Egypt national football team
This article is about the Egyptian men's national football team, the women's team is described at Egyptian women's national football team.
The Egyptian national football team is governed by the Egyptian Football Association. It was the first team from the African continent to participate in a World Cup in 1934, but the team was defeated 4-2 by Hungary in the first round. Egypt then managed to qualify for the 1990 and 2018 World Cups, but failed both times in the preliminary round. From 1958 to 1970, the Egyptian national football team competed under the name United Arab Republic (jointly with Syria between 1958 and 1961).
Egypt won the first African Championship in 1957 and repeated the success in 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010; making Egypt the sole record title holder. In 2010, the team became the first to win the African Championship for the third consecutive time. In 1992, Egypt also won the Arab Cup title.
Egypt's 3rd consecutive Africa Cup title win saw them rise 14 places in the FIFA World Rankings in February 2010, where they were ranked as the best African team until February 2011, when Egypt dropped to 3rd among African teams.
In Arabic, the Egyptian national football team is literally called the Selection/National Team of Egypt for Football (Arabic منتخب مصر لكرة القدم, DMG muntaḫab maṣr li-kurat al-qadam) or Selection/National Team (muntachab) for short. In Egypt and abroad, the team, like Egyptian athletes in general, is also nicknamed the "Pharaohs" (Arabic الفراعنة, DMG farāʿina).
Tournaments
Olympics
The Egyptian team played its first international match at the 1920 Olympic Games. The highest international match defeat also occurred at the Olympic Games: In the match for 3rd place in 1928 against Italy (3:11).
| 1908 in London | not attended |
| 1912 in Stockholm | not attended |
| 1920 in Antwerp | Preliminary round |
| 1924 in Paris | Quarterfinals |
| 1928 in Amsterdam | Fourth |
| 1936 in Berlin | Round of 16 |
| 1948 in London | Round of 16 |
| 1952 in Helsinki | Round of 16 |
| 1956 in Melbourne | boycotted after qualification |
| 1960 in Rome | Preliminary round |
| 1964 in Tokyo | Fourth |
| 1968 in Mexico City | unqualified |
| 1972 in Munich | unqualified |
| 1976 in Montreal | unqualified |
| 1980 in Moscow | boycotted after qualification |
| 1984 in Los Angeles | Quarterfinals |
| 1988 in Seoul | unqualified |
Football World Cup
→ Main article: Egypt national football team/World Cups
| Year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent(s) | Result | Trainer | Remarks and special features |
| 1930 | Uruguay | not attended | ||||
| 1934 | Italy | Round of 16 | Hungary | 13. | James McRea | |
| 1938 | France | retracted | ||||
| 1950 | Brazil | not attended | ||||
| 1954 | Switzerland | unqualified | Failed to qualify against Italy | |||
| 1958 | Sweden | retracted | ||||
| 1962 | Chile | retracted | ||||
| 1966 | England | retracted | All 15 African teams withdrew from the qualifiers as FIFA only allowed teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania one place at the finals. | |||
| 1970 | Mexico | not attended | ||||
| 1974 | FRG | unqualified | Failed to qualify in the 1st round to Tunisia, who also failed to qualify. | |||
| 1978 | Argentina | unqualified | Failed again in qualifying in the 4th round to Tunisia. | |||
| 1982 | Spain | unqualified | Failed to qualify in the 3rd round to Morocco, who also failed to qualify. | |||
| 1986 | Mexico | unqualified | Failed again in the semi-finals to Morocco in qualifying. | |||
| 1990 | Italy | Preliminary round | Netherlands, Ireland, England | 20. | Mahmoud El-Gohary | After 2 draws against the Netherlands and Ireland and a defeat against England eliminated as last of the group. |
| 1994 | USA | unqualified | Failed to qualify in the 1st round to Zimbabwe, who also failed to qualify. | |||
