Egypt national futsal team

The Egyptian national futsal team represents Egypt during international futsal competitions. It is governed by the Egyptian Football Association and is one of the strongest teams in Africa having won the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations a record three times. They have also represented Africa the most in the FIFA Futsal World Cup, with seven appearances.

Egypt
Nickname(s)The Pharaohs
AssociationEgyptian Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
FIFA codeEGY
FIFA ranking24 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Egypt 6–6 Zimbabwe 
(Cairo, Egypt; 25 September 1996)
Biggest win
 Egypt 18–2 South Africa 
(Cairo, Egypt; 21 April 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 9–0 Egypt 
(Singapore; 28 November 2001)
World Cup
Appearances7 (First in 1996)
Best resultSixth Place, (2000)
African Futsal Championship
Appearances6 (First in 1996)
Best result Champions, (1996, 2000, 2004)
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2014)
Best result5th place, (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances2 (First in 2007)
Best result8th place, (2007)

Tournament records

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Egypt has reached the FIFA Futsal World Cup 7 times, the most in Africa. Egypt attended their first FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1996, when they achieved the first victory for Africa in the competition's history by beating Australia 8–2. Four years later, they reached the Second Round with notable victories over the likes of teams like Uruguay and Russia. Although a draw with Argentina would have granted them a place in the Semi-finals, they lost 3–4 to the South Americans and finished 6th place overall.

The Pharaohs appeared for the third successive time in Chinese Taipei and despite a first-round exit, they made their mark with the biggest margin of victory in the tournament, 12–0 over the hosts.[2]

Egypt didn't pass through the group stage again in 2008 but they progressed through the first round in 2012, losing to Italy 1-5.

Egypt appeared in the Quarterfinals in the 2016 edition, after a 4-3 revenge win against Italy in Extra Time. They would later lose to the eventual winners, Argentina. Egypt qualified to their 7th world cup appearance after reaching the final in the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup.

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Netherlands 1989Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992Did not enter
Spain 1996Round 131021319–6
Guatemala 2000Round 2630327270
Chinese Taipei 2004Round 131021612+4
Brazil 2008Round 14103912–3
Thailand 2012Round of 1642021214–2
Colombia 2016Quarterfinals52031317-4
Lithuania 2020Qualified
Total7/9251001590101–11

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Egypt has reached the final match of every tournament.

African Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Egypt 1996Champions43103112+19
Egypt 2000Champions3300305+25
2004Champions33004313+30
Libya 2008Runners-up63212712+15
Burkina Faso 2011Cancelled-------
South Africa 2016Runners-up53111411+3
Morocco 2020 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 20 13 +7
Total6/625194316363+100

Grand Prix de Futsal

Egypt were only invited twice.

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Brazil 2005Did not enter-------
Brazil 2006Did not enter-------
Brazil 20078th place51041619–3
Brazil 200810th place63031116–5
Brazil 2009-Brazil 2015Did not enter-------
Total2/11114072735-8

Futsal Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Libya 2009-Brazil 2013Did not enter-------
Kuwait 2014Round 13102811–3
Total1/33102811–3

Arab Futsal Championship

Arab Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA DIF
Egypt 1998Champions55004916+33
Egypt 2005Champions44003010+20
Libya 2007Runners-up5401217+14
Egypt 2008Runners-up5401238+15
Total4/419170212341+82

Player List

Head coach: Hesham Saleh

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Gamal Abdelnaser (1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 23) El-Alamein
2 1GK Mohamed Abdellatif (1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 21) Misr Lel-Makkasa
3 4FW Abdelrahman Elashwal (1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 22) Misr Lel-Makkasa
4 4FW Ahmed Homos (1993-05-02)2 May 1993 (aged 23) Misr Lel-Makkasa
5 2DF Essam Alla (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 22) El-Bank El-Ahly
6 2DF Mostafa Nader (1984-10-14)14 October 1984 (aged 31) Zamalek
7 2DF Ibrahim Eika (1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 28) Misr Lel-Makkasa
8 2DF Mizo (1985-10-15)15 October 1985 (aged 30) Misr Lel-Makkasa
9 2DF Mohamed Mido (1984-09-30)30 September 1984 (aged 31) El-Shams
10 4FW Ahmed Moza (1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 27) Misr Lel-Makkasa
11 2DF Said Bedir (1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 25) El-Olympi
12 4FW Mostafa Eid (1992-08-17)17 August 1992 (aged 24) Misr Lel-Makkasa
13 4FW Salah Hosny (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 26) El-Shorta
14 4FW Saber Sayed (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 (aged 27) Misr Lel-Makkasa

References

  1. Futsal World Ranking
  2. Egypt Futsal Team(EGY), September 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2008
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