The football is the most popular sport in Egypt and the Egyptian team is more African teams receipt of the African Cup of Nations soccer has obtained seven times, most recently in 2010 with Angola, including three at home, also got Egypt الميداليا gold in the Arab Championship which was held in Egypt Year 2007 and won the largest number of medals in the same competition.
The most popular Egyptian clubs which Ahli and Zamalek and Ismaili of Egypt and the European Union of the teams with large popularity. Ahly more teams win trophies African Clubs Champions League with seven championships, and Zamalek secondly on the continent with five championships, in addition to a single championship of the Ismaili club, as Ahly won third place in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.
Egyptian clubs
Club is the railway is the oldest Egyptian clubs football where it was founded in 1903, followed by Club Olympic, which was founded in 1905 in Alexandria and is dean of clubs league year Egyptian Premier has won the Egyptian League in 1966 and became the first club out Premier League outside the capital (Cairo) The first Egyptian clubs participate in Agarikie Championship for Clubs Champions League and withdrew from the role of the 8 to 67 setback conditions also won the Egypt Cup twice, in 1933 and 1934 and longer spells Olympic track and two oldest clubs in the entire African continent.
Third Egyptian clubs in terms of Incorporation is Ahly, which is the biggest clubs popular in Egypt and the Arab world and most receipt of a tournament of local and regional, where he won the African Clubs Champions League 6 times and won the clubs African Champions Cup 4 times as well as lots and lots of tournaments other and play a Many of the most famous soccer players in Egypt over the ages and generations, for example, Mukhtar Altic proper fit and Mahmoud El Gohary, Mahmoud al-Khatib and Mustafa Abdu Taher Abu Zeid, Hossam Hassan and Mohammed Abu Trika and Mohamed Barakat.
The Zamalek Club which is one of the biggest clubs popular in Egypt and the Arab world, and more clubs receipt of a tournament of local, regional, where he won the African Clubs Champions League 5 times and championship clubs Winners' Cup once and played for Zamalek Club a lot of the stars of Egypt prominent such as Hamada Imam Taha Basri Ayman Younis, Gamal Abdel Hamid and coach Hassan Shehata former club Zamalek and Egypt team and one of the world's best trained and also Hossam Hassan and Mahmoud Abdel Razek Shikabala and Ahmed Hassan (Egypt captain) and other players.
Comes after them Nadaay Ittihad and Egyptian البورسعيدى two clubs are similar in terms of construction and the People's circumstances and even the color of الفانلة (green) and both are hugely popular in his hometown in particular, with the difference between Alexandria (5 million) and Port Said (about one million people) and two more clubs post in the Premier League after Ahli and Zamalek (backward from participating in the two seasons only), has won the European Club Cup Egypt 6 times while his Egyptian club on the cup once, although it was more clubs down to the final of the tournament (10 times), played for the Union of a group of players Egyptians Kahth the Iskandarani and Bobo, while playing for the Egyptian number of prominent Egyptian stars such as Abdul Rahman Fawzi Mr. Aldzawa and Mohammed Badawi and Massad Noor Inoue and beauty of existence and the Egyptian Ibrahim and Hossam Hassan and Mahmoud Abdel-Hakim and Ahmad Shinawi.
And also comes club Ismaili ancient owner of three tournaments of the regular year and the first championship African Clubs Champions League in the history of Egypt in 1969 and is characterized by high performance skill along its history and played a lot of the most brilliant soccer players Egyptian throughout history such as Shehta satisfaction and Ibogerichh and Mohamed Salah Ibogerichh and Ahmed Hassan and Mohammed Barakat and Hosni Abd Rabo Mohammed Homos, Ahmed Ali.
The Arab Contractors Club at the forefront of Egyptian clubs despite the recent establishment has won the league championship once and the cup three times and won the championship African Clubs Champions Cup three times. There is also on the scene now a lot of clubs that belong to institutions and companies such as border guards and clubs ENPPI, PETROJET and Army, which has proven itself in the sports arena.
Other games
Apart from football, there are other popular games such as football handball and squash and tennis. Egyptian player Amr Shabana is world champion in squash. It is noteworthy that the myth
Awards
At the Athens Olympics in 2004, got his Egyptian Karam Gaber gold Medalia in the Roman wrestling, the first Olympic gold Medalia get by Egypt since 1948.
Egypt also received several medals in boxing and a bronze medal in taekwondo at the same Olympics and the world as well as bronze in taekwondo in the Beijing tournament.
