2021–22 Egyptian Second Division

The 2021–22 Egyptian Second Division was the 42nd edition of the Egyptian Second Division, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 30 September 2021 and concluded on 4 June 2022. Fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 12 September 2021.^[1]

Egyptian Second Division

Season	2021–22
Dates	30 September 2021 – 4 June 2022
Promoted	Group A: Aswan Group B: El Dakhleya Group C: Haras El Hodoud
Relegated	Group A: Beni Suef Sohag Qena Al Badari Group B: Al Merreikh Port Fouad Belbeis Benha Group C: Ala'ab Damanhour Al Zarka Said El Mahalla El Raja
Matches played	720
Goals scored	1,644 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rafik Kabou (18 goals)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Aswan, El Dakhleya and Haras El Hodoud won Group A, Group B and Group C respectively and secured the promotion to the 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League.^[2][3]

Format

The league consists of 48 teams divided into 3 groups of 16 teams each, with each group covering different parts of Egypt:

• Group A for teams from Upper Egypt and eastern governorates.
• Group B for teams from Greater Cairo, and central and north-eastern governorates.
• Group C for teams from Alexandria and northern governorates.

The top team from each group earns promotion to the next season of the Egyptian Premier League, while the bottom 4 teams from each group get relegated to the Egyptian Third Division.

Teams

• Team name followed with ^↓ indicates the team was relegated from the 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League.
• Team name followed with ^↑ indicates the team was promoted from the 2020–21 Egyptian Third Division.

Group A

• Al Aluminium
• Aswan^↓
• Asyut Petroleum
• Al Badari^↑
• Beni Suef
• Dayrout
• Faiyum
• KIMA Aswan
• Al Madina Al Monawara^↑
• Mallawi^↑
• Media
• El Minya
• MS Tamya^↑
• Qena
• Sohag
• Telephonat Beni Suef

Group B

• Belbeis^↑
• Benha^↑
• El Dakhleya
• El Entag El Harby^↓
• Al Merreikh
• Al Nasr
• Petrojet
• Port Fouad^↑
• Porto Suez
• El Qanah
• El Sekka El Hadid
• Suez
• Telecom Egypt^↑
• Tersana
• Wadi Degla^↓
• ZED

Group C

• Abou Qir Fertilizers
• Ala'ab Damanhour
• Baladeyet El Mahalla
• Dikernis
• Al Hammam
• Haras El Hodoud
• Kafr El Sheikh
• El Magd^↑
• El Mansoura
• Al Masry (Al Saloum)^↑
• Olympic Club
• Pioneers^↑
• El Raja
• Said El Mahalla^↑
• Sporting Alexandria
• Al Zarka

Results

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Aswan (P)	30	21	7	2	54	23	+31	70	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Al Aluminium	30	14	12	4	53	27	+26	54
3	KIMA Aswan	30	14	11	5	42	27	+15	53
4	Asyut Petroleum	30	14	10	6	45	22	+23	52
5	El Minya	30	12	13	5	43	28	+15	49
6	Telephonat Beni Suef	30	12	8	10	34	32	+2	44
7	MS Tamya	30	10	8	12	40	38	+2	38
8	Al Madina Al Monawara	30	9	10	11	36	35	+1	37[a]
9	Faiyum	30	9	10	11	28	34	−6	37[a]
10	Media	30	8	13	9	25	28	−3	37[a]
11	Mallawi	30	8	11	11	32	38	−6	35[b]
12	Dayrout	30	9	8	13	25	37	−12	35[b]
13	Beni Suef (R)	30	7	12	11	33	39	−6	33[c]	Relegation to the Third Division
14	Sohag (R)	30	7	12	11	30	38	−8	33[c]
15	Qena (R)	30	3	8	19	30	65	−35	17
16	Al Badari (R)	30	3	7	20	18	57	−39	16

