2020–21 Zamalek SC season

Zamalek SC 2020–21 football season
Zamalek SC
2020–21 season
ChairmanEmad Abdel-Aziz (interim)
Head coachJaime Pacheco
StadiumCairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier LeagueWinners
Egypt CupWinners
CAF Champions LeagueGroup stage
← 2019–20

The 2020–21 Zamalek SC season was the club's 110th season in existence and the 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zamalek participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup and the CAF Champions League.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Egypt EGY Mohamed Abou Gabal
3 MF Egypt EGY Tarek Hamed
4 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Alaa
5 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Abdel Ghani
6 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Abdel Salam
7 DF Egypt EGY Hazem Emam (Vice-captain)
8 MF Egypt EGY Emam Ashour
9 FW Egypt EGY Marwan Hamdi
10 MF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Abdul-Raziq (Captain)
11 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Sayed
12 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Ashraf
13 MF Tunisia TUN Ferjani Sassi
14 MF Egypt EGY Youssef Ibrahim
15 FW Morocco MAR Hamid Ahadad
16 GK Egypt EGY Mahmoud Abdul-Rahim (4th captain)
17 MF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
19 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Abdel Shafy (3rd captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Morocco MAR Achraf Bencharki
21 GK Egypt EGY Mohamed Awad
22 DF Egypt EGY Abdallah Gomaa
23 FW Egypt EGY Islam Gaber
24 DF Tunisia TUN Hamza Al-Mathlouthi
28 DF Egypt EGY Mahmoud Hamdy
29 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Fatouh
30 FW Tunisia TUN Seifeldine Al-Jaziri
32 MF Egypt EGY Hussein Faisal
33 FW Egypt EGY Hossam Ashraf
34 DF Egypt EGY Ahmed Eid
36 DF Egypt EGY Hossam Abdul-Majeed
37 FW Egypt EGY Osama Faisal
38 DF Egypt EGY Hatem Muhammad
50 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Hossam Eldin
35 DF Egypt EGY Yassin Marei
— MF Egypt EGY Ayman Hefny

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Ivory Coast CIV Razack Cisse (on loan to Al Ittihad)
— GK Egypt EGY Muhammad Sobhy (on loan to Al Ittihad)
— FW Egypt EGY Mostafa Fathi (on loan to Smouha)
— FW Egypt EGY Karim Bambo (on loan to National Bank of Egypt)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Egypt EGY Mostafa Mohamed (on loan to Galatasaray)
— FW Morocco MAR Mohamed Ounajem (on loan to Wydad)
— FW Egypt EGY Omar El Said (on loan to El Gouna)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Egyptian Premier League 12 December 2020 27 August 2021 Matchday 1 Winners 34 24 8 2 61 21 +40 070.59
Egypt Cup 14 April 2021 21 July 2022 Round of 32 Winners 5 5 0 0 10 3 +7 100.00
CAF Champions League 12 February 2021 10 April 2021 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 033.33
Total 45 31 10 4 78 29 +49 068.89

Source: Soccerway

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zamalek[a] (C) 34 24 8 2 61 21 +40 80 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Al Ahly[a] 34 22 10 2 72 29 +43 76
3 Pyramids[a] 34 13 16 5 51 37 +14 55 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4 Smouha 34 12 18 4 54 41 +13 54
5 Al Masry[a] 34 13 11 10 44 38 +6 50 Qualification for the Confederation Cup
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d The 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Al Masry and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 24 8 2 61 21  +40 80 24 8 2 61 21  +40 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 November 2020.[2]

Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Zamalek
12 December 2020 1 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–2 Zamalek
Pyramids v Zamalek
17 December 2020 2 Pyramids 1–1 Zamalek
Smouha v Zamalek
28 December 2020 3 Smouha 0–2 Zamalek
ENPPI v Zamalek
2 January 2021 5 ENPPI 1–2 Zamalek
Zamalek v Tala'ea El Gaish
9 January 2021 6 Zamalek 3–0 Tala'ea El Gaish
Al Masry v Zamalek
12 January 2021 7 Al Masry 0–1 Zamalek
Zamalek v El Gouna
19 January 2021 8 Zamalek 1–0 El Gouna
Aswan v Zamalek
23 January 2021 9 Aswan 0–0 Zamalek
Zamalek v Misr Lel Makkasa
28 January 2021 10 Zamalek 4–1 Misr Lel Makkasa
Ghazl El Mahalla v Zamalek
2 February 2021 11 Ghazl El Mahalla 2–1 Zamalek
Zamalek v Al Ittihad
7 February 2021 12 Zamalek 2–0 Al Ittihad
Zamalek v Ismaily
17 February 2021 13 Zamalek 2–1 Ismaily
Wadi Degla v Zamalek
1 March 2021 14 Wadi Degla 0–0 Zamalek
Zamalek v Ceramica Cleopatra
11 March 2021 15 Zamalek 2–0 Ceramica Cleopatra
Zamalek v Al Ahly
18 April 2021 4 Zamalek 1–2 Al Ahly
El Entag El Harby v Zamalek
22 April 2021 16 El Entag El Harby 0–2 Zamalek
Zamalek v National Bank
26 April 2021 17 Zamalek 4–1 National Bank
Zamalek v Al Mokawloon Al Arab
29 April 2021 18 Zamalek 2–2 Al Mokawloon Al Arab
Zamalek v Pyramids
2 May 2021 19 Zamalek 1–1 Pyramids
Zamalek v Smouha
6 May 2021 20 Zamalek 2–1 Smouha
Al Ahly v Zamalek
10 May 2021 21 Al Ahly 1–1 Zamalek
Zamalek v ENPPI
14 May 2021 22 Zamalek 3–1 ENPPI
Zamalek v Tala'ea El Gaish
20 May 2021 23 Zamalek 2–1 Tala'ea El Gaish Cairo
21:00 Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Zamalek v Al Masry
24 May 2021 24 Zamalek 3–2 Al Masry Alexandria
21:00 Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
El Gouna v Zamalek
30 May 2021 25 El Gouna 0–0 Zamalek El Gouna
21:00 Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium
Zamalek v Aswan
17 June 2021 26 Zamalek 3–0 Aswan Cairo
19:00 Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouni
Misr Lel Makkasa v Zamalek
28 June 2021 27 Misr Lel Makkasa 0-1 Zamalek
Zamalek v Ghazl El Mahalla
7 August 2021 28 Zamalek 3–0 Ghazl El Mahalla
Al Ittihad v Zamalek
10 August 2021 29 Al Ittihad 1-2 Zamalek
Ismaily v Zamalek
14 August 2021 30 Ismaily 0-2 Zamalek
Zamalek v Wadi Degla
16 August 2021 31 Zamalek 1-0 Wadi Degla
Ceramica Cleopatra v Zamalek
20 August 2021 32 Ceramica Cleopatra 1-2 Zamalek
Zamalek v El Entag El Harby
24 August 2021 33 Zamalek 2-0 El Entag El Harby
National Bank of Egypt v Zamalek
27 August 2021 34 National Bank of Egypt 1-1 Zamalek

Egypt Cup

Zamalek v Haras El Hodoud
14 April 2021 32 Zamalek 3–1 Haras El Hodoud Suez City, Suez
  • Youssef 9'
 Stadium: Suez Stadium
Referee: Amr Ramadan
Zamalek v Ismaily
27 May 2021 16 Zamalek 1-0 Ismaily Suez City, Suez
Stadium: Suez Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
Zamalek v Misr Lel Makkasa
22 June  2021 Quarter-finals Zamalek 1-0 Misr Lel Makkasa Suez City, Suez
 Stadium: Suez Stadium
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour
Zamalek v Aswan
23 May  2022 Semi-finals Zamalek 2-1 Aswan Cairo
  • Mohamed Gedo 9'
 Stadium: Arab Contractors Stadium
Zamalek v Al Ahly
21 July  2022 Final Zamalek 2-1 Al Ahly Cairo
  • Hassan 55'
 Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 November 2020.

First round

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 January 2021.

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST MCA ZAM TEU
1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 3–1 2–1
2 Algeria MC Alger 6 2 3 1 4 4 0 9 1–1 — 0–2 1–0
3 Egypt Zamalek 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8 0–1 0–0 — 4–1
4 Senegal Teungueth 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 2–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References

  1. ^ @EFA (10 August 2021). "اتحاد الكرة يرسل أسماء الأندية المصرية المشاركة في بطولتي أفريقيا" [EFA sends names of Egyptian clubs participating in the Champions League and Confederation Cup next season to CAF] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "قرعة الدوري المصري موسم 2020-2021.. بداية نارية لـ الزمالك ومتوازنة لـ الأهلي". btolat.com. 23 November 2020.
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