team representing Egypt in men ‘s international football
This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see Egypt women ‘s national football team
The Egypt national football team ( Arabic : منتخب مصر لكرة القدم ), known colloquially as “ the Pharaohs “, represents in men ‘s external football, and is governed by the Egyptian Football Association ( EFA ), the governing consistency of football in Egypt. The team ‘s historical stadium is Cairo International Stadium, although matches are sometimes played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.

The national football team of Egypt is the most successful team in the Africa Cup of Nations, having won the Tournament a record seven times, including the inaugural edition in 1957. Egypt is besides considered one of Africa ‘s powerhouses, being one of three teams in the continent that has reached the top 10. In the international stage, Egypt has so far made entirely three appearances in the World Cup ( in 1934, 1990 and 2018 ). Egypt was the foremost team outside the Americas and Europe to participate in the World Cup. They besides hold the record for the longest break between two appearances, and the oldest player to have ever played at the World Cup. Egypt is besides the alone national team that has a perfect fetching record against Germany. [ 3 ]

history [edit ]

Egypt national team in 1920 The first egyptian national football team was constituted in 1920, the first African football team created to compete in the Summer Olympics in Belgium. The afford match of their political campaign was a loss against the Italians. between 1958 and 1961, the country had a political oneness with Syria and went under the name of United Arab Republic, though the Egyptian team ‘s records are attributed to Egypt only by FIFA as it was represented by egyptian footballers and the team played in the Africa Cup of Nations. The Pharaohs had appeared in three FIFA World Cups and they are the most successful team in the Africa Cup of Nations, winning the competition seven times, with the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations being the most late one .

Africa Cup of Nations [edit ]

