Egypt national under-23 football team
Nickname(s) | الفراعنة (The Pharaohs) | ||
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Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
Head coach | Hossam El-Badry | ||
Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
FIFA code | EGY | ||
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Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 11 (first in Antwerp 1920) | ||
Best result | Fourth Place Amsterdam 1928, Tokyo 1964 | ||
All-Africa Games | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1973) | ||
Best result | Gold Medal, Nairobi 1987, Harare 1995 |
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
History
Egypt had a great history in Olympic football first time appearance was in Antwerp – Belgium during the 1920 summer Olympics played one match against Italy, first ever official international match for the Pharaohs they lost 2/1 on August 20, 1920. And the legendary story goes on, 9 more times the Egyptian flag rose in the Olympic football Erena achieving the fourth place twice in Amsterdam 1928 and Tokyo 1964. since FIFA decided to make the Olympic football an under 23 years tournament Egypt qualified Twice in Barcelona 1992, London 2012.
Player eligibility
Players who are selected, will be 23 or younger in the following Olympic year. With the next Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro 2016, players need to be born on or after 1 January 1993. At the Olympic finals tournament, the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.
Competitive records
Olympic Games record
Football at the Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Appearances: 11 | Qualified : 13 | ||||||||||||
Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Athens 1896 | No football tournament | ||||||||||||
Paris 1900 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||||||
Saint Louis 1904 | |||||||||||||
London 1908 | |||||||||||||
Stockholm 1912 | |||||||||||||
Antwerp 1920 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | No Qualification | |||||
Paris 1924 | Quarter-final | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
Amsterdam 1928 | Fourth Place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19 | ||||||
Los Angeles 1932 | No football tournament | ||||||||||||
Berlin 1936 | First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | No Qualification | |||||
London 1948 | First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Helsinki 1952 | First Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
Melbourne 1956 | Withdrew from Finals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
Roma 1960 | First Round | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
Tokyo 1964 | Fourth Place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
Mexico 1968 | Withdrew from Qualifiers | ||||||||||||
Munich 1972 | Did Not Qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Montreal 1976 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Moscow 1980 | Withdrew from Finals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
Los Angeles 1984 | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Seoul 1988 | Did Not Qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 9/19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 51 | 71 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 |
Barcelona 1992 | First Round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
Atlanta 1996 | Did Not Qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
Sydney 2000 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||||||
Athens 2004 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
Beijing 2008 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
London 2012 | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Did Not Qualify | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 2/6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 39 |
- Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the Olympic football tournament was open to full senior national teams.
Results of Egypt's Senior Team in Football Olympic Competitions
First round
Eighth Place Match
September 2, 1920 10:00 |
Egypt | 4–2 | Yugoslavia |
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Abaza ??', ??' Allouba ??' Hegazi ??' |
Report | Dubravčić ??' Ružić ??' |
Second round
Quarter-finals
First round
May 28, 1928 19:00 |
Egypt | 7–1 | Turkey |
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El-Hassany 20' (pen.) Riad 27' Mokhtar 46', 50', 63' El-Sayed Hooda 53' El-Zobeir 86' |
Report | Refet 71' |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
June 9, 1928 16:00 |
Italy | 11–3 | Egypt |
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Schiavo 6', 42', 58' Baloncieri 14', 52' Banchero 19', 39', 44' Magnozzi 72', 80', 88' |
Report | Riad 12', 16' El-Ezam 60' |
First round
August 5, 1936 17:30 |
Austria | 3–1 | Egypt |
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Steinmetz 4' 65' Laudon 7' |
Report | Sakr 85' |
Berlin Mommsenstadion Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR) |
First round
31 July 1948 18:30 |
Denmark | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
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K. Hansen 82' 95' Pløger 119' (p.k.) |
Report | El Guindy 83' |
Selhurst Park, South Norwood Referee: Stanley Boardman (GBR) |
Preliminary round
July 16, 1952 19:00 |
Egypt | 5–4 | Chile |
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Elfar 27' Mechaury 43' Eldizwi 66' 75' 80' |
Report | Jara 7' 78' Vial 14' 88' |
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Referee: John Nilsson (SWE) |
First round
First round – Group A
August 26, 1960 12:00 |
Yugoslavia | 6–1 | United Arab Republic |
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Rifai 3' (o.g.) Galić 30' (pen.) Kostić 32', 61', 63' Knez 49' |
Report | Attia 72' |
August 29, 1960 12:00 |
Bulgaria | 2–0 | United Arab Republic |
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Naidenov Yordanov 42' Diev 88' |
Report |
L'Aquila Referee: Helge (DNK) |
September 1, 1960 12:00 |
United Arab Republic | 3–3 | Turkey |
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Attia 10' Kottb 58', 65' |
Report | Tahran 15' Koken 30' Yalcinkaya 69' |
Livorno Referee: van Nuffel (BEL) |
First round – Group C
October 14, 1964 12:00 |
Czechoslovakia | 5–1 | United Arab Republic |
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Vojta 5' 27' Urban 36' Mráz 83' Cvetler 84' |
Report | Riad 53' |
October 16, 1964 12:00 |
United Arab Republic | 10–0 | South Korea |
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Riad 14' 17' 40' 48' 72' 77' Mohamed 50' Elfanagili 61' Etman 66' Hassan 78' |
Report |
Quarterfinals
October 18, 1964 12:00 |
United Arab Republic | 5–1 | Ghana |
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Badawi 42' 61' Riad 65' Elfanagili 69' 85' |
Report | Mfum 37' |
Semifinals
October 20, 1964 12:00 |
Hungary | 6–0 | United Arab Republic |
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Bene 7' 20' 66' 77' Komora 29' 58' |
Report |
Tokyo Referee: Comesana (ARG) |
Bronze medal match
October 23, 1964 12:00 |
Germany | 3–1 | United Arab Republic |
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Frenzel 17' Vogel 48' Stöcker 56' |
Report | Attia 75' (p.k.) |
Tokyo Referee: Yokohama (JPN) |
First round – Group D
July 31, 1984 19:00 |
Egypt | 4–1 | Costa Rica |
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Khatib 32' Sayed 35' Soliman 62' Gadallah 71' |
Report | Coronado 87' |
Quarter-finals
Results of Egypt's Olympic Team in Football Olympic Competitions
First round – Group B
July 29, 1992 19:00 |
Colombia | 3–4 | Egypt |
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Gaviria 9', 84' Pacheco 14' |
Report | Sadek 27' El-Masry 47' Khashba 91', 94' |
- Additional information: Egypt U-23 in The 2012 Summer Olympics
First round – Group C
Quarter-finals
All-Africa Games record
All-Africa Games | ||||||||
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Appearances: 7 | ||||||||
Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Brazzaville 1965 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Lagos 1973 | Bronze Medal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |
Algiers 1978 | Withdrew after Round 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
Nairobi 1987 | Gold Medal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
Cairo 1991 | Fifth Place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
Harare 1995 | Gold Medal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
Johannesburg 1999 | Didn't qualify | |||||||
Abuja 2003 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Algiers 2007 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
Maputo 2011 | Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Brazzaville 2015 | Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 7/11 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 39 |
- Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.
Results of Egypt's Senior Team in All Africa Games Football Competitions
Group B - Hosted in Ibadan.
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
Upper Volta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Source:[1]
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Algeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
Libya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
Malawi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
- Libya disqualified from the tournament due to their attack on the Egyptian team during the match . The match were abandoned
- Egypt withdraw from the tournament due to the attack of the Libyan players on the Egyptian team and in protest of the bad intervention of the Algerian security against the Egyptian team'
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Malawi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Senegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | –4 | 0 |
Semifinals
Final
Results of Egypt's Olympic Team in All Africa Games Football Competitions
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
5th Place Match
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Congo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
SEMIFINALS
FINAL
Abuja 2003 Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Ghana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
5 October 2003 |
Cameroon | 3 - 1 | Egypt |
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Paul Essola 55' (p) Geremi Ndjock 72' Eyoum Ekwala 78' |
Gamal Hamza 19' |
