Egypt 

Shirt identification/Association peak 

Nickname(s) The Pharaohs 

Association Egyptian Football Association 

Sub-confederation UNAF (North Africa) 

Confederation CAF (Africa) 

Head coach Héctor Cúper 

Captain Hossam Ghaly 

Most caps Ahmed Hassan (184) 

Top scorer Hossam Hassan (68) 

Home stadium Cairo International Stadium 

FIFA code EGY 

In the first place hues 

Second hues 

FIFA positioning 

Current 57 Steady (3 December 2015) 

Highest 9 (2010) 

Lowest 60 (2013) 

In the first place global 

Italy 2–1 Egypt 

(Ghent, Belgium; 28 August 1920) 

World Cup 

Appearances 2 (First in 1934) 

Best result group stage 

Africa Cup of Nations 

Appearances 22 (First in 1957) 

Best result Champions: 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, and 2010 

Confederations Cup 

Appearances 2 (First in 1999) 

Best result 1st cycle: 1999, 2009 

History 

The main Egyptian national football group was constituted in 1920 to contend in the Summer Olympics in Belgium. The opening match of their battle was a misfortune against the Italians. Egypt had showed up in two FIFA World Cups and they are the best group in the Africa Cup of Nations, winning the opposition seven times, with the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations being the latest