Gross announces Zamalek squad for Germany camp

USM Alger player (L) fights for the ball with Zamalek Aly Hefny Abdalla Hasanin Salama (R) during the 2017 CAF Champions League game between USM Alger and Zamalek at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria on 21 June 2017 © BackpagePix

by Austin Ditlhobolo

Sunday Jul 08, 2018. 10:31

New Zamalek head coach Christian Gross has announced the White Knights squad that will travel to Germany for a pre-season camp.

The Egyptian Premier League giants are set to face Germany’s FC Nurnberg and UAE’s Al Wasl in pre season friendlies in the coming weeks.

The games will take place on Tuesday the 10th of July (vs Nurnberg) and Friday the 13th of July (vs Al Wasl) respectively.

Swiss tactician Gross has since selected 28 players and the team will travel to Germany on Sunday.

Goalkeepers

Jensh Imad Al - Emad Sayed - Omar Salah

Defenders

Mahmoud Hamdy Al-Wensh - Mahmoud Alaa - Mohamed Abdul Ghani - Hazem Imam - Camacho - Ahmed Fattouh - Hamdi Alnqaz

Midfielders

Imad Fathi - Dunga - Raouqah - Mohamed Ibrahim - Ayman Hefny - Abdullah Gomaa - Mohamed Antar - Ahmed Madbouli - Ibrahim Hassan - Mustafa Fathi - Mahmoud Abdel Aziz - Ahmed Refaat

Strikers

Yousef Obama - Kasongo - Omar Al-Saeed - Mustafa Mohammed - Hamid Ahad - Saif Jaafar

The 2018/19 Premier League campaign will be the 59th season of the the top Egyptian professional league since its establishment in 1948.

The season is scheduled to start on 3 August 2018 and finish in May 2019. Zamalek will be looking to stop Al Ahly from winning their fourth consecutive title.