Africa · CAF

Egypt (2026)

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Matches: 16; 16 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 7-4-5; 7 W · 4 D · 5 L
Goals: 25; 14 against
Goal difference: +11

General Information

Egyptian Football Association

Founded: 1921
FIFA entry: 1923
Average height in 2026: 1.80 m
Average age in 2026: 28.6 years
Confederation: Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF)
Continent: Africa
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Hossam Hassan(Coach)

Date of birth: 10 August 1966
Place of birth: al-Qāhira, Egypt
Height: 1.78 m
Matches: 16 (11 official · 5 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Tony Hollner

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Players of Egypt in 2026

33 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Mostafa Shoubeir	17 March 2000	Goalkeeper	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	13	0	0
Mohamed El-Shenawy	18 December 1988	Goalkeeper	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	3	2	0
El Mahdy Soliman	8 June 1987	Goalkeeper	Zamalek SC	0	1	0
Defenders10
Mohamed Hany	25 January 1996	Right Back	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	16	0	0
Yasser Ibrahim	10 February 1993	Centre Back	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	11	1	2
Rami Hisham Rabia	20 May 1993	Centre Back	Al-Ain SC	10	4	1
Ahmed Aboul Al-Fotouh	22 March 1998	Left Back	Zamalek SC	10	1	0
Hossam Abdul-Majeed	30 April 2001	Centre Back	Ludogorets Razgrad	5	5	0
Karim Hafez	12 March 1996	Left Back	Pyramids Beni-Suef	4	3	0
Mohamed Abdelmonem	1 February 1999	Centre Back	OGC Nice	2	3	0
Mohamed Hamdy	15 March 1995	Left Back	Pyramids Beni-Suef	1	0	0
Khaled Sobhi	4 May 1995	Centre Back	El-Masry Bor-Said	1	0	0
Tarek Alaa	5 January 2002	Right Back	ZED al-Qāhira	0	4	0
Midfielders9
Emam Ashour	20 February 1998	Centre Midfielder	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	14	2	2
Marwan Ateya	1 August 1998	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	13	1	1
Mohanad Lasheen	29 May 1996	Centre Midfielder	Pyramids Beni-Suef	11	1	0
Hamdy Fathy	29 September 1994	Centre Midfielder	Al-Wakrah SC	10	1	0
Mahmoud Trezeguet	1 October 1994	Attacking Midfielder	Al-Riyadh FC	6	6	2
Mahmoud Saber	30 July 2001	Centre Midfielder	ZED al-Qāhira	2	5	1
Ahmed Nabil Koka	4 July 2001	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	0	1	0
Nabil Emad	6 April 1996	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Najmah Unaizah	0	1	0
Ali Mahmoud	4 December 2002	Centre Midfielder	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	0	1	0
Forwards11
Omar Marmoush	7 February 1999	Centre Forward	Tottenham Hotspur	12	4	4
Mohamed Salah	15 June 1992	Right Winger	Trabzonspor	10	1	3
Mostafa Ziko	27 April 1997	Left Winger	Pyramids Beni-Suef	9	1	5
Ahmed Zizo	10 January 1996	Right Winger	Al-Ahly al-Qāhira	4	10	1
Haissem Hassan	8 February 2002	Right Winger	Celtic Glasgow	4	4	0
Ibrahim Adel	23 April 2001	Left Winger	FC Nordsjælland	2	7	1
Islam Issa	1 February 1996	Left Winger	Ceramica Cleopatra el-Gizah	2	0	1
Mostafa Mohamed	28 November 1997	Centre Forward	Konyaspor	1	4	0
Hamza Abdelkarim	1 January 2008	Centre Forward	FC Barcelona	0	9	1
Osama Faisal	1 January 2001	Centre Forward	Al-Bank Al-Ahly Al-Masry SC	0	2	0
Salah Mohsen	1 September 1998	Left Winger	El-Masry Bor-Said	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Egypt in 2026

16 matches

4 Oct 2026Friendly · Cairo International StadiumHvs.South AfricaMatch report: Egypt vs. South Africa 0–1Defeat
29 Sept 2026African Nations Cup 2027 · Group B · Juba StadiumAvs.South SudanMatch report: South Sudan vs. Egypt 0–5Win
25 Sept 2026African Nations Cup 2027 · Group B · Cairo International StadiumHvs.AngolaMatch report: Egypt vs. Angola 0–0Draw
7 Jul 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 16 · Mercedes-Benz StadiumAvs.ArgentinaMatch report: Argentina vs. Egypt 3–2Defeat
3 Jul 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · AT&T StadiumAvs.AustraliaMatch report: Australia vs. Egypt 1–14–2 pensWin
26 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group G · Lumen FieldHvs.IranMatch report: Egypt vs. Iran 1–1Draw
21 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group G · BC PlaceAvs.New ZealandMatch report: New Zealand vs. Egypt 1–3Win
15 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group G · Lumen FieldAvs.BelgiumMatch report: Belgium vs. Egypt 1–1Draw
6 Jun 2026Friendly · Huntington Bank FieldAvs.BrazilMatch report: Brazil vs. Egypt 2–1Defeat
28 May 2026Friendly · Cairo International StadiumHvs.RussiaMatch report: Egypt vs. Russia 1–0Win
31 Mar 2026Friendly · RCDE StadiumAvs.SpainMatch report: Spain vs. Egypt 0–0Draw
27 Mar 2026Friendly · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumAvs.Saudi ArabiaMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt 0–4Win
17 Jan 2026African Nations Cup 2025 · Third-place match · Stade Mohamed VHvs.NigeriaMatch report: Egypt vs. Nigeria 0–02–4 pensDefeat
14 Jan 2026African Nations Cup 2025 · Semi-final · Ibn Batouta StadiumAvs.SenegalMatch report: Senegal vs. Egypt 1–0Defeat
10 Jan 2026African Nations Cup 2025 · Quarter-final · Stade AdrarHvs.Ivory CoastMatch report: Egypt vs. Ivory Coast 3–2Win
5 Jan 2026African Nations Cup 2025 · Round of 16 · Stade AdrarHvs.BeninMatch report: Egypt vs. Benin 3–1a.e.t.Win

Match Progress for Egypt

7 W · 4 D · 5 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Egypt

126 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Tunisia	36	11	9	16	33
Cameroon	27	16	5	6	33
Morocco	26	4	11	11	14
Zambia	25	14	5	6	42
Ivory Coast	24	14	4	6	33
Kenya	22	16	5	1	45
Ghana	22	10	6	6	29
Algeria	22	6	7	9	27
Nigeria	20	6	6	8	25
Uganda	19	17	1	1	38
Ethiopia	19	14	2	3	52
Sudan	18	13	3	2	40
South Korea	17	4	5	8	11
Libya	16	10	3	3	28
Senegal	16	7	2	7	9
South Africa	16	5	2	9	11
Tanzania	13	12	1	0	43
Zimbabwe	13	8	4	1	21
DR Congo	12	7	3	2	23
Kuwait	12	4	7	1	15
Malawi	11	6	2	3	16
Togo	10	8	1	1	26
Guinea	10	6	3	1	24
Qatar	10	5	2	3	23
Mali	10	4	2	4	8
Angola	9	4	5	0	11
