# 2023–24 Zamalek SC season

The 2023–24 Zamalek SC season was the club's 113th season in existence and the 65th 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, the CAF Confederation Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup. It began on 28 July 2023 with the Arab club competition.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 20 September 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | EGY | Mohamed Awad |
| — | GK | EGY | Mohamed Sobhy |
| — | GK | EGY | Abdelrahman Nafad |
| — | DF | TUN | Hamza Mathlouthi |
| — | DF | EGY | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh |
| — | DF | EGY | Omar Gaber |
| — | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Alaa |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Ghani |
| — | DF | EGY | Hossam Abdul-Majeed |
| — | DF | EGY | Mostafa El Zenary |
| — | DF | EGY | Muhammad Tarek |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Shafy |
| — | DF | EGY | Hatem Sukar |
| — | DF | EGY | El Wensh |
| — | MF | EGY | Nabil Emad Dunga |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | EGY | Amr El Sisi |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Ashraf Roqa |
| — | MF | EGY | Mohamed Hossam Beso |
| — | MF | EGY | Youssef Obama |
| — | MF | EGY | Sayed Abdallah Neymar |
| — | MF | EGY | Ahmed Abdel Rahim Esho |
| — | MF | EGY | Shikabala (captain) |
| — | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Ndiaye |
| — | MF | EGY | Mostafa Shalaby |
| — | FW | TUN | Seifeddine Jaziri |
| — | FW | EGY | Ali Yasser |
| — | FW | EGY | Ahmed Sayed Zizo |
| — | FW | EGY | Nasser Mansi |
| — | FW | BEN | Samson Akinyoola |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Ahmad Zaki | ZED | Loan return | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Youssef Obama | Al-Hazem | Loan return | 30 June 2023 |
| DF | Mahmoud Alaa | Al Ittihad | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| DF | Ahmed Ayman Mansour | Tala'ea El Gaish | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| DF | Ahmed Eid | ENPPI | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| MF | Hamdy Alaa | National Bank of Egypt | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| FW | Hossam Ashraf | National Bank of Egypt | Loan return | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Abdallah El Said | Pyramids | €448,000 | 31 January 2024 |
| DF | Yaser Hamed | NorthEast United | Free | 5 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ahmed Belhadji | Aswan | Loan return | 20 July 2023 |
| MF | Youssef Osama | Pyramids | Free | 4 August 2023 |
| MF | Seif Farouk Gaafar | Pyramids | Free | 8 August 2023 |
| DF | Ahmed Eid | Al Masry | Free | 15 August 2023 |
| DF | Ahmed Ayman Mansour | Al Masry | Free | 16 August 2023 |
| FW | Hossam Ashraf | Baladiyat El Mahalla | Loan | 30 August 2023 |
| MF | Maged Hany | Baladiyat El Mahalla | Loan | 30 August 2023 |
| MF | Tarek Alaa | Baladiyat El Mahalla | Loan | 3 September 2023 |
| DF | Mahmoud Shabana | Al Ittihad | €166,000 | 4 September 2023 |
| GK | El-Sayed Attia | Al Nasr Lel Taa'den | Free | 11 September 2023 |
| MF | Hamdy Alaa | Smouha | Loan and €120,000 | 12 September 2023 |
| GK | Mohamed Nadim | Pharco | Free | 14 September 2023 |
| MF | Mohamed Khodary | Petrojet | Free | 16 September 2023 |
| DF | Yaser Hamed | | Contract termination | 1 July 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
Zamalek formally announced that it would take part in a training camp in Heliopolis that started on 4 September 2023.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Egyptian Premier League | 21 September 2023 | 17 August 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 050.00 |
| 2023–24 Egypt Cup | 18 July 2024 | 21 August 2024 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| 2022–23 Egypt Cup | 8 November 2023 | 8 March 2024 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | 16 September 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Second round | Winners | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 061.54 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 28 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 87 | 55 | +32 | 050.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Egyptian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 27 | +35 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 4 | Al Masry | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 5 | Modern Future | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 54 | |
* ↑ Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
* ↑ Zamalek were deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.
* ↑ Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.
* ↑ The league was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's CAF competitions. As a result, Al Masry, who finished the first half of the season at third place (and were also at third place by the time of the draw) qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Modern Future 4, Smouha 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 |
| Ground | A |
| Result | D |
| Position | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 September 2023.

### CAF Confederation Cup
#### Second round

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAM | SAL | SGA | SOAR |
| 1 | Zamalek | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Abu Salim | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sagrada Esperança | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Académie SOAR | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ CAF awarded Zamalek a 3–0 win after Académie SOAR failed to travel to Egypt.

#### Knockout stage
##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 March 2024.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 12 March 2024 after the quarter-finals draw.

##### Finals
### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Shabab | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Nassr | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Zamalek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | US Monastir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |