Egypt national under-23 football team
Appearance
Nickname(s) | The Pharaohs | ||
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Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Head coach | Hany Ramzy | ||
Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
FIFA code | EGY | ||
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Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 10 (first in Antwerp 1920) | ||
Best result | Fourth Place Amsterdam 1928,Tokyo 1964 | ||
All-Africa Games | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1973) | ||
Best result | Gold 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 |
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8 April 2011 | ![]() |
L | 1-2 | 2012 Olympic qualifier | ![]() |
25 March 2011 | ![]() |
W | 2-0 | 2012 Olympic qualifier | ![]() |
Upcoming matches
Date | Team | Result | Score | Type | Venue |
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3 June 2011 | ![]() |
2012 Olympic qualifier | ![]() | ||
19 June 2011 | ![]() |
2012 Olympic qualifier | ![]() | ||
26 June 2011 | ![]() |
2012 Olympic qualifier | ![]() |
Current squad and recent call ups
Current squad
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Ali Lotfi | ![]() |
Recent call-ups
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Mohamed Abou Gabal | 5 August 1989 | ![]() |
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Tournament records
Olympic Games record
Olympic Games | |||||||||
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Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | ||
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Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Total | 1/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
- Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the Olympic football tournement was open to full senior national teams.
All-Africa Games record
All-Africa Games | |||||||||
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Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | ||
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Didn't qualify | ||||||||
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Bronze Medal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | ||
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Withdraw | ||||||||
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Gold Medal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
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Fifth Place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
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Gold Medal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
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Didn't qualify | ||||||||
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Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
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Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |