2002–03 Zamalek SC season

The 2002–03 Zamalek SC season was the club's 92nd season in existence and the 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zamalek participated in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the Egyptian Super Cup, the CAF Champions League, the Arab Unified Club Championship and the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup.

Zamalek SC

2002–03 season
Chairman	Kamal Darwish
Manager	Carlos Roberto Cabral
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	Winners
Egypt Cup	Quarter-finals
Egyptian Super Cup	Winners
CAF Champions League	Winners
Arab Club Champions Cup	Winners
Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Abdel Halim Ali (10) All: Abdel Halim Ali (10)
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Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

CS Sfaxien v Zamalek

22 August 2002 Friendly	CS Sfaxien	3–1	Zamalek	Tunisia
22:00

Al-Wahda v Zamalek

8 September 2002 Friendly	Al-Wahda	0–1	Zamalek	Syria
20:00			Seeka

Zamalek v Lazio

3 January 2003 Friendly[1]	Zamalek	2–1	Lazio	Cairo, Egypt
17:30				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	23 September 2002	23 May 2003	Matchday 1	Winners	26	21	4	1	57	10	+47	080.77
Egypt Cup	18 December 2002	21 January 2003	First round	Quarter-finals	5	3	2	0	9	6	+3	060.00
Egyptian Super Cup	19 September 2002		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
CAF Champions League	2 August 2002	13 December 2002	Group stage	Winners	10	6	3	1	14	4	+10	060.00
Arab Unified Club Championship	6 July 2023	20 July 2003	Group stage	Winners	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	066.67
Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup	24 July 2003		Final	Winners	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total					49	35	11	3	91	27	+64	071.43

Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

Main article: 2002–03 Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zamalek (C)	26	21	4	1	57	10	+47	67	Qualification to Champions League
2	Al Ahly	26	21	3	2	53	13	+40	66
3	Ismaily	26	13	7	6	35	22	+13	46	Qualification to Confederation Cup
4	ENPPI	26	11	9	6	33	19	+14	42
5	Sawahel	26	11	8	7	30	21	+9	41

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Zamalek v Al Masry

23 September 2002 1	Zamalek	3–0	Al Masry	Cairo
20:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Al Ittihad v Zamalek

27 September 2002 2	Al Ittihad	0–1	Zamalek	Alexandria
17:45 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Tersana v Zamalek

10 October 2002 3	Tersana	0–2	Zamalek	Cairo
14:45 EST (UTC+2)

Baladeyet El Mahalla v Zamalek

24 October 2002 5	Baladeyet El Mahalla	0–1	Zamalek	El Mahalla El Kubra
17:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium

Zamalek v Aswan

29 October 2002 4	Zamalek	5–0	Aswan	Cairo
19:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Sawahel v Zamalek

8 November 2002 7	Sawahel	2–1	Zamalek	Alexandria
20:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Zamalek v ENPPI

26 December 2002 6	Zamalek	1–1	ENPPI	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Goldi v Zamalek

30 December 2002 11	Goldi	0–2	Zamalek	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)

Zamalek v Ghazl El Mahalla

7 January 2003 12	Zamalek	3–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Ismaily v Zamalek

11 January 2003 13	Ismaily	1–3	Zamalek	Ismailia
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

Zamalek v El Mansoura

25 January 2003 8	Zamalek	3–0	El Mansoura	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Al Ahly v Zamalek

30 January 2003 9	Al Ahly	2–2	Zamalek	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Al Masry v Zamalek

3 February 2003 14	Al Masry	0–1	Zamalek	Port Said
14:45 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Al Masry Club Stadium

Zamalek v Tersana

16 February 2003 16	Zamalek	2–0	Tersana	Cairo
14:45 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Aswan v Zamalek

20 February 2003 17	Aswan	0–3	Zamalek	Aswan
14:45 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Aswan Stadium

Zamalek v Al Mokawloon Al Arab

24 February 2003 10	Zamalek	2–0	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	Cairo
14:45 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Zamalek v Baladeyet El Mahalla

28 February 2003 18	Zamalek	2–0	Baladeyet El Mahalla	Cairo
14:45 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

ENPPI v Zamalek

4 March 2003 19	ENPPI	0–0	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 EST (UTC+2)

Zamalek v Sawahel

8 March 2003 20	Zamalek	1–1	Sawahel	Cairo
18:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

El Mansoura v Zamalek

13 March 2003 21	El Mansoura	0–1	Zamalek	Mansoura
18:00 EST (UTC+2)

Zamalek v Al Ittihad

17 March 2003 15	Zamalek	5–0	Al Ittihad	Cairo
18:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Zamalek v Al Ahly

19 April 2003 22	Zamalek	3–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
19:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Al Mokawloon Al Arab v Zamalek

4 May 2003 23	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0–3	Zamalek	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)

Zamalek v Goldi

8 May 2003 24	Zamalek	4–2	Goldi	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Ghazl El Mahalla v Zamalek

12 May 2003 25	Ghazl El Mahalla	0–3	Zamalek	El Mahalla El Kubra
17:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium

Zamalek v Ismaily

23 May 2003 26	Zamalek	1–0	Ismaily	Cairo
17:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Egypt Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Egypt Cup

Zamalek v Banha

18 December 2002 First round First leg	Zamalek	0–0	Banha	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Banha v Zamalek

22 December 2002 First round Second leg	Banha	2–3 (2–3 agg.)	Zamalek	Banha
13:30 EST (UTC+2)

Zamalek v Ghazl El Mahalla

16 January 2003 Second round First leg	Zamalek	1–0	Ghazl El Mahalla	Cairo
14:30 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Ghazl El Mahalla v Zamalek

21 January 2003 Second round Second leg	Ghazl El Mahalla	2–3 (2–4 agg.)	Zamalek	El Mahalla El Kubra
14:00 EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium

Zamalek v Goldi

26 May 2003 Quarter-finals	Zamalek	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Goldi	Alexandria
20:00 EST (UTC+2)	Abdel Razek 76' Emam 91' (pen.)		Amin 52' Aboul Dahab 120'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Egyptian Super Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Egyptian Super Cup

CAF Champions League

Main article: 2002 CAF Champions League

CAF Super Cup

Main article: 2002 CAF Super Cup

Arab Unified Club Championship

Main article: 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 June 2003.^[2]

Zamalek v Al-Jaish

6 July 2003 1	Zamalek	1–0	Al-Jaish	Cairo, Egypt
EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Zamalek v USM Alger

8 July 2003 2	Zamalek	1–1	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 EST (UTC+2)	El-Said 43' (pen.)		Ouichaoui 15'	Stadium: El Sekka El Hadid Stadium Referee: Farid Ali (United Arab Emirates)

Zamalek v Al-Shorta

13 July 2003 3	Zamalek	2–1	Al-Shorta	Cairo, Egypt
EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Zamalek v Kuwait

15 July 2003 4	Zamalek	1–3	Kuwait	Cairo, Egypt
EST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Knockout stage

Al-Ettifaq v Zamalek

18 July 2003 Semi-finals	Al-Ettifaq	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Zamalek	Cairo, Egypt
EST (UTC+2)	Masambe 45'		Youssef 77' Ali 105', 114'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Zamalek v Kuwait

20 July 2003 Final	Zamalek	2–1	Kuwait	Cairo, Egypt
20:00 EST (UTC+2)	Saleh 23' Mahmoud 58'		Oliveira 88'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jasem Al-Hail (Qatar)

Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup

Main article: 2003 Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup (President Mubarak's League Winners' Super Cup)