Participation of Egypt's national football team in the FIFA World Cup
Egypt national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Egypt's fans at the FIFA World Cup in Russia
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]
Egypt have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1934, 1990 and 2018.[2][3][4][5] With 2 draws and 5 losses, Egypt has never won a match in the World Cup finals.
In 1934 Egypt became the first African team to play in the World Cup.[6] When they qualified again in 1990, they became the team with the longest-ever gap between two FIFA World Cup matches: 56 years and 16 days had passed.
Group F, featured the Netherlands, England, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt. In the six group games, no team managed to score more than once in a match. England beat Egypt 1–0, thanks to a 58th-minute goal from Mark Wright – and that was enough to win the group.
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
England
3
1
2
0
2
1
+1
4
Republic of Ireland
3
0
3
0
2
2
0
3
Netherlands
3
0
3
0
2
2
0
3
Egypt
3
0
2
1
1
2
−1
2
The Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records. With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place.
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Due to the long time spans between Egypt's World Cup participations, no player was able to play more than one tournament. 22 players share the record for most World Cup appearances for Egypt: Ten players from the 1990 FIFA World Cup, among them twin brothers Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan, and twelve players from 2018. The team of 1934 was only able to play one match because of a different tournament format.
An Egyptian player with a notable record is goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary. On 25 June 2018, he became the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup match with 45 years and 5 months. He saved a penalty in the first half of the match against Saudi Arabia, but ultimately Egypt lost 1–2.
Scoring twice at Egypt's first-ever World Cup match, their 2–4 defeat against Hungary, made Abdulrahman Fawzi the only African goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup finals for decades. It took 84 years for another Egyptian, Mohamed Salah, to equal his tally.
Withdrew "refused to play against Romania due to financial matters"
Brazil 1950
Did Not Enter
Switzerland 1954
Did Not Qualify
3rd
2
0
0
2
2
7
Sweden 1958
Withdrew "declined to meet Sudan in refusal to Israel Participation"
Chile 1962
Withdrew As United Arab Republic after as FIFA would not allow them to rearrange matches to avoid the monsoon season
England 1966
Withdrew "all African nations declined to Participate asking for African seat"
Mexico 1970
Did Not Enter "due to Postponement of Sports activities in EGYPT after 1967 war"
West Germany 1974
Did Not Qualify
7th
2
1
0
1
2
3
Argentina 1978
Did Not Qualify
8th
10
6
2
2
15
12
Spain 1982
Did Not Qualify
9th
2
0
1
1
0
1
Mexico 1986
Did Not Qualify
10th
6
2
2
2
3
4
1990
Qualified for the FINALS
11th
8
4
3
1
7
2
United States 1994
Did Not Qualify
12th
6
3
2
1
9
3
France 1998
Did Not Qualify
13th
6
3
1
2
15
5
South Korea/Japan 2002
Did Not Qualify
14th
10
5
4
1
22
9
Germany 2006
Did Not Qualify
15th
10
5
2
3
26
15
South Africa 2010
Did Not Qualify
16th
13
9
1
3
22
7
Brazil 2014
Did Not Qualify
17th
8
7
0
1
19
14
Russia 2018
Qualified for the FINALS
18th
8
5
1
2
12
5
Qatar 2022
To be determined
Total
final 3/20
17/20
87
48
18
21
156
84
World Cup qualifications games[]
FIFA World Cup URUGUAY 1930[]
Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup
The Egyptian Football association declined the invitation handed to it by FIFA because of the cost of the far trip to Uruguay to participate in the FIFA World Cup URUGUAY 1930
The Palestine football team consisted of nine British footballers, six Jewish footballers and one Arab footballer.[16] FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that the 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team and as such bears no relation to the national team of the Palestinian authority although there were no state named Israel yet .[17] However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers".[18]
Group 4
Egypt were to play Romania in December 1937 however Egypt refused to play Romania due a Financial Problems
Another Story says Egypt refused to play Romania during the Ramadan month, Egyptian officials had argued it was "impossible" to play football during that time period. Egyptian officials went on to invite Austrian club side First Vienna FC to Egypt to participate in a friendly game against the national team during the holy month. As a result, Egypt were withdrawn from the competition by FIFA, so Romania qualified automatically.[19]
FIFA World Cup BRAZIL 1950[]
Main article: 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
Egypt did not participate in this version of the FIFA World Cup for no clear reasons
Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground.
Israel advanced to the Final Round automatically. Egypt withdrew, so Sudan advanced to the Final Round automatically.
United Arab Republic and Sudan both withdrew as FIFA refused to allow them to rearrange their games to avoid the monsoon season.[3][permanent dead link]
FIFA World Cup ENGLAND 1966[]
Main articles: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification and 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (Africa, Asia and Oceania)
Africa First Round
No matches were played because of protests to the allocation of spots. The original group draws were.
^Dietschy, Paul (6 June 2013). "Making football global? FIFA, Europe, and the non-European football world, 1912–74". Journal of Global History. 8 (02): 288. doi:10.1017/S1740022813000223.
1 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). 2 Have been member of multiple confederations. 3 Team and national federation no longer exist.
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