2018–19 Egyptian Second Division

The 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division was the 39th edition of the Egyptian Second Division, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 8 August 2018 and concluded on 19 April 2019. Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 23 May 2018.[1][2][3]

Egyptian Second Division
Season2018–19
Dates8 August 2018 – 19 April 2019
Champions
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played546
Goals scored1,252 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerBadara Naby Sylla
(18 goals)
Biggest home winGhazl El Mahalla 6–0 MS Tala
(16 August 2018)
Tersana 6–0 Abou Sakal
(13 September 2018)
Aswan 6–0 Al Walideya
(21 February 2019)
Biggest away winDamietta 0–5 Tersana
(28 February 2019)
Highest scoringFC Masr 5–4 El Qanah
(7 March 2019)
Longest winning run9 games
Aswan
Longest unbeaten run19 games
Aswan
Longest winless run26 games
Abou Sakal
Longest losing run10 games
Al Walideya

Aswan, FC Masr and Tanta won Group A, Group B and Group C respectively and secured the promotion to the 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

To Second Division

Promoted from Third Division

Relegated from Premier League

From Second Division

Relegated to Third Division

Promoted to Premier League

Teams

A total of forty-two teams competed in the league – thirty sides from the 2017–18 season, three relegated from the 2017–18 Egyptian Premier League and nine promoted from the 2017–18 Egyptian Third Division.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A
Locations of the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division Group A teams
Club City Stadium 2017–18 season
Al Aluminium Nag Hammadi Al Aluminium Stadium 5th in Second Division Group A
Aswan Aswan Aswan Stadium 3rd in Second Division Group A
Beni Suef Beni Suef Beni Suef Club Stadium 4th in Second Division Group A
Dayrout Dayrout MS Abnub Stadium 10th in Second Division Group A
Faiyum Faiyum Faiyum Stadium 8th in Second Division Group A
Media Cairo Media Stadium 1st in Third Division Group D
El Minya El Minya El Minya University Stadium 2nd in Second Division Group A
MS Naser Malawy Malawy MS Naser Malawy Stadium 1st in Third Division Group B
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den Aswan Aswan Stadium 7th in Second Division Group A
Sohag Sohag Sohag Stadium 9th in Second Division Group A
El Tahrir Aswan El Tahrir Stadium 1st in Third Division Group A
Tahta Tahta Tahta Stadium 1st in Third Division Group C
Telephonat Beni Suef Beni Suef Al Assiouty Sport Stadium 6th in Second Division Group A
Al Walideya Assiut Al Walideya Stadium 11th in Second Division Group A

Group B
Locations of the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division Group B teams
Club City Stadium 2017–18 season
Abou Sakal Arish Arish Stadium 16th in Second Division Group B[lower-alpha 1]
Ceramica Cleopatra Cairo Cairo International Stadium 3rd in Second Division Group B
Coca-Cola Cairo Cairo International Stadium 4th in Second Division Group C
Damietta Damietta Ras El Bar Stadium 1st in Third Division Group F
FC Masr Cairo Cairo International Stadium 4th in Second Division Group B
Gomhoriat Shebin Shebin El Koum Banha Stadium 9th in Second Division Group B
Al Merreikh Port Said Al Merreikh Stadium 7th in Second Division Group B
Al Nasr Cairo Al Nasr Stadium 18th in Premier League
Porto Suez Suez Suez Canal Stadium 1st in Third Division Group E
El Qanah Suez Suez Canal Stadium 5th in Second Division Group B
El Shams Cairo El Shams Stadium 6th in Second Division Group B
Suez Suez Suez Stadium 8th in Second Division Group B
Tersana Cairo 30 June Stadium 2nd in Second Division Group B
Al Zarka Al Zarka Al Zarka Stadium 10th in Second Division Group B
Notes
  1. Despite the club withdrew from the league in the previous season due to the Insurgency in Sinai, the Egyptian Football Association reinstated the club to the Second Division for this season.

Group C
Locations of the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division Group C teams
Club City Stadium 2017–18 season
Abou Qir Fertilizers Abou Qir Abou Qir Fertilizers Stadium 10th in Second Division Group C
Ala'ab Damanhour Damanhour Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium 11th in Second Division Group C
Baladeyet El Mahalla El Mahalla Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium 3rd in Second Division Group C
Ghazl El Mahalla El Mahalla Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium 7th in Second Division Group C
Al Hammam Mersa Matruh MS Al Hammam Stadium 9th in Second Division Group C
Al Jazeera Mersa Matruh MS Mersa Matruh Stadium 1st in Third Division Group I
Kafr El Sheikh Kafr El Sheikh Kafr El Sheikh Stadium 2nd in Second Division Group C
El Mansoura El Mansoura El Mansoura Stadium 5th in Second Division Group C
MS Tala Tala MS Tala Stadium 1st in Third Division Group G
Olympic Club Alexandria Ezzedin Yacoub Stadium 8th in Second Division Group C
Pharco Alexandria Borg El Arab Stadium 6th in Second Division Group C
El Raja Mersa Matruh MS Mersa Matruh Stadium 16th in Premier League
Sidi Salem Sidi Salem Sidi Salem Stadium 1st in Third Division Group H
Tanta Tanta Tanta Stadium 17th in Premier League

