Egypt national under-23 football team

Egypt U-23

Nickname(s)	الفراعنة (The Pharaohs)
Association	Egyptian Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Rogério Micale
Home stadium	Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
First colours Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	13 (first in 1920)
Best result	Fourth Place (1928, 1964)
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in 2011)
Best result	Champions (2019)
African Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1973)
Best result	Gold medalist (1987, 1995)

The Egypt national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر الأوليمبى), sometimes named the Egypt Olympic Team, nicknamed The Pharaohs (Arabic: الفراعنة), 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 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations and Olympic Games. As of Paris 2024, players need to be born on or after 1 January 2001 to participate but the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.

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's first ever appearance in football was in Antwerp 1920 where they played one match against Italy. This was the first official international match for the Pharaohs as they lost 2–1 on August 20, 1920. Egypt would later qualify for 9 straight tournaments from 1920 to 1964. With their best result achieved being Fourth Place in Amsterdam 1928 and Tokyo 1964, this means that Egypt is the best team that never won a medal at the Olympics (most 4th-place finishes without a higher finish).

Egypt has had limited success since 1992, when the tournament 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

Legend  Win

  Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

2023

2024

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.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Hamza Alaa	(2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 23)	Al Ahly
	1GK	Ali El Gabry	(2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23)	Ceramica Cleopatra
	1GK	Mohamed Seha	(2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 22)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	2DF	Hossam Abdelmaguid	(2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 22)	Zamalek
	2DF	Mohamed Ashraf	(2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 22)	Al Ahly
	2DF	Ahmed Eid	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	ENPPI
	2DF	Mohamed El Maghrabi	(2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 22)	Smouha
	2DF	Hatem Mohamed	(2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 22)	Zamalek
	2DF	Mohamed Samir	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	Tala'ea El Gaish
	2DF	Mohamed Tarek	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 21)	Zamalek
	2DF	Omar Fayed	(2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 20)	Novi Pazar
	3MF	Ahmed Fawzi	(2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 21)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	3MF	Mahmoud Gehad	(2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 (age 22)	Pharco
	3MF	Ahmed Koka	(2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 (age 22)	Al Ahly
	3MF	Mahmoud Saber	(2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 22)	Pyramids
	3MF	Mohamed Shehata	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	Tala'ea El Gaish
	3MF	Ali Zazaa	(2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 22)	Future
	4FW	Ibrahim Adel	(2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 22)	Pyramids
	4FW	Abdelrahman Atef	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 22)	Ghazl El Mahalla
	4FW	Ahmed Atef	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	4FW	Osama Faisal	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	National Bank of Egypt
	4FW	Emad Mayhoub	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	ENPPI
	4FW	Mostafa Saad	(2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 22)	Smouha

Previous squads

• 1920 Summer Olympics squad
• 1924 Summer Olympics squad
• 1928 Summer Olympics squad
• 1936 Summer Olympics squad
• 1948 Summer Olympics squad
• 1952 Summer Olympics squad
• 1960 Summer Olympics squad
• 1964 Summer Olympics squad
• 1984 Summer Olympics squad
• 1992 Summer Olympics squad
• 2012 Summer Olympics squad
• 2020 Summer Olympics squad

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2012	Ahmed Fathy (DF)	Mohamed Aboutrika (MF)	Emad Moteab (FW)
2020	Mohamed El Shenawy (GK)	Ahmed Hegazi (DF)	Mahmoud Hamdy (DF)

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Appearances: 13								Qualified : 15
Year/Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Athens 1896	No football tournament
Paris 1900 - Stockholm 1912	Did Not Participate
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
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
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Did not qualify							1	1	0	0	4	0
Tokyo 2020	Quarter-final	4	1	1	2	2	2	5	5	0	0	11	4
Paris 2024	Qualified
Total	4/9	11	3	2	6	13	16	42	21	9	12	65	43

• 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
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
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	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

See also

• Sport in Egypt
• Football in Egypt
• Egypt national football team
• Egypt national under-20 football team
• Egypt national under-17 football team
• Egypt national futsal team
• Egypt national beach soccer team

References