Egyptian
Second Division (Group A) 2018-2019
Season
|
2018-2019
|
Dates
|
9 August 2018 – 18 April 2019
|
Champions
|
Aswan
|
Promoted
|
Aswan
|
Relegated
|
Al Walideya
Naser Mallawi
El Tahrir Aswan
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den
|
Matches
played
|
182 (181 actually played, 1 awarded
for no show)
|
Goals
scored
|
449 (447 actually scored, 2 awarded
for no show; 2.47 goals/match on average)
|
Biggest
home win
|
Aswan – Al Walideya 6-0 (round 19, 21 February
2019)
|
Biggest
away win
|
Aluminium – Beni Suef 2-5 (round 6, 20
September 2018)
Al Walideya – Aswan 1-4 (round 6, 20
September 2018)
|
Highest
scoring
|
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Al Walideya 6-1
(round 3, 30 August 2018)
Aluminium – Beni Suef 2-5 (round 6, 20
September 2018)
Aswan – Naser Mallawi 5-2 (round 13,
20 December 2018)
|
Longest
winning run
|
Aswan (9 matches, rounds 11-19)
|
Longest
unbeaten run
|
Aswan (19 matches, rounds 1-19)
|
Longest
winless run
|
Naser Mallawi (10 matches, rounds
1-10), Al Nasr Lel Taa’den (10 matches, rounds 11-20)
|
Longest
losing run
|
Al Walideya (8 matches, rounds 6-13)
|
Competition
details and format
The Egyptian
Second Division (sometimes called Premier League B) represents the second tier
in the Egyptian football system and is organized by the Egyptian Football
Association. In view of creating a single group for the 2019-2020 season of the
Second Division, the number of teams has been further reduced for the 2018-2019
season, from 48 teams in 2017-2018 to only 42 teams, divided into 3 groups of
14 teams. The teams have been distributed according to their geographical
location: Group A includes the teams from Upper and Middle Egypt, as well as
one team from Cairo area (Media), Group B – the teams from Cairo and the
North-East and Group C – the teams from Alexandria and the North-West.
In the previous
season, 2017-2018, Group A had two teams relegated from the Premier League (out
of three), Aswan and Al Nasr Lel Taa’den. However, this season, no teams
relegated from the Premier League have been included in Group A. To compensate
the numbers, four of the promoted teams (out of nine) from the Third Division
have been placed in Group A (instead of three), including one from Cairo.
Just like before,
the winners of each group gain promotion to the Premier League without any
promotion play-offs. However, initially, due to the policy of the Egyptian FA
to create a single group in the Second Division, half of the teams (seven out
of 14) or even more from each group were to be relegated to the Third Division.
This decision was eventually reversed and only four teams had to be relegated
from each group. The competition format was established as a double (home and
away) round-robin championship, each team playing all other teams twice, once
at home and once away, a total of 26 rounds. In Group A, the competition
started on the 9th of August 2018 and ended on the 18th
of April 2019. Almost all the games were played on Thursdays, in the afternoon.
In Group A, the
main contenders for promotion were considered to be the former Premier League
teams, Aswan and Al Nasr Lel Taa’den, as well as the
runners-up of the last season, Al Minya.
Teams like Beni Suef, Telephonat Beni Suef and Aluminium were also credited with some
chances for promotion.
At half-season,
it became clear that promotion to the Premier League will be decided between Beni Suef, rather surprising leaders, Aswan, the main favourites, and
third-placed Al Minya. In the second
half of the season, Aswan had a long
winning run which made them leaders and the gap to second-placed Beni Suef increased steadily, reaching
even 11 points. Al Minya had a weak
second half of the season and exited early the fight for promotion, losing even
the third place. Aswan were
mathematically promoted after round 24, when they won 2-1 away at Al Nasr Lel Taa’den,
therefore maintaining a 6-point gap between them and runners-up Beni Suef with
two rounds to go and having the advantage of direct matches.
Other four teams
in mid-table would fight for survival in the Second Division but became sure of
a place in the next year second division when it was announced that only four
teams would be relegated: Telephonat
Beni Suef, Media, Sohag and Aluminium. Telephonat Beni
Suef had a very strong second half of the season and even reached the third
place in the table. Similarly, Tahta and
Dayrout had a better second half of
the season and joined the mid-table group of teams.
On the contrary,
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den had a long
winless run and became involved in the fight to avoid relegation, competing
with other lower table teams like Fayoum
and El Tahrir Aswan for one spot
in the next year Second Division. The last two classified, Naser Mallawi and Al Walideya,
were already sure of relegation with several rounds to go before the end of the
season. El Tahrir Aswan joined the
group of mathematically relegated teams after round 24, when they were unable
to win at home against Aluminium, the game ending in a 1-1 draw. In the last
round, both Fayoum and Al Nasr Lel Taa’den won their home matches and finished
with the same number of points; according to the results of the direct matches
between them, Al Nasr Lel Taa’den were
relegated to the Third Division, a rather surprising outcome for a team which
started very well and was supposed to be involved in the upper part of the
table.
Team
changes from the 2017-2018
To
the Second Division
Promoted
from the Third Division
El Tahrir Aswan
MS Naser Mallawi
Tahta
Media
Relegated
from the Premier League
None
From
the Second Division
Promoted
to the Premier League
El Gouna
Relegated
to the Third Division
Al Salam Esna
Al Madina Al Monawara
Qena
Beni Mazar
KIMA Aswan
Teams
Team
|
Home
town
|
Stadium
|
2017-2018
|
Al Minya SC
|
Minya
|
Minya University
|
2nd in Second Division, Gr. A
|
Aswan
|
Aswan
|
Aswan
|
3rd in Second Division,
Gr. A
|
Beni Suef SC
|
Beni Suef
|
Beni Suef
|
4th in Second Division,
Gr. A
|
Aluminium
|
Nag Hammâdi
|
Aluminium
|
5th in Second Division,
Gr. A
|
Telephonat
|
Beni Suef
|
Beni Suef
|
6th in Second Division,
Gr. A
|
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den
|
Edfu
|
Aswan
|
7th in Second Division,
Gr. A
|
Fayoum SC
|
Fayoum
|
Fayoum[1]
|
8th in Second Division,
Gr. A
|
Sohag SC
|
Sohag
|
Sohag
|
9th in Second Division,
Gr. A
|
Dayrout SC
|
Dayrout
|
MS Abnub
|
10th in Second
Division, Gr. A
|
Al Walideya
|
Al Walideya
|
Al Walideya
|
11th in Second
Division, Gr. A
|
El Tahrir
|
Aswan
|
El Tahrir
|
1st in the Third Division,
Gr. A
|
Markaz Shabab Naser
|
Mallawi
|
MS Naser
|
1st in the Third Division,
Gr. B
|
Tahta SC
|
Tahta
|
Tahta
|
1st in the Third Division,
Gr. C
|
Media SC
|
6th of October
|
Media
|
1st in the Third Division,
Gr. D
|
Location
of teams in Group A. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018-19_Egyptian_Second_Division
Round
1 (9
August 2018)
Aswan – Al Minya 2-2
Telephonat – El Tahrir 3-0
Dayrout – Sohag 1-0
Fayoum – Aluminium 1-1
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Media 2-0
Tahta – Al Walideya 2-1
Naser Mallawi – Beni Suef 1-1
Round
2 (16
August 2018)
Beni Suef – Aswan 0-0
Aluminium – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 2-2
Sohag – Naser Mallawi 3-1
Al Minya – Telephonat 3-2
Al Walideya – Fayoum 1-1
Media – Dayrout 2-0
El Tahrir – Tahta 1-2
Round
3 (30
August 2018)
Aswan – Sohag 2-0
Beni Suef – Al Minya 3-2
Dayrout – Aluminium 3-1
Tahta – Telephonat 0-0
Naser Mallawi – Media 0-2
Fayoum – El Tahrir 2-0
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Al Walideya 6-1
Round
4 (6
September 2018)
El Tahrir – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-1
Telephonat – Fayoum 1-0
Al Minya – Tahta 3-2
Al Walideya – Dayrout 1-2
Aluminium – Naser Mallawi 5-1
Media – Aswan 1-2
Sohag – Beni Suef 0-0
Round
5 (13
September 2018)
Aswan – Aluminium 1-0
Beni Suef – Media 3-0
Sohag – Al Minya 1-2
Dayrout – El Tahrir 2-1
Fayoum – Tahta 1-1
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Telephonat 0-0
Naser Mallawi – Al Walideya 1-2
Round
6 (20
September 2018)
Telephonat – Dayrout 3-1
Aluminium – Beni Suef 2-5
Al Minya – Fayoum 4-0
Al Walideya – Aswan 1-4
Media – Sohag 0-0
Tahta – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-2
El Tahrir – Naser Mallawi 1-0
Round
7 (18
October 2018)
Aswan – El Tahrir 0-0
Beni Suef – Al Walideya 4-1
Sohag – Aluminium 0-0
