2024-2025 Egyptian
Second Division B, Group B
|
Season
|
2024-2025
|
|
Dates
|
10
October 2024 – 23 May 2025
|
|
Champions
|
FC
Masar
|
|
Qualified to
play-offs
|
FC
Masar
Asyut
Cement
Misr
Lel-Makkasa
|
|
Promoted
|
FC
Masar
|
|
Relegated
|
Al Wasta
|
|
Matches played
|
110
|
|
Goals scored
|
261
(2.37 goals/match on average)
|
|
Biggest home win
|
Telephonat
– M.S. Tamya 5-1 (round 4, 28 October 2024)
Al
Badari – M.S. Tamya 4-0 (round 12, 20 December 2024)
|
|
Biggest away win
|
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Asyut Cement 0-3 (round 9, 22 November 2024)
Tamya
– FC Masar 1-4 (round 13, 3 January 2025)
Fayoum
– Egypt Stars 0-3 (round 20, 14 February 2025)
Fayoum
– Misr Lel Makkasa 0-3 (round 22, 27 February 2025)
|
|
Highest scoring
|
FC
Masar – Al Wasta 6-3 (round 21, 21 February 2025)
|
|
Longest winning
run
|
FC
Masar – 6 matches (rounds 11-16)
|
|
Longest unbeaten
run
|
Asyut
Cement – 9 matches (rounds 2-11, in round 10 they did not play)
|
|
Longest winless
run
|
Beni
Mazar – 7 matches (rounds 7-13)
Al
Wasta – 7 matches (rounds 14-21, in round 19 they did not play)
|
|
Longest losing
run
|
Al
Wasta – 7 matches (rounds 14-21, in round 19 they did not play)
|
Competition
details and format
The Egyptian Second Division B is the third tier in
the Egyptian football system, having been established as such in 2023. The 2024-2025
season is the second season of the Second Division B and is organized by the
Egyptian Football Association. Just like in the first season, teams are
distributed across six groups, but the number of teams increased from 56 to 65,
and therefore each group includes either 10 teams (groups A and C), 11 teams
(groups B, D, and F) or 12 teams (group E). The teams are distributed according
to their geographical location: groups A and B include teams from Upper Egypt, groups
C and D – teams from Greater Cairo and the North-East, and groups E and F – teams
from Alexandria and the North-West.
The format for the 2024-2025 season was adjusted from
the previous season, changes being confirmed and released on 26 September 2024.
While last year the winners of each group gained promotion to the next year Second
Division, this season the top three classified in each group will qualify for
the promotion play-offs, forming three groups of six teams: the first group
with the top three teams from groups A and B, the second group with the top
teams from groups C and D, and the third group with the top three teams from
groups E and F. The winners of each of these three groups will promote to the
Second Division, meaning that there will be only three teams promoted, instead
of previous season’s six. Teams classified bottom in each of the original six groups
are to be relegated to the Third Division, just like before.
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 18 to 22 rounds, depending on the
group. In groups A and C there are 5 matches in a round, in groups B, D and F
there are also 5 matches in each round, and one team receives a bye in each
round, because there are 11 teams in each group, while in group E there are six
matches in a round. The competition started on 9 October 2024, with matches in
groups E and F. In Group B, the season started on 10 October 2024. The season
is scheduled to end in May 2025 with the promotion play-offs. Games in Group B are
played usually on Fridays afternoon, rarely in other days.
In Group B, the main contenders for promotion are
considered newly-promoted FC Masar, along with Misr Lel Makkasa, which had just been
relegated from the Second Division. Other teams, such as Asyut Cement,
El Minya, and Egypt Stars
are also expected to compete well and to try to reach the top three and to
qualify for the promotion play-offs. At half-season, FC Masar were in
top position, two points ahead of Asyut Cement and seven points ahead of
Misr Lel Makkasa. Egypt Stars and Telephonat Beni Suef came
in fourth and fifth place respectively, even farther away from the leaders, but
maintaining certain chances to get to the final top three. FC Masar had
a winning streak of five matches at the beginning of the second half of the
season, and they were already qualified for the play-offs after winning 2-0
over Beni Mazar in round 16 on 20 January 2025, which meant that the gap
between them and the fourth classified was 19 points with six rounds to go.
However, the battle for the remaining two spots to the promotion play-offs
became fierce, as Egypt Stars, in fourth place, had a winning streak of
five games at the end of the season, putting pressure on Asyut Cement in
second place and on Misr Lel Makkasa in third. The other two teams qualified
for the promotion play-offs were decided only after the last round, when Asyut
Cement won 1-0 over Al Badari and Misr Lel Makkasa won 3-0 over
Fayoum, therefore maintaining their gap over Egypt Stars, which remained
fourth despite their 2-1 win over Beni Mazar.
The promotion play-offs had the same contenders, because
the top three teams from Group A competed poorly. The battle for the single
promotion spot to the Second Division A was mainly between FC Masar and Asyut
Cement, which went head-to-head on top of the table for the first seven
rounds, winning all matches and drawing between them in Asyut. However, in the
decisive match, FC Masar won 3-2 at home over Asyut Cement on 12 May, taking
the lead by three points with two rounds to go. In the next round, on 16 May, FC
Masar obtained the promotion mathematically, as they won 5-0 away at Luxor,
while Asyut Cement were held to a 0-0 draw at Al Nasr Lel Taa’den, the gap
increasing to 5 points before the final round.
The fight to avoid the only one relegation spot involves
most of the other teams. Newly-promoted Al Badari, along with Beni
Mazar, Tamya, Al Wasta, and Fayoum are among the most
vulnerable. At half-season, Beni Mazar were bottom of the table, two
points behind Fayoum and three points behind Al Wasta and Al
Badari. In the second half of the season, Al Wasta had a losing
streak of seven games, including head-to-head defeats to direct rivals such as
Beni Mazar and Al Badari. In round 20, Al Wasta lost 3-2 at home to Al Badari,
while Beni Mazar lost 2-0 away at Tamya. These results meant that Al Badari and
Tamya were safe with two rounds to go, while Al Wasta and Beni Mazar
were equal in terms of points; however, Beni Mazar were ahead of Al Wasta
because of the head-to head record. In the second to last round, Beni Mazar won
2-0 over Fayoum at home, while Al Wasta lost 6-3 away at FC Masar,
meaning that Al Wasta were relegated with one round to go. Even if Al
Wasta won their last match of the season (1-0 over El Minya) while Beni Mazar
lost 2-1 to Egypt Stars, Al Wasta were only capable of equaling Beni Mazar in
terms of points, but were behind them due to the next criterion, the
head-to-head record, because Beni Mazar won both matches (home and away)
against Al Wasta.
Team changes from
the 2023-2024
To the Second
Division B, Group B
Promoted from the
Third Division
FC
Masar
Al
Badari
Relegated from the
Second Division
Misr
Lel Makkasa
Transferred from
Second Division B, Group A
Asyut Cement
From the Second
Division B
Promoted
to the Second Division
Tersana
Relegated
to the Third Division
M.S.
Maghagha
Teams
Note that some of the teams play their home games
outside their home town.
|
Team
|
Home town
|
Governorate
|
Stadium
|
Town
|
2023-2024
|
|
Misr
Lel Makkasa
|
Fayoum
|
Fayoum
|
Alassiouty
Sport Resort
|
Beni
Suef
|
20th
(last) in the Second Division, relegated
|
|
Fayoum
SC
|
Fayoum
|
Fayoum
|
College
of Agriculture
|
Giza
|
2nd
in the Second Division B, Gr. B
|
|
El
Minya SC
|
Minya
|
Minya
|
Minya
|
Minya
|
3rd
in the Second Division B, Gr. B
|
|
Asyut
Cement
|
Asyut
|
Asyut
|
Asyut
Cement
|
Asyut
|
3rd
in the Second Division B, Gr. A
|
|
Egypt
Stars
|
Al
Wasta
|
Beni
Suef
|
Egypt
Stars
|
Al
Wasta
|
4th
in the Second Division B, Gr. B
|
|
Telephonat
|
Beni
Suef
|
Beni
Suef
|
ESCO
|
Giza
|
5th
in the Second Division B, Gr. B
|
|
Al
Wasta SC
|
Al
Wasta
|
Beni
Suef
|
Al
Wasta
|
Al
Wasta
|
6th
in the Second Division B, Gr. B
|
|
M.S.
Tamya
|
Tamya
|
Fayoum
|
Egypt
Stars
|
Al
Wasta
|
7th
in the Second Division B, Gr. B
|
|
Beni
Mazar SC
|
Beni Mazar
|
Minya
|
Matay
|
Matay
|
8th
in the Second Division B, Gr. B
|
|
Al
Badari
|
Al Badari
|
Asyut
|
Al
Badari
|
Al
Badari
|
1st
in the Third Division, Group C, promoted
|
|
FC
Masar
|
6th
of October
|
Giza
|
Right
to Dream
|
6th
of October
|
1st
in the Third Division, Group D, promoted
|
Geographical
distribution of the teams
Teams
in Group B are located in the governorates of Asyut, Minya, Beni Suef, and
Fayoum, and there is one team from Giza Governorate.
|
Location of teams
|
No. of teams
|
Name of teams
|
|
Beni Suef Governorate
|
3
|
Telephonat
Beni Suef, Al Wasta, Egypt Stars
|
|
Fayoum Governorate
|
3
|
Misr
Lel Makkasa, Fayoum, M.S. Tamya
|
|
Minya Governorate
|
2
|
El
Minya, Beni Mazar
|
|
Asyut Governorate
|
2
|
Asyut
Cement, Al Badari
|
|
Giza Governorate
|
1
|
FC
Masar
|
Round 1 (10-12 October
2024)
Asyut
Cement – FC Masar 1-2
Egypt
Stars – Misr Lel Makkasa 0-1
Telephonat
– Al Wasta 2-2
Beni
Mazar – El Minya 0-2
Tamya
– Al Badari 2-0 (awarded because Al Badari used a suspended player; initially 1-1
on the field)
Fayoum
bye
Round 2 (18
October 2024)
El
Minya – Telephonat 0-0
FC
Masar – Tamya 2-0
Al
Wasta – Asyut Cement 0-2
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Beni Mazar 3-0
Al
Badari – Fayoum 2-1
Egypt
Stars bye
Round 3 (25-26
October 2024)
Asyut
Cement – Telephonat 1-0
Fayoum
– FC Masar 1-2
Misr
Lel Makkasa – El Minya 1-0
Egypt
Stars – Al Badari 2-0
Tamya
– Al Wasta 1-1
Beni
Mazar bye
Round
4 (28-29
October 2024)
El
Minya – Asyut Cement 0-1
Telephonat
– Tamya 5-1
Al
Wasta – Fayoum 2-0
FC
Masar – Egypt Stars 2-0
Al
Badari – Beni Mazar 1-1
Misr
Lel Makkasa bye
Round
5 (1-2
November 2024)
Egypt Stars – Al Wasta 3-0
Fayoum – Telephonat 1-2
Misr Lel Makkasa – Al Badari 1-0
Beni Mazar – FC Masar 1-1
Tamya – Asyut Cement 0-1
El Minya bye
Round
6 (8
November 2024)
FC
Masar – Misr Lel Makkasa 1-0
El
Minya – Tamya 2-1
Telephonat
– Egypt Stars 0-0
Al
Wasta – Beni Mazar 1-2
Asyut
Cement – Fayoum 0-0
Al
Badari bye
Round
7 (15
November 2024)
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Al Wasta 1-0
Al
Badari – El Minya 1-0
Egypt
Stars – Asyut Cement 1-1
Fayoum
– Tamya 3-2
Beni
Mazar – Telephonat 0-0
FC
Masar bye
Round
8 (18
November 2024)
Egypt
Stars – Tamya 2-3
El
Minya – Fayoum 0-0
Asyut
Cement – Beni Mazar 3-0
FC
Masar – Al Badari 2-1
Telephonat
– Misr Lel Makkasa 3-0
Al
Wasta bye
Round
9 (22
November 2024)
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Asyut Cement 0-3
FC
Masar – El Minya 3-2
Egypt
Stars – Fayoum 1-0
Al
Badari – Al Wasta 0-0
Beni
Mazar – Tamya 2-3
Telephonat
bye
Round
10 (29
November 2024)
Al
Wasta – FC Masar 2-1
El
Minya – Egypt Stars 1-1
Tamya
– Misr Lel Makkasa 2-1
Fayoum
– Beni Mazar 1-0
Telephonat
– Al Badari 2-2
Asyut
Cement bye
Round
11 (6
December 2024)
FC
Masar – Telephonat 3-0
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Fayoum 1-0
Beni
Mazar – Egypt Stars 2-3
El
Minya – Al Wasta 3-1
Al
Badari – Asyut Cement 1-3
Tamya
bye
Table
at half-season
|
1
|
FC Masar
|
10
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
19-8
|
25
|
Qualification to promotion play-offs
|
|
2
|
Asyut Cement
|
10
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
16-4
|
23
|
Qualification to promotion play-offs
|
|
3
|
Misr Lel Makkasa
|
10
|
6
|
0
|
4
|
9-9
|
18
|
Qualification to promotion play-offs
|
|
4
|
Egypt
Stars
|
10
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
13-10
|
15
|
|
|
5
|
Telephonat
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
14-10
|
14
|
|
|
6
|
Tamya
|
10
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
15-19
|
13
|
|
|
7
|
El
Minya
|
10
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
10-9
|
12
|
|
|
8
|
Al
Badari
|
10
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
8-14
|
9
|
|
|
9
|
Al
Wasta
|
10
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
9-15
|
9
|
|
|
10
|
Fayoum
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
7-12
|
8
|
|
|
11
|
Beni Mazar
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
8-18
|
6
|
Relegation to the Third Division
|
In
case that two or more teams are equal on points, the head-to-head record is the
main ranking criterion.
