Egypt is in Group A alongside Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Veteran head coach Hector Cuper has selected his official World Cup squad on June 4th, with 45 year old legend Essam El Hadary and Liverpool ace Mo Salah (who could be fit for the first game after his injury in the UCL final) set to lead the line for Egypt.
Player | Position | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
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Essam El Hadary (c) | Keeper | 45 | 158 | 0 | Al Taawoun ๐ธ๐ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Sherif Ekramy | Keeper | 34 | 23 | 0 | Al Ahli ๐ช๐ฌ |
Mohamed El Shenawy | Keeper | 29 | 3 | 0 | Al Ahli ๐ช๐ฌ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Ahmed Elmohamady | Right back | 30 | 78 | 2 | Aston Villa ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Omar Gaber | Right back | 26 | 25 | 0 | Los Angeles FC ๐บ๐ธ |
Ahmed Fathy | Right back | 33 | 126 | 3 | Al Ahly ๐ช๐ฌ |
Saad Samir | Centre back | 29 | 11 | 0 | Al Ahli ๐ช๐ฌ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Ali Gabr | Centre back | 29 | 22 | 1 | West Brom ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Ahmed Hegazi | Centre back | 27 | 45 | 1 | West Brom ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
El Wensh | Centre back | 23 | 11 | 0 | Zamalek ๐ช๐ฌ |
Ayman Ashraf | Left back | 27 | 5 | 1 | Al Ahli๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ช๐ฌ |
Mohamed Abdel Shafy | Left back | 32 | 51 | 1 | Al Fateh ๐ธ๐ฆ |
Tarek Hamed | Midfielder | 29 | 22 | 0 | Zamalek ๐ช๐ฌ |
Mohamed Elneny | Midfielder | 25 | 61 | 5 | Arsenal ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Sam Morsy | Midfielder | 26 | 5 | 0 | Wigan Athletic๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Trezeguet | Midfielder | 23 | 25 | 2 | Kasimpasa ๐น๐ท |
Abdallah Said | Midfielder | 32 | 37 | 6 | Al-Ahli๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ธ๐ฆ |
Shikabala | Midfielder | 32 | 30 | 2 | Al Raed ๐ธ๐ฆ |
Ramadan Sobhi | Midfielder | 21 | 24 | 1 | Stoke City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Amr Warda | Midfielder | 24 | 17 | 0 | PAOK ๐ฌ๐ท |
Mahmoud Kahraba | Forward | 24 | 20 | 3 | Al Ittihad ๐ธ๐ฆ |
Mohamed Salah | Forward | 25 | 57 | 33 | Liverpool๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Marwan Mohsen | Forward | 29 | 25 | 4 | Al Ahly ๐ช๐ฌ |
Potential Egypt starting XI (4-2-3-1):
El Hadary โ Fathy, Gabr, Hegazi, Abdel Shafy โ Hamed, Elneny – Sobhi, Said, Salah – Mohsen
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