Dayrout – Tahta 1-1
Media – Al Minya 2-1
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Fayoum 1-1
Naser Mallawi – Telephonat 1-1
Round
8 (25
October 2018)
Telephonat – Aswan 2-2
Aluminium – Media 3-2
Al Minya – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-1
Al Walideya – Sohag 0-1
Fayoum – Dayrout 4-1
Tahta – Naser Mallawi 3-0
El Tahrir – Beni Suef 1-1
Round
9 (1
November 2018)
Aswan – Tahta 3-2
Beni Suef – Telephonat 2-1
Aluminium – Al Minya 1-1
Sohag – El Tahrir 1-0
Dayrout – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-1
Media – Al Walideya 1-0
Naser Mallawi – Fayoum 2-2
Round
10 (22-24
November 2018)
Telephonat – Sohag 0-0
Al Minya – Dayrout 1-1
Al Walideya – Aluminium 1-2
Fayoum – Aswan 1-1
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Naser Mallawi 2-1
Tahta – Beni Suef 0-1
El Tahrir – Media 1-1
Round
11 (29
November 2018)
Aswan – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 2-0
Beni Suef – Fayoum 3-0
Aluminium – El Tahrir 2-0
Sohag – Tahta 0-1
Al Walideya – Al Minya 2-3
Media – Telephonat 0-0
Naser Mallawi – Dayrout 2-0
Round
12 (6
December 2018)
Telephonat – Aluminium 3-1
Dayrout – Aswan 0-1
Fayoum – Sohag 0-2
Tahta – Media 0-3
Naser Mallawi – Al Minya 1-2
El Tahrir – Al Walideya 1-0
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Beni Suef 2-2
Round
13 (20
December 2018)
Aswan – Naser Mallawi 5-2
Beni Suef – Dayrout 2-0
Aluminium – Tahta 2-0
Sohag – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 3-1
Al Minya – El Tahrir 2-1
Al Walideya – Telephonat 0-2
Media – Fayoum 2-1
Table at half season
1
|
Beni Suef
|
13
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
27-10
|
29
|
Promotion
to Premier League
|
2
|
Aswan
|
13
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
25-11
|
29
|
|
3
|
Al Minya
|
13
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
27-19
|
25
|
|
4
|
Telephonat
|
13
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
18-10
|
21
|
|
5
|
Media
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
16-13
|
21
|
|
6
|
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den
|
13
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
21-16
|
19
|
|
7
|
Sohag
|
13
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
11-8
|
19
|
|
8
|
Aluminium
|
13
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
22-20
|
19
|
|
9
|
Tahta
|
13
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
15-18
|
15
|
|
10
|
Dayrout
|
13
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
13-20
|
15
|
|
11
|
Fayoum
|
13
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
14-20
|
12
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
12
|
El Tahrir
|
13
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
8-17
|
10
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
13
|
Naser Mallawi
|
13
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
13-29
|
6
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
14
|
Al Walideya
|
13
|
1
|
1
|
11
|
11-30
|
4
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
Round
14 (27
December 2018)
Al Minya – Aswan 0-1
El Tahrir – Telephonat 2-0
Sohag – Dayrout 0-0
Aluminium – Fayoum 1-0
Media – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-0
Al Walideya – Tahta 4-2
Beni Suef – Naser Mallawi 1-0
Round
15 (17
January 2019)
Aswan – Beni Suef 1-0
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Aluminium 1-1
Naser Mallawi – Sohag 0-0
Telephonat – Al Minya 2-1
Fayoum – Al Walideya 4-0
Dayrout – Media 3-3
Tahta – El Tahrir 2-0
Round
16 (27
January 2019)
Sohag – Aswan 0-1
Al Minya – Beni Suef 1-1
Aluminium – Dayrout 0-1
Telephonat – Tahta 2-0
Media – Naser Mallawi 2-1
El Tahrir – Fayoum 1-0
Al Walideya – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-0
Round
17 (7
February 2019)
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – El Tahrir 3-3
Fayoum – Telephonat 0-0
Tahta – Al Minya 0-1
Dayrout – Al Walideya 2-1
Naser Mallawi – Aluminium 1-0
Aswan – Media 3-2
