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| Full name | Zamalek Sporting Club |
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| Nickname(s) | School of Art and Engineering The Royal Club The White Knight Club of The Century |
| Short name | ZSC |
| Founded | 5 January 1911 as Qasr El Nil |
| Ground | Cairo International Stadium |
| Capacity | 75,000 |
| Chairman | Mortada Mansour |
| Coach | Mohammed Helmy |
| League | Egyptian Premier League |
| 2016–17 | Egyptian Premier League, 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
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Zamalek Sporting Club (Arabic: نادى الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), is an Egyptian sports club based in Meet Okba, Giza, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. It was founded on 5 January 1911 as Qasr El-Neel Club and was first headed by Belgian lawyer George Marzbach. The name was changed to El-Mokhtalat Club in 1913 and in 1941 it was changed again to King Farouk Club, named after King Farouk. The name finally settled as Zamalek SC after the 1952 Egyptian revolution.
Zamalek has never been relegated to the Second Division. On the continental side, Zamalek has won more CAF trophies than any other African team in the Twentieth century. The club has 5 CAF Champions League titles, 3 CAF Super Cup titles and 1 African Cup Winners' Cup title. Internationally, Zamalek has also won 2 Afro-Asian Cup titles. The club plays their home matches in the Cairo International Stadium, with a capacity of 75,000.
The club started out as Qasr El-Neel Club by a Belgian lawyer, Mr. Merzbach on 5 January 1911. It was the first football club in Cairo emerged from its non-English expatriate communities. They formed sports and social clubs each with its own identity. A very important aspect of Zamalek was that it was a club for all people and not for any specific social, economical, or ethnic status. Zamalek started out and continued through World War I under the presidency of Merzbach, and its Belgian secretaries (first Shoduan, then Bochu). The next president was Nicola Arfagi who also played left wing for the club's football team.
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