# 2020–21 Zamalek SC season

The 2020–21 Zamalek SC season was the club's 110th season in existence and the 62nd 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 and the CAF Champions League.

## Players

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 Abou Gabal |
| 3 | MF | EGY | Tarek Hamed |
| 4 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Alaa |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Ghani |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Salam |
| 7 | DF | EGY | Hazem Emam (Vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Emam Ashour |
| 9 | FW | EGY | Marwan Hamdi |
| 10 | MF | EGY | Mahmoud Abdul-Raziq (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Sayed |
| 12 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Ashraf |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Ferjani Sassi |
| 14 | MF | EGY | Youssef Ibrahim |
| 15 | FW | MAR | Hamid Ahadad |
| 16 | GK | EGY | Mahmoud Abdul-Rahim (4th captain) |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Mahmoud Abdel Aziz |
| 19 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Abdel Shafy (3rd captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Achraf Bencharki |
| 21 | GK | EGY | Mohamed Awad |
| 22 | DF | EGY | Abdallah Gomaa |
| 23 | FW | EGY | Islam Gaber |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Hamza Al-Mathlouthi |
| 28 | DF | EGY | Mahmoud Hamdy |
| 29 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Fatouh |
| 30 | FW | TUN | Seifeldine Al-Jaziri |
| 32 | MF | EGY | Hussein Faisal |
| 33 | FW | EGY | Hossam Ashraf |
| 34 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Eid |
| 36 | DF | EGY | Hossam Abdul-Majeed |
| 37 | FW | EGY | Osama Faisal |
| 38 | DF | EGY | Hatem Muhammad |
| 50 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Hossam Eldin |
| 35 | DF | EGY | Yassin Marei |
| — | MF | EGY | Ayman Hefny |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CIV | Razack Cisse (on loan to Al Ittihad) |
| — | GK | EGY | Muhammad Sobhy (on loan to Al Ittihad) |
| — | FW | EGY | Mostafa Fathi (on loan to Smouha) |
| — | FW | EGY | Karim Bambo (on loan to National Bank of Egypt) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | EGY | Mostafa Mohamed (on loan to Galatasaray) |
| — | FW | MAR | Mohamed Ounajem (on loan to Wydad) |
| — | FW | EGY | Omar El Said (on loan to El Gouna) |

## 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 | 12 December 2020 | 27 August 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 070.59 |
| Egypt Cup | 14 April 2021 | 21 July 2022 | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 100.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 12 February 2021 | 10 April 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 068.89 |
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 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Pyramids | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Smouha | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 54 | |
| 5 | Al Masry | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
* 1 2 3 4 The 2020–21 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 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Al Masry and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.

#### Results summary

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

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 November 2020.

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

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 November 2020.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 January 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | MCA | ZAM | TEU |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Teungueth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |