Egypt at the FIFA World Cup

Egypt national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Egypt's fans at the FIFA World Cup in Russia

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]

Egypt have qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals on three occasions, in 1934, 1990 and 2018.[2][3][4][5] With 2 draws and 5 losses, Egypt has never won a match in the World Cup finals. In 1934 Egypt became the first African team to play in the World Cup finals.[6] When they qualified again in 1990, they became the team with the longest-ever gap between two FIFA World Cup matches: 56 years and 16 days had passed.

World Cup Finals record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934 First Round 13th 1 0 0 1 2 4
France 1938 Withdrew
Brazil 1950 Did Not Enter
Switzerland 1954 Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1958 to England 1966 Withdrew
Mexico 1970 Did Not Enter
West Germany 1974 to Mexico 1986 Did Not Qualify
Italy 1990 Group Stage 20th 3 0 2 1 1 2
United States 1994 to Brazil 2014 Did Not Qualify
Russia 2018 Group Stage 31st 3 0 0 3 2 6
Qatar 2022
Total Group Stage 3/21 7 0 2 5 5 12

Overview of matches

No. Date Type Opponent Result
1 27 May 1934 First round Hungary Hungary 2–4
2 12 June 1990 Group stage Netherlands Netherlands 1–1
3 17 June 1990 Group stage Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 0–0
4 21 June 1990 Group stage England England 0–1
5 15 June 2018 Group stage Uruguay Uruguay 0–1
6 19 June 2018 Group stage Russia Russia 1–3
7 25 June 2018 Group stage Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1–2

FIFA World Cup ITALY 1934 Italy

Hungary 4–2 Egypt
Teleki  11'
Toldi  27', 61'
Vincze  53'		 Report Fawzi  31', 39'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
Hungary
Egypt
GKSzabo Antal
DFFuto Gyula
DFSternberg Laszlo(c)
DFPalotas Istvan
MFSzücs György
MFLazar Gyula
MFSzabo Gabor
MFMarkos Imre
FWVincze Jeno
FWTeleki Pal
FWToldi Geza (c)
Manager:
Ödön Nadas
GK1Mustafa Mansour
SW3Abdel Hamid Ibrahim Sharly
DF4Hassan Ahmed el-Far
DF5Ismail Rafaat
DF2Ali Mohamed el-Said el-Kaf
MF6Hassan Ragab
FW7Mohamed Latif
FW8[Mohannad Mohammad Bahamdan]
FW11Mohamed Hassan
FW9Mahmoud Moukhtar Rafai "el-Teach" (c)
FW10Mostafa Taha
Jimmy MacRea

FIFA World Cup ITALY 1990 Italy

  • Group stage

Group F

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F, featured the Netherlands, England, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt. In the six group games, no team managed to score more than once in a match. England beat Egypt 1–0, thanks to a 58th-minute goal from Mark Wright – and that was enough to win the group.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 312021+14
 Republic of Ireland 30302203
 Netherlands 30302203
 Egypt 302112−12

The Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records. With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place. ---

Netherlands 1–1 Egypt
Kieft  58' Report Abdelghani  83' (pen.)
Attendance: 33,288
Netherlands
Egypt
GK1Hans van Breukelen
DF2Berry van Aerle
DF5Adri van Tiggelen
DF4Ronald Koeman
MF13Graeme Rutjes
MF3Frank Rijkaard
MF6Jan Wouters
MF7Erwin Koeman 69'
FW8Gerald Vanenburg 46'
FW9Marco van Basten
FW10Ruud Gullit (c)
Substitutes:
MF11Richard Witschge 69'
FW12Wim KieftYellow card 58' 46'
FW14John van't Schip
GK16Joop Hiele
MF20Aron Winter
Manager:
Leo Beenhakker
GK1Ahmed Shobair
SW3Rabie Yassin
DF4Hany Ramzy
DF5Hesham Yakan
MF2Ibrahim Hassan
MF20Ahmed El-Kass
MF7Ismail Youssef
MF8Magdi Abdelghani
MF13Ahmed RamzyYellow card 55' 69'
FW9Hossam Hassan
FW10Gamal Abdelhamid (c) 69'
Substitutes:
DF15Saber Eid
MF16Magdy Tolba 69'
MF18Osama Orabi
FW19Adel Abdelrahman 69'
GK21Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

