# 2021–22 Zamalek SC season

The 2021–22 Zamalek SC season was the club's 111th season in existence and the 63rd 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 Egyptian Super Cup the EFA Cup and the CAF Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2022
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 |
| 1 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Abou Gabal |
| 3 | MF | EGY | Tarek Hamed |
| 4 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Alaa |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Ghani |
| 7 | DF | EGY | Hazem Emam (Vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Emam Ashour |
| 10 | MF | EGY | Shikabala (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | EGY | Islam Gaber |
| 12 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Ashraf |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Shafy (3rd captain) |
| 14 | MF | EGY | Youssef Obama |
| 15 | FW | TUN | Seifeldine Al-Jaziri |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Awad |
| 18 | MF | EGY | Ayman Hefny |
| 19 | FW | EGY | Omar El Said |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Achraf Bencharki |
| 22 | DF | EGY | Abdallah Gomaa |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Hamza Al-Mathlouthi |
| 25 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Sayed |
| 26 | FW | CIV | Razack Cisse |
| 27 | FW | MAR | Mohamed Ounajem |
| 28 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Hamdy |
| 29 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Fatouh |
| 32 | GK | EGY | El-Sayed Attia |
| 33 | FW | EGY | Hossam Ashraf |
| 36 | DF | EGY | Hossam Abdul-Majeed |
| 39 | MF | EGY | Sayed Abduallah |
| 40 | MF | EGY | Seif Farouk |
| 42 | DF | EGY | Muhammad Tarek |
| 44 | MF | EGY | Maged Hany |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | MF | EGY | Hamdy Alaa (on loan to Smouha) |
| — | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Shabana (on loan to Al Ittihad) |
| — | FW | EGY | Osama Faisal (on loan to National Bank of Egypt SC) |
| — | GK | EGY | Mahmoud Abdul-Rahim (on loan to Future) |
| — | GK | EGY | Muhammad Sobhy (on loan to Pharco) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Salam (on loan to Al Ittihad) |
| — | GK | EGY | Ahmad Nader El-Sayed (on loan to F.C. Vizela ) |
| — | DF | EGY | Yassin Marei (on loan to Pharco) |
| — | DF | EGY | Ahmed Mahmoud (on loan to Pharco) |
| — | FW | EGY | Marwan Hamdi (on loan to Smouha SC) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 26 October 2021 | 30 August 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 070.59 |
| Egypt Cup | 13 June 2022 | 16 January 2023 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 075.00 |
| EFA Cup | 14 January 2022 | 1 February 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 020.00 |
| Egyptian Super Cup | 28 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 16 October 2021 | 1 April 2022 | Second round | Group stage | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 057.69 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zamalek (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 71 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 4 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 56 | |
| 5 | Future | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
* 1 2 3 4 The 2021–22 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 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
* 1 2 Head-to-Head points: Tala'ea El Gaish 6, Future 0.

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 12 October 2021.

### CAF Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | PET | ZAM | SAG |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Sagrada Esperança | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |