Football World Cup 2018 / Egypt
Football World Cup 2018 : Egypt |
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Trainer | Héctor Cúper |
captain | Essam El-Hadary |
Qualified as | Winner Africa Group E |
World rankings before the tournament |
45 |
Tournament result | Out in the preliminary round |
Games won | 0 |
Games tie | 0 |
Games lost | 3 |
Gates | 2: 6 |
This article covers the Egyptian national football team at the 2018 World Cup . The record African champions took part in the finals for the third time and, as before, could not survive the group stage.
qualification
The team qualified for the World Cup in Russia through the qualifying matches of the African Football Association CAF .
Games
Egypt, which has been coached by the Argentine Héctor Cúper since March 2015 , did not have to intervene until the second round and met Chad on both legs . After a 0-1 away defeat, the third round was reached with a 4-0 home win. This was played as a group stage and Egypt met in Group E against the Republic of the Congo , Ghana and Uganda . In the six resulting games, the Egyptian team won four, lost once and played once. The Egyptians scored at least one goal in all games except in the 1-0 defeat against Uganda. The Egyptians qualified as group winners on the penultimate matchday with a 2-1 win against the Republic of the Congo. The decisive goal came from a penalty converted by Mohamed Salah in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
A total of 33 players were used, 18 of whom were also in the squad for the 2017 African Cup of Nations , in which Egypt reached the final, including three goalkeepers. In the second round Ahmed El-Shenawy was in goal, in the first five games of the third round the now 44-year-old Essam El-Hadary and in the last game, which was no longer decisive for the qualification, Sherif Ekramy . In addition to him, four other players were only used in this game. The top scorer was Mohamed Salah with five goals, who together with Préjuce Nakoulma (Burkina Faso) was the top African scorer. A total of five players contributed at least one goal. This means that Egypt has the lowest scorer rate: only 15.2% of the players used were also successful scorer.
Second round
date | Venue | host | guest | Result | Goalscorers for Egypt | |
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Nov 13, 2015 | N'Djamena | Chad | - | Egypt | 1: 0 (1: 0) | |
Nov 17, 2015 | Borg El Arab | Egypt | - | Chad | 4: 0 (4: 0) | Mohamed Elneny (5th), Abdallah Said (10th), Ahmed Hassan (35th, 39th) |
Third round
date | Venue | host | guest | Result | Goalscorers for Egypt | |
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10/09/2016 | Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | - | Egypt | 1: 2 (1: 1) | Mohamed Salah (41.), Abdallah Said (58.) |
11/13/2016 | Alexandria | Egypt | - | Ghana | 2: 0 (1: 0) | Mohamed Salah (42 / penalty.), Abdallah Said (85.) |
08/31/2017 | Kira Town | Uganda | - | Egypt | 1: 0 (0: 0) | |
05.09.2017 | Alexandria | Egypt | - | Uganda | 1: 0 (1: 0) | Mohamed Salah (6.) |
08/10/2017 | Borg El Arab | Egypt | - | Republic of the Congo | 2: 1 (0: 0) | Mohamed Salah (62nd, 90th + 4 / penalty) |
11/12/2017 | Kumasi | Ghana | - | Egypt | 1: 1 (0: 0) | Shikabala (61.) |
Third round final table
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Egypt | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 8: 4 | +4 | 13 |
2. | Uganda | 6th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3: 2 | +1 | 9 |
3. | Ghana | 6th | 1 | 4th | 1 | 7: 5 | +2 | 7th |
4th | Republic of the Congo | 6th | 0 | 2 | 4th | 5:12 | −7 | 2 |
preparation
Games
date | Result | opponent | venue | Egyptian goal scorers |
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23 March 2018 | 1: 2 | Portugal | Zurich ( CHE ) | Mohamed Salah (56th) |
March 27, 2018 | 0: 1 | Greece | Zurich ( CHE ) | |
May 26, 2018 | 1: 1 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | Ayman Ashraf (80th) |
June 1, 2018 | 0-0 | Colombia | Bergamo ( ITA ) | |
June 6, 2018 | 0: 3 | Belgium | Brussels |
Remarks:
- Teams in italics are not qualified for the World Cup
- Since participants in the World Cup finals were not allowed to play friendly or preparatory games between May 21 and 27, 2018 to protect the players, FIFA fined the Egyptian Association on July 19 for the game on May 26 with a fine of CHF 50,000 and a warning.
Quarter
The team's quarters were a hotel in the Chechen capital of Grozny , where the team could use the Akhmat Arena for training purposes.
Squad
A preliminary roster of 29 players was nominated on May 13th. The final roster of 23 players had to be reported to FIFA by June 4th. No player has ever played in a World Cup finals. Most were born after the last participation in 1990. The following players were canceled for the tournament: Mohamed Awad , Mahmoud Abdel Aziz , Ahmed Gomaa , Karim Hafez , Kouka and Amro Tarek . At 45 years and five months, goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary is the oldest player to have ever been nominated for a World Cup finals.
