2023–24 Egyptian Second Division A

The 2023–24 Egyptian Second Division A season is the inaugural edition of the Egyptian Second Division A, the new second-highest level in the Egyptian football league system. It succeeded the old Egyptian Second Division, which was abolished and replaced with the new Second Division A and Second Division B, with the latter retaining the format used by the abolished league.^[1] Fixtures for the 2023–24 season were announced on 22 August 2023.^[2]

Egyptian Second Division A

Season	2023–24
Dates	24 September 2023 – June 2024
Relegated	Nogoom Misr Lel Makkasa Al Nasr Lel Taa'den
Matches played	240
Goals scored	522 (2.18 per match)
Biggest home win	Abou Qir Fertilizers 5–0 Al Nasr Lel Taa'den (13 November 2023)
Biggest away win	Nogoom 0–3 El Qanah (9 October 2023) Misr Lel Makkasa 0–3 La Viena (8 January 2024) Misr Lel Makkasa 0–3 Tanta (29 January 2024)
Highest scoring	Haras El Hodoud 6–2 Misr Lel Makkasa (20 November 2023)
← 2022–23 2nd Div. 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 10 March 2024.

The season started on 24 September 2023, and is expected to conclude in June 2024.

Format

The league consist of 20 teams in one group.^[3] The final format was confirmed by Egyptian Football Association board member Ehab El Komy on 8 August 2023, after changes were made to the initial format announced on 19 June 2023.^[4]

The season will consists of two phases: In the first phase, teams will face each other only once in a single-leg tie, then the league will split into two groups. Phase two will consist of a promotion group for teams finishing from first to tenth, and a relegation group for teams finishing from 11th to 20th in the first phase.^[5] The top two teams in the promotion group will earn promotion to the Egyptian Premier League, while the third-placed team will play against the three play-off winners from the 2023–24 Egyptian Second Division B in a four-team play-off round, to decide the third promoted team to the Premier League. This means that there's a chance for Second Division B sides to skip a level and earn promotion directly to the Premier League without playing in the Second Division A. Teams finishing in the bottom six in the relegation group will face relegation to the Second Division B.^[6] Later, it was announced that this season's format is exceptional, and will change in the next season.^[7]

Teams

 

 

Greater Cairo

 

Abou Qir

 

Aswan

 

Asyut Petroleum

 

Dikernis

 

Ghazl

 

Shebin

 

Haras

 

La Viena

 

Makadi

 

Makkasa

 

Al Nasr Lel Taa'den

 

Petrojet

 

Proxy

 

El Qanah

 

Raya

 

Tanta

 

Greater Cairo teams
Nogoom
El Sekka El Hadid
Telecom Egypt
Wadi Degla

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Locations of the 2023–24 Egyptian Second Division A teams

 

 

Nogoom

 

El Sekka

 

Telecom Egypt

 

Wadi Degla

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Locations of Egyptian Second Division A teams from Greater Cairo (Cairo and Giza)

• Team name followed with ^↓ indicates the team was relegated from the 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League.
• Team name followed with ^↔ indicates the team was promoted from the 2022–23 Egyptian Second Division.
• Team name followed with ^↑ indicates the team was promoted from the 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division.

Three teams were relegated from the Premier League, three teams were promoted from the third division through promotion play-offs, while the remaining 14 teams secured their spot through the second division.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium^[note 1]	Capacity	2022–23 season
Abou Qir Fertilizers^↔	Abou Qir	Abou Qir Fertilizers Stadium	3,000	4th in Second Division Group C
Aswan^↓	Aswan (Corniche Nile)	Aswan Stadium	11,000	16th in Premier League
Asyut Petroleum^↔	Manfalut	Asyut Petroleum Stadium	6,000	3rd in Second Division Group A
Dikernis^↔	Dikernis	Hamdino Abdel Galil Stadium	8,000	3rd in Second Division Group C
Ghazl El Mahalla^↓	El Mahalla El Kubra	Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium	14,564	17th in Premier League
Gomhoriat Shebin^↔	Shebin El Kom	Gomhoriat Shebin Stadium	6,000	5th in Second Division Group C
Haras El Hodoud^↓	Mahatet El Raml	Haras El Hodoud Stadium	22,000	18th in Premier League
La Viena^↔	Meidum	Al Assiouty Sport Resort	6,000	2nd in Second Division Group A
Makadi^↑	Hurghada	Khaled Bichara Stadium	12,000	1st in Third Division Promotion Group A^[note 2]
Misr Lel Makkasa^↔	Faiyum (Ibshway)	Beni Suef Stadium	10,000	5th in Second Division Group A
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den^↔	Edfu	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den Stadium	4,000	4th in Second Division Group A
Nogoom^↑	6th of October	Al Solaimaneyah Club Stadium	3,000	1st in Third Division Promotion Group B^[note 3]
Petrojet^↔	Suez (Faisal)	Cairo Military Academy Stadium	28,500	5th in Second Division Group B
Proxy^↔	Abou El Matamir	Proxy Work Stadium	4,000	1st in Second Division Play-offs^[note 4]
El Qanah^↔	Ismailia (Sheikh Zayed)	Suez Canal Stadium	22,000	4th in Second Division Group B
Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar^↑	Kafr El Dawar	Haras El Hodoud Stadium	22,000	1st in Third Division Promotion Group C^[note 5]
El Sekka El Hadid^↔	Nasr City	El Sekka El Hadid Stadium	25,000	3rd in Second Division Group B
Tanta^↔	Tanta	Tanta Club Stadium	9,000	2nd in Second Division Group C
Telecom Egypt^↔	Maadi	Al Salam Stadium	30,000	2nd in Second Division Play-offs^[note 6]
Wadi Degla^↔	Zahraa El Maadi	Al Salam Stadium	30,000	2nd in Second Division Group B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Petrojet	24	16	6	2	41	18	+23	54	Promotion to Premier League
2	Ghazl El Mahalla	24	11	11	2	29	15	+14	44
3	La Viena	24	12	7	5	37	21	+16	43	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Wadi Degla	24	11	10	3	32	18	+14	43
5	Haras El Hodoud	24	10	13	1	32	21	+11	43
6	El Sekka El Hadid	24	8	13	3	26	16	+10	37
7	Tanta	24	10	5	9	28	23	+5	35
8	Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar	24	8	11	5	25	23	+2	35
9	Proxy	24	9	8	7	25	28	−3	35
10	El Qanah	24	7	7	10	21	22	−1	28
11	Abou Qir Fertilizers	24	9	9	6	24	18	+6	36
12	Asyut Petroleum	24	9	8	7	24	23	+1	35
13	Aswan	24	8	8	8	25	23	+2	32
14	Telecom Egypt	24	9	5	10	26	25	+1	32
15	Dikernis	24	7	8	9	25	30	−5	29	Relegation to Second Division B
16	Makadi	24	4	11	9	26	29	−3	23
17	Gomhoriat Shebin	24	5	6	13	15	30	−15	21
18	Nogoom (R)	24	4	5	15	19	38	−19	17
19	Misr Lel Makkasa (R)	24	3	3	18	24	55	−31	12
20	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den (R)	24	1	4	19	18	46	−28	7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2024. Source: Soccerway (regular season), Soccerway (promotion round), Soccerway (relegation round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off tie.
(Note: Head-to-head records are used for final standings only)
(R) Relegated

