2019–20 Egyptian Second Division

The 2019–20 Egyptian Second Division is the 40th edition of the Egyptian Second Division, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 20 October 2019 and is scheduled to conclude on 21 April 2020. Fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 18 September 2019.[1][2]

Egyptian Second Division

Season	2019–20
Dates	20 October 2019 – 21 April 2020
Relegated	Group C: Maleyat Kafr El Zayat Biyala
Matches played	306
Goals scored	615 (2.01 per match)
Biggest home win	El Raja 6–1 Biyala (11 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Biyala 0–5 Ghazl El Mahalla (24 December 2019)
Highest scoring	El Raja 4–3 Al Hammam (27 November 2019) El Dakhleya 5–2 Al Zarka (10 February 2020) El Raja 6–1 Biyala (11 February 2020)
Longest winning run	6 games Ala'ab Damanhour
Longest unbeaten run	15 games El Dakhleya
Longest winless run	17 games Maleyat Kafr El Zayat Biyala
Longest losing run	8 games Tahta Dayrout
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 11 March 2020.

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To Second Division

Promoted from Third Division

• Asyut Petroleum
• Muslim Youths (Qena)
• Maleyat Kafr El Zayat
• National Bank of Egypt
• Biyala
• Dikernis

Relegated from Premier League

• Petrojet
• El Dakhleya
• Nogoom

From Second Division

Relegated to Third Division

• Al Nasr Lel Taa'den
• El Tahrir
• MS Naser Malawy
• Al Walideya
• El Shams
• Porto Suez
• Damietta
• Abou Sakal
• Kafr El Sheikh
• Al Jazeera
• MS Tala
• Sidi Salem

Promoted to Premier League

• Aswan
• FC Masr
• Tanta

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A

Al Aluminium

Asyut Pet.

Beni Suef

Dayrout

Faiyum

El Minya

Muslim Youths

Sohag

Tahta

T. Beni Suef

Cairo

Cairo teams
Media
National Bank of Egypt

Locations of the 2019–20 Egyptian Second Division Group A teams

2 teams from Asyut, 2 teams from Beni Suef, 2 teams from Cairo, 2 teams from Sohag, 2 teams from Qena, 1 team from Faiyum and 1 team from El Minya.

Club	Governorate	Stadium	2018–19 season
Al Aluminium	Qena	Al Aluminium Stadium	6th in Second Division Group A
Asyut Petroleum	Asyut	Asyut Petroleum Stadium	1st in Third Division Promotion Group A
Beni Suef	Beni Suef	Beni Suef Stadium	2nd in Second Division Group A
Dayrout	Asyut	Dayrout Stadium	7th in Second Division Group A
Faiyum	Faiyum	Al Assiouty Sport Resort Stadium[lower-alpha 1]	10th in Second Division Group A
Media	Cairo	Media Club Stadium	3rd in Second Division Group A
El Minya	El Minya	El Minya University Stadium	5th in Second Division Group A
Muslim Youths (Qena)	Qena	Muslim Youths Stadium (Qena)	2nd in Third Division Promotion Group A
National Bank of Egypt	Cairo	National Bank of Egypt Club Stadium	2nd in Third Division Promotion Group B
Sohag	Sohag	Sohag Stadium	9th in Second Division Group A
Tahta	Sohag	Tahta Stadium	8th in Second Division Group A
Telephonat Beni Suef	Beni Suef	Beni Suef Stadium	4th in Second Division Group A

Group B

Shebin

Al Merreikh

Petrojet

El Qanah

Suez

Al Zarka

Cairo/Giza

Cairo and Giza teams
Ceramica Cleopatra
Coca-Cola
El Dakhleya
Al Nasr
Nogoom
Tersana

Locations of the 2019–20 Egyptian Second Division Group B teams

4 teams from Cairo, 2 teams from Giza, 2 teams from Suez, 1 team from Damietta, 1 team from Ismailia, 1 team from El Monufia and 1 team from Port Said.

