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 (169)
Top scorer	Hossam Hassan (69)
Home stadium	Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
FIFA ranking	38
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 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 Egypt 3 Egyptian achievements 4 World Cup record 5 Confederations Cup record 5.1 Group B 6 African Nations Cup record 7 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 Current squad 8.1 Recent call-ups 9 See also 10 External links

[edit] Honours

World Cups :

• Bronze Medalist at World Youth 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 :

• 2 Time Runners-Up: 1988, 2007

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] Egypt

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)
• 3 Participations in World Futsal Cup (Indoor) 1996 (1st round, 2000 1/4 Final, and 2008 1st round)

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 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)
• 6 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/18		4	0	2	2	3	6

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 (placed 7/8)	3	0	2	1	5	9
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
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] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
United States	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3

15 June 2009 16:00	Brazil	4 – 3	Egypt	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein Attendance: 27,851 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
	Kaká  5'  90+1' (pen.) Luís Fabiano  12' Juan  37'	Report	Zidan  9'  55' Shawky  54'

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18 June 2009 20:30	Egypt	1 – 0	Italy	Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Attendance: 52,150 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
	Homos  40'	Report

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21 June 2009 20:30	Egypt	0 - 3	United States	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance: 23,140 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
		Report	Davies  21' Bradley  63' Dempsey  71'

[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

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 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7  Zambia 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4  Rwanda 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1  Egypt 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1

Algeria  — 3 – 1 10-Oct 6-Sep Egypt  14-Nov — 5-Jul 1 – 1 Rwanda  0 – 0 5-Sep — 14-Nov Zambia  0 – 2 10-Oct 1 – 0 —

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Rwanda.

Caps and goals as of June 21, 2009, subsequent to the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup match against the United States.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Essam El-Hadary January 15, 1973 (1973-01-15) (age 36) 88 0 FC Sion 16 GK Abdel Wahed Al Sayed June 3, 1977 (1977-06-03) (age 32) 17 0 El Zamalek 23 GK Mohamed Sobhy August 30, 1981 (1981-08-30) (age 27) 4 0 Ismaily 2 DF Mahmoud Fathallah February 12, 1982 (1982-02-12) (age 27) 22 1 El Zamalek 3 DF Ahmed Al-Muhammadi September 9, 1987 (1987-09-09) (age 21) 26 1 ENPPI 4 DF Ahmed Said "Uka" March 13, 1984 (1984-03-13) (age 25) 5 0 Haras El Hodood 6 DF Hani Said April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 29) 42 0 El Zamalek 14 DF Sayed Moawad February 25, 1979 (1979-02-25) (age 30) 27 2 Al-Ahly 15 DF Ahmed Samir Farag May 20, 1986 (1986-05-20) (age 23) 9 0 Ismaily 20 DF Wael Gomaa August 3, 1975 (1975-08-03) (age 33) 80 0 Al-Ahly DF Sherif Abdel-Fadil July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 26) 1 0 Ismaily DF Mohamed Hazem Emam October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08) (age 20) 0 0 El Zamalek 5 MF Ahmed Khairy October 1, 1987 (1987-10-01) (age 21) 3 0 Ismaily 8 MF Hosny Abd Rabo November 1, 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 24) 67 7 Ahli Dubai 10 MF Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek May 15, 1980 (1980-05-15) (age 29) 24 4 Haras El Hodood 11 MF Mohamed Shawky October 5, 1981 (1981-10-05) (age 27) 64 5 Middlesbrough 12 MF Mohamed Soliman "Homos" January 1, 1979 (1979-01-01) (age 30) 17 1 Ismaily 13 MF Abdelaziz Tawfik May 24, 1986 (1986-05-24) (age 23) 5 0 ENPPI 22 MF Mohamed Aboutrika November 7, 1978 (1978-11-07) (age 30) 65 20 Al-Ahly 9 FW Mohamed Zidan December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11) (age 27) 24 7 Borussia Dortmund 19 FW Mohamed Abou Greisha August 4, 1981 (1981-08-04) (age 27) 6 0 Ismaily 21 FW Ahmed Raouf April 15, 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 27) 4 0 ENPPI FW Ihab El-Masry November 22, 1985 (1985-11-22) (age 23) 0 0 Al-Mokawloon al-Arab

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the past 12 months.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Recent call-ups
Goalkeepers
El-Hany Soliman	November 1, 1984	El-Ittihad	0 (0)	friendly v. Oman, May 31, 2009
Amir Abdelhamid	April 24, 1979	Al-Ahly	2 (0)	friendly v. Ghana, February 11, 2009
Mohamed Abdel Monsef	February 6, 1977	El Zamalek	12 (0)	v. Sudan, August 21, 2008
Defenders
Ahmed Fathy	November 10, 1984	Al-Ahly	62 (2)	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
Shady Mohamed	November 29, 1977	Al-Ahly	26 (1)	v. Sudan, August 21, 2008
Osama Mohamed	October 1, 1979	Petrojet	5 (0)	friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009
Midfielders
Ahmed Hassan	May 2, 1975	Al-Ahly	157 (26)	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
Walid Soliman	December 1, 1984	Petrojet	4 (0)	friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009
Ahmed Shaaban	October 10, 1978	Petrojet	5 (0)	friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009
Islam Awad	July 2, 1987	ENPPI	2 (0)	friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009
Hossam Ashour	March 9, 1986	Al-Ahly	1 (0)	v. Sudan, August 21, 2008
Strikers
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani	December 1, 1981	Haras El Hodood	5 (0)	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
Amr Zaki	April 1, 1983	El Zamalek	51 (24)	v. Algeria, June 7, 2009
Ahmed Hossam "Mido"	February 23, 1983	Middlesbrough F.C.	49 (18)	v. Zambia, March 29, 2009
Emad Moteab	February 20, 1983	El Ahly	49 (28)	v. Zambia, March 29, 2009
Mahmoud Abdel-Razek "Shikabala"	March 5, 1986	El Zamalek	7 (1)	friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009
Abdallah Said	July 13, 1985	Ismaily	2 (0)	friendly v. Kenya, January 23, 2009
Mohamed Fadl	August 12, 1980	Ismaily	6 (2)	v. Congo DR, September 7, 2008

[edit] See also

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

[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

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