Women's AFCON 2026 – Group C: Preview, squad and fixtures for Egypt

Africa 21 February 2026 at 03:31

Imed Ben Amara

News Editor

The 14th edition of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2026) will take place in Morocco from March 17 to April 3.

This new edition promises to be fiercely contested, with several highly competitive teams in the mix, notably Morocco, South Africa, Nigeria…

Egypt preview

The Egyptian national team will be making its third appearance at the Women's AFCON, after participating in 1998 and 2016. In both previous campaigns, they failed to progress beyond the group stage.

Egypt squad

Goalkeepers: Farah Samir, Azza El Fouly, Souhaila Hussein and Taghreed El Shahat.

Defenders: Yasmine Abdel Aziz, Marwa Tawfik, Nora Khaled, Iman Hassan, Nada Emad, Amira Mohamed and Yara Yasser.

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Midfielders: Ahd Tarek, Abir Haggag, Gowa Emad, Nour Nehad, Thuraya Ashraf and Omnia Samir.

Forwards: Nadine Ghazi, Menna Tarek, Mahira Ali, Manar El Sayed, Hala Mostafa, Shahd Ghoneim and Nour Abdel Wahed.

Egypt fixtures

March 18, 2026: Zambia vs Egypt – Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca

March 21, 2026: Egypt vs Malawi – Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca

March 24, 2026: Egypt vs Nigeria – Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca

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