Egyptian national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
The Pharaohs (Arabic: الفراعنة al-Farāʿina) |
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| 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 (68) |
| Home stadium |
Borg El Arab Stadium Cairo International Stadium |
| FIFA code | EGY |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 19  (4 May 2017)
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| Highest | 9 (July–September 2010, December 2010) |
| Lowest | 75 (March 2013) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 39 (30 April 2017)
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| Highest | 11 (August 2010) |
| Lowest | 62 (9 March 1986, 12 June 1997) |
| First international | |
 Italy 2–1 Egypt  (Ghent, Belgium; 28 August 1920) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Egypt 15–0 Laos  (Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 November 1963) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
Italy 11–3 Egypt  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 10 June 1928) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1934) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 1934 |
| 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 مصر الوطني لكرة القدم), represents Egypt in men's International association football and is governed by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) (الإتحاد المصري لكرة القدم) founded in 1921, the governing body for football in Egypt. The team plays its home games at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, and their current head coach 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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