# Egypt national under-23 football team

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.
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.

## History

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.

## Results and fixtures
### Legend

Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture
2024

## Players
### Current squad

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.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Hamza Alaa | (2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 23) | Al Ahly |
| 1GK | Ali El Gabry | (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23) | Ceramica Cleopatra |
| 1GK | Mohamed Seha | (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 23) | Al Mokawloon Al Arab |
| 2DF | Hossam Abdelmaguid | (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 23) | Zamalek |
| 2DF | Mohamed Ashraf | (2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 23) | Al Ahly |
| 2DF | Ahmed Eid | (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) | ENPPI |
| 2DF | Mohamed El Maghrabi | (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23) | Smouha |
| 2DF | Hatem Mohamed | (2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 23) | Zamalek |
| 2DF | Mohamed Samir | (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) | Tala'ea El Gaish |
| 2DF | Mohamed Tarek | (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 22) | Zamalek |
| 2DF | Omar Fayed | (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 21) | Novi Pazar |
| 3MF | Ahmed Fawzi | (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 22) | Al Mokawloon Al Arab |
| 3MF | Mahmoud Gehad | (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 (age 23) | Pharco |
| 3MF | Ahmed Koka | (2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 (age 23) | Al Ahly |
| 3MF | Mahmoud Saber | (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 23) | Pyramids |
| 3MF | Mohamed Shehata | (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) | Zamalek |
| 3MF | Ali Zazaa | (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 23) | Future |
| 4FW | Ibrahim Adel | (2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 23) | Pyramids |
| 4FW | Abdelrahman Atef | (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 23) | Ghazl El Mahalla |
| 4FW | Ahmed Atef | (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 22) | Al Mokawloon Al Arab |
| 4FW | Osama Faisal | (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) | National Bank of Egypt |
| 4FW | Emad Mayhoub | (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24) | ENPPI |
| 4FW | Mostafa Saad | (2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 23) | Smouha |

### Previous squads

* 1920 Summer Olympics squad
* 1924 Summer Olympics squad
* 1928 Summer Olympics squad
* 1936 Summer Olympics squad
* 1948 Summer Olympics squad
* 1952 Summer Olympics squad
* 1960 Summer Olympics squad
* 1964 Summer Olympics squad
* 1984 Summer Olympics squad
* 1992 Summer Olympics squad
* 2012 Summer Olympics squad
* 2020 Summer Olympics squad

### Overage players in Olympic Games

| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 2012 | Ahmed Fathy (DF) | Mohamed Aboutrika (MF) | Emad Moteab (FW) |
| 2020 | Mohamed El Shenawy (GK) | Ahmed Hegazi (DF) | Mahmoud Hamdy (DF) |
| 2024 | Mohamed Elneny (MF) | Ahmed Sayed Zizo (FW) | |

## Competitive record
### Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record :
| Appearances: 13 | Appearances: 13 | Appearances: 13 | Appearances: 13 | Appearances: 13 | Appearances: 13 | Appearances: 13 | Appearances: 13 | Qualified : 15 | Qualified : 15 | Qualified : 15 | Qualified : 15 | Qualified : 15 | Qualified : 15 |
| Year/Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Athens 1896 | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament |
| Paris 1900 - Stockholm 1912 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Antwerp 1920 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification |
| Paris 1924 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification |
| Amsterdam 1928 | Fourth place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19 | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification |
| Los Angeles 1932 | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament | No football tournament |
| Berlin 1936 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification |
| London 1948 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification |
| Helsinki 1952 | First round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification | No qualification |
| Melbourne 1956 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | 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 | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers |
| Munich 1972 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Montreal 1976 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Moscow 1980 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Sydney 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 |
| Athens 2004 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| Beijing 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the Olympic football tournament was open to full senior national teams.
* Egypt withdrew from the 1956 Football tournament and boycotted the 1980 Olympics after qualifying for both.

### Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

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

African Games record :
| 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 |
* Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams