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The Egypt national football team, known as The Pharaohs, represents Egypt in men's International association football and is governed by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) founded in 1921, the governing body for football in Egypt. The team's historical stadium<\/SPAN> is Cairo International Stadium<\/SPAN> but since 2012 the team has played most home games at Borg El Arab Stadium<\/SPAN> of Alexandria. The current team manager is Hector Cuper.

Egypt is the most successful national team in Africa, having won the Africa Cup of Nations a record seven times: the inaugural edition in 1957 and on home soil in 1959, as well as the 1986 edition, Burkina Faso in 1998, 2006, Ghana in 2008 and Angola in 2010 edition. Egypt has also been as high as ninth in the FIFA World Rankings, making the team one of only three African national teams to enter the world's top ten. Despite their respectable continental record, Egypt has so far made only two appearances in the World Cup (in 1934 and 1990), failing to win a game on both occasions. The Egypt national team was the first African and Middle Eastern team to qualify for the World Cup.

Egypt qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and eventually finished runners-up after losing to Cameroon in the final. The tournament helped Egypt rise from 60 in December 2016 to 19 in May 2017 in the FIFA World Rankings.<\/P>

On October 8, 2017, Egypt qualified for the 2018 World Cup, their first appearance for 28 years and third overall.<\/P>","32A99FE5B709A1DB00C6B257D3D689A1":"0","BB277CED872EF2132450BC10379E9FFD":"84","EC1B23A51B4C607D":"First international<\/STRONG>
Italy 2–1 Egypt
(Ghent, Belgium; 28 August 1920)

Biggest win:<\/STRONG>
Egypt 15–0 Laos
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 November 1963)

Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG>
Italy 11–3 Egypt
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 10 June 1928)

World Cup<\/STRONG>
Appearances:
<\/STRONG>3 (first in 1934)

Best result:
<\/STRONG>Round of 16, 1934

Africa Cup of Nations<\/STRONG>
Appearances:<\/STRONG>
26 (first in 1957)

Best result:
<\/STRONG>Champions, 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, and 2010

Confederations Cup<\/STRONG>
Appearances:<\/STRONG>
2 (first in 1999)

Best result:<\/STRONG>
Group stage, 1999 and 2009

Most caps
<\/STRONG>Ahmed Hassan (184)

Top scorer<\/STRONG>
Hossam Hassan (70)","033EA04110C4B96A":"1","B36E0AA9AE505908":"Cairo","92D102DDE1327A88":"Egypt","32A99FE5B709A1DB63DE32C8AC0B8A014B4BCC8738543B0E":"1","61CD9DEED77E23E3":"http:\/\/www.efa.com.eg","31E4B7E841B17C66":"Egypt","C7F6BE50245998BE4736399810BAA03D6FA3B04F61D5A658":"1921","F1B6E1D72D987D7B3EB458B4F65A3711":"

AFRICAN COMPETITIONS<\/STRONG><\/U>

Africa Cup of Nations<\/STRONG>
Winners (7): 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010 (Most successful team)
Runners-up (2): 1962, 2017
Third place (3): 1963, 1970, 1974
Fourth place (3): 1976, 1980, 1984

All-Africa Games<\/STRONG>
Champions (2): 1987, 1995
Third place (1): 1973

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations<\/STRONG>
Runners-up (2): 1988, 2007

Nile Basin Tournament<\/STRONG>
Champions (1): 2011 (Most successful team)

ARABIC COMPETITIONS
<\/U><\/STRONG>
Pan Arabic Games<\/STRONG>
Champions (4): 1953,1965,1992,2007 (Most successful team)
Runners-up (1): 1961

Arab Cup of Nations<\/STRONG>
Champions (1): 1992
Third Place (1):1988

Palestine Cup of Nations<\/STRONG>
Champions (2): 1972,1975 (Most successful team)

OTHERS
<\/U><\/STRONG>
Mediterranean Games
<\/STRONG>Champions (1): 1955
Silver Medalist (1): 1951
Bronze Medalist (1): 1983<\/P>","E40B4988E6F21D3C":"565","EAED8CB630D9337C78DBF9D86264B1E8":"Cairo","2EDF0AE83F4EAE44640AD1811EF877E6":"75000","e_index":7};