# 2008–09 Zamalek SC season
## Key Dates

* 26 May 2008 - Ruud Krol leaves Zamalek.
* 4 June 2008 - Besheer El-Tabei, Tarek El-Sayed, Magdy Atwa, Khaled Saad, Wael Zenga and Ahmed Hossam leaves Zamalek.
* 6 June 2008 - Hazem Emam retired.
* 9 June 2008 - Zamalek sign Ayman Abdelaziz from Trabzonspor for four years.
* 10 June 2008 - Zamalek sign Amir Azmy from Hacettepe Spor Kulübü for four years.
* 12 June 2008 - Zamalek sign Amr Adel from El-Jaish for three years.
* 21 June 2008 - Zamalek name Reiner Hollmann as new manager.
* 24 June 2008 - Amir Azmy leaves Zamalek.
* 2 July 2008 - Zamalek buy Junior Agogo from Nottingham Forest for $2.5 million.
* 10 July 2008 - Mohammed Helmy leaves Zamalek.
* 11 July 2008 - Zamalek name Tarek Yehia as new assistant manager.
* 12 July 2008 - Zamalek buy Hany Said from Ismaily for $1.5 million.
* 24 July 2008 - Zamalek sign Ricardo Alves Fernandes for free.

## Team Kit

The team kits for the 2008-09 season are produced by Adidas. The home kit was revealed at Zamalek TV website on April 4. The kit was first worn in the first CAF Champions League game of the 2007-08 season. An all-black kit with white stripes replaced the bright-yellow away kit from the 2006-07 season.
| Home | Away | Goalkeeper home | Goalkeeper away |

## Squad

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 | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Monsef |
| 2 | DF | EGY | Amr ElSafty |
| 3 | DF | EGY | Osama Hassan |
| 4 | DF | TUN | Wisam El Abdy |
| 5 | MF | EGY | Mahmoud Samir |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Hany Said |
| 7 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Ghanem Soltan |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Alaa Abdelghani |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Junior Agogo |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Gamal hamza |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Aboul Ela (Captain) |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Omar Rabie Yassin |
| 15 | DF | EGY | Amr Adel |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Abdelwahed el-Sayed (Vice-Captain) |
| 17 | FW | EGY | Mostafa Gaafar |
| 18 | MF | EGY | Shikabala |
| 19 | FW | EGY | Mohamed El Morsy |
| 20 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Fathallah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | EGY | Emad El-Sayed |
| 22 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Magdy |
| 23 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdullah |
| 24 | FW | EGY | Abdel Halim Ali |
| 26 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Abdel-Raouf |
| 29 | FW | CIV | Eugène Koffi Kouamé |
| 30 | MF | EGY | Alaa Kamal |
| 31 | DF | EGY | Ahmed M.Ibrahim |
| 32 | FW | EGY | Sherif Ashraf |
| 33 | MF | EGY | Alaa Ali |
| 34 | MF | EGY | Ahmed El Merghany |
| 35 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Hazem Emam |
| 36 | MF | EGY | Hossam Arafat |
| 37 | DF | EGY | Sabry Raheel |
| 38 | MF | EGY | Ibrahim Salah |

### Youth Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | EGY | Alaa Ali (Youth) |
| 33 | EGY | Mohamed Ibrahim (Youth) |
| — | EGY | Ahmed Zakaria (Youth) |
| — | EGY | Ahmed El-Marghani (Youth) |
| — | EGY | Ayman El-Mohamadi (Youth) |
| — | EGY | Shiref Ragab (Youth) |
| — | EGY | Khaled Mostafa (Youth) |
| — | EGY | Ahmed Fekri (Youth) |
| — | EGY | Hosam Arafat (Youth) |

## Transfers
### In

| TW | # | Pos | EG | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| Summer | 05 | MF | Egypt passport | Mahmoud Samir | Al-Mokawloon | Undisclosed | 25 May 2008 |
| Summer | 06 | DF | Egypt passport | Hany Said | Ismaily | € 750K | 12 July 2008 |
| Summer | 09 | FW | no Egypt passport | Junior Agogo | Nottingham Forest | € 750K | 2 July 2008 |
| Summer | 12 | MF | Egypt passport | Ayman Abdelaziz | Trabzonspor | € 630K | 9 June 2008 |
| Summer | 15 | DF | Egypt passport | Amr Adel | El Geish | Unattatched | 12 June 2008 |
| Summer | 25 | DF | no Egypt passport | Ricardo Alves Fernandes | Al-Ittihad | Undisclosed | 24 July 2008 |
| Summer | 30 | MF | Egypt passport | Alaa Kamal | Al-Mokawloon | Undisclosed | 25 May 2008 |
| Winter | 13 | DF | Egypt passport | Omar Rabie Yassin | Lierse S.K. | Undisclosed | 8 January 2009 |
| Winter | 19 | FW | Egypt passport | Mohamed El Morsy | El Mansoura SC | € 162K | 25 January 2009 |
| Winter | 38 | DF | Egypt passport | Ibrahim Salah | El Mansoura SC | € 312K | 26 January 2009 |
| Winter | 37 | DF | Egypt passport | Sabry Raheel | Misr Lel-Makkasa SC | € 31K | 27 January 2009 |
| Winter | 29 | FW | no Egypt passport | Eugène Koffi Kouamé | Ivorian Army | € 46K | 2 March 2009 |

### Out

| TW | # | Pos | EG | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| Summer | 05 | DF | Egypt passport | Besheer El-Tabei | Konyaspor | Free | 4 June 2008 |
| Summer | 06 | DF | Egypt passport | Ahmed Hossam | El-Ittihad | Free | 4 June 2008 |
| Summer | 12 | MF | Egypt passport | Magdy Atwa | Tersana | Free | 4 June 2008 |
| Summer | 13 | DF | Egypt passport | Tarek El-Sayed | Itesalat | Free | 4 June 2008 |
| Summer | 30 | DF | no Egypt passport | Khaled Saad | Nejmeh | Free | 4 June 2008 |
| Summer | 14 | MF | Egypt passport | Hazem Emam | N/A | Retired | 6 June 2008 |
| Summer | 23 | MF | Egypt passport | Wael Zenga | El-Ittihad | Free | 4 June 2008 |
| Winter | 09 | FW | no Egypt passport | Junior Agogo | Apollon Limassol | Free | 24 January 2009 |
| Winter | 13 | DF | Egypt passport | Omar Rabie Yassin | N/A | Free | 10 March 2009 |
| Winter | 25 | MF | no Egypt passport | Ricardo Alves Fernandes | N/A | Free | 27 February 2009 |

### Loaned out

| TW | # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Start | End |
| Summer | 09 | FW | Amr Zaki | Wigan Athletic | £1.25million + $0.5 million | 01-07-2008 | 30-06-2009 |