| 1998 | France | unqualified | Failed again to Tunisia in the 2nd round of qualifying. | |||
| 2002 | South Korea/Japan | unqualified | Failed to beat Senegal in the 2nd round of qualifying. | |||
| 2006 | Germany | unqualified | Failed in the 2nd round to Ivory Coast in qualifying. | |||
| 2010 | South Africa | unqualified | Failed to beat Algeria in a decider in the 3rd round of qualifying. | |||
| 2014 | Brazil | unqualified | Failed to beat Ghana in the qualifying play-off round. | |||
| 2018 | Russia | Preliminary round | Russia, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia | Héctor Cúper | After 3 defeats eliminated as group last. | |
| 2022 | Qatar |
African Football Championship
| 1957 in Sudan | Africa Champion |
| 1959 in Egypt | Africa Champion |
| 1962 in Ethiopia | 2nd place |
| 1963 in Ghana | 3rd place |
| 1965 in Tunisia | retracted |
| 1968 in Ethiopia | retracted |
| 1970 in Sudan | 3rd place |
| 1972 in Cameroon | unqualified |
| 1974 in Egypt | 3rd place |
| 1976 in Ethiopia | 4th place |
| 1978 in Ghana | unqualified |
| 1980 in Nigeria | 4th place |
| 1982 in Libya | retracted |
| 1984 in the Ivory Coast | 4th place |
| 1986 in Egypt | Africa Champion |
| 1988 in Morocco | Preliminary round |
| 1990 in Algeria | Preliminary round |
| 1992 in Senegal | Preliminary round |
| 1994 in Tunisia | Quarterfinals |
| 1996 in South Africa | Quarterfinals |
| 1998 in Burkina Faso | Africa Champion |
| 2000 in Ghana/Nigeria | Quarterfinals |
| 2002 in Mali | Quarterfinals |
| 2004 in Tunisia | Preliminary round |
| 2006 in Egypt | Africa Champion |
| 2008 in Ghana | Africa Champion |
| 2010 in Angola | Africa Champion |
| 2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea | unqualified |
| 2013 in South Africa | unqualified |
| 2015 in Equatorial Guinea | unqualified |
| 2017 in Gabon | 2nd place |
| 2019 in Egypt | Round of 16 |
| 2022 in Cameroon | qualified |
African Nations Championship
- 2009: Withdrawn in the qualification
- 2011 - 2016: not participated
- 2018 - 2021: not qualified
Current squad
The table names the players who were in the squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
- Performance data status: 25 June 2018 (after the match against Saudi Arabia).
| Name | Birthday | Games | Gates | Association | Debut | |
| Goalkeeper | ||||||
| Sherif Ekramy | 01.07.1983 | 16 | 0 | al Ahly Cairo | 2013 | |
| Essam El-Hadary (C) | 15.01.1973 | 159 | 0 | Saudi Arabia | 1996 | |
| Ahmed El-Shenawy | 14.05.1991 | 5 | 0 | al Ahly Cairo | 2018 | |
| Defense | ||||||
| Mohamed Abdel-Shafy | 01.07.1985 | 55 | 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2009 | |
| Ayman Ashraf | 09.04.1991 | 5 | 1 | al Ahly Cairo | 2016 | |
| Ahmed Elmohamady | 09.09.1987 | 83 | 2 | England | 2007 | |
| Ahmed Fathy | 10.11.1984 | 131 | 3 | al Ahly Cairo | 2002 | |
| Ali Gabr | 10.01.1989 | 25 | 1 | England | 2011 | |
| Mahmoud Hamdy | 01.06.1995 | 1 | 0 | al Zamalek SC | 2018 | |
| Ahmed Hegazy | 25.01.1991 | 48 | 1 | England | 2011 | |
| Saad Samir | 01.04.1989 | 10 | 0 | al Ahly Cairo | 2014 | |
| Midfield | ||||||
| Mohamed Elneny | 11.07.1992 | 65 | 5 | England | 2011 | |
| Omar Gaber | 30.01.1992 | 23 | 0 | United States | 2002 | |
| Tarek Hamed | 24.10.1988 | 27 | 0 | al Zamalek SC | 2013 | |
| Sam Morsy | 10.09.1991 | 6 | 0 | England | 2016 | |
| Abdallah Said | 13.07.1985 | 41 | 6 | Finland | 2008 | |
| Trezeguet | 01.10.1994 | 29 | 2 | Turkey | 2014 | |
| Storm | ||||||
| Kahraba | 13.04.1994 | 25 | 3 | Saudi Arabia | 2013 | |
| Marwan Mohsen | 26.02.1989 | 25 | 4 | al Ahly Cairo | 2011 | |
| Mohamed Salah | 15.06.1992 | 60 | 37 | England | 2011 | |
| Shikabala | 05.03.1986 | 32 | 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2013 | |
| Ramadan Sobhi | 23.01.1997 | 27 | 1 | England | 2015 | |
| Amr Warda | 17.09.1993 | 20 | 0 | Greece | 2015 | |