Club	Governorate	Stadium	2018–19 season
Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo	Suez Stadium[lower-alpha 2]	2nd in Second Division Group B
Coca-Cola	Cairo	Police Academy Stadium	5th in Second Division Group B
El Dakhleya	Cairo	Police Academy Stadium	17th in Premier League
Gomhoriat Shebin	El Monufia	Gomhoriat Shebin Stadium	7th in Second Division Group B
Al Merreikh	Port Said	Al Merreikh Stadium	6th in Second Division Group B
Al Nasr	Cairo	Al Nasr Stadium	8th in Second Division Group B
Nogoom	Giza	Nogoom Stadium	18th in Premier League
Petrojet	Suez	Egyptian Army Stadium	16th in Premier League
El Qanah	Ismailia	El Qanah Stadium	3rd in Second Division Group B
Suez	Suez	Suez Stadium	10th in Second Division Group B
Tersana	Giza	Hassan El Shazly Stadium	4th in Second Division Group B
Al Zarka	Damietta	Al Zarka Stadium	9th in Second Division Group B

Group C

Damanhour

Biyala

Al Hammam

El Raja

Alexandria

Dakahlia

Gharbia

Alexandria teams
Abou Qir Fertilizers
Olympic Club
Pharco

El Dakahlia teams
Dikernis
El Mansoura

El Gharbia teams
Baladeyet El Mahalla
Ghazl El Mahalla
Maleyat Kafr El Zayat

Locations of the 2019–20 Egyptian Second Division Group C teams

3 teams from Alexandria, 3 teams from El Gharbia, 2 teams from El Dakahlia, 2 teams from Matruh, 1 team from El Beheira and 1 team from Kafr El Sheikh.

Club	Governorate	Stadium	2018–19 season
Abou Qir Fertilizers	Alexandria	Abou Qir Fertilizers Stadium	4th in Second Division Group C
Ala'ab Damanhour	El Beheira	Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium	7th in Second Division Group C
Baladeyet El Mahalla	El Gharbia	Baladeyet El Mahalla Stadium	6th in Second Division Group C
Biyala	Kafr El Sheikh	Kafr El Sheikh Stadium[lower-alpha 3]	1st in Third Division Promotion Group C
Dikernis	El Dakahlia	Dikernis Stadium	2nd in Third Division Promotion Group C
Ghazl El Mahalla	El Gharbia	Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium	5th in Second Division Group C
Al Hammam	Matruh	MS Al Hammam Stadium	10th in Second Division Group C
Maleyat Kafr El Zayat	El Gharbia	Maleyat Kafr El Zayat Stadium	1st in Third Division Promotion Group B
El Mansoura	El Dakahlia	El Mansoura Stadium	8th in Second Division Group C
Olympic Club	Alexandria	Ezzedin Yacoub Stadium	3rd in Second Division Group C
Pharco	Alexandria	Haras El Hodoud Stadium[lower-alpha 4]	9th in Second Division Group C
El Raja	Matruh	MS Mersa Matruh Stadium	2nd in Second Division Group C

Notes

1. Faiyum play their home matches at Al Assiouty Sport Resort Stadium instead of their regular stadium Faiyum Stadium.
2. Ceramica Cleopatra play their home matches at Suez Stadium instead of their regular stadium Ceramica Cleopatra Club Stadium.
3. Biyala play their home matches at Kafr El Sheikh Stadium instead of their regular stadium Biyala Stadium.
4. Pharco play their home matches at Haras El Hodoud Stadium instead of their regular stadium Tolip Stadium.

Results

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Beni Suef	17	10	5	2	23	7	+16	35	Promotion to the Premier League
2	National Bank of Egypt	17	10	5	2	22	9	+13	35
3	Al Aluminium	17	10	2	5	20	11	+9	32
4	Muslim Youths (Qena)	17	8	7	2	14	9	+5	31
5	Asyut Petroleum	17	7	3	7	18	21	−3	24
6	Telephonat Beni Suef	17	5	8	4	17	16	+1	23
7	Sohag	17	6	4	7	15	14	+1	22
8	El Minya	17	5	4	8	16	17	−1	19[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to the Third Division
9	Media	17	4	7	6	18	24	−6	19[lower-alpha 1]
10	Faiyum	17	5	3	9	14	17	−3	18
11	Dayrout	17	3	2	12	15	31	−16	11
12	Tahta	17	2	4	11	10	26	−16	10

