Egypt

Nickname(s)	The Pharaohs
Association	Egyptian Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Hassan Shehata
Captain	Ahmed Hassan
Most caps	Hossam Hassan (170)
Top scorer	Hossam Hassan (80)
Home stadium	Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
FIFA ranking	24
Highest FIFA ranking	17 (May 1998, Feb 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	44 (July 2002, May 2003)
Elo ranking	21
Highest Elo ranking	15 (1967, 1971 & 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	62 (March 1986, June 1997)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Italy 2 - 1 Egypt (Ghent, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
Biggest win
Egypt 15 - 0 Laos (Indonesia; November 1963)
Biggest defeat
Italy 11 - 3 Egypt (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 10 June 1928)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1934)
Best result	Round 1, 1934 and 1990
African Nations Cup
Appearances	21 (First in 1957)
Best result	Winners, 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1999)
Best result	1st round, 1999

The Egypt national football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed The Pharaohs, is the national team of Egypt and is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. They are the current African Champions having won the 2008 African Nations Cup. They are also the most successful African team at Confederation level, winning the ANC six times: the inaugural African Nations Cup in Sudan 1957, and also won the tournament in United Arab Republic 1959, Egypt 1986, Burkina Faso 1998, Egypt 2006 and Ghana 2008.

Egypt were the first African country to participate in the World Cup when they played in Italy 1934, losing to Hungary 4-2. Egypt has qualified for one World Cup since then, going out in the first round in Italy 1990. They were known as the United Arab Republic national football team when Egypt and Syria joined to form the United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 and then until 1970, with Egypt alone making up the UAR. They have played for the Bronze Medal in the Olympic Games twice (1928 and 1964), losing both times.

Honours

World Cups :

• Bronze Medalist at World Youth Cup (2001)

African Competitions :

• 6 Times Champion of African Cup of Nations (1957/59/86/98/2006/2008)
• 3 Times Champion of African Youth Championship (1981& 1991& 2003)
• 1 Time Champion of African Under-17 Championship (1997)
• 2 Times Gold Medalist at All Africa Games (Kenya 1987 / Zimbabwe 1995)

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :

• 2 Time Runners-Up

Arab Competitions :

• 3 Times Gold Medalist at the Pan Arab Games (1953, 1965, 2007)
• 1 Time Champion of Arab Cup of Nations (1992)

Mediterranean Games :

• 1 Time Gold Medalist
• 1 Time Silver Medalist
• 1 Time Bronze Medalist

Francophone Games :

• 1 Time Bronze Medalist

International Achievements

World Cups :

• 2 Participations in World Cups 1934 and 1990 (1st round )
• 5 Participations in World Youth Cups 1981 (1/4 final), 1991 (1st Round), 2001 (Bronze Medal), 2003 (2nd Round) & 2005 (1st Round).
• 2 Participations in World Junior Cups 1987(10th) & 1997(Host-8th)
• 2 Participations in World Futsal Cup (Indoor) 1996 (1st round) & 2000 1/4 Final)

Olympic :

• 10 Participations in Olympic Games (4th Place in 1928 & 1964) & (Quarter Finals in 1984)
• 3 times gold medal winners in the Pan Arab games (1953, 1965 and 2007)

Egyptian Club Achievements

African :

• 12 Times Champions of African Champions League (1970/82/84/86/87/93/96/2001/2002/2005/2006/2008)
• 8 Times Champions of African Cup Winners' Cup (1982/83/84/85/86/93/96/2000)
• 5 Times Champions of African Super Cup (1994/97/2001/2002/2005)
• 3 Times Champions of Afro-Asian Cup (1987/88/97)
• 1 Time Bronze Medalist of FIFA Club World Championship (2006)

Arab :

• 1 Time Champions of Arab Champions League (1996)
• 1 Time Champions of Arab Cup Winners' Cup (1995)
• 2 Times Champions of Arab Super Cup (Al-Nokhba)(1997/1998)

World Cup record

Fifa World Cup
Appearances: 2
Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Round 1	13	1	0	0	1	2	4
1938	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round 1	20	3	0	2	1	1	2
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

For 2010, see 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

African Nations Cup record

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 6 Appearances: 21
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Champions		1976	Fourth place		1994	Quarter-finals
1959	Champions		1978	Did not qualify		1996	Quarter-finals
1962	Runners up		1980	Fourth place		1998	Champions
1963	Third place		1982	Withdrew		2000	Quarter-finals
1965	Withdrew after qualifying		1984	Fourth place		2002	Quarter-finals
1968	Withdrew		1986	Champions		2004	Round 1
1970	Third place		1988	Round 1		2006	Champions
1972	Did not qualify		1990	Round 1		2008	Champions
1974	Third place		1992	Round 1

