Egyptian Third Division

The Egyptian Third Division is an Egyptian 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.

League format

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 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.

Groups Season 2018–19

Group 6 – Cairo	Group 7 – Ismailia	Group 8 – Gharbia	Group 9 – North Sinai	Group 10 – Port Said
Ittihad El Shorta	Kahrabaa Ismailia	Benha	Nejmet Sinai	Port Fouad
Telecom Egypt	Baladeyet Ismailia	Shabab Tokh	Nasr El Arish	Al Rebat & Al Anwar
El Sekka El Hadid	Manshiyat El Shohada	MS Batta	MS Rabea	Al Fanar
El Marg	West Qantara	Sirs Al Layyanah	MS EL Kherba	Ghazl Damietta
Almaza	MS Abo Suweir	Arab Al Raml	Ittihad North Sinai	MS Faraskur
Egypt Petrol	MS Abo Shehata	Meet Khakan	6 October Arish	MS Mit El Khouly
El Ghaba	Ghazl Suez	Ghazel Shebin Al Kom		Sherbeen
Misr Insurance	El Nobba	Nogoom Saddat		El Matareya
Essco	South Sinai	Maleyat Kafr El Zayat		Ittihad Al Manzalah
Al Qawmy	El Sharkia	Othmanon		Belkas
Manshiyat Nasser	Faqous	MS Zefta		Beni Ebeid
El Obour	Bilbeis	Sporting Castle		Dekrnes
El Belastik	MS Abo Hammad	Samanoud		Dakahlia Water
Bahttim		Seid Al Mahala

Group 11 – Dakahlia	Group 12 – Kafr El Sheikh	Group 13 – Alexandria	Group 14 – Matrouh
Ittihad Nabarouh	El Hamool	Alexandria Sporting Club	El Tregi
Ettihad El Snblawen	Biyala	El Terram	Shabab El Dabaa
Shoban Bedwai	Baltim	Alexandria Petroleum	El Horreya
Kahraba Talkha	El Zafaran	Nahdet El Amereya	Matrouh
Shiko	Sakha	Montaza	MS El Hammam
Mansoura Employees	Metoubes	MS Obour	Al Masry Matrouh
Mega Sport	Basyoun	MS El Qabary	Al Shorta
El Snblawen	MS Qallin	MS Maamoura	Hilal El Dabaa
MS El Snblawen	MS El Hanafy	Badr
MS Al Amir	Ittihad Basyoun	Rasheed
MS Samanoud	MS Kom Hamada	Ghazl Kafr El Dawwar
Abo Kbeer	MS Kafr Bulin	Beheira Water
MS Nejm	MS Itay Al Baroud	MS Rasheed
	MS Hosh Issa