2018–19 in Egyptian football

The 2018–19 season was the 101st season of competitive association football in Egypt.

Football in Egypt
Season2018–19
Men's football
Premier LeagueAl Ahly
Second Division
Third Division
CupZamalek
Super CupAl Ahly
Women's football
Premier LeagueAviation Club
← 2017–18 Egypt 2019–20 →

National teams

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Egypt national football team

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Results and fixtures

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Friendlies
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26 March 2019 International Friendly Nigeria   1–0   Egypt Asaba, Nigeria
18:00 WAT (UTC+1)
  • Onuachu   1'
Report Stadium: Stephen Keshi Stadium
Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)
13 June 2019 International Friendly Egypt   1–0   Tanzania Alexandria, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
16 June 2019 International Friendly Egypt   3–1   Guinea Alexandria, Egypt
21:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
2018 FIFA World Cup
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Group A
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Russia (H) 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3   Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4   Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

15 June 2018 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A Egypt   0–1   Uruguay Ekaterinburg, Russia
17:00 YEKT (UTC+5) Report
Stadium: Ekaterinburg Arena
Attendance: 27,015
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
19 June 2018 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A Russia   3–1   Egypt Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 64,468
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
25 June 2018 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A Saudi Arabia   2–1   Egypt Volgograd, Russia
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Volgograd Arena
Attendance: 36,823
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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Group J
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Tunisia 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Final tournament 1–0 1–0 4–0
2   Egypt[a] 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 3–2 6–0 4–1
3   Niger 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 1–2 1–1 0–0
4   Eswatini[b] 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1 0–2 0–2 1–2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Egypt were named as hosts of the final tournament replacing Cameroon on 8 January 2019. At that time, they had already clinched a top two place in Group J and assured of qualification to the final tournament.
  2. ^ The official name of Swaziland was changed to Eswatini in 2018 after they had played their first qualifying match, and since then both FIFA and CAF have used the name Eswatini for official use.[1][2]
8 September 2018 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J Egypt   6–0   Niger Alexandria, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
12 October 2018 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J Egypt   4–1   Eswatini Cairo, Egypt
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Egypt national under-23 football team

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Results and fixtures

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Friendlies
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7 September 2018 International Friendly Russia U-21   1–1   Egypt Khimki, Russia
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Arena Khimki
15 November 2018 International Friendly Egypt   4–1   Tunisia Alexandria, Egypt
15:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tolip Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
18 November 2018 International Friendly Egypt   1–0   Tunisia Cairo, Egypt
19:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
8 March 2019 International Friendly Egypt   2–0   Malawi Cairo, Egypt
20:00 CAT (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium
Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy (Egypt)
22 March 2019 International Friendly Egypt   2–0   United States Murcia, Spain
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena
11 June 2019 International Friendly Uzbekistan   3–2   Egypt Andijan, Uzbekistan
18:30 UZST (UTC+5)
Report
Stadium: Soghlom Avlod Stadium

CAF competitions

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CAF Champions League

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2018 CAF Champions League

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Preliminary round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Génération Foot   2–0   Misr Lel-Makkasa 2–0 0–0
First round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly   7–1   CF Mounana 4–0 3–1
Group stage
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Group A
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL EST KCC ROL
1   Al Ahly 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Quarter-finals 0–0 4–3 3–0
2   Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 0–1 3–2 4–1
3   KCCA 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 6 2–0 0–1 1–0
4   Township Rollers 6 1 1 4 2 9 −7 4 0–1 0–0 1–0
Source: CAF
Knockout phase
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Quarter-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Horoya   0–4   Al-Ahly 0–0 0–4
Semi-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly   3–2   ES Sétif 2–0 1–2
Final
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly   3–4   Espérance de Tunis 3–1 0–3

2018–19 CAF Champions League

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Preliminary round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Le Messager Ngozi   1–3   Ismaily 0–1 1–2
First round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ismaily   3–2   Coton Sport 2–0 1–2
Al-Ahly   2–1   Jimma Aba Jifar 2–0 0–1
Group stage
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Group C
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM CSC CA ISM
1   TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11 Quarter-finals 2–0 8–0 2–0
2   CS Constantine 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10[a] 3–0 0–1 3–2
3   Club Africain 6 3 1 2 5 9 −4 10[a] 0–0 0–1 1–0
4   Ismaily[b] 6 0 2 4 4 11 −7 2 1–1 1–1 0–3 (awd.)[c]
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Goal difference in all group matches: CS Constantine +2, Club Africain –4.
  2. ^ The CAF announced on 23 January 2019 that Ismaily were disqualified for aggressive fans behaviors, including consistently throwing rocks and water bottles on the assistant referee and the away fans, and other incidents at their home match against Club Africain on 18 January 2019.[3][4] All results of matches played by Ismaily were annulled and not taken into consideration according to the regulations. However, following an appeal by Ismaily, the CAF decided on 10 February 2019 to reinstate Ismaily to the competition.[5]
  3. ^ On 19 February 2019, following the suspension of the match involving Ismaily and Club Africain due to the aggressive behaviors Ismaily fans shown during the match, CAF decided to consider the match forfeited by Ismaily with a result of 3–0 in favour of Club Africain.[6] The match was originally suspended on the 83rd minute with the score 1–2 for Club Africain.
Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL SIM JSS VIT
1   Al-Ahly 6 3 1 2 11 3 +8 10 Quarter-finals 5–0 3–0 2–0
2   Simba 6 3 0 3 6 13 −7 9 1–0 3–0 2–1
3   JS Saoura 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8 1–1 2–0 1–0
4   AS Vita Club 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2 7 1–0 5–0 2–2
Source: CAF
Knockout phase
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Quarter-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns   5–1   Al-Ahly 5–0 0–1

