List of Zamalek SC players

Zamalek Sporting Club is a professional association football club based in Giza, Egypt, that plays in Egyptian Premier League. The club was established in 1911 as Qasr El Nil Club and played its first competitive match 1912. Zamalek is the first Egyptian club to ever win a title, when they won the Sultan Hussein Cup in 1921. Zamalek is one of two clubs that have played in every season of the Egyptian Premier League, and one of seven that have never been relegated to the Egyptian Second Division. Since then, the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organized competitions.

The club has won 65 domestic trophies. At the international level, the club won 17 trophies. Zamalek is the most successful football club of the 20th century in Africa (gaining 9 titles versus 7 for their closest rival), with a total of 17 international titles. Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to ever qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.

Abdel Wahed El Sayed holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 504 from 1997 to 2014, ahead of Shikabala who made 394 appearances from 2003 till present. Abdel Halim Ali is Zamalek's all-time record goalscorer with 138 goals in 339 appearances. Hassan Shehata is the second-highest scorer with 102 goals ahead of Ali Khalil, who is third with 94 goals. Zamalek has employed numerous famous players, with players winning African Footballer of the Year, EFA Egyptian Footballer of the Year.

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