All Whites vs Egypt | Mon 22nd June | 1:00pm (NZT) | BC Place, Vancouver

Salah v Wood.

https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/egypt-squad-world-cup-2026/blt1c1cfbba8006a3ef

Predicted Egypt Starting XI for World Cup 2026 (4-3-3):
Mohamed El Shenawy; Mohamed Hany, Hossam Abdelmaguid, Ramy Rabia, Ahmed Fattouh; Marwan Attia, Hamdi Fathi, Emam Ashour; Mohamed Salah, Mostafa Mohamed, Omar Marmoush.

For context, their predicted starting XI has a few players that started in the last time we played again them two years ago:

(4-3-3)
Mohamed Abo Gabal  - Mohamed Hamdi, Mohamed Abdel-Moneim, Ramy Rabia, Mohamed Hani  - Marwan Attia, Emam Ashour, Mohamed “Afsha” Magdy - Omar Marmoush, Mostafa Mohamed, Mahmoud 'Trezeguet' Hassan.

Egypt has just announced their squad

https://www.beinsports.com/en-us/soccer/fifa-world-cup-2026/articles/hossam-hassan-s-official-egypt-squad-for-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-2026-05-21


Egypt’s official squad for the 2026 World Cup

Mohamed El Shennawy — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
Mostafa Shobeir — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
El Mahdy Soliman — Ittihad Alexandria (Egyptian Premier League)
Mohamed Alaa — Al Ittihad (Egyptian Premier League)

Mohamed Hany — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
Tarek Alaa — Zamalek (Egyptian Premier League)
Hamdi Fathi — Al Wakrah (Qatar Stars League)
Ramy Rabia — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
Yasser Ibrahim — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
Hossam Abdelmaguid — Zamalek (Egyptian Premier League)
Mohamed Abdelmonem — Nice (Ligue 1)
Ahmed Fattouh — Zamalek (Egyptian Premier League)
Karim Hafez — Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey)

Marwan Attia — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
Mohannad Lasheen — Pyramids FC (Egyptian Premier League)
Nabil Emad Dunga — Zamalek (Egyptian Premier League)
Mahmoud Saber — Pyramids FC (Egyptian Premier League)
Ahmed Sayed Zizo — Zamalek (Egyptian Premier League)
Mahmoud Trezeguet — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
Emam Ashour — Al Ahly (Egyptian Premier League)
Mostafa Ziko — ZED FC (Egyptian Premier League)
Ibrahim Adel — Pyramids FC (Egyptian Premier League)
Haitham Hassan — Real Oviedo (LaLiga Hypermotion)
Mohamed Salah — Liverpool (Premier League)

Omar Marmoush — Manchester City (Premier League)
Aktay Abdullah — Trabzonspor (Turkish Super Lig)
Hamza Abdel Karim — Barcelona Youth Team (Spain)

No real surprises 😲 

No "social architects" 😲

A winnable game 🎯 🥰

Has anyone's tickets shown up in the FIFA ticket app yet?

Mostafa Mohamed who plays in Ligue One with Nantes is a surprise exclusion.

Note the above is a 27 man preliminary squad. Presumably they cut 1 of the 4 keepers named. 

https://english.aawsat.com/sports/5275620-egypt-omit-nantes-forward-mostafa-mohamed-world-cup-squad