Al-Merrikh SC

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Al-Merrikh

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Full name	Al-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief) The Red Devils Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
Founded	Initially as Al-Masalmah in 1908 – 14 November 1927
Ground	Al-Merrikh Stadium Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
Capacity	43,000
President	Ayman Mubarak
Manager	Heron Ferreira
League	Sudan Premier League
2021–22	Sudan Premier League, 2nd
Website	http://www.almerrikh.com
Home colours Away colours

Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (Template:Lang-ar) is a Sudanese professional football club based in 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, and have won the Sudan Premier League 22 times and Sudan Cup 26 times. The club shares a fierce rivalry with Al-Hilal, 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 have been the only team to have ever won this one time event. Al-Hilal are also based in Omdurman with only Al-Ardha street separating the teams and between them they are Sudan's most powerful and successful football clubs.

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.

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 6 August 2023.

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	SDN	Jaras Kafi
2	DF	SDN	Mustafa Karshoum
3	DF	SDN	Muhamed Kesra
5	DF	SDN	Hamza Dawod
6	DF	SDN	Shamseldin Ali
7	MF	SDN	Muhamed Alrasheed (5th Captain)
8	MF	SDN	Wajdi Awad
9	FW	SDN	Aljezoli Nouh
11	MF	SDN	Tajeldin Yagoub
12	MF	SDN	Ammar Taifour
13	DF	SDN	Hasan Saboun
14	DF	SDN	Ahmed Tabanja
15	MF	COL	Brayan Angulo
16	GK	SDN	Muhamed Mustafa (3rd Captain)
17	GK	SDN	Ahmed Alfateh
18	MF	SDN	Ahmed Al-Tash

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	SDN	Diaa Mahjoub
20	DF	SDN	Salah Nemer (4th Captain)
21	DF	SDN	Amir Kamal (Captain)
22	FW	SDN	Musa Husein
23	DF	SDN	Ahmed Bibo
24	MF	SDN	Muhamed Al-Teket
25	MF	SDN	Alsmani Alsawi
26	FW	SDN	Eskandar Samuel
27	MF	SDN	Suliman Zakaria
28	DF	SDN	Mazin Mohamedein
29	MF	SDN	Ramadan Agab (Vice-Captain)
32	DF	SDN	Rami Kertikila
34	MF	SDN	Tareg Ahmed Suliman
36	MF	SDN	Yusuf Fadasi
38	DF	SDN	Bakhit Khamis
40	GK	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
—	DF	SDN	Ali Zizo (on loan) Hilal Alsahil SC (Until June 2023)
—	MF	SDN	Muhamed Mukhtar (on loan) Hilal Alsahil SC (Until June 2023)
—	FW	SDN	Sedig Kuwa (on loan) Hay Al-Arab SC (Until June 2023)
—	FW	SDN	Seif Dawoud (on loan) Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani) (Until June 2023)

External links

• (in Arabic) Official website