Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المريخ الرياضي) is a Sudanese professional football club based in the city of Omdurman. Their home stadium is Al-Merrikh Stadium, which is locally known as The Red Castle. Founded in 1908, Al-Merrikh is one of the oldest football clubs in Africa. They have won the Sudan Premier League 22 times and Sudan Cup 26 times. The club has a fierce rivalry with Al-Hilal with the games between them regularly selling out, as well as being the only other realistic challenger to the league crown. They won the Om-al-Dahab championship in 1965 and are the only team to have ever won this one time event.Al-Hilal is also based in Omdurman with only Al-Ardha Street separating the teams. Between them they are Sudan's most powerful and successful football clubs.[citation needed]
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Full name | Al-Merrikh Sporting Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief) The Red Devils Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red) | ||
Founded | 1908 1927 as Al–Merrikh SC | as Al-Maslamah||
Ground | Al-Merrikh Stadium Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan | ||
Capacity | 43,000 | ||
President | Ayman Mubarak | ||
Manager | Heron Ferreira | ||
League | Sudan Premier League | ||
2022–23 | 2nd of 18 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
Club history
Al-Merrikh was founded under the name of Al-Masalma Sporting Club in 1908 by students from Al-Masalmah district that was headed by their chairman Jek Deng Aban Gorang in Omdurman of Gordon Memorial College. The club renamed as Al-Merrikh Sporting Club on 14 November 1927.[1]
Honours
Domestic
- Sudan Premier League
- Sudan Cup
- Winners (15): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018. (Record)
Continental
The only Club in Sudan to win Continental Cup.
- African Cup Winners' Cup
- Winners (1): 1989
- CAF Confederation Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2007
CECAFA titles
- CECAFA Clubs Cup
- Winners (3): 1986, 1994, 2014
Players
- As of 3 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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21 | DF | ![]() | Amir Kamal (Captain) |
22 | FW | ![]() | Musa Husein |
23 | DF | ![]() | Ahmed Bibo |
24 | MF | ![]() | Muhamed Al-Teket |
25 | MF | ![]() | Alsmani Alsawi |
26 | FW | ![]() | Eskandar Samuel |
27 | MF | ![]() | Suliman Zakaria |
28 | DF | ![]() | Mazin Mohamedein |
29 | MF | ![]() | Ramadan Agab (Vice-Captain) |
30 | FW | ![]() | Mubarak Abdallah |
31 | MF | ![]() | Anas Adam |
32 | DF | ![]() | Rami Kertikila |
33 | FW | ![]() | Dia Wah Mickael |
34 | MF | ![]() | Tareg Ahmed Suliman |
35 | FW | ![]() | Abdellatif Abyad |
36 | MF | ![]() | Yusuf Fadasi |
37 | FW | ![]() | Mujtaba Faisal |
40 | GK | ![]() | Ebrahim Yousef |
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References
External links
- (in Arabic) Official website