| Competition: | Egyptian Third Division |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Matches: | 1550 |
| Total Goals: | 3705 |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division was the 43rd edition of the Egyptian Third Division, the second Egyptian semi-professional level for football clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 10 October 2022, and concluded on 3 June 2023.
This was the last season for the league to represent the third tier league of the Egyptian football league system. Starting from the 2023–24 season, two new leagues, Second Division A (professional league, second tier) and Second Division B (semi-professional league, third tier) replaced the existing Egyptian Second Division; which meant that the Third Division would be level four starting from that season.[1]
Makadi, Nogoom, and Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar won the promotion play-offs, and promoted to the inaugural edition of the Egyptian Second Division A.[2] [3] [4]
The league consists of 142 teams divided geographically into 13 groups, with each group containing a different number of teams, depending on clubs' hometowns:[5]
The number of promoted and relegated teams differs from a group to another, according to the competition's regulation for the 2022–23 season.[6]
The top team from each group advance to the promotion play-offs, to decide the three promoted teams to the inaugural Egyptian Second Division A season. Teams that lose the play-offs, alongside teams finishing second (and third in some groups) in the regular season, will participate in the first-ever Egyptian Second Division B season, which will represent the third tier league of the Egyptian football league system starting from the following season. Teams finishing in last place (and second from bottom in some groups) will be relegated to the Egyptian Fourth Division.
Group H is divided into two groups, H1 for teams from North Sinai, and H2 for teams from South Sinai. The top team from H1 advance to the promotion play-offs, while the second-placed team in that group face the first-placed team from H2 to decide the promoted team to the second division B. The last placed team in both groups face each other to decide the relegated team to the fourth division.
The draw for the Second Division A/B play-offs was held on 21 March 2023, 12:00 local time (UTC+2), at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters, to decide the order of the fixtures.[7]
The first placed teams from groups A, B, C and D played in Promotion Group A, the winners of groups E, F, G and H1 were put in Promotion Group B, while Promotion Group C consisted of groups I, J, K and L winners.
No draw was held for the Second Division B and relegation play-offs fixtures between teams from groups H1 and H2, as both matches were played at a neutral ground.
Both teams promoted to Second Division B.
Both teams remained in Third Division.