Egypt national football team

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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	23
Highest FIFA ranking	17 (May 1998, Feb 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	44 (July 2002, May 2003)
Elo ranking	14
Highest Elo ranking	15 (1967, 1971 & 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	62 (March 1986, June 1997)
First kit 　 Second kit
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.

Contents 1 Honours 2 International Achievements 3 Egyptian Club Achievements 4 World Cup record 5 African Nations Cup record 6 Confederations Cup record 7 Notable players 8 Current Squad 8.1 Goalkeepers 8.2 Defenders 8.3 Midfielders 8.4 Strikers 9 Recent call up 10 See also 11 Notable Players 12 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[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	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)

[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

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

[edit] 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	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Notable players

Now

• Mohamed Aboutrika
• Ahmed Hossam (Mido)
• Amro Tahoun (Midinho)
• 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

[edit] Current Squad

The final 23-player winner squad for 2008 African Cup of Nations.

[edit] Goalkeepers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Essam El-Hadary 15 January 1973 98 0 FC Sion 16 GK Mohamed Abdel Monsef 6 February 1977 11 0 Al-Zamalek 23 GK Mohamed Sobhy 30 August 1981 0 0 Al-Ismaily

[edit] Defenders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 2 DF Mahmoud Fathalla 12 February 1982 14 0 Al-Zamalek 3 DF Ahmed El-Mohamadi 9 September 1987 12 0 ENPPI 4 DF Ibrahim Said 16 October 1979 52 2 Ankaragücü 5 DF Shady Mohamed 29 November 1977 25 1 Al-Ahly 6 DF Hani Said 22 April 1980 45 0 Al-Ismaily 7 DF Ahmed Fathi 10 November 1984 47 2 Al-Ahly 13 DF Tarek El-Sayed 9 October 1978 47 4 Al-Zamalek 14 DF Sayed Moawad 25 February 1979 30 2 Al-Ahly 20 DF Wael Gomaa 3 August 1975 63 0 Al-Ahly

[edit] Midfielders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 8 MF Hosny 1 November 1984 44 6 Al-Ismaily 11 MF Mohamed Shawky 5 October 1981 48 3 Middlesbrough 12 MF Omar Gamal 16 September 1982 13 0 Al-Ismaily 17 MF Ahmed Hassan 2 May 1975 134 22 Al-Ahly 21 MF Hassan Mostafa 20 November 1979 26 2 Al-Ahly 22 MF Mohamed Aboutreika 7 November 1978 52 14 Al-Ahly 25 MF Ahmed Shabaan 7 July 1983 2 0 Petrojet

[edit] Strikers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 9 FW Mohamed Zidan 11 December 1981 16 6 Hamburger SV 10 FW Emad Motaeb 20 February 1983 44 20 Al-Ahly 18 FW Mohamed Fadl 21 July 1981 3 2 Al-Ismaily 19 FW Amr Zaky 1 April 1983 44 25 Wigan Athletic

[edit] Recent call up

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 32 GK Sherif Ekramy 1 July 1983 1 0 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 DF Abdelzahr El-Saka 30 January 1974 108 4 Gençlerbirliği 26 DF Adam El-Abd 11 September 1984 0 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 40 MF Hossam Ghaly 15 December 1981 21 5 Derby County 37 MF Maro 21 July 1988 0 0 Boston United 28 MF Mohamed Barakat 20 November 1976 62 8 Al-Ahly 15 FW Mido 23 February 1983 44 18 Middlesbrough 30 FW Shikabala 5 March 1986 5 2 Al-Zamalek 99 FW Midinho 11 May 1989 5 2 Atlético de Madrid

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notable Players

Mahmoud El-Khateeb Hossam Hassan Saleh Selim Hassan Shehata Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh Hady Khashaba Samir Kamouna Ibrahim Hassan Abdel Sattar Sabry Hany Ramzy Rabie Yassin Tarek Yehia

Ahmed Shobair Ekramy Thabet Al-Batal Moustafa Younis Moustafa Abdou Magdy Abdel Ghany

Rifaat El-Fanageely Hussein Hegazi Taher Abouzaid Mahmoud El-Gohary

Walid Salah El-Din Sayed Abd El-Hafeez Nader El-Sayed Mustafa Mansour

[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
• Egyptian Replica Jerseys

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