Egypt national football team:

Egypt are the undisputed kings of the Africa Cup of Nations having claimed a record six titles, including the last two, and they will be amongst the favourites again in Angola.

They have been quarterfinalists at least in each of the last eight tournaments bar one (2004), have they have managed to convert their dominance at club level on the continent over the past decade or so into success at national team level.

After claiming the first two tournaments in 1957 and 1959, there followed a clutch of semifinal showings as they reached that stage in six of the next 11 championships, without going any further.

They broke their long winless streak by claiming the 1986 championship, and repeated that 12 years later by beating South Africa in the 1998 final.

There followed a slight lull in performances before they confidently won the event they hosted in 2006, before repeating the performance two years later in Ghana.

What price a hat-trick?

Nations Cup Record:

1957: WINNERS
1959: WINNERS
1962: Runners-up, lost to Ethiopia in the final
1963: Semifinalists
1968: Did not qualify, withdrew during qualifiers
1970: Semifinalists
1972: Did not qualify
1974: Semifinalists
1976: Semifinalists
1978: Did not qualify
1980: Semifinalists
1982: Did not qualify, withdrew during qualifiers
1984: Semifinalists
1986: WINNERS
1988: Qualified for the finals, did not progress past the first round
1990: Qualified for the finals, did not progress past the first round
1992: Qualified for the finals, did not progress past the first round
1994: Quarterfinalists
1996: Quarterfinalists
1998: WINNERS
2000: Quarterfinalists
2002: Quarterfinalists
2004: Qualified for the finals, did not progress past the first round
2006: WINNERS
2008: WINNERS

Record:

Final tournament:

P W D L F A
83 44 15 23 136-78

Players Called for  ACN Angola 2010

Goalkeepers
Essam El Hadary

Abdul-Wahed Al-Sayed

Ramy Adel
Defenders

Ahmed Al Muhamadi *
Ahmed Fathi
Hani Said
Mahmoud Fathala
Sayed Moawad

Wael Gomaa

Abdel-Zaher El-Sakaa

Midfielders
Abdelaziz Tawfik
Ahmed Hassan (C)
Hosni Abd Rabbou
Hossam Ghali *

Mohamed Nagy (GEDO) *
Strikers
Ahmed Eid *
Ahmed Raouf *
Emad Meteab
Mohamed Zidan
Sayed Hamdi

(*players to watch)