For the second time in its history Egypt lost an AFCON final, and for the first time lost a final to their rival Cameroon. In this game, Egypt lost 3–1. The latest 2017/2018 Egypt squad including latest Egypt player roster numbers, videos, players stats and pictures of the squads. 1986:  Egypt 1994:  Nigeria In this game, Egypt won 1–0 against Ghana, with the goal scorer being Gedo. 1962:  Ethiopia In this game, Egypt won 0–1 thanks to a goal from Mohamed Aboutrika, helping Egypt win their sixth title. 1988:  Cameroon, 1990:  Algeria In the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, in Angola, Egypt qualified for the tournament. 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. Your Getty Images representative will discuss a renewal with you. The team's historical stadium is Cairo International Stadium, although they have played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria in recent years. 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. Tunisia, the hosts won their first title, beating Morocco in the final. Despite, they were a point below from entering the next round, which was the semi-finals. [7] Again, Egypt withdrew from the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations, against hosted in Ethiopia. Egypt was successful, defeating Uganda 2–1, Zambia with a score of 3–1, and the Ivory Coast by a score of 2–0. Championships ... Egypt Football Team Players & Line-Up. ... Egypt's votes for national icon … Book: "This is Yugoslavia: World Cup France 98" pag. Despite this defeat, Egypt qualified to the quarter-finals, as runners-up of Group D, and they were to face against the Ivory Coast. Feirense. However, in the third game, Egypt won 3–1 against the Ivory Coast, thus making Egypt as the group leader and advancing to the next round, the quarter-finals. Year of foundation 1921 Stadium Borg El Arab Capacity 86000 Coach Hector Cuper Web-site [24], Egypt qualified to the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, which was hosted in Tunisia. The IBM strategic repository for digital assets such as images and videos is located at dam.ibm.com. The top scorer of this tournament was Ad-Diba from Egypt with five goals. 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. If you have any information or updates of changes to the latest list, please contact us. This made Abdelgani the first African to score a penalty kick in the World Cup. RET Retired from the national team. Mohamed Salah's potential involvement at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be a decision for the player himself and Liverpool, Egypt's Olympic coach has confirmed. Egypt is notorious for holding a spectacular continental record yet failing to deliver in the world stage. In this game, Egypt lost 0–1 to Mali in Stade El Menzah in Tunis, thus knocking out Egypt from the tournament. 2012:  Zambia A 1–1 draw with the Netherlands gave the Egyptians their first point in the World Cup. The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months. Your Easy-access (EZA) account allows those in your organization to download content for the following uses: It overrides the standard online composite license for still images and video on the Getty Images website. {{selectedSize.discountPrice || selectedSize.price}}, {{ assetSizeLabel(selectedSize)}} {{formatPrice(selectedSize.discountPrice || selectedSize.price)}}, {{::t('download_workflow.download_will_be_saved_to_dropbox')}}. However, they scored in these three matches. In the quarter-finals, Egypt were to face Zambia. In 1990, Egypt was drawn in Group F with Ireland, England and the Netherlands. Matches against UAE and Morocco (in 1988), Kuwait (in 1989), Mali (twice in 1994) and Ghana (in 1997) are not considered full internationals by FIFA but they are recognised by the Egyptian FA. [22], For the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt entered as the defending champions. 1978:  Ghana This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Salah scored from the spot to become only the third Egyptian player to score at a World Cup. The Egypt national football team's tradition color is red. In the final round, Egypt lost all their games. No other rights or warranties are granted for comp use. In the group stage, Egypt were in Group A with Zambia, Uganda, and the Ivory Coast. 2010:  Egypt Then, Egypt advanced to the semi-finals to face the Ivory Coast. The second Smouha player to miss out on the final 23-man squad was left-back Ahmed Aboul-Fetouh, who joined the Alexandria-based club on loan from Zamalek last January. Egypt's national football team players take part in a training session on June 5, 2018, in Brussels on the eve of the International friendly football match between Egypt and Belgium prior to the Russia World Cup 2018. Egypt entered this championship as the current title holders. On 5 February 2017 in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final the 24 game unbeaten run came to an end after Cameroon defeated Egypt 2–1. In their first game, Egypt faced Angola, successful winning 2–1 with both goals scored from Ahmed El Kass. 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Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images In the 22nd minute, Abdallah Said's pass to Salah saw a lob that would score a goal. 2017:  Cameroon The squad included eight foreign-based players, most notably Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Elneny, Ahmed Elmohamady, Ahmed Hegazi, and Mahmoud Trezeguet. 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. Egypt's first Confederations Cup appearance was in 1999 as a result of winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 1998. [20], In the 1996 edition, hosted in South Africa, Egypt participated in this tournament. This is the current Egypt squad - click on any of the Egypt squad players to see videos, numbers, stats and pictures of that Egypt player. Egypt won their three group stage games, thus advancing to the quarter-finals, to face Cameroon. Caps and goals as of 18 November 2019 consequent to the match against Comoros. The four goalkeepers that were selected were Pyramids FC’s Ahmed El-Shennawy, Mohamed El-Shennawy of Al Ahly, Zamalek’s Mahmoud Gennesh, and Smouha’s keeper Mohamed Abou-Gabal. In the quarter-finals, they lost to Tunisia 0–1, the goal was scored by a penalty kick. This was marred with controversies since a lot of Egyptian celebrities had attended for free, possibly as a deal with an Egyptian Telephone Company. For the third-place match, Egypt lost to Morocco, making Egypt being in the fourth place rank. It lost to Hungary 4–2 in their first and only match in 1934. Egypt (2020) Egypt Mişr Choose year: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 … The first Egyptian national football team was constituted in 1920, the first African football team created to compete in the Summer Olympics in Belgium. print, commercial broadcast, film, digital), Anyone in your organization can use it an unlimited number of times for up to 15 years, worldwide, with uncapped indemnification, {{formatPrice(size.discountPrice || size.price)}}. Between 1958 and 1961, the country had a political unity 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 majority of the squad were based in Egypt, more specifically four from Al Ahly, four from Zamalek, five from Pyramids FC, and one from each of Ismaily and Arab Contractors. Egypt lost 2–3 against Zaire, so Egypt had to face Congo for third place. [23], In the 2002 African Cup of Nations, in Mali, Egypt qualified for this tournament. In their first game, against Tanzania, Egypt won 3–0. 1957:  Egypt 1963:  Ghana Despite their respectable continental record, Egypt has so far made only three appearances in the World Cup (in 1934, 1990 and 2018). In this game, Egypt won Senegal 2–1, thus making Egypt qualify for the final to face the Ivory Coast, after playing against each other in the group stage. Mohamed Salah's return date for Liverpool remains unclear with the forward continuing to have treatment on his ankle injury.