-Beginning Hassan Shehata was appointed Egypt manager in October 2004, replacing Italian Marco Tardelli who was sacked after a World Cup qualifying defeat in Libya. His debut game was a friendly against Bulgaria one month later. Emad Meteb scored the only goal in a 1-1 draw in Cairo. The first competitive game for Shehata was against Libya in March 2005 in Cairo, where Egypt thumped their North African neighbors 4-1 at Arab Contractors Stadium. - Numbers Egypt scored 190 goals and conceded 81 throughout 96 games under his management, resulting in 61 wins, 17 draws and 18 losses. Wael Gomaa is the player with most caps under Shehata as the Ahli defender featured in 84 games, followed by Hosni Abd-Rabou's 75 and Essam Al-Hadari's 73. Egypt's biggest win under Shehata came in a 2006 friendly with Lebanon, who were thrashed 7-0 in Cairo. One year later, Egypt received their biggest defeat with the Zamalek legend on the bench, losing 4-1 to Japan in a friendly in Osaka. Meteb was Egypt's top scorer during Shehata's reign with 31 goals. - Honors
Shehata's men dominated Africa Shehata's most notable feat with Egypt surely has to be the triple Africa Cup of Nations titles in 2006, 2008 and 2010. With such a remarkable achievement, he became the first manager in the world to win three straight continental titles. He also guided Egypt to winning the gold medal in the 2007 Pan Arab Games on home soil. In January 2011, Shehata added another trophy to his record, winning the friendly Nile Basin Tournament in Cairo. - Records and milestones Shehata's seven-year tenure means he is the longest-serving manager in Egypt's history. The Master holds an impressive unbeaten home record in competitive matches with Egypt. He enjoys the honor of the manager who guided Egypt to their first-ever competitive win against a European side; a memorable 1-0 victory over Italy in the 2009 Confederations Cup. Despite the positives, Shehata will be remembered as the first coach who failed to take Egypt through the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. - The end In the 6th of June 2011, Shehata's seven-year reign as Egypt manager came to an abrupt end after the seven-time African champions unexpected failure in the CAN 2012 qualifying campaign.
