The Zamalek Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Adam Kaied runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Juan Bezerra in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zamalek this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Zamalek
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mohamed Ibrahim attracts admirers
The name of Mohamed Ibrahim has come up in conversations Zamalek were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
El Mahdy Soliman gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ashraf Hassan joins the Zamalek first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ashraf Hassan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Zamalek promote Karim Hamdi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Karim Hamdi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Zamalek promote El Sayed Gabr from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. El Sayed Gabr has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match15 Aug 2026
Zamalek come up short against Wadi Degla
Wadi Degla left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Boardroom Nobody left the Zamalek dressing room in a hurry
- Squad Mohamed Shehata falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Mahmoud Bentayg dropped after a run of poor form