### Overall

This section displays the club's financial expenditure's in the transfer market. Because all transfer fee's are not disclosed to the public, the numbers displayed in this section are only based on figures released by media outlets.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2008–09 Egyptian Premier League | 2008–09 Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egypt Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Monsef | 6 | -3 | 5+1 | -3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | EGY | Amr El-Safty | 15 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | EGY | Osama Hassan | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUN | Wisam El Abdy | 4 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | EGY | Mahmoud Samir | 10 | 1 | 0+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Hany Said | 21 | 3 | 20+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Ghanem Soltan | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Alaa Abdelghani | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Junior Agogo | 5 | 3 | 2+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Gamal hamza | 11 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Aboul Ela | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Omar Rabie Yassin | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | EGY | Amr Adel | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Abdelwahed El-Sayed | 25 | -27 | 24+0 | -26 | 1+0 | -1 |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Mostafa Gaafar | 8 | 2 | 3+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | EGY | Shikabala | 14 | 3 | 8+5 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Fathallah | 27 | 5 | 26+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | EGY | Emad El-Sayed | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Magdy | 23 | 2 | 22+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdullah | 19 | 0 | 6+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | EGY | Abdel Halim Ali | 19 | 3 | 9+9 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Ricardo Alves Fernandes | 6 | 1 | 6+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Abdel-Raouf | 20 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Ibrahim | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CIV | Eugène Koffi Kouamé | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | EGY | Alaa Kamal | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | EGY | Sherif Ashraf | 17 | 6 | 4+13 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | EGY | Alaa Ali | 16 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | EGY | Ahmed El Merghany | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Hazem Emam | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | EGY | Hossam Arafat | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | EGY | Sabry Raheel | 12 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | EGY | Ibrahim Salah | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 11 August
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | CAF Champions League | Total |
| 1 | | 32 | Sherif Ashraf | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | | 20 | Mahmoud Fathallah | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | 9 | Junior Agogo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| = | | 24 | Abdel Halim Ali | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 6 | Hany Said | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 18 | Shikabala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | | 10 | Gamal hamza | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| = | | 22 | Ahmed Magdy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 17 | Mostafa Gaafar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 30 | Alaa Kamal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 5 | Mahmoud Samir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 25 | Ricardo Alves Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 37 | Sabry Raheel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 4 | Wisam El Abdy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 2 | Amr El-Safty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 34 | 0 | 4 | 38 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 30 May
| Position | Number | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Egyptian Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egypt Cup | Total | Total |
| DF | 12 | Amr ElSafty | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | 20 | Mahmoud Fathallah | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Merghany | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | 7 | Ahmed Ghanem | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | 35 | Hazem Emam | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | 6 | Hany Said | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | 23 | Mohamed Abdullah | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| DF | 22 | Ahmed Magdy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Junior Agogo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 24 | Abdel Halim Ali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 26 | Ahmed Abdel-Raouf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 10 | Gamal hamza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GK | 16 | Abdelwahed el-Sayed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Shikabala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 11 | Mohamed Aboul Ela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* = 1 suspension withdrawn ** = 2 suspensions withdrawn *** = 3 suspensions withdrawn

### Overall

| Games played | 38 (30 Egyptian Premier League, 1 Egypt Cup, 1 Egyptian Super Cup, 6 CAF Champions League) |
| Games won | 12 (11 Egyptian Premier League, 1 CAF Champions League) |
| Games drawn | 11 (9 Egyptian Premier League, 2 CAF Champions League) |
| Games lost | 15 (10 Egyptian Premier League, 1 Egypt Cup, 1 Egyptian Super Cup, 3 CAF Champions League) |
| Goals scored | 38 |
| Goals conceded | 37 |
| Goal difference | +1 |
| Yellow cards | 52 |
| Red cards | 3 |
| Worst discipline | |
| Best result | 4-1 (A) v ENPPI - Egyptian Premier League - 2008.10.21 |
| Worst result | 0-3 (A) v ASEC Mimosas - CAF Champions League - 2008.8.31 |
| Most appearances | Mahmoud Fathallah (27 match) |
| Top scorer | Ahmed El Merghany (1 goal) |
| Points | 47/108 (43.5%) |

## Competitions

Correct as of 27 Sep 2008
| Championship | Result |
| Egyptian Premier League | Round 15(Sixes) |
| Egyptian Cup | Eliminated 32 by Bani Ebed |
| Egyptian Super Cup | Final |
| CAF Champions League | Group A(Fourth) |

### League table

| Pos | Prg | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | | ENPPI SC | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 49 |
| 6 | = | Zamalek SC | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 42 |
| 7 | = | Tala'ea El Gaish SC | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 38 |