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 concluding. In the concluding, they faced Ethiopia, in which Egypt won 4–0, with these goals being scored by Ad-Diba, therefore making them champions for the first clock in the Africa Cup of Nations. The acme scorer of this tournament was Ad-Diba from Egypt with five goals. [ 4 ] In their moment engagement 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. [ 5 ] 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, frankincense losing their first final in the Africa Cup of Nations, along with Ethiopia becoming champions for the first time and besides being the first state to win it other than Egypt, who were champions doubly. [ 6 ] 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 moment, behind Sudan by goal remainder. Egypt, as runner-up in Group B, participated in the third place match, playing against Ethiopia, winning Ethiopia 3–0. [ 7 ] For the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt did qualify for the tournament, but they withdrew because of their diplomatic kinship with Tunisia, who were hosts of the tournament. [ 8 ] Again, Egypt withdrew from the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations, against hosted in Ethiopia. [ 9 ] 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 second then. In their opening catch, Egypt defeated Guinea by a grudge of 4–1, in which Ali Abo Greisha scored doubly, Hassan El Shazly scored once, and Taha Basry besides scored once during that game. Egypt ‘s following 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 inaugural seat, therefore advancing to the future 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 counterweight that put Egypt to extra time, before being scored again by Sudan, frankincense eliminating them from playing the concluding. 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. [ 10 ] 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. [ 11 ] however, Egypt returned for the 1974 African Cup of Nations, in which they were hosts for the beginning 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 base target. Egypt won Congo by a score of 4–0. [ 12 ] 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, besides 1–1. Despite this, Egypt advanced to the final round. In the final beat, Egypt lost all their games. egyptian empire lost to Morocco 2–1, 4–2 against Guinea, and 3–2 against Nigeria. however, they scored in these three matches. [ 13 ] This is the first Africa Cup of Nations tournament that Egypt lost 3 straight games. Egypt again failed to qualify for the 1978 African Cup of Nations in Ghana. [ 14 ] 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 beginning plot against the Ivory Coast 2–1, defeated Tanzania 2–1 besides, but lost to the horde Nigeria by a score of 1–0, scored by Okey Isima. Egypt progressed to the following orotund 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 membership. [ 15 ] Egypt withdrew during qualifying for the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations in Libya. [ 16 ] 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 grudge in penalties being 7–8, after drawing 2–2. For the third gear place match, Egypt lost 3–1 to Algeria. [ 17 ] even though Egypt were in fourthly place in the former 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 beginning 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, therefore becoming champions for the third base time since the tournament from 1959. [ 18 ] In the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, Egypt were not equally successful than in the 1986 edition. Egypt entered this championship as the stream title holders. They were in Group B with Cameroon, Nigeria, and Kenya. In their game against Cameroon, they lost 1–0 by a finish 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, besides in Stade Moulay Abdellah, with two goals from Gamal Abdelhamid and one goal from Ayman Younes. Despite, they were a item below from entering the future cycle, which was the semi-finals. [ 19 ] 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, therefore making Egypt fail to obtain at least one point for the first time in the Africa Cup of Nations. The scores the 3–1 get the better of to the Ivory Coast, the 1–0 kill to Nigeria, and the 2–0 get the better of to Algeria. [ 20 ] 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 besides. Egypt again failed to obtain a least a point for the second time, being back-to-back, along with losing all their games in the group stagecoach. [ 20 ] 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 irregular game, they drew against Nigeria 0–0. Egypt were able to qualify to the future round, which were the quarter-finals, being first place in Group B by goal dispute, to face Mali. In this crippled, Egypt lost 0–1 to Mali in Stade El Menzah in Tunis, therefore knocking out Egypt from the tournament. [ 21 ] In the 1996 version, 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 plot, however, Egypt lost 2–1 against Cameroon. In their third game, against South Africa, Egypt defeated South Africa 0–1, with the finish from El Kass. Egypt qualified to the quarter-finals, as runner-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 eliminate Egypt, with South Africa winning their first title, and as hosts. [ 22 ] 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 base crippled however, Egypt lost against Morocco, 1–0, with the goal scored in the 90th minute from Mustapha Hadji. Despite this get the better of, Egypt qualified to the quarter-finals, as runner-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 disembowel. This made Egypt progress 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 grade of 2–0, with the goals scored from Hassan. This made Egypt go to the final examination since the 1986 tournament, the lapp tournament that was their survive 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 one-fourth deed since they won as hosts in the 1986 tournament. [ 23 ] For the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt entered as the defend 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 pit against Zambia was a 2–0 victory, a 1–0 victory over Senegal, and a 4–2 succeed 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. [ 24 ] 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 open match, Egypt lost 0–1 to Senegal. however, Egypt won their two remaining group degree games, with the scores of 1–0 against Tunisia and 2–1 against Zambia. Egypt advanced to the quarter-finals, as runner-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 deed, being the second gear title won consecutively. [ 25 ] Egypt qualified to the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, which was hosted in Tunisia. Egypt were placed in Group C with Algeria, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon. Egypt won 1–2 against Zimbabwe, lost 2–1 to Algeria, and drew 0–0 against Cameroon. Egypt failed to qualify for the quarter-finals due to that Algeria scored a goal more than Egypt, after leveling on points and finish difference. Tunisia, the hosts won their first title, beating Morocco in the final. [ 26 ]
