Links with other clubs

A montage of Zamalek fans before the Cairo derby. (The top-left picture is before the Zamalek-Faisaly (Jordan) game.)
Ismaily, a club situated in Ismaileya, in the North Coast of Egypt, didn't have a stadium to train in since their stadium required renovation in the early 1960s. The Ismaili Board of Directors sent an official request to Al Ahly club asking if they could share their training stadium (Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium). Al Ahly refused, which infuriated Ismaili S.C forcing them to ask Zamalek. Zamalek allowed Ismaili to train with Zamalek players on Mit Okba Stadium which was the beginning of the links between the two sets of fans.
Some El-Masry fans are seen to be "allies" with White Castle fans. Tersana fans are regarded as Zamalek supporters as well (and vice-versa) due to the fact that the two used to share the training stadium and also because of their close geographic location; they are the only two Egyptian clubs to hail from Giza. It is common to see Zamalek banners and flags at Ismaili, El Masry and Tersana games (and vice-versa). In the south of Egypt, support for Al Ahly or Zamalek is not entirely clear where cities like Aswan have more Zamalek supporters, whereas El Minia, for example, have more Al Ahly fans. In Cairo, districts like Mohandessin, Dokki, 6th of October, Sheikh Zayed and of course Zamalek have a large number of Zamalek fans. They also have a small following in Alexandria where about 15% of the city are known to support Zamalek.