2021-2022 Egyptian Second Division, Group A
|
Season |
2021-2022 |
|
Dates |
2 October 2021 – 4 June 2022 |
|
Champions |
Aswan SC |
|
Promoted |
Aswan SC |
|
Relegated |
El Badari Qena Sohag Beni Suef |
|
Matches played |
240 |
|
Goals scored |
568 (2.37 goals/match on average) |
|
Biggest home win |
Aluminium – Qena 7-0 (round 27, 14 May 2022) |
|
Biggest away win |
El Badari – Asyut Petroleum 0-5 (round 6, 7 November 2021) |
|
Highest scoring |
Aluminium – Tamya 4-4 (round 29, 28 May 2022) |
|
Longest winning run |
Aswan SC – 8 matches (rounds 17-24) |
|
Longest unbeaten run |
Aswan SC – 15 matches (rounds 16-30) |
|
Longest winless run |
El Badari – 18 matches (rounds 5-22) |
|
Longest losing run |
El Badari – 10 matches (rounds 10-19) |
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. The 2021-2022 Egyptian Second Division was the 42nd season since its establishment in 1977. The same as in 2020-2021, there were 48 teams, divided into 3 groups of 16 teams each.
The teams were distributed according to their geographical location: Group A included 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.
Same as before, the winners of each group gained promotion to the Premier League without any promotion play-offs. Four teams were relegated to the Third Division 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 30 rounds. In Group A, the competition started on the 2nd of October 2021 and ended on 4 June 2022. Games were played on Saturdays or throughout the week, in the afternoon, and no spectators were usually allowed to attend according to the decision of the Egyptian FA, mainly because of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Group A, at the beginning of the season, the main contenders for promotion were considered Aswan SC, which had just been relegated from the Premier League, as well as El Minya and Aluminium, which fought for promotion in previous seasons. KIMA Aswan inserted themselves surprisingly among the top teams, as they fought to avoid relegation in the previous season. At half-season, Aswan confirmed the expectations, leading by 4 points ahead of El Minya and KIMA Aswan, and 6 points ahead of Asyut Petroleum that were in fourth position. Aluminium (fifth) were too far away to think of the top spot. In the second half of the season, Aswan SC had an astonishing run, winning eight matches in a row and the gap between them and the second classified constantly increased. In round 26, on 10 May 2022, Aswan won 1-0 over Dayrout at home, while KIMA Aswan only managed a 0-0 draw away at El Badari, therefore the gap between Aswan (top of the table) and KIMA Aswan (second classified) increased to 14 points with 4 games in hand, which meant that Aswan SC were mathematically promoted to the Premier League. Aluminium had an astonishing come-back in the second half of the season, and manage to reach the second place in the end, one point above KIMA Aswan, third. Asyut Petroleum remained fourth, while El Minya dropped into fifth place.
Newly-promoted Al Madina Al Monawara, El Badari, Naser Mallawi, and MS Tamya were initially considered as those that would probably fight to avoid relegation, along with teams such as Media, Telephonat Beni Suef, and Qena. At half-season, El Badari were last in the table, while Qena and Telephonat Beni Suef were right above them and these three teams seemed to be the main candidates for relegation. The place right below the relegation line belonged to Naser Mallawi, but several other teams were very close to that line, including Media and Sohag. In fact, any of the mid-table teams might have become involved in the fight to avoid relegation. Telephonat Beni Suef had a very good second half of the season and got out of the dangerous part of the table, even reaching the upper half of the classification. El Badari and Qena remained last and second to last in the table, further away from the other teams, and were mathematically relegated with four rounds to go. With two rounds to go, six teams fought to avoid the remaining two relegation places. Naser Mallawi were worst classified among them, but managed to win both remaining matches to stay in the Second Division. Surprisingly, Sohag lost 4-1 at home to Telephonat Beni Suef in the second to last round, and they were relegated to the Third Division, despite winning in the last round. Beni Suef drew 0-0 away at Fayoum in the second to last round, and needed to win in the last round at home to stay out of trouble. However, Beni Suef surprisingly lost 1-0 to Aluminium and were also relegated.
Team changes from the 2020-2021
To the Second Division
Promoted from the Third Division
Al Madina Al Monawara
El Badari
M.S. Naser Mallawi
M.S. Tamya
Relegated from the Premier League
Aswan SC
From the Second Division
Promoted to the Premier League
Eastern Company
Relegated to the Third Division
Tahta
M.S. Samasta
Shaban M. Qena
Asyut Cement
Teams
|
Team |
Home town |
Stadium |
2020-2021 |
|
Aswan SC |
Aswan |
Aswan |
18th in the Premier League (relegated) |
|
Aluminium |
Nag Hammâdi |
Aluminium |
2nd in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
El Minya SC |
Minya |
Minya University |
3rd in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Media SC |
6th of October |
Media |
4th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Beni Suef SC |
Beni Suef |
Beni Suef |
5th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Fayoum SC |
Fayoum |
Alassiouty Sport Resort |
6th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Asyut Petroleum |
Asyut |
Asyut University |
7th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Sohag SC |
Sohag |
Sohag |
8th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Dayrout SC |
Dayrout |
Dayrout |
9th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Qena SC |
Qena |
Qena |
10th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
KIMA Aswan |
Aswan |
KIMA Aswan |
11th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Telephonat |
Beni Suef |
Alassiouty Sport Resort |
12th in the Second Division, Gr. A |
|
Al Madina Al Monawara |
Luxor |
Luxor |
1st in the Third Division, Gr. A (promoted) |
|
El Badari |
El Badari |
El Badari |
1st in the Third Division, Gr. B (promoted) |
|
M.S. Naser Mallawi |
Mallawi |
Naser Mallawi |
1st in the Third Division, Gr. C (promoted) |
|
M.S. Tamya |
Tamya |
Damu Sport City |
1st in the Third Division, Gr. D (promoted) |
Round 1 (2 October 2021)
Aswan – Sohag 2-1
Beni Suef – KIMA Aswan 2-2
Telephonat – El Badari 0-1
Asyut Petroleum – Aluminium 0-0
Naser Mallawi – Fayoum 2-1
Tamya – Media 2-0
Qena – El Minya 0-3
Dayrout – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-0 – played on 28 November 2021
Round 2 (9 October 2021)
Aluminium – Naser Mallawi 2-1
Sohag – Tamya 1-0
El Minya – Aswan 2-0
Media – Beni Suef 1-3
Fayoum – Dayrout 1-0
Al Madina Al Monawara – Telephonat 1-1
KIMA Aswan – Asyut Petroleum 1-1
El Badari – Qena 2-4 – played on 28 November 2021
Round 3 (16 October 2021)
Aswan – El Badari 4-1
Asyut Petroleum – Media 2-0
Naser Mallawi – KIMA Aswan 1-2
Dayrout – Aluminium 1-1
Fayoum – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-1
Qena – Telephonat 0-0
Tamya – El Minya 0-0 – played on 26 November 2021
Beni Suef – Sohag 1-0 – played on 27 November 2021
Round 4 (23-24 October 2021)
Telephonat – Aswan 0-1
Aluminium – Fayoum 3-0
Sohag – Asyut Petroleum 0-0
El Minya – Beni Suef 3-1
Media – Naser Mallawi 2-0
Al Madina Al Monawara – Qena 3-2
KIMA Aswan – Dayrout 1-0
El Badari – Tamya 2-0
Round 5 (29-30 October 2021)
Tamya – Telephonat 3-1
Naser Mallawi – Sohag 2-2
Aswan – Qena 1-0
Beni Suef – El Badari 1-1
Aluminium – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-1
Asyut Petroleum – El Minya 1-2
Dayrout – Media 1-0
Fayoum – KIMA Aswan 2-2
Round 6 (6-7 November 2021)
Al Madina Al Monawara – Aswan 0-1
Qena – Tamya 1-2
Telephonat – Beni Suef 0-0
El Minya – Naser Mallawi 0-0
Sohag – Dayrout 1-1
Media – Fayoum 0-0
KIMA Aswan – Aluminium 3-2
El Badari – Asyut Petroleum 0-5
Round 7 (12-14 November 2021)
Tamya – Aswan 0-1
Beni Suef – Qena 2-2
Aluminium – Media 2-0
Asyut Petroleum – Telephonat 2-1
Naser Mallawi – El Badari 1-0
Fayoum – Sohag 1-0
KIMA Aswan – Al Madina Al Monawara 2-1
Dayrout – El Minya 1-1
Round 8 (20-21 November 2021)
Aswan – Beni Suef 2-2
Telephonat – Naser Mallawi 2-1
Sohag – Aluminium 0-0
El Minya – Fayoum 0-1
Media – KIMA Aswan 0-0
Al Madina Al Monawara – Tamya 2-0
Qena – Asyut Petroleum 1-1
El Badari – Dayrout 1-2
Round 9 (4-5 December 2021)
Beni Suef – Tamya 0-0
Aluminium – El Minya 1-2
Asyut Petroleum – Aswan 0-0
Naser Mallawi – Qena 1-0
Media – Al Madina Al Monawara 0-3
Fayoum – El Badari 1-1
KIMA Aswan – Sohag 1-0
Dayrout – Telephonat 1-1
Round 10 (10-12 December 2021)
Tamya – Asyut Petroleum 1-2
Telephonat – Fayoum 1-2
Sohag – Media 1-1
El Minya – KIMA Aswan 0-1
Al Madina Al Monawara – Beni Suef 1-2
Qena – Dayrout 0-2
Aswan – Naser Mallawi 4-1
El Badari – Aluminium 0-2
Round 11 (18-19 December 2021)
Aluminium – Telephonat 3-0
Sohag – Al Madina Al Monawara 2-1
Asyut Petroleum – Beni Suef 1-0
Naser Mallawi – Tamya 1-1
Media – El Minya 2-2
Fayoum – Qena 1-0
KIMA Aswan – El Badari 3-1
Dayrout – Aswan 1-1
Round 12 (25-27 December 2021)
Aswan – Fayoum 2-1
Beni Suef – Naser Mallawi 1-0
Telephonat – KIMA Aswan 0-0
El Minya – Sohag 1-1
Al Madina Al Monawara – Asyut Petroleum 1-0
Qena – Aluminium 1-1
El Badari – Media 0-1
Tamya – Dayrout 3-0
Round 13 (1-3 January 2022)
Aluminium – Aswan 1-3
Sohag – El Badari 1-0
El Minya – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-0
Naser Mallawi – Asyut Petroleum 1-1
Media – Telephonat 1-0
Fayoum – Tamya 1-1
Dayrout – Beni Suef 2-1
KIMA Aswan – Qena 4-0
Round 14 (8-9 January 2022)
Aswan – KIMA Aswan 1-0
Beni Suef – Fayoum 0-1
Telephonat – Sohag 1-0
Asyut Petroleum – Dayrout 4-1
Naser Mallawi – Al Madina Al Monawara 0-0
Qena – Media 3-0
Tamya – Aluminium 1-1
El Badari – El Minya 0-3
Round 15 (15-16 January 2022)
Aluminium – Beni Suef 2-1
Sohag – Qena 2-1
El Minya – Telephonat 2-1
Dayrout – Naser Mallawi 0-0
Media – Aswan 1-0
Fayoum – Asyut Petroleum 0-3
Al Madina Al Monawara – El Badari 2-1
KIMA Aswan – Tamya 0-1
Table at half-season
|
1 |
Aswan |
15 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
23-11 |
33 |
Promotion to the Premier League |
|
2 |
El Minya |
15 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
22-10 |
29 |
|
|
3 |
KIMA Aswan |
15 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
22-12 |
29 |
|
|
4 |
Asyut Petroleum |
15 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
23-9 |
27 |
|
|
5 |
Aluminium |
15 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
22-14 |
24 |
|
|
6 |
Fayoum |
15 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
14-16 |
23 |
|
|
7 |
Dayrout |
15 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
14-16 |
21 |
|
|
8 |
Tamya |
15 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
15-13 |
20 |
|
|
9 |
Al Madina Al Monawara |
15 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
17-15 |
19 |
|
|
10 |
Beni Suef |
15 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
17-18 |
18 |
|
|
11 |
Sohag |
15 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
12-13 |
18 |
|
|
12 |
Media |
15 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
9-19 |
16 |
|
|
13 |
Naser Mallawi |
15 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
12-18 |
15 |
Relegation to the Third Division |
|
14 |
Telephonat |
15 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
9-18 |
11 |
Relegation to the Third Division |
|
15 |
Qena |
15 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
15-25 |
10 |
Relegation to the Third Division |
|
16 |
El Badari |
15 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
11-30 |
8 |
Relegation 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.
