Egypt

First Egyptian national team of football was established in 1920. It was it was the very first African football team formed to participate during the Summer Olympics in Belgium. The first game of their campaign was a defeat to the Italians. From 1958 to 1961 Egypt enjoyed a political union with Syria and was formally known under the designation of United Arab Republic, though the Egyptian team's achievements are attributable to Egypt exclusively by FIFA since the team was represented by Egyptian players and the team participated at the Africa Cup of Nations. The Pharaohs were present at the three FIFA World Cups and they have the highest success at the Africa Cup of Nations, winning the tournament seven times in the past, with winning the tournament in 2010. Africa Cup of Nations being the most recent.

Egypt was the first country to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations tournament in the year 1957. In their first match which was a semi-final match they played Sudan and won 2-1. Egypt defeated Sudan 4-1 during the championship.

In their second time participating in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1959, Egypt became champions again. There were just three teams in the tournament, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt and they were unbeaten. They fell in their first final during the Africa Cup of Nations in 1962.

Their fourth appearance was during the year 1963, in Ghana. Egypt were placed into the group B alongside Sudan and Nigeria and defeated Nigeria 3-1, and losing 2-2 to Sudan. Although they were undefeated at their group, they finished second behind Sudan in goal difference. Egypt as runners-up of Group B, played in the 3rd position match against Ethiopia and winning 3-0.

In 1965, for the Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt was a participant in the tournament, but pulled out due to their diplomatic relations between hosts Tunisia. In 1968, they also withdrew.

The 1970 Africa Cup of Nations, which was held again at Sudan, Egypt were in Group B alongside Ghana, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo which was known as Congo-Kinshasa in the day. In their first game, Egypt defeated Guinea by 4-1. They drawn Ghana 1-1. They also beat Congo-Kinshasa by a score of 1-0. Egypt finished in first place, moving on into the next round in which they will play Sudan. Egypt ended up losing their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations by the score of 2-1. and then in the third game, they beat Ivory Coast 3-1.

Egypt did not be able to qualify at the beginning of its time since 1972, after it was eliminated by Morocco with 5-3 in aggregate. But, Egypt returned for 1974 hosting the event. They came in third. A year later they were in Ethiopia they were part of Group A along with host, Guinea, and Uganda. Egypt defeated Uganda by a score of 2-1, however they drew in the final against Uganda as well as Ethiopia. Egypt advanced to the last round, but ended up losing all of their matches. It was the very first Africa Cup of Nations tournament which Egypt lost three games in succession. Egypt was then unable to be able to qualify for the 1978 tournament.

Egypt came back in during the tournament of 1980 African Cup of Nations, beating Ivory Coast and defeated Tanzania but losing to host Nigeria 1-1. Egypt made it to the semi-finals and faced Algeria which defeated the Egyptians with penalties. In the four years following, Egypt defeated Cameroon and Ivory Coast, and drew Togo and ended up being fourth in the standings behind Algeria.

In 1986, Egypt hosted; they were defeated by Senegal by 1-0. Then, Egypt went on to win the two matches in their group, winning 2-0 against Ivory Coast and Mozambique. Egypt reached in the semifinal for the first time since 1962 ultimately winning. Egypt was able to qualify for the 1990 tournament, defeating all the group stage matches and thereby causing Egypt not achieve at minimum one point for the first time at the Africa Cup of Nations. The same thing happened in 1992.

In 1994, at the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia, Egypt defeated Gabon by 4-0, and then was tied with Nigeria at 0-0. They fell to Mali in the quarterfinals 1-0. Egypt took home their fourth trophy in 1998, beating South Africa in the final.

Egypt has been selected to participate in Egypt was selected for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. Egypt found themselves in the group C alongside Algeria, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon. Egypt beat Zimbabwe 2-1 Zimbabwe and lost 2-1 against Algeria and played the game 0-0 with Cameroon but failed to make it into the quarter-finals because of Algeria score more goals against Egypt during the initial group phase after being equal in goals and points.

2006. The Africa Cup of Nations was held in Egypt The hosts were in Group A along with Libya, Morocco, and the Ivory Coast. Egypt defeated Libya by 3-0, held with Morocco 0-0, and then beat Morocco and then beat Morocco 3-1 in Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast. Egypt would be victorious on penalties and also be victorious in the tournaments in 2008 and 2010. Then, they would fail to be able to qualify for the following three AFCON tournaments.

Egypt was a participant in the 2017 tournamentafter taking on Mali in their opening match of Group D. A series of 1-0 victories against Uganda and Ghana made the Pharaohs advance to the quarterfinals in Group D as winners. Egypt played Morocco in the quarter-finals and beat Morocco at first-time in over a decade to make way for a semi-final match against Burkina Faso. The goal scored by Mohamed Salah at the Stallions was cancelled off by an Aristide Bance strike; however the veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary snatched two penalty shootout to secure an appearance on the stage of the finals for Egypt. Egypt next faced Cameroon in the final, but ended up losing the final twice.

The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations host nation, Egypt were eliminated in the round of 16 by South Africa in the round of 16 despite winning three times during the stage of group. At the 2021 Africa Cup, Egypt went to the final, despite poor performance during the group stage, as well as winning against Ivory Coast on penalties after an 0-0 draw. Egypt also beat Cameroon 3-1 on penalties following an 0-0 draw to get to their 10th final surpassing Ghana's record for final appearances. Egypt was beaten for the first time in two losses against Senegal at the end of 2022. Both losses were via penalty kicks (in their AFCON final as well as in World Cup qualifying), winning penalties made by Sadio Mane.

Egypt has been a qualifier for participation in the FIFA World Cup three times three times: in 1934, 1990, and in 2018, the World Cup in 2018. Egypt became the first African country to be selected to play in at the World Cup, beating Mandatory Palestine. The country fell to Hungary by 4-2 during their initial and only match in 1934.

The year was 1990 and Egypt won the tournament after beating Algeria 1-1 during the finals. They were in Group F which included Ireland, England and the Netherlands. Because the Egyptians prefer defensive strategies They scored just one goal during the 90 World Cup. A 1-1 draw against UEFA Euro 1988 champions Netherlands provided Egyptians Egyptians their first victory during their participation in the World Cup. It was followed by the draw with Ireland and a 1-0 defeat to England.

On October 8, 2017 Egypt was selected as a team for World Cup 2018 World Cup after a 1-1 win against Congo.

The 2018 World Cup, Egypt was divided into Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and the hosts, Russia. The team started their first match against Uruguay with no Salah who was injured during his UEFA Champions League final. However, they were defeated 1-0 and goalie Mohamed El Shenawy was voted man of the game. He did not accept the award because of the sponsorship offered by Budweiser.

Salah made his return to Egypt's starting line-up when Egypt played Russia. Russia were leading 3-0 and the next game, Salah got Egypt's first World Cup goal in 28 years.

Egypt's final and third match was an Red Sea Derby against Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia, who were also out of contention following two defeats. Essam El Hadary is the oldest athlete at the World Cup at 45 years and 161 days.

Hector Cuper, who was accused of being a defensive strategies in the face of Saudi Arabia, was sacked. Hector Cuper was fired. Egyptian Football Association was also condemned for having its headquarters in Chechnya in a far distance from where the matches of Egypt were played. The Egyptian public and the media strongly criticized the EFA's administration of their team.

The Egypt national team's home color is red Away is white, while the third color is green.

Matches played during the last 12 months, in addition to any future scheduled games.

1.  Hussein Hegazi (1920–24)
2.  James McCrae (1934–36)
3.  Tewfik Abdullah (1940–44)
4.  Eric Keen (1947–48)
5.  Edward Jones (1949–52)
6.  National Committee1 (1953–54)
7.  Ljubiša Broćić (1954–55)
8.  Mourad Fahmy (1955–57)
9.  Mohamed El-Guindi & Hanafy Bastan (1958)
10.  Pál Titkos (1959–61)
11.  Mohamed El-Guindi & Hanafy Bastan (1962)
12.  Fouad Ahmed Sedki (1963)
13.  Branko Horvatek (1963–64)
14.  Andrija Pflander (1964–65)
15.  Dimitri Tadić (1965)
16.  Andrija Kovač (1965)
17.  Sándor Kapocsi (1965–67)
18.  Saleh El Wahsh & Kamal El Sabagh (1968–70)
19.  Dettmar Cramer (1971–74)
20.  Burkhard Pape (1975–77)
21.  Dušan Nenković (1977–78)
22.  Taha Ismail (1978)
23.  Bundzsák Dezso (1979)
24.  Fouad Ahmed Sedki (1980)
25.  Abdel Monem El Hajj (1980)
26.  Hamada El Sharqawy (1980)
27.  Karl-Heinz Heddergott (1982–84)
28.  Saleh El Wahsh (1984)
29.  Mike Smith (1985–88)
30.  Mahmoud El Gohary (1988–90)
31.  Dietrich Weise (1990–91)
32.  Mahmoud Saad (1992)
33.  Mahmoud El Gohary (1992)
34.  Mohamed Shehta (1993)
35.  Mircea Rădulescu (1993–94)
36.  Taha Ismail (1994)
37.  Nol de Ruiter (1994–95)
38.  Mohsen Saleh (1995)
39.  Ruud Krol (1996)
40.  Farouk Gaafar (1996–1997)
41.  Mahmoud El Gohary (1997–99)
42.  Gerard Gili (1999–00)
43.  Mahmoud El Gohary (2000–02)
44.  Mohsen Saleh (2002–04)
45.  Marco Tardelli (2004–05)
46.  Hassan Shehata (2004–11)
47.  Bob Bradley (2011–13)
48.  Shawky Gharieb (2013–14)
49.  Héctor Cúper (2015–18)
50.  Javier Aguirre (2018–19)
51.  Hossam El Badry (2019–21)
52.  Carlos Queiroz (2021–22)
53.  Ehab Galal (2022)
54.  Rui Vitória (2022–)

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

Following players were chosen as 2023's players for AFCON qualifying games against Guinea on the 2nd of June in 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Mohamed El Shenawy	18 December 1988 (age 33)	41	0	Al Ahly
	GK	Gabaski	29 January 1989 (age 33)	9	0	Zamalek
	GK	Mohamed Sobhy	15 July 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Pharco
	GK	Mahmoud Gad	1 October 1998 (age 23)	0	0	ENPPI
	DF	Ahmed Hegazi	25 January 1991 (age 31)	78	2	Al Ittihad
	DF	Mahmoud Alaa	28 January 1991 (age 31)	15	0	Zamalek
	DF	Ali Gabr	1 January 1989 (age 33)	29	1	Pyramids
	DF	Mahmoud El Wensh	1 June 1995 (age 27)	23	2	Zamalek
	DF	Mahmoud Marei	24 April 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Future
	DF	Ayman Ashraf	9 April 1991 (age 31)	25	2	Al Ahly
	DF	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh	22 March 1998 (age 24)	20	1	Zamalek
	DF	Mohamed Hamdy	15 March 1995 (age 27)	2	0	Pyramids
	DF	Mohamed Hany	25 January 1996 (age 26)	8	0	Al Ahly
	DF	Omar Kamal	29 September 1993 (age 28)	10	0	Future
	DF	Omar Gaber	30 January 1992 (age 30)	31	1	Pyramids
	DF	Yasser Ibrahim	10 February 1993 (age 29)	2	0	Al Ahly
	DF	Mohamed Abdel Monem	1 February 1999 (age 23)	10	1	Al Ahly
	MF	Emam Ashour	20 February 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Zamalek
	MF	Hussein El Shahat	6 September 1991 (age 30)	10	0	Al Ahly
	MF	Mohamed Elneny	11 July 1992 (age 30)	92	8	Arsenal
	MF	Dunga	6 April 1996 (age 26)	8	0	Pyramids
	MF	Mohanad Lasheen	29 May 1996 (age 26)	7	0	Tala'ea El Gaish
	MF	Canaria	25 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Smouha
	MF	Afsha	6 March 1996 (age 26)	18	5	Al Ahly
	MF	Trézéguet	1 October 1994 (age 27)	57	8	Trabzonspor
	MF	Hamdy Fathy	29 September 1994 (age 27)	24	2	Al Ahly
	MF	Amr El Solia	2 April 1990 (age 32)	48	1	Al Ahly
	FW	Mohamed Salah (captain)	15 June 1992 (age 30)	84	47	Liverpool
	FW	Mostafa Fathi	12 May 1994 (age 28)	15	0	Al-Taawoun
	FW	Zizo	10 January 1996 (age 26)	21	1	Zamalek
	FW	Ibrahim Adel	23 April 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Pyramids
	FW	Ahmed Refaat	20 June 1993 (age 29)	5	2	Future
	FW	Ramadan Sobhi	23 January 1997 (age 25)	37	2	Pyramids
	FW	Omar Marmoush	7 February 1999 (age 23)	11	1	VfB Stuttgart
	FW	Marwan Hamdy	15 November 1996 (age 25)	13	1	Smouha
	FW	Mohamed Sherif	4 February 1996 (age 26)	18	5	Al Ahly
	FW	Mostafa Mohamed	28 November 1997 (age 24)	18	2	Galatasaray