Round 12 (20-21
December 2024)
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Egypt Stars 3-0
Al
Wasta – Telephonat 1-1
El
Minya – Beni Mazar 1-1
Al
Badari – Tamya 4-0
FC
Masar – Asyut Cement 2-0
Fayoum
bye
Round 13 (3
January 2025)
Telephonat
– El Minya 1-1
Tamya
– FC Masar 1-4
Asyut
Cement – Al Wasta 0-1
Beni
Mazar – Misr Lel Makkasa 0-1
Fayoum
– Al Badari 2-1
Egypt
Stars bye
Round 14 (10
January 2025)
Telephonat
– Asyut Cement 1-1
FC
Masar – Fayoum 1-0
El
Minya – Misr Lel Makkasa 1-1
Al
Badari – Egypt Stars 0-1
Al
Wasta – Tamya 0-2 (awarded because the home side failed to provide security)
Beni
Mazar bye
Round
15 (17
January 2025)
Asyut
Cement – El Minya 2-1
Tamya
– Telephonat 0-2
Fayoum
– Al Wasta 3-2
Egypt
Stars – FC Masar 0-2
Beni
Mazar – Al Badari 1-0
Misr
Lel Makkasa bye
Round
16 (20
January 2025)
Al Wasta – Egypt Stars 1-2
Telephonat – Fayoum 0-2
Al Badari – Misr Lel Makkasa 1-0
Asyut Cement – Tamya 2-0
FC Masar – Beni Mazar 2-0
El Minya bye
Round
17 (23-24
January 2025)
Tamya
– El Minya 0-1
Misr
Lel Makkasa – FC Masar 1-1
Egypt
Stars – Telephonat 0-0
Beni
Mazar – Al Wasta 3-1
Fayoum
– Asyut Cement 0-2
Al
Badari bye
Round
18 (31
January 2025)
Al
Wasta – Misr Lel Makkasa 0-2
El
Minya – Al Badari 2-0
Asyut
Cement – Egypt Stars 1-2
Tamya
– Fayoum 0-1
Telephonat
– Beni Mazar 1-0
FC
Masar bye
Round
19 (7
February 2025)
Tamya
– Egypt Stars 0-2
Fayoum
– El Minya 2-3
Beni
Mazar – Asyut Cement 2-3
Al
Badari – FC Masar 1-0
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Telephonat 3-0
Al
Wasta bye
Round
20 (14
February 2025)
Asyut
Cement – Misr Lel Makkasa 1-1
El
Minya – FC Masar 2-2
Fayoum
– Egypt Stars 0-3
Al
Wasta – Al Badari 2-3
Tamya
– Beni Mazar 2-0
Telephonat
bye
Round
21 (20-21
February 2025)
Misr
Lel Makkasa – Tamya 2-1
Egypt
Stars – El Minya 2-1
FC
Masar – Al Wasta 6-3
Beni
Mazar – Fayoum 2-0
Al
Badari – Telephonat 0-0
Asyut
Cement bye
Round
22 (27
February 2025)
Telephonat
– FC Masar 1-1
Fayoum
– Misr Lel Makkasa 0-3
Egypt
Stars – Beni Mazar 2-1
Al
Wasta – El Minya 1-0
Asyut
Cement – Al Badari 1-0
Tamya
bye
Final
table
|
1
|
FC Masar (Q)
|
20
|
14
|
4
|
2
|
40-17
|
46
|
Qualified to
promotion play-offs
|
|
2
|
Asyut Cement (Q)
|
20
|
12
|
4
|
4
|
29-14
|
40
|
Qualified to
promotion play-offs
|
|
3
|
Misr Lel Makkasa (Q)
|
20
|
12
|
3
|
5
|
26-14
|
39
|
Qualified to
promotion play-offs
|
|
4
|
Egypt
Stars
|
20
|
11
|
4
|
5
|
27-19
|
37
|
|
|
5
|
Telephonat
|
20
|
5
|
11
|
4
|
21-19
|
26
|
|
|
6
|
El
Minya
|
20
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
23-21
|
25
|
|
|
7
|
Al
Badari
|
20
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
18-23
|
22
|
|
|
8
|
Fayoum
|
20
|
6
|
2
|
12
|
17-29
|
20
|
|
|
9
|
Tamya
|
20
|
6
|
1
|
13
|
21-37
|
19
|
|
|
10
|
Beni
Mazar
|
20
|
4
|
4
|
12
|
18-31
|
16
|
*
|
|
11
|
Al Wasta
|
20
|
4
|
4
|
12
|
21-37
|
16
|
*Relegation to the Third Division
|
In
case that two or more teams are equal on points, the head-to-head record is the
main ranking criterion.
