The Egyptian national futsal team represents Egypt during international futsal competitions. It is governed by the Egyptian Football Association and won the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations a record three times. Egypt has also represented Africa in the FIFA Futsal World Cup, with seven appearances.
History On 24 April 2016, Egypt lost the 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations against Morocco after losing 3-2 in the final. 4 years later, they lost for the second consecutive time after being defeated 5-0 in the final.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Legend
2021
2022
2023
Team Head coach: Hesham Saleh
Current squad
Competitive record *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. ***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
FIFA Futsal World Cup Egypt has reached the FIFA Futsal World Cup 7 times, the most in Africa. Egypt attended their first FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1996, when they achieved the first victory for Africa in the competition's history by beating Australia 8–2. Four years later, they reached the Second Round with notable victories over the likes of teams like Uruguay and Russia. Although a draw with Argentina would have granted them a place in the Semi-finals, they lost 3–4 to the Argentina and finished 6th place overall.
The Pharaohs appeared for the third successive time in Taiwan and despite a first-round exit, they made their mark with the biggest margin of victory in the tournament, 12–0 over the hosts.Egypt Futsal Team(EGY), September 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2008
Egypt didn't pass through the group stage again in 2008 but they progressed through the first round in 2012, losing to Italy 1-5.
Egypt appeared in the Quarterfinals in the 2016 edition, after a 4-3 revenge win against Italy in Extra Time. They would later lose to the eventual winners, Argentina. Egypt qualified to their 7th world cup appearance after reaching the final in the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup. FIFA Futsal World Cup recordYearRoundPldWD*LGSGADIF 1989Did not enter––––––– 1992Did not enter––––––– 1996Round 131021319–6 2000Round 2630327270 2004Round 131021612+4 2008Round 14103912–3 2012Round of 1641031214–2 2016Quarterfinals52031317-4 2021Group stage3102714-7 2024Did not qualify–––––––Total7/10281001897115–18
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations Egypt has reached the final match of every tournament. Africa Futsal Cup of Nations recordYearRoundPldWD*LGSGADIF Egypt 1996Champions43103112+19 Egypt 2000Champions3300305+252004Champions43014313+30Libya 2008Runners-up63212712+15Burkina Faso 2011Cancelled-------South Africa 2016Runners-up53111411+3Morocco 2020Runners-up54012013+7Morocco 2024Fourth place53112618+8Total6/732225519184+107
Grand Prix de Futsal Egypt were only invited twice. Grand Prix de Futsal recordYearRoundPldWD*LGSGADIFBrazil 2005Did not enter-------Brazil 2006Did not enter-------Brazil 20078th place51041619–3Brazil 200810th place63031116–5Brazil 2009-Brazil 2015Did not enter-------Total2/11114072735-8
Futsal Confederations Cup Futsal Confederations Cup recordYearRoundPldWD*LGSGADIFLibya 2009-Brazil 2013Did not enter-------Kuwait 2014Round 13102811–3Total1/33102811–3
Arab Futsal Championship Arab Futsal Championship recordYearRoundPldWD*LGSGADIF Egypt 1998Champions55004916+33 Egypt 2005Champions44003010+20Libya 2007Runners-up5401217+14 Egypt 2008Runners-up5401238+15 Egypt 2021Runners-up53111510+5Total5/524201313851+87
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