Beni Suef – Sohag 1-1
Round
18 (14
February 2019)
Aluminium – Aswan 1-2
Media – Beni Suef 1-1
Al Minya – Sohag 0-0
El Tahrir – Dayrout 2-3
Tahta – Fayoum 0-0
Telephonat – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-0
Al Walideya – Naser Mallawi 0-1
Round
19 (21
February 2019)
Dayrout – Telephonat 1-1
Beni Suef – Aluminium 0-0
Fayoum – Al Minya 1-1
Aswan – Al Walideya 6-0
Sohag – Media 2-2
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Tahta 1-3
Naser Mallawi – El Tahrir 1-1
Round
20 (28
February 2019)
El Tahrir – Aswan 2-0
Al Walideya – Beni Suef 0-1
Aluminium – Sohag 0-0
Tahta – Dayrout 2-1
Al Minya – Media 2-2
Fayoum – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-0
Telephonat – Naser Mallawi 2-1
Round
21 (7
March 2019)
Aswan – Telephonat 0-0
Media – Aluminium 0-2
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Al Minya 2-1
Sohag – Al Walideya 2-0
Dayrout – Fayoum 1-0
Naser Mallawi – Tahta 0-1
Beni Suef – El Tahrir 2-0
Round
22 (14
March 2019)
Tahta – Aswan 1-0
Telephonat – Beni Suef 4-2
Al Minya – Aluminium 0-0
El Tahrir – Sohag 2-3 – played on 21
March 2019
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Dayrout 1-1
Al Walideya – Media 1-3
Fayoum – Naser Mallawi 3-0
Round
23 (28
March 2019)
Sohag – Telephonat 0-0
Dayrout – Al Minya 2-2
Aluminium – Al Walideya 3-1
Aswan – Fayoum 1-1
Naser Mallawi – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-2
Beni Suef – Tahta 1-1
Media – El Tahrir 3-0
Round
24 (4
April 2019)
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Aswan 1-2
Fayoum – Beni Suef 0-1
El Tahrir – Aluminium 1-1
Tahta – Sohag 1-1
Al Minya – Al Walideya 3-1
Telephonat – Media 0-1
Dayrout – Naser Mallawi 1-0
Round
25 (11
April 2019)
Aluminium – Telephonat 3-0
Aswan – Dayrout 2-0
Sohag – Fayoum 1-2
Media – Tahta 2-0
Al Minya – Naser Mallawi 4-0
Al Walideya – El Tahrir 1-3
Beni Suef – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 2-1
Round
26 (18
April 2019)
Naser Mallawi – Aswan 1-2
Dayrout – Beni Suef 2-2
Tahta – Aluminium 1-2
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Sohag 2-0
El Tahrir – Al Minya 1-1
Telephonat – Al Walideya 2-0 (game
awarded to Telephonat for no show of Al Walideya)
Fayoum – Media 2-0
Final table
1
|
Aswan
(P)
|
26
|
17
|
7
|
2
|
46-20
|
58
|
Promotion to Premier League
|
2
|
Beni Suef
|
26
|
13
|
11
|
2
|
42-22
|
50
|
|
3
|
Media
|
26
|
12
|
7
|
7
|
38-30
|
43[2]
|
|
4
|
Telephonat
|
26
|
11
|
10
|
5
|
32-21
|
43[2]
|
|
5
|
Al Minya
|
26
|
10
|
11
|
5
|
44-32
|
41
|
|
6
|
Aluminium
|
26
|
10
|
9
|
7
|
36-28
|
39
|
|
7
|
Dayrout
|
26
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
31-36
|
36
|
|
8
|
Tahta
|
26
|
9
|
6
|
11
|
29-33
|
33[3]
|
|
9
|
Sohag
|
26
|
7
|
12
|
7
|
21-19
|
33[3]
|
|
10
|
Fayoum
|
26
|
7
|
10
|
9
|
28-27
|
31[4]
|
|
11
|
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den (R)
|
26
|
7
|
10
|
9
|
35-34
|
31[4]
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
12
|
El Tahrir (R)
|
26
|
6
|
8
|
12
|
26-37
|
26
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
13
|
Naser Mallawi (R)
|
26
|
3
|
5
|
18
|
20-48
|
14
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
14
|
Al Walideya (R)
|
26
|
3
|
1
|
22
|
21-62
|
10
|
Relegation
to the Third Division
|
[1] Since November 2017, Fayoum SC have played their home matches at Al
Assiouty Sports Complex in Asyut because of the renovation works carried out at
Fayoum Stadium, expected to finish in 2019.
[2] Media is in front of Telephonat because of the results in direct
matches: Media – Telephonat 0-0; Telephonat – Media 0-1.
[3] Tahta is in front of Sohag because of the results in direct
matches: Sohag – Tahta 0-1; Tahta – Sohag 1-1.
[4] Fayoum is in front of Al Nasr Lel Taa’den because of the results in
direct matches: Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Fayoum 1-1; Fayoum – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den
1-0.
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