Ultras White Knights
also knowen as the first ultras group ever in Egypt
an ultras group for the Egyptian club Zamalek Sc
Ultras White Knights (UWK '07) are the leading ultras group in Egypt and are so far El Zamalek's only ultras group; they made their first action on :12-4-2007 on [Fisaly] match.Their first banner was unhurled on 17-3-2007 against Al-Helal [African Champions League] . The group's motto is "Curva Sud La Prima" which is an indication of the group's loyalty to their historic curva since Curva Sud (talta yimeen/ the east stand) has historically been allocated for Zamalek fans.
They follow their club in all sports and are actually the only ultras group in Africa to ever make an action indoors. Indoor actions by UWKThe group was founded by ex-ZLU (Zamalek Lovers Union) members who decided that in order to make the atmosphere at Zamalek games better, they had to form an ultras group since regular fan unions were very inefficient regarding this matter and within mere weeks the ultra mentality began to spread across Egypt and the number of members was rapidly increasing which was easy considering Zamalek's fanbase all over Egypt and the Arab world.
Zamalek has a huge fanbase throughout Egypt, some parts in the Arab world and even most clubs in Egypt have some sympathy for Zamalek as they do for Al-Ahly . Zamalek supporters are known to have relentlessly followed their side in many rough times where they went for years without a single title. Zamalek fans are known as "Zamalkaweya".
SectionsAlthough Ultras White Knights is considered as one single entity, the vast majority of their members are concentrated in Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta even though there are a few members from many other cities such as Port Said, Kalyubia, Sharkeya, Mahala, Suez etc.
After Cairo, the largest number of members in UWK are from Alexandria (known as : Marine Corps) and UWK Alex are known to make an action in any game Zamalek plays in Alexandria whether the sport is football, basketball, volleyball or handball.
Ultras White Knights have no relationship with their club or the club board even though the club once allowed UWK to use one of Zamalek's training grounds for space to make their 5 tifos in the 101 derby against Al-Ahly. Zamalek's board refuse to comment on UWK in contrast to Ultras Ahlawy's relationship with their board where the Ahly board of directors decided to not recognize UA at all.
SongsPrior to the uprising of ultras in Egypt, the supporting style in Egypt was very weak where, in big games especially, fans used to sing their hearts out before the match and not say a word during the match itself; ultras came and changed that and concentrate their support during the 90 minutes of the game and not before the match itself.
Also, the traditional supporting style in Egypt is comically known as "tashgee' el tabla wel zomara" where "songs" where actually a few witty rhymes which lasted no longer than a minute. Ultras in Egypt knew that it would be impossible to support for 90 minutes with these short songs and decided to adopt Tunisian/ Argentinian-style songs which where comprised of many verses and lasted for a good 4 or 5 minutes; this way it was easier to support for the full 90 minutes. However, this came by a lot of criticism from the fans who said that they couldn't support with the ultras since the songs were in the Tunisian dialect, so as a compromise, UWK started supporting with a Tunisian style but with Egyptian words.
FriendsUltras White Knights have no official friendships with any group, but on a personal level many members have friendships with members of Leaders Clubsite of Tunisian side Clube Africain, Winners of Wydad Casablanca , Ultras Hercules of IR Tanger . It is common to see Zamalek flags Clube Africain and El-Masry even though there is no official friendship between any of these groups. Winners, the ultras group of Wydad Casablanca, paid Ultras White Knights a visit in their CAF Champions League tie against Angolan Champions Inter Clube which was a gesture of good relations between Zamalek and Wydad fans and in the end the zamalek have a friendship with the ismaily and masry fans .
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also knowen as the first ultras group ever in Egypt
an ultras group for the Egyptian club Zamalek Sc
Ultras White Knights (UWK '07) are the leading ultras group in Egypt and are so far El Zamalek's only ultras group; they made their first action on :12-4-2007 on [Fisaly] match.Their first banner was unhurled on 17-3-2007 against Al-Helal [African Champions League] . The group's motto is "Curva Sud La Prima" which is an indication of the group's loyalty to their historic curva since Curva Sud (talta yimeen/ the east stand) has historically been allocated for Zamalek fans.
They follow their club in all sports and are actually the only ultras group in Africa to ever make an action indoors. Indoor actions by UWKThe group was founded by ex-ZLU (Zamalek Lovers Union) members who decided that in order to make the atmosphere at Zamalek games better, they had to form an ultras group since regular fan unions were very inefficient regarding this matter and within mere weeks the ultra mentality began to spread across Egypt and the number of members was rapidly increasing which was easy considering Zamalek's fanbase all over Egypt and the Arab world.
Zamalek has a huge fanbase throughout Egypt, some parts in the Arab world and even most clubs in Egypt have some sympathy for Zamalek as they do for Al-Ahly . Zamalek supporters are known to have relentlessly followed their side in many rough times where they went for years without a single title. Zamalek fans are known as "Zamalkaweya".
SectionsAlthough Ultras White Knights is considered as one single entity, the vast majority of their members are concentrated in Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta even though there are a few members from many other cities such as Port Said, Kalyubia, Sharkeya, Mahala, Suez etc.
After Cairo, the largest number of members in UWK are from Alexandria (known as : Marine Corps) and UWK Alex are known to make an action in any game Zamalek plays in Alexandria whether the sport is football, basketball, volleyball or handball.
Ultras White Knights have no relationship with their club or the club board even though the club once allowed UWK to use one of Zamalek's training grounds for space to make their 5 tifos in the 101 derby against Al-Ahly. Zamalek's board refuse to comment on UWK in contrast to Ultras Ahlawy's relationship with their board where the Ahly board of directors decided to not recognize UA at all.
SongsPrior to the uprising of ultras in Egypt, the supporting style in Egypt was very weak where, in big games especially, fans used to sing their hearts out before the match and not say a word during the match itself; ultras came and changed that and concentrate their support during the 90 minutes of the game and not before the match itself.
Also, the traditional supporting style in Egypt is comically known as "tashgee' el tabla wel zomara" where "songs" where actually a few witty rhymes which lasted no longer than a minute. Ultras in Egypt knew that it would be impossible to support for 90 minutes with these short songs and decided to adopt Tunisian/ Argentinian-style songs which where comprised of many verses and lasted for a good 4 or 5 minutes; this way it was easier to support for the full 90 minutes. However, this came by a lot of criticism from the fans who said that they couldn't support with the ultras since the songs were in the Tunisian dialect, so as a compromise, UWK started supporting with a Tunisian style but with Egyptian words.
FriendsUltras White Knights have no official friendships with any group, but on a personal level many members have friendships with members of Leaders Clubsite of Tunisian side Clube Africain, Winners of Wydad Casablanca , Ultras Hercules of IR Tanger . It is common to see Zamalek flags Clube Africain and El-Masry even though there is no official friendship between any of these groups. Winners, the ultras group of Wydad Casablanca, paid Ultras White Knights a visit in their CAF Champions League tie against Angolan Champions Inter Clube which was a gesture of good relations between Zamalek and Wydad fans and in the end the zamalek have a friendship with the ismaily and masry fans .
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