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Al-Merrikh
Full name	Al-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief); The Red Devils; Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
Founded	1908; 116 years ago as Al-Maslamah; 1927; 97 years ago as Al–Merrikh SC
Ground	Al-Merrikh Stadium; Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
Capacity	43,000
President	Omer Alnemair
Manager	Giovanni Solinas
League	Sudan Premier League
2022–23	2nd of 18
Website	www.almerrikh.com
Home colours	Away colours

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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]}

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.

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 31 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SDN	Jaras Kafi
2	DF	NGA	Adam Babajide
3	MF	SDN	Musa Altayeb
7	MF	SDN	Muhamed Alrasheed (3th Captain)
8	MF	SDN	Wajdi Handasa
12	DF	SDN	Awad Zayed
13	DF	SDN	Ahmed Tabanja
14	MF	SDN	Muataz Hashem
16	GK	NGA	Ojo Olorunleke
17	GK	SDN	Ahmed Peter Al-Fatih
18	MF	SDN	Musab Kurduman
19	FW	CIV	Mohamed Gabane
20	DF	SDN	Hassan Saboun


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	SDN	Amir Kamal (Captain)
22	FW	SDN	Musa Kanti
25	MF	SDN	Alsmani Alsawi
26	MF	BEN	Gaston Houngbedji
27	FW	SDN	Mojtaba Faisal
28	FW	MAR	Ayoub Ballouchy
29	MF	SDN	Ramadan Agab (Vice-Captain)
31	FW	SDN	Mubarak Abdallah
32	FW	COL	Santiago Patino
33	FW	CIV	Dia Wah Mickael
34	FW	SDN	Ali Muhamed Ali
35	FW	NGA	Osho Dayo
37	DF	SDN	Musaab Makin
38	MF	SDN	Munzer Abdu
39	DF	SDN	Awab Anter
40	GK	SDN	Abdelbaset Awad

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SDN	Suliman Zakaria (on loan) Al Ta'awon SC (Until June 2025)
—	MF	SDN	Tajeldin Yagoub (on loan) Al-Madina SC (Until June 2025)
—	FW	SDN	Seif Dawoud (on loan) Al-Qalaa SC Weddan (Until June 2025)

Performance in Caf Competition

CAF Champions League 29 Appearances
1971 - Second round
1973 - Second round
1975 - Quarter-finals
1978 - Second round
1983 - First round
1986 - First round
1991 - First round
1994 - First round
1998 - First round
2001 - Second round
2002 - Second round
2003 - First round
2009 - Group stage
2010 - Second round
2011 - First round
2012 - Second round
2013 - First round
2014 - Preliminary round
2015 - Semi-finals
2016 - Second round
2017 - Group stage
2018 - Preliminary round
2018-19 - Preliminary round
2019-20 - Preliminary round
2020-21 - Group stage
2021-22 - Group stage
2022-23 - Group stage
2023-24 - Second round
2024-25 - Second round

Performance in Cecafa Competition

CECAFA Clubs Cup 8 Appearances
1985 - 3rd Place
1986 - Champions
1987 - Runners-up
1988 - Runners-up
1994 - Champions
2009 - Runners-up
2011 - 3rd Place
2014 - Champions

