| Country: | Egypt |
| Founded: | 1977 |
| Organiser: | Egyptian Football Association |
| First: | 1977–78 |
| Teams: | 142 (2022–23) |
| Promotion: | Egyptian Second Division B |
| Relegation: | Egyptian Fourth Division |
| Levels: | 4 |
| Domest Cup: | Egypt Cup |
| Confed Cup: | CAF Confederation Cup (via winning Egypt Cup) |
| Current: | 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division |
The Egyptian Third Division (Arabic: دوري القسم الثالث المصري) is an Egyptian semi-professional football league that represented the third tier of the Egyptian football league system until 2023. It is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. It is below the Egyptian Second Division, and above the regional league Egyptian Fourth Division; the lowest football league in the country.
The league was reformed in 1977, and consists of multiple groups covering different parts of Egypt, with the winner of each group either gaining automatic promotion to the next level, or earning a place in the promotion play-offs, depending on the number of groups and teams participating.
Following the creation of the Second Division A and Second Division B, the Third Division will be downgraded to level 4 on the pyramid starting from the 2023–24 season.[1]
The number of participating teams differs from a season to another, but the format is always the same. Teams are divided into multiple groups, usually from 12 to 14, with each group containing a different number of clubs, according to their geographical location. Teams finishing first in each group either gain automatic promotion, or enter a promotion play-off phase, to determine the promoted teams to the next level; while the lowest or the two lowest-ranked teams in each group relegate to the Egyptian Fourth Division.
For the 2022–23 season, a total of 142 teams participated in the competition, divided into 13 groups, with the first team from all groups (except H2) qualifying for the promotion play-offs
Like other divisions in Egypt, it will take place annually, beginning in September or October, and ending in June of the following year. Teams play each other twice, home and away. All teams are eligible to participate in the Egypt Cup, in case they pay the entrance fee.
| Club | Home City | First season of current spell | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | |||
| Quos FC | Qus | ||
| Beni Suef | |||
| Desouk | |||
| Mnouf FC | Menouf | ||
| Misr Insurance FC | Cairo | ||
| Ghazl El Suez FC | Suez | ||
| Talkha Electricity FC | Talkha | ||
| El Henawy FC | – | ||
| Damietta | |||
| 2010–11 | |||
| Wadi El Gedid FC | New Valley Governorate | ||
| Shouban Qenah | Qena | ||
| Cairo | |||
| Shibin El Kom | |||
| Banha FC | Banha | ||
| Senbellawein FC | El Senbellawein | ||
| El Zarqa | |||
| Kafr El-Sheikh | |||
| Wadi El Gedid FC | New Valley Governorate | ||
| El Marg SC | 2012–13 |
This list is not inclusive. Please expand it if you can.
| Group 1 – Aswan | Group 2 – Sohag | Group 3 – Asyut | Group 4 – Fayoum | Group 5 – Giza | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qena (Qena) | MS Maghagha (El Minya) | Al Seid | |||
| Shouban Qena (Qena) | Al Wasta (Beni Suef) | Goldi | |||
| Qeft (Qena) | MS Bebba (Beni Suef) | MS Abo Al Namras | |||
| MS Al Minaa (Red Sea) | MS Nasser Beni Suef (Beni Suef) | Al Ayat | |||
| MS Al Saff | |||||
| Genius | |||||
| Luxor (Luxor) | El Sharqya Lel Dokhan | ||||
| Al Madina Al Monawara (Luxor) | Mecca | Nasser El Fekreia (El Minya) | MS Kerdasa | ||
| Al Salam Esna (Luxor) | Mallawi (El Minya) | 6 October | |||
| Esna Young Muslims (Luxor) | MS Smalut (El Minya) | Ahli Bank | |||
| MS Al Rdwanya (Luxor) | Beni Mazar (El Minya) | Maadi Sports and Yacht Club (Cairo) | |||
| Quos (Qena) | MS Al Qess (El Minya) | Ghareb Employees (Red Sea) | Planes (Cairo) | ||
| MS El Khargah (New Valley) | General Helwan (Cairo) |
| Group 6 – Cairo | Group 7 – Ismailia | Group 8 – Gharbia | Group 9 – North Sinai | Group 10 – Port Said | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benha (Qalyubia) | Port Fouad | ||||
| Shabab Tokh (Qalyubia) | Al Rebat & Al Anwar | ||||
| MS Batta (Qalyubia) | Al Fanar | ||||
| Sirs Al Layyanah (Monufia) | Ghazl Damietta (Damietta) | ||||
| Almaza | Arab Al Raml (Monufia) | MS Faraskur (Damietta) | |||
| Meet Khakan (Monufia) | MS Mit El Khouly (Damietta) | ||||
| Ghazl Suez (Suez) | Ghazel Shebin Al Kom (Monufia) | Sherbeen (Dakahlia) | |||
| El Nobba (Suez) | Nogoom Saddat (Monufia) | El Matareya (Dakahlia) | |||
| South Sinai (South Sinai) | Ittihad Al Manzalah (Dakahlia) | ||||
| El Sharkia (Sharqia) | Belkas (Dakahlia) | ||||
| Faqous (Sharqia) | Beni Ebeid (Dakahlia) | ||||
| El Obour (Qalyubia) | Bilbeis (Sharqia) | Dekrnes (Dakahlia) | |||
| El Belastik (Qalyubia) | MS Abo Hammad (Sharqia) | Dakahlia Water (Dakahlia) | |||
| Bahttim (Qalyubia) |
| Group 11 – Dakahlia | Group 12 – Kafr El Sheikh | Group 13 – Alexandria | Group 14 – Matrouh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Tregi | ||||
| Shabab El Dabaa | ||||
| El Horreya | ||||
| Matrouh | ||||
| MS El Hammam | ||||
| Al Masry Matrouh | ||||
| Al Shorta | ||||
| Hilal El Dabaa | ||||
| Badr (Beheira) | ||||
| Ittihad Basyoun (Gharbia) | Rasheed (Beheira) | |||
| MS Kom Hamada (Beheira) | Ghazl Kafr El Dawwar (Beheira) | |||
| Abo Kbeer (Sharqia) | MS Kafr Bulin (Beheira) | Beheira Water (Beheira) | ||
| MS Nejm (Sharqia) | MS Itay Al Baroud (Beheira) | MS Rasheed (Beheira) | ||
| MS Hosh Issa (Beheira) |