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.
Nickname(s) | الفراعنة (The Pharaohs) | ||
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Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
Head coach | Shawky Gharieb | ||
Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
FIFA code | EGY | ||
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Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 12 (first in 1920) | ||
Best result | Fourth Place (1928, 1964) | ||
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2011) | ||
Best result | ![]() | ||
African Games | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1973) | ||
Best result | ![]() |
They have qualified for the Olympics games 14 times, more than any other African nation. Although they withdrew from the 1956 and the 1980 tournaments after qualifying.
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.
Results and fixtures
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2019
8 March International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
20:00 CAT (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy (Egypt) |
22 March International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Murcia, Spain |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Pinatar Arena |
26 March International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Murcia, Spain |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Salvador Lax Franco (Spain) |
9 June International Friendly | Uzbekistan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Andijan, Uzbekistan |
18:00 UZST (UTC+5) |
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Report | Stadium: Soghlom Avlod Stadium |
11 June International Friendly | Uzbekistan ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Andijan, Uzbekistan |
18:30 UZST (UTC+5) | Report |
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Stadium: Soghlom Avlod Stadium |
7 September International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Suez, Egypt |
20:00 CAT (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt) |
10 September International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
19:00 CAT (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt) |
11 October International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Ismailia, Egypt |
20:00 CAT (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt) |
13 October International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
20:00 CAT (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt) |
8 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Group A | Egypt ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
19:00 CAT (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi) |
11 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Group A | Ghana ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
20:00 CAT (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar) |
19 November 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Semi-finals | Egypt ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | 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.) | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
20:00 CAT (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar) |
2020
12 November 2020 International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
20:00 (UTC+2) | Stadium: Al Salam Stadium |
17 November 2020 International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
21:00 (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium |
2021
10 June 2021 International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Suez, Egypt |
20:00 (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Suez Stadium |
13 June 2021 International Friendly | Egypt ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Suez, Egypt |
19:00 (UTC+2) | Stadium: Suez Stadium |
22 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group C | Egypt ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Sapporo, Japan |
16:30 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Sapporo Dome Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
25 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group C | Egypt ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Sapporo, Japan |
16:30 UTC+9 | Report |
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Stadium: Sapporo Dome Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria) |
28 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group C | Australia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Rifu, Japan |
20:00 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Miyagi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
31 July 2020 Summer Olympics Quarterfinals | Brazil ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Saitama, Japan |
19:00 UTC+9 |
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Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
Players
Current squad
Coach: Shawky Gharieb
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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22 | GK | Mohamed Sobhhy | 15 July 1999 (aged 21) | ![]() |
16 | GK | Mahmoud Gad | 1 October 1998 (aged 22) | ![]() |
5 | DF | Mohamed Abdel Salam | 1 October 1997 (aged 23) | ![]() |
4 | DF | Osama Galal | 17 September 1997 (aged 23) | ![]() |
17 | DF | Ahmed Ramadan | 23 March 1997 (aged 24) | ![]() |
13 | DF | Karim El-Eraky | 29 November 1997 (aged 22) | ![]() |
3 | DF | Karim Fouad | 1 October 1999 (aged 20) | ![]() |
20 | DF | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh | 22 March 1998 (aged 22) | ![]() |
12 | MF | Akram Tawfik | 8 November 1997 (aged 23) | ![]() |
2 | MF | Amar Hamdy | 26 November 1999 (aged 21) | ![]() |
8 | MF | Nasser Maher | 8 February 1997 (aged 24) | ![]() |
15 | MF | Emam Ashour | 20 February 1998 (aged 23) | ![]() |
10 | FW | Ramadan Sobhi | 23 January 1997 (aged 24) | ![]() |
11 | FW | Ibrahim Adel | 23 April 2001 (aged 20) | ![]() |
19 | FW | Abdel Rahman Magdy | 12 September 1997 (aged 23) | ![]() |
9 | FW | Taher Mohamed | 7 March 1997 (aged 24) | ![]() |
7 | FW | Salah Mohsen | 1 September 1998 (aged 22) | ![]() |
21 | FW | Nasser Mansi | 16 November 1997 (aged 23) | ![]() |
14 | FW | Yousef Mobasher | 24 January 2003 (aged 18) | ![]() |
Previous squads
Competitive record
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record | |||||||||||||
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Appearances: 12 | Qualified : 14 | ||||||||||||
Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
![]() | No football tournament | ||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | Did Not Participate | ||||||||||||
![]() | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | No Qualification | |||||
![]() | Quarter-final | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
![]() | Fourth Place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19 | ||||||
![]() | No football tournament | ||||||||||||
![]() | First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | No Qualification | |||||
![]() | First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
![]() | First Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
![]() | Withdrew from Finals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
![]() | First Round | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
![]() | Fourth Place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
![]() | Withdrew from Qualifiers | ||||||||||||
![]() | Did Not Qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
![]() | Withdrew from Finals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
![]() | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
![]() | Did Not Qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 9/19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 51 | 71 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 |
![]() | First Round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
![]() | Did Not Qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
![]() | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||||||
![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
![]() | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
![]() | Did Not Qualify | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
![]() | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 3/8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 39 |
- Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the Olympic football tournament was open to full senior national teams.
- Egypt withdrew from the 1956 Football tournament and boycotted the 1980 Olympics after qualifying for both.
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations record | |||||||
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Appearances: 3 | |||||||
Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
![]() | Bronze Medal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
![]() | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
Total | 3/3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 |
African Games
African Games record | ||||||||
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Appearances: 7 | ||||||||
Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
![]() | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
![]() | Bronze Medal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |
![]() | Withdrew after Round 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
![]() | Gold Medal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
![]() | Fifth Place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
![]() | Gold Medal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
![]() | Didn't qualify | |||||||
![]() | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
![]() | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
![]() | Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
![]() | 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