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Al-Merrikh
Full nameAl-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief)
The Red Devils
Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
Founded1908; 116 years ago (1908) as Al-Maslamah
1927; 97 years ago (1927) as Al–Merrikh SC
GroundAl-Merrikh Stadium
Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
Capacity43,000
PresidentOmer Alnemair
ManagerGiovanni Solinas
LeagueSudan Premier League
2022–232nd of 18
Websitehttp://www.almerrikh.com

Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (Template:Lang-ar) 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

Continental

The only Club in Sudan to win Continental Cup.

CECAFA titles

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 Sudan SDN Jaras Kafi
2 DF Nigeria NGA Adam Babajide
3 MF Sudan SDN Musa Altayeb
5 DF Sudan SDN Hamza Dawod
7 MF Sudan SDN Muhamed Alrasheed (4th Captain)
8 MF Sudan SDN Wajdi Awad
9 FW Sudan SDN Abdellatif Abyad
11 MF Sudan SDN Tajeldin Yagoub
12 DF Sudan SDN Awad Zayed
13 DF Sudan SDN Ahmed Tabanja
14 MF Sudan SDN Muataz Hashem
15 MF Sudan SDN Musab Kurduman
16 GK Nigeria NGA Ojo Olorunleke
17 GK Sudan SDN Ahmed Alfateh
18 MF Sudan SDN Ahmed Al-Tash
19 FW Ivory Coast CIV Mohamed Gabane
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 Hashem
25 MF Sudan SDN Alsmani Alsawi
26 MF Benin BEN Gaston Houngbedji
27 FW Sudan SDN Mujtaba Faisal
28 FW Morocco MAR Ayoub Ballouchy
29 MF Sudan SDN Ramadan Agab (Vice-Captain)
30 MF Sudan SDN Anas Adam
31 FW Sudan SDN Mubarak Abdallah
32 FW Colombia COL Santiago Patino
33 FW Ivory Coast CIV Dia Wah Mickael
34 FW Sudan SDN Ali Muhamed Ali
35 FW Nigeria NGA Osho Dayo
36 MF Sudan SDN Yousuf Fadasi
37 FW Sudan SDN Musab Makin
38 MF Sudan SDN Muhamed Ahmed
39 DF Sudan SDN Hasan Saboun
40 MF Sudan SDN Jebril Kuku

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
DF Sudan SDN Noureldin Aljeili (on loan) Al-Dahra SC (Beniwaleed) (Until January 2025)
MF Sudan SDN Suliman Zakaria (on loan) Al Ta'awon SC (Until June 2025)
FW Sudan SDN Sedig Kuwa (on loan) Hay Al-Arab SC (Until June 2024)
FW Sudan SDN Seif Dawoud (on loan) Al-Qalaa SC Weddan (Until June 2025)

Performance in Caf Competition

Performance in Cecafa Competition

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