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
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