Egypt boast the record of being the most successful African team of all time having been crowned champions of their continent on an unprecedented seven occasions, but success on the world stage has been much rarer.
This summer’s World Cup in Russia will be just the third to be graced by the Egyptian side, with their only other appearances at the tournament coming in 1934 and 1990.
The beaten Africa Cup of Nations finalists appear to be on their way back up, though, having failed to qualify for the last three editions of that tournament prior to their second-placed finish last year.
Egypt booked their place on the plane with a game to spare in their African qualification campaign, with Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah scoring a brace to fire his side to a dramatic victory over Congo.
Congo had equalised in the 88th minute of that match, but an even later winner from Salah put Egypt out of reach of the chasing pack, eventually finishing four points clear of second-placed Uganda in Group E of qualifying.
The squad include :Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly).
Defenders: Ahmed Fathi, Saad Samir, Ayman Ashraf (all Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Fateh), Ahmed Hegazi (West Brom), Ali Gabr (Zamalek), Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa), Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC).
Midfielders: Tarek Hamed, (Zamalek), Shikabala (Zamalek), Abdallah Said (Al Ahli), Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Mahmoud Kahraba (Al Ittihad), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City), Mahmoud Hassan (Kasimpasa), Amr Warda (Atromitos Athens).
Forwards: Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).