Telephonat Beni Suef won 1-0 over Fayoum in the last round of the Egyptian Second Division and escaped relegation

Saturday, 3 July 2021, 4 pm local time (2 pm UTC), Alassiouty Sport Resort, Fayoum, Egypt, the 30th (last) round of the Egyptian Second Division, Group A.

Telephonat Beni Suef and Fayoum met in the last round of the Egyptian Second Division, Group A, at Alassiouty Sport Resort, the home ground for both teams this season. Telephonat were officially the hosts and the match was very important for them, because they needed to win in order to maintain chances of survival in the Second Division.

Telephonat eventually won by 1-0. The only goal of the match was scored by Wael Mustafa in the 43th minute.

It was not sure until the end if this result was enough for them to stay in the Second Division. They depended on the result of Shaban Qena, which played at home against El Minya. If Shaban Qena won, Telephonat would have been relegated anyway. Fortunately for them, Shaban Qena and El Minya drew 1-1. The draw sent Shaban Qena to the Third Division, but did not help El Minya either, because Eastern Company won 5-0 and promoted to the Premier League for the first time in history.

This was the first defeat for Fayoum since the arrival of Saad Farouk as manager. They were unbeaten for eight consecutive games before this match. Fayoum eventually finished sixth, their best classification since 2015-2016.

Fayoum SC in their away kits. Source: Fayoum SC Facebook page (Youssef Hamdy)

Results and final table:

Round 30 (3 July 2021)

 

Aluminium – Beni Suef 2-0

M.S. Samasta – Asyut Cement 0-1

Shaban Qena – El Minya 1-1

Asyut Petroleum – Dayrout 4-2

Telephonat – Fayoum 1-0

Eastern Company – Tahta 5-0

KIMA Aswan – Qena 0-0

Sohag – Media 2-1

 

Final table

 

1	Eastern Company (P)	30	17	8	5	50-29	59	Promoted to the Premier League
2	Aluminium	30	17	6	7	40-23	57
3	El Minya	30	14	13	3	38-23	55
4	Media	30	12	10	8	35-28	46
5	Beni Suef	30	11	10	9	28-28	43	[1]
6	Fayoum	30	11	10	9	30-25	43	[1]
7	Asyut Petroleum	30	10	13	7	26-21	43	[1]
8	Sohag	30	10	10	10	22-21	40
9	Dayrout	30	10	8	12	45-43	38
10	Qena	30	9	9	12	29-32	36	[2]
11	KIMA Aswan	30	8	12	10	27-30	36	[2]
12	Telephonat	30	8	11	11	24-25	35
13	Asyut Cement (R)	30	8	9	13	29-37	33	[3]Relegated to the Third Division
14	Shaban Qena (R)	30	7	12	11	20-26	33	[3]Relegated to the Third Division
15	M.S. Samasta (R)	30	6	11	13	21-36	29	Relegated to the Third Division
16	Tahta (R)	30	3	6	21	27-64	15	Relegated to the Third Division

 

In case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are the results of the head-to-head matches.

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[1] Classification in head-to-head matches: Beni Suef 6p, Fayoum 5p, Asyut Petroleum 3p.

[2] Qena and KIMA Aswan are perfectly equal in terms of head-to-head matches and goal difference, so the next criterion to be taken into consideration is the total number of goals scored: Qena 29, KIMA Aswan 27.

[3] Asyut Cement ahead of Shaban Qena on goal difference in head-to-head matches: Asyut Cement – Shaban Qena 2-1.