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Egypt U-23

Nickname	الفراعنة (The Pharaohs)
Association	Egyptian Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Moataz Mohamed
Home stadium	Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
Firstcolours Secondcolours
First international
Sudan 1–2Egypt  (Sudan; 1991)
Biggest win
Egypt 5–1United Arab Emirates  (Dubai,United Arab Emirates; 27 January 2024)
Biggest defeat
Morocco 6–0Egypt  (Nantes,France; 8 August 2024)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in1992)
Best result	Fourth place (2024[1])
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in2011)
Best result	Champions (2019)
African Games
Appearances	4 (first in1991)
Best result	Gold medalists (1995)

TheEgypt national under-23 football team (Arabic:منتخب مصر الأوليمبى), sometimes called theEgypt Olympic Team, nicknamedThe Pharaohs (Arabic:الفراعنة), is the national team of Egypt Under-23 and is administered by theEgyptian Football Association. The team's main objectives are to qualify and play at theU-23 Africa Cup of Nations andOlympic Games. As ofLos 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.

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 theU-23 African Cup.

Egypt has had limited success since 1992, when the tournament first became locked for U-23 players. Egypt qualified to the 2012 Olympics after beatingSenegal in theBronze Metal Match. In the Olympics, they placed second in their group after a loss againstBrazil, a draw withNew Zealand and a win againstBelarus. Their run was abruptly stopped by a 3-0 loss toJapan in the quarterfinals. They missed out onRio 2016 but reachedTokyo 2020 as African Champions after winning theU-23 tournament at home. They placed second in their group after a nil-nil draw with European ChampionsSpain, a loss against South American ChampionsArgentina and a 2-0 win againstAustralia. They lost 1-0 at the quarterfinals to eventual gold-medalist Brazil.

Egypt qualified for the2024 tournament after placing second in the2023 U-23 African Cup. This marks the first time they play in successive tournaments since Tokyo 1964.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2024

Egypt  v Qatar

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17)International Friendly	Egypt	0–0	Qatar	Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
17:00 UTC+4		Report		Stadium:Shahama Stadium

Egypt  v Iraq

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20)International Friendly	Egypt	0–1	Iraq	Dubai,United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4		Report	Halo Fayaq 90+8'	Stadium:UAE Football Association Stadium

Egypt  v Saudi Arabia

23 January 2024 (2024-01-23)International Friendly	Egypt	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Dubai,United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4	Osama Faisal 10'	Report	Saleh Aboulshamat 48' (pen.) Abdulmalik Al-Jaber 86'	Stadium:UAE Football Association Stadium

United Arab Emirates  v * Egypt

27 January 2024 (2024-01-27)International Friendly	United Arab Emirates	1–5	* Egypt	Dubai,United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4	Khamis Al-Mansoori 72'	Report	Mohammed Al-Maazmi 15' (o.g.) Mahmoud Saber 40, 57' Mohamed Shehata 48' Osama Faisal 52' (pen.)	Stadium:UAE Football Association Stadium

Egypt  v United Arab Emirates

20 March 2024 (2024-03-20)WAFF U-23 Championship GS	Egypt	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Hofuf,Saudi Arabia
23:00 UTC+3	Bilal Mazhar 81'	Report		Stadium:Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee:Abdullah Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

Australia  v Egypt

23 March 2024 (2024-03-23)WAFF U-23 Championship SF	Australia	1–1 (2–1p)	Egypt	Hofuf,Saudi Arabia
23:00 UTC+3	G. Kuol 15' (pen.)	Report	Hollman 22' (o.g.)	Stadium:Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee:Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
	Penalties
	Courtney-Perkins Okon-Engstler Girdwood-Reich Velupillay Brook		Adel Faisal El Debes El Saaiy Eid

Egypt  v Saudi Arabia

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26)WAFF U-23 Championship 3rd Place	Egypt	2–2 (2–4p)	Saudi Arabia	Al-Mubarraz,Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3	Saber 5' Abdel Maguid 90+2'	Report	Al-Sahafi 37' Al-Nemer 86'	Stadium:Al Fateh Stadium Referee:Sheikh Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)
	Penalties
	Faisal Abdel Maguid Fayed El Maghrabi		S. Al-Zaid Al-Julaydan Barnawi Al-Nemer

