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July 4th, 2008 | By: Tamim | 11 Comments »

a lot of news to talk about, so let’s start:

1- the schedule of the Egyptian league has been scheduled. the league will start on the 8th of august and ends at 15th of may. the first week will be having some good matches,

Ghazl el mahalla - Zamalek
Ahly - Olympic club (recently promoted)
Ismaily - ENPPI
Police(recently promoted) - Egypt Telecom
Assiut petroleum - Tersana
Petrojet - Haras el hdood
Arab contractors - El geish
Ittihad - Masry

Cairo derby between Ahly and Zamalek will be on the 10th week, Ahly and Ismaily will be on the fifth, Zamalek and Ismaily will be on week 13.

2- Egypt - Iran friendly has been scheduled on 20/8/2008, the match will be played in UAE but the stadium wasn’t specified yet.

3- egypt u-19 demolished Zimbabwe 5-0 in the first match of the African cup qualifiers which will be held in Rwanda January 2009. goal scorers were:ahmed hosny(43),hesham mohamed(49), ahmed magdy(61), mostafa mahmoud(72) and islam ramadan (90). this was the first official match for the team, so that was a hell of a start!!!. the away match will be on july 13.

4- shikabala was suspended for four months after fifa announce its ruling in his case raised by paok against zamalek. zamalek previously bought shikabala without paok agreement because he had to come to egypt to do his military service.

5- Ahmed Hassan was chosen to participate in anderlecht’s 100th anniversary in a match against Italian giants ac milan.

Tags: ahly, egypt, ismaily, League, shikabala, Team News, zamalek

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Comments

By omar | July 4th, 2008 at 11:57 pm

anymore dtails about the under 19 team…wht about the the u 21???for weld cup….thanks!!!
much appreciated

By Tamim | July 5th, 2008 at 1:27 am

i was misinformed, the u19 team is the team that will participate in the world cup held in egypt not u21….sorry

By Rachid | July 5th, 2008 at 10:50 pm

Very funny club names in Egypt! Aluminum? Petroleum? Haras Houdoud? Really different names from what we’re accustomed to in Tunisia. Are these owned by private companies? It reminds me of other names elsewhere in the Middle East, particularly in Syria and Irak. Names like Iraki Air Force! If there really was one in Irak, would they be occupied today??? It’s just funny, why not stick with typical names for sports clubs?

By Tamim | July 6th, 2008 at 12:52 am

i sense sarcasm in your comment, they are company clubs owned by companies but they represent different cities and most of hem have fans there. however, it is a real peoblem in egyptian football that company clubs are dominating the league while public clubs are in a financial crisis.

BTW, club names in tunisia are funny too what does it mean el mal3ab el tubsi or taraji!!!!!

By Rachid | July 6th, 2008 at 11:57 am

Tamim, my apologies, no sarcasm intended; I was just curious. Whether public or private, Egyptian clubs have produced excellent players. Winning the African Cup twice in a row is a big testament to that. You convincingly beat quite big Africain teams like Cote d’Ivoire and that’s something that you should be very proud of. I think the rivalry between Egyptian and Tunisian clubs is very good and is goodto have so players and teams keep improving, and give us some good football to watch.

By Tamim | July 6th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

no problem, however we will miss egyptian - tunisian derbies this year in the cl

By Rami | July 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Yea man, we blew it this year in Champions league. Oh well, best of luck to Zamalek in that competition. Too bad we (Club Africain) didn’t get to play you guys this week. I’m guessing you guys couldn’t make it or something? We played Al Hilal of Sudan instead and beat them 2-1…

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By Tamim | July 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

ah right, i forgot about this match. a lot of things has been happening in th past few days, i guess the club was busy in it. u know what happens hen a player signs but then he changes his mind and steal the contracts!!!!??

By Hany Olama | July 10th, 2008 at 9:49 am

haha Tamim, I assume you are talking about Hany Said he’s ours now, just like Hussein Aly. You’re lucky we didn’t bid for Agogo or he would’ve been with us too. Zamalek’s problem is that they promise and promise but don’t keep their word. Ahly promise and keep it, they give money in Cash and not empty bank cheques. I think if Mahmoud Abbas left with his money, Zamalek are gonna run into some deep shit. They need a stable Administration, bring back Kamal Darwish, as much as I hated him as much as he was succesful and made a very good few years for Zamalek. Abbas and Mortada are only gonna make it worse.

By Tamim | July 10th, 2008 at 10:00 am

yes hany i know, i think it is my fate to support zamalek, one can’t just run away from it. good luck with hany though

By omar | July 12th, 2008 at 1:54 am

tamim when will ur next blog go up…with soo much goin on u cant go wrong with any topic..GO AHLY!!!!!!!!!as much as i hate zamalek they need to step up cuz amr is leavin and they have no $..they r screwd then egyptian league will be too easliy won by ahly!

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