Source: Soccerway
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).
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Al Madina Al Monawara 8, Faiyum 3, Media 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Faiyum +1, Media –3.
2. Head-to-head points: Mallawi 4, Dayrout 1.
3. Head-to-head points: Beni Suef 4, Sohag 1.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	El Dakhleya (P)	30	22	3	5	48	25	+23	69	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Petrojet	30	15	11	4	42	26	+16	56
3	Wadi Degla	30	13	9	8	46	36	+10	48
4	ZED	30	12	11	7	28	22	+6	47
5	El Qanah	30	11	13	6	29	21	+8	46
6	Tersana	30	12	9	9	43	36	+7	45[a]
7	Porto Suez	30	12	9	9	49	48	+1	45[a]
8	El Sekka El Hadid	30	11	11	8	33	31	+2	44
9	Telecom Egypt	30	10	12	8	33	24	+9	42
10	El Entag El Harby	30	9	13	8	34	32	+2	40
11	Suez	30	9	12	9	24	27	−3	39
12	Al Nasr	30	9	10	11	33	36	−3	37
13	Al Merreikh (R)	30	5	11	14	25	36	−11	26	Relegation to the Third Division
14	Port Fouad (R)	30	4	11	15	26	45	−19	23
15	Belbeis (R)	30	4	9	17	26	43	−17	21
16	Benha (R)	30	1	8	21	15	46	−31	11

Source: Soccerway
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).
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Tersana +1, Porso Suez –1.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Haras El Hodoud (P)	30	16	12	2	43	15	+28	60	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Dikernis	30	14	14	2	41	20	+21	56
3	Olympic Club	30	15	9	6	44	31	+13	54
4	Abou Qir Fertilizers	30	13	12	5	46	28	+18	51[a]
5	Baladeyet El Mahalla	30	15	6	9	39	24	+15	51[a]
6	El Magd	30	12	11	7	32	21	+11	47
7	Kafr El Sheikh	30	11	12	7	36	25	+11	45
8	Sporting Alexandria	30	10	13	7	42	29	+13	43[b]
9	Al Masry (Al Saloum)	30	11	10	9	37	22	+15	43[b]
10	Pioneers	30	9	13	8	37	31	+6	40
11	El Mansoura	30	10	9	11	27	29	−2	39
12	Al Hammam	30	7	14	9	31	31	0	35
13	Ala'ab Damanhour (R)	30	5	13	12	29	38	−9	28	Relegation to the Third Division
14	Al Zarka (R)	30	5	7	18	25	49	−24	22
15	Said El Mahalla (R)	30	3	8	19	27	53	−26	17
16	El Raja (R)	30	0	5	25	6	96	−90	5

Source: Soccerway
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).
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Abou Qir Fertilizers 6, Baladeyet El Mahalla 0.
2. Head-to-head points: Sporting Alexandria 4, Al Masry (Al Saloum) 1.

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams	Governorate	Team(s)
7	Cairo	El Dakhleya, El Entag El Harby, Al Nasr, El Sekka El Hadid, Telecom Egypt, Wadi Degla and ZED
5	Alexandria	Abou Qir Fertilizers, Haras El Hodoud, El Magd, Olympic Club and Sporting Alexandria
3	Asyut	Asyut Petroleum, Al Badari and Dayrout
	El Dakahlia	Dikernis, El Mansoura and Pioneers
	Matruh	Al Hammam, Al Masry (Al Saloum) and El Raja
	Suez	Petrojet, Porto Suez and Suez
2	Aswan	Aswan and KIMA Aswan
	Beni Suef	Beni Suef and Telephonat Beni Suef
	Faiyum	Faiyum and MS Tamya
	El Gharbia	Baladeyet El Mahalla and Said El Mahalla
	Giza	Media and Tersana
	El Minya	Mallawi and El Minya
	Port Said	Al Merreikh and Port Fouad
	Qena	Al Aluminium and Qena
1	El Beheira	Ala'ab Damanhour
	Damietta	Al Zarka
	Ismailia	El Qanah
	Kafr El Sheikh	Kafr El Sheikh
	Luxor	Al Madina Al Monawara
	El Qalyubia	Benha
	El Sharkia	Belbeis
	Sohag	Sohag