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
Group B
Group C
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
Matches All times are CAST (UTC+3).
Number of teams by governorate Number of teams Governorate Team(s)6 CairoEl Entag El Harby, Al Mostaqbal, Al Nasr, El Sekka El Hadid, Telecom Egypt and Wadi Degla4 AlexandriaAbou Qir Fertilizers, Al Magd, Olympic Club and Sporting Alexandria El DakahliaDikernis, Ittihad Nabarouh, El Mansoura and Pioneers GizaEastern Company, Media, Tersana and ZED3 AsyutAsyut Cement, Asyut Petroleum and Dayrout FaiyumFaiyum, Misr Lel Makkasa and MS Tamya MatruhAl Hammam, Al Hilal (El Dabaa) and Al Masry (El Salloum) SuezPetrojet, Porto Suez and Suez2 AswanKIMA Aswan and Al Nasr Lel Taa'den Beni SuefLa Viena and Telephonat Beni Suef El GharbiaBaladiyat El Mahalla and Tanta IsmailiaKahraba Ismailia and El Qanah El MinyaMallawi and El Minya QenaAl Aluminium and Muslim Youths (Qena)1 El BeheiraProxy Kafr El SheikhKafr El Sheikh LuxorAl Madina Al Monawara El MonufiaGomhoriat Shebin El QalyubiaAl Obour Red SeaEl Gouna
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