World Cup qualifiers - Egypt stats

Ahram Online, Thursday 31 May 2012

Brief statistics from Egypt’s previous World Cup qualifying campaigns

*Played: 79 games

*Won: 42 games

*Drew: 18 games

*Lost: 19 games

*Goals scored: 138

*Goals conceded: 71

*Biggest win: 8-2 (against Namibia, 2002 World Cup qualifiers)

*Biggest defeat:  5-1 (against Italy, 1954 World Cup qualifiers)

*Top scorer: Amr Zaki (10 goals)

*Former Egypt striker Abdel-Hamid Bassiouni holds the record of the fastest international hat-trick after scoring three goals in two minutes and 35 seconds in the team’s 8-2 win over Namibia in a World Cup qualifier.

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