African Nation Cup ,Burkina Faso 1998
Egypt is the champion

Egypt's team statistics

Manager: Mahmoud El-Gohary

1 Nader El-Sayed Goal Keeper Zamalek Played 6 Games	2 Abdel Zaher El-Saqua Defender Mansoura Played 5 Games	3 Mohamed Emara Defender Ahly Played 5 Games
4 Hany Ramzy Defender Werder Bremen Played 6 Games Got 1 Booking	5 Samir Kamouna Defender Ahly Played 5 Games Got 3 bookings	6 Medhat Abdel Hady Defender Zamalek Played 5 Games Got 1 Red Card
7 Mohamed Youssef Defender Ahly Played 3 Games	8 Yasser Radwan Defender Hanza Rostock Played 6 Games Scored 1 Goal Got 1 Booking	9 Hossam Hassan(C) Forward Ahly Played 6 Games Scored 7 Goals
10 Abdel Sattar Sabry Midfielder Terol Played 5 Games Got 1 Booking	11 Yasser Rayan Midfielder Ahly Played 4 Games	12 Hady Khashaba Midfielder Ahly *
13 Walid Salah Abdel Latif Forward Mansoura Played 1 Game	14 Hazem Emam Midfielder Udenise Played 6 Games Got 1 Booking	15 Amr Fahim Defender Zamalek
16 Essam El-Hadary Goal Keeper Ahly	17 Ahmed Hassan Midfielder Ismaily Played 5 Games Scored 1 Goal Got 1 Booking	18 Abdel Nasser Mohamed Forward Mekawleen
19 Samy El-Sheshini Defender Zamalek Played 3 Games Got 1 Booking	20 Tarek Moustafa Midfielder Zamalek Played 5 Games Scored 1 Goal	21 Osama Nabeeh Midfielder Zamalek Played 5 Games
22 Ahmed Saber Goal Keeper Mekawleen	* 12- Hady missed the trip to Burkina Faso due to his son's illness

First Round

Egypt 2/0 Mozambique
Date:	1/2/1998
Scorers:	Hossam Hassan 14', 44'
Egyptian Line Up:	Nader El-Sayed / Yasser Radwan / Medhat Abdel Hady / Samir Kamouna / Mohamed Youssef / Yasser Rayan  (Abdel Zaher El-Saqua 71') / Ahmed Hassan / Hany Ramzy / Abdel Sattar Sabry (Tarek Moustafa 55') / Hazem Emam  (Walid Abdel Latif 81') / Hossam Hassan
Mozambique Line Up:	Rui Evora / Adino / Tomas / Jojo / Pinto Barros / Paulito / Mario Artur (Dario 57') / Jossias (Mavo 82') / Avelino / Conde / Tico-Tico (Nuro 63')
Cards	4Yellow Cards: Samir Kamouna / Abdel Sattar Sabry / Ahmed Hassan / Yasser Radwan
Details	Egypt Started a more or less good start although it could have been better.  They dominated the 1st half and scored twice by Hossam Hassan:First after the ball hit the bar from the brilliant loop Hazem emam sent oner the keeper following his passing very talentedly iinside the area. The second was a header from Radwan's good cross pass. In the second half the fitness was not good and Nader saved a lot of goals.

 

Egypt 4/0 Zambia
Date:	13/2/1998
Scorers:	Hossam Hassan 34', 55', 70' / Yasser Radwan 80'
Egyptian Line Up:	Nader El-Sayed / Yasser Radwan / Medhat Abdel Hady (Sami El-Sheshini 59') / Samir Kamouna / Mohamed Youssef (Abdel Zaher El-Saqua 48') / Mohamed Emara / Ahmed Hassan / Hany Ramzy / Abdel Sattar Sabry / Hazem Emam (Osama Nabeeh 80') / Hossam Hassan
Zambian Line Up:	D.Phiri / M.Malitoli / Chongo / Kamwanga / Sichone / Litana / Chitila (K.Malitoli 57') / A.Tembo / Kilambe (Chilumba 24') / D.Lota (M.Tembo 56') / Kalusha Bwalya
Cards	3 Yellow Cards:Samir Kamouna/Hazem Emam/Ahmed Hassan
Details	Egypt had to win because a draw would be very risky provided that we draw also with Morrocco as Zambia and Morrocco will defeat Mozambique for sure and then the decisive factor would be goal difference and we only have two goals against weak Mozambique.  Following the stuning performance of both teams in Zambia/Morrocco match,it would be a very difficult task. Egypt surprisingly dominated the game competely and scored 4 goals (1 in 1st half and 3 in the second). Hossam scored the first three goals to be the top socerer till now with five goals followed by thre players with three goals.Yasser Radwan scored the fourth. Hossam socred the first from a free kick after Emam was fouled and scored the second and third very easily from the passes of Abdel Sattar and Emara after their brillinat work in the area. Radwan scored beatifully from the magnificent pass from Ahmed Hassan. Nader El-Sayed saved two goals from Bwalea the most dangerous player in Zambia's team. So Egypt became the first team to go to next round ,the only team to win two matches,the best offence (6 goals with Namibia),the best defence (No goals),the top scorer & the best goal keeper.

