2024–25 ZED FC season

The 2024–25 season is the 16th season in ZED FC's history and the second consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, ZED is set to compete in the domestic cup, and the Egyptian League Cup.

ZED

2024–25 season
Chairman	Naguib Sawiris
Manager	Magdy Abdel Aaty[1]
Stadium	Cairo International Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	6th
Egypt Cup	Round of 16
Egyptian League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Shady Hussein (3) All: Shady Hussein (3)
← 2023–24
All statistics correct as of 17 January 2025.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
20 August 2024	MF	Abdelrahman Emad	ENPPI	Free
12 September 2024	MF	Hamdy Alaa	Zamalek	Undisclosed	[2]
12 September 2024	MF	Maged Hany	Zamalek	Undisclosed	[2]
14 September 2024	DF	Mohamed Ashraf	Al Ahly	Undisclosed	[3]
14 September 2024	MF	Raafat Khalil	Al Ahly	Undisclosed	[3]
3 October 2024	MF	Ahmed Adel	Al Ittihad	Free	[4]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024	MF	Omar Khedr	Aston Villa
19 August 2024	DF	Karim Yakan	El Sekka El Hadid	End of contract	[5]
17 September 2024	DF	Arnauvy Mombouli	FC Noah
29 September 2024	DF	Mohamed Bazoka	Al-Majd		[6]
11 October 2024	FW	Seif Shika	El Gouna	Undisclosed
16 October 2024	FW	Hazem Mohamed	Haras El Hodoud	Loan	[7]

Friendlies

Al Ittihad v ZED

3 October 2024 Friendly	Al Ittihad	1–1	ZED	Alexandria
				Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

Zamalek v ZED

13 October 2024 Friendly	Zamalek	2–3	ZED	Cairo
	Michalak 55' Mathlouthi 75'	Report	Dilson 3' Ibrahim 73' Hussein

ZED v Ismaily

17 November 2024 Friendly	ZED	0–2	Ismaily	Cairo
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Farag 8' Hamdi 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrosport 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	31 October 2024	30 May 2025	Matchday 1		8	3	4	1	6	3	+3	037.50
Egypt Cup	2 January 2025	17 January 2025	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Egyptian League Cup	12 December 2024		Group stage		1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					11	4	4	3	10	8	+2	036.36

Last updated: 17 January 2025
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

Main article: 2024–25 Egyptian Premier League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Haras El Hodoud	17	6	4	7	17	19	−2	22	Qualification for the championship play-offs
10	Tala'ea El Gaish	17	5	6	6	13	18	−5	21	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	ZED	17	4	9	4	15	13	+2	21
12	Smouha	17	6	2	9	13	22	−9	20
13	Al Ittihad	17	4	6	7	11	16	−5	18

Source: Soccerway (regular season)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Ahly (C)	8	6	1	1	22	9	+13	58[a]	Qualification for the Champions League first or second round
2	Pyramids	8	4	2	2	15	10	+5	56
3	Zamalek	8	4	3	1	14	6	+8	47	Qualification for the Confederation Cup first or second round
4	Al Masry	8	3	3	2	10	9	+1	42
5	National Bank of Egypt SC	8	2	3	3	13	12	+1	38
6	Ceramica Cleopatra	8	4	1	3	15	12	+3	37
7	Pharco	8	2	3	3	8	16	−8	32
8	Petrojet	8	1	2	5	7	17	−10	27
9	Haras El Hodoud	8	0	2	6	3	16	−13	24

Source: Soccerway (championship round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off tie.
(Note: Clubs qualified for this phase with the full regular season points they got, but without goals for or against)
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Al Ahly were initially deducted three points for refusing to play their away fixture against Zamalek, scheduled to be played on 11 March 2025.^[9] The points deduction was later cancelled by the Egyptian Premier League.^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ZED	8	2	5	1	9	5	+4	32
2	El Gouna	8	4	1	3	10	7	+3	30
3	Tala'ea El Gaish	8	1	5	2	5	6	−1	29
4	ENPPI	8	4	3	1	8	5	+3	27
5	Modern Sport	8	5	2	1	12	7	+5	26

Source: Soccerway (relegation round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off tie.
(Note: Clubs qualified for this phase with the full regular season points they got, but without goals for or against)

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
8	3	4	1	6	3	+3	13	1	2	1	3	2	+1	2	2	0	3	1	+2

Last updated: 11 January 2025.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	W
Position	8	15	14	9	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 19 October 2024.^[11]

El Gouna v ZED

31 October 2024 1	El Gouna	0–0	ZED	El Gouna
17:00 UTC+3	El Sayed 13'			Stadium: Khaled Bichara Stadium Referee: Ahmed Hamdi

ZED v Al Ahly

7 November 2024 2	ZED	0–1	Al Ahly	Cairo
20:00 UTC+2			Mohamed 11'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nagy
Note: The match was held at Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium instead of Cairo International Stadium.[12]

Modern Sport v ZED

24 November 2024 3	Modern Sport	0–0	ZED	Cairo
20:00 UTC+2			Gamal 45+3'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

ZED v Haras El Hodoud

30 November 2024 4	ZED	2–0	Haras El Hodoud	Cairo
17:00 UTC+2	El Banouby 18' Ziko 42'			Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mostafa Osman

Pharco v ZED

20 December 2024 5	Pharco	1–2	ZED	Alexandria
20:00 UTC+2	Sherif 35'		El Banouby 8' Hussein 72'	Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Mohamed Yousef

ZED v ENPPI

24 December 2024 6	ZED	0–0	ENPPI	Cairo
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nassef

ZED v Petrojet

30 December 2024 7	ZED	1–1	Petrojet	Cairo
20:00 UTC+2	Hussein 90+6'		Hesham 89'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ittihad v ZED

11 January 2025 8	Al Ittihad	0–1	ZED	Alexandria
20:00 UTC+2			Dilson 33'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium

ZED v Pyramids

22 January 2025 9	ZED	v	Pyramids	Cairo
19:00 UTC+2

Egypt Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Egypt Cup

ZED v Dayrout

2 January 2025 Round of 32	ZED	3–1	Dayrout	Cairo
14:30 UTC+2	Sawaneh 6' Samir 83' (pen.) Hany 90+2'		Ajeeb 43'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ahmed Hamed Fahim

Smouha v ZED

17 January 2025 Round of 16	Smouha	1–0	ZED	Alexandria
17:30 UTC+2	Salem 8'			Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

Egyptian League Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Egyptian League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	National Bank	4	2	2	0	9	3	+6	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ceramica Cleopatra	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
3	Ghazl El Mahalla	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
4	Al Masry	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
5	ZED	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1

Source: EPL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Ghazl El Mahalla v ZED

12 December 2024 1	Ghazl El Mahalla	3–1	ZED	El Mahalla El Kubra
20:00 UTC+2	Zaky 11' Abdul Fatawu 25' Yehia 38'		Hussein 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Sobhy El Amrawy

Al Masry v ZED

19 March 2025 2	Al Masry	v	ZED	Suez
				Stadium: Suez Stadium

ZED v National Bank

1 April 2025 3	ZED	v	National Bank	Cairo
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

ZED v Ceramica Cleopatra

23 April 2025 4	ZED	v	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
				Stadium: Cairo International Stadium