Official Egyptian Football Association Thread

Liebherr wrote:Amir Zaki

Liebherr wrote:Amir Zaki

The Egyptian FA said on Saturday it was considering creating a reserves league next season.

"The idea of creating a league for the second teams will be discussed during a meeting on Tuesday," the EFA said in a statement on its official website.

"The EFA would like to follow in the footsteps of many European countries who implemented this competition."

Egyptian Premier League players usually feature in the games of youth teams when they recover from injuries.

The fringe players also take part in those matches to stay fit and make up for lack of playing time at the senior level.

The EFA also said it would discuss the issue of the professional league during the meeting.

Under an obligation from world governing body FIFA, the Premier League should turn professional starting the 2012-2013 season.

Australia coach Holger Osieck named a 20-man squad for this month's international friendly against in Egypt.

The Socceroos roster, led by Everton star Tim Cahill, witnessed no real surprises apart from a first call-up for veteran defender Sasa Ognenovski.

Ognenovski, who was nominated for the 2010 Asian Player for the Year along with Cahill, earned his debut call after a terrific season with Seongham Ilhwa of Korea.

The Australians intend to use the experience of facing Egypt as a warm-up for the Asian Cup of Nations in Qatar next January.

Egypt manager Hassan Shehata will name his squad by the end of the week.

The match will take place on November 17th at Cairo Stadium.

Australia squad:

Goalkeepers: Mark Schwarzer (Fulham, England), Nathan Coe (Sønderjysk Elitesport, Denmark)

Defenders: David Carney (Blackpool, England), Lucas Neill (Galatasaray, Turkey), Jade North (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand), Sasa Ognenovski (Seongnam Ilhwa, South Korea), Michael Thwaite (Gold Coast United, Australia), Luke Wilkshire (Dinamoi Moscow, Russia)

Midfielders: Tim Cahill (Everton, England), Jason Culina (Gold Coast United, Australia), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), Brett Holman (AZAlkmaar, Holland), Mile Jedinak (Genclerbirligi, Turkey), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar, Australia), Carl Valeri (Sassuolo, Italy), Dario Vidosic (Nurnberg, Germany)

Strikers: Richard Garcia (Hull City, England), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus, Japan), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray, Turkey), Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough, England)

Egypt will be without Europe-based duo Ahmed Elmohamady and Mohamed Zidan in the friendly game with Qatar on December 16th due to commitment with their respective clubs.

"We will be focusing on the group that featured for us during the previous phase, excluding Elmohamady and Zidan who are both staying with their clubs," said Egypt manager Hassan Shehata.

Clubs in Europe have the right to keep their players at times of international matches that are not included in FIFA's agenda, which applies for the Qatar meeting.

Two days after the match, Elmohamady's Sunderland host Bolton in the English Premier League, whereas Zidan's Dortmund visit Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.

Shehata will announces his squad for the match on Saturday.

Egypt coach Hassan Shehata once again shunned Zamalek star Shikabala, leaving the pacey forward out of next week's friendly with Qatar.

The former PAOK Saloniki man was sternly criticized by local media of late for allegedly feigning injury to skip the Pharaohs' 3-0 friendly win over Australia at Cairo Stadium.

Shika did little to dampen speculation when he featured in Zamalek's 1-0 league victory over Masri, just four days after the Australia meeting.

However, Egypt assistant coach Ahmed Sedki stressed that Shikabala's omission from Thursday's game with Qatar was not based on previous events, saying it was only for 'technical reasons'.

Shikabala also faced accusation of lack of commitment from Shehata when another apparent injury ruled him out of the Egypt's opening African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone in September.

Moreover, the highly-successful tactician once hit out at the 24-year-old for 'being too passive when losing the ball'.

Egypt's squad:
Goalkeepers: Abdul-Wahed Al-Sayed – Amir Abdul-Hamid – Mohamed Sobhi.

Defenders: Wael Gomaa – Mahmoud Fathallah – Ahmed Dweidar – Mohamed Nagib – Sherif Abdul-Fadil – Mohamed Abdul Shafi – Ahmed Samir Farag.

Midfielders: Ahmed Fathi – Amr Al-Sulaya – Islam Awad – Ibrahim Salah – Mohamed Abou-Treika – Walid Soliman – Ayman Hefni.

Strikers: Ahmed Eid – Ahmed Abdul-Zaher – Geddo – Ahmed Mekki.

Kuled wrote:Zidan is with dortmund right?

Kuled wrote:You guys haven't been doing well at late right?

Kuled wrote:You guys never qualify for the WC always unlucky

Kuled wrote:Just unlucky :/
Goodluck for 2014

The friendly Nile Basin tournament begins on Wednesday with hosts Egypt aiming to warm up for a crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers campaign this year.

Hassan Shehata’s men entertain Tanzania in Group A, which also includes African minnows Uganda and Burundi.

Despite the insignificance of the regional tournament, the Egypt manager is hoping to make good use of it ahead of a decisive qualifier in South Africa in March.

“The manager spoke with the players and asked them to be focused, because this is no friendly tournament,” Egypt’s second man Shawki Gharib said.

“We are in a pre-match camp for the decisive South Africa encounter.

“He also told the players to keep up the hard work with their respective clubs after the tournament.”

The tournament takes place amid some unrest after Egypt was rocked by an orthodox church bombing in Alexandria on Saturday.

Players will be wearing black bands around their arms in tribute for the 23 victims of the atrocious attack, as the competition goes under the slogan of ‘Say no to terrorism’.

Team news

Egypt could be without Ahli captain Hossam Ghaly, who picked up a back injury in training this week.

Ismaili ace Abdullah Saied is another injury doubt as MCDR's Ayman Hefni is set to miss out due to a problem with his army status.

Shehata will decide on whether to apply a 4-4-2 formation or go for the traditional 3-5-2, with Ghaly tipped to fill in the sweeper’s role.

The African champions will be without Europe-based players, most notably Borussia Dortmund’s Mohamed Zidan and Sunderland’s Ahmed Elmohamady, who are both committed to their respective clubs.

Earlier on Wednesday, Kenya meet Sudan as Burundi take on Uganda.

Kuled wrote:23 minutes and it's 3-0?
Fuck that im gonna watch