Iraq	9	4	4	1	8
Burkina Faso	8	5	3	0	14
Botswana	8	5	3	0	12
United Arab Emirates	8	5	3	0	9
Syria	8	2	3	3	10
Liberia	7	5	0	2	13
Saudi Arabia	7	4	1	2	11
Romania	7	2	2	3	10
Namibia	6	5	1	0	23
Mozambique	6	5	1	0	11
Congo	6	5	0	1	13
Chad	6	4	1	1	18
Niger	6	4	1	1	14
Jordan	6	4	0	2	11
Hungary	6	2	0	4	6
Mauritius	5	5	0	0	18
Benin	5	4	1	0	17
Burundi	5	4	1	0	12
Gabon	5	4	1	0	11
Mauritania	5	4	1	0	10
Belgium	5	3	1	1	8
Bulgaria	5	3	1	1	7
Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3	5
Norway	5	1	1	3	1
Italy	5	1	0	4	7
East Germany	5	0	0	5	1
Djibouti	4	4	0	0	17
Lebanon	4	3	1	0	9
New Zealand	4	3	1	0	6
Cape Verde	4	2	2	0	7
Madagascar	4	2	1	1	7
Sierra Leone	4	2	1	1	5
Sweden	4	2	0	2	3
Mexico	4	1	1	2	4
Greece	4	1	0	3	5
Portugal	4	1	0	3	3
Eswatini	3	3	0	0	16
Rwanda	3	3	0	0	9
Guinea-Bissau	3	2	1	0	3
Turkey	3	2	0	1	8
Australia	3	2	0	1	4
USA	3	1	1	1	4
Denmark	3	1	1	1	3
Austria	3	1	1	1	2
Chile	3	1	0	2	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	4
Argentina	3	0	0	3	2
England	3	0	0	3	1
Israel	2	2	0	0	11
South Yemen	2	2	0	0	11
Malta	2	2	0	0	8
South Sudan	2	2	0	0	8
Finland	2	2	0	0	4
Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	3
Poland	2	1	1	0	4
Comoros	2	1	1	0	4
Netherlands	2	1	1	0	3
Iran	2	1	1	0	2
Oman	2	1	1	0	2
Russia	2	1	0	1	2
Estonia	2	0	2	0	5
Thailand	2	0	2	0	2
Colombia	2	0	2	0	1
Croatia	2	0	1	1	4
Central African Republic	2	0	1	1	3
Spain	2	0	1	1	0
Japan	2	0	0	2	1
Soviet Union (Olympic)	2	0	0	2	1
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	0
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	10
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	6
Sudan (B)	1	1	0	0	5
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	4
Somalia	1	1	0	0	4
Canada	1	1	0	0	3
Scotland	1	1	0	0	3
United Arab Emirates (Olympic)	1	1	0	0	3
Belarus	1	1	0	0	2
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	2
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	0	0	2
Germany	1	1	0	0	2
Palestine	1	1	0	0	2
Trinidad & Tobago	1	1	0	0	2
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1
North Korea	1	1	0	0	1
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	1
Yemen	1	1	0	0	1
Hungary (Olympic)	1	1	0	0	1
China	1	1	0	0	0
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	2
Jamaica	1	0	1	0	2
North Macedonia	1	0	1	0	2
Georgia	1	0	1	0	0
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0
Saudi Arabia (Olympic)	1	0	1	0	0
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	1
France	1	0	0	1	0
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0
Italy (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	0
France (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	0
Total	763	397	168	198	1,228

