2019–20 Egyptian Second Division

Egyptian Second Division
Season	2019–20
Champions	Group A:; National Bank of Egypt; Group B:; Ceramica Cleopatra; Group C:; Ghazl El Mahalla;
Promoted	Group A:; National Bank of Egypt; Group B:; Ceramica Cleopatra; Group C:; Ghazl El Mahalla;
Relegated	No relegation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
Matches played	396
Goals scored	830 (2.1 per match)
Biggest home win	El Raja 6–1 Biyala; (11 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Biyala 0–6 Dikernis; (13 October 2020)
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; Ghazl El Mahalla
Longest unbeaten run	15 games; El Dakhleya
Longest winless run	22 games; Biyala
Longest losing run	11 games; Biyala
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Egyptian Second Division was 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 was originally scheduled to conclude on 21 April 2020, but was later changed to 15 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt. Fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 18 September 2019.^[1]^[2]

National Bank of Egypt, Ceramica Cleopatra and Ghazl El Mahalla won Group A, Group B and Group C respectively and secured the promotion to the 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League; with the first two earning a place in the top flight for the first time in their history.

On 14 March 2020, a decision was made by the Egyptian Football Association to postpone all football activities in Egypt due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.^[3] The initial suspension, until 29 March, was then extended multiple times until at least mid-July. On 2 July 2020, the EFA announced that football competitions in Egypt would resume, with the Premier League recommencing on 6 August, Second Division on 21 September and Egypt Cup on 30 September. The EFA also confirmed that all clubs' players and staff would be tested for COVID-19 before resuming training.^[4]^[5]

Teams

Team changes

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

To Second Division

Promoted from Third Division

Relegated from Premier League

From Second Division

Relegated to Third Division

Promoted to Premier League

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A

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Greater Cairo

Cairo and Giza 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 Sohag, 2 teams from Qena, 1 team from Cairo, 1 team from Faiyum, 1 team from Giza, 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

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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

3 teams from Cairo, 3 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	Giza	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

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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

↑ Faiyum played their home matches at Al Assiouty Sport Resort Stadium instead of their regular stadium Faiyum Stadium.
↑ Ceramica Cleopatra played their home matches at Suez Stadium instead of their regular stadium Ceramica Cleopatra Stadium.
↑ Biyala played their home matches at Kafr El Sheikh Stadium instead of their regular stadium Biyala Stadium.
↑ Pharco played their home matches at Haras El Hodoud Stadium instead of their regular stadium Tolip Stadium.

Results

League tables

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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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

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Group B

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Group C

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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	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–2
Asyut Petroleum	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1
Beni Suef	1–0	4–0	—	5–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Dayrout	2–4	0–0	1–2	—	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–2
Faiyum	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–2	—	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Media	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–2
El Minya	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–0	—	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0
Muslim Youths (Qena)	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1
National Bank of Egypt	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	3–1
Sohag	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	1–1	1–0
Tahta	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	0–1	—	2–1
Telephonat Beni Suef	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	—

Source: Kooora

Group B

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

Source: Kooora

Group C

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

Source: Kooora

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams	Governorate	Team(s)
4	Cairo	Coca-Cola, El Dakhleya, Al Nasr and National Bank of Egypt
4	23x15px Giza	Ceramica Cleopatra, Media, Nogoom and Tersana
3	Alexandria	Abou Qir Fertilizers, Olympic Club and Pharco
3	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
	23x15px El Dakahlia	Dikernis and El Mansoura
	Matruh	Al Hammam and El Raja
	Qena	Al Aluminium and Muslim Youths (Qena)
	Sohag	Sohag and Tahta
	23x15px 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