# Egypt at the FIFA World Cup

Egypt have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1934, 1990 and 2018. With 2 draws and 5 losses, Egypt has never won a match in the World Cup finals. In 1934 Egypt became the first Arab and African team to play in the World Cup.
When they qualified again in 1990, they became the team with the longest-ever gap between two FIFA World Cup matches: 56 years and 16 days had passed. This was surpassed in 2022 by the qualification of Wales for the first time in 64 years.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the finals.
The current format of the finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

## FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1930 | Withdrew due to storm | Withdrew due to storm | Withdrew due to storm | Withdrew due to storm | Withdrew due to storm | Withdrew due to storm | Withdrew due to storm | Withdrew due to storm |
| 1934 | Round of 16 | 13th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1938 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1950 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1954 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1958 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1962 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1966 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1974 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1990 | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2034 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Round of 16 | 3/22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |

### Overview of matches

| No. | Date | Type | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 27 May 1934 | First round | Hungary | 2-4 |
| 2 | 12 June 1990 | Group stage | Netherlands | 1–1 |
| 3 | 17 June 1990 | Group stage | Republic of Ireland | 0-0 |
| 4 | 21 June 1990 | Group stage | England | 0–1 |
| 5 | 15 June 2018 | Group stage | Uruguay | 0–1 |
| 6 | 19 June 2018 | Group stage | Russia | 1-3 |
| 7 | 25 June 2018 | Group stage | Saudi Arabia | 1–2 |

## Uruguay 1930

Egypt wasn't able to attend the world cup because its selection lost the connection to the ship that was traveling to South America due to a storm that delayed their boat to Marseille.

## Italy 1934
### First round

| Hungary | Egypt |
| GK | Szabo Antal |
| DF | Futo Gyula |
| DF | Sternberg Laszlo(c) |
| DF | Palotas Istvan |
| MF | Szücs György |
| MF | Lazar Gyula |
| MF | Szabo Gabor |
| MF | Markos Imre |
| FW | Vincze Jeno |
| FW | Teleki Pal |
| FW | Toldi Geza (c) |
| Manager: ||
| Ödön Nadas ||
| GK | 1 | Mustafa Mansour |
| SW | 3 | Abdel Hamid Ibrahim Sharly |
| DF | 4 | Hassan Ahmed el-Far |
| DF | 5 | Ismail Rafaat |
| DF | 2 | Ali Mohamed el-Said el-Kaf |
| MF | 6 | Hassan Ragab |
| FW | 7 | Mohamed Latif |
| FW | 8 | Abdulrahman Fawzi |
| FW | 11 | Mohamed Hassan |
| FW | 9 | Mahmoud Moukhtar Rafai "el-Teach" (c) |
| FW | 10 | Mostafa Taha |
| Jimmy MacRea ||

