Egyptian Second Division

Egyptian Second Division
Founded	1977; 44 years ago
Country	Egypt
Confederation	CAF
Number of teams	48 (3 groups of 16)
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Egyptian Premier League
Relegation to	Egyptian Third Division
Domestic cup(s)	Egypt Cup
TV partners	Nile Sport
Website	http://www.efa.com.eg
	Current: '2020–21 Egyptian Second Division'

The Egyptian Second Division (Arabic: الدوري المصري الدرجة الثانية‎) (a.k.a. The Egyptian Premier League B, Egyptian Arabic: الدوري المصري الممتاز ب‎) is an Egyptian professional football league representing the second division of Egyptian football, which was established in 1977. The championship consists of three groups; each group contains sixteen teams competing in a home and away league system, with the first–placed team in each group being promoted to the Egyptian Premier League. No more than three foreign players are allowed on any side in the Egyptian Second Division. The current structure of the competition was first implemented in 2007–08 season.^{[citation needed]}

Previous Seasons[]

Promoted teams (from the Second Division to the Premier League)[]

Second Division Season	Clubs Promoted to the Premier League
Second Division Season	Group A	Group B	Group C
		El-Gaish	Suez Cement
	Aluminium	El Mokawloon	Koroum
2005–06	Asyut Petroleum	Petrojet Tersana	El-Olympi Tanta
	Aluminium	Itesalat	Baladeyet Al-Mahalla
2007–08	Asyut Petroleum	Ittihad El-Shorta	Olympi
2008–09	El Gouna	El-Entag El-Harby	El Mansoura
2009–10	Misr El-Maqasha	Wadi Degla	Smouha
2010–11	El Dakhleya	Ghazl El-Mehalla	Telephonat Bani Sweif
	Season wasn't completed
2012–13	Qanah FC	El Minya FC	El Raja
	Season wasn't completed
2014–15	Ala'ab Damanhour	Alassiouty Sport	Al Nasr
2015–16	Ghazl El Mahalla SC	Aswan SC	El-Entag El-Harby SC
2016–17	Al Assiouty Sport	Al Nasr	El Raja
2017–18	El Gouna	Nogoom	Haras El Hodoud
2018–19	Aswan	FC Masr	Tanta
2019–20

Relegated Teams (from the Second Division to the Third Division)[]

Second Division Season	Clubs Relegated to the Third Division at the end of the Second Division Season
Second Division Season	Group A	Group B	Group C
2008–09	Beni Suef SC Al Badari SC		Damietta SC
2009–10	Madina Monowara	Suez Cement Al-Sekka Al-Hadid	Kafr Al-Sheikh Al Zarka SC

Relegated Teams (from the Premier League to the Second Division)[]

Premier League Season	Second Division Season	Clubs Relegated at the end of the Premier League Season and the beginning of the Second Division Season
2003–04		Aswan, Olympic El Qanal FC, Koroum
2004–05	2005–06	Baladeyet El-Mahalla, Tersana, Mansoura
2005–06		, Aluminium, Koroum
2006–07	2007–08	Tanta, Petrol Asyut, El-Olympi
2007–08	2008–09	Aluminium, Baladeyet El-Mahalla, Suez Cement
2008–09	2009–10	Itesalat, Tersana, Olympi
2009–10	2010–11	Ghazl Mehalla, Mansoura, Asyut Petroleum

Promoted Teams (from the Third Division to the Second Division)[]

Season	Clubs Promoted at the beginning of the Second Division Season	To Group
2009–10	Al Wasta SC, , Madina Monowara	Group A
	Wadi Degla, Sharkia SC, Al Merreikh SC,	Group B
	El Raja,	Group C

Summary[]

Second Division Seasons	Premier League Seasons	Third Division Seasons	At the Beginning of the Second Division Season		At the End of the Second Division Season
Second Division Seasons	Premier League Seasons	Third Division Seasons	Promoted from the Third Division of the previous season	Relegated from the Premier League of the previous season	Promoted to the Premier League of the next season	Relegated to the Third Division of the next season
	2003–04				Suez Cement El-Gaish
	2004–05			Aswan Qanah Koroum	Al-Mokaweloon Aluminium Koroum
2005–06	2005–06			Baladeyet El-Mahalla Tersana Mansoura	Petrojet Tersana Tanta Petrol Asyut Olympi
	2006–07			Aluminium Koroum	Itesalat Aluminium Baladeyet El-Mahalla
2007–08	2007–08			Tanta Petrol Asyut Olympi	Group A Petrol Asyut Group B Ittihad El-Shorta Group C Olympi
2008–09	2008–09			Aluminium Baladeyet El-Mahalla	Group A El Gouna Group B El-Entag El-Harby Group C Mansoura	Group A Beni Suef SC, , Al Badari SC Group B , , Group C Damietta SC, ,
2009–10	2009–10		Group A Al Wasta SC, , Madina Monowara Group B Wadi Degla, Sharkia SC, Al Merreikh, Group C El Raja,	Itesalat Tersana Olympi	Group A Misr Lel Makasa Group B Wadi Degla Group C Smouha	Group A , , Madina Monowara Group B , Gomhoriat Shebin, Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Group C Kafr Al-Sheikh, Al Zarka,
2010–11	2010–11			Ghazl Mehalla Mansoura Petrol Asyut