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 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 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(s) | الفراعنة (The Pharaohs) | ||
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| Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Rogério Micale | ||
| Captain | Moataz Mohamed | ||
| Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | EGY | ||
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| First international | |||
 Italy 2–1 Egypt  (Antwerp, Belgium; 20 August 1920) | |||
| 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 | 13 (first in 1920) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (1928, 1964, 2024[1]) | ||
| 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 medalists (1987, 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.
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.
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' |
Report |
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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) | |
| Penalties | ||||
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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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Report |
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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 |
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 | |||
| 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) |
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||||||
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| 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-finals | 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 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Los Angeles 1984 | Quarter-finals | 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-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 |
| 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 record | ||||||||
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| 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 | |
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