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Egypt national under-23 football team

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Egypt under-23
Nickname(s)The Pharaohs
AssociationEgyptian Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachHany Ramzy
Home stadiumCairo International Stadium
FIFA codeEGY
First colours
Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances10 (first in Antwerp 1920)
Best resultFourth Place Amsterdam 1928,Tokyo 1964
All-Africa Games
Appearances7 (first in 1973)
Best resultGold Medal, Nairobi 1987,Harare 1995

The Egypt national under-23 football team (Template:Lang-ar), nicknamed The Pharaohs (Template:Lang-ar), 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 All-Africa Games and Olympic Games

History

Player eligiblity

Players who are selected, will be 23 or younger in the following Olympic year. With the next Olympics being held in London 2012, players need to born on or after 1 January 1989. At the Olympic finals tournement, the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.

Recent and future matches

Recent results

Date Team Result Score Type Venue
8 April 2011 Botswana Botswana U-23 L 1-2 2012 Olympic qualifier Botswana Gaborone National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana
25 March 2011 Botswana Botswana U-23 W 2-0 2012 Olympic qualifier Egypt Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Upcoming matches

Date Team Result Score Type Venue
3 June 2011 Sudan Sudan U-23 2012 Olympic qualifier Sudan EL Marikh Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
19 June 2011 Sudan Sudan U-23 2012 Olympic qualifier Egypt Port said Stadium, Port said, Egypt
26 June 2011 Libya Libya U-23 2012 Olympic qualifier Egypt Port said Stadium, Port said, Egypt

Current squad and recent call ups

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ali Lotfi Egypt ENPPI

Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Mohamed Abou Gabal (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 35) Egypt ENPPI v.  Botswana 25 March 2011

Tournament records

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Hosts/Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Spain 1992 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6
United States 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Australia 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Greece 2004 Did not qualify - - - - - -
China 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 1/5 3 1 0 2 5 5

All-Africa Games record

All-Africa Games
Hosts/Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 1965 Didn't qualify
Nigeria Lagos 1973 Bronze Medal 5 3 0 2 12 12
Algeria Alger 1978 Withdraw
Kenya Nairobi 1987 Gold Medal 5 3 1 1 6 4
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 Alger 2007 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 4 8