2007-08 transfers
Zamalek bought several players before the 2007-08 season. These included bringing in highly rated international defenders Besheer El-Tabei, Karim Zekry and Mahmoud Fathalla, the captain of the Jordanian national team Khaled Saad, defensive midfielder Ahmed Magdy from Greece and Sherif Ashraf from the Al Ahly youth squad.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Current squad
Correct as of 20 July 2007
No. Position Player
1 GK Mohamed Abdel Monsef
2 DF Amr El-Safti
3 DF Osama Hassan
4 DF Wisam El-Abdy
5 DF Besheer El-Tabei
6 DF Ahmed Hossam
7 DF Ahmed Ghanem Soltan
8 MF Alaa Abdel-Ghany
9 FW Amr Zaki
10 FW Gamal Hamza
11 MF Mohamed Aboul Ela
12 MF Magdy Atwa
13 DF Tarek El-Sayed
14 MF Hazem Emam
15 DF Karim Zekry
16 GK Abdel Wahed Al Sayed
No. Position Player
17 FW Mostafa Gaafar
18 FW Shikabala
20 MF Tamer Abdel Hamid
21 DF Emad El-Sayed
22 MF Ahmed Magdy
23 GK Wael Zenga
24 FW Abdel Halim Ali
26 MF Ahmed Abdel-Raouf
27 DF Mohamed Ibrahim
28 DF Mahmoud Fathalla
29 DF Yamen Ben Zekry
30 MF Khaled Saad
32 FW Sherif Ashraf
(note: no more than 3 foreign players are allowed on any side in the Egyptian Premier League)
Correct as of 20 July 2007
No. Position Player
1 GK Mohamed Abdel Monsef
2 DF Amr El-Safti
3 DF Osama Hassan
4 DF Wisam El-Abdy
5 DF Besheer El-Tabei
6 DF Ahmed Hossam
7 DF Ahmed Ghanem Soltan
8 MF Alaa Abdel-Ghany
9 FW Amr Zaki
10 FW Gamal Hamza
11 MF Mohamed Aboul Ela
12 MF Magdy Atwa
13 DF Tarek El-Sayed
14 MF Hazem Emam
15 DF Karim Zekry
16 GK Abdel Wahed Al Sayed
No. Position Player
17 FW Mostafa Gaafar
18 FW Shikabala
20 MF Tamer Abdel Hamid
21 DF Emad El-Sayed
22 MF Ahmed Magdy
23 GK Wael Zenga
24 FW Abdel Halim Ali
26 MF Ahmed Abdel-Raouf
27 DF Mohamed Ibrahim
28 DF Mahmoud Fathalla
29 DF Yamen Ben Zekry
30 MF Khaled Saad
32 FW Sherif Ashraf
(note: no more than 3 foreign players are allowed on any side in the Egyptian Premier League)
Team colours
White Knights fans see the traditional white kit with 2 red stripes as a good luck omen since the periods of greatest successes for the White Castle came when they were wearing their traditional trademark kit. Currently they are not wearing the traditional kit and have not been wearing it since 2004 which also happens to be the last time they won a title. Many fans are actually requesting the return of that kit.
White Knights fans see the traditional white kit with 2 red stripes as a good luck omen since the periods of greatest successes for the White Castle came when they were wearing their traditional trademark kit. Currently they are not wearing the traditional kit and have not been wearing it since 2004 which also happens to be the last time they won a title. Many fans are actually requesting the return of that kit.
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.
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.
Supporters
It is widely believed that Zamalek is the club of choice of Egyptian free-thinkers, those who have a propensity for supporting the underdog, and Egypt's aristocratic class. Zamalek have been known to have a large following, being second only to Al Ahly in fan support. Zamalek fans have been largely known as a club supported by aristocrats and the upper class, whereas Al Ahly have traditionally been supported by the working class. Nowadays, these stereotypes exist to a lesser degree since Al Ahly now have some rich and influential fans, and Zamalek have now been gaining large support from lower-class areas as well.
Recently fans have been seen to protest against Ahmad Shobair and other members of the Egyptian FA due to decisions that Shobair and co. have made including the suspension of Shikabala and Ahmed Ghanem Sultan from the national team. They were suspended for "not co-operating with their team mates" during the African Olympics 2007 in Algeria. Another decision that has invoked the ire of fans was the large fine given to Amr Zaki for allegedly insulting an opponent. Shikabala has been fined and suspended by the Egyptian FA as well as the Zamalek board due to his violent reactions to taunts during the 100th Cairo derby.
Zamalek fans have two nicknames for the Red Devils of Al Ahly which are Al Gahly, literally the ignorants, and Hala, a woman's name which sounds similar to Ahly.
It is widely believed that Zamalek is the club of choice of Egyptian free-thinkers, those who have a propensity for supporting the underdog, and Egypt's aristocratic class. Zamalek have been known to have a large following, being second only to Al Ahly in fan support. Zamalek fans have been largely known as a club supported by aristocrats and the upper class, whereas Al Ahly have traditionally been supported by the working class. Nowadays, these stereotypes exist to a lesser degree since Al Ahly now have some rich and influential fans, and Zamalek have now been gaining large support from lower-class areas as well.
Recently fans have been seen to protest against Ahmad Shobair and other members of the Egyptian FA due to decisions that Shobair and co. have made including the suspension of Shikabala and Ahmed Ghanem Sultan from the national team. They were suspended for "not co-operating with their team mates" during the African Olympics 2007 in Algeria. Another decision that has invoked the ire of fans was the large fine given to Amr Zaki for allegedly insulting an opponent. Shikabala has been fined and suspended by the Egyptian FA as well as the Zamalek board due to his violent reactions to taunts during the 100th Cairo derby.
Zamalek fans have two nicknames for the Red Devils of Al Ahly which are Al Gahly, literally the ignorants, and Hala, a woman's name which sounds similar to Ahly.
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