The Egypt national team is aiming to secure qualification for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, needing only 6 points to qualify. Egypt leads the group with 16 points, followed by Burkina Faso with 11 points, with 4 matches remaining for Egypt.

Hossam Hassan, the national team coach, announced the squad for the September camp, starting Monday, including matches against Ethiopia on Friday, September 5 at Cairo Stadium, and Burkina Faso on Tuesday, September 9 at the 4th of August Stadium in the 7th and 8th rounds of the African qualifiers for the World Cup finals.

The squad includes 25 players, among them 6 professionals: Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush, Hamdi Fathi, Ibrahim Adel, and Rami Rabia.

Al-Shorouk reviews the statistics of the Egyptian national team’s professional players in this report:

Mohamed Salah, Egypt’s captain, played with his club Liverpool in the first three matches of the 2025-2026 English Premier League season, scoring one goal and providing one assist. Salah was awarded the Premier League Player of the Season by the Professional Footballers’ Association.

Salah has won this award twice before, in 2018 and 2022, becoming the player with the most wins in the history of the Premier League.

Liverpool tops the Premier League table with a perfect 9 points from 3 matches, after beating Arsenal 1-0 on Sunday in the third round’s highlight match.

Omar Marmoush (26 years old) appeared in Manchester City’s first three Premier League matches and provided one assist on Sunday against Brighton in the third round.

Manchester City ranks 13th with 3 points after one win and two losses.

Mostafa Mohamed (27 years old) played his first three matches with his French club Nantes, scoring one goal. Nantes is 13th with 3 points from one win and two losses.

Hamdi Fathi (30 years old) played three matches with his Qatari club Al-Wakrah this season but did not score or assist. Al-Wakrah is third in the league table with 7 points from two wins and one draw.

Ibrahim Adel, who recently transferred from Pyramids to UAE club Al-Jazira during the current summer transfer window, played the first two league matches but did not score or assist. Al-Jazira is seventh with 3 points from one win and one loss.

Rami Rabia (32 years old), who recently moved from Al Ahly to UAE club Al Ain during the summer transfer window, played one match out of two so far. Al Ain leads the UAE league table with 6 points.