1992 Emmanuel QuarshieMidfielder1983–1986 Ayman YounesMidfielder1983–1992 Hamada Abd El-Latif Nasr Ibrahim Gamal Abdel-HameedForward1984–1994 97 Ashraf KasemDefender1984–1997 28 Ismail YossefMidfielder1984–1997 25 Nasser Abd El-Latif Magdy Shalaby Khaled GalalDefender1986–1995 Magdy TolbaMidfielder1986–1989 Ahmed RamzyMidfielder1987–1996 23 Hussein El-SayedGoalkeeper1987–1999 Emad Al-Mandoh Alaa Abd El-Aal Tarek Abd El-Alim Khaled Abd El-Rahman Ayman TaherGoalkeeper -42 Atef Abd El-Hady Effat NassarMidfielder1987–1996 34 Ahmed Salim Salah Al-Tayeb Nabil Mahmoud 17 Ahmed El-Shazly 10 Reda Abdel-AalMidfielder1987–1993 14 Tamer Abdel HamidDefender1988–1993 12 Emad SalahMidfielder1989–1990 Talaat MansourDefender1989–1996

1990–1999 NameNationalityPositionZamalek careerCaptaincyAppearancesGoalsNotesMostafa NigmDefender1990–1993 Hussein Abd El-LatifDefender1990–1996 21 0 Essam MareiMidfielder1991–1998 26 3 Emmanuel AmunekeWinger1991–1994 71 26 Mostafa Ibrahim Sami El-SheshiniDefender1991–2001 38 2 Walid Moaz 1Ayman MansourForward1991–1997 54 Harouna Youssef Yehia Nabil 9 1 Ahmed SaryForward1992–1993 8 Nader El-SayedGoalkeeper1992–1998 27 -18 Aki AkshendiForward1993–1994 4 Osmano SomanoDefender1993–1994 Ashraf YoussefDefender1993–1995 0 0 Hazem EmamMidfielder1993–1996 2001–2008 2003–2008 124 27 Joe OtchiriForward1993–1995 Ayman ShawkyForward1993–1994 William Anganga1994–1995 Khaled El-GhandourMidfielder1994–2003 1997–2003 53 2 Mohamed SabryMidfielder1994–2003 52 7 Islam FathiMidfielder1994–1995 Laod OscarForward1994–1995 Medhat Abdel-HadyDefender1994–2000 2001–2006 20 Kamel Kaci-SaïdMidfielder1994–1996 Ahmed El-KassForward1995–1997 25 Rami ShaabanGoalkeeper1995 4 0 Tarek MostafaMidfielder1995–1999 37 4 Moatamed GamalDefender1995–1996 11 1 Sayed HanafiDefender 24 2 Ayman AbdelazizMidfielder1995–2000 2008 75 8 Tarek El-SayedDefender1995–2008 219 23 Moamen SulimanMidfielder1995–1998 8 0 Mohamed Abdel-GalilForward1995–1997 Tamer BegatoMidfielder1996–1997 Mohamed KamounaMidfielder1996–2003 89 4 Moussa Touri1997–1998 6 1 Osama NabihForward1997–2002 68 25 Ahmed AbdullahMidfielder1997–2000 36 14 Mohamed RamadanForward 9 2 Akram Abdel-MajeedForward1997–1999 15 4 Soumaila CoulibalyMidfielder1997–2000 42 6 Mohamed El-Sayed 22 0 Mohamed El-Kot 43 1 Ahmed MetwalliDefender1997–1998 11 1 Besheer El-TabeiDefender1997–2008 160 9 Ayman Mashaly 19 1 Abdul Hamid BassiounyForward1997–2000 52 20 Abdelwahed El-SayedGoalkeeper1998–2014 2008–2014 223-117 Tarek El-SaidMidfielder1998–2006 148 23 Hossam AbdelmoneimDefender1998–2004 86 11 Amr FahimDefender1998–2001 36 1 Abd El-Latif El-DoumanyForward1998–2002 47 13 Haytham FaroukDefender 31 2 Elvis RubinMidfielder1998–1999 12 3 CristopherDefender1998–1999 12 3 Andy ChikoForward1998–1999 Abdel Halim AliForward1999–2009 ?? 134 Mohamed Aboul ElaMidfielder1999–2009 149 9 Ahmed SalehDefender 94 0 Mohamed Abdel MonsefGoalkeeper1999–2010 140 -127 Wael El-QuabbaniDefender1999–2007 126 11 Ahmed MoazDefender 20 0 Osama AmmarDefender Basem Sayed Al-RegalMidfielder Amir ZakiForward Khalid El-Sayed TahaMidfielder Ahmed Hossam (Mido)Forward1999–20002009–20102011–2012 16 5

