El Qanah FC

El Qanah FC
Full nameEl Qanah Football Club
Short nameQAN
Founded1946 (1946)
GroundSuez Canal Stadium
Capacity22,000
LeagueEgyptian Premier League
2025–26Egyptian Second Division A, 1st of 18 (champions)

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

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.

The club achieved the 2025–26 Egyptian Second Division A, securing promotion to the Egyptian Premier League.[1]

Players

Current squad

As of 21 July 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  EGY Mahmoud Hersha
— GK  EGY Mostafa Mahmoud
— GK  EGY Abdelrahman Qattawy(on loan from Wadi Degla FC
— GK  EGY Ahmed Castelo
— DF  EGY Mohamed El Shebini
— DF  EGY Mohamed Diab
— DF  EGY Momen Mahdy
4 DF  EGY Fouad Taha
— DF  EGY Ahmed Zaki
— DF  EGY Ibrahim Samy
— DF  EGY Islam Halima
— DF  EGY Osama El Nagar (on loan from Ghazl El Mahalla
— DF  EGY Karim Arafat
— DF  EGY Mohamed Sharkia
— MF  EGY Islam Magdy
— MF  LBR Kelvin Barclay
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  EGY Mohamed El Kout
— MF  EGY Momen Rady
— MF  EGY Hussein El Badry
—  EGY Omar Abdelshafi
— MF  EGY Hossam Greisha
— MF  EGY Mostafa Hamada
— MF  EGY Mody Shalata
— MF  EGY Ibrahim Hassan
— MF  EGY Ahmed Refaat
— FW  EGY Mohamed Osama
— FW  EGY Marwan Shahin
— FW  EGY Ibrahim Galal
— FW  EGY Hazem Abosena (on loan from Ghazl El Mahalla
— FW  EGY Ibrahim El Sayed
— FW  LBN Ramy Najjarine

Former players

Basketball team

Suez Canal SC also has a men's basketball team that has played in the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "A record... The first qualifiers for the Egyptian Premier League have been decided". Goal.com. 3 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "نادى القناه". نادى القناه (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2026-06-26. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Huyu ndiye Ali Badru: Straika aliyekimbia vurugu Misri akiamini Simba itampeleka Ulaya".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Badru mchezaji bora wa Februari Ligi Kuu Zanzibar". mwanachi.co.tz.
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