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Egypt’s youth team heads to DR Congo

January 16, 2007

CAIRO (GoPharaohs.com) - Egypt’s youth team, under the leadership of head coach Ismail Youssef, will head for DR Congo on Wednesday for the finals of the youth African Cup of Nations. The tournament starts January 19th and ends on February 4th. Samir Zaher, head of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), met with the team and the staff to stress the EFA’s unconditional support of the team.

“The EFA hopes that Egypt will win the African Cup of Nations in DR Congo and make it to the youth World Cup”, said Zaher. The top four teams of this tournament will qualify for the youth World Cup to be held in Canada during the month of August, 2007.

Group A

  • Egypt
  • Nigeria
  • Cameroon
  • Zambia

Group B

  • DR Congo
  • Ivory Coast
  • Gambia
  • Burkina Faso

Egypt’s Lineup

  • Ahmed Adel
  • Mohamed El-Shenawy
  • Mostafa Talaat
  • Mohamed Samir
  • Mostafa Shebeita
  • Ramy Sabry
  • Ibrahim Yehia
  • Sameh Abd El-Fadil
  • Ahmed Hassan
  • Ayman Mohammady
  • Ahmed Abd El-Rahman
  • Mohamed Abd El-Nafae
  • Ahmed Mostafa
  • Islam Awad
  • Omar Medhat
  • Sherif Ashraf
  • Ahmed Mohamady
  • Salah Ashour

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