Egypt

Nickname(s)	The Pharaohs
Association	Egyptian Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Hassan Shehata
Captain	Ahmed Hassan
Most caps	Hossam Hassan (169)
Top scorer	Hossam Hassan (69)
Home stadium	Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
FIFA ranking	29
Highest FIFA ranking	15 (January 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	44 (July 2002, May 2003)
Elo ranking	41
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, 1990
African Nations Cup
Appearances	21 (First in 1957)
Best result	Winners, 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1999)
Best result	1st round, 1999, 2009

The Egypt national football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed The Pharaohs (Arabic: الفراعنة‎), 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 the 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.

[edit] Participations & Honours

[edit] Participations

World Cups :

• 2 Participations in World Cups 1934 and 1990 (1st round )
• 6 Participations in World Youth Cups 1981 (1/4 final), 1991 (1st Round), 2001 (Bronze Medal), 2003 (2nd Round) & 2005 (1st Round) & 2009 (Host-2nd Round).
• 2 Participations in World Junior Cups 1987(10th) & 1997(Host-8th)
• 3 Participations in World Futsal Cup (Indoor) 1996 (1st round), 2000 (1/4 Final), 2004 (1st round) and 2008 (1st round)

Olympic :

• 10 Participations in Olympic Games (4th Place in 1928 & 1964) & (Quarter Finals in 1984)
• 4 times gold medal winners in the Pan Arab games (1953, 1965, 1992 and 2007)

[edit] Honours

World Cups :

• Bronze Medalist at FIFA U-20 World Cup (2001)

African Competitions :

• 6 Times Champion of African Cup of Nations (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 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 :

• 1 Time Runners-Up: 1988

Arab Competitions :

• 4 Times Gold Medalist at the Pan Arab Games (1953, 1965, 1992, 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

[edit] 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 to 1966	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974 to 1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round 1	20	3	0	2	1	1	2
1994 to 2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/19		4	0	2	2	3	6

[edit] Confederations Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992 to 1997	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Round 1 (placed 7/8)	3	0	2	1	5	9
2001 to 2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Round 1 (placed 6/8)	3	1	0	2	4	7
Total	2/8	6	1	2	3	9	16

[edit] 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		2010	Qualified

• Red bordered cells are African Nations Cup held in Egypt

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Third Round
Group 3

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5  Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 −7 2

Algeria  — 3 – 1 3 – 1 1 – 0 Egypt  2 – 0 — 3 – 0 1 – 1 Rwanda  0 – 0 0 – 1 — 0 – 0 Zambia  0 – 2 0 – 1 1 – 0 —

• Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1 – 0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Results and Fixtures

2009 Egyptian National Team Results and Fixtures.^[1]

[edit] Results

[edit] Fixtures

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the World Cup qualification tiebreaker match against Algeria on November 18, 2009 in Umm Durmān.

Caps and goals as of November 18, 2009, subsequent to the World Cup qualification tiebreaker against Algeria.

[edit] Recent call-ups No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Essam El-Hadary January 15, 1973 (1973-01-15) (age 36) 106 0 Ismaily 16 GK Abdel Wahed Al Sayed June 3, 1979 (1979-06-03) (age 30) 18 0 Zamalek 23 GK Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud November 30, 1987 (1987-11-30) (age 22) 1 0 El Mansoura 3 DF Ahmed Al-Muhammadi September 9, 1987 (1987-09-09) (age 22) 31 1 Enppi 4 DF Abdel Zaher El-Sakka January 30, 1974 (1974-01-30) (age 35) 109 4 Eskişehirspor 6 DF Hani Said April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 29) 50 0 Zamalek 7 DF Ahmed Fathy November 10, 1984 (1984-11-10) (age 25) 59 2 Al-Ahly 13 DF Ahmed Said "Okka" March 13, 1984 (1984-03-13) (age 25) 10 0 Haras El Hodood 14 DF Sayed Moawad February 25, 1979 (1979-02-25) (age 30) 35 2 Al-Ahly 18 DF Wael Gomaa August 3, 1975 (1975-08-03) (age 34) 87 0 Al-Ahly 20 DF Moatasem Salem September 2, 1980 (1980-09-02) (age 29) 3 0 Ismaily 22 DF Sherif Abdel-Fadil July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 26) 4 0 Al-Ahly 2 MF Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek May 15, 1980 (1980-05-15) (age 29) 32 5 Haras El Hodood 5 MF Mohamed Aboutrika November 7, 1978 (1978-11-07) (age 31) 67 24 Al-Ahly 8 MF Hosny Abd Rabo November 1, 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 25) 72 11 Ahli Dubai 11 MF Mohamed Shawky October 5, 1981 (1981-10-05) (age 28) 66 5 Middlesbrough 12 MF Mohamed Barakat November 20, 1976 (1976-11-20) (age 33) 67 9 Al-Ahly 15 MF Mohamed Soliman "Homos" January 1, 1979 (1979-01-01) (age 30) 21 1 Ismaily 17 MF Ahmed Hassan May 2, 1975 (1975-05-02) (age 34) 169 28 Al-Ahly 21 MF Abdelaziz Tawfik May 24, 1986 (1986-05-24) (age 23) 7 0 Enppi 9 FW Mohamed Zidan December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11) (age 27) 27 7 Borussia Dortmund 10 FW Emad Moteab February 20, 1983 (1983-02-20) (age 26) 51 31 Al-Ahly 19 FW Ahmed Raouf April 15, 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 27) 8 1 Enppi 14 FW Amr Zaki April 1, 1983 (1983-04-01) (age 26) 56 29 Zamalek Name DOB Club Caps (goals) Recent call-ups Goalkeepers El-Hany Soliman November 1, 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 25) El-Ittihad 0 (0) WCQ v. Zambia, October 10, 2009 Mohamed Sobhy August 30, 1981 (1981-08-30) (age 28) Ismaily 0 (0) WCQ v. Rwanda, July 5, 2009 Amir Abdelhamid April 24, 1979 (1979-04-24) (age 30) Al-Ahly 2 (0) Friendly v. Ghana, February 11, 2009 Defenders Ahmed Kamal October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) (age 28) Haras El Hodood 2 (0) WCQ v. Zambia, October 10, 2009 Mahmoud Fathallah February 12, 1982 (1982-02-12) (age 27) Zamalek 24 (1) WCQ v. Rwanda, August 30, 2009 Hazem Emam October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08) (age 21) Zamalek 0 (0) Friendly v. Guinea, August 12, 2009 Ahmed Samir Farag May 20, 1986 (1986-05-20) (age 23) Ismaily 9 (0) WCQ v. Rwanda, July 5, 2009 Osama Mohamed October 1, 1979 (1979-10-01) (age 30) Petrojet 5 (0) Friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009 Midfielders Shikabala March 5, 1986 (1986-03-05) (age 23) Zamalek 8 (1) Friendly v. Guinea, August 12, 2009 Ahmed Khairy October 1, 1987 (1987-10-01) (age 22) Ismaily 3 (0) WCQ v. Rwanda, July 5, 2009 Walid Soliman December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01) (age 25) Petrojet 4 (0) Friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009 Ahmed Shaaban October 10, 1978 (1978-10-10) (age 31) Petrojet 5 (0) Friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009 Islam Awad July 2, 1987 (1987-07-02) (age 22) ENPPI 2 (0) Friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009 Strikers "Doody" El-Gabbas July 1, 1987 (1987-07-01) (age 22) Lierse 2 (0) WCQ v. Zambia, October 10, 2009 Salah Amin September 18, 1981 (1981-09-18) (age 28) El Geish 1 (0) Friendly v. Mauritius, October 2, 2009 Al-Sayed Hamdy March 1, 1984 (1984-03-01) (age 25) Petrojet 2 (0) WCQ v. Rwanda, September 5, 2009 Ahmed Salama February 5, 1981 (1981-02-05) (age 28) Haras El Hodood 3 (1) WCQ v. Rwanda, September 5, 2009 Ihab El-Masry November 22, 1985 (1985-11-22) (age 24) Al-Mokawloon al-Arab 0 (0) Friendly v. Guinea, August 12, 2009 Mohamed Abo Greisha August 4, 1981 (1981-08-04) (age 28) Ismaily 6 (0) WCQ v. Rwanda, July 5, 2009 Ahmed Abdel-Ghani December 1, 1981 (1981-12-01) (age 28) Haras El Hodood 5 (0) 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Ahmed Hossam "Mido" February 24, 1983 (1983-02-24) (age 26) Zamalek 48 (18) WCQ v. Zambia, March 29, 2009 Abdallah Said June 13, 1985 (1985-06-13) (age 24) Ismaily 2 (0) Friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009 [edit] Kit Supplier Adidas AG (1990 - 2006) Puma AG (2006 - Present) [edit] Player history [edit] Notable past players Hassan Shehata 1972-1980 Mahmoud El Khatib 1974–1986 Thabet El-Batal 1974-1990 Magdi Abdelghani 1980-1990 Taher Abouzaid 1984-1990 Hossam Hassan 1985-2006 Ibrahim Hassan 1985-2004 Ashraf Kasem 1986-1993 Hany Ramzy 1988-2003 Nader El-Sayed 1992-2005 Ahmed El-Kass 1987-1997 Hady Khashaba 1994-2006 Hazem Emam 1995-2005 Mohamed Emara 1995-2002 Abdel Sattar Sabry 1996-2001 Walid Salah El-Din 1996-2001 [edit] Most capped players # Name Career Caps Goals Goals per game 1 Hossam Hassan 1985–2006 169 69 0.40 2 Ahmed Hassan 1995- 164 28 0.16 3 Ibrahim Hassan 1985–2004 125 12 0.09 4 Hany Ramzy 1988–2003 124 6 0.04 5 Magdi Abdelghani 1980–1990 123 34 0.27 6 Nader El-Sayed 1992–2005 110 0 0 7 Abdel Zaher El-Saqua 1997–2007 109 4 0.037 8 Essam El-Hadary 1997- 106 0 0 9 Ismail Youssef 97 ? ? 10 Wael Gomaa 2001- 87 0 0 [edit] Top goalscorers # Player Career Goals (Games) Goals per game 1 Hossam Hassan 1985–2006 69 (169) 0.40 2 Mahmoud El Khatib 1974–1986 39 (60) 0.65 3 Magdi Abdelghani 1980–1990 34 (123) 0.27 4 Amr Zaki 2004- 29 (55) 0.50 5 Emad Moteab 2005- 28 (52) 0.51 6 Ahmed Hassan 1995- 26 (158) 0.16 7 Mohamed Aboutrika 2004- 24 (62) 0.35 8 Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' 2001- 19 (50) 0.39 9 Ahmed Belal 2002- 16 (23) 0.69 List of Egypt international footballers The caps and goals for Egypt, As of 12 August. [edit] See also Egyptian Premier League Egypt Cup Egyptian Super Cup Egypt national under-20 football team List of football clubs in Egypt [edit] References ^ [1] fifa.com [edit] 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 v • d • e Football in Egypt Egyptian Football Association National teams National Team · Women National Team · U-21 · U-20 · U-17 League system Premier League · Second Division  · Egyptian Third Division  · Egyptian Fourth Division Domestic cups Egypt Cup · Super Cup List of players · List of clubs · List of venues v • d • e International football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Pan American Games · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Federations · Codes Asia AFC – Asian Cup Africa CAF – Africa Cup of Nations North America CONCACAF – Gold Cup South America CONMEBOL – Copa América Oceania OFC – Nations Cup Europe UEFA – European Championship Non-FIFA NF Board – Viva World Cup v • d • e National football teams of Africa (CAF) Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Congo · Congo DR · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Réunion† · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zanzibar† · Zimbabwe †Not a member of FIFA v • d • e Arab Nations Cup Winners 4 titles  Iraq (1964  · 1966  · 1985  · 1988) 2 titles  Saudi Arabia (1998  · 2002) 1 title  Egypt (1992 )  Tunisia (1963) v • d • e UAFA Football International Competitions Arab Nations Cup  · Pan Arab Games  · Gulf Cup of Nations Club Competitions Arab Champions League  · Gulf Club Champions Cup  · Arab-African Super Cup  · Arab Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)  · Arab Super Cup (defunct) Related Competitions Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations  · Under 17 Gulf Cup of Nations, Islamic Solidarity Games National Teams Algeria  · Bahrain  · Comoros  · Djibouti  · Egypt  · Iraq  · Jordan  · Kuwait  · Lebanon  · Libya  · Mauritania  · Morocco  · Oman  · Palestine  · Qatar  · Saudi Arabia  · Somalia  · Sudan  · Syria  · Tunisia  · United Arab Emirates  · Yemen Website: www.ua-fa.com v • d • e Africa Cup of Nations winners 6 titles  Egypt (1957 · 1959 · 1986 · 1998 · 2006 · 2008) 4 titles  Cameroon (1984 · 1988 · 2000 · 2002)  Ghana (1963 · 1965 · 1978 · 1982) 2 titles  Congo DR (1968 · 1974)  Nigeria (1980 · 1994) 1 title  Algeria (1990)  Congo (1972)  Côte d'Ivoire (1992)  Ethiopia (1962)  Morocco (1976)  Sudan (1970)  South Africa (1996)  Tunisia (2004) v • d • e 2008 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Champions Egypt Runners-up Cameroon Third place Ghana Fourth place Côte d'Ivoire Eliminated in quarter-finals Angola · Guinea · Nigeria · Tunisia Eliminated in group stage Benin · Mali · Morocco · Namibia · Senegal · South Africa · Sudan · Zambia Qualification · Squads