Egypt  v Ivory Coast

7 June 2024 (2024-06-07)International Friendly	Egypt	1–0	Ivory Coast	Cairo,Egypt
21:00 UTC+3	Mostafa Saad 7'	Report		Stadium:Cairo International Stadium Referee:Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)

Egypt  v Ivory Coast

11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)International Friendly	Egypt	2–1	Ivory Coast	Cairo,Egypt
19:00 UTC+3	Mahmoud Saber 17',19'	Report	Malick Sanogo 90+6'	Stadium:Cairo International Stadium Referee:Ibrahim Mohamed (Egypt)

Ukraine  v Egypt

14 July 2024Friendly	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)

Egypt  v Iraq

17 July 2024Friendly	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)

Egypt  v Dominican Republic

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)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)

Uzbekistan  v Egypt

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)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)

Spain  v Egypt

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)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)

Egypt  v Paraguay

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)2024 Olympic Games QF	Egypt	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4p)	Paraguay	Marseille,France
19:00 UTC+2	Adel 88'	Report	D. Gómez 71'	Stadium:Stade de Marseille Referee:Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
	Penalties
	Koka Elneny El Debes Abdelmaguid Adel		D. Gómez Pérez Viera M. Gómez Balbuena

France  v Egypt

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05)2024 Olympic Games SF	France	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Egypt	Décines-Charpieu,France
21:00 UTC+2	Mateta 83',99' Olise 108'	Report	Mahmoud Saber 62'	Stadium:Stade de Lyon Referee:Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Egypt  v Morocco

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)2024 Olympic Games Bronze	Egypt	0–6	Morocco	Nantes,France
		Report		Stadium:Stade de la Beaujoire

The following players were called up for thefriendly matches againstGhana andCongo on 15, 20 June and the2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations between 24 June and 8 July 2023.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Hamza Alaa	(2001-03-01)1 March 2001 (age 24)	Al Ahly
	1GK	Ali El Gabry	(2001-02-14)14 February 2001 (age 24)	Ceramica Cleopatra
	1GK	Mohamed Seha	(2001-05-01)1 May 2001 (age 24)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	2DF	Hossam Abdelmaguid	(2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (age 24)	Zamalek
	2DF	Mohamed Ashraf	(2001-10-01)1 October 2001 (age 24)	Al Ahly
	2DF	Ahmed Eid	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (age 25)	ENPPI
	2DF	Mohamed El Maghrabi	(2001-04-28)28 April 2001 (age 24)	Smouha
	2DF	Hatem Mohamed	(2001-10-26)26 October 2001 (age 24)	Zamalek
	2DF	Mohamed Samir	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (age 25)	Tala'ea El Gaish
	2DF	Mohamed Tarek	(2002-04-20)20 April 2002 (age 23)	Zamalek
	2DF	Omar Fayed	(2003-07-04)4 July 2003 (age 22)	Novi Pazar
	3MF	Ahmed Fawzi	(2002-05-23)23 May 2002 (age 23)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	3MF	Mahmoud Gehad	(2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (age 24)	Pharco
	3MF	Ahmed Koka	(2001-07-04)4 July 2001 (age 24)	Al Ahly
	3MF	Mahmoud Saber	(2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (age 24)	Pyramids
	3MF	Mohamed Shehata	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (age 25)	Zamalek
	3MF	Ali Zazaa	(2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (age 24)	Future
	4FW	Ibrahim Adel	(2001-04-23)23 April 2001 (age 24)	Pyramids
	4FW	Abdelrahman Atef	(2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (age 24)	Ghazl El Mahalla
	4FW	Ahmed Atef	(2002-12-19)19 December 2002 (age 23)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	4FW	Osama Faisal	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (age 25)	National Bank of Egypt
	4FW	Emad Mayhoub	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (age 25)	ENPPI
	4FW	Mostafa Saad	(2001-08-22)22 August 2001 (age 24)	Smouha

• 1992 Summer Olympics squad
• 2012 Summer Olympics squad
• 2020 Summer Olympics squad

Summer Olympics record
Year/Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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

• Prior to the1992 Olympic Games campaign, theOlympic football tournament was open to full senior national teams.
• Egypt withdrew from the1956 Football tournament and boycotted the1980 Olympics after qualifying for both.

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations record
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
Appearances: 7
Year/Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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

• Prior to theCairo 1991 campaign, theAll-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams

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