Egypt women's national football team

The Egypt women's national football team represents Egypt in international women's football.[3]

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Egypt national football team.
Egypt
Nickname(s)The Cleopatras
AssociationEgyptian Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachMohamed Mostafa Abdelhameed
Top scorerAmany Rashad (21)
Home stadiumCairo International Stadium
FIFA codeEGY
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest58 (December 2005)
Lowest121 (March 2008)
First international
Egypt 1–1 Uganda 
(Egypt; 29 March 1998)[2]
Biggest win
Egypt 15–0 Iraq 
(Manama, Bahrain; 21 October 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 6–0 Egypt
(Kaduna, Nigeria; 23 October 1998)
African Women's Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
Best resultGroup stage (1998
2016)

Like most African Nations, women's football in Egypt has lacked development, whereas the men's team is one of the continent's most traditional.

History

Beginning

The team had an agonizing start. As shown when they were lost 17–0 by Russia in a 1993 unofficial friendly. An unimpressed correspondent in the Egyptian Mail newspaper wrote of the players:[4]

Their bucksome blubbery bodies played havoc, with their running becoming turtle-paced. And the crowd shouted at them to go back home.

After some development, the Cleopatras were able to make their official debut in the 1998 African Championship after beating Uganda in the qualifying round. They lost all 3 matches with horrible results but were able to score 2 goals.

In 2012 they made their fourth appearance in the African Championship's qualifiers. They were knocked out by Ethiopia.

Egypt was able to qualify to the 2016 Tournament after beating Ivory Coast on Away Goals rule. This was considered an upset since the Ivory Coast had recently played at the World Cup.

In the tournament, Egypt lost 2-0 to Cameroon and 5-0 to South Africa but were able to snatch their first victory against Zimbabwe after a sole goal by Tarik.

Egypt did not enter the qualification rounds to the 2019 World Cup nor the African Women's Cup. They have not played a friendly in over a year and are currently unranked.

Team image

Nicknames

The Egypt women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Cleopatras".

Home stadium

Egypt plays their home matches on the Cairo International Stadium.

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.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

All-time results
  • The following table shows Egypt's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total552292410185

Overall competitive record
CompetitionStageOpponenResultPositionScorers
1998 African Championship qualifyingSingle round Uganda1–1 1–0
1998 African ChampionshipFirst round DR Congo
 Morocco
 Nigeria		1–4
1–4
0–6		4 / 4
2000 African Championship qualifyingSingle round Réunion3–4 1–1
2006 African Championship qualifyingFirst round EritreaWalkover
Second round Algeria0–1 0–3
2008 African Championship qualifyingFirst round TunisiaWithdrew
2009 North African TournamentSingle round Tunisia
 Algeria		2–6
1–1		3 / 3
2010 African Championship qualifyingFirst round AlgeriaWithdrew
2012 African Championship qualifyingFirst round Ethiopia4–2 0–4Atia (2), Tarek, Abd El-Hafiz
2014 African Championship qualifyingFirst round Tunisia0–3, 2–2Tarek

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Mohamed Mostafa Abdelhameed

Manager history
  • (–present) Mohamed Mostafa Abdelhameed

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were named on date month year for the xxx tournament.
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club

Recent call-ups
  • The following players have been called up to the Egypt squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Records
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup finals record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did Not Enter-------
1995Did Not Enter-------
1999Did Not Qualify-------
2003Did Not Enter-------
2007Did Not Qualify-------
2011Did Not Enter-------
2015Did Not Qualify-------
2019Did Not Qualify-------
2023To Be Determined-------
Total0/9-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Africa Women Cup of Nations finals record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA GD
1991Did Not Enter-------
1995Did Not Enter-------
1998Group Stage3003214-12
2000Did Not Qualify-------
2002Did Not Enter-------
2004Did Not Enter-------
2006Did Not Qualify-------
2008Did Not Enter-------
2010Did Not Enter-------
2012Did Not Qualify-------
2014Did Not Qualify-------
2016Group Stage310217-6
2018Did Not Enter-------
TotalGroup Stage6105321-18

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. Egypt vs. Uganda – 29 March 1998 – FIFA WWC 1999 Prel. Comp. CAF
  3. "Good but could be better". Al-Ahram. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  4. Maume, Chris (24 December 1993). "Sports Quotes of the Year: Wit and women: Verbal volleys, wars of words: 'He gets my daughter and I get tickets to the internationals'". The Independent. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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