Results

Regular season

Home \ Away	AQF	ASW	ASP	DIK	GMH	GOM	HRS	LAV	MAK	MMK	NLT	NOG	PET	PRO	QAN	RAY	SKH	TAN	TEG	WDG
Abou Qir Fertilizers	—	—	—	0–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	5–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	2–1	—	1–1
Aswan	0–0	—	0–0	—	2–0	1–2	—	—	3–2	4–1	—	2–0	—	0–1	—	—	1–0	1–3	—	—
Asyut Petroleum	2–1	—	—	—	1–0	2–0	—	—	1–0	3–2	—	1–0	—	0–1	0–2	—	0–1	0–0	—	—
Dikernis	—	1–0	2–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	3–1	—	3–2	—	0–0	—	—	0–1	1–1	1–3	—
Ghazl El Mahalla	2–0	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	—	1–1	—	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	0–0
Gomhoriat Shebin	—	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	3–2	—	0–1	—	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	0–0
Haras El Hodoud	1–0	1–1	3–1	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	6–2	—	1–0	—	1–1	—	—	0–0	3–1	1–0	—
La Viena	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	3–0	—	3–2	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–0	3–4
Makadi	2–1	—	—	2–2	—	—	1–1	0–1	—	—	0–0	—	0–1	—	2–1	1–2	—	—	1–1	0–0
Misr Lel Makkasa	0–2	—	—	—	1–2	1–0	—	0–3	2–1	—	—	1–1	—	3–3	0–1	—	0–1	0–3	—	—
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	—	1–1	1–3	0–1	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	2–3	2–1	0–1	—
Nogoom	—	—	—	—	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–0	—	2–1	—	0–1	—	0–3	1–1	—	—	—	1–2
Petrojet	—	2–0	1–0	3–0	—	—	4–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	1–1	2–1	2–1	—
Proxy	—	—	—	—	2–2	3–0	—	0–1	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	—	—	2–2	2–1	—	—	—	1–2
El Qanah	0–0	1–1	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	2–1	—	—	1–0	—	1–2	—	—	0–0	—	—	2–2	0–2
Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar	—	0–0	1–1	2–2	—	—	0–0	—	—	4–0	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–1
El Sekka El Hadid	—	—	—	—	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	4–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	—	—	—	0–0
Tanta	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–0	—	0–2^[note 7]	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	—	—
Telecom Egypt	1–2	1–0	2–3	—	0–2	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	1–0	—	0–0	—	—	2–4	1–0	—	—
Wadi Degla	—	2–0	2–1	3–1	—	—	1–2	—	—	2–1	3–0	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion round Home \ Away GMH HRS LAV PET PRO QAN RAY SKH TAN WDG Ghazl El Mahalla — — 2–2 — 2–0 — 3–0 — Haras El Hodoud — — — 1–1 — — 1–1 La Viena — — — 1–1 2–0 — — — Petrojet — 1–1 — — — — — 2–1 Proxy 0–1 — — — — — 1–0 1–0 El Qanah — — 0–1 0–1 — — — — Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar — — 2–1 — 1–0 — 0–2 — — El Sekka El Hadid 1–1 0–0 — 2–0 — — — — Tanta — — — — 1–0 3–0 — — Wadi Degla 0–0 — 1–2 — — 3–1 — — Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2024. Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round Home \ Away AQF ASW ASP DIK GOM MAK MMK NLT NOG TEG Abou Qir Fertilizers — — — — — 2–1 1–0 Aswan 0–0 — — 1–0 — — — — Asyut Petroleum 1–1 — 1–1 — 0–0 — — — Dikernis — — — — — — 4–0 0–0 Gomhoriat Shebin 0–1 0–0 — — — 2–1 — — Makadi — — — — 2–1 — 4–1 2–2 Misr Lel Makkasa — 1–2 1–2 — — — — — Al Nasr Lel Taa'den — 1–3 — 0–1 — — — 0–1 Nogoom — — — 1–2 — 3–2 — — 1–1 Telecom Egypt — 1–0 — — 0–1 — — — Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2024. Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The following tables list the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological involvements, 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 11, but then postponed and played between matchdays 14 and 15, it will be added to the standings for day 14.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Abou Qir Fertilizers	15	10	15	14	10	7	9	6	7	8	8	10	14	14	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Aswan	20	11	14	17	16	13	16	14	16	14	13	15	10	12	13	14	14	13	14	15	13	13	14	13
Asyut Petroleum	1	9	12	7	12	8	13	8	6	6	6	7	6	7	5	6	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	12
Dikernis	18	16	11	15	9	15	10	12	13	15	16	13	15	15	12	13	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Ghazl El Mahalla	5	6	3	2	2	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Gomhoriat Shebin	16	20	19	16	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	17
Haras El Hodoud	6	7	4	4	5	6	5	4	1	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
La Viena	10	3	2	1	4	1	2	2	5	5	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	3
Makadi	11	13	13	13	13	16	11	15	11	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16
Misr Lel Makkasa	14	18	17	18	20	20	20	17	18	17	18	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	19	19	18	19	17	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Nogoom	12	17	20	20	19	17	17	18	17	18	17	18	19	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Petrojet	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Proxy	8	4	9	10	6	11	15	16	14	12	14	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	8	7	8	9	9	9
El Qanah	9	14	8	5	3	3	6	7	9	11	11	9	8	6	7	9	9	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar	17	15	16	11	14	10	12	13	8	10	10	8	7	8	9	10	10	7	10	10	9	7	8	8
El Sekka El Hadid	13	8	6	8	7	14	8	11	12	7	7	6	9	9	8	7	8	9	7	6	6	6	6	6
Tanta	7	12	10	12	15	9	14	10	10	9	9	11	13	11	10	8	7	8	6	8	7	8	7	7
Telecom Egypt	2	1	5	6	11	12	7	9	15	16	12	14	11	13	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	14
Wadi Degla	4	5	7	9	8	5	4	3	2	1	4	5	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4