The following players were called up for the team during the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mohamed Fawzy	10 July 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Ismaily	2021 Africa Cup of Nations PRE
GK	Mohamed Bassam	25 December 1990 (age 31)	0	0	Tala'ea El Gaish	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
GK	Mahmoud Genish	25 May 1987 (age 35)	3	0	Future	Gabon, 16 November 2021
GK	El Hany Soliman	7 August 1984 (age 38)	0	0	Smouha	Gabon, 5 September 2021
DF	Akram Tawfik	8 November 1997 (age 24)	9	1	Al Ahly	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Marwan Dawoud	27 August 1997 (age 25)	2	1	ENPPI	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Ahmed Yassin	7 August 1997 (age 25)	3	0	National Bank of Egypt	2021 Africa Cup of Nations PRE
DF	Ahmed Ramadan	23 March 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Smouha	2021 Africa Cup of Nations PRE
DF	Mohamed Fathallah	25 June 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Ghazl El Mahalla	2021 Africa Cup of Nations PRE
DF	Ahmed Fathy	10 November 1984 (age 37)	136	3	Pyramids	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
DF	Baher El Mohamady	1 November 1996 (age 25)	12	1	Ismaily	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
DF	Ahmed Tawfik	1 October 1991 (age 30)	5	0	Pyramids	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
DF	Hussein El Sayed	18 September 1991 (age 30)	2	0	Pyramids	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
DF	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	1 July 1985 (age 37)	55	1	Zamalek	Gabon, 5 September 2021
MF	Abdallah El Said	13 July 1985 (age 37)	58	6	Pyramids	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Tarek Hamed	24 October 1988 (age 33)	50	0	Al-Ittihad	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
MF	Ahmed Samir	25 August 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Tala'ea El Gaish	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
MF	Mohamed Metwalli	25 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Smouha	Gabon, 16 November 2021
FW	Ahmed Hassan	5 March 1993 (age 29)	26	5	Olympiacos	2021 Africa Cup of Nations PRE
FW	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan	24 January 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Altay	2021 Africa Cup of Nations PRE
FW	Hussein Faisal	4 March 1999 (age 23)	4	1	Smouha	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
FW	Osama Faisal	1 January 2001 (age 21)	3	0	National Bank of Egypt	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
FW	Salah Mohsen	1 September 1998 (age 24)	5	1	Al Ahly	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE
FW	Hossam Hassan	2 September 1993 (age 29)	3	0	Al Ahly	2021 FIFA Arab Cup PRE

On the 6th of February, 2022.

The players in bold are actively involved in Egypt.

The following lists show the Egypt national team's all-time record against other nations. The stats are comprised of all A matches played by men only. Olympic games are not included.

Egypt was a participant at two out of 10 FIFA Confederations Cups contested, losing in the group stage both times. The first time Egypt made a Confederations Cup appearance was in 1999 following being the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1998. The second time they played was in 2009, as Egypt were the Africa Cup of Nations winners in 2008, when they beat Italy by 1-0.

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	5	9	Squad
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2009	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	4	7	Squad
2013	Did not qualify
2017
Total	Group stage	2/10	6	1	2	3	9	16	—

• Egypt has pulled out of in 1956 from the Football tournament, and also was not a participant in during the 1980 Olympics after being able to qualify for both.

