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Egypt at the FIFA World Cup

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Egypt national team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy

Egypt have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1934, 1990 and 2018.[1][2][3][4] 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.[5]

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.

Egypt national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Egypt's fans at the FIFA World Cup in Russia

The current[as of?] 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.[6]

FIFA World Cup record

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FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Withdrew due to storm
Italy 1934 Round of 16 13th 1 0 0 1 2 4
France 1938 Withdrew
Brazil 1950 Did not enter
Switzerland 1954 Did not qualify
Sweden 1958 Withdrew
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970 Did not enter
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990 Group stage 20th 3 0 2 1 1 2
United States 1994 Did not qualify
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018 Group stage 31st 3 0 0 3 2 6
Qatar 2022 Did not qualify
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Round of 16 3/22 7 0 2 5 5 12

Overview of matches

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No. Date Type Opponent Result
1 27 May 1934 First round Hungary Hungary 2-4
2 12 June 1990 Group stage Netherlands 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

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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.[7]

Italy 1934

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First round

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Hungary 4–2 Egypt
Teleki 11'
Toldi 27', 61'
Vincze 53'
Report Fawzi 31', 39'
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

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Group stage

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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 1–1 Egypt
Kieft 58' Report Abdelghani 83' (pen.)
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 downward-facing red arrow 69'
FW 8 Gerald Vanenburg downward-facing red arrow 46'
FW 9 Marco van Basten
FW 10 Ruud Gullit (c)
Substitutes:
MF 11 Richard Witschge upward-facing green arrow 69'
FW 12 Wim Kieft Yellow card 58' upward-facing green arrow 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 Yellow card 55' downward-facing red arrow 69'
FW 9 Hossam Hassan
FW 10 Gamal Abdelhamid (c) downward-facing red arrow 69'
Substitutes:
DF 15 Saber Eid
MF 16 Magdy Tolba upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 18 Osama Orabi
FW 19 Adel Abdelrahman upward-facing green arrow 69'
GK 21 Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)


Republic of Ireland 0–0 Egypt
Report
Republic of Ireland
Egypt
GK 1 Packie Bonner
RB 2 Chris Morris Yellow card 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 downward-facing red arrow 64'
FW 10 Tony Cascarino downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutions:
DF 12 David O'Leary
MF 14 Chris Hughton
FW 17 Niall Quinn upward-facing green arrow 84'
MF 21 Alan McLoughlin upward-facing green arrow 64'
GK 22 Gerry Peyton
Manager:
England Jack Charlton
GK 1 Ahmed Shobair Yellow card 72'
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 downward-facing red arrow 60'
FW 20 Ahmed El-Kass downward-facing red arrow 76'
FW 9 Hossam Hassan
Substitutions:
MF 10 Gamal Abdelhamid upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW 12 Taher Abouzeid upward-facing green arrow 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 1–0 Egypt
Wright 58' Report
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 downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 16 Steve McMahon
CM 19 Paul Gascoigne
LW 11 John Barnes
FW 21 Steve Bull downward-facing red arrow 84'
FW 10 Gary Lineker
Substitutes:
MF 4 Neil Webb
DF 6 Terry Butcher
FW 9 Peter Beardsley Yellow card 85' upward-facing green arrow 84'
GK 13 Chris Woods
MF 17 David Platt upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Bobby Robson
GK 1 Ahmed Shobair
SW 4 Hany Ramzy
DF 2 Ibrahim Hassan Yellow card 47'
DF 5 Hesham Yakan
DF 7 Ismail Youssef
DF 3 Rabie Yassin
MF 20 Ahmed El-Kass downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 8 Magdi Abdelghani Yellow card 38'
MF 10 Gamal Abdelhamid (c) downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 13 Ahmed Ramzy
FW 9 Hossam Hassan
Substitutes:
FW 11 Tarek Soliman upward-facing green arrow 77'
DF 15 Saber Eid
MF 18 Osama Orabi
FW 19 Adel Abdelrahman upward-facing green arrow 77'
GK 21 Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

Russia 2018

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Group stage

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Group A

Pos Team 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
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Egypt 0–1 Uruguay
Report
Egypt[9]
Uruguay[9]
GK 23 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB 7 Ahmed Fathy (c)
CB 2 Ali Gabr
CB 6 Ahmed Hegazi Yellow card 90+6'
LB 13 Mohamed Abdel Shafy
CM 8 Tarek Hamed downward-facing red arrow 50'
CM 17 Mohamed Elneny
RW 22 Amr Warda downward-facing red arrow 82'
AM 19 Abdallah Said
LW 21 Trézéguet
CF 9 Marwan Mohsen downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutions:
MF 5 Sam Morsy Yellow card 90+4' upward-facing green arrow 50'
FW 11 Kahraba upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Argentina 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 downward-facing red arrow 58'
CM 15 Matías Vecino downward-facing red arrow 87'
CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur
LM 10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta downward-facing red arrow 59'
CF 9 Luis Suárez
CF 21 Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
MF 5 Carlos Sánchez upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 7 Cristian Rodríguez upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 14 Lucas Torreira upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt)[10]

