The Egypt national under-23 football team ( ar, منتخب مصر الأوليمبى), nicknamed The Pharaohs ( ar, الفراعنة), is the national team of Egypt Under-23 and is administered by the

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. The team's main objectives are to qualify and play at the

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and

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. As of

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, players need to be born on or after 1 January 1997 but the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players. They have qualified for the Olympic Games 14 times. Although they withdrew from the

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and the

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...

tournaments after qualifying.

History

Egypt's first appearance was in

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where they played one match against Italy. This was the first official international match for the Pharaohs as they lost 2-1 on August 20, 1920. Egypt would later qualify for 9 straight tournaments from 1920 to 1964. The Pharaohs achieved Fourth Place in Amsterdam 1928 and Tokyo 1964. This means that Egypt is the best team that never won a medal at the Olympics (most 4th place finishes without a higher finish). However, since

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decided to make the Olympic football an under 23-year tournament, Egypt has only qualified three times (

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and

), reaching the quarterfinals in 2012. Egypt qualified to the 2012 Olympics after beating Senegal in the Bronze Metal Match. They missed out on the

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but reached the 2020 Olympics.

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2019

2020

2021

Players

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the

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matches. * Match dates: 23 and 30 October 2022 * Opposition: *Caps and goals correct as of: 31 July 2021, after the match against

Previous squads

* 1920 Summer Olympics squad * 1924 Summer Olympics squad * 1928 Summer Olympics squad * 1936 Summer Olympics squad * 1948 Summer Olympics squad * 1952 Summer Olympics squad * 1960 Summer Olympics squad * 1964 Summer Olympics squad * 1984 Summer Olympics squad * 1992 Summer Olympics squad * 2012 Summer Olympics squad

Overage players in Olympic Games

Competitive record

Olympic Games

* Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the

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was open to full senior national teams. *Egypt withdrew from the 1956 Football tournament and boycotted the 1980 Olympics after qualifying for both.

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

African Games

* Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the

was open to full senior national teams

References

{{Egypt men's football squad 2020 Summer Olympics African national under-23 association football teams Egypt national football team