# 2022–23 Egyptian Second Division

The 2022–23 Egyptian Second Division was the 43rd and last edition of the Egyptian Second Division, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 11 October 2022, and concluded on 9 July 2023. Fixtures for the 2022–23 season were announced on 2 October 2022.
In 2021, the Egyptian Football Association announced that the 2022–23 season would be the last edition of the competition, and that it would be replaced by two leagues called Second Division A (professional league, second tier) and Second Division B (semi-professional league, third tier) starting from the 2023–24 season.
El Gouna, ZED and Baladiyat El Mahalla won Group A, B and C, respectively and secured promotion to the 2023–24 Egyptian Premier League.

## 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 will earn promotion to the next edition of the Egyptian Premier League. Teams finishing from 2nd to 5th place in each group will qualify to the newly created Egyptian Second Division A, and teams that finish from 7th to 15th place in all groups will be relegated to the new third-tier league Egyptian Second Division B, while the last-placed team from each group will be relegated to the Egyptian Third Division.
A special one-leg play-offs consisting of teams finishing 6th in each group will be held on neutral grounds, where the top two teams will qualify to the Second Division A and the last team will drop to the Second Division B.

## Teams

* Team name followed with $^↓$ indicates the team was relegated from the 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League.
* Team name followed with $^↑$ indicates the team was promoted from the 2021–22 Egyptian Third Division.
* Team name followed with $^↔$ indicates the team was transferred to a different group from the previous season.
Group A
* Al Aluminium
* Asyut Cement$^↑$
* Asyut Petroleum
* Dayrout
* Faiyum
* El Gouna$^↓$
* KIMA Aswan
* La Viena$^↑$
* Al Madina Al Monawara
* Mallawi
* El Minya
* Misr Lel Makkasa$^↓$
* MS Tamya
* Muslim Youths (Qena)$^↑$
* Al Nasr Lel Taa'den$^↑$
* Telephonat Beni Suef
Group B
* Eastern Company$^↓$
* El Entag El Harby
* Kahraba Ismailia$^↑$
* Media$^↔$
* Al Mostaqbal$^↑$
* Al Nasr
* Al Obour$^↑$
* Petrojet
* Porto Suez
* El Qanah
* El Sekka El Hadid
* Suez
* Telecom Egypt
* Tersana
* Wadi Degla
* ZED
Group C
* Abou Qir Fertilizers
* Baladiyat El Mahalla
* Dikernis
* Gomhoriat Shebin$^↑$
* Al Hammam
* Al Hilal (El Dabaa)$^↑$
* Ittihad Nabarouh$^↑$
* Kafr El Sheikh
* Al Magd
* El Mansoura
* Al Masry (El Salloum)
* Olympic Club
* Pioneers
* Proxy$^↑$
* Sporting Alexandria
* Tanta$^↑$

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | El Gouna (P) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 69 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | La Viena | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 68 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 3 | Asyut Petroleum | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 59 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 4 | Al Nasr Lel Taa'den | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 53 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 5 | Misr Lel Makkasa | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 48 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 6 | El Minya (R) | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 46 | Qualification for Second Division A/B play-offs |
| 7 | KIMA Aswan (R) | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 8 | Dayrout (R) | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 40 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 9 | Al Aluminium (R) | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 40 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 10 | Asyut Cement (R) | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 38 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 11 | Muslim Youths (Qena) (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 30 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 12 | Faiyum (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 26 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 13 | MS Tamya (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 14 | Mallawi (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 23 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 15 | Telephonat Beni Suef (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 23 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 16 | Al Madina Al Monawara (T) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 22 | Relegation to Third Division |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Dayrout +1, Al Aluminium –1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mallawi 6, Telephonat Beni Suef 0.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ZED (P) | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 65 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Wadi Degla | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 55 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 3 | El Sekka El Hadid | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 54 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 4 | El Qanah | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 53 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 5 | Petrojet | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 52 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 6 | Telecom Egypt (O) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 49 | Qualification for Second Division A/B play-offs |
| 7 | Al Obour (R) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 49 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 8 | Tersana (R) | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 48 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 9 | Suez (R) | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 10 | El Entag El Harby (R) | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 38 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 11 | Porto Suez (R) | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 38 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 12 | Al Mostaqbal (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 29 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 13 | Eastern Company (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 28 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 14 | Kahraba Ismailia (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 27 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 15 | Al Nasr (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 24 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 16 | Media (T) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 54 | −41 | 10 | Relegation to Third Division |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (2), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (0) and on head-to-head away goals scored (0). Overall goal difference: Telecom Egypt +12, Al Obour +1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: El Entag El Harby 6, Porto Suez 0.

