Mohsen Saleh is reported to have announced his squad for the African Nations Cup. The tournament which begins on Sunday the 25th of January for Egypt, will see some big encounters. Egypt's matches for the group stage are against Zimbabwe, Algeria and Cameroon. EP lists the squad for you in this article.

(On Thursday the Egyptian team will play a friendly match against Rwanda. Next week they will play against Congo and Burkina Faso in some last preparation attempts. After that they will travel to fellow Arab and North African nation Tunisia)...

SQUAD LIST:

Goalkeepers:

Nader El Sayed (Ittehad), Abdelwahed El Sayed (Zamalek), Essam Mahmoud (Enppi).

Defenders:

Beshir El Tabeiy (Zamalek), Medhat Abdel Hady (Zamalek), Wael El Qabani (Zamalek), Tarek El Sayed (Zamalek), Abdelzaher El Saka (GENCLERBIRLIGI, TURKEY), Emad El Nahas (Ismaily) Amr Fahim (Ismaily), Amr El Disuki (ANKARAGUCU, TURKEY).

Midfielders:

Hady Khashaba (Ahly), Hany Said (VIOLA, ITALY), Tamer Abdel-Hamid (Zamalek), Tarek El Said (Zamalek), Hazem Emam (Zamalek), Ahmed Hassan (BESIKTAS, TURKEY), Mohamed Barakat (Al Arabi, Qatar), Ahmed Fathi (Ismaily), Hossam Ghaly (FEYENOORD, HOLLAND).

Attackers:

Abdelhalim Ali (Zamalek), Ahmed 'Mido' Hossam (OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE, FRANCE), Ahmed Belal (Ahly).

FACTS:

The squad has:

9 players from Zamalek
6 players from Europe
3 players from Ismaily
2 players from Ahly
1 player from Other league
1 player from Enppi
1 player from Ittehad

The squad does not include a number professionals including Ayman Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed Zidan and Ramadan Ragab. Hany Ramzy is also missing due to injury and it seems like Hady Khashaba will be the skipper in the competition.

More updates on the national team soon...

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