Egypt national under-23 football team


The Egypt national under-23 football team, nicknamed The Pharaohs, 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 All-Africa Games and Olympic Games. As of Tokyo 2020, players need to be born on or after 1 January 1997 but the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.
They have qualified for the Olympics games 15 times- a record for the African Continent.

History

Egypt's history in Olympic football is one of the longest outside of Europe. The team's first appearance was in Antwerp 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. The Pharaohs achieved Fourth Place in Amsterdam 1928 and Tokyo 1964. This means that Egypt is the best team that never won a medal at the Olympics.
However, since FIFA decided to make the Olympic football an under 23-year tournament, Egypt has only qualified thrice, reaching the quarterfinals in 2012.
Egypt qualified to the 2012 Olympics after beating Senegal in the Bronze Metal Match. They missed out on the 2016 Olympics but reached the 2020 Olympics.

Competitive records

Olympic Games record

Current squad and recent call ups

Current squad

Coach: Shawky Gharieb

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Matches played in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches.

2019

2020

Former squads