AFCON 2023: Everything you need to know about Egypt, the tournament's heavyweights

• Egypt and the AFCON

Titles: 7

Finals: 10

Appearances before AFCON 2023: 26

Times as host nation: 4

• AFCON record

104 matches

28 defeats

61 wins

15 draws

168 goals scored

83 goals conceded

AFCON history

1957: Winners

1959: Winners

1962: Runners-up

1963: Semi-finals

1970: Semi-finals

1974: Semi-finals

1976: Semi-finals

1980: Semi-finals

1984: Semi-finals

1986: Winners

1988: 1st round

1990: 1st round

1992: 1st round

1994: Quarter-finals

1996: Quarter-finals

1998: Winners

2000: Quarter-finals

2002: Quarter-finals

2004: 1st round

2006: Winners

2008: Winners

2010: Winners

2017: Final

2019: Round of 16

2021: Final

The team's star: Mohamed Salah

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He has won everything at club level: the Premier League, the Champions League... This season, Mohamed Salah even broke into the top 10 scorers in the English championship with 153 goals. Only the AFCON is missing from his rich honours list. And the Pharaoh, with 93 caps (53 goals), is determined to win the trophy this year in Ivory Coast.

Coach: Rui Vitoria

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Rui Vitoria is about to experience the AFCON with Egypt. On his debut, the former Spartak Moscow coach faces a huge task: landing the Pharaohs' 8th star in this competition. After two lost finals, Egypt can no longer afford slip-ups. And the Portuguese coach is well aware of that and is determined to go and win the title.

Egypt's fixtures in Group B at AFCON 2023

14 January: Egypt v Mozambique

18 January: Egypt v Ghana

22 January: Egypt v Cape Verde