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Egypt U-23 Football Team to Face Zambia Tonight


Sun 26 Mar 2023 | 08:49 AM
Rana Atef

The Egyptian national U-23 football team will face Zambia, tonight, in the away game in the third round of Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Last week, the Egyptian team defeated the Zambian one in the home game 2-0 to put the first foot in the finals of the continental tournament. 

Previously, the team's coach Rogério Micale announced the names of 32 players for Egypt's U-23 national football team squad.

Monchengladbach's Egyptian midfielder Mostafa Ashraf is the only international player on the list.

The 32-man list for the Egypt U-23 squad includes:

GK: Ali El Gabry, Hamza Alaa, Youssef Nader, Mohamed Ahmed "Seha"

Defense: Mohamed Ashraf, Hossam Abdel Megid, Hatem Mohamed "Sokkar," Mohamed Maghraby, Abdel Rahman Gouda, Mohamed Hamdy, Ahmed Eid, Omar Fayed, Ahmed Sayed Abdel Naby, Eyad Al Aaskalany

Midfield: Ahmed Nabil "Koka," Raafat Khalil, Mohamed Hossam "Besso," Mostafa Saad "Messi," Mahmoud Saber, Emad Mayhob, Zeyad Farag, Arabi Badr, Mohamed Shihata, Mahmoud Gehad, Abdel Rahman Atef, Abdel Ghany Mohamed, Ali Zazaa, Mostafa Ashraf

Forward: Osama Faisal, Ahmed Atef, Abdel Rahman Atef "Agüero," Ibrahim Adel