 

Egypt 0/1 Morrocco
Date:	17/2/1998
Scorers:	Morocco: Moustafa Hadji 90'
Egyptian Line Up:	Nader El-Sayed / Yasser Radwan / Medhat Abdel Hady / Samy El-Sheshini / Abdel Zaher El-Saqua / Mohamed Emara / Tarek Moustafa (Osama Nabeeh 59') / Hany Ramzy / Abdel Sattar Sabry (Yasser Rayan 56') / Hazem Emam (Mohamed Youssef 82') / Hossam Hassan
Moroccan Line Up:	Abdel Qader El-Brazi / N.Naybet / Abrami / Al-Hadrioui / Chiba / Ouakili (Fertout 67') / Khalif (Jrindou 80') / El Khalej /  Chippo / M.Hadji / El Khattabi (Bahja 73')
Cards	Red Card for Medhat Abdel Hady in the 45th min Yellow cards(1)for:Samy El-Sheshini
Details	Egyptian needed a draw to head group D.  They played a good 1st half till its last minute when Medhat Abdel Hasy was sent off. They played good defense the second half but in the 91st minute Mostafa Hagy scored a brilliant goal for morocco to end the match 1/0 for Morocco.

Quarter Final

Egypt 0/0 (5-4 Pen) Cote D'Ivoire
Date:	21/2/1998
Egyptian Line Up:	Nader El-Sayed / Yasser Radwan / Samir Kamouna / Samy El-Sheshini (Osama Nabeeh 65') / Abdel Zaher El-Saqua / Mohamed Emara (Tarek Moustafa) / Ahmed Hassan / Hany Ramzy / Abdel Sattar Sabry (Yasser Rayan) / Hazem Emam / Hossam Hassan
Ivoirian Line Up:	Alan Gouamene / Diomande / Zere / Diabate / Angan / Guel / Domoraud / Bakayoko / Sie / Lassissi (Kone 87') / Tiehi (Ahmed Ouattara 73')
Penalty Scorers	4- Hany Ramzy, 8-Yasser Radwan, 5-Samir Kamouna, 20-Tarek Mostafa, 14-Hazem Emam (No one Missed) Nader El-Sayed saved one kick
Cards	Yellow cards: Hany Ramzy
Details	The match was very defensive with only one scoring chance over the 120 minutes when the cross bar returned Kamouna's free kick.  In the penalty kicks Egyptian players scored all five very nicely wheras Nader El-Sayed was the man as usual in penalties and saved the third kick.

Semifinal

Egypt 2/0 Burkina Faso
Date:	25/2/1998
Scorers:	Hossam Hassan 41', 70'
Egyptian Line Up:	Nader El-Sayed / Yasser Radwan / Medhat Abdel Hady / Samir Kamouna / Mohamed Emara / Ahmed Hassan / Hany Ramzy / Osama Nabeeh (Yasser Rayan) / Tarek Moustafa / Hazem Emam / Hossam Hassan
Burkina Line Up:	Diarra / B.Traore / F.Sanou / Doumbia / S.Traore / Koudou / Zongo / Talle / Nana / Diabate / Ouedraogo
Details	Egypt won by two goals for Hosam Hassan from two brilliant acts from Hazem Emam the second of which is a wonderful back heel that made Hossam face to face with the goal.

Final

Egypt 2/0 South Africa
Date:	28/2/1998
Scorers:	Ahmed Hassan 4' / Tarek Moustafa 12'
Egyptian Line Up:	Nader El-Sayed / Yasser Radwan / Medhat Abdel Hady / Samir Kamouna / Abdel Zaher El-Saqua / Mohamed Emara / Ahmed Hassan / Hany Ramzy / Tarek Moustafa (Osama Nabeeh 78') / Hazem Emam (Abdel Sattar Sabry 55') / Hossam Hassan
South African Line Up:	Baloyi / Rabutla / Jackson / Mark Fish / L.Radebe / Moeti / Moshoeu / Mkhalele / Augustine (Fortune 48') / Masinga  (Ndlanya 81') / B.McCarthy
Cards	Yellow cards(2): Samir Kamouna  / Ahmed Hassan
Details	Egypt scored two wonderful goals for Ahmed Hassan & Tarek Moustafa in the first 12 minutes afterwards Egypt played a beautiful game and Nader El-Sayed was not really tested.