# 2015–16 Zamalek SC season

The 2015–16 season is Zamalek Sports Club 105th season of football since existence in 1911, 60th consecutive season in the Egyptian Premier League, the top flight in the Egyptian football. The club also play in the CAF Champions League, after winning the 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League.

## Team kit

The team kits for this season are manufactured by Macron.
| Home | Away | Home (Cup) | Home (CAF) |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 13 August 2015.
Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that a team may only have 3 foreign born players in the squad.
The Squad Has 25 Players Registered as Professionals and 5 Players Registered (-U23) and 2 Players of the Youth academy
| No. | Name | Age |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Ahmed El-Shenawy | 24 |
| 16 | Mohamed Abou Gabal | 26 |
| 21 | Gennesh | 28 |
| Defenders ||||
| 4 | Omar Gaber | 23 |
| 19 | Ahmed Duiedar | 27 |
| 7 | Hazem Emam (captain) | 28 |
| 22 | Hamada Tolba | 34 |
| 25 | Ali Gabr | 28 |
| 3 | Islam Gamal | 26 |
| | Sherif Alaa | 23 |
| 13 | Mohamed Adel Gomaa | 22 |
| Midfielders ||||
| 5 | Ibrahim Salah | 28 |
| 8 | Mohamed Koffi | 28 |
| 12 | Ahmed Tawfik | 24 |
| 14 | Ayman Hefny | 29 |
| 15 | Maarouf Youssef | 23 |
| 30 (24) | Mostafa Fathi | 21 |
| 18 | Tarek Hamed | 26 |
| 6 | Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq | 29 |
| 18 (10) | Ahmed Hamoudi | 25 |
| 20 | Mohamed Ibrahim | 23 |
| 11 | Kahraba | 21 |
| 10 | Shikabala | 29 |
| Forwards ||||
| 17 | Basem Morsi | 24 |
| 31 | Mohamed Salem | 24 |
| 9 | Ahmed Hassan Mekky | 28 |
| 24 | Emmanuel Mayuka | 25 |

### 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 |
| 27 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Samir (at Ismaily until 30 June 2016) |
| 28 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Bazooka (at Ismaily until 30 June 2016) |
| 9 | FW | EGY | Khaled Kamar (at Smouha until 30 June 2016) |
| 29 | DF | EGY | Yasser Ibrahim (at Smouha until 30 June 2016) |
| 33 | FW | EGY | Youssef Obama (at Al Ittihad Alexandria until 30 June 2016) |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Shikabala (at Ismaily until 30 June 2016) |
| 19 | FW | BFA | Abdoulaye Cissé (at Ittihad El Shorta until 30 June 2016) |

## Transfers
### Players in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Type |
| 27 July 2015 | MF | Mohamed Gamal | Tersana | 1,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 28 July 2015 | DF | Sherif Alaa | El-Mokawloon | 6,000,000 L.E. + Mohamed Shaaban | Transfer |
| 28 July 2015 | FW | Mohamed Salem | El-Mokawloon | 6,000,000 L.E. + Mohamed Shaaban | Transfer |
| 28 July 2015 | FW | Ahmed Hassan Mekky | Haras El-Hodood | 3,500,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 8 July 2015 | DF | Mohamed Adel Gomaa | Al-Masry SC | 3,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 2 August 2015 | MF | Kahraba | ENPPI | 6,500,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 5 August 2015 | MF | Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq | Smouha | 5,000,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 5 August 2015 | MF | Ahmed Hamoudi | FC Basel | €150,000 | Loan |
| 20 August 2015 | MF | Shikabala | Sporting CP | | Transfer |
| 23 December 2015 | MF | Ramzi Khaled | Ittihad Alexandria | 2,500,000 L.E. | Transfer |
| 27 December 2015 | FW | Shikabala | Ismaily SC | Free | End of Loan |
| 15 January 2016 | FW | Emmanuel Mayuka | FC Metz | ? | Transfer |
Total expenditure: $3.9 million

### Players out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| May 2015 | DF | Mohamed Abdel-Shafy | Al-Ahli S.F.C | $2.75M |
| 4 August 2015 | MF | Mohamed Shaaban | El-Mokawloon | As a part of Mohamed Salem & Sherif Alaa Transfer |
| 4 August 2015 | DF | Reda El-Azab | Tala'ea El-Gaish | Free |
| 4 August 2015 | MF | Ahmed Samir | Ismaily | Loan |
| 4 August 2015 | FW | Khaled Kamar | Smouha | Loan |
| 4 August 2015 | FW | Youssef Obama | Al Ittihad Alexandria | Loan |
| 13 August 2015 | FW | Ahmed Ali | Wadi Degla | Free |
| 20 August 2015 | MF | Shikabala | Ismaily | Loan |
| September 2015 | FW | Abdoulaye Cissé | Ittihad El Shorta | Loan |
| January 2016 | DF | Islam Gamal | Ismaily | Loan |
| January 2016 | MF | Ibrahim Salah | Smouha | Loan |
| 10 May 2016 | DF | Omar Gaber | FC Basel | |
Total revenue:$2.7M
Net income: $1.2M

## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Egyptian Premier League | Champions League | Egypt Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 11 | MF | | Kahraba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | | Mekky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | | Salem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Duiedar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Gaber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Egyptian Super Cup | Final | Runners–up | 15 October 2015 | 15 October 2015 |
| Egyptian Premier League | Matchday 1 | Runners–up | 21 October 2015 | 9 July 2016 |
| Egypt Cup | Round of 32 | Winners | 31 March 2016 | 8 August 2016 |
| CAF Champions League | First round | Runners–up | 13 March 2016 | 23 October 2016 |
Updated to match played 21 September 2015 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 058.82 |
| Egypt Cup | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 058.33 |
| Egyptian Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 52 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 43 | +37 | 061.54 |
Updated to match played 25 September 2016 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Ahly (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Smouha | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 55 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
* ↑ Smouha ahead of Al Masry on head-to-head record; Smouha–Al Masry 1–0, Al Masry–Smouha 1–1.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Egypt Cup, Zamalek, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

#### Results summary

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

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Results overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Team | Home score | Away score |
| Enppi | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| El Mokawloon | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Wadi Degla | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| El-Entag El-Harby | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Ittihad El Shorta | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| El Dakhelya | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Tala'ea El-Gaish | 2–1 | 2-3 |
| Al Ahly | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Smouha | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| El Ittihad | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Haras El Hodoud | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Al Masry | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Aswan | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Ismaily | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Ghazl El Mahalla | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Petrojet | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Misr Lel-Makkasa | 2–2 | 3–1 |

### CAF Champions League
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | ZAM | ENY | ESS |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Zamalek | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Enyimba | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | — |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | 0–2 | — | — | — |
* ↑ The CAF announced on 23 June 2016 that ES Sétif were disqualified for a pitch invasion and other incidents at their home match against Mamelodi Sundowns on 18 June 2016. The result of this match was annulled and not taken into consideration according to the regulations.

#### Final
### Summary

| Games played | 49 (34 Egyptian Premier League, 10 CAF Champions League, 5 Egypt Cup) |
| Games won | 32 (20 Egyptian Premier League, 7 CAF Champions League, 5 Egypt Cup) |
| Games drawn | 10 (9 Egyptian Premier League, 1 CAF Champions League) |
| Games lost | 8 (5 Egyptian Premier League, 3 CAF Champions League) |
| Goals scored | 78 (49 Egyptian Premier League, 16 CAF Champions League, 13 Egypt Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 37 (25 Egyptian Premier League, 9 CAF Champions League, 3 Egypt Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 26 (17 Egyptian Premier League, 7 CAF Champions League, 2 Egypt Cup) |
| Yellow cards | ? |
| Red cards | ? |
| Top scorer | 11 Kahraba |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 23/35 65.71%) |