2000–2009 NameNationalityPositionZamalek careerCaptaincyAppearancesGoalsNotesIbrahim HassanDefender2000–2004 47 4 Hossam HassanForward2000–2004 61 38 Tamer Abdel HamidMidfielder2000–2007 141 10 Walid Salah Abdel LatifForward2000–2007 73 18 Al-Hassan Mohamed2000–2002 9 0 Gamal HamzaMidfielder2000–2009 74 Wael ZengaGoalkeeper2000–2008 Felix AboagyeForward2001–2002 20 5 Ramadan RagabForward Mahmoud MahmoudDefender2001–2007 54 2 Reda SekaDefender2001–2003 4 0 Mohamed Abdel WahedDefender2001–2005 75 10 Freddie Mwila Jr.Midfielder2001–2002 Ahmed SamirDefender2001–2004 2010–2014 27 1 ShikabalaWinger2002–2005 2007–2014 2016–2017 2019–2025 394 78 Mohamed SedikDefender2002–2006 66 3 Ahmed OmranForward 7 0 Hany El-AgazyForward2002–2007 7 0 Osama OthmanForward Walid AnwarForward Amer SabryMidfielder2002–2005 0 Atoat Abd El-HalimGoalkeeper -2 Amir AzmyDefender2002–2005 12 0 Islam El-ShaterDefender2003–2004 1 Hossam Abd El-AalMidfielder Moataz EnoMidfielder2002–2007 60 5 Sameh YoussefForward2003–2006 43 5 Hossam OsamaForward 11 2 Mohamed Mahmoud KhafagaForward Ibrahim SaidDefender2004–2006 27 4 Ahmed El-BakryDefender2004–2006 25 1 Salih SadirMidfielder2004–2005 11 0 Ahmed Ghanem SoltanDefender2004–2011 94 0 Marc MbouaForward2004–2005 6 0 Ernest Papa ArkoForward2004 5 1 Hossam ZainhomDefender 7 0 Walid QandielDefender Ahmed ZaherDefender Ahmed HossamDefender2005–2008 20 0 Sunny Ekeh KingsleyForward2005–2006 4 0 Farag ShalabyDefender2005–2006 4 0 Tamer Abd El-WahhabDefender2005–2007 34 0 Adel FathiDefender2005–2006 2 0 Yossef HamdyMidfielder2005–2007 33 4 Alaa Abdel-GhanyMidfielder2005–2008 45 3 Mostafa GaafarForward2005–2009 59 15 Edson SousaForward2005–2006 3 1 Awulley Junior QuayeForward2005–2007 28 6 Ahmed MohsenDefender2005–2006 2 0 Tarik El Jarmounigoal keeper2006–2006 Jean-Jacques Tiziégoal keeper2006–2007 Yamen Ben ZekryDefender2006–2007 15 0 Amr El-SaftyDefender2006–2011 94 1 Magdy AtwaMidfielder2006–2007 30 4 Amr ZakiForward2006–2012 41 Ahmed Abdel-RaoufMidfielder2006–2010 68 1 Wisam El AbdyDefender2006–2008 17 1 Emad El-SayedGoalkeeper2007–2010 Mahmoud FathallaDefender2007–2014 111 18 Khaled SaadDefender2007–2008 6 0 Karim ZekriDefender2007–2009 15 0 Osama HassanDefender2006–2009 30 4 Mohamed IbrahimDefender2007–2009 16 1 Ahmed MagdyDefender2007–2010 73 5 Sherif AshrafForward2007–2010 52 14 Mohamed AbdullahDefender2007–2009 2010 30 0 Alaa AliMidfielder2007–2013 41 3 Ahmed Ibrahim ZakariaDefender2007–2009 3 0 Hany Said IDefender2008–2011 61 4 Ricardo Alves FernandesDefender2008–2009 6 1 Amr AdelDefender2008–2010 15 0 Mahmoud SamirMidfielder2008–2009 9 1 Alaa KamalMidfielder2008–2009 7 1 Junior AgogoForward2008–2009 11 3 Hossam ArafatMidfielder2008–2012 19 1 Hazem Emam IIDefender2008–2014– 48 2 Ahmed El MerghanyMidfielder2008–2013 24 1 Mohamed El-MorsyForward2008 10 0 Eugène Koffi KouaméForward2008–2009 3 0 Sabri RaheelDefender2009–2013 32 1 Ibrahim SalahMidfielder2008–2013 2014– 53 fMohamed Abdel-ShafyDefender2009–2015 ?? 10 Sayed MosaadForward2009–2010 3 1 Rémi AdikoMidfielder2009–2010 11 1 Abdul Rahim AyewDefender2009–2010 10 1 Hassan MostafaMidfielder2009–2011 42 3 Ahmed GaafarForward2009–20142015- ?? 44 Ahmed Fathi (Bogy)Forward2009–2010 2 0 Mohamed Ibrahim IIMidfielder2009–20142015-2019 21 2 Omar GaberWinger2010–2016 2022- 12 Mohamed RefaieMidfielder2009–2011 1 0

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