Assistant referees:[9]
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

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Russia 3–1 Egypt
Report
Russia[12]
Egypt[12]
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev (c)
RB 2 Mário Fernandes
CB 3 Ilya Kutepov
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 11 Roman Zobnin
CM 8 Yury Gazinsky
RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov
AM 17 Aleksandr Golovin
LW 6 Denis Cheryshev downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 22 Artem Dzyuba downward-facing red arrow 79'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Daler Kuzyayev upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 10 Fyodor Smolov Yellow card 84' upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 13 Fyodor Kudryashov upward-facing green arrow 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 downward-facing red arrow 64'
RW 10 Mohamed Salah
AM 19 Abdallah Said
LW 21 Trézéguet Yellow card 57' downward-facing red arrow 68'
CF 9 Marwan Mohsen downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Amr Warda upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 11 Kahraba upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Argentina Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Denis Cheryshev (Russia)[13]

Assistant referees:[12]
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

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Saudi Arabia 2–1 Egypt
Report
Saudi Arabia[15]
Egypt[15]
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 downward-facing red arrow 65'
LW 18 Salem Al-Dawsari
CF 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad downward-facing red arrow 79'
Substitutions:
FW 20 Muhannad Assiri upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 8 Yahya Al-Shehri upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Spain Juan Antonio Pizzi
GK 1 Essam El Hadary (c)
RB 7 Ahmed Fathy Yellow card 86'
CB 2 Ali Gabr Yellow card 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 downward-facing red arrow 45+7'
LW 21 Trézéguet downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 9 Marwan Mohsen downward-facing red arrow 64'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Amr Warda upward-facing green arrow 45+7'
FW 14 Ramadan Sobhi upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 11 Kahraba upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Argentina Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Mohamed Salah (Egypt)[16]

Assistant referees:[15]
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

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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
Gamal Abdelhamid 3 1990
Ahmed El-Kass 3 1990
Hossam Hassan 3 1990
Ibrahim Hassan 3 1990
Hany Ramzy 3 1990
Ahmed Shobair 3 1990
Hesham Yakan 3 1990
Rabie Yassin 3 1990
Ismail Youssef 3 1990
Mohamed Abdel Shafy 3 2018
Mohamed Elneny 3 2018
Ahmed Fathy 3 2018
Ali Gabr 3 2018
Tarek Hamed 3 2018
Ahmed Hegazi 3 2018
Kahraba 3 2018
Marwan Mohsen 3 2018
Abdallah Said 3 2018
Ramadan Sobhi 3 2018
Trézéguet 3 2018
Amr Warda 3 2018

Top goalscorers

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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
Mohamed Salah 2 2018
3 Magdi Abdelghani 1 1990

World Cup qualifications record

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

World Cup qualifications games

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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

Group 12

The Palestine football team consisted of nine British footballers, six Jewish footballers and one Arab footballer.[17] 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 .[18] However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers".[19]

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
16 March 1934 Egypt  7–1  Palestine, British Mandate Cairo, Egypt
El-Tetsh 11', 35', 51'
Taha 21', 79'
Latif 43', 87'
[1] Nudelmann 61' Stadium: British Army Ground
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Stanley Wells (England)

11–2 on aggregate; Egypt qualified.

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.[20]

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

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
13 November 1953 Egypt  1–2  Italy Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo
Ad-Diba 33' Frignani 62'
Muccinelli 79'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Steiner (Austria)

24 January 1954 Italy  5–1  Egypt Milan Municipality Stadium, Milan
Pandolfini 1'
Frignani 62'
Boniperti 65', 86'
Ricagni 84'
El-Hamouly 32' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

EGYPT didn't qualify

Africa and Asia
CAF / AFC first round
Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1  Egypt advanced
 Cyprus 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
1=  Sudan advanced
 Egypt withdrew
 Indonesia 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.

CAF first round
Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United Arab Republic withdrew
 Sudan withdrew

United Arab Republic and Sudan both withdrew as FIFA refused to allow them to rearrange their games to avoid the monsoon season.[3][dead link]

Africa First Round
No matches were played because of protests to the allocation of spots. The original group draws were.

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6

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.

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

8 December 1972 CAF first round – home Egypt  2–1  Tunisia Cairo, Egypt
Al-Khalil 10'
Abderrazak 69'
Report Chakroun 61' Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Zlatanos (Greece)
17 December 1972 CAF first round – away Tunisia  2–0
(3–2 agg.)
 Egypt Tunis, Tunisia
Chakroun 16'
Moheiddine 71'
Report Stadium: Stade El Menzah
Referee: Babaçan (Turkey)

Egypt out of first Round.

29 October 1976 First round – home Egypt  3–0  Ethiopia Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud El Khatib 4', 19', 77' Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Menegali (Italy)
14 November 1976 First round – away Ethiopia  1–2
(1–5 agg.)
 Egypt Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tekalinge Kassahun 40' Mahmoud El Khatib 12', 73' Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Wurtz (France)

Egypt advanced to the Second Round.


6 February 1977 Second round – away Kenya  0–0  Egypt Nairobi, Kenya
Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Jama (Somalia)
27 February 1977 Second round – home Egypt  1–0
(1–0 agg.)
 Kenya Cairo, Egypt
Ali Khalil 13' Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: El-Ghoul (Libya)

Egypt advanced to the Third Round.


15 July 1977 Third round – home Egypt  2–0  Zambia Cairo, Egypt
Farouk Gaafar 29'
Mohamed Abdallah "Hamama" 49'
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
31 July 1977 Third round – away Zambia  0–0
(0–2 agg.)
 Egypt Lusaka, Zambia
Stadium: 7th April Stadium
Referee: Gordon (Scotland)

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
8 October 1977 Final round
away 1
Nigeria  4–0  Egypt Lagos, Nigeria
Chukwu 24'
Odegbami 54', 67'
N'Wadioha 74'
Stadium: Surelere Stadium
Referee: Correia (Portugal)

21 October 1977 Final round
home 1
Egypt  3–1  Nigeria Cairo, Egypt
Moustapha Abdou 11', 27'
Mokhtar Ali Mokhtar 90'
George Iwelumo 75' Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)

25 November 1977 Final round
home 2
Egypt  3–2  Tunisia Cairo, Egypt
Farouk Gaafar 25' (p.)
Moustapha Abdou 53'
Mahmoud El Khatib 83'
Raouf Ben Aziza 80'
Mohammed Ali Akid 87'
Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

11 December 1977 Final round
away 2
Tunisia  4–1  Egypt Tunis, Tunisia
Mohammed Ali Akid 15'
Temime Lahzami 43'
Raouf Ben Aziza 64'
Khemais Labidi 75'
Ahmed Abdel Baki 80' Stadium: Stade El Menzah
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Egypt out of Final Round.

Egypt advanced to the Second Round, Ghana withdrew.


Egypt advanced to the Third Round, Libya withdrew.


26 April 1981 CAF third round – away Morocco  1–0  Egypt Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca
Daidi Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Nyrenda Chayu (Zambia)
8 May 1981 CAF third round – home Egypt  0–0
(0–1 agg.)
 Morocco Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Cheikh M'Baye (Senegal)

Egypt out of Third Round.

First Round

28 August 1984 Egypt  1–0  Zimbabwe Cairo, Egypt
Mayhoub Report Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
30 September 1984 Zimbabwe  1–1
(1–2 agg.)
 Egypt Harare, Zimbabwe
Hamada Sedki 9' (og) Report Suleiman 34' Referee: Billy Phambala (Malawi)

Egypt advanced to the Second Round.


Second Round

5 April 1985 Egypt  1–0  Madagascar Cairo, Egypt
Suleiman 64' Report Referee: Belaid Lacarne (Algeria)

Egypt advanced to the Third Round on penalties.


Third Round

Egypt out of Third Round.

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 Kenya Liberia Malawi
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

Egypt 2–0 Liberia
Ala'a 23'
El-Akad 42'
Attendance: 70,000

Malawi 1–1 Egypt
Kayira 89' Hesham 60'


Liberia 1–0 Egypt
Debbah 45'

Egypt 1–0 Malawi
Hesham 28'
Attendance: 55,000

Egypt 2–0 Kenya
Hesham 58'
I. Hossan 62'
Attendance: 47,000

Final round

Algeria 0–0 Egypt
Egypt 1–0 Algeria
H. Hassan 4'
Attendance: 100,000

Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ireland V Egypt 1990 World Cup". Soccer Ireland. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Egypt Squad 1990 World Cup". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Egypt Squad 1934 World Cup". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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