List of international goals scored by Hossam Hassan explained

Hossam Hassan is a retired footballer who represented the Egypt national football team and is his country's all-time highest goalscorer with 69 goals. He appeared 177 times for Egypt between 1985 and 2006.^{[1] [2]} He made his debut on 10 September 1985 in a friendly against Norway at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. His first international goal came during the 1988 Arab Nations Cup, scoring the third goal in a 3–0 win over Lebanon on 15 July 1988.

Hassan became his country's top scorer when he scored his 43rd goal against Togo in a friendly in December 1997; at the time the record of 42 was held by Hassan El-Shazly. As of May 2024, Mohamed Salah is the active player closest to Hassan's figure, with 56 goals.^[3]

Out of Hassan's 69 goals, 42 were in official matches while 27 came in friendlies. Hassan has scored more goals (six) against Ethiopia than any other nation. Hassan scored one hat-trick in his international career, coming in a 4–0 win over Zambia at the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations,^[4] where Hassan was also the tournament joint top scorer with seven goals, sharing the honour with Benni McCarthy.^[4]

International goals

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.^{[5] [6] [7]}

International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition

scope=row	No.	scope=row	Date	scope=row	Venue	scope=row	Opponent	scope=row	Score	scope=row	Result	scope=row	Competition
align=center	1	15 July 1988			align=center	3–0	align=center	3–0	1988 Arab Nations Cup
align=center	2	21 July 1988	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan		align=center	2–0	align=center	2–0	1988 Arab Nations Cup
align=center	3	21 April 1989				6–1	1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	4
align=center	5	16 July 1989	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		1–0	align=center	2–0	1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	6	16 September 1989			align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	Friendly
align=center	7	3 November 1989			align=center	1–0	align=center	2–0	Friendly
align=center	8	17 November 1989	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	1990 World Cup qualification
align=center	9	16 May 1990			align=center	2–0	align=center	3–1	Friendly
align=center	10	26 May 1990	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		1–0	align=center	1–1	Friendly
align=center	11	17 August 1990	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	2–0	align=center	2–0	1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	12	9 June 1991	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea		align=center	5–2	align=center	5–2	1991 Korea Cup
align=center	13	11 June 1991	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea		align=center	3–0	align=center	6–0	1991 Korea Cup
align=center	14	12 July 1991	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	3–1	align=center	5–1	1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	15	21 December 1991	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	2–0	align=center	3–0	Friendly
align=center	16	23 July 1992			align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	Friendly
align=center	–	18 September 1992			3–2	align=center	3–2	1992 Arab Nations Cup ^1
align=center	17	11 October 1992	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	1994 World Cup qualification
align=center	18	25 October 1992				4–1	1994 World Cup qualification
align=center	19
align=center	20	31 January 1993	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	1–0	align=center	3–0	1994 World Cup qualification
align=center	21	28 February 1993	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	2–1	align=center	2–1	1994 World Cup qualification
align=center	22	9 April 1993	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	1–0	align=center	2–1	1994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	23	5 November 1993			align=center	1–0	align=center	3–0	Friendly
align=center	24	2 February 1994			align=center	1–1	align=center	1–1	Friendly
align=center	25	4 February 1994	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	Friendly
align=center	26	6 February 1994	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	Friendly
align=center	27	19 August 1994	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt			2–0	Friendly
align=center	28
align=center	29	23 August 1994	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt			2–0	Friendly
align=center	30
align=center	31	14 October 1994	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	4–1	align=center	5–1	1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	32	11 November 1994	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt			5–0	1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	33
align=center	34	4 October 1996	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		1–1	1–1	1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	35	8 November 1996	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt			7–1	1998 World Cup qualification
align=center	36
align=center	37	5 January 1997	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt		align=center	1–0	align=center	2–0	Friendly
align=center	38	26 April 1997				3–2	1998 World Cup qualification
align=center	39
align=center	40	27 July 1997	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt		align=center	6–0	align=center	8–1	1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	41	18 December 1997	Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt			7–2	Friendly
align=center	42
align=center	43	31 January 1998			align=center	1–0	align=center	1–1	1998 King's Cup
align=center	44	10 February 1998				2–0	1998 Africa Cup of Nations
align=center	45
align=center	46	13 February 1998	Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso			4–0	1998 Africa Cup of Nations
align=center	47
align=center	48
align=center	49	25 February 1998	Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso			2–0	1998 Africa Cup of Nations
align=center	50
align=center	51	23 December 1998			align=center	2–2	align=center	2–2	Friendly
align=center	52	29 December 1998			align=center	1–2	align=center	2–2	Friendly
align=center	53	18 November 1998	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		1–0	align=center	1–1	Friendly
align=center	54	16 December 1998			align=center	1–0	align=center	1–2	Friendly
align=center	55	27 December 1998			align=center	1–1	align=center	1–1	Friendly
align=center	56	12 February 1999				3–1	1999 Lunar New Year Cup
align=center	57
align=center	58	13 June 1999	Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea			2–2	1999 Korea Cup
align=center	59
align=center	60	6 January 2000	Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt		2–0	align=center	4–0	Friendly
align=center	61	23 January 2000			align=center	2–0	align=center	2–0	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
align=center	62	28 January 2000	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Nigeria		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
align=center	63	2 February 2000	Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Nigeria		align=center	2–2	align=center	4–2	2000 Africa Cup of Nations
align=center	64	7 June 2000			align=center	1–0	align=center	1–1	2000 LG Cup
align=center	65	25 August 2000	Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt		align=center	2–1	align=center	2–1	Friendly
align=center	66	8 October 2000			align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align=center	67	29 May 2004	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt			2–0	Friendly
align=center	68
align=center	69	3 February 2006	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		align=center	2–0	align=center	4–1	2006 Africa Cup of Nations

¹ The 1992 Arab Nations Cup matches are not considered as A-internationals by FIFA as Egypt sent their Olympic team.^[8]

Statistics

Goals by competition

Competition	Goals
	27
	11
Africa Cup of Nations qualification	11
	10
	2
	3
	2
	1
	1
Total	69

Goals by Confederation

Confederation	Goals
	46
	12
	10
	1
Total	69

See also

• List of footballers with 50 or more international goals
• List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA Century Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905145250/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/59/centuryclub290715_neutral.pdf. dead. September 5, 2015. FIFA. July 29, 2015. July 4, 2016.
2. Web site: Hossam Hassan – Century of International Appearances. 30 July 2020. RSSSF. 18 August 2020.
3. Web site: Goalscoring for Egypt National Team. RSSSF. July 21, 2019.
4. News: Ramadan Tales E5: The Fasting and the Furious – Egypt's Historic 1998 AFCON. Hosam. El-Aker. King Fut. June 28, 2015. July 5, 2016.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20140411031415/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/106/577/9/index.html More goals than caps
6. http://www.11v11.com/players/hossam-hassan-124738/ Hossam Hassan
7. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/hassan-intl.html Hossam Hassan - Century of International Appearances
8. Web site: 1992 Arab Games . RSSSF.