## Italy 1990
### Group stage

Group F
Group F, featured the Netherlands, England, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt. In the six group games, no team managed to score more than once in a match. England beat Egypt 1–0, thanks to a 58th-minute goal from Mark Wright – and that was enough to win the group.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Egypt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
The Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records. With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place. ---
| Netherlands | Egypt |
| GK | 1 | Hans van Breukelen |
| DF | 2 | Berry van Aerle |
| DF | 5 | Adri van Tiggelen |
| DF | 4 | Ronald Koeman |
| MF | 13 | Graeme Rutjes |
| MF | 3 | Frank Rijkaard |
| MF | 6 | Jan Wouters |
| MF | 7 | Erwin Koeman | | 69' |
| FW | 8 | Gerald Vanenburg | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Marco van Basten |
| FW | 10 | Ruud Gullit (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 11 | Richard Witschge | | 69' |
| FW | 12 | Wim Kieft | 58' | 46' |
| FW | 14 | John van't Schip |
| GK | 16 | Joop Hiele |
| MF | 20 | Aron Winter |
| Manager: ||
| Leo Beenhakker ||
| GK | 1 | Ahmed Shobair |
| SW | 3 | Rabie Yassin |
| DF | 4 | Hany Ramzy |
| DF | 5 | Hesham Yakan |
| MF | 2 | Ibrahim Hassan |
| MF | 20 | Ahmed El-Kass |
| MF | 7 | Ismail Youssef |
| MF | 8 | Magdi Abdelghani |
| MF | 13 | Ahmed Ramzy | 55' | 69' |
| FW | 9 | Hossam Hassan |
| FW | 10 | Gamal Abdelhamid (c) | | 69' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 15 | Saber Eid |
| MF | 16 | Magdy Tolba | | 69' |
| MF | 18 | Osama Orabi |
| FW | 19 | Adel Abdelrahman | | 69' |
| GK | 21 | Ayman Taher |
| Manager: ||
| Mahmoud El-Gohary ||
* Assistant referees:
* Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
* Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
| Republic of Ireland | Egypt |
| GK | 1 | Packie Bonner |
| RB | 2 | Chris Morris | 51' |
| CB | 4 | Mick McCarthy (c) |
| CB | 5 | Kevin Moran |
| LB | 3 | Steve Staunton |
| MF | 8 | Ray Houghton |
| MF | 7 | Paul McGrath |
| MF | 13 | Andy Townsend |
| MF | 11 | Kevin Sheedy |
| FW | 9 | John Aldridge | | 64' |
| FW | 10 | Tony Cascarino | | 84' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 12 | David O'Leary |
| MF | 14 | Chris Hughton |
| FW | 17 | Niall Quinn | | 84' |
| MF | 21 | Alan McLoughlin | | 64' |
| GK | 22 | Gerry Peyton |
| Manager: ||
| Jack Charlton ||
| GK | 1 | Ahmed Shobair |
| DF | 2 | Ibrahim Hassan |
| DF | 5 | Hesham Yakan |
| DF | 4 | Hany Ramzy |
| DF | 3 | Rabie Yassin |
| MF | 18 | Osama Orabi |
| MF | 7 | Ismail Youssef |
| MF | 8 | Magdi Abdelghani (c) |
| MF | 16 | Magdy Tolba | 60' |
| FW | 20 | Ahmed El-Kass | 76' |
| FW | 9 | Hossam Hassan |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Gamal Abdelhamid | 76' |
| FW | 12 | Taher Abouzeid | 60' |
| DF | 15 | Saber Eid |
| FW | 19 | Adel Abdelrahman |
| GK | 21 | Ayman Taher |
| Manager: ||
| Mahmoud El-Gohary ||
* Assistant referees:
* Joël Quiniou (France)
* Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)
| England | Egypt |
| GK | 1 | Peter Shilton (c) |
| LB | 3 | Stuart Pearce |
| CB | 5 | Des Walker |
| CB | 14 | Mark Wright |
| RB | 12 | Paul Parker |
| RW | 8 | Chris Waddle | | 86' |
| CM | 16 | Steve McMahon |
| CM | 19 | Paul Gascoigne |
| LW | 11 | John Barnes |
| FW | 21 | Steve Bull | | 84' |
| FW | 10 | Gary Lineker |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 4 | Neil Webb |
| DF | 6 | Terry Butcher |
| FW | 9 | Peter Beardsley | 85' | 84' |
| GK | 13 | Chris Woods |
| MF | 17 | David Platt | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Bobby Robson ||
| GK | 1 | Ahmed Shobair |
| SW | 4 | Hany Ramzy |
| DF | 2 | Ibrahim Hassan | 47' |
| DF | 5 | Hesham Yakan |
| DF | 7 | Ismail Youssef |
| DF | 3 | Rabie Yassin |
| MF | 20 | Ahmed El-Kass | | 77' |
| MF | 8 | Magdi Abdelghani | 38' |
| MF | 10 | Gamal Abdelhamid (c) | | 77' |
| MF | 13 | Ahmed Ramzy |
| FW | 9 | Hossam Hassan |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 11 | Tarek Soliman | | 77' |
| DF | 15 | Saber Eid |
| MF | 18 | Osama Orabi |
| FW | 19 | Adel Abdelrahman | | 77' |
| GK | 21 | Ayman Taher |
| Manager: ||
| Mahmoud El-Gohary ||
* Assistant referees:
* Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
* Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

