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Zamalek SC
Zamalek Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an List of football clubs in Egypt, Egyptian Club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is best known for its professional men's Association football, football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. The club is renowned for its consistent success at both domestic and continental levels, regularly contending in Confederation of African Football, CAF tournaments. Founded on 5 January 1911 as Cairo International Sports Club (Zamalek) colloquially El Qāhirah El Mokhtalat Club or El Mokhtalat Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since its inception. They won their first championship title in 1913. The club is one of the most widely supported in Africa and the Middle East. Zamalek is credited to be the only Egyptians, Egyptian club to participate in the Sultan Hussein Cup as a sign of resistance to the British Empire, British presence in Egypt and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League (), also known as the Nile League () for sponsorship reasons, after the addition of title sponsor Nile Developments, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the highest level of the Egyptian football league system. The league comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Egyptian Second Division A. Seasons mostly run from August to May. Unlike most other leagues, games are played on all days of the week. The Egyptian Premier League was founded in 1948, unifying the local leagues that existed previously. List of Egyptian Premier League clubs, 70 clubs have competed in the league since its founding. Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly have won the title 45 times, more than any other club. Their closest rivals, Zamalek SC, Zamalek, have won the league 14 times. Only five other clubs have won the league; those clubs are Ghazl El Mahalla SC, Ghazl El Mahalla, Ismaily SC, Ismaily, Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, Al Mokawloon Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo International Stadium
The Cairo International Stadium (), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who designed the Olympiastadion (Berlin), Olympic Stadium in Berlin from 1934 to 1936. The engineering and construction supervision of the stadium was performed by ACE Moharram Bakhoum. It is the 69th List of stadiums by capacity, largest stadium in the world and the 3rd List of football stadiums in Egypt, largest stadium in Egypt. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by Gamal Abdel Nasser, President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year which coincided with the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Overview The stadium is located about 10 km west of Cairo International Airport and about 10 km from downtown Cairo. In 2005, it was renovated in preparation for the 2006 African Cup of Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Title Of Honor
A title of honor or honorary title is a title bestowed upon individuals or organizations as an award in recognition of their merits. Sometimes the title bears the same or nearly the same name as a title of authority, but the person bestowed does not have to carry out any duties, except for ceremonial ones. The title may sometimes be temporary, only valid for the individual's visit or for a single day, though they can also be permanent titles. In some cases, these titles are bestowed posthumously. Some historical honorary titles may be bought, like certain titles of nobility. This has long been a matter of fraud, both outright and indirect. Honorary titles also serve as positions of sinecure and honorary retirement. Examples Some examples of honorary titles from various areas include: * Academician – Honorary title (academic) * Fellow of an academic, artistic, or professional society * Fire chief * Freeman of the City of London * Hero of the Russian Federation * Colonel (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Football Clubs By Competitive Honours Won
This article lists men's association football clubs who have won 50 or more total competitive honours run by official governing bodies as well as women's clubs who have won 30 or more of such competitive honours. Friendly and invitational competitions and matches organized between clubs are not included. Summary totals Trophies that were shared between two clubs are counted as honours for both teams. Clubs tied in total honours are listed chronologically by most recent honour won. Definitions * For the purposes of this article, "intercontinental competitions" are competitions organized between two or more confederations or by FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o .... Competitions organized between two or more national federations on different continents such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Second Division
The Egyptian Second Division () was an Egyptian semi-professional football league representing the second tier of the Egyptian football league system until 2023. It was administered by the Egyptian Football Association. It was below the top professional league in the country, the Egyptian Premier League, and above the regional league Egyptian Third Division. The league was reformed in 1977, and consisted of multiple groups covering different parts of Egypt, with the winner of each group either gaining automatic promotion to the Egyptian Premier League, or earning a place in the promotion play-offs, depending on the number of groups. In August 2022, the EFA announced that the league would be abolished following the conclusion of the 2022–23 season, and two new professional and semi-professional leagues, called Egyptian Second Division A and Egyptian Second Division B The Egyptian Second Division B () is the third tier of the Egyptian football league system starting from the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Friendship Cup
Egyptian Friendship Cup, is an Egyptian official football tournament. It was organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sport and the Egyptian Football Association. The tournament was held once in 1986. It was launched for fundraising for the Egyptian external debt minimization program. The final match took place in the Cairo Stadium. Overview The tournament was organized by the Egyptian higher Council for youth and sports (Ministry of Youth and Sport) in coordination with the Egyptian Football Association. It was held once in 1986. Zamalek won the Egyptian Friendship Cup after defeating Al Ahly by a score of 1–0, Zamalek's striker Gamal Abdel-Hamid scored the single winning goal in Ahmed Shobair's net in the 82nd minute. "The Black Deer", Ibrahim Youssef was the one who raised the cup as he was Zamalek's captain in 1986. Match details See also * Egypt Cup * Egyptian Super Cup * Sultan Hussein Cup The Sultan Hussein Cup (1917–1938) was the first local Egy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October League Cup
The October Cup or October League is a one-time football tournament in Egypt that was held in 1974 instead of the canceled Egyptian League. The Egyptian League was canceled as a result of the October War and also as Egypt was hosting the 1974 African Cup of Nations. The only champion was Zamalek. Conditions for organizing the tournament After the outbreak of the October War on the sixth of October 1973, the 1973-74 Egyptian Premier League was suspended after only playing 5 rounds, and in the first half of 1974 an alternative Egyptian football tournament was organized under the name of the October Cup. The October Cup was a single round-robin tournament, the clubs were divided into two groups, and the top two clubs of each group qualified for the championship stage, which included the clubs of Zamalek, Al-Ittihad and Tersana. Ghazl El Mahalla also qualified but later withdrew due to the club's participation in the African Champions League, Zamalek ranked first in the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Super Cup
The Egyptian Super Cup is Football in Egypt, Egyptian football's annual match contested between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League season and the holders of the Egypt Cup. If the Egyptian Premier League champions also won the Egypt Cup then the cup runners-up provide the opposition. The competition was founded in 2001, the first team to win the trophy was Zamalek SC. From the 2023-24 season the tournament is characterized by a new format, four teams will compete instead of the usual two teams. Results :Source: Results by club See also * Egyptian Premier League * Egypt Cup Notes References {{National football Supercups (CAF region) Egyptian Super Cup Football cup competitions in Egypt, 1 National association football supercups, Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo League
The Cairo League was an Official Egyptian football tournament. Before the start of Egyptian Premier League in its current form, the main competition was the Egypt Cup which started in 1922. The first season was played in 1922–23 and was won by Zamalek. History Egyptian Football Association started its 1st league competition (1922) in the form of regional leagues (Cairo, Alexandria, Bahary and Canal). The competition was played along with the new league form (1948–1954) then finally stopped. Over six teams participated in this league Zamalek, Al Ahly, Sekka, Tersana, Police, the Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ... Club and others. The Championship was then held once more in (1957–58) but was then stopped again. Honours List of the winners: Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Egypt Cup Final
1922 Egypt Cup Final, was the final match of the 1921–22 Egypt Cup and the 1st Egypt cup final, was between Zamalek (El-Mokhtalat) and Al Ittihad Alexandria, Zamalek won the match 5–0, became the 1st team to win the Egypt Cup. Route to the final Match details References External links * https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekInEgyptCup.html#1922 {{Al-Ittihad Alexandria matches 1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ... EC 1922 EC 1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt Cup
The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al Ahly hold the record of total number of titles with a total of 39 titles, Zamalek also holds the record of being the only club to win the title for 4 consecutive years twice; from 1957 to 1960 and 2013 up to 2016. History The Egypt Cup is the oldest tournament in the history of Egyptian football that is still being held to-date, and it is the first competition to be organized by the Egyptian Football Association. However, it is not the first football tournament to be held in the country. The first local football tournament in Egypt was the Sultan Hussein Cup. It was launched in 1917, and its last edition was held in the 1937-38 season. The Sultan Hussein Cup witnessed the participation of Egyptian clubs with clubs belonging to the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