---

Republic of Ireland 0–0 Egypt
Report
Attendance: 33,288
Republic of Ireland
Egypt
GK1Packie Bonner
RB2Chris MorrisYellow card 51'
CB4Mick McCarthy (c)
CB5Kevin Moran
LB3Steve Staunton
MF8Ray Houghton
MF7Paul McGrath
MF13Andy Townsend
MF11Kevin Sheedy
FW9John Aldridge 64'
FW10Tony Cascarino 84'
Substitutions:
DF12David O'Leary
MF14Chris Hughton
FW17Niall Quinn 84'
MF21Alan McLoughlin 64'
GK22Gerry Peyton
Manager:
England Jack Charlton
GK1Ahmed ShobairYellow card 72'
DF2Ibrahim Hassan
DF5Hesham Yakan
DF4Hany Ramzy
DF3Rabie Yassin
MF18Osama Orabi
MF7Ismail Youssef
MF8Magdi Abdelghani (c)
MF16Magdy Tolba 60'
FW20Ahmed El-Kass 76'
FW9Hossam Hassan
Substitutions:
MF10Gamal Abdelhamid 76'
FW12Taher Abouzeid 60'
DF15Saber Eid
FW19Adel Abdelrahman
GK21Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Joël Quiniou (France)
Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

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England 1–0 Egypt
Wright  58' Report
Attendance: 34,959
England
Egypt
GK1Peter Shilton (c)
LB3Stuart Pearce
CB5Des Walker
CB14Mark Wright
RB12Paul Parker
RW8Chris Waddle 86'
CM16Steve McMahon
CM19Paul Gascoigne
LW11John Barnes
FW21Steve Bull 84'
FW10Gary Lineker
Substitutes:
MF4Neil Webb
DF6Terry Butcher
FW9Peter BeardsleyYellow card 85' 84'
GK13Chris Woods
MF17David Platt 86'
Manager:
Bobby Robson
GK1Ahmed Shobair
SW4Hany Ramzy
DF2Ibrahim HassanYellow card 47'
DF5Hesham Yakan
DF7Ismail Youssef
DF3Rabie Yassin
MF20Ahmed El-Kass 77'
MF8Magdi AbdelghaniYellow card 38'
MF10Gamal Abdelhamid (c) 77'
MF13Ahmed Ramzy
FW9Hossam Hassan
Substitutes:
FW11Tarek Soliman 77'
DF15Saber Eid
MF18Osama Orabi
FW19Adel Abdelrahman 77'
GK21Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

FIFA World Cup RUSSIA 2018 Russia

  • Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Russia (H) 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Egypt 0-1 Uruguay
Report Giménez  89'
Attendance: 27,015
Egypt
Uruguay
GK23Mohamed El-Shenawy
LB13Mohamed Abdel-Shafy
CB6Ahmed HegazyYellow card 90+6'
CB2Ali Gabr
RB7Ahmed Fathy (c)
CM8Tarek Hamed 50'
CM17Mohamed Elneny
LW21Trézéguet
CM19Abdallah Said
RW22Amr Warda 82'
FW9Marwan Mohsen 63'
Substitutes:
MF5Sam MorsyYellow card 90+3' 50'
FW11Kahraba 63'
MF14Ramadan Sobhi 82'
Manager:
ArgentinaHéctor Cúper
GK1Fernando Muslera
LB22Martín Cáceres
CB2José Giménez
CB3Diego Godin (c)
RB4Guillermo Varela
CM6Rodrigo Bentancur
CM15Matías Vecino 87'
LW10Giorgian De Arrascaeta 59'
RW8Nahitan Nández 58'
FW21Edinson Cavani
FW9Luis Suárez
Substitutes:
MF5Carlos Sánchez 58'
MF7Cristian Rodríguez 59'
MF14Lucas Torreira 87'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez
Russia Match 17 Egypt
Report
Russia
Egypt
Saudi Arabia Match 34 Egypt
Report
Saudi Arabia
Egypt

Record Players

Due to the long time spans between Egypt's World Cup participations, no player was able to play more than one tournament. 22 players share the record for most World Cup appearances for Egypt: Ten players from the 1990 FIFA World Cup, among them twin brothers Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan, and twelve players from 2018. The team of 1934 was only able to play one match because of a different tournament format.

