Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed has been left out of Egypt’s squad for next month’s World Cup but uncapped teenager Hamza Abdelkarim, who plays for the Barcelona under-19 team, was included.
Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah will captain the squad and combine with Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush to lead the attack at the World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19 in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Coach Hossam Hassan will drop one player to reduce the squad to the FIFA-mandated 26 players after Egypt take on Russia in Cairo on May 28 in their last home friendly before heading to the United States.
Egypt will play Brazil in a friendly in Cleveland on June 6 before opening its World Cup campaign against Belgium in Seattle nine days later.
It then faces New Zealand in Vancouver on June 21 before returning to Seattle five days later to round out its Group G matches against Iran.
FULL EGYPT SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Mohamed El Shenawy, Mostafa Shobeir, El Mahdi Soliman, Mohamed Alaa
Defenders: Mohamed Hany, Tarek Alaa, Hamdy Fathy, Rami Rabia, Yasser Ibrahim, Hossam Abdelmaguid, Mohamed Abdelmonemn, Ahmed Fatouh, Karim Hafez
Midfielders: Marwan Ateya, Mohanad Lasheen, Nabil Emad, Mahmoud Saber, Ahmed Zizo, Emam Ashour, Mostafa Ziko, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Ibrahim Adel, Haissem Hassan
Forwards: Omar Marmoush, Mohamed Salah, Aqtay Abdallah, Hamza Abdelkarim
Published on May 21, 2026