2024–25 Egyptian Second Division A Explained

Competition:Egyptian Second Division A
Season:2024–25
Dates:September 2024 – May 2025
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024–25 Egyptian Second Division A season will be the second edition of the Egyptian Second Division A, the second-highest professional level in the Egyptian football league system, since its formation in 2023.

The season is expected to start in September 2024, and to conclude in May 2025.

Format

Per the Egyptian Football Association decision made on 9 August 2023, the 2024–25 edition will differ from the previous season. The league will consist of 20 teams in one group, with all teams playing each other twice, home and away, for a total of thirty-eight matches. The first-placed team is crowned champions of the league, and earns promotions to the Egyptian Premier League alongside the runners-up and third-placed team. The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Egyptian Second Division B.[1]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadium[2] Capacity2023–24 season
Abou Qir FertilizersAbou QirAbou Qir Fertilizers Stadium3,00011th in Second Division A
AswanAswan Stadium11,00014th in Second Division A
Asyut PetroleumManfalutAsyut Petroleum Stadium6,00012th in Second Division A
Baladiyat El MahallaBaladiyat El Mahalla Stadium8,000
Police Academy Stadium12,000
DayroutDayroutDayrout Stadium7,000
Kahraba IsmailiaKahraba Ismailia Stadium6,000
La VienaMeidum6,0004th in Second Division A
18,000
AbageyahOsman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,000
ProxyAbou El MatamirProxy Work Stadium4,0009th in Second Division A
Suez Canal Stadium22,00010th in Second Division A
Raya Ghazl Kafr El DawarKafr El DawarHaras El Hodoud Stadium22,0008th in Second Division A
Nasr City25,0007th in Second Division A
Sporting AlexandriaSportingAlexandria Sporting Club Stadium6,000
SuezSuezSuez Stadium27,000
TantaTantaTanta Club Stadium9,0006th in Second Division A
Telecom EgyptMaadi30,00013th in Second Division A
TersanaMit OkbaHassan El Shazly Stadium15,000
Wadi DeglaZahraa El Maadi30,0005th in Second Division A

League table

Number of teams by governorate

Number of teamsGovernorateTeam(s)
5 CairoEl Dakhleya, Al Mokawloon Al Arab, El Sekka El Hadid, Telecom Egypt and Wadi Degla
2 AlexandriaAbou Qir Fertilizers and Sporting Alexandria
AsyutAsyut Petroleum and Dayrout
BeheiraProxy and Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar
GharbiaBaladiyat El Mahalla and Tanta
IsmailiaKahraba Ismailia and El Qanah
1 AswanAswan
Beni SuefLa Viena
DakahliaEl Mansoura
GizaTersana
SuezSuez

Notes

  1. Web site: تعديل جديد في نظام دوري المحترفين بداية من موسم 2024-2025 . Professionals League format to be adjusted starting from the 2024–25 season . Shorouk News . Arabic . 9 August 2023 . 7 March 2024.
  2. Main home stadiums are listed only. Clubs may play their home matches at alternative venues if their main home stadiums failed to reach EFA requirements.