Egypt

Egypt hold the record for the most appearances in the African Nations Cup with 21 previous appearances and 6 wins (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006 and 2008). Despite winning the tournament the last two times it has been played, this year they qualified behind Tunisia as Runners-Up in Group C. Out of all the teams in the 2010 African Nations Cup, Egypt hold the second highest FIFA ranking of 22. Only Cameroon are higher, with a FIFA ranking of 12.

Egypt finished the final Qualifying Round with an identical record to Algeria, so a play off was arranged to sort out the final Group Positions. Egypt lost this game 1-0, securing their place as Runners-Up in the Group.

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Qualifying History

Qualifying History

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5
Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 −7 2
28 March 2009 Rwanda 0 – 0 Algeria
     
29 March 2009 Egypt 1 – 1 Zambia
Zaki 27′   Kasonde 56′
6 June 2009 Zambia 1 – 0 Rwanda
Kalaba 78′    
7 June 2009 Algeria 3 – 1 Egypt
Matmour 60′
Ghezzal 64′
Djebbour 77′		   Aboutrika 86′
20 June 2009 Zambia 0 – 2 Algeria
    Bougherra 21′
Saïfi 66′
5 July 2009 Egypt 3 – 0 Rwanda
Aboutrika 64′, 90′
Hosny 74′ (pen.)		    
5 September 2009 Rwanda 0 – 1 Egypt
    Hassan 67′
6 September 2009 Algeria 1 – 0 Zambia
Saïfi 59′    
10 October 2009 Zambia 0 – 1 Egypt
    Hosny 69′
11 October 2009 Algeria 3 – 1 Rwanda
Ghezzal 22′
Belhadj 45+2′
Ziani 90+5′ (pen.)		   Mutesa 19′
14 November 2009 Rwanda 0 – 0 Zambia
     
14 November 2009 Egypt 2 – 0 Algeria
Zaki 3′
Moteab 90+5′		    

Tiebreaking play-off

18 November 2009 Algeria 1 – 0 Egypt  
Yahia 40′    

 

Squad

Squad


 

Coach: Hassan Shehata

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Essam El-Hadary 15 January 1973 (1973-01-15) (age 36) 111 Ismaily
16 GK Abdelwahed El-Sayed 3 June 1979 (1979-06-03) (age 30) 26 Zamalek
23 GK Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud 30 November 1987 (1987-11-30) (age 22) 1 El Mansoura
4 DF Moatasem Salem 2 September 1980 (1980-09-02) (age 29) 3 Ismaily
3 DF Ahmed Al-Muhammadi 9 September 1987 (1987-09-09) (age 22) 31 Enppi
5 DF Abdel Zaher El Saka 30 January 1974 (1974-01-30) (age 35) 109 Eskişehirspor
6 DF Hany Saïd 22 April 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 29) 50 Zamalek
7 DF Ahmed Fathy 10 November 1984 (1984-11-10) (age 25) 59 Al-Ahly
14 DF Sayed Moawad 25 February 1979 (1979-02-25) (age 30) 35 Al-Ahly
20 DF Wael Gomaa 3 August 1975 (1975-08-03) (age 34) 87 Al-Ahly
2 DF Mahmoud Fathalla 12 February 1982 (1982-02-12) (age 27) 24 Zamalek
12 DF Mohamed Abdel-Shafy 1 July 1985 (1985-07-01) (age 24) 0 Zamalek
13 MF Abdelaziz Tawfik 24 May 1986 (1986-05-24) (age 23) 6 Enppi
11 MF Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek 15 May 1980 (1980-05-15) (age 29) 32 Haras El Hodood
8 MF Hosny Abd Rabo 1 November 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 25) 72 Ahli Dubai
17 MF Ahmed Hassan 2 May 1975 (1975-05-02) (age 34) 169 Al-Ahly
18 MF Shikabala 5 March 1986 (1986-03-05) (age 23) 8 Zamalek
22 MF Hossam Ghaly 15 December 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 28) 28 Al-Nassr
19 MF Mohamed Nagy Gedo 21 February 1985 (1985-02-21) (age 24) 2 Ittihad
9 FW Mohamed Zidan 11 December 1981 (1981-12-11) (age 28) 27 Borussia Dortmund
10 FW Emad Moteab 20 February 1983 (1983-02-20) (age 26) 51 Al-Ahly
15 FW Ahmed Raouf 15 April 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 27) 8 Enppi
21 FW Al-Sayed Hamdy 1 March 1984 (1984-03-01) (age 25) 2 Petrojet

 

 

Fixtures/Results

Fixtures/Results

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
Benin 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
Mozambique 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1
12 January 2010
17:00		 Egypt 3 – 1 Nigeria Complexo da Sr. da Graça, Benguela
     
12 January 2010
19:30		 Mozambique 2 – 2 Benin Complexo da Sr. da Graça, Benguela
     
16 January 2010
17:00		 Nigeria 1 – 0 Benin Complexo da Sr. da Graça, Benguela
     
16 January 2010
19:30		 Mozambique 0 – 2 Egypt Complexo da Sr. da Graça, Benguela
     
20 January 2010
17:00		 Egypt 2-0 Benin Complexo da Sr. da Graça, Benguela
     
20 January 2010
17:00		 Nigeria 3-0 Mozambique Estádio Alto da Chela, Lubango
     
25 January 2010
16:00		 Egypt 3-1 (aet) Cameroon Qtr-final
     
28 January 2010
19:30		 Egypt 4-0 Algeria Semi-final -
31 January 2010
16:00		 Egypt 1-0 Ghana Final


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