Abdel Zaher El-Saqua - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Egyptian player, who obtained 112 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps	Date 	Venue 		Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1    8- 6-97	Cairo		Tunisia		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  2   12- 6-97	Seoul		South Korea	1-3	Korea Cup
  3   14- 6-97	Suwon City	Yugoslavia	0-0	Korea Cup
  4   16- 6-97	Seoul		Ghana		2-0	Korea Cup
  5   21- 6-97	Rabat		Morocco		0-1	African Cup Qual.
  6   13- 7-97  Cairo           Senegal         2-0	African Cup Qual.
  7   18-12-97	Aswan		Togo		7-2 
  8   20-12-97	Aswan		Algeria		1-2	
  9   22-12-97	Cairo		Cameroon	2-0	  
 10   27- 1-98	Bangkok		South Korea	0-2	Kings Cup
 11   30- 1-98	Bangkok		South Korea  	1-1 [1]	Kings Cup
 12   10- 2-98	Bobo-Dioulasso	Mozambique	2-0	African Nations Cup
 13   13- 2-98	Bobo-Dioulasso	Zambia		4-0	African Nations Cup
 14   17- 2-98	Bobo-Dioulasso	Morocco		0-1	African Nations Cup
 15   21- 2-98	Ouagadougou	Ivory Coast  	0-0 [2]	African Nations Cup
 16   28- 2-98	Ouagadougou	South Africa	2-0	African Nations Cup
 17   16- 9-98	Cairo		Ivory Coast	0-0	
 18   23- 9-98	Tallinn		Estonia		2-2	
 19   29- 9-98	Kumanovo	Macedonia	2-2	
 20   28-10-98	Osaka		Japan		0-1	
 21   16-12-98	Cape Town	South Africa	1-2	
 22   27-12-98	Kuwait City	Kuwait		1-1	
 23   16- 2-99	Hong Kong	Bulgaria	3-1	Carlsberg Cup
 24   19- 2-99	Hong Kong	Mexico		0-3	Carlsberg Cup
 25   30- 3-99	Liège		Belgium		1-0	
 26   13- 6-99	Seoul		Croatia		2-2	Korea Cup
 27   15- 6-99	Seoul		South Korea	0-0	Korea Cup
 28   17- 6-99	Seoul		Mexico		0-2	Korea Cup
 29   10- 7-99	Cdad. de Mexico	New Zealand	1-1	
 30   15- 7-99	Guadalajara	New Zealand	1-0	
 31   25- 7-99	Cdad. de Mexico	Bolivia		2-2	Confederations Cup
 32   27- 7-99	Cdad. de Mexico	Mexico		2-2	Confederations Cup
 33   29- 7-99	Cdad. de Mexico	Saudi Arabia	1-5	Confederations Cup
 34    4- 1-00	Aswan		Togo		2-1 	
 35    6- 1-00	Aswan		Gabon		4-0 
 36    9- 1-00	Abidjan		Ivory Coast	0-2	
 37   19- 1-00	Lomé		Togo		0-1	
 38   23- 1-00	Kano		Zambia		2-0	African Nations Cup 
 39   28- 1-00	Kano		Senegal		1-0	African Nations Cup
 40    7- 2-00	Kano		Tunisia		0-1	African Nations Cup
 41   20- 4-00  Cairo           Mauritius       2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 42   23- 4-00	Alexandria	Mauritius	4-2	World Cup Qualifier
 43    7- 6-00	Tehran		Iran  		1-1 [3]	LG Cup
 44    9- 6-00	Tehran		South Korea	0-1	LG Cup
 45   17- 6-00	Cairo		Ghana		2-0	
 46    9- 7-00	Dakar		Senegal		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 47    2- 9-00	Alexandria	Ivory Coast	1-0	African Cup Qual.
 48    8-10-00	Omdurman	Sudan		1-0	African Cup Qual.
 49    6- 1-01	Cairo		UA Emirates	2-1	
 50    9- 1-01	Cairo		Zambia		3-1	
 51   14- 1-01	Cairo		Libya		4-0	African Cup Qual.
 52   16- 1-01	Tehran		China 	 	0-0 [4]	Ancient Civil. Cup
 53   23- 1-01	Ismailia	North Korea	1-0	
 54   28- 1-01	Cairo		Morocco		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 55   24- 2-01	Windhoek	Namibia		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 56   11- 3-01	Cairo		Algeria		5-2 	World Cup Qualifier
 57   24- 4-01	Cairo		Canada		3-0	LG Cup
 58    6- 5-01	Cairo		Senegal		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 59    3- 6-01	Cairo		Sudan		3-2	African Cup Qual.
 60   10- 6-01	Nairobi		Kenya		1-1	
 61   17- 6-01	Abidjan		Ivory Coast	2-2	African Cup Qual.
 62   30- 6-01	Rabat		Morocco		0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 63   13- 7-01	Alexandria	Namibia		8-2	World Cup Qualifier
 64   21- 7-01	Annaba		Algeria		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 65   10-11-01	Johannesburg	South Africa	0-1	
 66    4- 1-02	Cairo		Ghana		2-0	
 67    6- 1-02	Ismailia	Mali		1-2	
