Nantes striker Mostafa Mohamed has been left out of Egypt’s squad for next month’s World Cup, but teenager Hamza Abdelkarim, who plays for Barcelona under-19s, has been included.
Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah will captain the squad and lead the attack alongside Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush at the World Cup, which takes place from June 11 to July 19 in the US, 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 final home match before heading to the United States.
Egypt will play a friendly against Brazil in Cleveland on June 6 before opening their World Cup campaign against Belgium in Seattle nine days later.
They will then face New Zealand in Vancouver on June 21 before returning to Seattle five days later to complete Group G matches against Iran.
ENTIRE EGYPT TEAM
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
Forward: Omar Marmoush, Mohamed Salah, Aqtay Abdallah, Hamza Abdelkarim
Published on May 21, 2026
