Swiss coach Christian Gross arrived in Egypt, in preparation for signing his contracts with Zamalek Club, in order to assume the position of the new coach of the White Castle.
A Zamalek club source revealed, in exclusive statements on Koura Night, that Gross had recently arrived in Egypt, after the White Castle management agreed with him to train the first football team. See details
Portuguese Jose Gomez left coaching Zamalek, after reaching an agreement with the Saudi Al-Fateh Club to lead it until the end of the current season.
The 70-year-old coach previously held the position of coach of Zamalek Club.
Gross took over the leadership of Zamalek in July 2018 and left coaching the white team in May 2019.
What did Gross do in his first term with Zamalek?
The Swiss coach played a total of 49 matches with Zamalek in his first term, during which he won 30 matches, tied 13 matches, while being defeated in only 6 matches.
During Gross’ tenure, the White Club scored 90 goals, while conceding 40 goals.
The Swiss coach won two titles with Zamalek Club, the first of which was the Egyptian-Saudi Super Cup in 2018, when Zamalek won over Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia with a score of (2-1).
While the Swiss coach achieved his second title with the White Club, in 2019, specifically with the Confederation Cup, at the expense of Morocco’s RS Berkane on penalty kicks.
Gross’s numbers in tournaments with Zamalek
Egyptian League
Gross led Zamalek Club in 30 matches in the Egyptian League Championship during the 2018-2019 season.
At that time, the White Club won 20 matches, tied 7 matches, and was defeated in 3 others, earning a total of 67 points.
The White Castle team scored a total of 59 goals while conceding 26 goals.
Egypt Cup
The Swiss coach led the Zamalek team in only two matches during the Egypt Cup for the 2018-2019 season.
The first match was against the Minya Samanoud team in the round of 32, and they won with a score of (1-0).
While the second match was against El Entag El Harby in the round of 16, and they won with a score of (2-).
Confederation Cup
Gross led Zamalek Club in 16 matches in the Confederation Championship for the 2018-2019 season.
It won 7 matches, tied 6 matches, and was defeated in 3 matches.
The white team scored a total of 26 goals in this tournament and conceded 13 goals.
Zamalek passed through the first preliminary round against Chadian Coton, then surpassed the Moroccan club Ittihad Tangier in the second preliminary round.
Zamalek advanced to the quarter-finals, topping the fourth group with 9 points, in a group that included the teams of Jormahia of Kenya, Nasr Hussein Dey of Algeria, and Petro Atletico of Angola.
In the quarter-finals, Zamalek defeated the Moroccan team Hassania Agadir with a score of (1-0) in the home and away matches.
During the semi-finals, the white team qualified after defeating the Tunisian team, Etoile du Sahel, with a score of (1-0) in the home and away matches.
In the final match, Zamalek won the title at the expense of Morocco’s RS Berkane, after losing the first leg with a score of (1-0) and winning the return with the same score, then deciding the title via penalty kicks with a score of (4-3).
Egyptian-Saudi Super Cup
Zamalek Club played with Gross the Egyptian-Saudi Super Cup match against Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia, as champion of the Egypt Cup, instead of Al-Ahly (the Egyptian League champion), who apologized for participating.
Egyptian Zamalek won (2-1), with goals from Tunisian Zamalek Hamdi El-Naqaz and Congolese Kabongo Kasngo, while Syrian Al-Hilal’s only goal was scored by Omar Kharbin.