Al-Merrikh SC

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.

Al-Merrikh
Logomerrikh
Full nameAl-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief)
The Red Devils
Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
Founded1908 (1908) as Al-Maslamah
1927 (1927) as Al–Merrikh SC
GroundAl-Merrikh Stadium
Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
Capacity43,000
PresidentAyman Mubarak
ManagerHeron Ferreira
LeagueSudan Premier League
2022–232nd of 18
WebsiteClub 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
    • Champions (19): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19, 2019–20.
  • 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.

CECAFA titles
  • CECAFA Clubs Cup
    • Winners (3): 1986, 1994, 2014

Players
As of 30 January 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
1 GK Sudan SDN Jaras Kafi
2 DF Sudan SDN Mustafa Karshoum
3 DF Sudan SDN Muhamed Kesra
5 DF Sudan SDN Hamza Dawod
6 DF Sudan SDN Shamseldin Ali
7 MF Sudan SDN Muhamed Alrasheed (4th Captain)
8 MF Sudan SDN Wajdi Awad
11 MF Sudan SDN Tajeldin Yagoub
13 DF Sudan SDN Hasan Saboun
14 DF Sudan SDN Ahmed Tabanja
17 GK Sudan SDN Ahmed Alfateh
19 MF Sudan SDN Diaa Mahjoub
20 DF Sudan SDN Salah Nemer (3th Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Sudan SDN Amir Kamal (Captain)
22 FW Sudan SDN Musa Husein
23 DF Sudan SDN Ahmed Bibo
24 MF Sudan SDN Muhamed Al-Teket
25 MF Sudan SDN Alsmani Alsawi
26 FW Sudan SDN Eskandar Samuel
27 MF Sudan SDN Suliman Zakaria
28 DF Sudan SDN Mazin Mohamedein
29 MF Sudan SDN Ramadan Agab (Vice-Captain)
32 DF Sudan SDN Rami Kertikila
34 MF Sudan SDN Tareg Ahmed Suliman
36 MF Sudan SDN Yusuf Fadasi
40 GK Sudan SDN 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Sudan SDN Mohamed Mustafa (on loan) Azam FC (Until June 2024)
— DF Sudan SDN Bakhit Khamis (on loan) Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) (Until June 2024)
— DF Sudan SDN Ali Zizo (on loan) Hilal Alsahil SC (Until June 2024)
— MF Sudan SDN Ahmed Al-Tash (on loan) Asswehly SC (Until June 2024)
— FW Sudan SDN Sedig Kuwa (on loan) Hay Al-Arab SC (Until June 2024)
— FW Sudan SDN Seif Dawoud (on loan) Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani) (Until June 2024)
— FW Sudan SDN Aljezoli Nouh (on loan) Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) (Until June 2024)

References
  1. "تأسيس نادي المريخ (Foundation of the club)". Al-Merrikh Official website. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
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