Captain Hossam Hassan, the coach of the first Egyptian national football team, chose 8 goalkeepers, not including Mohamed El-Shenawy, the Al-Ahly club’s goalkeeper, who always participated in most of the team’s previous matches.
Hossam Hassan’s choices were 8 goalkeepers, namely:
Ahmed El-Shenawy, Pyramids Team, Mahmoud Gensh Modern Future, Mahdi Soliman, Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, Mahmoud Gad Al-Masry, Mohamed Awad of Zamalek, - Mohamed Sobhi of Zamalek, Mohamed Abu Jabal, National Bank, - Mohamed Bassam Ceramica.
Technical director Hossam Hassan chose 14 players in the defense line, as follows:
Ahmed Ramadan Beckham Ceramica, Karim Fouad Al-Ahly - Akram Tawfiq Al-Ahly, Ahmed Fattouh Zamalek, Mohamed Shukri Ceramica, Mohamed Hamdy Pyramids, Ahmed Hegazy, Ittihad Jeddah, Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Ahly, Rami Rabiaa Al-Ahly, Yasser Ibrahim Al-Ahly, Baher Al-Mohammadi Al-Masry, Mohamed Rabia Modern Future , Ali Gabr Pyramids, Mohamed Hani Al-Ahly.
Hossam Hassan chooses 24 midfield players:
Mustafa Fathi Pyramids, Hamdi Fathi Al-Wakra Qatari, Mohamed Ibrahim Ceramica, Marawan Attia Al-Ahly, Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet Trabzonspor, Turkey, Mohamed Reda Boubou Pyramids, Ahmed Mustafa Zizo Zamalek, Imam Ashour Al-Ahly, Ahmed Nabil Koka Al-Ahly, Mohamed Magdy Afsha Al-Ahly, Abdullah Al-Saeed Zamalek, Omar Al-Saei Al-Ismaili, Ghannam Mohamed Modern Future, Mohamed Hilal Al-Ahly Bank, Mohamed Salah Liverpool, Mahmoud Saber Pyramids, Ramadan Sobhi Pyramids, Abdel-Rahman Magdy Al-Ismaili, Mustafa Zico Z Club, Omar Marmoush Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany, Hussein Al-Shahat Al-Ahly, - Ibrahim Adel Pyramids, Mostafa Shalabi, Zamalek, Ibrahim Adel, Pyramids, Nader Farag (Al-Ismaili), Nader Farag Al-Ismaili.
6 players in attack, one of them from Al-Ahly
Ahmed Amin Ofa Enppi, Mustafa Mohamed Nantes of France, Mohamed Sharif Al-Khaleej of Saudi Arabia, Mahmoud Kahraba of Al-Ahly, Ahmed Atef Modern Future - Mohamed Al-Shami of Egypt.