El Qanah Football Club ( ar, نادي القناة لكرة القدم), also known as Suez Canal, is an Egyptian football club based in
Ismailia, Egypt. The club is currently playing in the
Egyptian Second Division
The Egyptian Second Division ( ar, الدوري المصري الدرجة الثانية) (a.k.a. The Egyptian Professional League B, arz, الدوري المصري الممتاز ب) is an Egyptian professional football league representing the se ...
, the second-highest league in the
Egyptian football league system The Egyptian football league system refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system (league pyramid) for association football in Egypt. All divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The system consists of ...
.
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
The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...
on the
1953–54 season, and played for 27 seasons on the top flight.
Titles
Egypt Cup
The Egypt Cup (also known as Egyptian FA Cup, formerly King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt.
List of finals
The following table provides a summary of seasons:
Notes:
* The Winner and Runner-up of 1960–61 Eg ...
: (1)
*1963–64
Egyptian League Cup
Egyptian League Cup was an Egyptian football tournament. This championship was held once in 2000 and El Qanah from Port Said won the cup.
Finals
See also
* EFA League Cup
The EFA League Cup, currently known as the WE League Cup for sponsor ...
: (1) (Record)
*
2000
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Notes
References
{{Egyptian Second Division
Egyptian Second Division
Football clubs in Egypt