Short name QAN Website Club home page | Manager Gameel Fathi Date founded 1946 | |
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Full name El Qanah Football Clubنادي القناة لكرة القدم 2015–16 Second Division, 4th (Group D) Arenas/Stadiums Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia Stadium | ||
El Qanah Football Club (Arabic: نادي القناة لكرة القدم), also known as Suez Canal, is an Egyptian football club based in Suez, Egypt. The club is currently playing in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
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History
The club was founded in 1935 as a group of Ismailia born contractors formed a football team calling it "Badran Club", that team included Ismail Abougrisha, Mohamed Abougrisha, Sayed Hamed, Darwish Othman and Ibrahim Al-Samalouty which took part in the Canal Region league with the likes of Ismaily, Masry Port Said, The Greek club, Port Fouad.
In 1948 the club members succeeded to convince the board of the Suez Canal company to merge the Badran club with the company to form "El Qanah" with the Frenchman Paul Blan as a president to take part in the league.
The team promoted to the Egyptian Premier League on the 1953–54 season, and played for 27 seasons on the top flight.
Titles
Egypt Cup: (1)
Egyptian League Cup: (1) (Record)
Current squad
As of 1 January 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.