 68   11- 1-02	Cairo		Burkina Faso	2-2	
 69   20- 1-02	Bamako		Senegal		0-1	African Nations Cup
 70   25- 1-02	Bamako		Tunisia		1-0	African Nations Cup
 71   30- 1-02	Bamako		Zambia		2-1	African Nations Cup
 72    4- 2-02	Sikasso		Cameroon	0-1	African Nations Cup
 73   20-11-02	Tunis		Tunisia		0-0	
 74   12- 2-03	Cairo		Denmark		1-4	
 75   19- 3-03	Port Said	Qatar		6-0	
 76   29- 3-03	Port Louis	Mauritius	1-0	African Cup Qual.
 77   30- 4-03	Saint-Denis	France		0-5	
 78   15-11-03	Cairo		South Africa	2-1	
 79   18-11-03	Cairo		Sweden		1-0	
 80   14- 1-04	Port Said	Congo		2-2	
 81   17- 1-04	Port Said	Burkina Faso	1-1	
 82   25- 1-04	Sfax		Zimbabwe	2-1	African Nations Cup
 83   29- 1-04	Sousse		Algeria		1-2	African Nations Cup
 84    3- 2-04	Monastir	Cameroon	0-0	African Nations Cup
 85   24- 5-04	Cairo		Zimbabwe	2-0	
 86   29- 5-04	Cairo		Gabon		2-0	
 87    6- 6-04	Ondurman	Sudan		3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 88   20- 6-04	Alexandria	Ivory Coast	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 89    4- 7-04	Cotonou		Benin		3-3	World Cup Qualifier
 90    9- 2-05	Cairo		Belgium		4-0	
 91   27- 3-05	Cairo		Libya		4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 92   17- 8-05	Ponta Delgada	Portugal	0-2	
 93    4- 9-05	Cairo		Benin		4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 94    8-10-05	Yaoundé		Cameroon	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 95   16-11-05	Cairo		Tunisia		1-2	
 96   27-12-05	Cairo		Uganda		2-0	LG Cup
 97    5- 1-06	Alexandria	Zimbabwe	2-0	 
 98   14- 1-06  Cairo           South Africa    1-2
 99   20- 1-06  Cairo           Libya           3-0     African Nations Cup
100   24- 1-06  Cairo           Morocco         0-0     African Nations Cup
101   28- 1-06  Cairo           Ivory Coast     3-1     African Nations Cup
102    3- 2-06  Cairo           Congo DR        4-1     African Nations Cup
103    7- 2-06  Cairo           Senegal         2-1     African Nations Cup
104   10- 2-06  Cairo           Ivory Coast     0-0 [5] African Nations Cup
105    3- 6-06  Elche           Spain           0-2
106   16- 8-06  Alexandria      Uruguay         0-2
107   15-11-06  Brentford       South Africa    1-0
108   12- 6-07  Kuwait City     Kuwait          1-1
109   14-11-09  Cairo           Algeria         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
110   18-11-09  Omdurman        Algeria         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
111    4- 1-10  Dubai           Mali            1-0
112   20- 1-10  Benguela        Benin           2-0     African Nations Cup

[1] Egypt lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Egypt won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[3] Egypt lost 7-8 on penalty kicks.
[4] Egypt won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[5] Egypt won 4-2 on penalty kicks.

Note: for the matches against Ghana (3-2,  3-12-97) and Thailand (1-1, 25- 1-98,
      Kings Cup) there is no evidence that El-Saqua played; the match against
      Senegal U-23 (4-2, 29-12-05, LG Cup) in which El-Saqua played, is not a
      full international and therefore not included here.

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   112	  52   31   29	172-  108     135      60.26

Types of Matches
Friendlies      	45
World Cup Qualifier	19
African Ch. Qual.	 8
African Nations Cup	22
Confederations Cup	 3
Other Tournaments	15

Total caps:            112


Goals:
Cap   7         1 goal
Cap  34		1 goal
Cap  35 	1 goal
Cap  56	        1 goal

Total goals: 	4 goals


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Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net)
Last updated: 17 Sep 2010

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