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Al-Merrikh SC
File:Al-Merrikh SC (logo).png
Full nameAl-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Al-Zaeem (The Leader)
The Red Devils
Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhag
FoundedInitially as Al-Masalam in 1908 – November 14, 1927
GroundAl-Merrikh Stadium
Omdurman, Sudan
Capacity43,000
PresidentGamal Al-Wali
ManagerLuc Eymael
LeagueSudan Premier League
2015Sudan Premier League, 1st
WebsiteClub website

Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المريخ الرياضي) is a Sudanese 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 20 times and Sudan Cup 24 times. Al-Merrikh means Mars in Arabic. The club share 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. Al-Hilal are also based in Omdurman 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-Masalam district in Omdurman of Gordon Memorial College. The club renamed as Al-Merrikh Sporting Club on 14 November 1927.[1]

See also

In 2015 Al-Merreikh signed South Sudanese player Aluck Akech from Malakia after Aluck played with South Sudan against Mauritania for 2018 World Cup qualifications.[2]

Crest

Honours

National titles

Champion (16): 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015
Runners-up (24):1968,1969, 1970, 1973,1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
Third Place (3):1981, 1987, 1996
Fourth Place (2):1967, 1999
Preliminary Round (1): 1965


Winners (14): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Runners-up (6): 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2011
Semi-finals (2): 1995, 2000, 2016
Quarter-Finals (0):
Round 16 (0):
Round 32 (0):
Preliminary Round (0):
Did not enter (1): 1990
Champion (17): 1954, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997

International titles

Winners (1): 1989
Runner-up (1): 2007
Winners (3): 1986, 1994, 2014
Runners-up (3): 1987, 1988, 2009
Third Place (2): 1985, 2011

Performance in CAF competitions

Participated 36 times in all CAF championships

Performance in UAFA Competitions

1988 – Group stage
1994 –Group stage
1998 – Withdrew
2002 –Preliminary Round
2003-04 – First Round
2005-06 –First Round
2006-07 –First Round
2007-08 –Second Round
2008-09 –Second Round
2016-17 –
1992 –Group stage
1997 –Preliminary Round

Performance in CECAFA Competitions

1985 –Third Place
1986 –Champion
1987 –Runners-up
1988 –Runners-up
1994 –Champion
2009 –Runners-up
2011 –Third Place
2014 –Champion

Current squad (2014–15)

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 El Muez Mahgoub
2 GK Sudan SDN Ehab Zoghber
3 GK Sudan SDN Atef Abdallah
4 FW Sudan SDN Bakri Al-Madina
5 DF Sudan SDN Ahmed El-Basha
6 DF Sudan SDN Ahmed Abdalla
7 DF Sudan SDN El Rayah Maki
8 DF Sudan SDN Omer Bakhit
9 DF Sudan SDN Ali Gaffar
10 DF Sudan SDN Ala'a Eldin Yousif
11 DF Sudan SDN Bakhit Khamis
12 MF Sudan SDN Ragei Adbdalla
13 MF Sudan SDN Ramadan Agab
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Ghana GHA Francis Coffie
16 DF Sudan SDN Balla Gabir
18 FW Sudan SDN Abdu Gabir
19 MF Sudan SDN Ahmed Abakar
21 MF Ghana GHA Augustine Okrah
22 DF Sudan SDN Mosaab Omer
25 DF Sudan SDN Issac Malikh
27 FW Ivory Coast CIV Didier Lebri
30 FW Nigeria NGA Solomon Jabason
42 MF Sudan SDN Magdi Abdelatif
44 MF Egypt EGY Ayman Saied
60 FW Sudan SDN Mohamed Traoré
99 FW Sudan SDN Mohamed Marhoum
17 FW South Sudan SSD Aluck Akech

Managerial history

Updated: July 2014.[3]

Presidential history

Al-Merrikh have had numerous presidents over the course of history, none of them was owner of the club, although the land on which the current stadium was owned by Abdularahman Shakhour, some of the presidents have been honorary players. Currently Gamal Alwali is the chairman. Here is a complete list of Al-Merrikh club presidents from 1927 until the present day.

References

  1. ^ "تأسيس نادي المريخ (Foundation of the club)". Al-Merrikh Official website. 1 September 2014.
  2. ^ Al-Merreikh signed South Sudanese player Archived 10 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "22 مدربا تناوبوا على تدريب المريخ فى العشر سنوات الماضية". sudanafoogonline. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

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