Nickname(s) The Pharaohs
Association Egyptian Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Most caps Hossam Hassan (169)
Top scorer Hossam Hassan (69)
Home stadium Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code EGY
FIFA ranking 15
Highest FIFA ranking 15 (January 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking 44 (July 2002, May 2003)
Elo ranking T24
Highest Elo ranking 15 (1967, 1971 & 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking 62 (March 1986, June 1997)
The Egypt national football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر لكرة القدم), nicknamed The Pharaohs, is the national team of Egypt and is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. They are the current African Champions having won the 2008 African Nations Cup. They are also the most successful African team at Confederation level, winning the ANC six times: the inaugural African Nations Cup in Sudan 1957, and also won the tournament in United Arab Republic 1959, Egypt 1986, Burkina Faso 1998, Egypt 2006 and Ghana 2008.
Egypt National Team