Algiers 2007 Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Zambia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
10 July 2007 |
Algeria | 2 - 1 | Egypt |
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Hadj Bouguèche 66' Sofiane Younès 82' |
Amr El Halwani 69' |
Stade Mustapha Tchake, Blida |
13 July 2007 |
Zambia | 3 - 1 | Egypt |
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Felix Sunzu 14' Timothy Mbewe 35' Signs Chibambo 51' |
Ibrahim Mohamed 74' |
Kolea |
16 July 2007 |
Egypt | 2 - 3 | Guinea |
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Reda El-Weshi 4' 68' | Mohamed Camara 78' Mohamed Col Camara 79' AK Bangoura 86' |
Stade Mustapha Tchake, Blida |
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations | ||||||||||
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Appearances: 2 | ||||||||||
Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
Morocco 2011 | Bronze Medal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||
Senegal 2015 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
Total | 2/2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
Recent and future matches
Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's qualification
First round
Second round
On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Burundi, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven team competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification
Third round
2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Final Stage
Group stage
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Knockout stage |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
2 December 2015 18:00 |
Nigeria | 2–2 | Egypt |
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Oghenekaro 21' (pen.), 30' (pen.) | Report | Sobhi 47' Amaefule 54' (o.g.) |
Recent results
Official Match | Friendly Match | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Home Matches | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
Away Matches | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 |
TOTAL | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 14 |
Current squad and recent call ups
Current squad
Source:[2]
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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GK | Mossad Awad | 15 January 1993 (aged 23) | Al Ahly | |
DF | Ibrahim El-Hadad | 1 February 1993 (aged 23) | Wadi Degla | |
DF | Ibrahim Hassan | 30 September 1993 (aged 22) | Al Ahly | |
FW | Kahraba | 13 April 1994 (aged 22) | Zamalek | |
DF | Mahmoud Metwalli | 4 January 1993 (aged 23) | Ismaily | |
DF | Ramy Rabia | 20 May 1993 (aged 23) | Al Ahly | |
MF | Ahmed Refeat | 20 June 1993 (aged 23) | ENPPI | |
FW | Omar Bassam | 17 December 1993 (aged 22) | Al Ahly | |
MF | Saleh Gomaa | 1 August 1993 (aged 23) | Al Ahly SC | |
FW | Ahmed Samir | 25 August 1994 (aged 21) | Ismaily SC | |
MF | Mahmoud Hamad | 10 November 1993 (aged 22) | Ismaily | |
MF | Hossam Ghaly | 1 January 1993 (aged 23) | Smouha SC | |
DF | Sherif Adel "Dabo" | 28 January 1994 (aged 22) | ENPPI | |
GK | Mahmoud Hamdy | 1 November 1993 (aged 22) | Zamalek | |
DF | Ossama Ibrahim | 1 April 1993 (aged 23) | ENPPI | |
FW | Ahmed Hassan Koka | 5 March 1993 (aged 23) | Sporting Braga | |
MF | Mohamed Sherif | 5 January 1993 (aged 23) | Ismaily | |
MF | Mahmoud Hassan | 1 October 1994 (aged 21) | RSC Anderlecht | |
GK | Hassan Mahmoud | 10 March 1993 (aged 23) | Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab | |
DF | Yasser Ibrahim | 10 February 1993 (aged 23) | Smouha SC | |
DF | Karim Hafez | 12 March 1996 (aged 20) | Omonia | |
DF | Ragab Nabil | 18 October 1993 (aged 22) | Wadi Degla | |
MF | Ramadan Sobhy | 27 June 1997 (aged 19) | Al Ahly | |
MF | Mostafa Fathi | 25 February 1995 (aged 21) | Zamalek | |
MF | Mohamed Ashraf | 13 July 1995 (aged 21) | Masry Port Said | |
MF | Mahmoud Hamdi | 1 June 1995 (aged 21) | El Geish | |
FW | Mohamed Salem | 27 June 1994 (aged 22) | Zamalek | |
FW | Amr Warda | 13 September 1993 | Panetolikos | |
MF | Islam Salah Bekhit | 1 December 1994 (aged 21) | El Gouna FC | |
DF | Mostafa Gomaa | 10 April 1993 (aged 23) | Harras El Hodoud | |
DF | Mohamed Adel Gomaa | 21 March 1993 (aged 23) | Zamalek | |
DF | Abdelrahman Hassan | 1 January 1993 (aged 23) | Ismaily | |
DF | Sayed Shabrawy | 1 April 1993 (aged 23) | Aswan | |
MF | Mohamed Fathi | 15 October 1993 (aged 22) | Petrojet | |
GK | Mohamed Fawzi | 10 July 1993 (aged 23) | Ghazl Mahalla | |
FW | Khaled Kassab | 8 July 1993 (aged 23) | Ghazl Mahalla | |
FW | Youssef Ibrahim | 26 May 1995 (aged 21) | Ittehad Alexandria | |
MF | Karim Bambo | 13 May 1993 (aged 23) | Al Ahly | |
FW | Shokry Naguib | 1 May 1993 (aged 23) | Ismaily | |
FW | Mohamed Alaa | 1 July 1995 (aged 21) | Ismaily | |
MF | Omar El Wahsh | 3 April 1995 (aged 21) | Ismaily | |
MF | Abdallah Gomaa | 10 January 1996 (aged 20) | ENPPI |
Former squads
- 1920 Summer Olympics squads
- 1924 Summer Olympics squads
- 1928 Summer Olympics squads
- 1936 Summer Olympics squads
- 1948 Summer Olympics squads
- 1952 Summer Olympics squads
- 1960 Summer Olympics squads
- 1964 Summer Olympics squads
- 1984 Summer Olympics squads
- 1992 Summer Olympics squads
- 2012 Summer Olympics squads
References
- ↑ "All-Africa Games 1973". rsssf.com.
- ↑ "Egypt's U-23 Team page at EFA site". www.efa.com.