The outstanding Egyptian coach coached three national teams (Egypt, Oman and Jordan) for (in total) 238 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 20- 2-1938 Died: 31- 2-2012 Country: Egypt Matches as Coach: 238 (W95-D79-L64 – GF312-GA220 – %56.51) Matches as Coach for Egypt: 151 (W62-D53-L36 – GF210-GA139 – %58.61) Matches as Coach for Oman: 12 (W 2-D 3-L 7 – GF 8-GA 15 – %29.17) Matches as Coach for Jordan: 75 (W31-D23-L21 – GF 94-GA 66 – %56.67) Age First Match: 49 yr 320 d 6- 1-1988 vs. South Korea 1-1 Age Last Match: 69 yr 122 d 22- 6-2007 vs. Iran 0-1 National Team Career: 19 yr 167 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for Egypt
first tenure
1 6- 1-88 Doha South Korea 1-1 [1] Afro-Asian Cup
2 14-11-88 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-0
3 16-11-88 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-2
4 6-12-88 Casablanca Morocco 0-0
5 14-12-88 Cairo Switzerland 1-3
6 18-12-88 Lusaka Zambia 1-2
7 20-12-88 Kitwe Zambia 2-1
8 6- 1-89 Cairo Liberia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 11- 1-89 Mehalla Finland 2-1
10 13- 1-89 Cairo Finland 2-1
11 15- 1-89 Cairo Kuwait 1-0
12 21- 1-89 Lilongwe Malawi 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 13- 2-89 Cairo East Germany 0-4
14 15- 3-89 Radès Tunisia 0-0
15 9- 4-89 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 0-1 African Cup Qual.
16 21- 4-89 Cairo Ethiopia 6-1 African Cup Qual.
17 29- 5-89 Cairo Tunisia 1-0
18 3- 6-89 Cairo Chile 2-0
19 10- 6-89 Nairobi Kenya 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 16- 6-89 Cairo Tunisia 1-1
21 25- 6-89 Monrovia Liberia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
22 16- 7-89 Cairo Zaire 2-0 African Cup Qual.
23 21- 7-89 Cairo Qatar 3-3
24 30- 7-89 Kinshasa Zaire 0-0 African Cup Qual.
25 12- 8-89 Cairo Malawi 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 26- 8-89 Cairo Kenya 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
27 16- 9-89 Seoul South Korea 1-0
28 25- 9-89 Kuwait City Kuwait 0-0
29 8-10-89 Constantine Algeria 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 7-11-89 Tunis Tunisia 4-0
31 17-11-89 Cairo Algeria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 14- 2-90 Cairo Denmark 0-0
33 18- 2-90 Cairo South Korea 0-0
34 28- 2-90 Cairo Austria 0-0
35 28- 3-90 Cairo Romania 1-3
36 4- 4-90 Brno Czechoslovakia 0-1
37 11- 4-90 Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany 0-2
38 16- 5-90 Aberdeen Scotland 3-1
39 21- 5-90 Bucuresti Romania 0-1
40 26- 5-90 Cairo Colombia 1-1
41 12- 6-90 Palermo Netherlands 1-1 World Cup
42 17- 6-90 Palermo Ireland 0-0 World Cup
43 21- 6-90 Cagliari England 0-1 World Cup
44 17- 8-90 Cairo Ethiopia 2-0 African Cup Qual.
45 31- 8-90 N'Djaména Chad 0-0 African Cup Qual.
46 10-10-90 Athinai Greece 1-6
[1] Egypt lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
NB: The matches against Romania League Team (0-0, 29- 9-1989 in Cairo) and
Hungary League Team (1-0, 29-10-1989 in Budapest) were not full A and
therefore not include here;
during 1988 and 1989 some other coaches oversaw some matches, including
Michael John "Mike" Smith.
second tenure
47 3-12-91 Cairo Poland 4-0
48 5-12-91 Port Said Poland 0-0
49 22-12-91 Cairo Romania 3-1
50 24-12-91 Port Said Romania 1-1
51 4- 1-92 Cairo Czechoslovakia 2-0
52 7- 1-92 Cairo Norway 0-0
53 13- 1-92 Ziguinchor Zambia 0-1 African Nations Cup
54 17- 1-92 Ziguinchor Ghana 0-1 African Nations Cup
55 19- 7-92 Douala Cameroon 1-0
56 22- 7-92 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-0
57 26- 7-92 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-2
58 15- 8-92 Blantyre Malawi 0-1 African Cup Qual.