Football at the Olympic Games record
Appearances: 12								Qualified : 14
Year/Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1896	No football tournament
1900–1912	Did not participate
Antwerp 1920	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	No qualification
Paris 1924	Quarter-final	2	1	0	1	3	5
Amsterdam 1928	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	12	19
Los Angeles 1932	No football tournament
Berlin 1936	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	No qualification
London 1948	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3
Helsinki 1952	First round	2	1	0	1	6	7
Melbourne 1956	Withdrew from Finals							2	2	0	0	9	3
Roma 1960	First round	3	0	1	2	4	11	4	3	0	1	11	5
Tokyo 1964	Fourth place	6	2	1	3	18	16	4	3	1	0	14	6
Mexico 1968	Withdrew from qualifiers
Munich 1972	Did not qualify							2	1	0	1	2	3
Montreal 1976								2	0	1	1	1	2
Moscow 1980	Withdrew from finals							4	1	3	0	7	4
Los Angeles 1984	Quarter-final	4	1	1	2	5	5	6	3	2	1	6	3
Seoul 1988	Did not qualify							4	2	1	1	7	2
Barcelona 1992	First round	3	1	0	2	5	6	6	4	2	0	11	3
Atlanta 1996	Did not qualify							4	2	1	1	5	4
Sydney 2000								8	4	3	1	15	9
Athens 2004								6	0	0	6	1	13
Beijing 2008								4	1	2	1	6	4
London 2012	Quarter-final	4	1	1	2	6	8	9	5	1	3	12	6
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Did not qualify							1	1	0	0	4	0
Tokyo 2020	Quarter-final	4	1	1	2	2	2	5	5	0	0	11	4
Total	11/25	31	9	4	18	62	85	65	31	17	17	111	67

• In the lead-up to the Cairo 1991 tournament The All-Africa Games was open to the full national team.

All-Africa Games record
Appearances: 7
Year/Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazzaville 1965	Did not qualify
Lagos 1973	Bronze medal	5	3	0	2	12	12
Algiers 1978	Withdrew after Round 1	3	2	1	0	6	2
Nairobi 1987	Gold medal	5	3	1	1	7	5
Cairo 1991	Fifth place	4	1	1	2	5	6
Harare 1995	Gold medal	5	4	0	1	8	3
Johannesburg 1999	Did not qualify
Abuja 2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6
Algiers 2007	Group stage	3	0	0	3	4	8
Maputo 2011	Withdrew
Brazzaville 2015	Withdrew
Total	7/11	28	13	3	12	44	39

The Palestine Cup (Arabic: k's FlsTyn; romanized as Kas Filastin) was an international soccer tournament held between nations of the Arab world. It was essentially used as a replacement to the Arab Cup during the long gap in the period between 1966-82. it was held three times in Arab nations in the 1970s. The first tournament was held on the 22nd of July in Iraq.

The football competition during the African Games has been an under-23 event since.

African Games record
Appearances: 3
Year/Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazzaville 1965	Did not qualify							2	1	0	1	5	8
Lagos 1973	Bronze medalists	5	3	0	2	12	12	3	2	1	0	7	4
Algiers 1978	Withdrew during tournament	3	2	1	0	6	2	2	2	0	0	5	0
Nairobi 1987	Winners	5	3	1	1	6	4	2	2	0	0	10	2
Total	1 title	13	8	2	3	24	18	9	7	1	1	27	14

The table below shows Egypt's record of all time in the world, up to date as of January 15, 2022.

As per detail below.

Africa Cup of Nations

• Winners: Gold medal africa.svg 1957, Gold medal africa.svg 1959, Gold medal africa.svg 1986, Gold medal africa.svg 1998, Gold medal africa.svg 2006, Gold medal africa.svg 2008, Gold medal africa.svg 2010
• Runners-up: Silver medal africa.svg 1962, Silver medal africa.svg 2017, Silver medal africa.svg 2021
• Third place: Bronze medal africa.svg 1963, Bronze medal africa.svg 1970, Bronze medal africa.svg 1974
• Fourth place: 1976, 1980, 1984

All-Africa Games

• Champions: 1st place, gold medalist 1987, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1995
• Third place: 3rd place, bronze medalist 1973

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

• Runners-up: 2nd place, silver medalist 1988, 2007

Pan Arab Games

• Champions: 1st place, gold medalist 1953, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1965, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1992*, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2007
• Runners-up: 2nd place, silver medalist 1961

Arab Cup

• Champions: 1st place, gold medalist 1992
• Third Place: 3rd place, bronze medalist 1988

Palestine Cup of Nations

• Champions: 1st place, gold medalist 1972, 1st place, gold medalist 1975

Mediterranean Games

• Champions: 1st place, gold medalist 1955
• Silver Medalist: 2nd place, silver medalist 1951
• Bronze Medalist: 3rd place, bronze medalist 1983

7th November Cup

• Runners-up: 2nd place, silver medalist 1993

Nile Basin Tournament

• Champions: 1st place, gold medalist 2011

LG Cup (association football)

• Champions: 1st place, gold medalist 2005