Results

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Aswan (C, P) 26 17 7 2 46 20 +26 58 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Beni Suef 26 13 11 2 42 22 +20 50
3 Media 26 12 7 7 38 30 +8 43[lower-alpha 1]
4 Telephonat Beni Suef 26 11 10 5 32 21 +11 43[lower-alpha 1]
5 El Minya 26 10 11 5 44 32 +12 41
6 Al Aluminium 26 10 9 7 36 28 +8 39
7 Dayrout 26 9 9 8 31 36 −5 36
8 Tahta 26 9 6 11 29 33 −4 33[lower-alpha 2]
9 Sohag 26 7 12 7 21 19 +2 33[lower-alpha 2]
10 Faiyum 26 7 10 9 28 27 +1 31[lower-alpha 3]
11 Al Nasr Lel Taa'den (R) 26 7 10 9 35 34 +1 31[lower-alpha 3] Relegation to the Third Division
12 El Tahrir (R) 26 6 8 12 26 37 −11 26
13 MS Naser Malawy (R) 26 3 5 18 20 48 −28 14
14 Al Walideya (R) 26 3 1 22 21 62 −41 10
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).
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Media 4, Telephonat Beni Suef 1.
  2. Head-to-head points: Tahta 4, Sohag 1.
  3. Head-to-head points: Faiyum 4, Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 1.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Masr (C, P) 26 14 10 2 49 25 +24 52 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Ceramica Cleopatra 26 15 6 5 42 20 +22 51
3 El Qanah 26 15 5 6 39 21 +18 50
4 Tersana 26 13 9 4 38 15 +23 48
5 Coca-Cola 26 13 8 5 37 21 +16 47
6 Al Merreikh 26 8 12 6 24 18 +6 36
7 Gomhoriat Shebin 26 8 10 8 24 21 +3 34
8 Al Nasr 26 8 9 9 32 32 0 33
9 Al Zarka 26 8 6 12 21 31 −10 30[lower-alpha 1]
10 Suez 26 7 9 10 26 27 −1 30[lower-alpha 1]
11 El Shams (R) 26 8 6 12 25 30 −5 30[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to the Third Division
12 Porto Suez (R) 26 6 8 12 27 34 −7 26
13 Damietta (R) 26 5 5 16 15 47 −32 20
14 Abou Sakal (R) 26 0 5 21 13 70 −57 5
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).
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Al Zarka 8, Suez 5, El Shams 3.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tanta (C, P) 26 14 10 2 27 12 +15 52 Promotion to the Premier League
2 El Raja 26 13 6 7 38 23 +15 45
3 Olympic Club 26 12 8 6 34 20 +14 44[lower-alpha 1]
4 Abou Qir Fertilizers 26 13 5 8 33 23 +10 44[lower-alpha 1]
5 Ghazl El Mahalla 26 11 9 6 28 21 +7 42[lower-alpha 2]
6 Baladeyet El Mahalla 26 10 12 4 30 20 +10 42[lower-alpha 2]
7 Ala'ab Damanhour 26 12 6 8 33 30 +3 42[lower-alpha 2]
8 El Mansoura 26 11 7 8 25 21 +4 40
9 Pharco 26 8 9 9 30 29 +1 33
10 Al Hammam 26 8 8 10 29 32 −3 32
11 Kafr El Sheikh (R) 26 7 9 10 31 32 −1 30 Relegation to the Third Division
12 Al Jazeera (R) 26 6 6 14 14 29 −15 24
13 MS Tala (R) 26 2 8 16 25 52 −27 14
14 Sidi Salem (R) 26 1 5 20 14 47 −33 8
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).
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (1) and on head-to-head away goals scored (0). Overall goal difference: Olympic Club +14, Abou Qir Fertilizers +10.
  2. Head-to-head points: Ghazl El Mahalla 8, Baladeyet El Mahalla 7, Ala'ab Damanhour 4.

