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The Egypt football is
represented by the national football team; the nickname of
the team is The Pharaohs and the administrator is the
Egyptian Football Association.
The national team of Egypt is
the champions of Africa that won the African Nations Cup in
2008.
They are the African team with the biggest success at
Confederation level, being the winners of ANC for 6 times:
the inaugural Cup of the African Nations in 1957,
Sudan, the
winners of the tournament in 1959 in the United Arab
Republic, Egypt in 1986, Burkina Faso in 1998, Egypt in 2006
and Ghana in 2008.
The national team of
Egypt represents the first country in Africa that
participated to the World Cup; they played with
Hungary, in Italy, in 1934 and lost the game with
4-2 for Hungary.
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Since then, the national team of
Egypt got one qualification to the World Cup,
participating in the first round, in 1990, in Italy.
The national team of Egypt joined the one of Syria
to make the United Arab Republic between 1958 and
1961 and till 1970, with Egypt team making the
United Arab Republic.
The association of the two
national football teams was called the United Arab
Republic National Football Team.
In 1928 and 1964 the played at the Olympic
Games for the Bronze Medal but they lost
every time.
The governing
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The Egyptian important clubs
are in number of 13: Tersana, with 7 national
championships (6 cup championships and 1 champion
league), Teram, with 1 cup championships, Ahly, with
35 cup championships and 33 champion leagues, Mahala,
with 1 champion league, Quanah, with 1 cup
championships, ENPPI, with 1 cup championships,
Zamalek, with 21 cup championships and 11 champion
leagues, Mekawleen, with 3 cup championships and 1
champion league, Baladevat El-Mehalla, with 1
champion league, Ismaily, with 2 cup championships
and 3 champion leagues, Olympic, with 2 cup
championships and 1 champion league, Masry, with 1
cup championship and Ithad, with 1 cup championship.The only club from Division II that won the cup
championships title, in 2003-2004, is Mekawleen. Zamalek and
Ahly shared two cup championships titles in 1942-1943 and
1957-1958.
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The Runner Up is not popular for the 1922-1923,
1932-1933 and 1938-1939 seasons of football. In 1921-1922
occurred the first cup championship and in 1948-1949 was the
first champion league. One important football player from
the Egypt football is Mohamed Zidan.
He is born in December 11, 1981, in
Port Said and plays for Borussia Dortmund, and, of course,
for the Egypt national team. His number is 10 and his player
position is of striker. Between 1989 and 1999 he played at
El-Masry. The other clubs were he played are Akademisk
Boldklub, FC Midtjylland, Werder Bremen, FSV Mainz,
Hamburger SV, and the actual club is Borussia Dortmund. In
2008 Mohamed Zidan played in Africa Cup of Nations Ghana, as
a striker, as winger, as lone striker and impressed by his
interesting game.
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