position | No. | Surname | birth date |
Calls | Gates | society | debut | Last use |
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goal | 16 | Sherif Ekramy | 07/01/1983 | 16 | 0 | al Ahly Cairo M | 2013 | 05/25/2018 | |||||
1 | Essam El-Hadary | January 15, 1973 | 158 | 0 | al-Taawon | 1996 | 06/06/2018 | 1 | |||||
23 | Ahmed El-Shenawy | 05/14/1991 | 3 | 0 | al Ahly Cairo M | 2018 | 06/06/2018 | 2 | |||||
Defense | 13 | Mohamed Abdel-Shafy | 07/01/1985 | 52 | 1 | al-Fateh | 2009 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | ||||
12 | Ayman Ashraf | 04/09/1991 | 5 | 1 | al Ahly Cairo M | 2016 | 05/25/2018 | ||||||
3 | Ahmed Elmohamady | 09/09/1987 | 83 | 2 | Aston Villa | 2007 | 06/06/2018 | ||||||
7th | Ahmed Fathi | 11/10/1984 | 128 | 3 | al Ahly Cairo M | 2002 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | 1 | ||||
2 | Ali Gabr | 01/10/1989 | 22nd | 1 | West Bromwich Albion ↓ | 2011 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | 1 | ||||
15th | Mahmoud Hamdy | 06/01/1995 | 1 | 0 | al Zamalek SC P | 2018 | 05/25/2018 | ||||||
6th | Ahmed Hegazy | 01/25/1991 | 45 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion ↓ | 2011 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | 1 | ||||
20th | Saad Samir | 04/01/1989 | 10 | 0 | al Ahly Cairo M | 2014 | 06/01/2018 | ||||||
midfield | 17th | Mohamed Elneny | 07/11/1992 | 63 | 5 | Arsenal FC | 2011 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | ||||
4th | Omar Gaber | 01/30/1992 | 23 | 0 | Los Angeles FC N | 2002 | 06/06/2018 | ||||||
8th | Tarek Hamed | October 24, 1988 | 24 | 0 | al Zamalek SC P | 2013 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | |||||
5 | Sam Morsy | 09/10/1991 | 5 | 0 | Wigan Athletic 3 ↑ | 2016 | 06/06/2018 | 1 | 1 | ||||
19th | Abdallah Said | 07/13/1985 | 38 | 6th | Kuopion PS | 2008 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | |||||
21st | Trezeguet | 10/01/1994 | 26th | 2 | Kasımpaşa Istanbul | 2014 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Storm | 11 | Kahraba | 04/13/1994 | 22nd | 3 | Ittihad FC | 2013 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | ||||
9 | Marwan Mohsen | 02/26/1989 | 22nd | 4th | al Ahly Cairo M | 2011 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | |||||
10 | Mohamed Salah T. | 06/15/1992 | 58 | 35 | Liverpool FC | 2011 | 03/23/2018 | 2 | 2 | ||||
18th | Shikabala | 05.03.1986 | 32 | 2 | al-Raed | 2013 | 06/01/2018 | ||||||
14th | Ramadan Sobhi | 01/23/1997 | 24 | 1 | Stoke City ↓ | 2015 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | |||||
22nd | Amr Warda | 09/17/1993 | 17th | 0 | Atromitos Athens | 2015 | 06/06/2018 | 3 | |||||
Coaching staff | Trainer | Héctor Cúper | November 16, 1955 | 2015 | |||||||||
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Finals
Group draw
Venues and quarters (blue / italic) of the Egyptian team |
For the draw for the qualifying groups on December 1st, Egypt was assigned to Pot 3. Egypt met in Group A against hosts Russia , Saudi Arabia and former world champion Uruguay . Egypt did not meet any of the three teams in the previous two appearances in 1938 and 1990. The Egyptians have never played against Russia. But in 1955 they played three times against their predecessor team from the Soviet Union and lost all games. In addition, there were two defeats against the Soviet Olympic team in 1988 and a victory against the USSR B team in 1991. The Egyptians met Uruguayan teams twice: in 1963 they won 5-1 against a university team and in 2006 they lost 2-0 to the senior national team. There were four international matches against the Saudis recognized by FIFA, with two wins, a draw and a 5-1 defeat in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup , as well as six other games not counted by FIFA, including a 13-0 win in first game 1961.
Egypt had not played in any of the three preliminary round venues.
Group stage / group A matches
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | +5 | 9 |
2. | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8: 4 | +4 | 6th |
3. | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: 7 | −5 | 3 |
4th | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2: 6 | −4 | 0 |
Fri., June 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Yekaterinburg | ||||
Egypt | - | Uruguay | 0: 1 (0: 0) | |
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg | ||||
Russia | - | Egypt | 3: 1 (0: 0) | 47. ′ Fathi , 73./Penalty ′ Salah |
Mon., June 25, 2018, 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Volgograd | ||||
Saudi Arabia | - | Egypt | 2: 1 (1: 1) | 22. ′ Salah , 45 + 6 / Penalty ′ Al-Faraj, 90 + 5 ′ Al-Dawsari |
Individual evidence
- ↑ fifa.com: "" Salah ends 28 years of waiting "
- ↑ fifa.com: Six clubs face transfer bans as a result of FIFA's new process that promotes the immediate fulfillment of financial obligations
- ↑ fifa.com: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Team Base Camps
- ↑ orlandocitysc.com: Amro Tarek Named to Egyptian Preliminary Roster for 2018 World Cup
- ↑ رسميا - قائمة مصر النهائية .. 23 فرعونا يشدون الرحال إلى روسيا بينهم الونش وأشرف ودون كوكا . In: FilGoal.com . ( filgoal.com [accessed June 5, 2018]).
- ↑ fifa.com: facts and figures on the World Cup squad
- ↑ Sources: Kicker-Sonderheft 2018, rsssf.com: Egypt - Record International Players , soccerway.com: Egypt
- ^ Egypt versus Russia
- ^ Egypt versus Uruguay
- ^ Egypt versus Saudia-Arabia