El Qanah FC
| Full name | El-Qanah Football Club نادي القناة لكرة القدم | ||
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| Short name | QAN | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Suez Canal Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| League | Egyptian Second Division A | ||
| 2015–16 | Egyptian Second Division, 4th (Group D) | ||
| Website | http://www.canalfc.com/home/ | ||
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El-Qanah Football Club (Arabic: نادي القناة لكرة القدم), also known as Canal SC or Suez Canal, is an Egyptian football club based in Ismailia, Egypt. Its team currently play in the Egyptian Second Division A.
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1935 when a group of Ismailia-born contractors formed a football team, calling it "Badran Club". In 1948 the club members convinced 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 president, to take part in the league. The club was promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the 1953–54 season, and played for 27 seasons in the top flight.
Basketball team
[edit]Suez Canal SC also has a men's basketball team that has played in the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.
Former players
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Ally Badru – played for Zanzibar national team[1][2]
Mohammed Saleh – played for Palestine national team
Titles
[edit]Egypt Cup: (1)
- 1963–64
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Huyu ndiye Ali Badru: Straika aliyekimbia vurugu Misri akiamini Simba itampeleka Ulaya". Archived from the original on 2021-12-07.
- ^ "Badru mchezaji bora wa Februari Ligi Kuu Zanzibar". mwanachi.co.tz.
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