Ismailia Attractions

Another ground that saw major changes for the Fifa under-17 World Championship, including the incorporation of an artificial pitch and the introduction of an electronic scoreboard is the 16,500 capacity Estad Ismailia on Reda Street in Ismailia, home to Ismaila.

This city of gardens and flowers, caressing the historic Suez Canal, is located halfway between Port Said and Suez, 120 km from Cairo on the west Bank of Lake Timsah. In the early days, Ismailia was called Timsah Village, but it was subsequently named after Khedive Ismail of Egypt. Little did he know that the Estad Ismailia would make the hearts of ground approachers tick since the ground does not give away itself easily in a sheer myriad of streets. Of course the man at the door objects to have photographs taken. Standard procedure. Always ask the ‘why’ question in Egypt since it evokes a string of telephone calls and a rendez vous with all the local uniformed stars and stripes, all objecting to the idea.

Nobody knows the reason. Egyptians are masters in devoting time to let people wait. Waiting developed into art and daily routine. Without wasting time nobody in Egypt would know how to pass time.

Once inside there’s the rewarding side of a truly magnificent natural pitch, surrounded by eye blinding white stands, sweeping around an athletics track. The ground has a pretty modern feel to it with a catchy main stand that seems to set itself apart from the rest of the stadium.

Ismaily (Arabic: النادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي ; transliterated: El Nady ElIsmaily El Reyady) is a Sporting club, established in 1924 as Nahda Sporting Club, based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team. And it is famously known in Africa as the Africa ٍSamba Boys.

Ismaily SC won the Egyptian Football League in 1967, 1991 and 2002, as well as the Egyptian Cup in 1997 and 2000. In 1969 the club won the CAF Champions League. It reached the final of the Champions League again in 2003, but lost to Enyimba FC of Nigeria.

Also Ismaily is well-known with the skillful players & with the enjoyable soccer but without scoring championships. Ismaily continues to face difficult circumstances in building and maintaining a team in a country where most of the population cheers for one of the two giants. Ismaily's superstar players often end up at one of the two giants, with or against the club's will. For example, Al Ahly's current starting lineup currently has four of Ismaily's 2002 league-winning players (Mohamed Barakat, Islam el Shater, Ahmed Fathi, and Emad el Nahas).

Go To Ismaily Sports Club Official Website

The Suez Canal is a canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869, it allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigating around Africa or carrying goods overland between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The northern terminus is Port Said.
The canal is 192 km (119 mi) long. It is single-lane with 4 passing places north and south of the Great Bitter Lake, and links the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea. The canal is owned and maintained by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Is an Egyptian University serving the Suez Canal area, having its faculties divided among the Suez Canal governerates (Port Said, Suez & Ismailia Governorates). It was established in 1975. It is notable for its non-classic research. It has 28 faculties (12 in Ismailia, 9 in Port Said, 5 in Suez and 2 in Arish with a total number of students reaching 21,325. The University has about 53 special units for research, education and community development.