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Egypt

Games Total: 123
Goals: 217
Goals Against: 122
Games W/D/L: 67/28/28
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.76
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 0.99

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 23; Mohamed Salah
Most Matches: 36; Ahmed Hassan
Most Yellow Cards: 7; Ahmed Hassan

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Egypt

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Hassan, Ahmed	Attacking Midfielder	1995–2012	181	150	31	32	8	24	0	1
2	Hassan, Hossam	Centre Forward	1985–2006	173	151	22	67	2	10	0	0
3	El-Hadary, Essam	Goalkeeper	1996–2018	157	144	13	0	0	2	0	0
4	Hassan, Ibrahim	Right Back	1988–2002	130	128	2	12	0	8	0	2
5	Fathy, Ahmed	Right Back	2002–2021	130	115	15	3	4	12	0	1
6	Salah, Mohamed	Right Winger	2011–2026	121	116	5	66	39	3	0	0
7	Ramzy, Hany	Centre Back	1988–2003	120	117	3	3	0	6	0	0
8	El-Saqqa, Abdel-Zaher	Centre Back	1997–2010	111	89	22	4	2	6	0	0
9	Gomaa, Wael	Centre Back	2001–2013	110	99	11	1	0	17	0	0
10	El-Kass, Ahmed Abdou	Striker	1987–1997	105	94	11	24	0	1	0	0
11	El-Nenny, Mohamed	Defensive Midfielder	2011–2025	105	96	9	8	8	13	0	0
12	El-Sayed, Nader	Goalkeeper	1992–2005	103	97	6	0	0	0	0	0
13	Shoubeir, Ahmed	Goalkeeper	1984–1996	102	101	1	0	0	1	0	0
14	Mahmoud Trezeguet	Attacking Midfielder	2014–2026	100	74	26	24	13	11	0	0
15	Abou-Trika, Mohamed	Attacking Midfielder	2001–2013	99	82	17	38	15	5	0	0
16	Abd-Rabo, Hosny	Centre Midfielder	2004–2014	99	86	13	15	10	7	0	0
17	Yassin, Rabie	Left Back	1982–1991	95	91	4	1	1	2	0	0
18	Khashaba, Hady	Defensive Midfielder	1992–2004	91	77	14	12	0	3	0	0
19	El-Mohamady, Ahmed	Right Midfielder	2007–2019	88	62	26	6	8	7	0	1
20	Hegazy, Ahmed	Centre Back	2011–2024	87	85	2	1	5	10	0	0
21	Emam, Hazem	Attacking Midfielder	1995–2005	86	68	18	15	1	5	1	0
22	Youssef, Ismail	Midfielder	1986–1997	84	81	3	4	0	1	0	0
23	Abdel-Ghany, Magdy	Attacking Midfielder	1982–1992	78	74	4	8	0	4	0	0
24	Youssef, Mohamed	Defender	1993–2001	77	56	21	0	0	2	0	0
25	El-Shenawy, Mohamed	Goalkeeper	2018–2026	74	71	3	0	1	4	0	0
26	Said, Hany	Defensive Midfielder	2000–2010	72	69	3	0	2	2	0	0
27	Ghaly, Hossam	Centre Midfielder	2002–2016	71	54	17	3	3	14	2	0
28	Kassem, Ashraf	Defender	1984–1994	70	59	11	0	0	1	0	0
29	Emad Moteab	Centre Forward	2004–2015	68	59	9	26	5	3	0	0
30	Sabry, Abdel-Sattar	Attacking Midfielder	1996–2001	68	55	13	10	0	3	0	1
31	Barakat, Mohamed	Right Midfielder	2000–2009	68	55	13	8	0	2	0	0
32	Ahmed Zizo	Right Winger	2019–2026	68	38	30	5	6	1	0	0
33	Emara, Mohamed	Left Back	1995–2002	67	65	2	2	0	3	0	0
34	Abdel-Hamid, Gamal	Striker	1979–1993	66	54	12	23	0	3	0	0
35	Shawky, Mohamed	Defensive Midfielder	2001–2012	65	61	4	5	0	7	1	1
36	Fathy, Hamdy	Centre Midfielder	2019–2026	65	46	19	3	1	14	1	0
37	Zaky, Amr	Centre Forward	2004–2013	62	51	11	29	5	8	0	0
38	El-Said, Tarek	Defensive Midfielder	1999–2005	61	42	19	6	0	10	0	0
39	Radwan, Yasser	Defensive Midfielder	1995–2002	61	59	2	3	0	6	1	0
40	Mohamed, Mostafa	Centre Forward	2019–2026	60	45	15	13	7	9	0	0
41	Yakan, Hesham	Centre Back	1984–1993	60	55	5	0	0	1	0	0
42	Marmoush, Omar	Centre Forward	2021–2026	58	47	11	13	3	3	0	0
43	Gamal, Fawzi	Defender	1989–1996	57	41	16	1	0	2	0	0
44	Hamed, Tarek	Defensive Midfielder	2013–2023	57	46	11	1	0	10	0	0
45	Ramzy, Ahmed	Left Midfielder	1986–1993	56	52	4	11	0	2	0	0
46	Gharib, Shawky	Midfielder	1979–1988	56	52	4	2	0	0	0	0
47	Moawad, Sayed	Left Back	2000–2013	56	49	7	0	6	7	0	0
48	El-Said, Abdallah	Attacking Midfielder	2008–2022	54	41	13	6	7	1	0	0
49	Rabia, Rami Hisham	Centre Back	2012–2026	54	49	5	6	1	7	0	0
50	Abdel-Hady, Medhat	Left Back	1995–2003	54	50	4	1	0	4	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Egypt

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Salah, Mohamed	Mahmoud Trezeguet	2022–2026	7	29
2	El-Nenny, Mohamed	Salah, Mohamed	2011–2015	5	8
3	Mahmoud Trezeguet	Salah, Mohamed	2016–2025	4	6
4	Mohamed, Mostafa	Salah, Mohamed	2023–2025	4	6
5	Hassan, Ahmed	Zaky, Amr	2005–2008	3	13
6	Abou-Trika, Mohamed	Emad Moteab	2006–2008	3	12
7	Abd-Rabo, Hosny	Abou-Trika, Mohamed	2008–2012	3	9
8	Salah, Mohamed	Nagy, Mohamed 'Geddo'	2012–2014	3	16
9	El-Said, Abdallah	Salah, Mohamed	2016–2018	3	5
10	Salah, Mohamed	El-Said, Abdallah	2016–2017	3	50

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 304 of 895 goals.