Egypt's greatest European success stories
Monday, January 15, 2018
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Mohamed Salah has been an instant hit at Liverpool; how does he rank among his nation's all-time top performers in UEFA's club competitions?
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As Mohamed Salah joins Liverpool, he is within one UEFA Champions League appearance of completing a clean sweep of Egyptian records in UEFA's club competitions.
Most appearances by Egyptian nationals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
31: Mohamed Salah (Basel, Chelsea, Roma, Liverpool)
24: Mohamed Elneny (Basel, Arsenal)
21: Mido (Ajax, Marseille, Roma)
12: Ahmed Hassan (Beşiktaş, Anderlecht)
7: Tarek Said (Anderlecht)
Top-scoring Egyptian nationals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
12: Mohamed Salah (Basel, Chelsea, Roma, Liverpool)
2: Mido (Ajax, Marseille, Roma)
1: Mohamed Elneny (Basel, Arsenal)
1: Omar Elhussieny (Levadia Tallinn)
Most appearances by Egyptian nationals in men's UEFA club competition*
59: Mohamed Salah (Basel, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Roma, Liverpool)
49: Mohamed Elneny (Basel, Arsenal)
48: Hany Ramzy (Neuchâtel Xamax, Werder Bremen, Kaiserslautern)
37: Ahmed Hassan (Kocaelispor, Beşiktaş, Anderlecht)
34: Mido (Ajax , Marseille, Roma, Tottenham)
Top-scoring Egyptian nationals in men's UEFA club competition*
17: Mohamed Salah (Basel, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Roma, Liverpool)
7: Ahmed 'Kouka' Hassan (Rio Ave, Braga)
4: Mohamed Elneny (Basel, Arsenal)
4: Ahmed Hosny (Stuttgart, Gent)
4: Hossam Hassan (Neuchâtel Xamax)
First Egyptian nationals to feature in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
Ibrahim Hassan and Magdy Tolba: 19/09/90, Sevilla 0-0 PAOK, UEFA Cup first round first leg
First Egyptian national to feature in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League
Hany Ramzy: 16/09/98, Kaiserslautern 1-0 Benfica group stage
Only Egyptian national to feature in a UEFA club competition final
Ahmed Hosny (Auxerre 1-3agg Stuttgart, 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup)