Olympic El Qanah FC

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Full name	Olympic El Qanah FC
Nickname(s)	Qanah
Founded	1935
Ground	Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia Stadium Ismailia, Egypt
Ground Capacity	18,525
Chairman	Mohab Mamish
Manager
League	Egyptian Second Division
2013–14	10th (Group 2) (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Al-Quanah is an Egyptian football club based in Ismailia, Egypt. They are currently a member of the Egyptian Premier League after being promoted in 2013 from the Egyptian Premier B.

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 "Olympic El Qanal" with the Frenchman Paul Blan as a president to take part in the league.

The team promoted to the Egyptian Premier League on season 1953–54, and played for 27 seasons on the top flight.

Titles

Egypt Cup: (1)

• 1963–64

Egyptian League Cup: (1) (Record)

• 2000

Current squad

As of 1 January 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Mohamed Saeed 6 DF Osama Al Hassan 7 MF Gharib Fathi 8 MF Ahmed Al Desouki 9 FW Abdallah Nasef 10 MF Said Saqr 14 MF Mohamed Salah 18 MF Mohamed Mekki

No. Position Player 19 FW Kabiru Musa 21 MF Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe 22 DF Mohamed Ibrahim 23 GK Ahmed Eid 25 DF Ahmed Mohsen 27 DF Baha Magdi 30 DF Mahmoud Al Sayed 31 MF El Sayed Shaaban -- DF Salah Mansour -- FW Etoo 33 GK Alaa Hussin

External links

• El Ismailia Official Website (Arabic)