Football in Egypt

[5] The Egypt Cup is the oldest tournament in the history of Egyptian football that is still being held to-date.

[citation needed] There is no official English translation or title for the Egyptian League.

[citation needed] Egypt Qualified for the 2018 World Cup which was the first time in 28 years.

[citation needed] Egypt has a total of 27 football stadiums spread around the country.

This stadium carries a capacity of 86,000 which is great for all the fans who watch the Egyptian Premier League games.

[10] The reason that this stadium was built was for Egypt's bid for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Al Ahly and Zamalek leaded the top six most popular football clubs on social media from Africa on 12 October 2022:[11] Currently, the most popular English Premier League club in Egypt is Liverpool, largely thanks to Egyptian player Mohamed Salah, who captains the Egypt national team.

Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular Premier League club in Egypt was Chelsea, with 26% of Algerian Premier League fans following the club, followed by Manchester United (18%) and Arsenal (17%).

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Hassan Shehata lifting the Egypt Cup trophy with Zamalek in 1979
The national football team of Egypt in the 1928 Olympics .
The national football team of Egypt played numerous home games at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium .