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Egyptian football team

Egypt
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Pharaohs
(Egyptian Arabic: الفراعنة‎‎ El-Fara'ena)
Association Egyptian Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach Héctor Cúper
Captain Essam El-Hadary
Most caps Ahmed Hassan (184)
Top scorer Hossam Hassan (69)
Home stadium Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code EGY
FIFA ranking
Current 30 Steady(16 October 2017)
Highest 9 (July–September 2010, December 2010)
Lowest 75 (March 2013)
Elo ranking
Current 48 (10 October 2017)
Highest 11 (August 2010)
Lowest 62 (9 March 1986, 12 June 1997)
First international
 Italy 2–1 Egypt 
(Ghent, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
Biggest win
 Egypt 15–0 Laos 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 November 1963)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 11–3 Egypt 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 10 June 1928)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (first in 1934)
Best result Round 1, 1934 and 1990
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 23 (first in 1957)
Best result Champions, 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, and 2010
Confederations Cup
Appearances 2 (first in 1999)
Best result Group stage, 1999 and 2009

The Egypt national football team (Arabic: منتخب مِـصر الوطني لكرة القدم‎‎, Muntakhab Masr al-Waṭanī Likurat al-Qadam; Egyptian Arabic: مُنتخب مَــصـر‎‎, Montakhab Masr), represents Egypt in men's International association football and is governed by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) (الإتحاد المصري لكرة القدم, al’Ītiḥād al-Masri Likurat al-Qadam) founded in 1921, the governing body for football in Egypt. The team's historical stadium is Cairo International Stadium but since 2012 the team has played most home games at El Geish International Stadium of Alexandria. The current team manager is Héctor Cúper.

Egypt is the most successful national team in Africa, having won the Africa Cup of Nations on a record seven occasions: the inaugural edition in 1957 and on home soil in 1959, as well as the 1986 edition, Burkina Faso in 1998, 2006, Ghana in 2008 and Angola in 2010 edition. Egypt has also been as high as ninth in the FIFA World Rankings, making the team one of only three African national teams to enter the world's top ten. Despite their continental record, Egypt has so far made only two appearances in the World Cup (in 1934 and 1990), failing to win a game on both occasions. The Egypt national team was the first African and Middle Eastern team to qualify for the World Cup.


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