Egypt national under-23 football team


Egypt U-23
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)الفراعنة (The Pharaohs)
AssociationEgyptian Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachRogério Micale
CaptainMoataz Mohamed
Home stadiumCairo International Stadium
FIFA codeEGY
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Sudan 1–2  
(Sudan; 1991)
Biggest win
  5–1 United Arab Emirates 
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 27 January 2024)
Biggest defeat
 Morocco 6–0  
(Nantes, France; 8 August 2024)
Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1992)
Best resultFourth place (2024[1])
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Appearances4 (first in 2011)
Best resultChampions (2019)
African Games
Appearances4 (first in 1991)
Best result Gold medalists (1995)

The Egypt national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر الأوليمبى), sometimes called the Egypt Olympic Team, 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 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations and Olympic Games. As of Los Angeles 2028, players need to be born on or after 1 January 2005 to participate but the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.

The team has played at the Olympic Games 13 times, with four of these being after the tournament became age capped. They're also the top-medalist at the U-23 African Cup.

History

Egypt has had limited success since 1992, when the tournament first became locked for U-23 players. Egypt qualified to the 2012 Olympics after beating Senegal in the Bronze Metal Match. In the Olympics, they placed second in their group after a loss against Brazil, a draw with New Zealand and a win against Belarus. Their run was abruptly stopped by a 3-0 loss to Japan in the quarterfinals. They missed out on Rio 2016 but reached Tokyo 2020 as African Champions after winning the U-23 tournament at home. They placed second in their group after a nil-nil draw with European Champions Spain, a loss against South American Champions Argentina and a 2-0 win against Australia. They lost 1-0 at the quarterfinals to eventual gold-medalist Brazil.

Egypt qualified for the 2024 tournament after placing second in the 2023 U-23 African Cup. This marks the first time they play in successive tournaments since Tokyo 1964.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17) International Friendly   0–0  Qatar Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:00 UTC+4 Report Stadium: Shahama Stadium
20 January 2024 (2024-01-20) International Friendly   0–1  Iraq Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4 Report Halo Fayaq 90+8' Stadium: UAE Football Association Stadium
23 January 2024 (2024-01-23) International Friendly   1–2  Saudi Arabia Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4 Osama Faisal 10' Report
Stadium: UAE Football Association Stadium
27 January 2024 (2024-01-27) International Friendly United Arab Emirates  1–5 *  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4
  • Khamis Al-Mansoori 72'
 Report
Stadium: UAE Football Association Stadium
20 March 2024 (2024-03-20) WAFF U-23 Championship GS   1–0  United Arab Emirates Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
23:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
23 March 2024 (2024-03-23) WAFF U-23 Championship SF Australia  1–1
(2–1 p)		   Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
23:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
Penalties
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) WAFF U-23 Championship 3rd Place   2–2
(2–4 p)		  Saudi Arabia Al-Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Al Fateh Stadium
Referee: Sheikh Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)
Penalties
  • soccer ball with check mark S. Al-Zaid
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Julaydan
  • soccer ball with check mark Barnawi
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Nemer
7 June 2024 (2024-06-07) International Friendly   1–0  Ivory Coast Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
11 June 2024 (2024-06-11) International Friendly   2–1  Ivory Coast Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Mohamed (Egypt)
14 July 2024 Friendly Ukraine  1–1   Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
18:00 UTC+2 Maksym Braharu 12' Report Ahmed Atef 75' Stadium: Parc des Sports (Avignon)
17 July 2024 Friendly   2–1  Iraq Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
17:00 UTC+2 Ibrahim Adel 2 , 65' Report Zaid Tahseen 54' Stadium: Parc des Sports (Avignon)
Referee: Gaël Angoula (France)
24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) 2024 Olympic Games   0–0  Dominican Republic Nantes, France
17:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 13,945[2]
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 2024 Olympic Games Uzbekistan  0–1   Nantes, France
17:00 UTC+2 Report Koka 11' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 2024 Olympic Games Spain  1–2   Bordeaux, France
15:00 UTC+2 Omorodion 90' Report Adel 40', 62' Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 2024 Olympic Games QF   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		  Paraguay Marseille, France
19:00 UTC+2 Adel 88' Report D. Gómez 71' Stadium: Stade de Marseille
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Penalties
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 2024 Olympic Games SF France  3–1 (a.e.t.)   Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Stade de Lyon
Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 2024 Olympic Games Bronze   0–6  Morocco Nantes, France
Report Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Ghana and Congo on 15 , 20 June and the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations between 24 June and 8 July 2023.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Hamza Alaa (2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 Egypt Al Ahly
1GK Ali El Gabry (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 Egypt Ceramica Cleopatra
1GK Mohamed Seha (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab
2DF Hossam Abdelmaguid (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 Egypt Zamalek
2DF Mohamed Ashraf (2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 Egypt Al Ahly
2DF Ahmed Eid (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 Egypt ENPPI
2DF Mohamed El Maghrabi (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 Egypt Smouha
2DF Hatem Mohamed (2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 Egypt Zamalek
2DF Mohamed Samir (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 Egypt Tala'ea El Gaish
2DF Mohamed Tarek (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 Egypt Zamalek
2DF Omar Fayed (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 Serbia Novi Pazar
3MF Ahmed Fawzi (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab
3MF Mahmoud Gehad (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 Egypt Pharco
3MF Ahmed Koka (2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 Egypt Al Ahly
3MF Mahmoud Saber (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 Egypt Pyramids
3MF Mohamed Shehata (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 Egypt Zamalek
3MF Ali Zazaa (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 Egypt Future
4FW Ibrahim Adel (2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 Egypt Pyramids
4FW Abdelrahman Atef (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 Egypt Ghazl El Mahalla
4FW Ahmed Atef (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab
4FW Osama Faisal (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 Egypt National Bank of Egypt
4FW Emad Mayhoub (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 Egypt ENPPI
4FW Mostafa Saad (2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 Egypt Smouha

Previous squads

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
2012
 Ahmed Fathy (DF) Mohamed Aboutrika (MF) Emad Moteab (FW)
2020
 Mohamed El Shenawy (GK) Ahmed Hegazi (DF) Mahmoud Hamdy (DF)
2024
 Mohamed Elneny (MF) Ahmed Sayed Zizo (FW)

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year/Host Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Spain Barcelona 1992 First round 3 1 0 2 5 6 6 4 2 0 11 3
United States Atlanta 1996 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 5 4
Australia Sydney 2000 8 4 3 1 15 9
Greece Athens 2004 6 0 0 6 1 13
China Beijing 2008 4 1 2 1 6 4
United Kingdom London 2012 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 6 8 9 5 1 3 12 6
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2016 Did not qualify 1 1 0 0 4 0
Japan Tokyo 2020 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 0 0 11 4
France Paris 2024 Fourth place 6 2 2 2 5 11 5 3 1 1 5 2
Total 4/9 17 5 4 8 18 27 47 24 10 13 70 45

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations record
Appearances: 4
Year/Host Round Pld W D L GF GA
Morocco Morocco 2011 Bronze Medal 5 3 0 2 7 4
Senegal Senegal 2015 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 3 4
Egypt Egypt 2019 Champions 5 5 0 0 11 4
Morocco Morocco 2023 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 5 2
Total 4/4 18 11 3 4 26 14

African Games

African Games record
Appearances: 7
Year/Host Round Pld W D L GF GA
Egypt Cairo 1991 Fifth Place 4 1 1 2 5 6
Zimbabwe Harare 1995 Gold Medal 5 4 0 1 8 3
South Africa Johannesburg 1999 Didn't qualify
Nigeria Abuja 2003 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 6
Algeria Algiers 2007 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 4 8
Mozambique Maputo 2011 Withdrew - - - - - -
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 2015 Withdrew - - - - - -
Total 7/11 28 13 3 12 44 39

See also

References

  1. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/football/men/fnl-000200--
  2. ^ "Match report – Egypt v Dominican Republic" (PDF). Olympics.com. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ "روجيرو ميكالي يعلن قائمة منتخب مصر الأولمبي لكأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 23 عاما المؤهلة لأولمبياد "باريس 2024" 🇪🇬". Instagram. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.