Shehata announces 22 man lineup against Sweden
February 3, 2007
CAIRO (GoPharaohs.com) - Egyptian national team head coach Hassan Shehata announced his lineup for the international friendly against Sweden to be held at Cairo International Stadium Wednesday, February 7th. The match was set up as part of the Confederation Africaine de Football’s (CAF) celebration of 50 years since its inception. The lineup includes 7 Egyptians playing in abroad and 15 local players.
The team’s head trainer Shawky Ghareeb said that the African Champions [Egypt] will play with an offensive tactic against Sweden and that Egypt is playing to win.
The lineup
Local players:
- Essam El-Hadary
- Abd El-Wahid El-Sayed
- Hany Saeed
- Mahmoud Fathallah
- Wael Gomaa
- Ahmed El-Gamal
- Hassan Mostafa
- Mohamed Shawky
- Hosney Abd Rabbo
- Sayed Moawad
- Farag Shalaby
- Ahmed Eid Abdel-Malik
- Omar Gamal
- Emad Meteb
- Amr Zaki
Professionals abroad:
- Ahmed Hossam “Mido”
- Hossam Ghaly
- Ahmed Hassan
- Mohamed Zidan
- Ahmed Fathi
- Amir Azmi Megahid
- Abd El-Zaher El-Sakka