Zamalek SC Basketball

Zamalek was previously invited to participate in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now known as the EuroLeague) seven times. The first participation was in the 1970–71 season, during which the club faced Real Madrid Baloncesto in the second round of the tournament. The second participation was in the 1974–75 season, during which the club faced Slavia VŠ Praha in the second round of the tournament. The third participation was in the 1975–76 season, during which the club faced PBC Academic in the first round of the tournament. The fourth participation was in the 1978–79 season, with Zamalek in group A, alongside Real Madrid Baloncesto, Budapesti Honvéd SE and Klosterneuburg Dukes, the club came in fourth place in its group after winning one match. The fifth participation was in the 1979–80 season, with Zamalek in group A, alongside KK Bosna Royal and BC Levski Sofia. The sixth participation was in the 1980–81 season, with Zamalek in group A, alongside Real Madrid Baloncesto, AS Viganello Basket and Porto, the club came in third place in its group after winning two matches. The seventh and to date last participation was in the 1981–82 season, with Zamalek in group C, alongside KK Partizan, Slavia VŠ Praha and Eczacıbaşı SK, but Zamalek withdrew from the tournament before playing any match, and here ended Zamalek's journey in Europe.^{[citation needed]}

Zamalek won the Egyptian Super League in 2019, its first title in 11 years, to qualify for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), and be the first Egyptian team to participate in Basketball Africa League. In November 2020, Zamalek signed Spanish coach Augustí Julbe as their new head coach.^[5] In the 2021 BAL season, Zamalek won its second international title (after the 1992 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup) and the first-ever BAL championship after defeating US Monastir in the Finals. Point guard Walter Hodge was named the first-ever MVP while Anas Mahmoud was awarded the Defensive Player of the Year.^[6] Another notable team member was 18 year old Mohab Yasser, who started all games.^[7]

After winning the league title in the 2020–21 season, defeating Al Ittihad in the finals, Zamalek stood alone as the most successful basketball club in the Egyptian Basketball Super League with a record 15 titles.^[8] Zamalek participated in the 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup becoming the first Egyptian team to participate in this competition.^{[citation needed]}

National Championships – (18; Record)

• Egyptian Super League

Winners (15; Record): 1973–74,^[9] 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–1978, 1979–80,^[10] 1980–81,^[11] 1987–88, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2002–03,^[12] 2006–07, 2018–19,^[13] 2020–21^[14]

• Egyptian Kingdom Championship (Defunct)

  Winners (2): 1948–49,^[15] 1949–50^[16]

• Egyptian Republic Championship (Defunct)

Winners (1): 1969–70^[17][18][19]

• Egyptian Cup

Winners (13; Record): 1974–75,^[20][21] 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81,^[22] 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06

• Basketball Africa League

Winners (1): 2021^[23]

Third place (1): 2022

• FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup (Defunct)

Winners (1): 1992

Runners-up (3): 1975, 1976, 1998

Third place (2): 1972, 1983

• EuroLeague

Quarter-finals : 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Fourth place (1): 2022

• Cairo League Championship

Winners (23): 1947, 1952, 1959,^[24] 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970,^[25][26] 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1990–91,^[27] 1992–93,^[28] 1996–97, 2006–07

• BAL Best Record
  • 6–0 (2021)
  • 7–1 (2022)
• All BAL First Team
  • Anas Mahmoud (2021)
  • Walter Hodge (2021)
  • Édgar Sosa (2022)
• BAL MVP
  • Walter Hodge (2021)
• BAL Best Defender
  • Anas Mahmoud (2021)
• BAL Sportsmanship Award
  • Anas Mahmoud (2022)
• Egyptian Super League MVP
  • Terrell Stoglin (2018–19)
  • Anas Mahmoud (2020–21)
• Egyptian Super League Best Younger Player
  • Mohab Yasser (2020–21)

The following is the Zamalek 13-man roster for the 2022 BAL season.^[29]