References

^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

(in Arabic) Official website

[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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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-'''Al-Merrikh Sporting Club''' ({{lang-ar|نادي المريخ الرياضي}}) is a Sudanese professional [[association football|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 Club (Omdurman)|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-Merrikh Sporting Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي المريخ الرياضي}}) is a Sudanese professional [[association football|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 Club (Omdurman)|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|date=May 2020}}
 ==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almerrikh.com/index.php/2014-09-08-14-41-50/publshing-date|title=تأسيس نادي المريخ (Foundation of the club)|work=Al-Merrikh Official website|date=1 September 2014|access-date=2 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523015454/http://www.almerrikh.com/index.php/2014-09-08-14-41-50/publshing-date|archive-date=23 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almerrikh.com/index.php/2014-09-08-14-41-50/publshing-date|title=تأسيس نادي المريخ (Foundation of the club)|work=Al-Merrikh Official website|date=1 September 2014|access-date=2 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523015454/http://www.almerrikh.com/index.php/2014-09-08-14-41-50/publshing-date|archive-date=23 May 2015|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
 ==Honours==
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 ==Players==
-{{Updated|17 July 2024}}
+{{Updated|31 August 2024}}
 {{Fs start}}
-{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Sudan|name=Jaras Kafi|pos=GK}}
+{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Sudan|name=[[Jaras Kafi]]|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Sudan|name=[[Mustafa Karshoum]]|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Nigeria|name=[[Adam Babajide ]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Ivory Coast|name=[[Diaa Mahjoub]]|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=3|nat=SDN|name=[[Musa Altayeb]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=4|nat=SDN|name=[[Abdelrahman Kuku]]|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|other=[[Captain (association football)|3th Captain]]|no=7|nat=Sudan|name=[[Muhamed Alrasheed]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Sudan|name=Hamza Dawod|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Sudan|name=[[Wajdi Handasa]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=6|nat=SDN|name=Shamseldin Ali|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SDN|name=[[Awad Zayed]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|other=[[Captain (association football)|4th Captain]]|no=7|nat=Sudan|name=[[Muhamed Alrasheed]]|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=13|nat=SDN|name=[[Ahmed Tabanja]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Sudan|name=Wajdi Awad|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SDN|name=[[Muataz Hashem]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Sudan|name=Seif Dawoud|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Gambia|name=Abdoulie Kasama|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|other=|no=11|nat=Sudan|name=Tajeldin Yagoub|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SDN|name=Awad Zayed|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Sudan|name=Hasan Saboun|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SDN|name=Ahmed Tabanja|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Senegal|name=Mohamed Mbaye|pos=MF}}
 {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Nigeria|name=[[Ojo Olorunleke]]|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Sudan|name=Ahmed Alfateh|pos=GK}}
+{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Sudan|name=[[Ahmed Peter Al-Fatih]]|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SDN|name=Muataz Hashem|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SDN|name=[[Musab Kurduman]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Sudan|name=Musa Altayeb|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Ivory Coast|name=[[Mohamed Gabane]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs Player|other=[[Captain (association football)|3th Captain]]|no=20|nat=Sudan|name=[[Salah Nemer]]|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SDN|name=[[Hassan Saboun]]|pos=DF}}
 {{Fs mid}}
 {{Fs player|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]|no=21|nat=SDN|name=[[Amir Kamal]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SDN|name=Musa Husein|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SDN|name=[[Musa Kanti]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|other=|no=23|nat=Sudan|name=[[Ahmed Bibo]]|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs Player|other=|no=25|nat=Sudan|name=[[Alsmani Alsawi]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|other=|no=24|nat=Sudan|name=Muhamed Al-Teket|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Benin|name=[[Gaston Houngbedji]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs Player|other=|no=25|nat=Sudan|name=Alsmani Alsawi|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Sudan|name=[[Mojtaba Faisal]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Sudan|name=Abdelhadi Abdelazim|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Morocco|name=[[Ayoub Ballouchy]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Sudan|name=Munzer Adam|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Sudan|name=[[Mazin Mohamedein]]|pos=DF}}
