Egyptian Second Division

Egyptian Second Division

Countries	Egypt
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1977
Number of teams	48 (3 groups of 16)
Levels on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Egyptian Premier League
Relegation to	Egyptian Third Division
Domestic cup(s)	Egyptian Soccer Cup
Website	http://www.efa.com.eg
Egyptian Second Division 2009-10

The Egyptian Second Division (Arabic: الدوري المصري الدرجة الثانية‎) (a.k.a. The Egyptian Premier League B Arabic: الدوري المصري الممتاز ب‎) is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents 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]}

Season 2009-10

The following 48 clubs will compete in the Second Division during the 2009–10 season.

Group A Club Finishing position last season Abu Qirqas FC 6th Al Wosta FC Promoted Aluminium Nag Hammâdi 3rd Aswan FC 11th El Minya FC 5th Fayoum FC 10th Grand Hotel FC 8th Madina Monowara Promoted Markaz Shabab Ebshouay 13th Misr Lel Makasa 2nd Shabab El Waladeya FC 12th Shouban Qenah 9th Sohag FC 7th Sokar El Hawamdia FC 9th -Group B Telephonat Bani Sweif 3rd Wadi El Gedid FC Promoted

Group B Club Finishing position last season Al Mareekh FC Promoted Al Nasr Egypt 2nd Al-Rebat We Al-Anwar 12th Al-Sekka Al-Hadid 13th Banha FC Promoted El Dakhleya FC 3rd El Shams 4th Gasco 8th Gomhoreyat Shepin FC 10th Itesalat Relegated Montakhab El-Suez FC 11th Olympic El Qanal FC 7th Sharquia FC Promoted Suez Cement 6th Tersana Relegated Wadi Degla Promoted

Group C Club Finishing position last season Abu Qair Semad 5th Al-Hammam 13th Al Rajaa FC Promoted Al-Zarqa 11th Ala'ab Damanhour 8th Baladeyet El-Mahalla 4th Kafr Al-Sheikh 10th Koroum 7th Maleyeit Kafr El-Zayat 3rd Meiah Al-Beheira 9th Nabarouh 6th Olympi Relegated Samanoud FC Promoted Senbalawin FC 12th Smouha 2nd Tanta 5th -Group B

Previous Seasons

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

Second Division Season	Clubs Promoted to the Premier League at the end of the Second Division Season after wining the Second Division
	Group A	Group B	Group C
2003-04	Asyut Cement	El-Gaish	Suez Cement
2004-05	Aluminium	Mokawloon	Koroum
2005-06	Asyut Petroleum	Petrojet Tersana	El-Olympi Tanta
2006-07	Aluminium	Itesalat	Baladeyet Al-Mahalla
2007-08	Asyut Petroleum	Ittihad El-Shorta	Olympi
2008-09	El Gouna	El-Entag El-Harby	Mansoura
2009-10	Misr El-Maqasha	Wadi Degla	Smouha

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
	Group A	Group B	Group C
2008-09	Bani Suweif FC Quos FC El Badri FC	Ghazl El Suez FC Misr Insurance FC Mnouf FC	Domiat Club El Henawy FC Talkha Electricity FC
2009-10	Shouban Qenah Wadi El Gedid FC Madina Monowara	Suez Cement Banha FC Al-Sekka Al-Hadid	Kafr Al-Sheikh Al-Zarqa FC Senbalawin FC

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	2004-05	Aswan, Olympic El Qanal FC, Koroum
2004-05	2005-06	Baladeyet El-Mahalla, Tersana, Mansoura
2005-06	2006-07	Assment Asyut, 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 Wosta FC, Wadi El Gedid FC, Madina Monowara	Group A
	Wadi Degla, Sharquia FC, Al Mareekh FC, Banha FC	Group B
	Al Rajaa FC, Samanoud FC	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
			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	2003-04	2003-04	TBD	TBD	Suez Cement El-Gaish Asyut Cement	TBD
2004-05	2004-05	2004-05	TBD	Aswan Qanah Koroum	Al-Mokaweloon Aluminium Koroum	TBD
2005-06	2005-06	2005-06	TBD	Baladeyet El-Mahalla Tersana Mansoura	Petrojet Tersana Tanta Petrol Asyut Olympi	TBD
2006-07	2006-07	2006-07	TBD	Asyut Cement Aluminium Koroum	Itesalat Aluminium Baladeyet El-Mahalla	TBD
2007-08	2007-08	2007-08	TBD	Tanta Petrol Asyut Olympi	Group A Petrol Asyut Group B Ittihad El-Shorta Group C Olympi	TBD
2008-09	2008-09	2008-09	TBD	Aluminium Baladeyet El-Mahalla Suez Cement	Group A El Gouna Group B El-Entag El-Harby Group C Mansoura	Group A Banisuweif, Quos, Elbadri Group B Ghazl Elsuez, Misr Insurance, Mnouf Group C Domiat, Elhenawy, Kahraba Talka
2009-10	2009-10	2009-10	Group A Alwosta, Wadi Elgedid, Madina Monowara Group B Wadi Degla, Sharquia, Mareekh, Banha Group C Rajaa, Samanoud	Itesalat Tersana Olympi	Group A Misr Lel Makasa Group B Wadi Degla Group C Smouha	Group A Shouban Qenah, Wadi Elgeidid, Madina Monowara Group B Banha, Gomhoreyat Shepin, Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Group C Kafr Al-Sheikh, Zarqa, Senbalawin
2010-11	2010-11	2010-11	TBD	Ghazl Mehalla Mansoura Petrol Asyut	TBD	TBD

References

External links

• all about Egyptian football
• All About Egyptian Players
• best site about egyptianfootball
• RSSSF competition history
• Egyptian Premier League schedule, match results, and match downloads
• Filgoal.com Egyptian Premier League Live And It is very fast scoreboard