The Egypt women's national football team represents

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

in international women's football. It is governed by the

Egyptian Football Association The Egyptian Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Egypt. A member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of CAF, the EFA has jurisdiction for the Egyptian football lea ...

. Like most African Nations,

women's football in Egypt Football in Egypt has traditionally been played by men as women were prevented from participating in sports. Madame Sahar El Hawari is one of the innovators of Egyptian football helping form the Egypt women's national football team and then goin ...

has lacked development, whereas the men's team is one of the continent's most traditional.

History

The beginning

The team had an agonizing start. As shown when they were lost 17–0 by

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in a 1993 unofficial friendly. An unimpressed correspondent in the ''Egyptian Mail'' newspaper wrote of the players: After some development, the Cleopatra's were able to make their official debut in the 1998 African Championship after beating

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in the qualifying round. They lost all 3 matches with horrible results but were able to score 2 goals. In 2012 they made their fourth appearance in the African Championship's qualifiers. They were knocked out by

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. Egypt was able to qualify to the 2016 Tournament after beating

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on Away Goals rule. This was considered an upset since the Ivory Coast had recently played at the

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. In the tournament, Egypt lost 2–0 to

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and 5–0 to

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but were able to snatch their first victory against

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after a sole goal by

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. Egypt did not enter the qualification rounds to the 2019 World Cup nor the African Women's Cup. They have not played a friendly in over a year and are currently unranked.

Team image

Nicknames

The Egypt women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "''

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Home stadium

Egypt plays their home matches on the

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Overall competitive record

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

2022

2023

All-time results

* The following table shows Egypt's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018. *Source
Worldfootball
– 2005 to 2017 : 48 , 21 , 7 , 20 , 93–65 , +28

– 1998 to 2017 *1998 : 5 , 1 , 1 , 3 , 4–15 , −11 *2000 : 2 , 0 , 1 , 1 , 4–5 , −1 * 2006 Arab Women's Championship * 2010 Arabia Women's Cup

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

* (20xx–present) Mohamed Mostafa Abdelhamid

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly match's against on 19 and 22 February 2023. *''Caps and goals accurate up to and including 26 August 2021.''

Recent call-ups

*The following players have been called up to the Egypt squad in the past 12 months. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^PRE Preliminary squad.
^SUS Player is serving a suspension.
^WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.

Previous squads

;Africa Women Cup of Nations * 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Olympic Games