Egypt holds numerous records in TotalEnergies AFCON history. This time round, The Pharaohs are eyeing more records to break.
Nickname: The Pharaohs
Participation No. 25
Records: Champions (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Qualifiers:
Egypt 1-1 Kenya
Comoros 0-0 Egypt
Egypt 1-0 Togo
Togo 1-3 Egypt
Kenya 1-1 Egypt
Egypt 4-0 Comoros
Coach: Carlos Queiroz
Country: Portugal
Date of Birth: 01.03.1953
“We are fighting on multiple fronts. There is of course the World Cup qualifiers and now it’s AFCON which is a very important tournament. We will do our best to represent Egypt in the best way possible.”
Squad
Shirt No. Name Jersey Name Position Birthdate Current Club(Country)MOHAMED EL SAYED MOHAMED EL SHENAWY, (M.Elshenawy, GK, 18.12.1988, Al Ahly SC(Egypt)
MOHAMED ABDELMONEIM ELSAYED MOHMAED AHMED, (M.Abdelmoneim, DF, 01.02.1999, coca – cola fc(Egypt)
OMAR KAMAL SAYED ABDELWAHED, (O.Kamal, DF, 29.09.1993, coca – cola fc(Egypt)
AMRO MOHAMED EID ELSOULIA, (A.Soulia, MF, 02.04.1990, Al Ahly SC(Egypt)
HAMDY FATHY ABDELHALIM ABDEL FATTAH, (H.Fathi, MF, 29.09.1994, Al Ahly SC(Egypt)
AHMED ELSAYED ELSAYED ELSAYED ALI ELSAYED HEGAZY, (Hegazi, DF, 25.01.1991, Ittihad Jeddah(Saudi Arabia)
MAHMOUD AHMED IBRAHIM HASSAN Trezeguet, (FW, 01.10.1994, ASTON VILLA(England)
EMAM ASHOUR METWALLY ABDELGHANY, (E.Ashour, MF, 20.02.1998, Zamalek SC(Egypt)
MOHAMED SHERIF MOHAMED RAGAEI BAKR, (M.Sherif, FW, 04.02.1996, Al Ahly SC(Egypt)
MOHAMED SALAH SALAH MAHROUS GHALY, (M.Salah, FW, 15.06.1992, Liverpool(England)
RAMADAN SOBHI RAMADAN AHMED, (R.Sobhi, FW, 23.01.1997, Pyramids FC(Egypt)
AYMAN ASHRAF ELSAYED, (A.Ashraf, DF, 09.04.1991, Al Ahly SC(Egypt)
AHMED MOHAMED ABO ELFETOUH MOHAMED, (A.Fetouh, DF, 22.03.1998, Zamalek SC(Egypt)
MOSTAFA MOHAMED MOHAMED AHMED ABDALLA, (M.Mohamed, FW, 28.11.1997, GALATASARAY(Turkey)
MAHMOUD HAMDY HAMDY MOHAMED ATTIA, (M.Hamdy, DF, 01.06.1995, Zamalek SC(Egypt)
MOHAMED KOTB KOTB ABOU GABAL ALI, (Gabaski, GK, 29.01.1989, Zamalek SC(Egypt)
MOHAMED NASSER ELNENY, (M.Elneny, MF, 11.07.1992, Arsenal FC(England)
MOHANAD MOSTAFA AHMED ABDELMONEM, (M.Lasheen, MF, 29.05.1996, Talaea El Gaish(Egypt)
ABDALLAH MAHMOUD MAHMOUD SAID MOHAMED BEKHIT, (A. Said, MF, 13.07.1985, Pyramids fc(Egypt)
MAHMOUD ALAAELDIN MAHMOUD IBRAHIM, (M.Alaa, DF, 01.01.1991, Zamalek SC(Egypt)
AHMED MOSTAFA MOHAMED SAYED, (A.ZIZO, FW, 10.01.1996, Zamalek SC(Egypt)
OMAR KHALED MOHAMED MARMOUSH, (Marmoush, FW, 07.02.1999, Stuttgart VFB(Germany)
MOHAMED SOBHY MOHAMED DAADER, (M.Sobhy, GK, 15.07.1999, pharco(Egypt)
MAHMOUD GAD MAHMOUD AHMED, (M.Gad, GK, 01.10.1998, ENPPI(Egypt)
AKRAM TAWFIK MOHAMED HASSAN ELHAGRASI, (Akram Tawfik, DF, 08.11.1997, Al Ahly SC(Egypt)
IBRAHIM ADEL ALI MOHAMED HASSAN, (I.Adel, MF, 23.04.2001, Pyramids FC(Egypt) MOHAMED HAMDY MAHMOUD SHARF EDIN, (M.Hamdy, DF, 15.03.1995, Pyramids FC(Egypt)
MARWAN HAMDY MEHANY, (Marwan.H, FW, 15.11.1996, SMOUHA SC(Egypt)
Players to watch:
Mohamed Salah (29) Forward, Liverpool (England)
Mohamed Elshenawy (32) Goalkeeper, Al Ahly (Egypt)
Ahmed Hegazi (30) Defender, Al Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)
Source: CAF
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