2012–13 Zamalek SC season

Zamalek
2012–13 season
ChairmanMamdouh Abbas
ManagerBrazil Jorvan Vieira
Egyptian Premier LeagueNot completed
Egypt CupWinner[nb 1]
2013 CAF Champions LeagueEliminated (Round 8)

The 2012–2013 season was Zamalek Sporting Club's 102nd season of football and 57th consecutive season in the Egyptian Premier League. The club also played in the CAF Champions League.

Team kit

The 2012-2013 home kit was the classic Zamalek home kit, which featured golden trims and two parallel horizontal red lines. The away kit was all pink with grey trims, and grey shorts.

Home
Away
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Squad

As of 14 May 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. Nationality Name Age
Goalkeepers
16 Egypt Abdelwahed El-Sayed (captain) 35
1 Egypt Ahmed El-Shenawy 21
21 Egypt Gennesh 25
Defenders
2 Egypt Salah Soliman 22
4 Egypt Ahmed Samir 31
7 Egypt Hazem Emam 25
34 Egypt Omar Gaber 20
6 Egypt Sabry Raheel 25
13 Egypt Mohamed Abdel-Shafy 27
26 Egypt Hamada Tolba 31
14 Egypt Ahmed Magdy 26
20 Egypt Mahmoud Fathallah 30
28 Egypt Ahmed El Sayed
Midfielders
3 Cameroon Alexis Enam 25
5 Egypt Ibrahim Salah 25
11 Egypt Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek 24
15 Egypt Nour El Sayed 28
17 Egypt Ahmed Hassan 30
18 Egypt Islam Awad 25
24 Egypt Said Mohamed Otta 20
33 Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim 20
35 Egypt Mahmoud El-Badry 20–21
36 Egypt Youssif Hassan 20
38 Egypt Ahmed Tawfik 21
Forwards
9 Egypt Ahmed Gaafar 26
19 Burkina Faso Abdoulaye Cissé 28
23 Benin Razak Omotoyossi 27

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
10 MF Egypt EGY Shikabala (at Al Wasl FC until the end of season 2012–13)
36 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Arafat (at Petrojet until the end of season 2012–13)
8 DF Egypt EGY Hani Saied (at ِAl Dhofar until the end of season 2012–13)
12 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed El Merghany (at Al Tadamun until the end of season 2012–13)
30 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Kattawi (at Tala'ea El-Gaish until the end of season 2012–13)
22 MF Egypt EGY Alaa Ali (at Telephonat Bani Sweif until the end of season 2012–13)

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

16 May 2012 Zamalek 1–1 Ismaily Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
22:00 UTC+3 Ahmed Samir 86' Gamal 17'

Match World Cup 2013

See also: 2013 Match World Cup
16 January 2013 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 3–2 Egypt Zamalek Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00 UTC+4 Eduardo da Silva 9'
Darijo Srna 43'
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 89'		 Report Ahmed Hassan 17'
Mohamed Ibrahim 21'		 Attendance: 550[1]
Referee: Ali Hasan Kareem (UAE)
19 January 2013 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 0–1 Egypt Zamalek Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
20:00 UTC+4 Report Ahmed Samir 34' Attendance: 100[2]
Referee: Hamed Ali Youssef (UAE)

Mid-season friendlies

24 May 2013 (2013-05-24) Khaitan Kuwait 0–6 Egypt Zamalek Khaitan Stadium, Kuwait
Gaafar 19', 45', 50'
Awad 25'
Youssif 70', 86'
Note: Hamed Al Shaibani retired match.

Egyptian Premier League

See also: 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League

Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zamalek (Q) 15 13 0 2 26 11 +15 39 Qualification for Championship Playoff
2 Ismaily (Q) 16 9 3 4 20 11 +9 30
3 Ittihad El Shorta 15 6 4 5 21 15 +6 22
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2013. Source: Egyptian League Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHA–HAAHAHAH–AH
ResultWWWWWWBWWLWWLWWBW
Position111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2013. Source: fifa.com
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 13 0 2 26 11  +15 39 5 0 1 9 3  +6 8 0 1 17 8  +9

Last updated: 22 Mar 2013.
Source: 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League

Matches

2 February 2013 1 Zamalek 2–0 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary 30 June Stadium, Cairo
19:30 UTC+2 Gaber 74'
Gaafar 78'		 Attendance: 0
9 February 2013 2 Ittihad El Shorta 2–3 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+2 Mohamed Maged 23'
Khaled Qamar 43'		 Abdel-Shafy 17'
Mohamed Ibrahim 45'
Gaafar 89'		 Attendance: 0
13 February 2013 3 Zamalek 1–0 El Dakhleya 30 June Stadium, Cairo
17:00 UTC+2 Emam 76' Attendance: 0
21 February 2013 4 Petrojet 0–3 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
15:15 UTC+2 Cissé 45'
Gaafar 72'
Abdel Malek 83'		 Attendance: 0
25 February 2013 5 Zamalek 2–1 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Samir 62'
Abdel-Shafy 70'		 Mohamed Farok 41' Attendance: 0
8 March 2013 6 El Entag El Harby 1–3 Zamalek Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Kareem Qarda 52' Samir 11'
Nour El Sayed 49'
Gaber 90+2'		 Attendance: 0
19 March 2013 9 Tala'ea El Gaish 1–2 Zamalek Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Gomaa Mashour 90+2' Ahmed Hassan 16'
Mohamed Ibrahim 64'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Ahmad Sabahi
29 March 2013 8 Zamalek 2–0 Ismaily 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Gaafar 63'
Mohamed Ibrahim 65'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Gehad Grisha
13 April 2013 10 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary v Zamalek Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
15:30 UTC+2 Attendance: 0
Note: Postponed due to the military stadiums crisis.
24 April 2013 11 Zamalek 1–0 Ittihad El Shorta 30 June Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Mohamed Ibrahim 64' Attendance: 0
28 April 2013 12 El Dakhleya 1–2 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
15:30 UTC+2 Ahmed Samir 61' Ahmed Hassan 32'
Cissé 88'		 Attendance: 0
9 May 2013 13 Zamalek 1–2 Petrojet 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Cissé 38' Koffi 31'
Ragab 87'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Samir Othman
13 May 2013 14 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–1 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
17:45 UTC+2 Cissé 79' Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohamed Farouk
17 May 2013 15 Zamalek 1–0 El Entag El Harby 30 June Stadium, Cairo
20:00 UTC+2 Abdel Malek 85' (pen.) Attendance: 0
27 May 2013 10 Al Ittihad Al Sakandary 2–0 Zamalek Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:30 UTC+2 El-Morsy 81', 84' Attendance: 0
23 June 2013 17 Ismaily 1–2 Zamalek 30 June Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Khairy 27' Mohamed Ibrahim 33' (pen.)
Ahmed Hassan 59'		 Attendance: 0
30 June 2013 18 Zamalek v Tala'ea El Gaish 30 June Stadium, Cairo
UTC+2 Attendance: 0

Note: The rest of the tournament was Cancelled due to 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.

Egypt Cup

See also: 2013 Egypt Cup
21 May 2013 Round of 32 Zamalek 3–0 Tersana 30 June Stadium, Cairo
18:00 UTC+2 Mendomo 11'
Abdel Malek 21'
Magdy 45' (pen.)		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohamed Basiony
27 June 2013 Round of 16 Zamalek v Tanta
UTC+2 Attendance: 0

Note: The rest of the tournament was held during the following season due to 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.

CAF Champions League

See also: 2013 CAF Champions League

Preliminary round

17 February 2013 First leg Zamalek Egypt 7–0 Chad Gazelle Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
18:00 UTC+2 Gaafar 15', 45+3'
Ibrahim 28', 83'
Cissé 76', 88'
Hassan 81'		 Report Attendance: 4000
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)

Zamalek won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

15 March 2013 Zamalek Egypt 1–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Gaafar 67' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Gervais Munyanziza (Rwanda)
6 April 2013 AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 0–0
(0–1 agg.)		 Egypt Zamalek Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

5 May 2013 Saint George Ethiopia 2–2
(3 – 3a agg.)		 Egypt Zamalek Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Bekele 14'
Isinde 43'		 Cissé 2', 87' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Note: 3–3 on aggregate, Zamalek won on away goals.

Zamalek advanced to the group stage.

Notes

  1. ^ The tournament from 2nd round was continued with following season squad.

References

  1. ^ Shakhtar vs Zamalek: match report
  2. ^ Zenit vs Zamalek: match report