The 2013 African U-20 Championship will be the 19th edition of the African Youth Championship. The competition will take place in Algeria from March 16 to 30th. The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Qualified teams:
Group A
Algeria
Benin
Ghana
Egypt
Group B
Nigeria
Mali
Congo DR
Gabon
First Game for Egypt will be on
| March 16 20:30 |
Ghana  |
vs |  |
Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent |
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Egypt’s U-20 National Team Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Mossad Awad (Ismaily), Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek), Hassan Mahmoud Arab Contractors)
Defenders:
Sherif Adel, Ossama Ibrahim (ENPPI), Mahmoud Hamad (Ismaily), Ibrahim Hassan (Ahly), Yasser Ibrahim (Mansoura), Ibrahim El-Hadad (Wadi Degla).
Midfielders:
Hossam Ghaly, Rami Rabie, Mahmoud Trezeguet (Ahly), Saleh Gomaa, Ahmed Refaat, Mahmoud Abdel-Moneam (ENPPI), Mahmoud Metwaly, Mohamed Sherif (Ismaily), Amir Adel (Eindhoven).
Strikers:
Ahmed Hassan (Rio Ave), Omar Bassam (Ahly), Ahmed Samir (Dakhleya).
Egypt’s U-20 squad for this month’s African Championship included highly-rated midfielder Saleh Gomaa, who has become a regular member of the Pharaohs’ senior team roster.
Coach Rabie Yassine also picked Ahly’s duo Rami Rabiea and Mahmoud Hassan, best known as “Trezeguet”, who are part of the Red Devils’ senior squad.
Gomaa, who plays for Premier League outfit ENPPI, played with the U-23 Egyptian team in last year’s Olympics Games.
The list included two abroad-based footballers in Ahmed Hassan, who plays for Portuguese side Rio Ave, and midfielder Amir Adel, who plays for Feyenoord’s youth team in the Netherlands.
U20 coach Rabie Yassin says Egyptian youth team are determined to qualify for African Championship semifinals despite tough competition in group stage.
“It will be really tough to meet three powerful opponents in the ‘group of death’ hosts Algeria, three-time winner Ghana and former winner Benin who eliminated a strong Ghana side in the qualifiers,” Yassin told Egyptian Sports TV Channel.
“We won the trophy twice [1991 and 2003] and we will not be easy prey for our rivals despite our current difficult circumstances,” he added.
“I watched over 800 players. The squad cannot be better. We will depend on one striker, Omar Bassam of Ahly and support from good attacking midfielders Ahmed Samir (Dakhleya), Ahmed Refaat (ENPPI), Amir Adel (Feyenoord) and Saleh Gomaa (ENPPI),” Yassin said.