CAF Confederation Cup

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2018 CAF Confederation Cup

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Preliminary round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Masry   5–2   Green Buffaloes 4–0 1–2
First round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simba   2–2 (a)   Al-Masry 2–2 0–0
Wolaitta Dicha   3–3 (4–3 p)   Zamalek 2–1 1–2
Play-off round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CF Mounana   2–3   Al-Masry 1–1 1–2
Group stage
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Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB MAS SON HIL
1   RS Berkane 6 4 1 1 7 2 +5 13 Quarter-finals 0–0 2–1 1–0
2   Al-Masry 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 12 1–0 2–0 2–0
3   UD Songo 6 0 3 3 5 10 −5 3[a] 0–2 1–1 1–1
4   Al-Hilal 6 0 3 3 4 9 −5 3[a] 0–2 1–1 2–2
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal 2–2 UD Songo, UD Songo 1–1 Al-Hilal (UD Songo won on away goals).
Knockout phase
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Quarter-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Masry   2–0   USM Alger 1–0 1–0
Semi-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Masry   0–4   AS Vita Club 0–0 0–4

2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup

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First round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek   7–2   AS CotonTchad 7–0 0–2
Al-Masry   0–2   Salitas 0–2 0–0
Play-off round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ittihad Tanger   1–3   Zamalek 0–0 1–3
Group stage
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Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAM GOR NAH PET
1   Zamalek 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9[a] Quarter-finals 4–0 1–1 1–1
2   Gor Mahia 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9[a] 4–2 2–0 1–0
3   NA Hussein Dey 6 2 2 2 4 6 −2 8 0–0 1–0 2–1
4   Petro de Luanda 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 0–1 2–1 2–0
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Zamalek +2, Gor Mahia –2.
Knockout phase
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Quarter-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hassania Agadir   0–1   Zamalek 0–0 0–1
Semi-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek   1–0   Étoile du Sahel 1–0 0–0
Final
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RS Berkane   1–1 (3–5 p)   Zamalek 1–0 0–1

UAFA competitions

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Arab Club Champions Cup

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Play-off round

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Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ITH FUS SAL ADT
1   Al-Ittihad Alexandria 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Advance to First round 1–1 8–0
2   FUS Rabat 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7 5–0
3   Al-Salmiya 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3 0–5 4–0
4   ASAS Djibouti Télécom 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0 0–7
Source: Goalzz

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek   1–1 (a)   Al-Qadsia 0–0 1–1
Ismaily   2–2 (4–2 p)   Al-Kuwait 2–0 0–2
Al-Ittihad Alexandria   3–3 (a)   Espérance de Tunis 1–1 2–2
Al-Ahly   4–1   Al-Nejmeh 0–0 4–1

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly   3–3 (a)   Al-Wasl 2–2 1–1
Ismaily   0–0 (2–4 p)   Raja Casablanca 0–0 0-0
Al-Ittihad Alexandria   1–0 (4–3 p)   Zamalek 0–1 1–0

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal   3–0   Al-Ittihad Alexandria 3–0 0–0

Men's football

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Egyptian Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ahly (C) 34 25 5 4 56 20 +36 80 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Zamalek 34 21 9 4 65 31 +34 72
3 Pyramids 34 19 13 2 61 31 +30 70 Qualification for the Confederation Cup[a]
4 Al Masry 34 12 16 6 45 38 +7 52
5 Al Mokawloon Al Arab 34 13 9 12 45 38 +7 48
6 Misr Lel Makkasa 34 12 10 12 34 36 −2 46
7 Ismaily 34 10 13 11 30 36 −6 43
8 Tala'ea El Gaish 34 10 11 13 41 39 +2 41
9 ENPPI 34 9 13 12 39 42 −3 40[b]
10 Wadi Degla 34 10 10 14 41 47 −6 40[b]
11 Al Ittihad 34 9 12 13 41 56 −15 39
12 Smouha 34 8 14 12 33 41 −8 38[c]
13 El Entag El Harby 34 8 14 12 36 44 −8 38[c]
14 El Gouna 34 8 14 12 38 52 −14 38[c]
15 Haras El Hodoud 34 8 14 12 30 37 −7 38[c]
16 Petrojet (R) 34 8 11 15 30 43 −13 35 Relegation to the Second Division
17 El Dakhleya (R) 34 4 15 15 34 52 −18 27
18 Nogoom (R) 34 5 11 18 30 46 −16 26
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the 2018–19 Egypt Cup wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, Al Masry.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (3) and on head-to-head away goals scored (2). Overall goal difference: ENPPI –3, Wadi Degla –6.
  3. ^ a b c d Head-to-head points: Smouha 10, El Entag El Harby 8, El Gouna 7, Haras El Hodoud 5.

