# 2022–23 Zamalek SC season

The 2022–23 Zamalek SC season was the club's 112th season in existence and the 64th 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 EFA Cup and the CAF Champions League.

## Overview

Zamalek had a strong start to the league, remaining undefeated until their tenth match. They opened with a 2-0 win against Smouha, then followed it up with another 2-0 victory over Ceramica Cleopatra. In the fifth round, they settled for a draw against ENPPI, and repeated this result in their game against Al-Masry. After that they achieved an impressive 4-0 clean sheet win over Vanguards of the Army and managed to clinch a 1-0 win in their postponed match versus Pyramids. The seventh round of the season saw Zamalek gain a significant victory against National Bank in the closing moments. To cap off the year, they remained undefeated in the league, coming away with a 3-1 win over Ismaily.
In the first game of the year, Zamalek was defeated surprisingly 2–1 by Aswan. This was only their second loss to the home team.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 13 January 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 |
| 1 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Awad |
| 4 | DF | EGY | Omar Gaber (3rd captain) |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Ghani |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Mostafa El Zenary |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Ndiaye |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Emam Ashour |
| 9 | FW | BEN | Samson Akinyoola |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Shikabala (captain) |
| 11 | FW | EGY | Mostafa Shalaby |
| 12 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Ashraf |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Shafy (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | EGY | Amr Alsisi |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Sobhy |
| 20 | MF | EGY | Nabil Emad |
| 22 | DF | EGY | Abdallah Gomaa |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Hamza Al-Mathlouthi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Mostafa |
| 28 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Hamdy |
| 29 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Fatouh |
| 30 | FW | TUN | Seifeddine Al-Jaziri |
| 31 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Hossam Eldin |
| 32 | GK | EGY | El-Sayed Attia |
| 33 | FW | EGY | Hossam Ashraf |
| 34 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Nadim |
| 35 | FW | EGY | Youssef Hassan |
| 36 | DF | EGY | Hossam Abdul-Majeed |
| 37 | FW | EGY | Youssef Osama |
| 38 | DF | EGY | Muhammad Tarek |
| 39 | MF | EGY | Sayed Abduallah |
| 40 | MF | EGY | Seif Farouk |
| 41 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Khoudary |

### 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 |
| — | GK | EGY | Ahmed Nader (on loan to F.C. Vizela) |
| — | MF | EGY | Hamdy Alaa (on loan to National Bank of Egypt SC) |
| — | FW | EGY | Osama Faisal (on loan to National Bank of Egypt SC) |
| — | DF | EGY | Ahmed Ayman Mansour (on loan to Tala'ea El Gaish SC) |
| — | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Alaa (on loan to Al Ittihad Alexandria Club) |
| — | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Shabana (on loan to Smouha SC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | EGY | Ahmad Eid (on loan to ENPPI SC) |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Hamdii (on loan to El Sekka El Hadid SC) |
| — | MF | EGY | Youssef Ayman (on loan to El Sekka El Hadid SC) |
| — | DF | EGY | Ahmad Zakii (on loan to ZED FC) |
| — | MF | EGY | Youssef Obama (on loan to Al-Hazem) |

### Players under contract

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 |
| — | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Salam |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 17 | MF | Zakaria El Wardi | Raja CA | Free | 23 August 2022 |
| 7 | FW | Ibrahima Ndiaye | Luzern | Undisclosed | 31 August 2022 |
| 16 | GK | Mohamed Sobhy | Pharco | Loan return | 10 September 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Samson Akinyoola | Caracas | €1.20m | 18 September 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Omar Gaber | Pyramids | Undisclosed | 19 September 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Nabil Emad | Pyramids | Undisclosed | 21 September 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Mostafa El-Zenary | Tala'ea El Gaish | Undisclosed | 21 September 2022 |
| | DF | Mahmoud Shabana | Al Ittihad | Loan return | 4 October 2022 |
| 15 | MF | Amr El Sisi | Tala'ea El Gaish | LE 20,000,000 | 10 October 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Mostafa Shalaby | ENPPI | LE 20,000,000 | 10 October 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Nasser Mansi | National Bank | Undisclosed | 28 January 2023 |
| 18 | MF | Ahmed Belhadji | Aswan | Loan | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | FW | Mostafa Mohamed | Galatasaray | €3.85m | 1 July 2022 |
| 3 | MF | Tarek Hamed | Al-Ittihad | Free | 24 July 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Mohamed Abou Gabal | National Bank | Free | 4 September 2022 |
| 7 | DF | Hazem Emam | N/A | Retired | 5 September 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Omar El Said | Future FC | Free | 5 September 2022 |
| | MF | Ayman Hefny | N/A | Retired | 9 September 2022 |
| 26 | FW | Razack Cissé | National Bank | Free | 27 September 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Mahmoud Alaa | Al Ittihad | Loan | 4 October 2022 |
| | DF | Mahmoud Shabana | Smouha | Loan | 8 October 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Zakaria El Wardi | Contract termination | Contract termination | 8 December 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Youssef Obama | Al-Hazem | Loan | 13 January 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Emam Ashour | Midtjylland | €2.8m | 31 January 2023 |

## 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 | 19 October 2022 | 16 July 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 050.00 |
| Egypt Cup | 9 May 2023 | 4 July 2023 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 100.00 |
| EFA Cup | 26 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 18 September 2022 | 31 March 2023 | First round | Group stage | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 81 | 53 | +28 | 054.17 |
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 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 63 | 13 | +50 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 2 | Pyramids | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 4 | Future | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round |
| 5 | Al Masry | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 48 | |
* ↑ Since the 2022–23 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup first or second round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 October 2022.

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

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | CRB | ZSC | MSC |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Al Merrikh | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Egypt Cup | Egypt Cup | EFA Cup | EFA Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Awad | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Sobhy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Nadim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | EGY | Omar Gaber | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Ghani | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Mostafa El Zenary | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Shafy | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | EGY | Abdallah Gomaa | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Hamza Mathlouthi | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | EGY | El-Wensh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Fatouh | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | EGY | Hossam Abdul-Majeed | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | EGY | Muhammad Tarek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Ndiaye | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Shikabala | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Ashraf Roqa | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | EGY | Amr El Sisi | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | EGY | Nabil Emad Dunga | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | EGY | Zizo | 20 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Hossam Beso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | EGY | Hossam Ashraf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | EGY | Sayed Abdallah | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | EGY | Sayf Farouk | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Khoudary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Ahmed Belhadji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BEN | Samson Akinyoola | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | EGY | Mostafa Shalaby | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | TUN | Seifeddine Jaziri | 16 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | EGY | Youssef Hassan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | EGY | Youssef Osama | 17 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | EGY | Nasser Mansi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | EGY | Emam Ashour | 16 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | EGY | Youssef Obama | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Zakaria El Wardi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 29 January 2023 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Premier League | Egypt Cup | EFA Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 25 | | Ahmed Sayed Zizo | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 30 | | Seifeddine Jaziri | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | | Nasser Mansi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 37 | | Youssef Osama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 36 | | Hossam Abdul-Majeed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | | Ibrahima Ndiaye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | | Mostafa Shalaby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 29 | | Ahmed Fatouh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | | Emam Ashour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 15 | | Amr El Sisi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | | Shikabala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 28 | | El-Wensh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 40 | | Seif Farouk Gaafar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | | Mohamed Abdel Ghani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 9 | | Samson Akinyoola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 18 | | Ahmed Belhadji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 47 | | Hatem Mohamed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 24 | | Hamza Mathlouthi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 58 |
Last updated: 18 May 2023