Egypt national under-23 football team

The Egypt national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر الأوليمبى), nicknamed The Pharaohs (Arabic: الفراعنة), is the national team of Egypt Under-23 and is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. The team's main objectives are to qualify and play at the All-Africa Games and Olympic Games. As of Tokyo 2020, players need to be born on or after 1 January 1997 but the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.

Egypt U-23
Nickname(s)الفراعنة (The Pharaohs)
AssociationEgyptian Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachShawky Gharieb
Home stadiumCairo International Stadium
FIFA codeEGY
First colours
Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances11 (first in 1920)
Best resultFourth Place (1928, 1964)
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Appearances3 (first in 2011)
Best resultWinners (2019)
African Games
Appearances7 (first in 1973)
Best resultGold Medal (1987, 1995)

They have qualified for the Olympics games 15 times- a record for the African Continent.

History

Egypt's history in Olympic football is one of the longest outside of Europe. The team's first appearance was in Antwerp where they played one match against Italy. This was the first official international match for the Pharaohs as they lost 2-1 on August 20, 1920. Egypt would later qualify for 9 straight tournaments from 1920 to 1964. The Pharaohs achieved Fourth Place in Amsterdam 1928 and Tokyo 1964. This means that Egypt is the best team that never won a medal at the Olympics (most 4th place finishes without a higher finish).

However, since FIFA decided to make the Olympic football an under 23-year tournament, Egypt has only qualified three times (Barcelona 1992, London 2012 and Tokyo 2020), reaching the quarterfinals in 2012.

Egypt qualified to the 2012 Olympics after beating Senegal in the Bronze Metal Match. They missed out on the 2016 Olympics but reached the 2020 Olympics.

Competitive records

Olympic Games record

Football at the Olympic Games
Appearances: 12 Qualified : 14
Year/Host Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Athens 1896No football tournament
Paris 1900 - Stockholm 1912Did Not Participate
Antwerp 1920First round100112No Qualification
Paris 1924Quarter-final210135
Amsterdam 1928Fourth Place42021219
Los Angeles 1932No football tournament
Berlin 1936First Round100113No Qualification
London 1948First Round100113
Helsinki 1952First Round210167
Melbourne 1956Withdrew from Finals220093
Roma 1960First Round30124114301115
Tokyo 1964Fourth Place621318164310146
Mexico 1968Withdrew from Qualifiers
Munich 1972Did Not Qualify210123
Montreal 1976201112
Moscow 1980Withdrew from Finals413074
Los Angeles 1984Quarter-final411255632163
Seoul 1988Did Not Qualify421172
Total9/1924731451712815855728
Barcelona 1992First Round3102566420113
Atlanta 1996Did Not Qualify421154
Sydney 20008431159
Athens 20046006113
Beijing 2008412164
London 2012Quarter-final4112689513126
Rio de Janeiro 2016Did Not Qualify110040
Tokyo 2020Qualified
Total2/67214111437169125439

All-Africa Games record

All-Africa Games
Appearances: 7
Year/Host Round Pld W D L GF GA
Brazzaville 1965Did not qualify------
Lagos 1973Bronze Medal53021212
Algiers 1978Withdrew after Round 1321062
Nairobi 1987Gold Medal531175
Cairo 1991Fifth Place411256
Harare 1995Gold Medal540183
Johannesburg 1999Didn't qualify
Abuja 2003Group Stage300326
Algiers 2007Group Stage300348
Maputo 2011Withdrew------
Brazzaville 2015Withdrew------
Total7/1128133124439

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 3
Year/Host Round Pld W D L GF GA
Morocco 2011 Bronze Medal 530274
Senegal 2015 Group Stage 302134
Egypt 2019Champions5500114
Total3/3127231911

Current squad and recent call ups

Current squad

Coach: Shawky Gharieb

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Omar Radwan (1997-07-31)31 July 1997 (aged 22) El Gouna
2 4FW Amar Hamdy (1999-03-07)7 March 1999 (aged 20) Al Ahly
3 2DF Mahmoud Saber (1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 21) El Gouna
4 2DF Osama Galal (1997-09-17)17 September 1997 (aged 22) ENPPI
5 2DF Mohamed Abdel Salam (1997-10-01)1 October 1997 (aged 22) Zamalek
6 3MF Mohamed Sadek (1997-07-07)7 July 1997 (aged 22) Ismaily
7 4FW Salah Mohsen (1998-09-01)1 September 1998 (aged 21) Al Ahly
8 3MF Nasser Maher (1997-02-08)8 February 1997 (aged 22) Smouha
9 4FW Nasser Mansi (1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 21) Tala'ea El Gaish
10 3MF Ramadan Sobhi (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 22) Al Ahly
11 4FW Mostafa Mohamed (1997-11-28)28 November 1997 (aged 21) Zamalek
12 3MF Akram Tawfik (1997-11-08)8 November 1997 (aged 22) El Gouna
13 2DF Karim El-Eraky (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 21) Al Masry
14 4FW Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 21) El Gouna
15 4FW Emam Ashour (1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 21) Zamalek
16 1GK Omar Salah (1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 21) Smouha
17 2DF Ahmed Ramadan (1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 22) Wadi Degla
18 3MF Ghanam Mohamed (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 22) El Entag El Harby
19 3MF Abdel Rahman Magdy (1997-09-12)12 September 1997 (aged 22) Ismaily
20 2DF Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (1998-03-22)22 March 1998 (aged 21) Smouha
21 1GK Mohamed Sobhy (1999-07-15)15 July 1999 (aged 20) Zamalek

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

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

2019

8 March International Friendly Egypt  2–0  Malawi Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Gamal  45+2' (pen.)
  • El Gohary  90+3'
Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy (Egypt)
22 March International Friendly Egypt  2–0  United States Murcia, Spain
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena
26 March International Friendly Egypt  0–1  Netherlands U-21 Murcia, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Referee: Salvador Lax Franco (Spain)
9 June International Friendly Uzbekistan  2–0  Egypt Andijan, Uzbekistan
18:00 UZST (UTC+5)
  • Abdukhalikov  32'
  • Ganiev  90+3'
Report Stadium: Soghlom Avlod Stadium
11 June International Friendly Uzbekistan  3–2  Egypt Andijan, Uzbekistan
18:30 UZST (UTC+5)
Report
Stadium: Soghlom Avlod Stadium
7 September International Friendly Egypt  4–1  Saudi Arabia Suez, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Suez Stadium
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt)
10 September International Friendly Egypt  1–0  Saudi Arabia Cairo, Egypt
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)
  • Galal  6'
Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
11 October International Friendly Egypt  1–1  South Africa Ismailia, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
8 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Group A Egypt  1–0  Mali Cairo, Egypt
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
11 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Group A Ghana  2–3  Egypt Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
14 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Group A Egypt  2–1  Cameroon Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
19 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Semi-finals Egypt  3–0  South Africa Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
22 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Final Egypt  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
  • Doumbia  89'
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

2020

Former squads

References

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