zamalek club

Zamalek (founded January 5, 1911 under the name Palace, Nile) sports and social club, is one of the oldest clubs in Egyptian and Arab. There are the 22 sports game [citation needed] However, what distinguishes the club soccer team, which won the African Champions League - or Championship clubs Champions League before - five times, as Zamalek defeated Super Cup, the African three times retained after the trophy for life, this is Zamalek of the teams with the largest number of African championships during the twentieth century, is the club's most popular in the Arab and especially Persian Gulf and that to play Hassan Shehata, coach of Kuwait in the military and their access to the best player in Asia.

Zamalek football team made the title of best club in the world according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics Association (in English: IFFHS), in February 2003. Was also the first Egyptian team to qualify for the World Cup Football Club 2001 in Spain a tournament that has not been established because of problems relatedto funding for them. He also played with several foreign teams, whether in Egypt or abroad where he won the team Sthemalingelezi 5-1 in 1966 and won the English team Derby County 1-0 in 1975 also won 2-1 at Bayern Munich twice in 1977/1984 and in 2003 won Zamalek of the club Lazio, 2-1, and won the club Zamalek on the Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donstic UEFA Cup winners in 2009, 2-0, the biggest win of the arch-rivals Zamalek, Ahli 6-0 in 1944 in King's Cup final (Egypt Cup now).