EGYPT

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Football is the clear number one sport in Egypt. The Egyptian Football Association can look back on a successful history.

The national team has won the African Cup of Nations seven times (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010 - first to win three consecutive titles), the African Games football tournament twice (1987 and 1995), and the African Youth Championship once (in 2003). The U-20 team also took third place at the FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina in 2001.

Egypt have played in the Olympic Football Tournament on three occasions (1960, 1964, and 1984) and participated in the FIFA World Cup finals twice (1934 and 1990).

In 1997, Egypt hosted and won the FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Egypt's best-known coach is Mahmoud El Gohary, who took the national team to the FIFA World Cup finals in 1990 and is the only person to have won the African Cup of Nations both as a player (in 1959) and as a coach (1998).


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ACHIEVEMENTS

Africa Cup of Nations ('57, '59, '86, '98, 2006, 2008, 2010)
African U-20 Championship (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013)
African U-17 Championship (1997)
All Africa Games (1987, 1995)
Arab Cup of Nations (1992)
UNAF U-20 Championship (2006, 2012)
Pan Arab Games (1953, 1965, 1992, 2007)
Mediterranean Games (1955)
Palestine Cup of Nations (1972, 1975)
Nile Basin Tournament (2011)
World Military Cup (1993, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007)
African Military Cup (1998, 2004)

Africa Cup of Nations (1962)
African U-20 Championship (2005)
UNAF U-20 Championship (2006)
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations (1987, 2007)
Pan Arab Games (1961)
Mediterranean Games (1951)
Francophone Games (1994)
World Military Cup (1951, 2003, 2011)

FIFA U-20 World Cup (2001)
African U-23 Championship (2011)
African U-20 Championship (2011)
UNAF U-23 Championship (2006)
Mediterranean Games (1983)
Francophone Games(2001)
World Military Cup (1955, 1956, 1987)

SQUADS

2013:
- Season 2012/2013
- CAF African U-20 Championship 2013

2012:
- Season 2011/2012
- Summer Olympics 2012
- Toulon Youth Festival 2012

2011:
- Season 2010/2011
- CAF African U-23 Championship 2011
- FIFA U-20 World Cup 2011
- CAF African U-20 Championship 2011

Nickname
The Pharaohs

Home Colours
Jerseys: Red
Shorts: White
Socks: Black

Other Results
4th Place Summer Olympics (1928, 1964)

FIFA World Cup Appearances
2 (1934, 1990)
Best Result: Group Stage

Africa Cup of Nations Appearances
22

FIFA Ranking
Current : 41 (as of December 2012)
Highest : 9 (July 2010)
Lowest : 64 (March 2012)
Average : 30

Most Caps
Ahmed Hassan (184)

Top Scorer
Hossam Hassan (69)