Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan has announced the squad for the upcoming international break, where the Pharaohs will face Ethiopia and Sierra Leone in the fifth and sixth rounds from Group A of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
2026 World Cup Qualifying: Group A table (4 matches played)
Points | |
Egypt | 10 |
Guinea-Bissau | 6 |
Burkina Faso | 5 |
Sierra Leone | 5 |
Ethiopia | 3 |
Djibouti | 1 |
The group winner qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Four of the nine group runners-up qualify for a playoff to determine Africa's representative at the intercontinental qualifying playoff.
Star players including Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Manchester City's big money signing Omar Marmoush have been called in. Other foreign-based players include former Al Ahly central defender Mohamed Abdelmonem (OGC Nice, France), attacker Trezeguet (Al Rayyan, Qatar) and Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes, France).
A surprising omission is Emam Ashour, the Al Ahly midfielder and current top scorer of the Nile Egyptian League, despite being fully fit. The squad includes forward Osama Faisal, another leading scorer in the league with nine goals for National Bank.
Egypt’s 24-man squad
Goalkeepers
Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly)
Mohamed Awad (Zamalek)
Mostafa Shobeir (Al Ahly)
Abdelaziz El Balouti (National Bank)
Defenders
Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly)
Ahmed Eid (Al Masry)
Mohamed Abdelmonem (Nice, France)
Rami Rabia (Al Ahly)
Khaled Sobhi (Al Masry)
Hossam Abdelmaguid (Zamalek)
Midfielders
Ahmed Nabil Koka (Al Ahly)
Marwan Attia (Al Ahly)
Mohamed Shehata (Zamalek)
Hamdy Fathy (Al Wakrah, Qatar)
Nabil Emad Dunga (Zamalek)
Mahmoud Saber (Smouha)
Forwards
Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet (Al Rayyan, Qatar)
Omar Marmoush (Manchester City, England)
Ibrahim Adel (Pyramids)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England)
Ahmed Sayed Zizo (Zamalek)
Mostafa Fathi (Pyramids)
Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes, France)
Osama Faisal (National Bank SC)
Upcoming fixtures
Ethiopia vs. Egypt – Friday, March 21, at 21:00 GMT in Casablanca, Morocco
Egypt vs. Sierra Leone – Tuesday, March 25, at 19:00 GMT in Cairo
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