 {{Fs player|other=[[Captain (association football)|Vice-Captain]]|no=29|nat=Sudan|name=[[Ramadan Agab]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SDN|name=Mubarak Abdallah|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=31|nat=SDN|name=[[Mubarak Abdallah]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=31|nat=SDN|name=Anas Adam|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=32|nat=Colombia|name=[[Santiago Patino]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=32|nat=Sudan|name=Rami Kertikila|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=33|nat=Ivory Coast|name=[[Dia Wah Mickael]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=33|nat=Ivory Coast|name=Dia Wah Mickael|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=34|nat=SDN|name=[[Ali Muhamed Ali]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=34|nat=SDN|name=Tareg Ahmed Suliman|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=35|nat=Nigeria|name=[[Osho Dayo]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=35|nat=SDN|name=Abdellatif Abyad|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=37|nat=SDN|name=[[Musaab Makin]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=36|nat=SDN|name=Yusuf Fadasi|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=38|nat=SDN|name=[[Munzer Abdu]]|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=37|nat=SDN|name=Mujtaba Faisal|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=39|nat=SDN|name=[[Awab Anter]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=38|nat=Benin|name=[[Gaston Houngbedji]]|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=40|nat=SDN|name=[[Abdelbaset Awad]]|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=39|nat=Colombia|name=[[Santiago Patino]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=40|nat=Sudan|name=Ebrahim Yousef|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=41|nat=Nigeria|name=Adam Babajide|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs Player|no=42|nat=Morocco|name=Ayoub Ballouchy|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=43|nat=SDN|name=Musab Kurduman|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=44|nat=SDN|name=Abaker Adam|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=45|nat=SDN|name=Jebril Kuku|pos=MF}}
 {{Fs end}}
 ===Out on loan===
 {{Fs start}}
-{{Fs player|no=|nat=SDN|name=Bakhit Khamis|pos=DF}} (on loan) [[Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)]] (Until June 2024)
+{{Fs player|no=|nat=SDN|name=[[Suliman Zakaria]]|pos=MF}} (on loan) [[Al Ta'awon SC]] (Until June 2025)
-{{Fs player|no=|nat=SDN|name=Suliman Zakaria|pos=MF}} (on loan) [[Al Ta'awon SC]] (Until June 2025)
+{{Fs player|no=|nat=SDN|name=[[Tajeldin Yagoub]]|pos=MF}} (on loan) [[Al-Madina SC]] (Until June 2025)
-{{Fs player|no=|nat=SDN|name=[[Ahmed Al-Tash]]|pos=MF}} (on loan) [[Asswehly SC]] (Until June 2024)
+{{Fs player|no=|nat=SDN|name=[[Seif Dawoud]]|pos=FW}} (on loan) [[Al-Qalaa SC  Weddan]] (Until June 2025)
-{{Fs player|no=|nat=Sudan|name=Sedig Kuwa|pos=FW}} (on loan) [[Hay Al-Arab SC]] (Until June 2024)
-{{Fs player|no=|nat=SDN|name=[[Aljezoli Nouh]]|pos=FW}} (on loan) [[Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)]] (Until June 2024)
 {{Fs end}}
 ==Performance in Caf Competition==
-*[[CAF Champions League]] '''30 Appearances
+*[[CAF Champions League]] '''29 Appearances '''
 *[[1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1971]]&nbsp;- Second round
 *[[1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1973]]&nbsp;- Second round
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 *[[2012 CAF Champions League|2012]]&nbsp;- Second round
 *[[2013 CAF Champions League|2013]]&nbsp;- First round
-*[[2014 CAF Champions League|2014]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2014 CAF Champions League|2014]]&nbsp;- Preliminary round
 *[[2015 CAF Champions League|2015]]&nbsp;- Semi-finals
-*[[2016 CAF Champions League|2016]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2016 CAF Champions League|2016]]&nbsp;- Second round
-*[[2017 CAF Champions League|2017]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2017 CAF Champions League|2017]]&nbsp;- Group stage
-*[[2018 CAF Champions League|2018]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2018 CAF Champions League|2018]]&nbsp;- Preliminary round
-*[[2018-19 CAF Champions League|2018-19]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2018-19 CAF Champions League|2018-19]]&nbsp;- Preliminary round
-*[[2019-20 CAF Champions League|2019-20]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2019-20 CAF Champions League|2019-20]]&nbsp;- Preliminary round
-*[[2020-21 CAF Champions League|2020-21]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2020-21 CAF Champions League|2020-21]]&nbsp;- Group stage
-*[[2021-22 CAF Champions League|2021-22]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2021-22 CAF Champions League|2021-22]]&nbsp;- Group stage
-*[[2022-23 CAF Champions League|2022-23]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2022-23 CAF Champions League|2022-23]]&nbsp;- Group stage
-*[[2023-24 CAF Champions League|2023-24]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2023-24 CAF Champions League|2023-24]]&nbsp;- Second round
-*[[2024-25 CAF Champions League|2024-25]]&nbsp;- First round
+*[[2024-25 CAF Champions League|2024-25]]&nbsp;- Second round
+== Performance in Cecafa Competition==
+*[[CECAFA Clubs Cup]] '''8 Appearances'''
+*[[1985 CECAFA Clubs Cup|1985]]&nbsp;- 3rd Place
+*[[1986 CECAFA Cup Clubs|1986]]&nbsp;- '''Champions'''
+*[[1987 CECAFA Clubs Cup|1987]]&nbsp;- Runners-up
+*[[1988 CECAFA Clubs Cup|1988]]&nbsp;- Runners-up
+*[[1994 CECAFA Clubs Cup|1994]]&nbsp;- '''Champions'''
+*[[2009 Kagame Interclub Cup|2009]]&nbsp;- Runners-up
+*[[2011 Kagame Interclub Cup|2011]]&nbsp;- 3rd Place
+*[[2014 Kagame Interclub Cup|2014]]&nbsp;- '''Champions'''
 ==References==

v t e CAF Cup Winners' Cup winners
1970s	1975: Tonnerre Yaoundé 1976: Shooting Stars 1977: Enugu Rangers 1978: Horoya 1979: Canon Yaoundé
1980s	1980: TP Mazembe 1981: Union Douala 1982: Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 1983: Al-Mokawloon-Al Arab 1984: Al-Ahly 1985: Al-Ahly 1986: Al-Ahly 1987: Gor Mahia 1988: CA Bizertin 1989: Al-Merrikh
1990s	1990: BCC Lions 1991: Power Dynamos 1992: Africa Sports 1993: Al-Ahly 1994: DC Motema Pembe 1995: JS Kabylie 1996: Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 1997: Étoile du Sahel 1998: Espérance de Tunis 1999: Africa Sports
2000s	2000: Zamalek 2001: Kaizer Chiefs 2002: Wydad AC 2003: Étoile du Sahel