The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was hosted in Egypt, making Egypt automatically qualified. They were in Group A with Libya, Morocco, and the Ivory Coast. In the open equal, Egypt defeated Libya 3–0. In the second game, Egypt drew 0–0 against Morocco. however, in the third gear game, Egypt won 3–1 against the Ivory Coast, frankincense making Egypt as the group drawing card and advancing to the next round, the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals phase, Egypt faced DR Congo, in which Egypt won 4–1, therefore making Egypt advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Egypt faced Senegal. In this game, Egypt won Senegal 2–1, therefore making Egypt qualify for the final to face the Ivory Coast, after playing against each other in the group stage. In the final examination match, Egypt drew 0–0 with the Ivory Coast, sending them to extra time, and silent, the sexual conquest remained 0–0. After excess time, the game was taking to the punishment shoot-out phase. In the penalty shoot-out phase, Egypt were triumphant, winning 4–2 against the Ivory Coast, and claiming their fifth title, being the one-third claim won as hosts, the last meter Egypt won the tournament before this was in 1998. [ 27 ] In the 2008 African Nations Cup in Ghana, Egypt qualified for this tournament. In this tournament, Egypt were placed in Group C with Cameroon, Zambia, and Sudan. Egypt beat Cameroon 4–2, won against Sudan by a score of 3–0, but drew 1–1 against Zambia. Egypt entered the quarter-finals as the group leader. In the quarter-final, Egypt faced and beat Angola 2–1. then, Egypt advanced to the semi-finals to face the Ivory Coast. The last prison term they faced each other was in the 2006 final, in which Egypt won the game, claiming their fifth entitle. In the semi-finals, Egypt were victorious, beating Ivory Coast 1–4. Egypt advanced to the finals to face the Cameroonians. In this game, Egypt won 0–1 thanks to a goal from Mohamed Aboutrika, helping Egypt win their one-sixth title. [ 28 ] This besides marked Egypt winning two straight Africa Cup of Nations. In the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, in Angola, Egypt qualified for the tournament. Egypt were in Group C with Nigeria, Benin, and Mozambique. Egypt won their three group stagecoach games, therefore advancing to the quarter-finals, to face Cameroon. In this pit, Egypt won 3–1 after extra time, frankincense eliminating the cameroonian team. In the semi-finals, they faced Algeria, in which Egypt won 4–0, making Egypt go to the final for the third back-to-back time. In the final examination, Egypt faced Ghana. In this bet on, Egypt won 1–0 against Ghana, with the goal scorer being Gedo. This led Egypt to their one-seventh claim, win their third straight cup, become the foremost nation to win three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations titles, becoming the most successful team in this tournament. [ 29 ] however, for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, even though Egypt were the defend champions, they failed to qualify. After the Port Said Stadium belly laugh which caused the deaths of 74 people, the egyptian government shut down the domestic league for two years, which affected the egyptian national team, [ 30 ] resulting in their failure to qualify for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. For the third base consecutive time, Egypt failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, this time in equatorial Guinea in 2015. For the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, which was hosted in Gabon, Egypt had to qualify to enter. Egypt were seeded into Group G with Nigeria, Tanzania, and Chad. In their beginning game, against Tanzania, Egypt won 3–0. This made Egypt joint group drawing card by finish remainder with Nigeria, with both nations having won their beginning game. [ 31 ] On 4 June 2016, in their qualify away pit against Tanzania, Egypt won 2–0 and managed to secure their position in the 2017 version of the championship. This marked Egypt ‘s return to the rival after 7 years having missed out on the former 3 editions. In Gabon, Egypt registered a 0–0 hook against Mali in their first match in Group D. [ 32 ] consecutive 1–0 wins against Uganda and Ghana saw the Pharaohs qualify to the quarter-finals as group winners. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Egypt faced Morocco at the quarter-final stage, and defeated their North Africa rivals for the first time in 31 years to set up a semi-final clash with Burkina Faso. [ 35 ] Mohamed Salah ‘s goal against the Stallions was canceled out by an Aristide Bancé mint ; however, veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary saved two spot-kicks in the penalty gunfight to earn a spot in the concluding for his team. [ 36 ] Egypt then faced for the third base time at this stage Cameroon, hoping for history to repeat itself for an 8th title. Egypt opened the score before the break thanks to Arsenal ‘s midfielder Elneny. however, Cameroon stepped up its game in the second one-half and Nicolas Nkoulou scored the equalizer before Vincent Aboubakar scored the second base goal in the last minutes. For the second time in its history Egypt lost an AFCON final, and for the first gear clock time lost a final to their rival Cameroon. In the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations at the Egyptian home turf, Egypt was amazingly knocked out by South Africa in the polish of 16, despite three wins in the group stage. The mexican head bus Javier Aguirre was late sacked along with the hale technical and administrative staff of the national team a well. [ 37 ]

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Egypt has qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times : in 1934, in 1990 and for the 2018 editions. Egypt was the first african nation to qualify for the World Cup. The time it took Egypt to qualify for two consecutive tournaments ( 56 years between 1934 and 1990 ) is a World Cup Record that is shared only with Norway ( 1938 and 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. This still remains as their best World Cup in terms of rank, since they were only 16 countries and no group stage. In 1990, Egypt qualified after beating Algeria 1–0 in the playoffs. They were 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 punishment. This made him the first gear African actor to score a penalty kick in the World Cup. A 1–1 draw with european Champions ; Netherlands gave the Egyptians their first point in the World Cup. They then drew again, this time scoreless, with Ireland, in what is considered one of the most bore World Cup games ever. While the Egyptians needed good another draw to progress to the adjacent circle, they lost 1–0 to England. On 8 October 2017, Egypt qualified for the 2018 World Cup after a 2–1 gain over Congo. [ 38 ] The two goals were scored by Mohamed Salah with the second one in a dramatic last-minute penalty. 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 amulet 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 counterattacks. The first half was a bore, scoreless draw. In the second one-half, things were looking good for Uruguay, who had more goal-scoring chances, however, El Shenawy made respective key saves including a strong kick back from Cavani. Near the end, Uruguay had gotten a barren kick near the finish. But Cavani ‘s blastoff hit the post. In the 89th minute, right when it seemed the two sides would draw, Jimenez scored a heading from a complimentary kick back, ruining Egypt ‘s pipe dream. Due to strong saves by Egypt ‘s goalkeeper, he was voted world of the couple but he refused the reward due to the sponsorship by Budweiser. [ 39 ] Against the hosts, Egypt was more optimistic due to Salah being called up as a starter. The first half was calm hard for Egypt who had higher monomania of the ball and made respective goal-scoring opportunities, but the first base half was scoreless. In the moment half, Russia scored when El Shenawy ‘s punch went to Roman Zobnin, who kicked very decrepit but Ahmed Fathy, who got the ball, attempted to toss the ball outside but scored an own goal right in the corner. This led to Egypt ‘s morale going down, with two more goals coming right after. Mário Fernandes drove into the corner before supplying a cut-back from the good for Denis Cheryshev to slot home Russia ‘s second with his forget foot. Artem Dzyuba made it 3–0 as he took a loft ball into the box down on his chest, taking a touch to go past Ali Gabr and finish between El Shenawy ‘s leg with a broken shooting. Salah won a punishment after he was fouled by Zobnin – although it was alone given after a consultation with the video adjunct reviewer as the referee had initially said the crime took stead outside the box. Salah scored from the spot to become only the third Egyptian musician to score at a World Cup. This was Egypt ‘s first goal in 28 years. egyptian empire could have been awarded a second penalty but it went unobserved by the reviewer, ending the game 3–1 in favor of the russian hosts, formally ended Egypt ‘s campaign with a game to spare. Egypt ‘s third and final match in its 2018 campaign was a Red Sea Derby against Saudi Arabia, which was besides out of competition after similarly two losses. 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 finish. This was the first non-penalty finish since 1934 and the first time that Egypt had led in a world cup equal ( excluding Fawzi ‘s hat-trick that was ruled offside by the referee back in 1934. ) Five minutes before the interval Ahmed Fathy was adjudged to have measuredly handled Yasser Al-Shahrani ‘s cross inside the sphere. El Hadary produced a save to deny Fahad Al-Muwallad but his celebrations were cut curtly when a second penalty was awarded for Ali Gabr ‘s tug on Al-Muwallad ‘s shirt. Salman Al-Faraj stepped up this meter to fire past the goalkeeper and draw his side level. Egypt substitute Kahraba fired square at Al-Mosailem recently on. Salem Al-Dawsari finished a right-footed volley past El Hadary in the close stages. The second penalty shoot was the latest finish 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 hour to which the referee ended the match right after. Hector Cuper, who was criticized ascribable to his defensive strategies against Saudi Arabia, was sacked. [ 40 ] The Egyptian Football Association was besides criticized due to having its base in Chechnya, a russian state that has no football history and is far from where Egypt ‘s matches were played. [ 41 ] The egyptian media and the public heavily criticized EFA ‘s management of the team. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ]