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots (only if needed to decide teams for promotion or teams for relegation).
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: El Minya +2, Media –2.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ceramica Cleopatra	17	8	8	1	21	11	+10	32	Promotion to the Premier League
2	El Dakhleya	17	8	7	2	26	12	+14	31
3	Petrojet	17	8	5	4	17	9	+8	29
4	Al Nasr	17	7	4	6	20	19	+1	25[lower-alpha 1]
5	Suez	17	6	7	4	13	11	+2	25[lower-alpha 1]
6	Gomhoriat Shebin	17	5	7	5	11	9	+2	22[lower-alpha 2]
7	El Qanah	17	5	7	5	14	14	0	22[lower-alpha 2]
8	Nogoom	17	5	6	6	20	17	+3	21	Relegation to the Third Division
9	Coca-Cola	17	4	6	7	14	23	−9	18[lower-alpha 3]
10	Al Merreikh	17	3	9	5	20	25	−5	18[lower-alpha 3]
11	Tersana	17	3	6	8	11	21	−10	15
12	Al Zarka	17	1	6	10	10	26	−16	9

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots (only if needed to decide teams for promotion or teams for relegation).
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Al Nasr +1, Suez –1.
2. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Gomhoriat Shebin +1, El Qanah –1.
3. Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0) and on head-to-head goals scored (3). Head-to-head away goals scored: Coca-Cola 3, Al Merreikh 1.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ala'ab Damanhour	17	10	3	4	22	14	+8	33	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Ghazl El Mahalla	17	9	5	3	22	10	+12	32[lower-alpha 1]
3	Pharco	17	8	8	1	19	9	+10	32[lower-alpha 1]
4	El Mansoura	17	8	6	3	20	14	+6	30
5	Abou Qir Fertilizers	17	7	5	5	20	13	+7	26
6	El Raja	17	7	5	5	27	22	+5	26
7	Dikernis	17	7	5	5	15	14	+1	26
8	Baladeyet El Mahalla	17	6	4	7	21	20	+1	22	Relegation to the Third Division
9	Al Hammam	17	5	5	7	19	21	−2	20
10	Olympic Club	17	5	4	8	13	14	−1	19
11	Maleyat Kafr El Zayat (R)	17	0	5	12	11	30	−19	5
12	Biyala (R)	17	0	5	12	7	35	−28	5

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots (only if needed to decide teams for promotion or teams for relegation).
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (2), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (2) and on head-to-head away goals scored (1). Overall goal difference: Ghazl El Mahalla +12, Pharco +10.

Positions by round

The tables lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Group A

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Beni Suef	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1
National Bank of Egypt	6	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
Al Aluminium	10	6	7	6	7	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3
Muslim Youths (Qena)	12	7	5	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Asyut Petroleum	2	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	8	7	8	6	7	7	6	7	5
Telephonat Beni Suef	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Sohag	8	10	11	11	12	9	7	7	7	9	10	8	8	8	7	5	7
El Minya	9	9	12	8	10	7	9	8	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	8
Media	7	8	8	9	6	8	8	9	9	8	7	9	6	6	8	9	9
Faiyum	3	5	6	7	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Dayrout	5	12	10	12	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Tahta	11	11	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12

	Promotion to the Egyptian Premier League
	Relegation to the Egyptian Third Division

Source: Kooora

Group B

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ceramica Cleopatra	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
El Dakhleya	11	12	7	7	6	7	7	7	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Petrojet	8	5	6	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	6	4	4	3	3	3	3
Al Nasr	10	11	12	9	8	5	6	8	8	6	9	8	8	6	8	5	4
Suez	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	6	3	5	4	4	5
Gomhoriat Shebin	6	3	5	5	5	2	3	3	4	5	8	9	9	8	6	7	6
El Qanah	9	4	3	4	3	6	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	7	7	8	7
Nogoom	7	7	4	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	7	5	6	4	5	6	8
Coca-Cola	3	6	8	6	7	9	9	5	6	7	5	7	7	9	9	9	9
Al Merreikh	4	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Tersana	12	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Al Zarka	5	8	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Promotion to the Egyptian Premier League
	Relegation to the Egyptian Third Division

Source: Kooora

Group C

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ala'ab Damanhour	2	3	3	3	2	5	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1
Ghazl El Mahalla	6	4	1	4	5	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
Pharco	8	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
El Mansoura	7	7	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	9	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Abou Qir Fertilizers	4	6	5	5	6	6	7	5	6	8	9	9	10	8	7	7	5
El Raja	3	2	6	6	4	2	4	2	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	5	6
Dikernis	1	1	4	2	3	4	5	7	5	7	8	6	4	4	5	6	7
Baladeyet El Mahalla	5	8	10	10	7	7	6	6	7	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8
Al Hammam	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	9	9	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9
Olympic Club	12	12	12	12	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Maleyat Kafr El Zayat	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Biyala	9	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Promotion to the Egyptian Premier League
	Relegation to the Egyptian Third Division

Source: Kooora

Results tables

Group A

Home \ Away	ALU	ASP	BSU	DAY	FAY	MED	MIN	MYQ	NBE	SOH	THT	TBS
Al Aluminium	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2
Asyut Petroleum	1–0	—	0–0	2–1			1–0	1–2		3–2	2–0
Beni Suef	1–0	4–0	—	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–0
Dayrout				—		0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–2
Faiyum	2–1	3–1		4–2	—		1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Media		1–1	1–1		2–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1
El Minya	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–1		3–0	—			0–0	2–1	0–0
Muslim Youths (Qena)	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	—		0–0	1–0	0–1
National Bank of Egypt	2–1	2–0		3–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	—		2–0	3–1
Sohag		1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	—
Tahta		0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1			0–0	0–1	—	2–1
Telephonat Beni Suef	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group B

Home \ Away	CCL	COC	DKH	GOM	MER	NAS	NOG	PET	QAN	SUE	TER	ZAR
Ceramica Cleopatra	—		2–0		1–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0
Coca-Cola	1–1	—	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–4			0–2	1–0	1–1
El Dakhleya	0–0	2–2	—	1–0			0–0	0–1	0–0		3–0	5–2
Gomhoriat Shebin	0–1	0–0		—	1–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Al Merreikh		2–3	2–4		—	2–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1
Al Nasr	1–3	1–1	1–3			—	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0
Nogoom	1–2	2–1		1–1	2–3	0–1	—		3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Petrojet	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0		3–1	2–0	—	2–0			1–0
El Qanah	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2		0–0	0–0	—			3–0
Suez		2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	0–1
Tersana	1–1		0–3	1–2	1–1		2–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	—
Al Zarka	1–1		1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2		0–0		0–0	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group C

Home \ Away	AQF	ADM	BMH	BIY	DIK	GMH	HAM	MKZ	MAN	OLY	PHA	RAJ
Abou Qir Fertilizers	—		2–1	1–1		2–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1
Ala'ab Damanhour	2–0	—	1–0	1–0		0–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1
Baladeyet El Mahalla	1–3	1–1	—	4–0	1–0		2–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1
Biyala	0–3	1–2	0–1	—		0–5		2–2	1–3		0–0	0–0
Dikernis	2–1	0–2		0–0	—	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Ghazl El Mahalla		3–0	2–1		1–0	—	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0
Al Hammam	1–0	1–3		2–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	0–0		0–0	4–1
Maleyat Kafr El Zayat	0–2	1–2			0–1	0–0		—		1–1	0–2	1–2
El Mansoura	1–1		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	0–1		2–1
Olympic Club	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1		1–2			—	3–0	0–0
Pharco				1–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	—	3–0
El Raja	1–0	1–1	2–1	6–1	3–0		4–3	4–1		0–0		—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams	Governorate	Team(s)
6	Cairo	Ceramica Cleopatra, Coca-Cola, El Dakhleya, Media, Al Nasr and National Bank of Egypt
3	Alexandria	Abou Qir Fertilizers, Olympic Club and Pharco
	El Gharbia	Baladeyet El Mahalla, Ghazl El Mahalla and Maleyat Kafr El Zayat
2	Asyut	Asyut Petroleum and Dayrout
	Beni Suef	Beni Suef and Telephonat Beni Suef
	El Dakahlia	Dikernis and El Mansoura
	Giza	Nogoom and Tersana
	Matruh	Al Hammam and El Raja
	Qena	Al Aluminium and Muslim Youths (Qena)
	Sohag	Sohag and Tahta
	Suez	Petrojet and Suez
1	El Beheira	Ala'ab Damanhour
	Damietta	Al Zarka
	Faiyum	Faiyum
	Ismailia	El Qanah
	Kafr El Sheikh	Biyala
	El Minya	El Minya
	El Monufia	Gomhoriat Shebin
	Port Said	Al Merreikh

References

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2. "قرعة القسم الثانى.. تعرف على مباريات الأسبوع الأول" [Egyptian Second Division draw: All fixtures revealed]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 19 September 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.