FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009

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Starting from tomorrow 24 September and until 16 October, Egypt will host the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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This is a great event for all the Egyptian, knowing that football is the first and the most popular sport in Egypt, Egyptian people are big fans of watching and playing football.

Egyptian Football

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA), which was founded in 1921 and joined the FIFA family two years later, has 70,000 members, belonging to about 112 clubs. The Etisalat League, the elite football competition, attracts an average of 5,000 spectators per match.

The Egyptian Cup was launched in 1921, while the domestic championship began in 1948. Cairo’s Al Ahly is the most popular and successful club in the country. Along with their arch-rivals Zamalek, Ahly are giants of African football.

The Egyptian national team, affectionately known as the Pharaohs, have a distinguished record including two fourth-place finishes at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament (1928 and 1964). However, although in 1934 they became the first African country to participate in the FIFA World Cup™ finals, Egypt have made only one subsequent appearance on football’s greatest stage, at Italy 1990.

The Pharaohs have won a record six CAF Africa Cup of Nations titles, seized in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006 and 2008, and can count the likes of Ali Abu Greisma, Mahmoud El Khatib, Ibrahim Youssef, Magdi Abdelghani, Tahar Abouzeid, Hossam Hassan, Hany Ramzy and Mohamed Aboutrika among their greatest all-time players.

The Egyptian team also played in the FIFA confederations World Cup in South Africa 2009, and they did just great!, and their performance was such a surprise for everyone specially after they won the world champion team Italy.

5 cities in Egypt will host the matches; Suez, Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said and Ismailia.

The Egyptian Local Organising Committee (LOCs) made presentations on the preparations for their respective events, including details of the venues and stadiums, accommodation and transport concepts, ticketing plans and LOC organisational structures.

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