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| Full name | El Qanah Football Club | ||
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| Short name | QAN | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Suez Canal Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| League | Egyptian Premier League | ||
| 2025–26 | Egyptian Second Division A, 1st of 18 (champions) | ||
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El Qanah Football Club (Arabic: نادى القناة الرياضي), also known as Canal SC or Suez Canal, is a football club based in Ismailia, Egypt. They compete in the Egyptian Premier League, following promotion in 2025–26.
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.[citation needed]
The club achieved the 2025–26 Egyptian Second Division A, securing promotion to the Egyptian Premier League.[1]
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- As of 22 September 2026[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
[edit]
Ally Badru – played for Zanzibar national team[3][4]
Mohammed Saleh – played for Palestine national team
Basketball team
[edit]Suez Canal SC also has a men's basketball team that has played in the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.
Honours
[edit]- Egypt Cup
- Winners (1): 1963–64
- Egyptian Second Division A
- Winners (1): 2025–26
References
[edit]- ↑ "A record... The first qualifiers for the Egyptian Premier League have been decided". Goal.com. 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "نادى القناه". نادى القناه (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2026-06-26. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Huyu ndiye Ali Badru: Straika aliyekimbia vurugu Misri akiamini Simba itampeleka Ulaya".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Badru mchezaji bora wa Februari Ligi Kuu Zanzibar". mwanachi.co.tz.
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