59 11-10-92 Cairo Angola 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 25-10-92 Lomé Togo 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
61 8-11-92 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 African Cup Qual.
62 20-11-92 Cairo Kuwait 1-1
63 20-12-92 Harare Zimbabwe 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
64 18- 1-93 Luanda Angola 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 31- 1-93 Cairo Togo 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
66 28- 2-93 Cairo Zimbabwe 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
67 4- 4-93 Cairo Kuwait 3-1
68 10- 4-93 Cairo Mali 2-1 African Cup Qual.
69 15- 4-93 Lyon Zimbabwe 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
70 23- 4-93 Alexandria Malawi 2-0 African Cup Qual.
third tenure
71 6- 4-97 Accra Liberia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
72 26- 4-97 Windhoek Namibia 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
73 8- 6-97 Cairo Tunisia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
74 12- 6-97 Seoul South Korea 1-3 Korea Cup
75 14- 6-97 Suwon City Yugoslavia 0-0 Korea Cup
76 16- 6-97 Seoul Ghana 2-0 Korea Cup
77 21- 6-97 Rabat Morocco 0-1 African Cup Qual.
78 13- 7-97 Cairo Senegal 2-0 African Cup Qual.
79 27- 7-97 Alexandria Ethiopia 8-1 African Cup Qual.
80 17- 8-97 Cairo Liberia 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
81 3-12-97 Cairo Ghana 3-2
82 18-12-97 Aswan Togo 7-2
83 20-12-97 Aswan Algeria 1-2
84 22-12-97 Cairo Cameroon 2-0
85 24-12-97 Cairo Algeria 1-2
86 25- 1-98 Bangkok Thailand 1-1 King's Cup
87 27- 1-98 Bangkok South Korea 0-2 King's Cup
88 31- 1-98 Bangkok South Korea 1-1 [2] King's Cup
89 10- 2-98 Bobo-Dioulasso Mozambique 2-0 African Nations Cup
90 13- 2-98 Bobo-Dioulasso Zambia 4-0 African Nations Cup
91 17- 2-98 Bobo-Dioulasso Morocco 0-1 African Nations Cup
92 21- 2-98 Ouagadougou Ivory Coast 0-0 [3] African Nations Cup
93 25- 2-98 Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina Faso 2-0 African Nations Cup
94 28- 2-98 Ouagadougou South Africa 2-0 African Nations Cup
95 16- 9-98 Cairo Ivory Coast 0-0
96 23- 9-98 Tallinn Estonia 2-2
97 29- 9-98 Kumanovo Macedonia 2-2
98 28-10-98 Osaka Japan 0-1 Kirin Cup
99 18-11-98 Cairo Norway 1-1
100 16-12-98 Cape Town South Africa 1-2 Mandela Cup
101 27-12-98 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-1
102 16- 2-99 Hongkong Bulgaria 3-1 Carlsberg Cup
103 19- 2-99 Hongkong Mexico 0-3 Carlsberg Cup
104 30- 3-99 Liège Belgium 1-0
105 13- 6-99 Seoul Croatia 2-2 Korea Cup
106 15- 6-99 Seoul South Korea 0-0 Korea Cup
107 17- 6-99 Seoul Mexico 0-2 Korea Cup
108 29- 6-99 Harare Zimbabwe 1-1
109 10- 7-99 Cd. de México New Zealand 1-1
110 15- 7-99 Guadalajara New Zealand 1-0
111 25- 7-99 Cd. de México Bolivia 2-2 Confederations Cup
112 27- 7-99 Cd. de México Mexico 2-2 Confederations Cup
113 29- 7-99 Cd. de México Saudi Arabia 1-5 Confederations Cup
[2] Egypt lost 4-5 on penalty kicks
[3] Egypt won 5-4 on penalty kicks
NB: matches against USA Olympic Team (3-4, 20- 7-99 in Ciudad de México) and
Denmark League Team (2-0, 29- 1-1998 in Bangkok) were not full A and
therefore not included here.
fourth tenure
114 20- 4-00 Cairo Mauritius 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
115 24- 4-00 Alexandria Mauritius 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
116 7- 6-00 Tehran Iran 1-1 [4] LG Cup
117 9- 6-00 Tehran South Korea 0-1 LG Cup
118 17- 6-00 Cairo Ghana 2-0
119 9- 7-00 Dakar Senegal 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
120 25- 8-00 Port Said Kenya 2-1
121 2- 9-00 Alexandria Ivory Coast 1-0 African Cup Qual.
122 2-10-00 Doha Qatar 1-0
123 8-10-00 Omdurman Sudan 1-0 African Cup Qual.
124 6- 1-01 Cairo UA Emirates 2-1
125 9- 1-01 Cairo Zambia 3-1
126 14- 1-01 Cairo Libya 4-0 African Cup Qual.
127 16- 1-01 Tehran China 0-0 [5] Civilization Cup
128 23- 1-01 Ismailia North Korea 1-0
129 28- 1-01 Cairo Morocco 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
130 24- 2-01 Windhoek Namibia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
131 11- 3-01 Cairo Algeria 5-2 World Cup Qualifier
132 19- 3-01 Cairo Estonia 3-3
133 23- 3-01 Benghazi Libya 0-2 African Cup Qual.
134 24- 4-01 Cairo Canada 3-0 LG Cup
135 26- 4-01 Cairo South Korea 1-2 LG Cup
136 6- 5-01 Cairo Senegal 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
137 3- 6-01 Cairo Sudan 3-2 African Cup Qual.
138 10- 6-01 Nairobi Kenya 1-1
139 17- 6-01 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-2 African Cup Qual.
140 30- 6-01 Rabat Morocco 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
141 13- 7-01 Alexandria Namibia 8-2 World Cup Qualifier
142 21- 7-01 Annaba Algeria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
143 10-11-01 Johannesburg South Africa 0-1
144 30-12-01 Doha Qatar 2-2
145 4- 1-02 Cairo Ghana 2-0
146 6- 1-02 Ismailia Mali 1-2
147 11- 1-02 Cairo Burkina Faso 2-2
148 20- 1-02 Bamako Senegal 0-1 African Nations Cup
149 25- 1-02 Bamako Tunisia 1-0 African Nations Cup
150 30- 1-02 Bamako Zambia 2-1 African Nations Cup
151 4- 2-02 Sikasso Cameroon 0-1 African Nations Cup
[4] Egypt lost 7-8 on penalty kicks.
[5] Egypt won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
NB: the match against Italy U-21 Serie C (1-1, 19- 1-2001, lost 3-4 on penalty kicks,
in Tehran) was not full A and therefore not include here;
El-Gohary also coached the Egypt Olympic Team in the Arab Cup:
8- 9-92 Aleppo Jordan 1-1
12- 9-92 Aleppo Kuwait 1-0
15- 9-92 Aleppo Syria 0-0 [1]
18- 9-92 Aleppo Saudi Arabia 3-2
[1] Egypt Olympic Team won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Oman
1 5- 9-96 Beirut Lebanon 2-1
2 7- 9-96 Beirut Lebanon 1-2
3 17- 9-96 Muscat Zambia 0-0
4 25- 9-96 Muscat Mozambique 0-2
5 29- 9-96 Muscat New Zealand 0-1
6 1-10-96 Muscat New Zealand 1-2
7 7-10-96 Muscat Azerbaijan 2-0
8 15-10-96 Muscat Saudi Arabia 0-1 Gulf Cup
9 18-10-96 Muscat Kuwait 1-2 Gulf Cup
10 21-10-96 Muscat Qatar 0-3 Gulf Cup
11 24-10-96 Muscat UA Emirates 0-0 Gulf Cup
12 28-10-96 Muscat Bahrain 1-1 Gulf Cup
Coach for Jordan
1 30- 8-02 Damascus Iran 1-0 WAFF Tournament
2 1- 9-02 Damascus Lebanon 1-0 WAFF Tournament
3 5- 9-02 Damascus Syria 2-1 WAFF Tournament
4 7- 9-02 Damascus Iraq 2-3 WAFF Tournament
5 7-12-02 Riffa Bahrain 3-0 International Tourn.
6 9-12-02 Riffa China 0-0 International Tourn.
7 12-12-02 Riffa Syria 3-0 International Tourn.
8 16-12-02 Kuwait City Palestine 1-1 Arab Cup
9 18-12-02 Kuwait City Morocco Olympic 1-1 Arab Cup
10 20-12-02 Kuwait City Sudan 2-1 Arab Cup
11 23-12-02 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-1 Arab Cup
12 28-12-02 Kuwait City Bahrain 1-2 Arab Cup
13 26- 8-03 Amman Iraq 2-1
14 5- 9-03 Tehran Iran 1-4 Asian Cup Qualifier
15 19- 9-03 Amman Syria 0-0
16 26- 9-03 Amman Iran 3-2 Asian Cup Qualifier
17 8-10-03 Muscat Oman 1-2
18 17-10-03 Amman Lebanon 1-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
19 12-11-03 Beirut Lebanon 2-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
20 18-11-03 Amman Korea DPR 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
21 12- 2-04 Amman Indonesia 2-1
22 18- 2-04 Amman Laos 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
23 21- 3-04 Arad Bahrain 0-0
24 23- 3-04 Arad Bahrain 2-0
25 31- 3-04 Amman Qatar 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 28- 4-04 Lagos Nigeria 0-2 LG Cup
27 30- 4-04 Lagos Libya 0-1 LG Cup
28 19- 5-04 Lefkosia Cyprus 0-0
29 30- 5-04 Annaba Algeria 1-1
30 9- 6-04 Tehran Iran 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
31 17- 6-04 Tehran Palestine 1-1 WAFF Tournament
32 21- 6-04 Tehran Iraq 2-0 WAFF Tournament
33 23- 6-04 Tehran Syria 1-1 [1] WAFF Tournament
34 25- 6-04 Tehran Iraq 3-1 WAFF Tournament
35 28- 7-04 Bangkok Thailand 0-0
36 19- 7-04 Jinan Korea Republic 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
37 23- 7-04 Jinan Kuwait 2-0 Asian Nations Cup
38 27- 7-04 Beijing UA Emirates 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
39 31- 7-04 Chongqing Japan 1-1 [2] Asian Nations Cup
40 13- 8-04 Amman Azerbaijan 1-1
41 31- 8-04 Amman Lebanon 2-2
42 8- 9-04 Amman Iran 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
43 8-10-04 Bangkok Thailand 3-2
44 13-10-04 Vientiane Laos 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
45 20-10-04 Tripoli Ecuador 3-0 LG Cup
46 22-10-04 Tripoli Libya 0-1 LG Cup
47 11-11-04 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 0-4
48 17-11-04 Doha Qatar 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
49 28- 1-05 Amman Norway 0-0
50 26- 3-05 Larnaka Cyprus 1-2
51 8- 6-05 Amman Iraq 0-1
52 17- 8-05 Amman Armenia 0-0
53 16-11-05 Tbilisi Georgia 2-3
54 17- 1-06 Abu Dhabi Ivory Coast 0-2
55 23- 1-06 Abu Dhabi Sweden 0-0
56 1- 2-06 Ayutthaya Thailand 0-0
57 7- 2-06 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-2
58 14- 2-06 Amman Kazakhstan 2-0
59 22- 2-06 Amman Pakistan 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
60 1- 3-06 Muscat Oman 0-3 Asian Cup Qualifier
61 21- 7-06 Amman Iraq 2-1
62 30- 7-06 Amman Syria 3-0
63 9- 8-06 Amman Iraq 0-1
64 16- 8-06 Amman UA Emirates 1-2 Asian Cup Qualifier
65 2- 9-06 Riffa Bahrain 2-0
66 6- 9-06 Dubai UA Emirates 0-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
67 6-10-06 Amman Iran 0-0 LG Cup
68 11-10-06 Lahore Pakistan 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
69 8-11-06 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-2
70 15-11-06 Amman Oman 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
71 8- 6-07 Amman Iraq 1-1
72 12- 6-07 Amman Iraq 0-0
73 18- 6-07 Amman Syria 0-1 WAFF Tournament
74 20- 6-07 Amman Lebanon 3-0 WAFF Tournament
75 22- 6-07 Amman Iran 0-1 WAFF Tournament
[1] Jordan lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Jordan lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
NB: the matches against Malaysia Team (1-0, 29-11-2002 in Abu Dhabi) and
Singapore B (3-1, 30-11-2002 in Abu Dhabi, both matches for the Devotion
to President Tournament) were not full A and therefore not include here.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
238 95 79 64 312- 220 269 56.51
Types of Matches
Friendlies 103
World Cup Qualifier 35
African Cup Qualifier 19
African Nations Cup 12
Asian Cup Qualifier 11
WAFF Tournament 11
Arab Cup 5
Gulf Cup 5
Asian Nations Cup 4
Confederations Cup 3
World Cup 3
Afro-Asian Cup 1
Other Tournaments 26
Total 239
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