Egypt national football team

Africa Cup of Nations

Egypt first participated in the first Africa Cup of Nations tournament in 1957. In their first game, which was a semi-final, they faced Sudan, winning 2–1 with goals from Raafat Attia and Ad-Diba, enabling Egypt to play in their first final. In the final, they faced Ethiopia, in which Egypt won 4–0, with these goals being scored by Ad-Diba, thus making them champions for the first time in the Africa Cup of Nations. The top scorer of this tournament was Ad-Diba from Egypt with five goals.^[2]

In their second participation in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1959, Egypt became champions again. There were only three teams in that tournament, being Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt itself. Egypt again was undefeated in this tournament, like in the previous tournament in 1957, defeating both Ethiopia and Sudan.^[3]

Their third appearance, which was in the 1962 African Cup of Nations, hosted in Ethiopia, in which Egypt faced Uganda in the semi-finals, there were only four teams in this tournament, by a score of 2–1. Egypt then advanced to the finals, where they faced the hosts Ethiopia, but they lost 4–2 during extra time, thus losing their first final in the Africa Cup of Nations, along with Ethiopia becoming champions for the first time and also being the first nation to win it other than Egypt, who were champions twice.^[4]

Their fourth appearance came in 1963 in Ghana. Egypt was placed in Group B with Sudan and Nigeria, winning Nigeria with a score of 6–3, but drawing 2–2 against Sudan. Despite being undefeated in the group stage, they were ranked second, behind Sudan by goal difference. Egypt, as runners-up in Group B, participated in the 3rd place match, playing against Ethiopia, winning Ethiopia 3–0.^[5]

For the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt did qualify for the tournament, but they withdrew because of their diplomatic relationship with Tunisia, who were hosts of the tournament.^[6] Again, Egypt withdrew from the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations, against hosted in Ethiopia.^[7]

In the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted again in Sudan, Egypt were in Group B along with Ghana, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as Congo-Kinshasa back then. In their opening match, Egypt defeated Guinea by a score of 4–1, in which Ali Abo Greisha scored twice, Hassan El-Shazly scored once, and Taha Basry also scored once during that game. Egypt's next game was against Ghana, which ended as a 1–1 draw, with Ibrahim Sunday scoring for Ghana and Bazooka scoring for Egypt. In their third game in this tournament, they faced Congo-Kinshasa, in which Egypt won 1–0 by a goal from Abo Greisha. Egypt ended being in first place, thus advancing to the next round, where they faced Sudan. In the game against Sudan, Egypt lost their first game in the Africa Cup of Nations by a scored of 2–1, with El-Shazly scoring the equalizer that put Egypt to extra time, before being scored again by Sudan, thus eliminating them from playing the final. However, in the third place match, they won Ivory Coast by a score of 3–1, making Egypt become third place again in this tournament.^[8]

For the 1972 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt failed to qualify for the first time in this tournament after being eliminated by Morocco by an aggregate score of 5–3.^[9]

However, Egypt returned for the 1974 African Cup of Nations, in which they were hosts for the first time. In the group stage, Egypt were in Group A with Zambia, Uganda, and the Ivory Coast. Egypt was successful, defeating Uganda 2–1, Zambia with a score of 3–1, and the Ivory Coast by a score of 2–0. They progressed to the semi-finals to play against Zaire. Egypt lost 2–3 against Zaire, so Egypt had to face Congo for third place. Egypt won Congo by a score of 4–0.^[10]

In the 1976 African Cup of Nations, in Ethiopia, they were in Group A with the hosts Ethiopia, Guinea, and Uganda. Egypt defeated Uganda 2–1, but drew against Uganda 1–1 and Ethiopia, also 1–1. Despite this, Egypt advanced to the final round. In the final round, Egypt lost all their games. Egypt lost to Morocco 2–1, 4–2 against Guinea, and 3–2 against Nigeria. However, they scored in these three matches.^[11] This is the first Africa Cup of Nations tournament that Egypt lost 3 consecutive games.

Egypt again failed to qualify for the 1978 African Cup of Nations in Ghana.^[12]

Egypt reappeared for the 1980 African Cup of Nations in Nigeria. Egypt, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, and Tanzania, were in Group A. They won in their first game against the Ivory Coast 2–1, defeated Tanzania 2–1 too, but lost to the host Nigeria by a score of 1–0, scored by Okey Isima. Egypt progressed to the next round which was the semi-finals, to face Algeria. Egypt lost this game 4–2 in penalties, after drawing 2–2 after extra time. For the third-place match, Egypt lost to Morocco, making Egypt being in the fourth place rank.^[13]

Egypt withdrew during qualifying for the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations in Libya.^[14]

For the 1984 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt returned. Egypt, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, and Togo, were drawn in Group A. Egypt won against Cameroon 1–0, the Ivory Coast 1–2, but drew with Togo 0–0. Egypt advanced to the next round, the semi-finals, to face Nigeria. Egypt lost to Nigeria in penalties, with the score in penalties being 7–8, after drawing 2–2. For the third place match, Egypt lost 3–1 to Algeria.^[15]

Even though Egypt were in fourth place in the previous tournament, it changed. In the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt became the host again. In their opening game, Egypt lost to Senegal 1–0. However, Egypt went on to win their two remaining games in the group stage, with scores of 2–0 against the Ivory Coast, and 2–0 against Mozambique. Egypt were in first place in Group A, and in the semi-finals, Egypt won against Morocco 1–0, advancing to the final since the 1962 edition, to play against Cameroon, who had Roger Milla. Egypt won the game 5–4 in penalties, after drawing 0–0, thus becoming champions for the third time since the tournament from 1959.^[16]

In the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, Egypt were not as successful than in the 1986 edition. Egypt entered this championship as the current title holders. They were in Group B with Cameroon, Nigeria, and Kenya. In their game against Cameroon, they lost 1–0 by a goal from Roger Milla. However, they did not lose against Nigeria and Kenya, as Egypt drew 1–1 against Nigeria in Stade Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, and defeated Kenya 3–0, also in Stade Moulay Abdellah, with two goals from Gamal Abdelhamid and one goal from Ayman Younes. Despite, they were a point below from entering the next round, which was the semi-finals.^[17]

In the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria, it got worse. Egypt did qualify for this tournament, and they were put in Group A, along with Algeria, Nigeria, and the Ivory Coast. Egypt lost all their group stage games, thus making Egypt fail to obtain at least one point for the first time in the Africa Cup of Nations. The scores the 3–1 defeat to the Ivory Coast, the 1–0 defeat to Nigeria, and the 2–0 defeat to Algeria.^[18]

In the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Senegal, Egypt entered by qualifying to this tournament. Egypt were placed in Group D with Ghana and Zambia. In their game against Zambia, Egypt lost 1–0. In their game against Nigeria, they lost again by a score of 1–0 too. Egypt again failed to obtain a least a point for the second time, being consecutive, along with losing all their games in the group stage.^[18]

In the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, in Tunisia, Egypt were in Group B with Nigeria and Gabon. In their first game, against Gabon, Egypt won 4–0 with goals from Ayman Mansour, Hamza El-Gamal, in which they scored once in that game, and Bashir Abdel Samad, who scored two. In their second game, they drew against Nigeria 0–0. Egypt were able to qualify to the next round, which were the quarter-finals, being first place in Group B by goal difference, to face Mali. In this game, Egypt lost 0–1 to Mali in Stade El Menzah in Tunis, thus knocking out Egypt from the tournament.^[19]

In the 1996 edition, hosted in South Africa, Egypt participated in this tournament. Egypt were placed in Group A with the hosts South Africa, Cameroon, and Angola. In their first game, Egypt faced Angola, successful winning 2–1 with both goals scored from Ahmed El-Kass. In their second game, however, Egypt lost 2–1 against Cameroon. In their third game, against South Africa, Egypt defeated South Africa 0–1, with the goal from El-Kass. Egypt qualified to the quarter-finals, as runners-up of the group, being behind the hosts. In the quarter-finals, Egypt were to face Zambia. In this game, Egypt lost 3–1. This eliminated Egypt, with South Africa winning their first title, and as hosts.^[20]

In the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, in Burkina Faso, Egypt qualified for this tournament. Egypt were placed in Group D, with Mozambique, Zambia, and Morocco. In their first game, Egypt won Mozambique 2–0, with the two goals from Hossam Hassan. In the game against Zambia, Egypt again won 4–0, with the goals being a hat trick from Hassan and one from Radwan. In their third game however, Egypt lost against Morocco, 1–0, with the goal scored in the 90th minute from Mustapha Hadji. Despite this defeat, Egypt qualified to the quarter-finals, as runners-up of Group D, and they were to face against the Ivory Coast. In this game, Egypt won 5–4 in penalties, after a 0–0 draw. This made Egypt advance to the semi-finals since the 1986 tournament. In their semi-final, Egypt faced the hosts Burkina Faso, in which Egypt defeated Burkina Faso by a score of 2–0, with the goals scored from Hassan. This made Egypt go to the final since the 1986 tournament, the same tournament that was their last tournament as champions, to play against South Africa. In the final, Egypt were successful, winning 2–0, with a goal from Ahmed Hassan and a goal from Tarek Mostafa. Egypt won their fourth title since they won as hosts in the 1986 tournament.^[21]

For the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt entered as the defending champions. This tournament was in Ghana and Nigeria. They were in Group C with Senegal, Zambia, and Burkina Faso. In these three games, Egypt won the three of them. Their match against Zambia was a 2–0 victory, a 1–0 victory over Senegal, and a 4–2 win against Burkina Faso. With these three victories, Egypt were the group leaders and they advanced to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, they lost to Tunisia 0–1, the goal was scored by a penalty kick. Egypt were eliminated from the tournament, in which Cameroon won their third title.^[22]

In the 2002 African Cup of Nations, in Mali, Egypt qualified for this tournament. Egypt were placed in Group D with Senegal, Tunisia, and Zambia. In their opening match, Egypt lost 0–1 to Senegal. However, Egypt won their two remaining group stage games, with the scores of 1–0 against Tunisia and 2–1 against Zambia. Egypt advanced to the quarter-finals, as runners-up, with six points, to face Cameroon. In this game, being Cameroon vs. Egypt, in the quarter-finals, Egypt lost 1–0. This score eliminated Egypt. In this tournament, Cameroon won their fourth title, being the second title won consecutively.^[23]

FIFA World Cup

Egypt national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Egypt has qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times: in 1934, in 1990 and for the 2018 editions. Egypt was the first African country to qualify for the World Cup. The time it took Egypt to qualify for two successive tournaments (56 years between 1934 and 1990) is a World Cup Record that is shared only with Norway (1938-1994).

After beating Mandatory Palestine, Egypt qualified for their first World Cup. It lost to Hungary 4–2 in their first and only match in 1934. In 1990, Egypt was drawn in Group F with Ireland, England and the Netherlands. Since the Egyptians favored defensive tactics, they scored only one goal in the 1990 World Cup, scored by Magdi Abdelghani through a penalty. This made Abdelgani the first African to score a penalty kick in the World Cup. A 1–1 draw with the Netherlands gave the Egyptians their first point in the World Cup. They then drew again, this time goalless, with Ireland. While the Egyptians needed just a draw to progress to the next round, they lost 1–0 to England. As of June 2018, Egypt had yet to win a game.

