Egypt national under-23 football team
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The Egypt national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر الأوليمبى), sometimes called the Egypt Olympic Team, nicknamed The Pharaohs (Arabic: الفراعنة), is Egypt's under-23 national football team and is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. The team's main objectives are to qualify and play at the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations and Olympic Games. As of Los Angeles 2028, players need to be born on or after 1 January 2005 to participate but the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.
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| Nickname | الفراعنة (The Pharaohs) | ||
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| Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| Captain | Moataz Mohamed | ||
| Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | EGY | ||
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| First international | |||
 Sudan 1–2 Egypt  (Sudan; 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Egypt 5–1 United Arab Emirates  (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 27 January 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Morocco 6–0 Egypt (Nantes, France; 8 August 2024) | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1992) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2024[1] ) | ||
| Africa U-23 Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2011) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2019) | ||
| African Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1991) | ||
| Best result |  Gold medalists (1995) | ||
The team has played at the Olympic Games 13 times, with four of these being after the tournament became age capped. They're also the top-medalist at the U-23 African Cup.
History
Egypt has had limited football success since 1992, when the Olympics first became locked for U-23 players. Egypt qualified to the 2012 Olympics after beating Senegal in the Bronze Metal Match. In the Olympics, they placed second in their group after a loss against Brazil, a draw with New Zealand and a win against Belarus. Their run was abruptly stopped by a 3-0 loss to Japan in the quarterfinals. They missed out on Rio 2016 but reached Tokyo 2020 as African Champions after winning the U-23 tournament at home. They placed second in their group after a nil-nil draw with European Champions Spain, a loss against South American Champions Argentina and a 2-0 win against Australia. They lost 1-0 at the quarterfinals to eventual gold-medalist Brazil.
Egypt qualified for the 2024 tournament after placing second in the 2023 U-23 African Cup. This marks the first time they play in successive tournaments since Tokyo 1964.
Results and fixtures
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Win Draw Lose Fixture
2024
| 17 January 2024 International Friendly | Egypt | 0–0 |  Qatar | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| 17:00 UTC+4 | Report | Stadium: Shahama Stadium |
| 20 January 2024 International Friendly | Egypt | 0–1 |  Iraq | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 19:30 UTC+4 | Report | Halo Fayaq  90+8' |
Stadium: UAE Football Association Stadium |
| 23 January 2024 International Friendly | Egypt | 1–2 |  Saudi Arabia | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 16:00 UTC+4 | Osama Faisal 10' |
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Stadium: UAE Football Association Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 International Friendly | United Arab Emirates | 1–5 | * Egypt | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 16:00 UTC+4 |
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Report |
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Stadium: UAE Football Association Stadium |
| 20 March 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship GS | Egypt | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates | Hofuf, Saudi Arabia |
| 23:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) |
| 23 March 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship SF | Australia  | 1–1 (2–1 p) | Egypt | Hofuf, Saudi Arabia |
| 23:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 26 March 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship 3rd Place | Egypt | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Saudi Arabia | Al-Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia |
| 20:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Al Fateh Stadium Referee: Sheikh Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon) | |
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| 7 June 2024 International Friendly | Egypt | 1–0 |  Ivory Coast | Cairo, Egypt |
| 21:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt) |
| 11 June 2024 International Friendly | Egypt | 2–1 | Ivory Coast | Cairo, Egypt |
| 19:00 UTC+3 |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Mohamed (Egypt) |
| 14 July 2024 Friendly | Ukraine  | 1–1 | Egypt | Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Maksym Braharu 12' |
Report | Ahmed Atef 75' |
Stadium: Parc des Sports (Avignon) |
| 17 July 2024 Friendly | Egypt | 2–1 | Iraq | Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Ibrahim Adel 2', 65' |
Report | Zaid Tahseen 54' |
Stadium: Parc des Sports (Avignon) Referee: Gaël Angoula (France) |
| 24 July 2024 2024 Olympic Games | Egypt | 0–0 |  Dominican Republic | Nantes, France |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 13,945[2] Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan) |
| 27 July 2024 2024 Olympic Games | Uzbekistan  | 0–1 | Egypt | Nantes, France |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Report | Koka 11' |
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand) |
| 30 July 2024 2024 Olympic Games | Spain  | 1–2 | Egypt | Bordeaux, France |
| 15:00 UTC+2 | Omorodion 90' |
Report | Adel 40', 62' |
Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada) |
| 2 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games QF | Egypt | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) |  Paraguay | Marseille, France |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Adel 88' |
Report | D. Gómez 71' |
Stadium: Stade de Marseille Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 5 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games SF | France  | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Egypt | Décines-Charpieu, France |
| 21:00 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras) |
| 8 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games Bronze | Egypt | 0–6 | Morocco | Nantes, France |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Ghana and Congo on 15, 20 June and the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations between 24 June and 8 July 2023.[3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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| GK | Hamza Alaa | 1 March 2001 | Al Ahly | |||
| GK | Ali El Gabry | 14 February 2001 | Ceramica Cleopatra | |||
| GK | Mohamed Seha | 1 May 2001 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | |||
| DF | Hossam Abdelmaguid | 30 April 2001 | Zamalek | |||
| DF | Mohamed Ashraf | 1 October 2001 | Al Ahly | |||
| DF | Ahmed Eid | 1 January 2001 | ENPPI | |||
| DF | Mohamed El Maghrabi | 28 April 2001 | Smouha | |||
| DF | Hatem Mohamed | 26 October 2001 | Zamalek | |||
| DF | Mohamed Samir | 1 January 2001 | Tala'ea El Gaish | |||
| DF | Mohamed Tarek | 20 April 2002 | Zamalek | |||
| DF | Omar Fayed | 4 July 2003 |  Novi Pazar | |||
| MF | Ahmed Fawzi | 23 May 2002 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | |||
| MF | Mahmoud Gehad | 20 August 2001 | Pharco | |||
| MF | Ahmed Koka | 4 July 2001 | Al Ahly | |||
| MF | Mahmoud Saber | 30 July 2001 | Pyramids | |||
| MF | Mohamed Shehata | 1 January 2001 | Zamalek | |||
| MF | Ali Zazaa | 23 June 2001 | Future | |||
| FW | Ibrahim Adel | 23 April 2001 | Pyramids | |||
| FW | Abdelrahman Atef | 4 June 2001 | Ghazl El Mahalla | |||
| FW | Ahmed Atef | 19 December 2002 | Al Mokawloon Al Arab | |||
| FW | Osama Faisal | 1 January 2001 | National Bank of Egypt | |||
| FW | Emad Mayhoub | 1 January 2001 | ENPPI | |||
| FW | Mostafa Saad | 22 August 2001 | Smouha | |||
Previous squads
Overage players in Olympic Games
| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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| Ahmed Fathy (DF) | Mohamed Aboutrika (MF) | Emad Moteab (FW) | |
| Mohamed El Shenawy (GK) | Ahmed Hegazi (DF) | Mahmoud Hamdy (DF) | |
| Mohamed Elneny (MF) | Ahmed Sayed Zizo (FW) |
Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||||||
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| Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 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-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
 Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Did not qualify | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
 Tokyo 2020 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| Paris 2024 | Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 4/9 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 47 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 45 |
- Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the Olympic football tournament was open to full senior national teams.
- Egypt withdrew from the 1956 Football tournament and boycotted the 1980 Olympics after qualifying for both.
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
| Africa U-23 Cup of Nations record | |||||||
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| Appearances: 4 | |||||||
| Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Morocco 2011 | Bronze Medal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
 Senegal 2015 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Egypt 2019 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| Morocco 2023 |
Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 4/4 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 14 |
African Games
| African Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 7 | ||||||||
| Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 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 | Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 Brazzaville 2015 | Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 7/11 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 39 | |
- Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams