List of Zamalek SC records and statistics

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

'Zamalek Football Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك لكرة القدم, lit.: Nadi El Zamalek'), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo, and is considered as one of the most successful teams in Africa and as one of the continent's giants. This article includes records and statistics related to Zamalek SC.

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

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

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

All stats are accurate as of 27 June 2024.

Honours

Worldwide / Intercontinental

Afro-Asian

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

Continental

African

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

Regional

UAFA

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

Domestic

League

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

Cup

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

Defunct

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

Friendly

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

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

Players

See also: List of Zamalek SC players

Appearances

Name	Years	League	Cup	Super Cup	African	Arab	Total
Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed	1997–2014	345 (0)	40 (0)	4 (0)	88 (0)	27 (0)	504   (0)
Abdel Halim Ali	1999–2009	219 (81)	27 (18)	3 (0)	58 (23)	32 (13)	339   (138)
Tarek El-Sayed	1995–2008	207 (19)	23 (2)	2 (0)	56 (5)	35 (0)	323   (26)
Mohamed Aboul Ela	1999–2009	144 (9)	27 (0)	3 (0)	51 (1)	23 (1)	248   (11)
Besheer El-Tabei	1997–2004 2007–2008	146 (9)	21 (0)	2 (0)	42 (0)	22 (2)	223   (11)

Goalscorers

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

Awards Winners

EFA Egyptian Player of the Year

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

Al-Ahram Hebdo Egyptian Best footballer award

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

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

Al-Shabab & Al-Reyada Annual Awards

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

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

Team records

Matches

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

Season-by-season performance

Main article: List of Zamalek SC seasons

League record by opponent

Main article: Zamalek SC league record by opponent