Egypt World Cup 2026 Squad Provisional
26-man squad
· Coach: Hossam Hassan
Here's how Egypt shape up for the 2026 World Cup — a provisional list of 26 players. Head coach Hossam Hassan will lead them into the tournament.
The headline names include Mohamed Salah (116 caps) of Liverpool, Trézéguet (96 caps) of Al Ahly and Mohamed El Shenawy (76 caps) of Al Ahly.
The squad is built from 4 goalkeepers, 8 defenders, 7 midfielders and 7 forwards.
Experience-wise this is a deeply experienced group — 6 players have 50+ caps, and the squad carries 821 international appearances between them, led by Mohamed Salah on 116.
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Full squad
Goalkeepers 4
Mohamed El Shenawy
El Mahdy Soliman
Mostafa Shobeir
Mohamed Alaa
Defenders 8
Yasser Ibrahim
Mohamed Hany
Hossam Abdelmaguid
Ramy Rabia
Mohamed Abdelmonem
Ahmed Fatouh
Karim Hafez
Tarek Alaa
Midfielders 7
Emam Ashour
Mostafa Ziko
Hamdy Fathy
Mohanad Lasheen
Nabil Emad
Marwan Attia
Mahmoud Saber
Forwards 7
Trézéguet
Hamza Abdelkarim
Mohamed Salah
Haissem Hassan
Ibrahim Adel
Omar Marmoush
Zizo