Egypt's National Football Team

The Egypt national football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed The Pharaohs (Arabic: الفراعنة‎), is the national team of Egypt and is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. They are the current African Champions having won the 2008 African Nations Cup. They are also the most successful African team at Confederation level, winning the ANC six times: the inaugural African Nations Cup in Sudan 1957, and also won the tournament in United Arab Republic 1959, Egypt 1986, Burkina Faso 1998, Egypt 2006 and Ghana 2008.

Egypt were the first African country to participate in the World Cup when they played in Italy 1934, losing to Hungary 4-2. Egypt has qualified for one World Cup since then, going out in the first round in Italy 1990. They were known as the United Arab Republic national football team when Egypt and Syria joined to form the United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 and then until 1970, with Egypt alone making up the UAR. They have played for the Bronze Medal in the Olympic Games twice (1928 and 1964.

Honours

World Cups :
Bronze Medalist at FIFA U-20 World Cup (2001)

African Competitions :
6 Times Champion of African Cup of Nations (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008)
3 Times Champion of African Youth Championship (1981, 1991, 2003)
1 Time Champion of African Under-17 Championship (1997)
2 Times Gold Medalist at All Africa Games (Kenya 1987 / Zimbabwe 1995)

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :
2 Time Runners-Up: 1988, 2007

Arab Competitions :
3 Times Gold Medalist at the Pan Arab Games (1953, 1965, 2007)
1 Time Champion of Arab Cup of Nations (1992)

Mediterranean Games :
1 Time Gold Medalist
1 Time Silver Medalist
1 Time Bronze Medalist

Francophone Games :
1 Time Bronze Medalist

Current squad
The following players have been called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Rwanda on September 5, 2009.

Caps and goals as of September 5, 2009, subsequent to the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Rwanda.

No. Pos. Player
1 GK Essam El-Hadary
16 GK Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
23 GK El-Hany Soliman
3 DF Ahmed Al-Muhammadi
4 DF Ahmed Said
6 DF Hani Said
7 DF Ahmed Fathy
14 DF Sayed Moawad
18 DF Wael Gomaa
DF Ahmed Kamal
DF Moatasem Salem
8 MF Hosny Abd Rabo
10 MF Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek
11 MF Mohamed Shawky
12 MF Mohamed Barakat
17 MF Ahmed Hassan
19 MF Mohamed Shaaban
22 MF Mohamed Aboutrika
MF Abdelaziz Tawfik
9 FW Mohamed El-Gabbas
13 FW Al-Sayed Hamdy
15 FW Ahmed Raouf
FW Ahmed Salama