On 8 October 2017, Egypt qualified for the 2018 World Cup after a 2–1 win over Congo.^[35] The two goals were scored by Mohamed Salah with the second one in a dramatic last-minute penalty. Salah has scored the most goals (tied with Préjuce Nakoulma) in the third round of the CAF 2018 World Cup qualification campaign with five goals.

In the 2018 World Cup, Egypt was drawn with Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and the hosts, Russia. They started their first game against Uruguay, without their talisman Salah, who was injured in the UEFA Champions League final with Liverpool against Real Madrid. Egypt's team built a strong defense with only a few counter attacks. The first half was a boring goalless draw. In the second half, things were looking good for Uruguay, who had more goal-scoring chances, however, El Shenawy made several key saves including a strong kick from Cavani. Near the end, Uruguay had gotten a free kick near the goal. But Cavani's shot hit the post. In the 89th minute, right when it seemed the two sides would draw, Jimenez scored a header from a free kick, ruining Egypt's dreams. Due to strong saves by Egypt's goalkeeper, he was voted man of the match but he refused the reward due to the sponsorship by Budweiser.

Against the hosts, Egypt was more optimistic due to Salah being called up as a starter. The first half was quiet strong for Egypt who had higher position of the ball and made several goal-scoring opportunities, but the first half was goalless. In the second half, Russia scored when El-Shenawy's punch went to Roman Zobnin, who kicked very weakly but Ahmed Fathy, who got the ball, panicked despite there being no Russians nearby, and scored an own goal right in the corner. This led to Egypt's morale going down, with two more goals coming. Mário Fernandes drove into the box before supplying a cut-back from the right for Denis Cheryshev to slot home Russia's second with his left foot. Artem Dzyuba made it 3–0 as he took a lofted ball into the box down on his chest, taking a touch to go past Ali Gabr and finish between El-Shenawy's legs with a low shot. Salah won a penalty after he was fouled by Zobnin – although it was only given after a consultation with the video assistant referee as the referee had initially said the offence took place outside the box. Salah scored from the spot to become only the third Egyptian player to score at a World Cup. This was Egypt's first goal in 28 years. Egypt could have been awarded a second penalty but it went unseen by the referee.

Egypt's third and final match in its 2018 campaign was the Red Sea Derby against Saudi Arabia. El Hadary was the starting Goalkeeper in expense of El Shenawy, and thus became the oldest player in the world cup with 45 years and 161 days. In the 22nd minute, Abdallah Said's pass to Salah saw a lob that would score a goal. This was the first non-penalty goal since 1934 and the first time that Egypt had led in a world cup match (excluding Fawzi's hat-trick which made the match against Hungary go 3-2 but was ruled offside by the referee.)

Five minutes before the interval Ahmed Fathy was adjudged to have deliberately handled Yasser Al-Shahrani's cross inside the area. El Hadatu produced a save to deny Fahad Al-Muwallad's kick but his celebrations were cut short when a second penalty was awarded for Ali Gabr's tug on Al-Muwallad's shirt. Salman Al-Faraj stepped up this time to fire past the goalkeeper and draw his side level. Egypt substitute Kahraba fired straight at Al-Mosailem late on. Salem Al-Dawsari finished a right-footed volley past El Hadary in the closing stages. The second penalty shot was the latest goal scored in the first half in a world cup match since 1966 at 50 minutes and 36 seconds. The second goal, while not a record, was scored at the 95th minute (despite there being 4 minutes of extra time) to which the referee ended the match right after.

Hector Cuper who was criticized due to his defensive strategies, was sacked.^[36] The Egyptian Football Association was also criticized due to having its base in Chechnya, A Muslim Russian state that has no football history and is far from where Egypt's matches were played. It is believed the EFA did this due to politics.^[37]

While the match with Uruguay had few spectators, the match against Russia had tons of Egyptians, to the point the Egyptians outnumbered the Russians (despite the match being hosted by Russia.) This was marred with controversies since a lot of Egyptian celebrities had attended for free, possibly as a deal with an Egyptian Telephone Company.^[38]

The low attendance in the Egypt-Uruguay match was due to 'ghost victors,' people who bought tickets but didn't attend.^[39] It is one of the least attended World Cup Matches in the Modern Age. The Egyptian Media and public heavily criticized EFA's management of the team.^[40][41][42] The players also refused to hold post-match interviews, with many of them facing fines or bans by FIFA.^[43][44][45]

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

Current squad

The following 25 players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against eSwatini on 12 and 16 October 2018.^[46][47]
Caps and goals as of 12 October 2018 consequent to the match against eSwatini.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mohamed El Shenawy	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988	7	0	Al Ahly
16	1GK	Genesh	(1987-05-25) 25 May 1987	0	0	Zamalek
23	1GK	Mohamed Awad	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992	3	0	Al Wehda
25	1GK	Mohamed Abou Gabal	(1989-01-29) 29 January 1989	0	0	Smouha
2	2DF	Ali Gabr	(1989-01-10) 10 January 1989	26	1	Pyramids
3	2DF	Ahmed El Mohamady (Captain)	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987	85	3	Aston Villa
6	2DF	Baher El Mohamady	(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996	2	0	Ismaily
12	2DF	Ayman Ashraf	(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991	7	2	Al Ahly
13	2DF	Mohamed Hamdy	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995	0	0	Pyramids
14	2DF	Mohamed Hany	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	2	0	Al Ahly
15	2DF	El Winsh	(1995-06-01) 1 June 1995	1	0	Zamalek
20	2DF	Amro Tarek	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992	2	0	Orlando City
24	2DF	Ahmed Hegazi	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991	49	1	West Bromwich Albion
4	3MF	Ali Ghazal	(1992-02-01) 1 February 1992	7	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
5	3MF	Sam Morsy	(1991-09-10) 10 September 1991	6	0	Wigan Athletic
7	3MF	Trézéguet	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994	31	3	Kasımpaşa
8	3MF	Tarek Hamed	(1988-10-24) 24 October 1988	29	0	Zamalek
11	3MF	Hussein El Shahat	(1991-09-06) 6 September 1991	2	0	Al Ain
17	3MF	Mohamed El Neny (Vice-captain)	(1992-07-11) 11 July 1992	68	6	Arsenal
19	3MF	Mohamed Mahmoud	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998	0	0	Wadi Degla
21	3MF	Mohamed Sadek	(1997-07-07) 7 July 1997	0	0	Ismaily
22	3MF	Amr Warda	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993	22	1	PAOK
9	4FW	Marwan Mohsen	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989	27	5	Al Ahly
10	4FW	Mohamed Salah	(1992-06-15) 15 June 1992	61	38	Liverpool
18	4FW	Kouka	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993	17	5	Olympiacos

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Essam El Hadary RET	(1973-01-15) 15 January 1973	159	0	Ismaily	2018 FIFA World Cup
GK	Sherif Ekramy	(1983-07-10) 10 July 1983	23	0	Al Ahly	2018 FIFA World Cup
GK	Amer Mohamed	(1987-02-14) 14 February 1987	0	0	El Entag El Harby	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
GK	Ahmed El Shenawy	(1991-05-14) 14 May 1991	29	0	Pyramids	v.  Greece, 27 March 2018
DF	Ahmed Fathy	(1984-11-10) 10 November 1984	131	3	Al Ahly	2018 FIFA World Cup
DF	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	(1985-07-01) 1 July 1985	55	1	Al Ahli	2018 FIFA World Cup
DF	Omar Gaber	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992	23	0	Pyramids	2018 FIFA World Cup
DF	Saad Samir	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989	10	0	Al Ahly	2018 FIFA World Cup
DF	Karim Hafez	(1996-03-12) 12 March 1996	6	0	İstanbul Başakşehir	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF	Hamada Tolba	(1981-06-17) 17 June 1981	3	0	Pyramids	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Ramadan Sobhi INJ	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997	28	1	Huddersfield Town	v.  Niger, 8 September 2018
MF	Abdallah Said	(1985-07-13) 13 July 1985	41	6	Al Ahli	2018 FIFA World Cup
MF	Shikabala	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986	32	2	Apollon Smyrnis	2018 FIFA World Cup
MF	Walid Soliman	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984	23	1	Al Ahly	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Hossam Ashour	(1986-03-09) 9 March 1986	12	0	Al Ahly	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Moamen Zakaria	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988	11	0	Al Ahly	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Mahmoud Abdel Aziz	(1990-07-27) 27 July 1990	2	0	Zamalek	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Mohamed Magdy	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996	1	0	Pyramids	v.  Greece, 27 March 2018
FW	Ahmed Ali INJ	(1986-05-21) 21 May 1986	7	4	Al Mokawloon	v.  eSwatini, 16 October 2018
FW	Salah Mohsen INJ	(1998-09-01) 1 September 1998	2	1	Al Ahly	v.  eSwatini, 16 October 2018
FW	Ahmed Gomaa	(1988-08-16) 16 August 1988	2	0	Al Masry	v.  Niger, 8 September 2018
FW	Islam Gaber	(1996-05-01) 1 May 1996	0	0	El Dakhleya	v.  Niger, 8 September 2018
FW	Hossam Hassan	(1993-09-02) 2 September 1993	0	0	Smouha	v.  Niger, 8 September 2018
FW	Kahraba	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994	25	3	Zamalek	2018 FIFA World Cup
FW	Amr Gamal	(1991-08-03) 3 August 1991	18	3	Al Ahly	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad / standby. RET Retired from the national team. SUS Player suspended. WD Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons.

Current staff

Javier Aguirre, the current manager of the Egypt national football team.

Position	Name	Notes
Head coach	Javier Aguirre[48]
Assistant coach	Hany Ramzy
1st Assistant coach	Míchel Salgado
Analyst and Assistant coach	José Tito
Goalkeeping coach	Ahmed Nagy
Team director	Ehab Leheta
Physical trainer	Paul Llorente
Assistant Physical trainer	Javier Gorre
Team doctor	Mahmoud Aboul Ela
Team administrator	Mohamed Salah
Masseur	Badr Hamed
Physiotherapist	Hossam El Ibrashy
Kit manager	Abdullah El Sayed
Media officer	Mostafa Tantawi

Former managers

Source: Egyptian National Team Coaches

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier	Period	Notes
Adidas	1990–1995
Venecia	1995–1998
Puma	1999–2004
Adidas	2004–2006
Puma[50]	2006–2012
Adidas[51]	2012–present

2017

Ghana  v  Egypt

12 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ghana	1–1	Egypt	Cape Coast, Ghana
15:30 (UTC±0)	Gyasi  64'	Report	Shikabala  61'	Stadium: Cape Coast Sports Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

2018

Portugal  v  Egypt

23 March Friendly	Portugal	2–1	Egypt	Zürich, Switzerland
20:45 (UTC+1)	Ronaldo  90+2', 90+4'	Report	M. Salah  56'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 19,869 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

Egypt  v  Greece

27 March Friendly	Egypt	0–1	Greece	Zürich, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+1)		Report	Karelis  29'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Kuwait  v  Egypt

25 May Friendly	Kuwait	1–1	Egypt	Kuwait City, Kuwait
22:00 (UTC+3)	Al Ansari  6'	Report	Ashraf  81'	Stadium: Jaber Al Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Egypt  v  Colombia

1 June Friendly	Egypt	0–0	Colombia	Bergamo, Italy
21:15 (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 3,883 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

Belgium  v  Egypt

6 June Friendly	Belgium	3–0	Egypt	Brussels, Belgium
20:45 (UTC+2)	R. Lukaku  27' E. Hazard  38' Fellaini  90+2'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,724 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Egypt  v  Uruguay

15 June 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A	Egypt	0–1	Uruguay	Yekaterinburg, Russia
17:00 (UTC+5)		Report	Giménez  90'	Stadium: Ekaterinburg Arena Attendance: 27,015 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Russia  v  Egypt

19 June 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A	Russia	3–1	Egypt	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 (UTC+3)	Fathy  47' (o.g.) Cheryshev  59' Dzyuba  62'	Report	M. Salah  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Saudi Arabia  v  Egypt

25 June 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Egypt	Volgograd, Russia
17:00 (UTC+3)	Al Faraj  45+6' (pen.) Al Dawsari  90+5'	Report	M. Salah  22'	Stadium: Volgograd Arena Attendance: 36,823 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Egypt  v  Niger

8 September 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	Egypt	6–0	Niger	Alexandria, Egypt
20:00 (UTC+2)	M. Mohsen  13' Ashraf  20' M. Salah  29', 86' S. Mohsen  73' El Neny  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Egypt  v  eSwatini

12 October 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	Egypt	4–1	eSwatini	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+2)	A. El Mohamady  7' Warda  10' Trézéguet  29' M. Salah  45'	Report	Gamedze  85'	Stadium: Al-Salam Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

eSwatini  v  Egypt

16 October 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	eSwatini	v	Egypt	Manzini, eSwatini
15:00 (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Mavuso Sports Centre Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Egypt  v  Tunisia

16 November 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Egypt

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Tunisia

Egypt

2019

Niger  v  Egypt

22 March 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Niger

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Egypt

Niger

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter										–	–	–	–	–	–
1934	First round	13th	1	0	0	1	2	4	Squad		2	2	0	0	11	2
1938	Withdrew										–	–	–	–	–	–
1950	Did not enter										–	–	–	–	–	–
1954	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	2	7
1958	Withdrew										–	–	–	–	–	–
1962											–	–	–	–	–	–
1966											–	–	–	–	–	–
1970	Did not enter										–	–	–	–	–	–
1974	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	2	3
1978											10	6	2	2	15	11
1982											2	0	1	1	0	1
1986											6	3	2	1	3	4
1990	Group stage	20th	3	0	2	1	1	2	Squad		8	4	3	1	7	2
1994	Did not qualify										6	3	2	1	9	3
1998											6	3	1	2	15	5
2002											10	5	4	1	22	9
2006											10	5	2	3	26	15
2010											13	9	1	3	22	7
2014											8	7	0	1	19	14
2018	Group stage	31st	3	0	0	3	2	6	Squad		8	5	1	2	12	5
Total	Group stage	3/21	7	0	2	5	5	12	–			89	51	18	20	161	85

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record											Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	6	1	Squad		No Qualification
1959	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	6	1	Squad		No Qualification
1962	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	4	5	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
1963	Semi-final	3rd	3	2	1	0	11	5	Squad		–	–	–	–	–	–
1965	Withdrew After Qualifying										–	–	–	–	–	–
1968	Withdrew										3	2	1	0	6	4
1970	Semi-final	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5	Squad		2	1	1	0	2	1
1972	Did Not Qualify										4	3	0	1	6	6
1974	Semi-final	3rd	5	4	0	1	13	5	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1976	Semi-final	4th	6	1	2	3	9	12	Squad		4	3	1	0	11	3
1978	Did Not Qualify										2	0	1	1	4	5
1980	Semi-final	4th	5	2	1	2	6	7	Squad		2	1	0	1	4	3
1982	Withdrew										2	2	0	0	7	3
1984	Semi-final	4th	5	2	2	1	6	6	Squad		4	2	1	1	3	2
1986	Champions	1st	5	3	1	1	5	1	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1988	Group Stage	6th	3	1	1	1	3	1	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
1990	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	6	Squad		4	2	1	1	8	2
1992	Group Stage	11th	2	0	0	2	0	2	Squad		6	3	3	0	13	5
1994	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	4	1	Squad		6	2	2	2	6	5
1996	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	5	6	Squad		10	6	3	1	24	5
1998	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	10	1	Squad		6	2	3	1	12	4
2000	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	0	1	7	3	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
2002	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	3	3	Squad		6	4	1	1	11	6
2004	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	3	Squad		4	3	0	1	14	1
2006	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	12	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2008	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	15	5	Squad		6	3	3	0	9	2
2010	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	15	2	Squad		13	9	1	3	22	7
2012	Did Not Qualify										6	1	2	3	5	5
2013											2	0	1	1	3	4
2015											6	2	0	4	5	6
2017	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	5	3	Squad		4	3	1	0	7	1
2019	To Be Determined										2	1	0	1	6	1
Total	7 Titles	23/32	91	51	15	25	155	86			104	55	26	23	188	81

FIFA Confederations Cup

Egypt have appeared in two of the nine FIFA Confederations Cups contested, the team was eliminated on both times during the group stage. Egypt's first Confederations Cup appearance was in 1999 as a result of winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 1998. The second appearance was in 2009 as the Africa Cup of Nations winners in 2008. During the second appearance, the team achieved their first win over Italy 1–0 in the second round of the group stage.

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	–

Arab Cup of Nations

Arab Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1963	Did Not Participate
1964
1966
1985
1988	Semi-final	3rd	6	3	2	1	6	0	Squad
1992	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	5	3	Squad
1998	Group Stage	10th	2	1	0	1	3	5	Squad
2002	Did Not Participate
2012	Group Stage	7th	3	0	2	1	3	4	Squad
Total	1 Title	4/9	15	7	5	3	17	12	–

Olympic Games record

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

Olympic Games
Appearances: 9
Year/Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Athens 1896	No football tournament
Paris 1900	Did Not Participate
Saint Louis 1904
London 1908
Stockholm 1912
Antwerp 1920	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	No Qualification
Paris 1924	Quarter finals	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
Total	9/19	24	7	3	14	51	71	28	15	8	5	57	28

Pan Arab Games

Pan Arab Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	22	3
1957	Did Not Participate
1961
1965	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	30	2
1976	Did Not Participate
1985
1997
1999
2007	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	10	1
2011	Did Not Participate
Total	3 Titles	3/10	13	12	1	0	62	6

Mediterranean Games record

Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year	Rank	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1951	2	2	1	0	1	8	2
1955	1	3	2	1	0	10	3
1959	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	5	4	2	1	1	10	8
1967	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	4	3	0	2	1	1	2
1975	6	5	2	0	3	9	9
1979	8	3	0	1	2	2	7
1983	3	4	1	2	1	2	2
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991 – present	See Egypt national under-20 team
Total	7/10	24	8	7	9	42	33

Palestine Cup of Nations

Palestine Cup of Nations

African Games

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.'

African Games Record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1965	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991–present	See Egypt national under-23 football team
Total	4/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

African competitions

• Africa Cup of Nations

Winners: 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010 (Most successful team)

Runners-up: 1962, 2017

Third place: 1963, 1970, 1974

Fourth place: 1976, 1980, 1984

• All-Africa Games

Champions: 1987, 1995

Third place: 1973

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Runners-up: 1988, 2007

Arabic competitions

• Pan Arabic Games

Champions: 1953, 1965, 1992*, 2007 (Most successful team)

Runners-up: 1961

• Arab Cup of Nations

Champions: 1992*

Third Place: 1988

• Palestine Cup of Nations

Champions: 1972, 1975 (Most successful team)

Note: * The 1992 edition organised as part of the Pan Arab Games, and also counted as Arab Nations Cup.

Other competitions

Mediterranean Games

Champions: 1955

Silver Medalist: 1951

Bronze Medalist: 1983