Egypt national under-23 football team

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Egypt U-23
Nickname(s)الفراعنة (The Pharaohs)
AssociationEgyptian Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachRogério Micale
Home stadiumCairo International Stadium
FIFA codeEGY
First colours
Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances13 (first in 1920)
Best resultFourth Place (1928, 1964)
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Appearances4 (first in 2011)
Best result Champions (2019)
African Games
Appearances7 (first in 1973)
Best result Gold medalist (1987, 1995)

The Egypt national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر الأوليمبى), sometimes named 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 Paris 2024, players need to be born on or after 1 January 2001 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's first ever appearance in football was in Antwerp 1920 where they played one match against Italy. This was the first official international match for the Pharaohs as they lost 2–1 on August 20, 1920. Egypt would later qualify for 9 straight tournaments from 1920 to 1964. With their best result achieved being Fourth Place in Amsterdam 1928 and Tokyo 1964, this means that Egypt is the best team that never won a medal at the Olympics (most 4th-place finishes without a higher finish).

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

2022

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) International Friendly Egypt  0–0  Benin Alexandria, Egypt
15:00 (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
26 September 2022 (2022-09-26) International Friendly Egypt  2–0  Benin Alexandria, Egypt
18:00 (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Referee: Sobhy El Amrawi (Egypt)
20 November 2022 (2022-11-20) International Friendly Morocco  1–2  Egypt Rabat, Morocco
15:00 UTC±0 Report Mahmoud Saber 22', 75'

2023

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) International Friendly Egypt  3–0  Gabon Cairo, Egypt
18:00 (UTC+2) Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) International Friendly Egypt  1-0  Sudan Cairo, Egypt
18:00 (UTC+2) Mostafa Saad 41' Report Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt)
30 April 2023 (2023-04-30) International Friendly Egypt  2–0  Congo Alexandria, Egypt
18:00 (UTC+3) Osama Faisal 47', 64' Report Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
15 June 2023 (2023-06-15) International Friendly Egypt  1–1  Ghana Alexandria, Egypt
18:00 (UTC+3) Ibrahim Adel 38' Report Daniel Afriyie 9' (pen.) Stadium: Alexandria Stadium
Referee: Tarek Magdy (Egypt)
20 June 2023 (2023-06-20) International Friendly Egypt  0–0  Congo Rabat, Morocco
18:00 (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
25 June 2023 (2023-06-25) 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Group B Egypt  0–0  Niger Tangier, Morocco
18:00 CAT (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Ibn Batouta Stadium,
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
28 June 2023 (2023-06-28) 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Group B Egypt  1–0  Mali Tangier, Morocco
18:00 CAT (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Ibn Batouta Stadium,
Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
7 September 2023 (2023-09-07) Hybrid friendly Egypt  1–1  Russia Suez, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+3) Bilal Mazhar 7' Report Stepan Oganesyan 46' Stadium: Suez Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
11 September 2023 (2023-09-11) Hybrid friendly Egypt  2–1  Russia Suez, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+3) Report Sergei Pinyayev 8' (pen.) Stadium: Suez Stadium
Referee: Hamada Al Qalawi (Egypt)

2024

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17) International Friendly Egypt  0–0  Qatar Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:00 UTC+4 Report Stadium: Shahama Stadium
20 January 2024 (2024-01-20) International Friendly Egypt  0–1  Iraq Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4 Report Halo Fayaq 90+8' Stadium: UAE Football Association Stadium

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.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Hamza Alaa (2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 23) Egypt Al Ahly
1GK Ali El Gabry (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23) Egypt Ceramica Cleopatra
1GK Mohamed Seha (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 22) Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab

2DF Hossam Abdelmaguid (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 22) Egypt Zamalek
2DF Mohamed Ashraf (2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 22) Egypt Al Ahly
2DF Ahmed Eid (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Egypt ENPPI
2DF Mohamed El Maghrabi (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 22) Egypt Smouha
2DF Hatem Mohamed (2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 22) Egypt Zamalek
2DF Mohamed Samir (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Egypt Tala'ea El Gaish
2DF Mohamed Tarek (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 21) Egypt Zamalek
2DF Omar Fayed (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 20) Serbia Novi Pazar

3MF Ahmed Fawzi (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 21) Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab
3MF Mahmoud Gehad (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 (age 22) Egypt Pharco
3MF Ahmed Koka (2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 (age 22) Egypt Al Ahly
3MF Mahmoud Saber (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 22) Egypt Pyramids
3MF Mohamed Shehata (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Egypt Tala'ea El Gaish
3MF Ali Zazaa (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 22) Egypt Future

4FW Ibrahim Adel (2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 22) Egypt Pyramids
4FW Abdelrahman Atef (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 22) Egypt Ghazl El Mahalla
4FW Ahmed Atef (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21) Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab
4FW Osama Faisal (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Egypt National Bank of Egypt
4FW Emad Mayhoub (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Egypt ENPPI
4FW Mostafa Saad (2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 22) Egypt Smouha

Previous squads

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Ahmed Fathy (DF) Mohamed Aboutrika (MF) Emad Moteab (FW)
Mohamed El Shenawy (GK) Ahmed Hegazi (DF) Mahmoud Hamdy (DF)

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Appearances: 13 Qualified : 15
Year/Host Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Greece Athens 1896 No football tournament
France Paris 1900 - Sweden Stockholm 1912 Did Not Participate
Belgium Antwerp 1920 First round 1 0 0 1 1 2 No Qualification
France Paris 1924 Quarter-final 2 1 0 1 3 5
Netherlands Amsterdam 1928 Fourth Place 4 2 0 2 12 19
United States Los Angeles 1932 No football tournament
Germany Berlin 1936 First Round 1 0 0 1 1 3 No Qualification
United Kingdom London 1948 First Round 1 0 0 1 1 3
Finland Helsinki 1952 First Round 2 1 0 1 6 7
Australia Melbourne 1956 Withdrew from Finals 2 2 0 0 9 3
Italy Roma 1960 First Round 3 0 1 2 4 11 4 3 0 1 11 5
Japan Tokyo 1964 Fourth Place 6 2 1 3 18 16 4 3 1 0 14 6
Mexico Mexico 1968 Withdrew from Qualifiers
Germany Munich 1972 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 3
Canada Montreal 1976 2 0 1 1 1 2
Soviet Union Moscow 1980 Withdrew from Finals 4 1 3 0 7 4
United States Los Angeles 1984 Quarter-final 4 1 1 2 5 5 6 3 2 1 6 3
South Korea Seoul 1988 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 7 2
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-final 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-final 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 0 0 11 4
France Paris 2024 Qualified
Total 4/9 11 3 2 6 13 16 42 21 9 12 65 43

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
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 1965 did not qualify - - - - - -
Nigeria Lagos 1973 Bronze Medal 5 3 0 2 12 12
Algeria Algiers 1978 Withdrew after Round 1 3 2 1 0 6 2
Kenya Nairobi 1987 Gold Medal 5 3 1 1 7 5
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. ^ "روجيرو ميكالي يعلن قائمة منتخب مصر الأولمبي لكأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 23 عاما المؤهلة لأولمبياد "باريس 2024" 🇪🇬". Instagram. Retrieved 15 June 2023.