Egypt U-17 gears up for AFCON with 29-player squad announcement

Egypt’s U-17 national team is ramping up preparations for the upcoming CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco with an intensive training camp.

Head coach Ahmed Al-Kas has named a 29-player squad for the closed camp, which kicks off today, as the team fine-tunes its strategy ahead of the tournament.

Drawn into Group B, Egypt will open its campaign against South Africa on March 31, followed by a clash with Burkina Faso on April 3. The young Pharaohs will then wrap up the group stage with a showdown against Cameroon on April 6.

The squad includes a mix of promising talents across all positions:

Goalkeepers: Omar Abdel Aziz, Fadi Wael, Yassin Hatem.

Defenders: Hamza Al-Dajwi, Faris Fakhry, Adham Farid, Saif Rifaat, Moaz Fawzi, Adam Muhammad, Muhannad Al-Shami.

Midfielders: Bilal Attia, Ali Bassiouni, Omar Al-Adawi, Salman Safwat, Muhammad Sharif, Anas Rushdie, Muhammad Hamad, Karim Jumaa, Nour Ashraf, Basil Medhat, Youssef Tamer, Omar Nabil, Omar Kamal, Youssef Wajih.

Forwards: Hamza Abdel Karim, Abdel Aziz Al-Zoghbi, Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Yazid, Ziyad Ayoub, Omar Amin, Amr Adel, Ahmed Ihab.