**the Official Egyptian Football Thread**

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General Information

* FIFA Trigramme: EGY
* Country: Egypt
* Country (official name): Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah
* Continent: Africa
* Capital: Cairo
* Major cities: Alexandria, Ismailia, Giza, Port Said, Assiout, Helwan, Tanta, El Mahlla el Kubra, Zagazig, El Mansoura, Suez, Aswan
* Currency: Egyptian pound
* Official languages: Arabic
* Motto: Silence and patience, freedom, socialism, unity.

Geographic Information

* Surface area: 1,001,450 km²
* Highest point: Mount Catherine 2,642 m.
* Neighbouring countries: Libya, Israel, Palestine, Sudan
* Neighbouring seas and oceans: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea

Population

* Population (in millions): 74.72
* GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 3,900
* Density (inhabitants per km2): 74.61
* Average age (in years): 23.1
* Life expectancy at birth (in years): 70.41

Internet

* Internet code: .eg
* Number of internet users: 600,000 (2002)

National Team Facts

* Egypt have reached the FIFA World Cup™ finals twice. In 1934 they were the first African nation ever to achieve this milestone, playing only one game  against Hungary - which they lost 4-2.


* In 1990, the team qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals again, putting up a memorable showing in Italy. With their innovative style and quality technique they managed to hold both the Netherlands and Ireland to draws, losing only narrowly to England, who went on to reach the semi-finals.


* Have won the African Nations more than any any other nation.

Egyptian Football Achievements

World Cups :

* 4 Times Champion of World Military Cup (1993, 1996, 2001 & 2005)
* Bronze Medalist at World Youth Cup (2001)

Mediterranean Games :

* 1 Time Gold Medalist
* 1 Time Silver Medalist
* 1 Time Bronze Medalist

Francophone Games :

* 1 Time Bronze Medalist

African Competitions :

* 5 Times Champion of African Cup of Nations (1957/59/86/98/2006)
* 3 Times Champion of African Youth Cup of Nations U 21yrs (1981& 1991& 2003)
* 1 Time Champion of African Junior Cup of nations U 17yrs (1997)
* 2 Times Gold Medalist at All Africa Games (Kenya 1987 / Zimbabwe 1995)
* 2 Times Champion of African Futsal Cup of Nations (Indoor Soccer) (Egypt 1996 & 2000)
* 1 Time Champion of African Military Cup of Nations (Indoor Soccer) (Guinea 1998)

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :

* 1 Time Runners-Up

Arab Competitions :

* 3 Times Champion of Arab Cup of Nations (1953,65,92)
* 1 Time Gold Medalist at the Pan Arab Games (1992)
* 1 Time Champion of Arab Futsal Cup of Nations (Indoor) (Egypt 1998)

International Achievements

World Cups :

* 2 Participations in World Cups 1934& 1990 (1st round)
* 3 Participations in World Youth Cups 1981 (1/4 final) & 1991(1st Round)& 2001(Bronze Medal)
* 2 Participations in World Junior Cups 1987(10th) & 1997(Host-8th)
* 2 Participations in World Fustal Cup (Indoor) 1996 (1st round) & 2000 1/4 Final)

Olympic :

* 10 Participations in Olympic Games (4th Place in 1928 & 1964) & (Quarter Finals in 1984)

Egyptian Club Achievements

African :

* 10 Times Champions of African Champions League(1970/82/84/86/87/93/96/2001/2002/2005)
* 8 Times Champions of African Cup Winners' Cup(1982/83/84/85/86/93/96/2000)
* 5 Times Champions of African Super Cup(1994/97/2001/2002/2005)
* 3 Times Champions of Afro-Asian Cup(1987/88/97)

Arab :

* 1 Time Champions of Arab Champions League(1996)
* 1 Time Champions of Arab Cup Winners' Cup (1995)
* 2 Times Champions of Arab Super Cup (Al-Nokhba)(1997/1998)

World Cup record

* 1930 - Did not enter
* 1934 - Round 1
* 1938 - Withdrew
* 1950 - Did not enter
* 1954 - Did not qualify
* 1958 to 1966 - Withdrew
* 1970 - Did not enter
* 1974 to 1986 - Did not qualify
* 1990 - Round 1
* 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

* 1957 - Champions
* 1959 - Champions
* 1962 - Second place
* 1963 - Third place
* 1965 - Withdrew after qualifying
* 1968 - Withdrew
* 1970 - Third place
* 1972 - Did not qualify
* 1974 - Third place
* 1976 - Fourth place
* 1978 - Did not qualify
* 1980 - Fourth place
* 1982 - Withdrew
* 1984 - Fourth place
* 1986 - Champions
* 1988 - Round 1
* 1990 - Round 1
* 1992 - Round 1
* 1994 - Quarterfinals
* 1996 - Quarterfinals
* 1998 - Champions
* 2000 - Quarterfinals
* 2002 - Quarterfinals
* 2004 - Round 1
* 2006 - Champions

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[matidbr]

tbh, know nothing about egyptian football.
Bring on some facts.

[Dirtycheat]

egypt plays the best football in the world - fact

[matidbr]

Originally Posted by dirtycheat

egypt plays the best football in the world - fact

Bring on some proofs.

[moody2006]

Egypt won the African cup last February

Ahmed Hassan(Egyptian) won the MVP award.

Essam Elhadary (Egyptian) won the goalkeeper MVP award.

www.egyptianplayers.com is the place to go to find all about Egyptian professionals.

[yehnica]

I've been keeping track of Al-ahly's progress in the CAF Champions League. They just drew 0-0 with Renaciemento (I can't find a consistent spelling of that name) on the first leg of the third round. They'll be playing at home on the next leg.

http://championsleague.mtnfootball.com/live/index.php is the most complete site on African football I've found so far but it's not updated with this round's results yet. I found them here - http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan...id=0&x=20&y=10

[Dirtycheat]

Originally Posted by yehnica

I've been keeping track of Al-ahly's progress in the CAF Champions League. They just drew 0-0 with Renaciemento (I can't find a consistent spelling of that name) on the first leg of the third round. They'll be playing at home on the next leg.

http://championsleague.mtnfootball.com/live/index.php is the most complete site on African football I've found so far but it's not updated with this round's results yet. I found them here - http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan...id=0&x=20&y=10

thanks alot for the sites

[zaafarany20]

i'm glad that we have this section in this fourm . i'm from egypt . and i know we dont have many professinal players or famous . but i'm sure all of u know Mido . hope to held this section . and try to provide u with news abbout egyptian leg

[zaafarany20]

and here we go . some data about my fav Club AL-Ahly
52 match in leg without defeated . from week 23 season 2003-2004 till week 22 2005-2006 current season
new record for the african championsleague 19 match without defeated From 2004 untill 2006 .
adding local records with african we found that 71 match without defeated
to be continued ...........