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| Nickname | The Pharaohs |
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| Association | Egyptian Football Association (EFA) |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
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| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) |
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| Head coach | Hossam Hassan |
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| Captain | Mohamed Salah |
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| Most caps | Ahmed Hassan (184) |
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| Top scorer | Hossam Hassan (69) |
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| Home stadium | Misr Stadium |
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| FIFA code | EGY |
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| Current | 31 4 (19 January 2026) |
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| Highest | 9 (July – September 2010, December 2010) |
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| Lowest | 75 (March 2013) |
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Italy 2–1 Egypt
(Ghent, Belgium; 28 August 1920) |
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United Arab Republic 15–0 Laos
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 November 1963) |
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Italy 11–3 Egypt
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 9 June 1928) |
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| Appearances | 4 (first in 1934) |
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| Best result | Round of 16 (1934) |
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| Appearances | 27 (first in 1957) |
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| Best result | Champions (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
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| Appearances | 2 (first in 1999) |
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| Best result | Group stage (1999, 2009) |
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The Egypt national football team (Egyptian Arabic: منتخب مصر لكرة القدم), nicknamed The Pharaohs (Egyptian Arabic: الفراعنة), represents Egypt in men's international football, and is governed by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), the governing body of football in Egypt.
Egypt is Africa's oldest national football team and has won the Africa Cup of Nations a record seven times. The team has made three appearances in the FIFA World Cup and was the first-ever African and Middle Eastern team to make such an appearance.
Internationally, Egypt earned the honour of becoming a bronze medalist at the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.