Egyptian Second Division

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Aswan (C, P) 26 17 7 2 46 20 +26 58 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Beni Suef 26 13 11 2 42 22 +20 50
3 Media 26 12 7 7 38 30 +8 43[a]
4 Telephonat Beni Suef 26 11 10 5 32 21 +11 43[a]
5 El Minya 26 10 11 5 44 32 +12 41
6 Al Aluminium 26 10 9 7 36 28 +8 39
7 Dayrout 26 9 9 8 31 36 −5 36
8 Tahta 26 9 6 11 29 33 −4 33[b]
9 Sohag 26 7 12 7 21 19 +2 33[b]
10 Faiyum 26 7 10 9 28 27 +1 31[c]
11 Al Nasr Lel Taa'den (R) 26 7 10 9 35 34 +1 31[c] Relegation to the Third Division
12 El Tahrir (R) 26 6 8 12 26 37 −11 26
13 MS Naser Malawy (R) 26 3 5 18 20 48 −28 14
14 Al Walideya (R) 26 3 1 22 21 62 −41 10
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots (only if needed to decide teams for promotion or teams for relegation).
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Media 4, Telephonat Beni Suef 1.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Tahta 4, Sohag 1.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Faiyum 4, Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 1.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Masr (C, P) 26 14 10 2 49 25 +24 52 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Ceramica Cleopatra 26 15 6 5 42 20 +22 51
3 El Qanah 26 15 5 6 39 21 +18 50
4 Tersana 26 13 9 4 38 15 +23 48
5 Coca-Cola 26 13 8 5 37 21 +16 47
6 Al Merreikh 26 8 12 6 24 18 +6 36
7 Gomhoriat Shebin 26 8 10 8 24 21 +3 34
8 Al Nasr 26 8 9 9 32 32 0 33
9 Al Zarka 26 8 6 12 21 31 −10 30[a]
10 Suez 26 7 9 10 26 27 −1 30[a]
11 El Shams (R) 26 8 6 12 25 30 −5 30[a] Relegation to the Third Division
12 Porto Suez (R) 26 6 8 12 27 34 −7 26
13 Damietta (R) 26 5 5 16 15 47 −32 20
14 Abou Sakal (R) 26 0 5 21 13 70 −57 5
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots (only if needed to decide teams for promotion or teams for relegation).
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Al Zarka 8, Suez 5, El Shams 3.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tanta (C, P) 26 14 10 2 27 12 +15 52 Promotion to the Premier League
2 El Raja 26 13 6 7 38 23 +15 45
3 Olympic Club 26 12 8 6 34 20 +14 44[a]
4 Abou Qir Fertilizers 26 13 5 8 33 23 +10 44[a]
5 Ghazl El Mahalla 26 11 9 6 28 21 +7 42[b]
6 Baladeyet El Mahalla 26 10 12 4 30 20 +10 42[b]
7 Ala'ab Damanhour 26 12 6 8 33 30 +3 42[b]
8 El Mansoura 26 11 7 8 25 21 +4 40
9 Pharco 26 8 9 9 30 29 +1 33
10 Al Hammam 26 8 8 10 29 32 −3 32
11 Kafr El Sheikh (R) 26 7 9 10 31 32 −1 30 Relegation to the Third Division
12 Al Jazeera (R) 26 6 6 14 14 29 −15 24
13 MS Tala (R) 26 2 8 16 25 52 −27 14
14 Sidi Salem (R) 26 1 5 20 14 47 −33 8
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Head-to-Head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots (only if needed to decide teams for promotion or teams for relegation).
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0), on head-to-head goals scored (1) and on head-to-head away goals scored (0). Overall goal difference: Olympic Club +14, Abou Qir Fertilizers +10.
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Ghazl El Mahalla 8, Baladeyet El Mahalla 7, Ala'ab Damanhour 4.

Egyptian Third Division

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Egyptian Fourth Division

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Cup competitions

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Egypt Cup

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Final
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Pyramids0–3Zamalek
Report

Egyptian Super Cup

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Al Ahly1–0 (a.e.t.)Al Masry
Azaro   101' Report

References

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  1. ^ "Matches - Eswatini". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017.
  2. ^ "CAF - 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations - Eswatini". CAF.
  3. ^ @CAF_Online (23 January 2019). "ANNOUNCEMENT..Organizing committee descision [sic]: Ismaily SC eliminated from #TotalCAFCL 2019" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Ismaily disqualified". CAF. 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ "DECISIONS OF THE APPEAL BOARD OF 10th FEBRUARY 2019" (PDF). CAF. 10 February 2019.
  6. ^ "DECISIONS OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF 17TH FEBRUARY 2019" (PDF). CAF. 17 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Emirati referee to officiate Egyptian Super Cup". Sada El Balad. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.