- FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifier (Group D)
- Thursday, 31st August 2017
- Uganda Vs Egypt – Mandela National Stadium, Namboole
The Egyptian delegation to Uganda for the do-or-die 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier shall arrive on Tuesday night.
According to the official programme released by FUFA for the match day programme, the Egyptian delegation will arrive in the country tonight at 9 p.m.
“Security at Entebbe Airport has been beefed up on request of the Egyptian embassy in Uganda,” a FUFA official who declined to be named because he is not the official spokesman stated.
The Egyptian delegation will be accommodated at Sheraton Kampala where their advance party booked over three months ago.
The Pharaohs take on the Cranes in Kampala on Thursday, August 31, before the teams head to Alexandria to face-off again on Tuesday, September 5.
The matches will go a long way in determining the fate of the group that Egypt currently leads with six points, followed by Uganda with four points, Ghana with one point, and Congo with zero points.
The match will be officiated by referees from Mauritania.
Provisional Egyptian team squad:
Goalkeepers: Essam El-Hadary (Al-Taawoun, KSA), Sherif Ekramy (Ahly), Ahmed El-Shennawy (Zamalek), Mohamed Awaad (Ismaily)
Defenders: Ahmed Fathi, Saad Samir, Ayman Ashraf (Ahly), Ali Gabr (Zamalek), Ahmed Hegazi (West Brom, ENG), Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa, England), Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Ahli, KSA), Karim Hafez (RC Lens, FRA), Omar Gaber (FC Basel)
Midfielders: Mohamed ElNeny (Arsenal, England), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City, ENG), Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic, ENG), Mahmoud Trezeguet (Kasımpaşa, TUR), Mostafa Fathi (Al Taawoun, KSA), Abdallah El-Said, Hossam Ashour, Ahmed El-Sheikh, Saleh Gomaa (Ahly), Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Mohamed Fathi (Ismaily)
Forwards: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England), Mahmoud Kahraba (Ittihad, KSA), Amr Gamal (Bidvest Wits, RSA), Ahmed Hassan Kouka (Sporting Braga, POR), Hossam Hassan (Smouha)
