Football in Egypt

Football is a very popular sport in Egypt.

National football team

Main article: Egypt national football team

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 were the first from an African country to participate in the World Cup when they played in 1934, losing to Hungary 4-2. Egypt has qualified for one World Cup since then, going out in the first round in 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.

Egypt won the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957, and also won the tournament in 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

Egyptian Premier League

Main article: Egyptian Premier League

The Egyptian Premier League (Arabic: الدوري المصري الممتاز) (League A) since 2006/2007 has sixteen clubs. The two most popular Egyptian clubs are Al-Ahly and Zamalek SC of Cairo. Other prominent Premier League clubs are Ismaily SC (Ismailia), Al-Masry (Port Sa'id), Itihad (Alexandria) and al-Mokawloon al-Arab (Cairo). While Enppi & Haras El-Hadoud are clubs on the rise. The Egyptian league is considered to be one of the most competitive leagues in Africa and around the world. The league is currently ranked 30th amongst the world by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics. <[1]>

There is no official English translation or title for the Egyptian League, in any case the league is named the Etisalat Premier League due to sponsorship by Etisalat. Until 2006/2007 season however, the name was Vodafone Premier League since vodafone was the sponsor of the league.

See also

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

External links

• Soccer Egypt Dot Com
• El Ahly One of egyption Teams