# 2016–17 Zamalek SC season

The 2016–17 season is Zamalek's 58th season in the Egyptian Premier League and 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. The club will participate in the Premier League, Egypt Cup, Super Cup, and the CAF Champions League.

## Team kit

The team kits for this season are manufactured by Joma.
| Home | Away | Home (Temporary) |

## Transfers
### Players in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Type |
| 8 May 2016 | FW | Khaled Kamar | Smouha | Free | End of Loan |
| 2016 | DF | Shawky El Said | Ismaily | | |
| 2016 | DF | Ali Fathy | | | |
| 3 July 2016 | DF | Islam Gamal | Ismaily | Free | End of Loan |
| 11 July 2016 | MF | Ibrahim Salah | Smouha | Free | End of Loan |
| 19 July 2016 | MF | M. Dunga | Misr Lel-Makkasa | 9,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Hosny Fathy | Misr Lel-Makkasa | 9,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Mohamed Mosa'd | Misr Lel-Makkasa | 9,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | DF | Mohamed Nasef | ENPPI | 8,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | FW | Osama Ibrahim | ENPPI | 8,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| July 2016 | FW | Youssef Obama | Ittihad (Alexandria) | Free | End of Loan |
| 29 July 2016 | FW | Ahmed Gaafar | Petrojet | | Transfer |
| 1 August 2016 | MF | Mohamed Magdy | Masry | 5,000,000 L.E. + Hamada Tolba & Ahmed Samir | Transfer |
| 1 August 2016 | DF | Mahmoud Hamdy | Tala'ea El-Gaish | | Transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | FW | Stanley Ohawuchi | Wadi Degla | | Loan |
| 10 August 2016 | MF | Salah Atef (Rico) | Ittihad El Shorta | | Transfer |
| 28 August 2016 | MF | Ahmed Refaat | ENPPI | | Transfer |
| 2017 | FW | Hossam Salama | Smouha | | Transfer |
Total expenditure: $? million

### Players out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Ahmed Hamoudi | FC Basel | End of loan |
| 12 July 2016 | GK | Mohamed Abou Gabal | Smouha | |
| 14 July 2016 | DF | Kahraba | Ittihad (Jeddah) | Loan |
| 31 July 2016 | DF | Mohamed Adel Gomaa | Ismaily | Free |
| August 2016 | DF | Hamada Tolba | Masry | As a part of Mohamed Magdy Transfer |
| August 2016 | DF | Ahmed Samir | Masry | As a part of Mohamed Magdy Transfer |
| August 2016 | FW | Ahmed Hassan Mekky | Smouha | |
| August 2016 | FW | Khaled Kamar | Ittihad (Alexandria) | Loan |
| August 2016 | FW | Mohamed Salem | Ittihad (Alexandria) | Loan |
| August 2016 | DF | Hazem Emam | Ittihad (Alexandria) | Loan |
| 1 August 2016 | MF | Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq | Wadi Degla | Loan |
| 11 August 2016 | FW | Youssef Obama | Wadi Degla | Loan |
Total revenue:$?
Net income: $?

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Egyptian Premier League | Matchday 3 | 3rd | 29 September 2016 | 17 July 2017 |
| Egyptian Super Cup | Final | Winners | 10 February 2017 | 10 February 2017 |
| Egypt Cup | Round of 32 | Semi-final | 17 February 2017 | 8 August 2017 |
| CAF Champions League | First round | Group stage | 12 March 2017 | 9 July 2017 |
Updated to match played 9 August 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Egypt Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Champions League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Updated to match played 25 September 2016 Source: Competitions

### Position

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 62 | 14 | +48 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Misr Lel Makkasa | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 63 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Al Masry | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 62 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Smouha | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 57 | |
* ↑ Zamalek was deducted three points as they did not show up to their home match against Misr Lel Makkasa.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Egypt Cup, Al Ahly, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was given to the Cup runners-up, Al Masry.

### Results
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Match details
### 2017 CAF Champions League
#### First round

Zamalek won 5–3 on aggregate.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USM | AHT | ZAM | CAP |
| 1 | USM Alger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 11 | Quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Al-Ahli Tripoli | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 9 | Quarter-finals | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | CAPS United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 6 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).

### 2017 Arab Club Championship
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fath Union Sport | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Ahed | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Zamalek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Al-Nassr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |