The Zamalek Chronicle
Match29 Aug 2026
Juan Bezerra leads the rout of Smouha
4‑0, and Juan Bezerra took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Zamalek tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Market31 Aug 2026
Seifeddine Jaziri puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zamalek, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Vintage Abdallah El Saeed — 8.40
At 41 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.40, and nobody on the pitch better.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Zamalek rebuffed over Karim El Eraki
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. El Masry have kept their man, and Zamalek go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match29 Aug 2026
Zamalek make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Zamalek have 3 straight wins of it.
Market31 Aug 2026
So close: Mohamed Hamad’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Ittihad moved on, Mohamed Hamad reports back to Zamalek, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad31 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Too dear: Zamalek walk away from Julius Ikechukwu
$37.0K was the most the club would pay and Aswan were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Zamalek supporters have found a favourite in Ahmed Jafeli
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Ahmed Jafeli has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Oday Dabbagh at his very best
- Player ratings Juan Bezerra was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Player ratings Adam Kaied beats them one at a time