Egypt national football team
Men's association football team
Egypt national football team is the national football team of Egypt.
Nickname(s) | The Pharaohs (Egyptian Arabic: الفراعنة El Phara'ena) | ||
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Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
Head coach | Hossam Hassan | ||
Captain | Mohamed Salah | ||
Most caps | Ahmed Hassan (184) | ||
Top scorer | Hossam Hassan (69) | ||
Home stadium | Cairo International Satdium - Cairo | ||
FIFA code | EGY | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 39 (22 December 2022)[1] | ||
Highest | 9 (July – September 2010, December 2010) | ||
Lowest | 75 (March 2013) | ||
First international | |||
Italy 2–1 Egypt (Ghent, Belgium; 28 August 1920) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Egypt 15–0 Laos (Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 November 1963)[2] | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Italy 11-3 Egypt (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 9 June 1928) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1934) | ||
Best result | Round of 16 (1934) | ||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 24 (first in 1957) | ||
Best result | Champions (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) | ||
Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1999) | ||
Best result | Group stage (1999, 2009) |
Most appearances
change- As of 2 August 2023
# | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Ahmed Hassan | 184 | 33 | 1995–2012 |
2 | Hossam Hassan | 178 | 68 | 1985–2006 |
3 | Essam El-Hadary | 144 | 0 | 1996–2018 |
4 | Ibrahim Hassan | 131 | 14 | 1988–2002 |
5 | Hany Ramzy | 123 | 3 | 1988–2003 |
6 | Wael Gomaa | 114 | 1 | 2001–2013 |
7 | Ahmed El-Kass | 112 | 25 | 1987–1997 |
Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa | 112 | 4 | 1997–2010 | |
9 | Ahmed Fathy | 110 | 3 | 2002– |
10 | Rabie Yassin | 109 | 1 | 1982–1991 |
Top scorers
change- As of 24 March 2023
# | Player | Goals | Caps | Goals ratio | Career |
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1 | Hossam Hassan | 68 | 178 | 0.38 | 1985–2006 |
2 | Mohamed Salah | 55 | 89 | 0.56 | 2011– |
3 | Hassan El-Shazly | 42 | 62 | 0.67 | 1961–1975 |
4 | Mohamed Aboutrika | 38 | 100 | 0.38 | 2001–2013 |
5 | Ahmed Hassan | 33 | 184 | 0.18 | 1995–2012 |
6 | Amr Zaki | 30 | 63 | 0.48 | 2004–2013 |
7 | Emad Moteab | 28 | 70 | 0.40 | 2004– |
8 | Ahmed El-Kass | 25 | 112 | 0.22 | 1987–1997 |
9 | Gamal Abdelhamid | 24 | 79 | 0.30 | 1979–1993 |
10 | Mahmoud El Khatib | 24 | 54 | 0.44 | 1974–1986 |
References
change- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ http://www.superkoora.com/ar/match/55084/stats[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hazem Adel. "Egypt - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-09-13.