List of Zamalek SC presidents

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Zamalek Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك الرياضي), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. Since the foundation of the club in 1911, 22 different presidents ran the club. The first president of Zamalek SC is George Merzbach Bey, who is also the founder of the club. The longest-running president in the history of Zamalek SC is Mohammed Haidar Pasha, as he was the president of the club from 1923 to 1952, with a total of 29 consecutive years.

List of presidents

Mohammed Haidar Pasha, the longest-running president in the history of Zamalek SC (29 years)
Mohamed Hassan Helmy, the first footballer to become a club's president in Egypt
Hussein Labib, Current president of Zamalek SC

This is a complete list of all club presidents in the history of Zamalek SC, from 1911 (foundation) until the present day.[1][2]

Zamalek Sporting Club Presidents
No. Period Name From To
1 1st Belgium George Merzbach Bey 1911 1915
2 1st Belgium Nicolas Arfagi Bianchi 1915 1917
3 1st Egypt Dr. Mohammed Badr 1917 1919
4 1st Egypt Mohammed Haidar Pasha 1923 1952
5 1st Egypt Mahmoud Shawki 1952 1955
6 1st Egypt Abdel Hamid El-Shawarbi 1955 1955
7 2nd Egypt Mahmoud Shawki 1955 1956
8 1st Egypt Egypt Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha 1956 1961
9 1st Egypt Elwi El-Gazzar 1961 1962
10 1st Egypt Hassan Amer 1962 1967
11 1st Egypt Mohammed Hassan Helmy 1967 1971
12 1st Egypt Egypt Tawfik El-Kheshin 1971 1972
13 2nd Egypt Mohammed Hassan Helmy 1974 1980
14 3rd Egypt Egypt Mohammed Hassan Helmy 1980 1984
15 2nd Egypt Hassan Amer 1984 1988
16 1st Egypt Hassan Abou El Fotouh 1988 1990
17 1st Egypt Nour El-Dali 1990 1992
18 1st Egypt Galal Ibrahim 1992 1996
19 1st Egypt Kamal Darwish 1996 2001
20 2nd Egypt Kamal Darwish 2001 2005
21 1st Egypt Mortada Mansour 2005 2005
22 1st Egypt Morsi Atallah 2005 2006
23 2nd Egypt Mortada Mansour 2006 2006
24 1st Egypt Raouff Gasser 2006 2006
25 1st Egypt Mamdouh Abbas 2006 2008
26 1st Egypt Mohamed Amer 2008 2009
27 2nd Egypt Mamdouh Abbas 2009 2010
28 2nd Egypt Galal Ibrahim 2010 2011
29 3rd Egypt Mamdouh Abbas 2011 2013
30 3rd Egypt Kamal Darwish 2013 2014
31 3rd Egypt Mortada Mansour 2014 2017
32 4th Egypt Mortada Mansour 2017 2020
33 1st Egypt Ahmed Bakry[a] 2020 2020
34 1st Egypt Emad Abdel-Aziz[b] 2020 2021
35 1st Egypt Hussein Labib (Interim) 2021 2021
36 5th Egypt Mortada Mansour 2021 2023
37 1st Egypt Hassan Moussa (Interim) 2023 2023
38 1st Egypt Imad El-Banani (Interim) 2023 2023
39 2nd Egypt Hussein Labib 2023 Present

Source:[5]

Notes

  1. ^ The appointed interim committee president of the appointed interim committee in charge of administrating Zamalek SC after the deposition of the previous president, Mortada Mansour, and until the next club presidential election. However, he died after 24 days from taking office, due to COVID-19.[3]
  2. ^ Appointed as the interim committee president of the appointed interim committee in charge of administrating Zamalek SC after the passing away of the former appointed interim committee president, Ahmed Bakry, and until the next club presidential election.[4]

References

  1. ^ "تاريخ النادى". el-zamalek.com (in Arabic).
  2. ^ "Zamalek Sporting Club Founded January 5th, 1911". Angelfire.
  3. ^ "وفاة المستشار أحمد البكرى رئيس الزمالك متأثرا بفيروس كورونا.. ودع القلعة البيضاء بعد 24 يوما من توليه قيادة النادى.. الأهلى وشوبير ينعيان الفقيد.. وكلمات مؤثرة لابنته عقب الوداع.. وهشام إبراهيم رئيس مؤقت للأبيض". youm7.com (in Arabic). 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Ministry of Sports names new Zamalek president". kingfut.com. 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr. Tarek Said's Homepage – Zamalek Sporting Club – History". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.