Positions by round

The table 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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Aswan69532122222222111111111111
Beni Suef811785411111111222222222222
Media136379879778654435555544433
Telephonat Beni Suef14846665666546544333333344
El Minya53953244443333353444455555
Al Aluminium78119101010101185885666888897866
Dayrout47411556559101091097666689677
Tahta3126778781079910910101099978988
Sohag1251011111111119910777778777766799
Faiyum9106108998101111111112111212111111111111111010
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den2212433333446888991010101010101111
El Tahrir1414141213121212121212121211121111121212121212121212
MS Naser Malawy1013121414141414141413131314131413131313131313131313
Al Walideya1112131312131313131314141413141314141414141414141414
Promotion to 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League
Relegation to 2019–20 Egyptian Third Division
Source: Kooora

Group B
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
FC Masr12357552122442455422111111
Ceramica Cleopatra23111241311323321134443322
El Qanah51222135244255233243334433
Tersana86533414455531112311222244
Coca-Cola69464323533114544555555555
Al Merreikh71088101011111288776766666676666
Gomhoriat Shebin1187756799107887677777888887
Al Nasr12121313131398779991012108989767778
Al Zarka3499118101010121213131110121011121099910109
Suez91161112121213131111101113119111211121211109910
El Shams1071149766666668889898101011111111
Porto Suez1313121269871113131210991112101011111212121212
Damietta45101081113128910111212131313131313131313131313
Abou Sakal1414141414141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Promotion to 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League
Relegation to 2019–20 Egyptian Third Division
Source: Kooora

Group C
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Tanta85355345468743444211111111
El Raja16522232211111152556753242
Olympic Club599981077987864676443524323
Abou Qir Fertilizers91312898910743488888777675534
Ghazl El Mahalla21467754655675767888888885
Baladeyet El Mahalla32233566576357533665467456
Ala'ab Damanhour148676421134522211134232667
El Mansoura63111113322236325322346778
Pharco747446891112119999999101010109999
Al Hammam478101012121212101010101011111111999910101010
Kafr El Sheikh12111113131110881112121111101010101111111111111111
Al Jazeera1012141111911111099111212121212121212121212121212
MS Tala1314101212131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
Sidi Salem1110131414141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Promotion to 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League
Relegation to 2019–20 Egyptian Third Division
Source: Kooora

Group A
Home \ Away ALU ASW BSU DAY FAY MED MIN MSN NLT SOH THR THT TBS WAL
Al Aluminium — 1–2 2–5 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 5–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1
Aswan 1–0 — 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 5–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 6–0
Beni Suef 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1
Dayrout 3–1 0–1 2–2 — 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
Faiyum 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 — 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0
Media 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
El Minya 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 — 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 3–1
MS Naser Malawy 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 — 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 — 2–0 3–3 1–3 0–0 6–1
Sohag 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 — 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0
El Tahrir 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 — 1–2 2–0 1–0
Tahta 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 — 0–0 2–1
Telephonat Beni Suef 3–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 — 2–0
Al Walideya 1–2 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 4–2 0–2 —
Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B
Home \ Away ABS CCL COC DAM FCM GOM MER NAS POR QAN SHM SUE TER ZAR
Abou Sakal — 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–5 0–2 2–3 2–5 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1
Ceramica Cleopatra 5–0 — 1–3 4–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–1
Coca-Cola 2–0 1–0 — 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Damietta 2–1 0–3 1–2 — 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–5 0–0
FC Masr 6–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
Gomhoriat Shebin 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 — 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
Al Merreikh 4–0 0–2 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0
Al Nasr 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 — 1–4 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–3 0–1
Porto Suez 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 — 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–3
El Qanah 4–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 — 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
El Shams 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 2–0 0–1
Suez 2–0 1–3 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 — 0–0 0–0
Tersana 6–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 — 4–0
Al Zarka 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 —
Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C
Home \ Away AQF ADM BMH GMH HAM JAZ KSH MAN MST OLY PHA RAJ SID TNT
Abou Qir Fertilizers — 3–2 0–3 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2
Ala'ab Damanhour 1–0 — 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–2 0–0
Baladeyet El Mahalla 2–1 2–0 — 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1
Ghazl El Mahalla 0–1 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 6–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Al Hammam 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–2
Al Jazeera 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 — 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1
Kafr El Sheikh 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 — 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 0–0
El Mansoura 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 — 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
MS Tala 0–3 3–1 1–3 0–0 4–4 0–1 2–2 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2
Olympic Club 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 5–1 — 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Pharco 1–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 1–2 2–0 1–2
El Raja 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 0–0
Sidi Salem 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–5 1–1 0–3 — 0–2
Tanta 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 —
Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "ننشر قرعة المجموعة الأولى الصعيد للموسم الجديد بالدوري الممتاز ب" [Draw result for the first group of the Second Division]. Al Bawabah (in Arabic). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. "ننشر قرعة المجموعة الثانية بالدوري الممتاز ب" [Draw result for the second group of the Second Division]. Al Bawabah (in Arabic). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. "تعرف على قرعة المجموعة الثالثة بحري بالدوري الممتاز ب" [Draw result for the third group of the Second Division]. El Mwatin (in Arabic). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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