An Egyptian player with a notable record is goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary. On 25 June 2018, he became the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup match with 45 years and 5 months. He saved a penalty in the first half of the match against Saudi Arabia, but ultimately Egypt lost 1-2.

No. Name Matches World Cups
1 Magdi Abdelghani31990
Gamal Abdelhamid31990
Ahmed El-Kass31990
Hossam Hassan31990
Ibrahim Hassan31990
Hany Ramzy31990
Ahmed Shobair31990
Hesham Yakan31990
Rabie Yassin31990
Ismail Youssef31990
Mohamed Abdel-Shafy32018
Mohamed Elneny32018
Ahmed Fathy32018
Ali Gabr32018
Tarek Hamed32018
Ahmed Hegazi32018
Kahraba32018
Marwan Mohsen32018
Abdallah Said32018
Ramadan Sobhi32018
Trézéguet32018
Amr Warda32018

Top Goalscorers

Scoring twice at Egypt's first-ever World Cup match, their 2-4 defeat against Hungary, made Abdulrahman Fawzi the only African goal scorer at FIFA World Cup finals for decades. It took 84 years for another Egyptian, Mohamed Salah, to equal his tally.

No. Name Goals World Cups
1 Abdulrahman Fawzi21934
Mohamed Salah22018
3Magdi Abdelghani11990

World Cup qualifications record

FIFA World Cup qualifications record
Year Status Participation Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation"
Italy Italy 1934 Qualified for the FINALS 1st 2 2 0 0 11 2
France 1938 Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters"
Brazil Brazil 1950 Did Not Enter
Switzerland Switzerland 1954 Did Not Qualify 3rd 2 0 0 2 2 7
Sweden Sweden 1958 Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation"
Chile Chile 1962 Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season
England England 1966 Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat"
Mexico Mexico 1970 Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war"
West Germany West Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify 7th 2 1 0 1 2 3
Argentina Argentina 1978 Did Not Qualify 8th 10 6 2 2 15 12
Spain Spain 1982 Did Not Qualify 9th 2 0 1 1 0 1
Mexico Mexico 1986 Did Not Qualify 10th 6 2 2 2 3 4
Italy 1990 Qualified for the FINALS 11th 8 4 3 1 7 2
United States United States 1994 Did Not Qualify 12th 6 3 2 1 9 3
France France 1998 Did Not Qualify 13th 6 3 1 2 15 5
South Korea Japan South Korea/Japan 2002 Did Not Qualify 14th 10 5 4 1 22 9
Germany Germany 2006 Did Not Qualify 15th 10 5 2 3 26 15
South Africa South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify 16th 13 9 1 3 22 7
Brazil Brazil 2014 Did Not Qualify 17th 8 7 0 1 19 14
Russia Russia 2018 Qualified for the FINALS 18th 8 5 1 2 12 5
Qatar Qatar 2022 Qualified in 2018
Total final 2/20 17/20 87 48 18 21 156 84

World Cup qualifications games

FIFA World Cup URUGUAY 1930 Uruguay

The Egyptian Football association declined the invitation handed to it by FIFA because of the cost of the far trip to Uruguay to participate in the FIFA World Cup URUGUAY 1930

FIFA World Cup ITALY 1934 Italy

Main Article : 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 12

The Palestine football team consisted of nine British footballers, six Jewish footballers and one Arab footballer.[7] FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that the 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team and as such bears no relation to the national team of the Palestinian authority although there were no state named Israel yet .[8] However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers".[9]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1  Egypt 22001125.504
2  Palestine, British Mandate 20022110.180
—  Turkey withdrew

11-2 on aggregate; Egypt qualified.

FIFA World Cup FRANCE 1938 France

Main Article : 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group 4
Egypt were to play Romania in December 1937 however Egypt refused to play Romania due a Financial Problems
Another Story says Egypt refused to play Romania during the Ramadan month, Egyptian officials had argued it was "impossible" to play football during that time period. Egyptian officials went on to invite Austrian club side First Vienna FC to Egypt to participate in a friendly game against the national team during the holy month. As a result, Egypt were withdrawn from the competition by FIFA, so Romania qualified automatically.[10]

FIFA World Cup BRAZIL 1950 Brazil

Egypt did not participate in this version of the FIFA World Cup for no clear reasons

FIFA World Cup Switzerland 1954 Switzerland

Main article : 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group 9

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Italy 4220072+5
2  Egypt 0200227−5

EGYPT didn't qualify

FIFA World Cup SWEDEN 1958 Sweden

Main Article : 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
Africa and Asia
CAF / AFC First Round
Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1  Egypt advanced
—  Cyprus withdrew

Cyprus withdrew, so Egypt advanced to the Second Round automatically.

CAF / AFC Second Round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1=  Israel advanced
1=  Sudan advanced
—  Egypt withdrew
—  Indonesia withdrew

Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground. Israel advanced to the Final Round automatically. Egypt withdrew, so Sudan advanced to the Final Round automatically.

FIFA World Cup CHILE 1962 Chile

Main Article : 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

CAF First Round
Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
—  United Arab Republic withdrew
—  Sudan withdrew

United Arab Republic and Sudan both withdrew as FIFA refused to allow them to rearrange their games to avoid the monsoon season.

FIFA World Cup ENGLAND 1966 England

Main Article : 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (Africa, Asia and Oceania)

Africa First Round
No matches were played because of protests to the allocation of spots. The original group draws were.

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6

Africa Second Round

The second round pairing were scheduled as following.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Group 1 Winners A Group 5 Winners – –
Group 2 Winners B Group 4 Winners – –
Group 3 Winners C Group 6 Winners – –

The winners were to advance to the final round.

FIFA World Cup MEXICO 1970 Mexico

Egypt did not participate in this version of the FIFA World Cup due to the postponement of all sports activities after 1967 war

FIFA World Cup GERMANY 1974 Germany

Main article :1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Egypt out of first Round.

FIFA World Cup ARGENTINA 1978 Argentina

Main article :1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Egypt advanced to the Second Round.

Egypt advanced to the Third Round.

Egypt advanced to the Final Round.

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Tunisia 5421174+3
2  Egypt 44202711−4
3  Nigeria 3411254+1

Egypt out of Final Round.

FIFA World Cup SPAIN 1982 Spain

Main article :1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Egypt advanced to the Second Round, Ghana withdrew.

Egypt advanced to the Third Round, Libya withdrew.

Egypt out of Third Round.

FIFA World Cup MEXICO 1986 Mexico

Main article :1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

First Round

Egypt advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

Egypt advanced to the Third Round on penalties.

Third Round

Egypt out of Third Round.

FIFA World Cup ITALY 1990 Italy

Main Article : 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
Second round Group B

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 632162+48
 Liberia 622223−16
 Malawi 613234−15
 Kenya 613224−25
  Egypt Kenya Liberia Malawi
Egypt  – 2–0 2–0 1–0
Kenya  0–0 – 1–0 1–1
Liberia  1–0 0–0 – 1–0
Malawi  1–1 1–0 0–0 –
Egypt 2–0 Liberia
Ala'a  23'
El-Akad  42'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)
Malawi 1–1 Egypt
Kayira  89' Hesham  60'
Referee: Hafid Tahir (Tanzania)
Kenya 0–0 Egypt
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia)
Liberia 1–0 Egypt
Debbah  45'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Celestin N'Cho (Côte d'Ivoire)
Egypt 1–0 Malawi
Hesham  28'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Hassan Ahmed Abdulle (Somalia)
Egypt 2–0 Kenya
Hesham  58'
I. Hossan  62'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Hafidh Tahir (Tanzania)

Final round

Algeria 0 – 0 Egypt
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Sydney Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
Egypt 1 – 0 Algeria
H. Hassan  4'
Attendance: 100,000
Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.

FIFA World Cup USA 1994 United States

Main article :1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

References

  1. ↑ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Ireland V Egypt 1990 World Cup". Soccer Ireland. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Egypt Squad 1990 World Cup". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Egypt Squad 1934 World Cup". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Egypt Colours 1990 World Cup". Switchimage project. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "1934 World Cup Kits". Historical kits. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "A long wait for a home game". Reuters. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition (see page 43)" (PDF). FIFA. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
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