### League matches

| Round | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| 1 | 8 August 2008 | Ghazl El-Mehalla | A | 2 – 0 | Amr Ramadan(og) 10', Mahmoud Fathalla 48' |
| 2 | 14 August 2008 | Ittihad | H | 1 – 1 | Mahmoud Fathalla 6' |
| 3 | 24 August 2008 | Masry | H | 2 – 1 | Wisam El-Abdi 2', Junior Agogo 52' |
| 4 | 27 Sep 2008 | Itesalat | A | 4 – 2 | Gamal Hamza 45', Mahmoud Fathalla 67'(Pen), Mostafa Gaafar 81', Mahmoud Samir 94' |
| 5 | 29 Sep 2008 | Tersana | H | 1 – 0 | Mostafa Gaafar 27' |
| 6 | 21 Oct 2008(PPD) | ENPPI | A | 4 – 1 | Junior Agogo 25', Amr ElSafty 49', Ahmed Magdy 73', Sherif Ashraf 80' |
| 7 | 8 Dec 2008(PPD) | Haras El Hodood | H | 0 – 1 | |
| 8 | 17 Oct 2008 | El-Jaish | A | 0 – 1 | |
| 9 | 26 Oct 2008 | El-Olympi | H | 1 – 3 | Ricardo 25' |
| 10 | 11 Jan 2009 | Al Ahly | A | 0 – 1 | |
| 11 | 7 Nov 2008 | Al-Mokawloon | H | 0 – 0 | |
| 12 | 14 Nov 2008 | Petrojet | A | 0 – 0 | |
| 13 | 30 Nov 2008 | Ismaily | H | 0 – 1 | |
| 14 | 12 Dec 2008 | Asyut Petroleum | A | 0 – 2 | |
| 15 | 20 Dec 2008 | Ittihad El-Shorta | H | 3 – 1 | Shikabala 12', Abdel Halim Ali 37', Junior Agogo 70' |
| 16 | 5 February 2009 | Ghazl El-Mehalla | H | 0 – 1 | |
| 17 | 14 February 2009 | Ittihad | A | 0 – 1 | |
| 18 | 18 February 2009 | Masry | A | 1 – 1 | Hany Said 19' |
| 19 | 23 February 2009 | Itesalat | H | 1 – 1 | Ahmed Magdy 49'(Pen) |
| 20 | 27 February 2008 | Tersana | A | 0 – 0 | |
| 21 | 3 March 2008(PPD) | ENPPI | H | 1 – 0 | Hany Said 75' |
| 22 | 7 March 2008(PPD) | Haras El Hodood | A | 1 – 2 | Sherif Ashraf 78' |
| 23 | 14 March 2008 | El-Jaish | H | 4 – 2 | Sherif Ashraf 11',53', Abdel Halim Ali 63', Shikabala 83' |
| 24 | 20 March 2008 | El-Olympi | A | 2 – 0 | Sabry Raheel 81', Shikabala 82' |
| 25 | 23 April 2009 | Al Ahly | H | 0 – 0 | |
| 26 | 8 April 2008 | Al-Mokawloon | A | 1 – 1 | Mahmoud Fathallah 45' |
| 27 | 16 April 2008 | Petrojet | H | 2 – 1 | Sherif Ashraf 53',54' |
| 28 | 28 April 2008 | Ismaily | A | 1 – 3 | Abdel Halim Ali 28' |
| 29 | 11 May 2008 | Asyut Petroleum | H | 0 – 0 | |
| 30 | 20 May 2008 | Ittihad El-Shorta | A | 2 – 0 | Alaa Kamal 63'(Pen), Hany Said 73'(Pen) |

### Cup matches

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| 26 Dec 2008 | Bany Ebeid | A | 0 – 1 | |

### Super Cup match

| Date | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Scorers |
| 27 July 2008 | Cairo International Stadium | Al Ahly | 0 – 2 | |

### CAF Champions League
#### Group table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Dynamos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Zamalek | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | |

#### Matches table

| Stage | Round | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| Group stage | 1 | 20 July 2008 | Al Ahly | A | 1 – 2 | Hamza 62' |
| Group stage | 2 | 3 Aug 2008 | Dynamos | H | 1 – 0 | Amr ElSafty 4' |
| Group stage | 3 | 16 Aug 2008 | ASEC Mimosas | H | 0 – 0 | |
| Group stage | 4 | 31 Aug 2008 | ASEC Mimosas | A | 0 – 3 | |
| Group stage | 5 | 14 Sep 2008 | Al Ahly | H | 2 – 2 | Hamza 40', Agogo 51' |
| Group stage | 6 | 21 Sep 2008 | Dynamos | A | 0 – 1 | |