	Promotion to Premier League
	Advance to the play-offs
	Relegation to Second Division B

Source: Soccerway

Play-offs

The draw for the play-off round will be held after the end of the second phase of the league. It will consist of the third-placed team in the promotion round, alongside all three Second Division B promotion play-offs winners.

All matches will be played at a neutral venue.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Second Division A 3rd placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to Premier League
2	Second Division B Group A/B 1st placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Participation in Second Division A
3	Second Division B Group C/D 1st placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Second Division B Group E/F 1st placed team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: June 2024. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off.

Matches

June 2024

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June 2024

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June 2024

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Number of teams by governorate

Number of teams	Governorate	Team(s)
3	Cairo	El Sekka El Hadid, Telecom Egypt and Wadi Degla
2	Alexandria	Abou Qir Fertilizers and Haras El Hodoud
	Aswan	Aswan and Al Nasr Lel Taa'den
	Beheira	Proxy and Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar
	Gharbia	Ghazl El Mahalla and Tanta
1	Asyut	Asyut Petroleum
	Beni Suef	La Viena
	Dakahlia	Dikernis
	Faiyum	Misr Lel Makkasa
	Giza	Nogoom
	Ismailia	El Qanah
	Monufia	Gomhoriat Shebin
	Red Sea	Makadi
	Suez	Petrojet

Notes

1. Main stadiums for the 2023–24 season are listed only. Clubs are allowed to play selected matches at alternative venues; whether due to unavailability, security concerns, or other reasons. For example, Asyut Petroleum, a team from Asyut, may play some home games at Asyut University Stadium, instead of their regular home stadium, Asyut Petroleum Stadium.
2. Makadi finished 1st in Group B in Third Division regular season.
3. Nogoom finished 1st in Group E in Third Division regular season.
4. Proxy finished 6th in Group C in Second Division regular season.
5. Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar finished 1st in Group J in Third Division regular season.
6. Telecom Egypt finished 6th in Group B in Second Division regular season.
7. La Viena were awarded a 2–0 win after Tanta fielded an illegible player.^[8] The match originally ended 1–1.

References

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4. @efa (August 7, 2023). "بيان رسمي" [Official statement] (Tweet). Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via Twitter.
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