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Baladiyat El Mahalla (P) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 16 | +30 | 58 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Tanta | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 57 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 3 | Dikernis | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 52 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 4 | Abou Qir Fertilizers | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 51 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 5 | Gomhoriat Shebin | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 51 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 6 | Proxy (O) | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 48 | Qualification for Second Division A/B play-offs |
| 7 | Kafr El Sheikh (R) | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 48 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 8 | El Mansoura (R) | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 41 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 9 | Olympic Club (R) | 30 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 37 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 10 | Sporting Alexandria (R) | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 34 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 11 | Al Hammam (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 32 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 12 | Al Magd (R) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 31 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 13 | Ittihad Nabarouh (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 29 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 14 | Al Hilal (El Dabaa) (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 25 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 15 | Pioneers (R) | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 25 | Relegation to Second Division B |
| 16 | Al Masry (El Salloum) (T) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 15 | Relegation to Third Division |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Abou Qir Fertilizers 4, Gomhoriat Shebin 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Proxy 4, Kafr El Sheikh 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al Hilal (El Dabaa) 4, Pioneers 1.

## Play-offs

The draw for the play-off round was held on 18 June 2023, 14:00 local time (UTC+3), at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters, to decide the order of the fixtures.
All matches were played at a neutral venue; specifically at Alexandria Stadium in Shatby, Alexandria.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Proxy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 2 | Telecom Egypt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Qualification to Second Division A |
| 3 | El Minya (R) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 1 | Relegation to Second Division B |

### Matches

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

## Number of teams by governorate

| Number of teams | Governorate | Team(s) |
| 6 | Cairo | El Entag El Harby, Al Mostaqbal, Al Nasr, El Sekka El Hadid, Telecom Egypt and Wadi Degla |
| 4 | Alexandria | Abou Qir Fertilizers, Al Magd, Olympic Club and Sporting Alexandria |
| 4 | El Dakahlia | Dikernis, Ittihad Nabarouh, El Mansoura and Pioneers |
| 4 | Giza | Eastern Company, Media, Tersana and ZED |
| 3 | Asyut | Asyut Cement, Asyut Petroleum and Dayrout |
| 3 | Faiyum | Faiyum, Misr Lel Makkasa and MS Tamya |
| 3 | Matruh | Al Hammam, Al Hilal (El Dabaa) and Al Masry (El Salloum) |
| 3 | Suez | Petrojet, Porto Suez and Suez |
| 2 | Aswan | KIMA Aswan and Al Nasr Lel Taa'den |
| 2 | Beni Suef | La Viena and Telephonat Beni Suef |
| 2 | El Gharbia | Baladiyat El Mahalla and Tanta |
| 2 | Ismailia | Kahraba Ismailia and El Qanah |
| 2 | El Minya | Mallawi and El Minya |
| 2 | Qena | Al Aluminium and Muslim Youths (Qena) |
| 1 | El Beheira | Proxy |
| 1 | Kafr El Sheikh | Kafr El Sheikh |
| 1 | Luxor | Al Madina Al Monawara |
| 1 | El Monufia | Gomhoriat Shebin |
| 1 | El Qalyubia | Al Obour |
| 1 | Red Sea | El Gouna |