The 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division was the 41st edition of the

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, the top Egyptian semi-professional level for

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clubs, since its establishment in 1977. The season started on 25 November 2020 and concluded on 3 July 2021. Fixtures for the 2020–21 season were announced on 11 November 2020, two weeks before the start of the competition. Eastern Company,

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and Pharco won Group A, Group B and Group C respectively and secured the promotion to the

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; all of them earning a place in the top flight for the first time in their history. All teams that earned promotion this season are owned and named after corporations, which caused wide controversies in the football scene in Egypt because the number of teams in the next season's premier league could rise up to 12 teams, which is two third of the total number of sides in the league. The

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was also heavily criticized for not applying a club naming policy that prevents companies and corporations names from being included in club's name, similar to the rule applied by the

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Promoted clubs

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

To Second Division

Promoted from Third Division * KIMA Aswan * Qena * Asyut Cement * MS Samasta * Eastern Company * El Sekka El Hadid * Porto Suez * Kafr El Sheikh * Beni Ebeid * Sers El Layan * Sporting Alexandria *

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Relegated from

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* Haras El Hodoud *

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* ZED

From Second Division

Originally relegated to Third Division, later reprieved due to the

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* Dayrout * Tahta * Nogoom * Al Merreikh *

* Tersana * Al Zarka * Al Hammam *

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* Baladeyet El Mahalla * Maleyat Kafr El Zayat *

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Promoted to

* National Bank of Egypt * Ceramica Cleopatra * Ghazl El Mahalla

Stadiums and locations

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

Group A

3 teams from

Asyut AsyutAlso spelled ''Assiout'' or ''Assiut''. ( ' ) is the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate in Egypt. It was built close to the ancient city of the same name, which is situated nearby. The modern city is located at , while the ancient city i ...

, 3 teams from

Beni Suef Beni Suef ( the capital city of the Beni Suef Governorate in Egypt. The city is the location of Beni Suef University. An important agricultural trade centre on the west bank of the Nile River, the city is located 110 km (70 miles) south of ...

, 3 teams from Qena, 2 teams from

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza''; , , ' ) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of ...

, 2 teams from

, 1 team from

Aswan Aswan (, also ; ) is a city in Southern Egypt, and is the capital of the Aswan Governorate. Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dam on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract. The modern city ha ...

, 1 team from

and 1 team from El Minya.

Group B

5 teams from

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

, 3 teams from

Suez Suez (, , , ) is a Port#Seaport, seaport city with a population of about 800,000 in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. It is the capital and largest c ...

, 2 teams from

, 2 teams from El Monufia, 1 team from

Damietta Damietta ( ' ) is a harbor, port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt. It is located at the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the Nile Delta, from the Mediterranean Sea, and about north of Cairo. It was a Cath ...

, 1 team from El Gharbia, 1 team from

Ismailia Ismailia ( ', ) is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal, it is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The city had an estimated population of about 1,434,741 according to the statistics issued by the Cen ...

, and 1 team from

Port Said Port Said ( , , ) is a port city that lies in the northeast Egypt extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the west bank of the northern mouth of the Suez Canal. The city is the capital city, capital of the Port S ...

Group C

5 teams from

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

, 3 teams from El Dakahlia, 3 teams from Matruh, 2 teams from El Gharbia, 2 teams from Kafr El Sheikh, and 1 team from El Beheira. ;Notes

Results

League tables

Group A

Group B

Group C

Results tables

Group A

Group B

Group C

Number of teams by governorate

References

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