*
Beni Mazar in front of Al Wasta due to better head-to-head record: Beni Mazar 6
points, Al Wasta 0 points.
Promotion play-offs
Group A
Teams qualified:
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – first in Group A
Luxor – second in Group A
Al Madina Al Monawara – third in Group A
FC Masar – first in Group B
Asyut Cement – second in Group B
Misr Lel Makkasa – third in Group B
Round 1 (11 April 2025)
Al Madina Al Monawara – Asyut Cement 0-1
FC Masar – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-0
Misr Lel Makkasa – Luxor 3-0
Round 2 (14-15 April 2025)
Luxor – Asyut Cement 0-2
Misr Lel Makkasa – FC Masar 0-3
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Al Madina Al Monawara 0-2
Round 3 (18 April 2025)
Luxor – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-0
Asyut Cement – FC Masar 0-0
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Misr Lel Makkasa 1-1
Round 4 (24-25 April 2025)
FC Masar – Luxor 3-0
Al Madina Al Monawara – Misr Lel Makkasa 0-3
Asyut Cement – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-0
Round 5 (28 April 2025)
FC Masar – Al Madina Al Monawara 1-0
Misr Lel Makkasa – Asyut Cement 0-1
Luxor – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 0-1
Table
at half-play-offs
|
1
|
FC Masar
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
8-0
|
13
|
Promotion to Second Division A
|
|
2
|
Asyut
Cement
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
5-0
|
13
|
|
|
3
|
Misr
Lel Makkasa
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
7-5
|
7
|
|
|
4
|
Al
Nasr Lel Taa’den
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2-5
|
4
|
|
|
5
|
Luxor
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
1-9
|
3
|
*
|
|
6
|
Al
Madina Al Monawara
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
2-6
|
3
|
*
|
* Luxor ahead of Al Madina Al Monawara due to their
head-to-head record.
Round 6 (3-4 May 2025)
Asyut Cement – Al Madina Al Monawara 2-0
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – FC Masar 0-4
Luxor – Misr Lel Makkasa 2-3
Round 7 (9 May 2025)
Asyut Cement – Luxor 6-1
Al Madina Al Monawara – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 0-1
FC Masar – Misr Lel Makkasa 3-2
Round 8 (12 May 2025)
Al Madina Al Monawara – Luxor 4-1
FC Masar – Asyut Cement 3-2
Misr Lel Makkasa – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 2-0
Round 9 (16 May 2025)
Luxor – FC Masar 0-5
Misr Lel Makkasa – Al Madina Al Monawara 0-0
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Asyut Cement 0-0
Round 10 (23 May 2025)
Al Madina Al Monawara – FC Masar 0-1
Asyut Cement – Misr Lel Makkasa 5-3
Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Luxor 0-1
Final
table of the promotion play-offs – Group A
|
1
|
FC Masar
|
10
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
24-4
|
28
|
Promoted to
Second Division A
|
|
2
|
Asyut
Cement
|
10
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
20-7
|
23
|
|
|
3
|
Misr
Lel Makkasa
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
17-15
|
14
|
|
|
4
|
Al
Nasr Lel Taa’den
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
3-12
|
8
|
|
|
5
|
Al
Madina Al Monawara
|
10
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
6-11
|
7
|
|
|
6
|
Luxor
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
6-27
|
6
|
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