## Russia 2018
### Group stage

Group A
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Russia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
| Egypt | Uruguay |
| GK | 23 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| RB | 7 | Ahmed Fathy (c) |
| CB | 2 | Ali Gabr |
| CB | 6 | Ahmed Hegazi | 90+6' |
| LB | 13 | Mohamed Abdel Shafy |
| CM | 8 | Tarek Hamed | | 50' |
| CM | 17 | Mohamed Elneny |
| RW | 22 | Amr Warda | | 82' |
| AM | 19 | Abdallah Said |
| LW | 21 | Trézéguet |
| CF | 9 | Marwan Mohsen | | 63' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 5 | Sam Morsy | 90+4' | 50' |
| FW | 11 | Kahraba | | 63' |
| FW | 14 | Ramadan Sobhi | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Héctor Cúper ||
| GK | 1 | Fernando Muslera |
| RB | 4 | Guillermo Varela |
| CB | 2 | José Giménez |
| CB | 3 | Diego Godín (c) |
| LB | 22 | Martín Cáceres |
| RM | 8 | Nahitan Nández | 58' |
| CM | 15 | Matías Vecino | 87' |
| CM | 6 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| LM | 10 | Giorgian De Arrascaeta | 59' |
| CF | 9 | Luis Suárez |
| CF | 21 | Edinson Cavani |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 5 | Carlos Sánchez | 58' |
| MF | 7 | Cristian Rodríguez | 59' |
| MF | 14 | Lucas Torreira | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Óscar Tabárez ||
* Man of the Match:
* Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt)
* Assistant referees:
* Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
* Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
* Fourth official:
* Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Milovan Ristić (Serbia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Paweł Gil (Poland)
* Cyril Gringore (France)
* Clément Turpin (France)

### Russia vs Egypt

| Russia | Egypt |
| GK | 1 | Igor Akinfeev (c) |
| RB | 2 | Mário Fernandes |
| CB | 3 | Ilya Kutepov |
| CB | 4 | Sergei Ignashevich |
| LB | 18 | Yuri Zhirkov | | 86' |
| CM | 11 | Roman Zobnin |
| CM | 8 | Yury Gazinsky |
| RW | 19 | Aleksandr Samedov |
| AM | 17 | Aleksandr Golovin |
| LW | 6 | Denis Cheryshev | | 74' |
| CF | 22 | Artem Dzyuba | | 79' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Daler Kuzyayev | | 74' |
| FW | 10 | Fyodor Smolov | 84' | 79' |
| DF | 13 | Fyodor Kudryashov | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Stanislav Cherchesov ||
| GK | 23 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| RB | 7 | Ahmed Fathy (c) |
| CB | 2 | Ali Gabr |
| CB | 6 | Ahmed Hegazi |
| LB | 13 | Mohamed Abdel Shafy |
| CM | 8 | Tarek Hamed |
| CM | 17 | Mohamed Elneny | | 64' |
| RW | 10 | Mohamed Salah |
| AM | 19 | Abdallah Said |
| LW | 21 | Trézéguet | 57' | 68' |
| CF | 9 | Marwan Mohsen | | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Amr Warda | | 64' |
| FW | 14 | Ramadan Sobhi | | 68' |
| FW | 11 | Kahraba | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Héctor Cúper ||
* Man of the Match:
* Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
* Assistant referees:
* Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
* Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay)
* Fourth official:
* Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
* Video assistant referee:
* Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
* Carlos Astroza (Chile)
* Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

### Saudi Arabia vs Egypt

| Saudi Arabia | Egypt |
| GK | 21 | Yasser Al-Mosailem |
| RB | 6 | Mohammed Al-Breik |
| CB | 3 | Osama Hawsawi (c) |
| CB | 23 | Motaz Hawsawi |
| LB | 13 | Yasser Al-Shahrani |
| DM | 14 | Abdullah Otayf |
| CM | 7 | Salman Al-Faraj |
| CM | 16 | Housain Al-Mogahwi |
| RW | 9 | Hattan Bahebri | 65' |
| LW | 18 | Salem Al-Dawsari |
| CF | 19 | Fahad Al-Muwallad | 79' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Muhannad Assiri | 65' |
| MF | 8 | Yahya Al-Shehri | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Juan Antonio Pizzi ||
| GK | 1 | Essam El Hadary (c) |
| RB | 7 | Ahmed Fathy | 86' |
| CB | 2 | Ali Gabr | 45+5' |
| CB | 6 | Ahmed Hegazi |
| LB | 13 | Mohamed Abdel Shafy |
| CM | 17 | Mohamed Elneny |
| CM | 8 | Tarek Hamed |
| RW | 10 | Mohamed Salah |
| AM | 19 | Abdallah Said | | 45+7' |
| LW | 21 | Trézéguet | | 81' |
| CF | 9 | Marwan Mohsen | | 64' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Amr Warda | | 45+7' |
| FW | 14 | Ramadan Sobhi | | 64' |
| FW | 11 | Kahraba | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Héctor Cúper ||
* Man of the Match:
* Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
* Assistant referees:
* Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
* Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia)
* Fourth official:
* Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
* Reserve assistant referee:
* Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
* Video assistant referee:
* Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Tiago Martins (Portugal)
* Carlos Astroza (Chile)
* Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

## Record players

Due to the long time spans between Egypt's World Cup participations, no player was able to play more than one tournament. 22 players share the record for most World Cup appearances for Egypt: Ten players from the 1990 FIFA World Cup, among them twin brothers Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan, and twelve players from 2018. The team of 1934 was only able to play one match because of a different tournament format.
An Egyptian player with a notable record is goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary. On 25 June 2018, he became the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup match with 45 years and 5 months. He saved a penalty in the first half of the match against Saudi Arabia, but ultimately Egypt lost 1–2.
| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
| 1 | Magdi Abdelghani | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Gamal Abdelhamid | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Ahmed El-Kass | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Hossam Hassan | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Ibrahim Hassan | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Hany Ramzy | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Ahmed Shobair | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Hesham Yakan | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Rabie Yassin | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Ismail Youssef | 3 | 1990 |
| 1 | Mohamed Abdel Shafy | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Mohamed Elneny | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Ahmed Fathy | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Ali Gabr | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Tarek Hamed | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Ahmed Hegazi | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Kahraba | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Marwan Mohsen | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Abdallah Said | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Ramadan Sobhi | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Trézéguet | 3 | 2018 |
| 1 | Amr Warda | 3 | 2018 |

## Top goalscorers

Scoring twice at Egypt's first-ever World Cup match, their 2–4 defeat against Hungary, made Abdulrahman Fawzi the only African goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup finals for decades. It took 84 years for another Egyptian, Mohamed Salah, to equal his tally.
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
| 1 | Abdulrahman Fawzi | 2 | 1934 |
| 1 | Mohamed Salah | 2 | 2018 |
| 3 | Magdi Abdelghani | 1 | 1990 |

## World Cup qualifications record

FIFA World Cup qualifications record :
| Year | Status | Participation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Uruguay 1930 | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" | Did Not Enter "didn't accept FIFA's invitation" |
| Italy 1934 | Qualified to the Round of 16 | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 1938 | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" | Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters" |
| Brazil 1950 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter |
| Switzerland 1954 | Did not qualify | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Sweden 1958 | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" | Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation" |
| Chile 1962 | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season | Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season |
| England 1966 | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" | Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat" |
| Mexico 1970 | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" | Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war" |
| West Germany 1974 | Did not qualify | 7th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Argentina 1978 | Did not qualify | 8th | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 |
| Spain 1982 | Did not qualify | 9th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico 1986 | Did not qualify | 10th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1990 | Qualified for the FINALS | 11th | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| United States 1994 | Did not qualify | 12th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| France 1998 | Did not qualify | 13th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 |
| South Korea/Japan 2002 | Did not qualify | 14th | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 |
| Germany 2006 | Did not qualify | 15th | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 |
| South Africa 2010 | Did not qualify | 16th | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 |
| Brazil 2014 | Did not qualify | 17th | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 |
| Russia 2018 | Qualified for the FINALS | 18th | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
| Qatar 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | final 3/20 | 17/20 | 87 | 48 | 18 | 21 | 156 | 84 |

### World Cup qualifications games
#### FIFA World Cup URUGUAY 1930

The Egyptian Football association declined the invitation handed to it by FIFA because of the cost of the far trip to Uruguay to participate in the FIFA World Cup URUGUAY 1930

#### FIFA World Cup ITALY 1934

Group 12
The Palestine football team consisted of nine British footballers, six Jewish footballers and one Arab footballer. FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that the 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team and as such bears no relation to the national team of the Palestinian authority although there were no state named Israel yet . However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers".
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 1 | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 | 4 |
| 2 | Palestine, British Mandate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 0 |
| — | Turkey | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
11–2 on aggregate; Egypt qualified.

#### FIFA World Cup FRANCE 1938

Group 4 Egypt were to play Romania in December 1937 however Egypt refused to play Romania due a Financial Problems
Another Story says Egypt refused to play Romania during the Ramadan month, Egyptian officials had argued it was "impossible" to play football during that time period. Egyptian officials went on to invite Austrian club side First Vienna FC to Egypt to participate in a friendly game against the national team during the holy month. As a result, Egypt were withdrawn from the competition by FIFA, so Romania qualified automatically.

#### FIFA World Cup BRAZIL 1950

Egypt did not participate in this version of the FIFA World Cup for no clear reasons

#### FIFA World Cup Switzerland 1954

Group 9
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| 2 | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
EGYPT didn't qualify

#### FIFA World Cup SWEDEN 1958

Africa and Asia CAF / AFC first round Group 3
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1 | Egypt | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced |
| — | Cyprus | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
Cyprus withdrew, so Egypt advanced to the Second Round automatically.
CAF / AFC second round
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1= | Israel | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced |
| 1= | Sudan | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced |
| — | Egypt | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| — | Indonesia | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground. Israel advanced to the final round automatically. Egypt withdrew, so Sudan advanced to the final round automatically.

#### FIFA World Cup CHILE 1962

CAF first round Group 1
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| — | United Arab Republic | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| — | Sudan | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
United Arab Republic and Sudan both withdrew as FIFA refused to allow them to rearrange their games to avoid the monsoon season.

#### FIFA World Cup ENGLAND 1966

Africa First Round No matches were played because of protests to the allocation of spots. The original group draws were.
* Group 1
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Group 2
* Cameroon
* Sudan
* Group 3
* Algeria
* Liberia
* Tunisia
* Group 4
* Mali
* Morocco
* Senegal
* Group 5
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Group 6
* Libya
* Nigeria
* United Arab Republic
Africa Second Round
The second round pairing were scheduled as following.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Group 1 Winners | A | Group 5 Winners | – | – |
| Group 2 Winners | B | Group 4 Winners | – | – |
| Group 3 Winners | C | Group 6 Winners | – | – |
The winners were to advance to the final round.

#### FIFA World Cup MEXICO 1970

Egypt did not participate in this version of the FIFA World Cup due to the postponement of all sports activities after 1967 war

#### FIFA World Cup GERMANY 1974

Egypt out of first Round.

#### FIFA World Cup ARGENTINA 1978

Egypt advanced to the Second Round.
Egypt advanced to the Third Round.
Egypt advanced to the final round.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Tunisia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| 2 | Egypt | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
Egypt out of Final Round.

#### FIFA World Cup SPAIN 1982

Egypt advanced to the Second Round, Ghana withdrew.
Egypt advanced to the Third Round, Libya withdrew.
Egypt out of Third Round.

#### FIFA World Cup MEXICO 1986

First Round
Egypt advanced to the Second Round.
Second Round
Egypt advanced to the Third Round on penalties.
Third Round
Egypt out of Third Round.

#### FIFA World Cup ITALY 1990

Second round Group B
| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 |
| Liberia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
| Malawi | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 5 |
| Egypt | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Kenya | 0–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Liberia | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 1–0 |
| Malawi | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – |
Final round
Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.