Egypt national football team

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	28
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

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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 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.

1 Participations & Honours
- 1.1 Honours
2 World Cup record
3 Confederations Cup record
4 African Nations Cup record
5 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 Results and Fixtures
- 6.1 Results
- 6.2 Fixtures
7 Players
- 7.1 Current squad
- 7.2 Recent call-ups
8 Player history
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

[edit] Participations & Honours

Never , took part

[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 2006	Did not qualify
Total	2/18		4	0	2	2	3	6

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

[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

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

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Third Round
Group 3

Team v • d • e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	13
Egypt	5	3	1	1	7	4	+3	10
Zambia	5	1	1	3	2	5	−3	4
Rwanda	5	0	1	4	1	8	−7	1


Algeria	—	3 – 1	3 – 1	1 – 0
Egypt	14-Nov	—	3 – 0	1 – 1
Rwanda	0 – 0	0 – 1	—	14-Nov
Zambia	0 – 2	0 – 1	1 – 0	—

[edit] Results and Fixtures

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

[edit] Results

Date	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Occasion
23 January 2009	Cairo	Egypt	1 - 0	Kenya	Friendly
11 February 2009	Cairo	Egypt	2 - 2	Ghana	Friendly
29 March 2009	Cairo	Egypt	1 - 1	Zambia	FIFA World Cup Qualifier
30 May 2009	Muscat	Oman	0 - 1	Egypt	Friendly
07 June 2009	Blida	Algeria	3 - 1	Egypt	FIFA World Cup Qualifier
15 June 2009	Bloemfontein	Brazil	4 - 3	Egypt	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
18 June 2009	Johannesburg	Egypt	1 - 0	Italy	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
21 June 2009	Rustenburg	Egypt	0 - 3	USA	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
05 July 2009	Cairo	Egypt	3 - 0	Rwanda	FIFA World Cup Qualifier
12 August 2009	Cairo	Egypt	3 - 3	Guinea	Friendly
05 September 2009	Kigali	Rwanda	0 - 1	Egypt	FIFA World Cup Qualifier
02 October 2009	Cairo	Egypt	4 - 0	Mauritius	Friendly
10 October 2009	Chililabombwe	Zambia	0 - 1	Egypt	FIFA World Cup Qualifier
05 November 2009	Aswan	Egypt	5 - 1	Tanzania	Friendly

[edit] Fixtures

Date	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Occasion
14 November 20090	Cairo0000000	Egypt		Algeria	FIFA World Cup Qualifier00000

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the World Cup qualification match against Algeria on November 14.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Essam El-Hadary	January 15, 1973 (1973-01-15) (age 36)	104	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 21)	1	0	El Mansoura

2	DF	Sherif Abdel-Fadil	July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 26)	4	0	Al-Ahly
3	DF	Ahmed Al-Muhammadi	September 9, 1987 (1987-09-09) (age 22)	29	1	Enppi
4	DF	Ahmed Said "Okka"	March 13, 1984 (1984-03-13) (age 25)	10	0	Haras El Hodood
5	DF	Abdel Zaher El-Sakka	January 30, 1974 (1974-01-30) (age 35)	107	4	Eskişehirspor
6	DF	Hani Said	April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 29)	48	0	Zamalek
7	DF	Ahmed Fathy	November 10, 1984 (1984-11-10) (age 24)	57	2	Al-Ahly
14	DF	Sayed Moawad	February 25, 1979 (1979-02-25) (age 30)	33	2	Al-Ahly
18	DF	Wael Gomaa *	August 3, 1975 (1975-08-03) (age 34)	85	0	Al-Ahly
20	DF	Moatasem Salem	September 2, 1980 (1980-09-02) (age 29)	3	0	Ismaily

8	MF	Hosny Abd Rabo	November 1, 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 25)	71	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 32)	66	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)	162	28	Al-Ahly
21	MF	Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek	May 15, 1980 (1980-05-15) (age 29)	30	5	Haras El Hodood
22	MF	Mohamed Aboutrika	November 7, 1978 (1978-11-07) (age 31)	65	24	Al-Ahly
24	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)	25	7	Borussia Dortmund
10	FW	Emad Moteab	February 20, 1983 (1983-02-20) (age 26)	52	28	Al-Ahly
13	FW	Ahmed Raouf	April 15, 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 27)	8	1	Enppi
19	FW	Amr Zaki	April 1, 1983 (1983-04-01) (age 26)	54	28	Zamalek

* Despite the fact that he is suspended for the game against Algeria on November 14, he was called to the squad taking into consideration the possibility of playing a tiebreaker match against Algeria on November 18.

[edit] Recent call-ups

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 24)	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 23)	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 27)	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] 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-	162	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	107	4	0.037
8	Essam El-Hadary	1997-	102	0	0
9	Ismail Youssef		97	?	?
10	Thabet El-Batal	1974-1990	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	Emad Moteab	2005-	28 (52)	0.51
5	Amr Zaki	2004-	28 (55)	0.50
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