Egypt U-23 in The 2012 Summer Olympics

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2011 CAF U-23 Championship

2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification

Additional information: 2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification

First qualifying round

Egypt  v  Botswana

25 March 2011

Egypt	2 – 0	Botswana
Mohamed  31' Mohsen  77'	Report

Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo

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Botswana  v  Egypt

8 April 2011

Botswana	2 – 1	Egypt
Moeng  41', 61'	Report	Mohsen  80'

Gaborone

Egypt won 3–2 on aggregate

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Second qualifying round

he draw for the second qualifying round was held on April 13, 2011. CAF used FIFA rankings from March 2011 to seed the eight highest-ranked teams into Pot A.^[1]

Côte d'Ivoire's fixture against Liberia had been delayed until 20 April due to the civil unrest. As Ivory Coast are the 2nd highest-ranking team in Africa, the winner of their first qualifying round fixture was also placed in Pot A.

Seeding

The pots were confirmed as follows:^[2]

Pot A		Pot B
Algeria  Ivory Coast  Egypt  Gabon	Morocco  Nigeria  South Africa  Tunisia	Benin  Congo  DR Congo  Mali	Senegal  Sudan  Tanzania  Zambia

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Sudan  v  Egypt

4 June 2011 18:30

Sudan	0 – 0	Egypt

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

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Egypt  v  Sudan

18 June 2011 20:30

Egypt	2 – 0	Sudan
Sherweda  58' Ahmed  68'	Report

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Egypt won 2–0 on aggregate

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The Finals

Additional information: 2011 CAF U-23 Championship Morocco 2011

First round

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Gabon	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
South Africa	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Egypt  v  Gabon

27 November 2011 17:30

Egypt	1–0	Gabon
Magdi  50'	Report

Stade de Marrakech Referee: Bakary Papa Gassama (Gambia)

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Ivory Coast  v  Egypt

30 November 2011 20:30

Ivory Coast	1–0	Egypt
Koné  82'	Report

Stade de Marrakech Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

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Egypt  v  South Africa

3 December 2011 19:00

Egypt	2–0	South Africa
El Nenny  46' Mohsen  63'	Report

Stade de Marrakech Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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Semi-finals

Egypt  v  Morocco

7 December 2011 19:00

Egypt	2–3	Morocco
Salah  36' Shroyda  82'	Report	Barrada  1', 9' Mokhtar  66'

Stade de Marrakech Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

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Third place play-off

Senegal  v  Egypt

10 December 2011 14:30

Senegal	0–2	Egypt
	Report	Shroyda  32' Gomaa  68'

Stade de Marrakech Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

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2012 Summer Olympics

Additional information: 2012 Summer Olympics

First round

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
Egypt	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Belarus	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Brazil  v  Egypt

26 July 2012 19:45

Brazil	3–2	Egypt
Rafael  16' Damião  26' Neymar  30'	Report	Aboutrika  52' Salah  76'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 26,812 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

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Egypt  v  New Zealand

29 July 2012 12:00

Egypt	1–1	New Zealand
Salah  40'	Report	Wood  17'

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 50,050 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)

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Egypt  v  Belarus

1 August 2012 14:30

Egypt	3–1	Belarus
Salah  56' Mohsen  73' Aboutrika  79'	Report	Varankow  87'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 8,732 Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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Quarter-finals

Japan  v  Egypt

4 August 2012 12:00

Japan	3–0	Egypt
Nagai  14' Yoshida  78' Otsu  83'	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

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All The matches

All results

	Official Match						Friendly Match						TOTAL
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Home Matches	3	3	0	0	7	0	12	9	3	0	31	4	15	12	3	0	38	4
Away Matches	8	3	1	4	9	8	12	7	2	3	19	15	20	10	3	7	28	23
TOTAL	11	6	1	4	16	8	24	16	5	3	50	19	35	22	6	7	66	27

ALL THE RESULTS
Date	Team	Result	Score	Type	Venue	Commenets
25 July 2010	Togo U-23	W	5–0	Friendly Tournament	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Group A Match 1
27 July 2010	Kenya U-23	W	11–1	Friendly Tournament	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Group A Match 2
29 July 2010	Nigeria U-23	W	3–0	Friendly Tournament	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Group A Match 3
2 August 2010	Cameroon U-23	W	2–0	Friendly Tournament	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Semi Final
5 August 2010	Morocco U-23	W	1–0	Friendly Tournament	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Final Match
7 October 2010	UAE U-23	L	0–3	Friendly Match	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
10 October 2010	UAE U-23	W	3–1	Friendly Match	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, UAE
18 November 2010	Moldova U-23	W	5–0	Friendly Match	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
8 December 2010	South Africa U-23	D	1–1	Friendly Match	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
8 January 2011	South Africa U-23	W	2–0	Friendly Match	Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
25 March 2011	Botswana U-23	W	2–0	2012 Olympic qualifier	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
3 April 2011	Sudan U-23	W	1–0	Friendly Match	EL Marikh Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
8 April 2011	Botswana U-23	L	1–2	2012 Olympic qualifier	Gaborone National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana
4 June 2011	Sudan U-23	D	0–0	2012 Olympic qualifier	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
18 June 2011	Sudan U-23	W	2–0	2012 Olympic qualifier	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt
10 August 2011	Japan U-23	L	1–2	Friendly Match	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
2 September 2011	Sierra Leone	L	1–2	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier	National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone	Played in place of 1st Team
7 October 2011	Niger	W	3–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Played in place of 1st Team
November 2011	Senegal U-23	D	0–0	Friendly Match	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
November 2011	Senegal U-23	D	1–1	Friendly Match	Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
27 November 2011	Gabon U-23	W	1–0	2011 CAF U-23 Championship Finals	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco	Group B Match 1
30 November 2011	Côte d'Ivoire U-23	L	0–1	2011 CAF U-23 Championship Finals	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco	Group B Match 2
3 December 2011	South Africa U-23	W	2–0	2011 CAF U-23 Championship Finals	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco	Group B Match 3
7 December 2011	Morocco U-23	L	2–3	2011 CAF U-23 Championship Finals	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco	Semi Final Match
10 December 2011	Senegal U-23	W	2–0	2011 CAF U-23 Championship Finals	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco	3rd Place Match
21 February 2012	Romania U-23	D	1–1	Friendly Match	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE
24 February 2012	Uzbekistan U-23	W	3–1	Friendly Match	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE
28 February 2012	Spain U-23	L	1–3	Friendly Match	Estadio El Malecón, Torrelavega, Spain
13 March 2012	Egypt	W	2–1	Friendly Match	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
16 March 2012	FC Basel[3]	W	4–3	Friendly Match	Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland
19 April 2012	Costa Rica U-23	W	1–0	Friendly Match	Estadio José Rafael, Cartago, Costa Rica
25 April 2012	Uruguay U-23	D	0–0	Friendly Match	Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay
23 May 2012	Netherlands U-21	L	0–3	Toulon Tournament 2012	Stade Perruc, Hyères, France
25 May 2012	Turkey U-23	D	1–1	Toulon Tournament 2012	Stade de l'Estérel, Saint-Raphaël, France
27 May 2012	Japan U-23	W	3–2	Toulon Tournament 2012	Le Grand Stade, Le Lavandou, France
24 June 2012	Sudan	D	1–1	Arab Nations Cup 2012	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, KSA
27 June 2012	Iraq	L	1–2	Arab Nations Cup 2012	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, KSA
30 June 2012	Lebanon	D	1–1	Arab Nations Cup 2012	King Fahd Stadium, Ta’if, KSA
16 July 2012	Lierse	W	2–1	Friendly Match	Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier, Belgium
19 July 2012	Honduras U-23	L	0–1	Friendly Match	France
26 July 2012	Brazil U-23	L	2–3	2012 Olympics	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, United Kingdom	Group C Match 1
29 July 2012	New Zealand U-23	D	1–1	2012 Olympics	Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom	Group C Match 2
1 August 2012	Belarus U-23	W	3–1	2012 Olympics	Hampden Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom	Group C Match 3
4 August 2012	Japan U-23	L	0–3	2012 Olympics	Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom	Quarter-finals