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

Kits and crests [edit ]

The Egypt national football team ‘s Home color is red, away is white and third base is green .

Kit suppliers [edit ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

Matches played in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches.

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

stream staff [edit ]

former managers [edit ]

Note: 1 A committee of six former Egypt internationals .

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

The following players were selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations between 9 January and 6 February 2022. [ 46 ] [ 47 ]

Information correct as of 18 December 2021, after the match against Qatar.

holocene call-ups [edit ]

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

Records [edit ]

individual records [edit ]

As of 18 December 2021[48]
Players in bold are still active with Egypt.

team records [edit ]

In 2017, Egypt set a new record of 24 consecutive Africa Cup of Nations matches played without kill, dating back to their last tournament appearance in 2010. During this range, Egypt besides reached a record nine consecutive wins in AFCON matches after beating Ghana in the 2010 final, while becoming the first team to win three consecutive AFCON titles. The unbeaten run came to an end on 5 February 2017, after Egypt lost 1–2 to Cameroon in the 2017 final .

competitive records [edit ]

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Africa Cup of Nations [edit ]

Africa Cup of Nations record Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year Round Position * Squad
Sudan1957 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 6 1 Squad No Qualification
United Arab Republic1959 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 6 1 Squad No Qualification
Ethiopia1962 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 5 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Ghana1963 Semi-finals 3rd 3 2 1 0 11 5 Squad
Tunisia1965 Withdrew after qualifying
Ethiopia1968 Withdrew 3 2 1 0 6 4
Sudan1970 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 1 1 10 5 Squad 2 1 1 0 2 1
Cameroon1972 Did not qualify 4 3 0 1 6 6
Egypt1974 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 13 5 Squad Qualified as hosts
Ethiopia1976 Semi-finals 4th 6 1 2 3 9 12 Squad 4 3 1 0 11 3
Ghana1978 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 4 5
Nigeria1980 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 1 2 6 7 Squad 2 1 0 1 4 3
Libya1982 Withdrew 2 2 0 0 7 3
Ivory Coast1984 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 2 1 6 6 Squad 4 2 1 1 3 2
Egypt1986 Champions 1st 5 3 1 1 5 1 Squad Qualified as hosts
Morocco1988 Group stage 6th 3 1 1 1 3 1 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Algeria1990 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 6 Squad 4 2 1 1 8 2
Senegal1992 Group stage 11th 2 0 0 2 0 2 Squad 6 3 3 0 13 5
Tunisia1994 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 1 1 4 1 Squad 6 2 2 2 6 5
South Africa1996 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 5 6 Squad 10 6 3 1 24 5
Burkina Faso1998 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 10 1 Squad 6 2 3 1 12 4
GhanaNigeria2000 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 3 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Mali2002 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 3 3 Squad 6 4 1 1 11 6
Tunisia2004 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 3 Squad 4 3 0 1 14 1
Egypt2006 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 12 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
Ghana2008 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 15 5 Squad 6 3 3 0 9 2
Angola2010 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 15 2 Squad 13 9 1 3 22 7
Equatorial GuineaGabon2012 Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 5 5
South Africa2013 2 0 1 1 3 4
Equatorial Guinea2015 6 2 0 4 5 6
Gabon2017 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 5 3 Squad 4 3 1 0 7 1
Egypt2019 Round of 16 10th 4 3 0 1 5 1 Squad 6 4 1 1 16 5
Cameroon2021 Qualified 6 3 3 0 10 3
Ivory Coast2023 To be determined To be determined
Guinea2025
Total 7 Titles 25/33 100 57 17 26 164 88 113 61 29 23 207 87

FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]

egyptian empire appeared in two of the ten-spot FIFA Confederations Cups contested, being eliminated in the group degree on both occasions. Egypt ‘s beginning Confederations Cup appearance was in 1999 as a consequence of winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 1998. The moment 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, defeating them 1–0 in the moment couple of the group stage .

FIFA Arab Cup [edit ]

Pan Arab Games [edit ]

Olympic Games record [edit ]

All-Africa Games record [edit ]

  • Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams

Palestine Cup of Nations [edit ]

african Games [edit ]

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.
African Games
Appearances: 3
Year/Host Round
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville 1965 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 5 8
NigeriaLagos 1973 Bronze medalists 5 3 0 2 12 12 3 2 1 0 7 4
AlgeriaAlgiers 1978 Withdrew during tournament 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 0
KenyaNairobi 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

all-time results [edit ]

The following board shows Egypt ‘s all-time international record, correct as of 11 October 2021 .

Against Played Won Drawn Lost
Total 686 334 159 177 1117 701

Egypt – diachronic results

Honours [edit ]

african competitions [edit ]

Champions: 1st place, gold medalist(s)1987, 1st place, gold medalist(s)1995
Third place: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1973
Runners-up: 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Arabic competitions [edit ]

Champions: 1st place, gold medalist(s)1953, 1st place, gold medalist(s)1965, 1st place, gold medalist(s)1992*, 1st place, gold medalist(s)2007 (Most successful team)
Runners-up: 2nd place, silver medalist(s)1961
Champions: 1st place, gold medalist(s)1992*
Third Place: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1988
Champions: 1st place, gold medalist(s)1972, 1st place, gold medalist(s)1975 (Most successful team)

Note : * The 1992 version organised as region of the Pan Arab Games, and besides counted as arabian Cup .

early competitions [edit ]

Mediterranean Games

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

7th November Cup

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Nile Basin Tournament

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. a b[49] Matches against UAE and Morocco ( in 1988 ), Kuwait ( in 1989 ), Mali ( doubly in 1994 ) and Ghana ( in 1997 ) are not considered wide internationals by FIFA but they are recognised by the egyptian FA .

Egypt is the only national team that won the Africa Cup Of Nations 3 times in a row

References [edit ]

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