Egypt women's national football team

The Egypt women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب مصر لكرة القدم للسيدات), nicknamed "the Cleopatras", represents Egypt in international women's football. It is managed by the Egyptian Football Association, the governing body of football in the country.

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

The team had an agonizing start, losing 17–0 to Russia in a 1993 unofficial friendly. An unimpressed correspondent in the Egyptian Mail newspaper wrote of the players:

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 made their official debut in the 1998 African Championship after beating Uganda in the qualifying round. They lost all three group-stage matches, scoring two total goals.

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

Egypt qualified for the 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations after beating Ivory Coast which was considered an upset as Ivory Coast had competed in the 2015 Women's World Cup. At the tournament, Egypt lost 2–0 to Cameroon and 5–0 to South Africa but were able to snatch their first victory against Zimbabwe thanks to a goal by Salma Tarik.

Egypt did not enter the qualification rounds to the 2019 World Cup nor the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. The team failed to qualify for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

As of 21 August 2023, the team was ranked 88th in the world by FIFA.

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.

Overall competitive record

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 1 October 2022:

Manager history

• (20xx–present) Mohamed Mostafa Abdelhamid

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification match's against  Senegal in December 2023.

• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 26 August 2021.

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to the Egypt squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

Africa Women Cup of Nations

• 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

UNAF Women's Tournament

Arab Women's Championship

Head-to-head record

Key

The following table shows Bahrain' all-time official international record per opponent:

Last updated: Egypt vs Jordan, 10 October 2022.

See also

• Sport in Egypt
  • Football in Egypt
    • Women's football in Egypt
• Muslim women in sport
• Women's association football
• Egypt national football team
• Egypt women's national under-20 football team
• Egypt women's national under-17 football team

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

1. Egypt national football team
2. Morocco women's national football team
3. Egypt national under-20 football team
4. Egypt national under-17 football team
5. Egypt women's national football team results
6. Egypt women's national under-20 football team
7. South Sudan women's national football team
8. Egyptian Football Association
9. Uganda women's national football team
10. Netherlands national football team
11. Lebanon women's national football team
12. Senegal women's national football team
13. Comoros women's national football team
14. Tunisia women's national football team
15. Jordan women's national football team
16. Egypt women's national volleyball team
17. Réunion women's national football team
18. Ethiopia women's national football team
19. Egypt women's national basketball team
20. Women's football in Egypt