For 2010, see 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Confederations Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Round 1	3	0	2	1	5	9
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notable players

Now

• Mohamed Aboutrika
• Ahmed Hossam (Mido)
• Mohamed Zidan
• Ahmed Hassan
• Emad Motaeb
• Amr Zaki
• Essam El-Hadary
• Hosni Abd-Rabou
• Wael Gomaa

All-Time

• Mahmoud El-Khateeb
• Hossam Hassan
• Hassan Shehata
• Farouk Gaafar
• Taher Abouzaid
• Mohamed Salah Abo Greisha
• Saleh Selim
• Essam El-Hadary
• Hany Ramzy
• Ahmed Hassan
• Hazem Emam
• Mohamed Aboutrika

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Congo DR 4 3 0 1 13 3 +10 9  Egypt 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 9  Malawi 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6  Djibouti 4 0 0 4 2 23 −21 0

Congo DR  — 5 – 1 7 Sep 1 – 0 Djibouti  0 – 6 — 0 – 4 5 Sep Egypt  2 – 1 12 Oct — 2 – 0 Malawi  11 Oct 8 – 1 1 – 0 —

Despite reports Congo DR could lose the right to host World Cup qualifiers due to the lack of proper stadiums,^[1] this does not appear to have occurred.

Qualification in next round of matches:

• Djibouti will be eliminated if they lose OR if they draw and the other match is not a draw.

Current Squad

The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Malawi on June 22, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Essam El-Hadary January 15, 1973 102 0 FC Sion 2 DF Mahmoud Fathalla February 12, 1982 18 0 Al-Zamalek 3 DF Ahmed El-Mohamadi September 9, 1987 16 0 ENPPI 4 DF Amir Azmy February 14, 1983 5 1 Anorthosis Famagusta 5 MF Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek May 15, 1980 11 2 Haras El Hodood 6 DF Hani Said April 22, 1980 49 0 Al-Ismaily 7 MF Ahmed Samir Farag May 20, 1986 4 0 Al-Ismaily 8 MF Hosny Abd Rabo November 1, 1984 50 8 Al-Ismaily 9 MF Mahmood Abdelrazek March 5, 1986 5 2 Al-Zamalek 10 FW Emad Motaeb February 20, 1983 47 22 Bristol City 11 FW Amr Zaky April 1, 1983 48 27 Wigan Athletic 12 FW Ahmed Raouf 0 0 ENPPI 13 MF Abdallah Said July 13, 1985 2 0 Al-Ismaily 14 MF Hossam Ghaly December 15, 1981 26 2 Tottenham 15 DF Wael Gomaa August 3, 1975 69 0 Al-Ahly 16 GK Mohamed Abdel Monsef February 6, 1977 11 0 Al-Zamalek 17 MF Ahmed Hassan May 2, 1975 139 23 Al-Ahly 18 MF Hassan Mostafa November 20, 1979 28 2 Al-Ahly

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Abd El-Aziz Tawfik	May 24, 1986	ENPPI	? (?)	v Djibouti, June 6, 2008
Ahmed Fathi	November 10, 1984	Al-Ahly		v Argentina, March 26, 2008
Sayed Moawad	February 25, 1979	Al-Ahly		v Argentina, March 26, 2008
Shady Mohamed	November 29, 1977	Al-Ahly		v Argentina, March 26, 2008
Midfielders
Islam Awad		ENPPI	1 (0)	v Malawi, June 14, 2008
Hani Said Ahmed	June 3, 1983	Haras El Hodood	0 (0)	v Djibouti, June 6, 2008
Omar Gamal	September 16, 1982	Al-Ismaily		v Argentina, March 26, 2008
Mohamed Aboutreika	November 7, 1978	Al-Ahly	53 (14)	v Argentina, March 26, 2008
Mohamed Shawky	November 10, 1984	Middlesbrough	49 (3)	v Argentina, March 26, 2008
Strikers
Mohamed Fadl	August 12, 1980	Al-Ismaily	5 (2)	v Djibouti, June 6, 2008
Mohamed Zidan	December 11, 1981	Hamburger SV	17 (6)	v Argentina, March 26, 2008

See also

• Egyptian Premier League
• Egypt Cup
• Egyptian Super Cup
• List of football clubs in Egypt

Notable Players

External links

• Egyptian FA official site
• Egyptian Players
• Egyptian Soccer and Sports
• All About Egyptian Soccer
• Information on National team and club football in Egypt
• Egyptian Replica Jerseys

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