Round 16 (29-30 January 2022)
Sohag – Aswan 0-0
KIMA Aswan – Beni Suef 1-0
Aluminium – Asyut Petroleum 0-0
Fayoum – Naser Mallawi 1-0
Media – Tamya 2-1
El Minya – Qena 3-0
Al Madina Al Monawara – Dayrout 3-0
El Badari – Telephonat 0-1
Round 17 (5-6 February 2022)
Naser Mallawi – Aluminium 1-2
Tamya – Sohag 2-1
Aswan – El Minya 2-1
Beni Suef – Media 0-0
Telephonat – Al Madina Al Monawara 2-0
Asyut Petroleum – KIMA Aswan 3-1
Qena – El Badari 1-0
Dayrout – Fayoum 0-1
Round 18 (12-13 February 2022)
KIMA Aswan – Naser Mallawi 1-1
Al Madina Al Monawara – Fayoum 2-1
Telephonat – Qena 1-1
El Minya – Tamya 3-2
Media – Asyut Petroleum 0-0
Sohag – Beni Suef 1-1
Aluminium – Dayrout 2-0
El Badari – Aswan 0-2
Round 19 (19-20 February 2022)
Aswan – Telephonat 2-0
Fayoum – Aluminium 0-1
Asyut Petroleum – Sohag 1-1
Beni Suef – El Minya 2-1
Naser Mallawi – Media 1-1
Qena – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-1
Tamya – El Badari 3-1
Dayrout – KIMA Aswan 1-3
Round 20 (26-27 February 2022)
Telephonat – Tamya 2-1
Sohag – Naser Mallawi 3-1
Qena – Aswan 2-4
Al Madina Al Monawara – Aluminium 1-1
KIMA Aswan – Fayoum 2-1
El Minya – Asyut Petroleum 0-0
Media – Dayrout 0-0
El Badari – Beni Suef 1-1
Round 21 (5-6 March 2022)
Aswan – Al Madina Al Monawara 2-0
Tamya – Qena 2-0
Beni Suef – Telephonat 1-2
Naser Mallawi – El Minya 1-1
Fayoum – Media 0-0
Aluminium – KIMA Aswan 1-1
Asyut Petroleum – El Badari 6-1
Dayrout – Sohag 2-0
Round 22 (10-15 March 2022)
Aswan – Tamya 2-0
Qena – Beni Suef 2-2
Media – Aluminium 0-0
Telephonat – Asyut Petroleum 3-2
Sohag – Fayoum 1-1
El Badari – Naser Mallawi 2-2
Al Madina Al Monawara – KIMA Aswan 1-0
El Minya – Dayrout 0-0 – played on 18 March 2022
Round 23 (18-23 March 2022)
Beni Suef – Aswan 1-4
Naser Mallawi – Telephonat 1-2
Aluminium – Sohag 3-2
Asyut Petroleum – Qena 3-1
KIMA Aswan – Media 2-1
Tamya – Al Madina Al Monawara 2-2
Fayoum – El Minya 1-2
Dayrout – El Badari 0-1
Round 24 (26-27 March 2022)
Tamya – Beni Suef 3-1
El Minya – Aluminium 1-4
Aswan – Asyut Petroleum 2-1
Qena – Naser Mallawi 1-2
Al Madina Al Monawara – Media 0-0
Sohag – KIMA Aswan 0-2
El Badari – Fayoum 1-1
Telephonat – Dayrout 1-2
Round 25 (30-31 March 2022)
Beni Suef – Al Madina Al Monawara 2-2
Dayrout – Qena 2-1
Asyut Petroleum – Tamya 1-0
Fayoum – Telephonat 0-1
Media – Sohag 3-1
KIMA Aswan – El Minya 1-1
Naser Mallawi – Aswan 2-2
Aluminium – El Badari 3-0
Round 26 (10 May 2022)
Telephonat – Aluminium 2-1
Al Madina Al Monawara – Sohag 1-2
Beni Suef – Asyut Petroleum 2-1
Tamya – Naser Mallawi 0-1
Qena – Fayoum 3-3
El Badari – KIMA Aswan 0-0
Aswan – Dayrout 1-0
El Minya – Media 0-0 – played on 13 May 2022
Round 27 (14-17 May 2022)
Fayoum – Aswan 1-3
Naser Mallawi – Beni Suef 1-0
KIMA Aswan – Telephonat 1-1
Asyut Petroleum – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-0
Aluminium – Qena 7-0
Dayrout – Tamya 1-3
Media – El Badari 2-0
Sohag – El Minya 2-2
Round 28 (21 May 2022)
El Badari – Sohag 0-0
Al Madina Al Monawara – El Minya 2-2
Asyut Petroleum – Naser Mallawi 1-0
Telephonat – Media 2-0
Tamya – Fayoum 0-2
Beni Suef – Dayrout 3-1
Qena – KIMA Aswan 0-2
Aswan – Aluminium 1-1 – played on 31 May 2022
Round 29 (28 May 2022)
KIMA Aswan – Aswan 1-2
Fayoum – Beni Suef 0-0
Sohag – Telephonat 1-4
Dayrout – Asyut Petroleum 1-0
Al Madina Al Monawara – Naser Mallawi 2-4
Media – Qena 5-0
Aluminium – Tamya 4-4
El Minya – El Badari 3-0
Round 30 (4 June 2022)
Beni Suef – Aluminium 0-1
Qena – Sohag 2-3
Telephonat – El Minya 1-1
Naser Mallawi – Dayrout 2-1
Aswan – Media 2-2
Asyut Petroleum – Fayoum 2-1
El Badari – Al Madina Al Monawara 0-2
Tamya – KIMA Aswan 2-2
Table
|
1 |
Aswan (C, P) |
30 |
21 |
7 |
2 |
54-23 |
70 |
Promoted to Premier League |
|
2 |
Aluminium |
30 |
14 |
12 |
4 |
53-27 |
54 |
|
|
3 |
KIMA Aswan |
30 |
14 |
11 |
5 |
42-27 |
53 |
|
|
4 |
Asyut Petroleum |
30 |
14 |
10 |
6 |
45-22 |
52 |
|
|
5 |
El Minya |
30 |
12 |
13 |
5 |
43-28 |
49 |
|
|
6 |
Telephonat |
30 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
34-32 |
44 |
|
|
7 |
Tamya |
30 |
10 |
8 |
12 |
40-38 |
38 |
|
|
8 |
Al Madina Al Monawara* |
30 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
36-35 |
37 |
|
|
9 |
Fayoum * |
30 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
28-34 |
37 |
|
|
10 |
Media * |
30 |
8 |
13 |
9 |
25-28 |
37 |
|
|
11 |
Naser Mallawi ** |
30 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
32-38 |
35 |
|
|
12 |
Dayrout ** |
30 |
9 |
8 |
13 |
25-37 |
35 |
|
|
13 |
Beni Suef (R) *** |
30 |
7 |
12 |
11 |
33-39 |
33 |
Relegated to the Third Division |
|
14 |
Sohag (R) *** |
30 |
7 |
12 |
11 |
30-38 |
33 |
Relegated to the Third Division |
|
15 |
Qena (R) |
30 |
3 |
8 |
19 |
30-65 |
17 |
Relegated to the Third Division |
|
16 |
El Badari (R) |
30 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
18-57 |
16 |
Relegated to the Third Division |
C – Champions
P – Promoted
R – Relegated
In case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are the results of the head-to-head matches.
* Head-to-head points and goal difference: Al Madina Al Monawara 8 points, Fayoum 3 points (2-3), Media 3 points (0-3).
** Head-to-head points: Naser Mallawi 4 points, Dayrout 1 point.
*** Head-to-head points: Beni Suef 4 points, Sohag 1 point.
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