Egypt national under-23 football team

Egypt under-23

Nickname(s)	The Pharaohs
Association	Egyptian Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Hany Ramzy
Home stadium	Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
First colours Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	10 (first in Antwerp 1920)
Best result	Fourth Place Amsterdam 1928 , Tokyo 1964
All-Africa Games
Appearances	6 (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

Egypt had a great history in Olympic football first time appearance was in Antwerp - Belgium during the 1920 summer Olympics played one match against Italy, first ever official international match for the Pharaohs they lost 2/1 in august 20 1920. And the legendary story goes on, 9 more times the Egyptian flag rose in the Olympic football Erena achieving the fourth place twice in Amsterdam 1928 and Tokyo 1964. since FIFA decided to make the Olympic football an under 23 years tournament Egypt qualified only once in Barcelona 1992.

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 U-23	L	1-2	2012 Olympic qualifier	Gaborone National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana
3 April 2011	Sudan U-23	W	1-0	Friendly Match	EL Marikh Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
25 March 2011	Botswana U-23	W	2-0	2012 Olympic qualifier	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
8 January 2011	South Africa U-23	W	2-0	Friendly Match	Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
8 December 2010	South Africa U-23	D	1-1	Friendly Match	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Upcoming matches

Date	Team	Result	Score	Type	Venue
3 June 2011	Sudan U-23			2012 Olympic qualifier	EL Marikh Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
19 June 2011	Sudan U-23			2012 Olympic qualifier	Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt
26 June 2011	Libya U-23			2011 All-Africa Games qualifier	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				ENPPI
	1GK	Mohamed Abou Gabal				ENPPI
	2DF	Omar Gaber				Zamalek SC
	2DF	Ahmed Hegazy				Ismaily SC
	2DF	Mohamed Abdelfattah				Al-Ahly
	2DF	Ali Fathy				Arab Contractors SC
	3MF	Mohamed El Nenny				Arab Contractors SC
	3MF	Ahmed Nabil				Al-Ahly
	3MF	Mohamed Ibrahim				Zamalek SC
	4FW	Mohamed Salah				Arab Contractors SC

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ali Lotfi				ENPPI	Botswana 8 April 2011

Tournament records

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Barcelona 1992	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
Atalanta 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sydney 2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Athens 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Beijing 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/5	3	1	0	2	4	6

• 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
Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Brazzaville 1965	Didn't qualify
Lagos 1973	Bronze Medal	5	3	0	2	12	12
Algiers 1978	Withdraw
Nairobi 1987	Gold Medal	5	3	1	1	6	4
Cairo 1991	Fifth Place	4	1	1	2	5	6
Harare 1995	Gold Medal	5	4	0	1	8	3
Johannesburg 1999	Didn't qualify
Abuja 2003	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	6
Algiers 2007	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	4	8