Egypt national under-23 football team
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| Nickname(s) | الفراعنة (The Pharaohs) | ||
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| Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Hany Ramzy | ||
| Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | EGY | ||
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 11 (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
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, recently young Pharaohs under the coaching of legendary Hany Ramzy booked their ticket to London 2012.
Player eligibility
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 tournament, the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.
Competitive records
- All-Africa Games:
- Champions (1) 1995
Olympic Games record
| Football at the Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Appearances: 11 | Qualified : 13 | ||||||||||||
| Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 Athens 1896 |
No football tournament | ||||||||||||
 Paris 1900 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||||||
 Saint Louis 1904
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 London 1908
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 Stockholm 1912
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 Antwerp 1920 |
First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | No Qualification | |||||
| Paris 1924 |
Quarter-final | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
 Amsterdam 1928 |
Fourth Place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19 | ||||||
| Los Angeles 1932 |
No football tournament | ||||||||||||
 Berlin 1936 |
First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | No Qualification | |||||
| London 1948 |
First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
 Helsinki 1952 |
First Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
 Melbourne 1956 |
Withdrew from Finals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
 Roma 1960 |
First Round | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
 Tokyo 1964 |
Fourth Place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
 Mexico 1968 |
Withdrew from Qualifiers | ||||||||||||
 Munich 1972 |
Did Not Qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
 Montreal 1976 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
 Moscow 1980 |
Withdrew from Finals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
 Seoul 1988 |
Did Not Qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 9/19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 51 | 71 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 |
 Barcelona 1992 |
First Round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Did Not Qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Sydney 2000 |
8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||||||
 Athens 2004 |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
 Beijing 2008 |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| London 2012 |
Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Total | 2/6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 39 |
- Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the Olympic football tournament was open to full senior national teams.
2012 Summer Olympics (Qualification)
- Additional information: 2012 Summer Olympics (Qualification)
First round
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Egypt
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
 Gabon
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
 Ivory Coast
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
 South Africa
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Egypt |
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Koné  82' |
Report |
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Semi-finals
| Egypt | 2–3 |  Morocco |
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| Salah 36' Sherwida 82' |
Report | Barrada 1', 9' Mokhtar 66' |
Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
Third place play-off
2012 Summer Olympics
- Additional information: 2012 Summer Olympics
First round
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Brazil
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| Egypt
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
 Belarus
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
 New Zealand
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1–1 | New Zealand |
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| Salah 40' |
Report | Wood 17' |
Quarter-finals
| Japan | 3–0 | Egypt |
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| Nagai 14' Yoshida 78' Otsu 83' |
Report |
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
All-Africa Games record
| All-Africa Games | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 7 | ||||||||
| Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 Brazzaville 1965 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 Lagos 1973 |
Bronze Medal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |
 Algiers 1978 |
Withdrew after Round 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
 Nairobi 1987 |
Gold Medal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| 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 | |
 Maputo 2011 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 7/10 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 39 | |
- Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.
Recent and future matches
Recent results
| Official Match | Friendly Match | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Home Matchs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Away Matchs | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 23 |
| TOTAL | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 27 |
Current squad and recent call ups
Current squad
The following players were selected to go to the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Note: The rules for the 2012 Summer Olympics state that any team can have up to 3 players over the age of 23 while the rest need to be born on or after January 1, 1989. Any player with a "*" after their name means that they are an over-aged player.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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| 1 | GK | Ahmed El-Shenawy | 29 January 1991 (aged 21) | 21 | 0 | Zamalek
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| 16 | GK | Mohamed Bassam | 25 December 1990 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | El Geish
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| 2 | DF | Mahmoud Alaa El-Din | 1 January 1991 (aged 21) | 16 | 0 | Haras El-Hodood
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| 3 | DF | Ali Fathy | 2 January 1992 (aged 20) | 18 | 0 | Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab
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| 4 | DF | Omar Gaber | 30 January 1992 (aged 20) | 20 | 2 | Zamalek
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| 6 | DF | Ahmed Hegazy | 25 January 1991 (aged 21) | 26 | 0 | Fiorentina
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| 7 | DF | Ahmed Fathi* | November 10, 1984 | 5 | 0 | Al-Ahly
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| 12 | DF | Islam Ramadan | 1 November 1990 (aged 21) | 25 | 0 | Haras El Hodood
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| 15 | DF | Saad Samir | 1 April 1989 (aged 23) | 20 | 0 | Al-Ahly
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| 5 | MF | Mohamed Aboutrika* (captain) | November 7, 1978 | 5 | 2 | Al-Ahly
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| 8 | MF | Shehab El-Din Ahmed | 22 August 1990 (aged 21) | 26 | 1 | Al-Ahly
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| 13 | MF | Saleh Gomaa | 1 August 1993 (aged 18) | 23 | 3 | ENPPI
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| 14 | MF | Hossam Hassan | 30 April 1989 (aged 23) | 36 | 1 | Al Masry
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| 17 | MF | Mohamed El-Nenny | 19 July 1992 (aged 20) | 25 | 3 | Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab
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| 9 | FW | Marwan Mohsen | 26 February 1989 (aged 23) | 38 | 21 | Petrojet
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| 10 | FW | Emad Motaeb* | February 23, 1983 | 5 | 1 | Al-Ahly
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| 11 | FW | Mohamed Salah | 15 June 1992 (aged 20) | 21 | 11 |  FC Basel
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| 18 | FW | Ahmed Magdi | 9 December 1989 (aged 22) | 18 | 3 | Ghazl El Mahalla
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Recent call-ups
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up | ||
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| GK | Mohamed Abougabal | 29 January 1989 (aged 23) | 8 | 0 | ENPPI
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| GK | Ali Lotfi | 14 October 1989 (aged 22) | 11 | 0 | ENPPI
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| DF | Moaz El-Henawy | 29 January 1990 (aged 22) | 25 | 0 | Al-Moqawloon
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| DF | Mohamed Abdel Fattah | 17 April 1991 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Al Ahly
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| DF | Ayman Ashraf | 9 April 1991 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Al Ahly
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| DF | Salah Soliman | 20 January 1990 (aged 22) | 13 | 1 | Zamalek
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| MF | Ahmed Sobhi | 1 January 1993 (aged 19) | 9 | 0 | ENPPI
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| MF | Mahmoud Abdel-Moneam Kahraba | 1 October 1994 (aged 17) | 5 | 1 | ENPPI
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| MF | Amr Al-Sulaya | 1 April 1989 (aged 23) | 21 | 4 | Ismaily SC
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| MF | Hossam Arafat | 18 January 1990 (aged 22) | 2 | 1 | Zamalek
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| MF | Ahmed Nabil Manga | 24 December 1991 (aged 20) | Al-Ahly
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| MF | Hesham Mohamed | 3 January 1989 (aged 23) | 13 | 1 | Al Ahly
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| MF | Mohamed Ibrahim | 1 March 1992 (aged 20) | 12 | 0 | Zamalek
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| MF | Mohamed Ghazy Sobhy | 12 November 1992 (aged 19) | 11 | 0 | ENPPI
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| MF | Ahmed Hamoudo | 24 December 1990 (aged 21) | 4 | 1 | Smouha
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| FW | Ahmed Shoukry | 21 July 1989 (aged 23) | 21 | 7 | Al Ahly
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| FW | Ahmed Hassan Koka | 5 March 1993 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 |  Rio Ave
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| FW | Ahmed Sherwida | 21 October 1990 (aged 21) | 22 | 5 | Al Masry
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Tournament records
ALL THE RESULTS
The Results before 1992 (senior teams were allowed to participate)
First round
Eighth Place Match
Second round
Quarter-finals
First round
Egypt  | 7–1 |  Turkey |
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| El-Hassany 20' (pen.) Riad 27' Mokhtar 46', 50', 63' El-Sayed Hooda 53' El-Zobeir 86' |
Report | Refet 71' |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Italy  | 11–3 | Egypt |
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| Schiavo 6', 42', 58' Baloncieri 14', 52' Banchero 19', 39', 44' Magnozzi 72', 80', 88' |
Report | Riad 12', 16' El-Ezam 60' |
First round
Austria  | 3–1 | Egypt |
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| Steinmetz 4' 65' Laudon 7' |
Report | Sakr 85' |
Berlin Mommsenstadion
Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR)
First round
Denmark  | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
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| K. Hansen 82' 95' Pløger 119' (p.k.) |
Report | El Guindy 83' |
Selhurst Park, South Norwood
Referee: Stanley Boardman (GBR)
Preliminary round
| Egypt | 5–4 |  Chile |
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| Elfar 27' Mechaury 43' Eldizwi 66' 75' 80' |
Report | Jara 7' 78' Vial 14' 88' |
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Referee: John Nilsson (SWE)
First round
| Germany | 3–1 | Egypt |
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| Klug 33' Schröder 38' 61' |
Report | Eldizmwi 64' |
Kupittaa, Turku
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
First round – Group A
Yugoslavia  | 6–1 |  United Arab Republic |
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| Rifai 3' (o.g.) Galić 30' (pen.) Kostić 32', 61', 63' Knez 49' |
Report | Attia 72' |
Bulgaria  | 2–0 | United Arab Republic |
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| Naidenov Yordanov 42' Diev 88' |
Report |
| United Arab Republic | 3–3 | Turkey |
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| Attia 10' Kottb 58', 65' |
Report | Tahran 15' Koken 30' Yalcinkaya 69' |
Livorno
Referee: van Nuffel (BEL)
First round – Group C
Brazil  | 1–1 | United Arab Republic |
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| Roberto 10' |
Report | Shanin 90' |
Czechoslovakia  | 5–1 | United Arab Republic |
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| Vojta 5' 27' Urban 36' Mráz 83' Cvetler 84' |
Report | Riad 53' |
| United Arab Republic | 10–0 | South Korea |
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| Riad 14' 17' 40' 48' 72' 77' Mohamed 50' Elfanagili 61' Etman 66' Hassan 78' |
Report |
Quarterfinals
| United Arab Republic | 5–1 |  Ghana |
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| Badawi 42' 61' Riad 65' Elfanagili 69' 85' |
Report | Mfum 37' |
Semifinals
Hungary  | 6–0 | United Arab Republic |
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| Bene 7' 20' 66' 77' Komora 29' 58' |
Report |
Bronze medal match
First round – Group D
| Egypt | 1–1 | United States |
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| Soliman 27' |
Report | Thompson 8' |
Quarter-finals
The Results since 1992 (only players under 23 years old are allowed to participate plus 3 older players)
CAF U-23 Championship
| CAF U-23 Championship | ||||||||
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| Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| Morocco 2011 |
Third Place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
Former squads
References
- ^ Marti, Caspar (2012). "Munteres Testspiel gegen Ägyptens Olympia-Auswahl endet 3:4". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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