Zamalek roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0 Essam, Adham 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 C 1 Azab, Ahmed 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-02-21)21 February 1995 SG 2 Saad, Abdulrahman 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 27 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996 SG 2 Strawberry, D. J. (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 39 – (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 SG 4 Hesham, Omar 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 G 9 Salem, Eslam 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 PF 11 Abdelnasser, Khaled 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999 PG 11 McKinney, Mikh (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 32 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 G/F 14 Mboup, Khadim (E) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 17 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006 F/C 14 Kejo, Mostafa (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 F 23 Yasser, Ahmed 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2001-06-18)18 June 2001 G/F 24 Mayo, O. J. (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 36 – (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 C 28 Elmashaad, Hazem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999	Head coach Ahmed Marei Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (E): BAL Elevate program player Injured Roster Updated: December 1, 2022

Current players

• Mostafa Kejo (2012–2022)
• Omar Hesham (2013–present)
• Anas Osama Mahmoud (2018–2022)
• Ahmed Hatem (2018–present)
• Eslam Salem (2019–present)
• Ike Diogu (2022)
• D. J. Strawberry (2022)
• O. J. Mayo (2022–present)

Former players

• Haytham Elsaharty (2008–2021)
• Terrell Stoglin (2018–2019)
• Mohab Yasser (2020–2021)
• Mouloukou Diabate (2021)
• Walter Hodge (2021)
• Édgar Sosa (2021–2022)

The following coaches have held the position of head coach of Zamalek SC basketball team (incomplete):

• Miodrag Perišić: (2009–2011)
• Essam Abdel Hamid: (2018–2020)
• Tariq Selim: (2020)
• Augustí Julbe: (2020–2021)
• Vangelis Angelou: (2021–2022)
• Will Voigt: (2022)
• Ahmed Marei: (2022–2023)
• Wael Badr: (2023–present)

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  1937–1952
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  1952–present
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  Zamalek team colors

In 1941, the royal emblem of the Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan was the official emblem of the club at the time; when the club's name changed from "El Mokhtalat Club" to "Farouk Club" by royal order from Farouk I. After the revolution of July 23, 1952 on the royal rule in Egypt, the club's name and logo changed; the logo is a mixture of the sporting model and the ancient Egyptian civilization. The logo's main colors express peace and struggle and have not changed since its establishment. The home jersey uses the original Zamalek colours.^[30] In the upper half of the logo, the archer that points towards the target appears in a pharaonic uniform as an indication of the common goal between the arrow and Zamalek.^[31] Zamalek is famous for the stability of its basic colors, which have not changed throughout the club's history, which extends since 1911, as it is distinguished by the white kits with two parallel red lines in the middle.^{[citation needed]}

When Zamalek SC began to create the teams of handball, basketball and, volleyball, they saw the importance to build an arena to host the home matches of these teams. They first began to make the designs in 1970s, later they began working to build the covered hall, which was established in 1986, which they named Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall, in the honor of one of the legend of Zamalek SC, he was the first ever Arab and African footballer to score at the FIFA World Cup, when he scored twice for Egypt in their 4–2 loss against Hungary in 1934, he is also Egypt's top goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup.

The opening ceremony of Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall was held with the opening ceremony of the 5th Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship in 1986, which was won by Zamalek volleyball team for the first time in the club's history, defeating MC Alger in the final which was held in Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall.^{[citation needed]}

Zamalek has an Ultras group named the Ultras White Knights that was founded on 17 March 2007 and is known for its pyrotechnic displays. Their motto is "Brotherhood in blood and fans of the free public club". The Zamalek fans have always been supportive of all sports teams of the Zamalek Sporting Club, and the fans of Zamalek were the first to launch the term "Kings of The Halls" in Africa and the Arab world, as the sports teams of Zamalek Sporting Club achieved domestic and international achievements. The fans of Zamalek have always been associated with the sports halls from the 90s until now.^{[citation needed]}

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