Suez Sporting Club ( ar, نادي منتخب السويس للألعاب الرياضية), also known as Suez Montakhab, is an Egyptian football club based in

Suez Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boun ...

, 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

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History

After two clubs of

city were relegated to the

(the first was Ittihad Suez club in season 1965/1966 and the second was Suez El-Riyadi club in season 1966/1967) the two clubs joined to found Suez Montakhab Club in 1967. * Ittihad Suez club played in 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 ...

for ten seasons starting from season 1955/1956. * Suez El-Riyadi club played in the Egyptian Premier League for five seasons starting from season 1957/1958 and reached the final of the

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in season 1964/1965 but lost the final against

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4/1. * Suez Montakhab played in the Egyptian Premier League for fifteen seasons starting from season 1974/1975 and reached the final of the

in season 1989/1990 but lost the final against

Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المقاولون العرب الرياضي), shortly known as El Mokawloon (The contractors) locally, is an Egyptian sports club based in Nasr City, Cairo, and owned by the prominent constructio ...

2/1 and won fourth place in the League Cup in season 1999/2000 when Suez Montakhab beat Ma'aden 2/1. The

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abolished this result because Suez Montakhab used an ineligible player and Ma'aden won the third place. Since that time, Suez Montakhab has played in the Egyptian Second Division.

Colours

Suez Montakhab's colours, white and blue, come from Suez's flag. Suez Montakhab's home kit is a white shirt with blue shorts. The team's away kit is a blue shirt with white shorts.

Stadium

Suez Montakhab formerly played their home games at

Suez Stadium The Suez Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Suez, Egypt. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football and serves as the home stadium of Suez Cement SC, Asmant El-Suweis and Petrojet SC. The stadium has a capacity of 27,000 peop ...

Suez Stadium

* Capacity : 25,000 * Site : Zayteyat,

In addition to Suez Montakhab, the Suez Stadium is the main stadium for

Petrojet Petrojet Sporting Club ( ar, نادي بتروجيت الرياضي) is an Egyptian sports club based in Suez, Egypt. The club is related to Petrojet, a construction company specialized in oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Petrojet is mainly ...

and

Suez Cement Suez Cement or Asmant el-Suweis ( ar, اسمنت السويس) is an Egyptian football club based in Suez. It was a member of the Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also know ...

as well.

Performance in the Egyptian Premier League

Ittihad Suez's history in the Egyptian Premier League

Suez El-Riyadi's History in The Egyptian Premier League

Suez Montakhab's History in the Egyptian Premier League

Best achievements

** Ittihad Suez : ''4th :'' 1957–58, 1962–63 ** Suez El-Riyadi : ''6th :'' 1963–64 ** ''Suez Montakhab :'' ''6th :'' 1976–77, 1994–95 *

Egyptian 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 ...

** Suez El-Riyadi : ''Final :'' 1964–65 ** ''Suez Montakhab :'' ''Final :'' 1989–90 * Egyptian League Cup ** ''Suez Montakhab :'' ''4th :'' 1999–00

Board of directors

Players and coaching staff

Coaching staff

Current First Team squad

References

Suez El-Riyadi's and Suez Montakhab's Premier League History
www.egyptianfootball.net

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