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
Appearances12 (first in 1920)
Best resultFourth Place (1928, 1964)
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Appearances3 (first in 2011)
Best result Champions (2019)
African Games
Appearances7 (first in 1973)
Best result Gold medalist (1987, 1995)

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  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)
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)
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)
11 October International Friendly Egypt  1–1  South Africa Ismailia, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
13 October International Friendly Egypt  1–0  South Africa 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  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
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

2020

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) International Friendly Egypt  0–0  South Korea Cairo, Egypt
20:00 (UTC+2) Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) International Friendly Egypt  2–1  Brazil Cairo, Egypt
21:00 (UTC+2)
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

2021

10 June 2021 (2021-06-10) International Friendly Egypt  2–0  South Africa Suez, Egypt
20:00 (UTC+2)
Stadium: Suez Stadium
13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) International Friendly Egypt  3–0  South Africa Suez, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+2)
Stadium: Suez Stadium

Players

Current squad

Coach: Shawky Gharieb

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
22 1GK Mohamed Sobhhy (1999-07-15)15 July 1999 (aged 21) Al Ittihad
16 1GK Mahmoud Gad (1998-10-01)1 October 1998 (aged 22) ENPPI

5 2DF Mohamed Abdel Salam (1997-10-01)1 October 1997 (aged 23) Zamalek
4 2DF Osama Galal (1997-09-17)17 September 1997 (aged 23) Pyramids
17 2DF Ahmed Ramadan (1997-03-23)23 March 1997 (aged 24) Al Ahly
13 2DF Karim El-Eraky (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 22) Al Masry
3 2DF Karim Fouad (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 20) ENPPI
20 2DF Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (1998-03-22)22 March 1998 (aged 22) Zamalek

12 3MF Akram Tawfik (1997-11-08)8 November 1997 (aged 23) Al Ahly
2 3MF Amar Hamdy (1999-11-26)26 November 1999 (aged 21) Al Ittihad
8 3MF Nasser Maher (1997-02-08)8 February 1997 (aged 24) Al Ahly
15 3MF Emam Ashour (1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 23) Zamalek

10 4FW Ramadan Sobhi (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 24) Pyramids
11 4FW Ibrahim Adel (2001-04-23)23 April 2001 (aged 20) Pyramids
19 4FW Abdel Rahman Magdy (1997-09-12)12 September 1997 (aged 23) Ismaily
9 4FW Taher Mohamed (1997-03-07)7 March 1997 (aged 24) Al Ahly
7 4FW Salah Mohsen (1998-09-01)1 September 1998 (aged 22) Al Ahly
21 4FW Nasser Mansi (1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 23) Tala'ea El Gaish
14 4FW Yousef Mobasher (2003-01-24)24 January 2003 (aged 18) Marcet

Previous squads

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
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 2020Quarter-final411222
Total3/811326131637169125439

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations record
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

African Games

African Games record
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

References

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