The squad and All call ups

The Finals squad

The following players were selected to go to the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Note: The rules for the 2012 Summer Olympics state that any team can have up to 3 players over the age of 23 while the rest need to be born on or after January 1, 1989. Players marked with a "*" after their name means that they are over-aged players called in as reinforcements.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ahmed El-Shenawy 29 January 1991 (aged 21) 21 0 Zamalek 16 GK Mohamed Bassam 25 December 1990 (aged 21) 4 0 El Geish 2 DF Mahmoud Alaa El-Din 1 January 1991 (aged 21) 16 0 Haras El-Hodood 3 DF Ali Fathy 2 January 1992 (aged 20) 18 0 Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 4 DF Omar Gaber 30 January 1992 (aged 20) 20 2 Zamalek 6 DF Ahmed Hegazy 25 January 1991 (aged 21) 26 0 Perugia 7 DF Ahmed Fathi* November 10, 1984 5 0 Umm Salal 12 DF Islam Ramadan 1 November 1990 (aged 21) 25 0 Haras El Hodood 15 DF Saad Samir 1 April 1989 (aged 23) 20 0 Al-Ahly 5 MF Mohamed Aboutrika* (captain) November 7, 1978 5 2 Al-Ahly 8 MF Shehab El-Din Ahmed 22 August 1990 (aged 21) 26 1 Petrojet 13 MF Saleh Gomaa 1 August 1993 (aged 18) 23 3 Nacional 14 MF Hossam Hassan 30 April 1989 (aged 23) 36 1 Ittihad 17 MF Mohamed El-Nenny 19 July 1992 (aged 20) 25 3 FC Basel 9 FW Marwan Mohsen 26 February 1989 (aged 23) 38 21 Gil Vicente 10 FW Emad Moteab* February 20, 1983 5 0 Al-Ahly 11 FW Mohamed Salah 15 June 1992 (aged 20) 21 11 Fiorentina 18 FW Ahmed Magdi 9 December 1989 (aged 22) 18 3 Smouha

Call-Ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Mohamed Abougabal 29 January 1989 (aged 23) 8 585 ENPPI {{{latest}}} GK Ali Lotfi 14 October 1989 (aged 22) 11 0 ENPPI {{{latest}}} DF Moaz El-Henawy 29 January 1990 (aged 23) 25 0 Al-Moqawloon {{{latest}}} DF Mohamed Abdel Fattah 17 April 1991 (aged 22) 0 0 Al Ahly {{{latest}}} DF Ayman Ashraf 9 April 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 Al Ahly {{{latest}}} DF Salah Soliman 20 January 1990 (aged 22) 13 1 Zamalek {{{latest}}} DF Ahmed Sobhi 1 January 1993 (aged 19) 9 0 ENPPI {{{latest}}} MF Mahmoud Abdel-Moneam Kahraba 1 October 1994 (aged 18) 5 1 ENPPI {{{latest}}} MF Sherif Ibrahim 12 October 1994 (aged 18) 0 0 Espanyol {{{latest}}} MF Amr Al-Sulaya 1 April 1989 (aged 23) 21 4 Ismaily SC {{{latest}}} MF Hossam Arafat 18 January 1990 (aged 22) 2 1 Zamalek {{{latest}}} MF Ahmed Nabil Manga 24 December 1991 (aged 20) Al-Ahly {{{latest}}} MF Hesham Mohamed 3 January 1989 (aged 23) 13 1 Al Ahly {{{latest}}} MF Mohamed Ibrahim 1 March 1992 (aged 20) 12 0 Zamalek {{{latest}}} MF Mohamed Ghazy Sobhy 12 November 1992 (aged 19) 11 0 ENPPI {{{latest}}} MF Ahmed Hamoudi 24 December 1990 (aged 21) 4 1 Smouha {{{latest}}} MF Mostafa Afroto 17 March 1989 (aged 23) 18 6 Al Ahly {{{latest}}} FW Ahmed Shoukry 21 July 1989 (aged 23) 21 7 Al Ahly {{{latest}}} FW Ahmed Hassan Koka 5 March 1993 (aged 19) 2 0 Rio Ave {{{latest}}} FW Ahmed Shroyda 21 October 1990 (aged 21) 22 5 Al Masry {{{latest}}}

References

1. "Africa Men’s 2012 Olympic Qualifier draw set for 13 April 2011 in Cairo". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
2. "Olympics - updated draw procedure, with teams". CAFonline.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
3. Marti, Caspar (2012). "Munteres Testspiel gegen Ägyptens Olympia-Auswahl endet 3:4" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-03-16.