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National football team

The Egypt national football team , nicknamed The Pharaohs, is the national team of Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

and is administered by the Egyptian Football Association

Egyptian Football Association

The Egyptian Football Association is the governing body of football in Egypt.The leading Egyptian clubs are as follows, with the total number of national competitions following the name of the club....

. They were the first from an African country to participate in the World Cup when they played in 1934, losing to Hungary

Hungary national football team

The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation....

4-2. Egypt has qualified for one World Cup since then, going out in the first round in 1990. They were known as the United Arab Republic national football team when Egypt and Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

joined to form the United Arab Republic

United Arab Republic

The United Arab Republic , often abbreviated as the U.A.R., was a sovereign union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971. The President was Gamal...

from 1958 to 1961 and then until 1970, with Egypt alone making up the UAR.

Egypt won the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957, and also won the tournament in 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

Egyptian Premier League

The Egyptian Premier League (League A) since 2006/2007 has sixteen clubs. The two most popular Egyptian clubs are Al-Ahly

Al-Ahly

Al-Ahly Sports Club , commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century"...

and Zamalek SC of Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

. Other prominent Premier League clubs are Ismaily SC

Ismaily SC

The Ismaily Sporting Club is a club, established in 1924 as Nahda Sporting Club, based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team....

(Ismailia

Ismaïlia

-Notable natives:*Osman Ahmed Osman, a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician, was born in this town on 6 April 1917....

), Al-Masry

Al-Masry

Al-Masry Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Port Said. Founded in 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for the Egyptians in the city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said...

(Port Sa'id

Port Said

Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...

), Itihad (Alexandria

Alexandria

Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...

) and al-Mokawloon al-Arab

Mokawloon al-Arab

Arab Contractors Sporting Club known as Al Moqaweloon Al Arab المقاولون العرب is an Egyptian football club based in Nasr City, Cairo. Founded in 1973, the club is owned by the construction and engineering contracting company, The Arab Contractors...

(Cairo

Cairo

). While Enppi

ENPPI

ENPPI Club is originally an Egyptian Oil and Gas Company established in 1978 and Enppi club was then formed in 1980...

& Haras El-Hadoud

Sawahel

Haras El-Hodood Club is an Egyptian football team. It was formerly known as Sawahel based in Alexandria. The team is a member of the Egyptian Premier League...

are clubs on the rise. The Egyptian league is considered to be one of the most competitive leagues in Africa and around the world. The league is currently ranked 30th amongst the world by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics

International Federation of Football History & Statistics

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics is an organization that chronicles the history and records of Association football. It was founded on 27 March 1984 at Leipzig by Dr. Alfredo Pöge with the blessings of general secretary of the FIFA at the time, Dr. Helmut Käser...

. <http://www.iffhs.de>

There is no official English translation or title for the Egyptian League, in any case the league is named the Etisalat Premier League due to sponsorship by Etisalat. Until 2006/2007 season however, the name was Vodafone Premier League since vodafone was the sponsor of the league.

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National football team

Egyptian Premier League

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