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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 16 times and Sudan Cup 14 times. 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. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Merrikh

Full name	Al-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem (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	Adam Abdallah Adam
Manager	Ghazi Ghrairi
League	Sudan Premier League
2021–22	Sudan Premier League, 2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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]

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

• 
  Old crest
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  Present crest

Honours

National titles

• Sudan Premier League

Champion (19): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1977, 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)

African titles

• African Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (1): 1989

• CAF Confederation Cup

Runner-up (1): 2007

Cecafa titles

• CECAFA Clubs Cup

Winners (3): 1986, 1994, 2014

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 27 appearances

CAF Champions League

No	Years	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	1971 – Second Round	4	2	0	2	4	4
2	1973 – Second Round	4	1	2	1	4	6
3	1975 – Quarter-Finals	6	2	2	2	7	7
4	1978 – Second Round	4	2	1	1	7	4
5	1983 – First Round	2	0	1	1	0	1
6	1986 – First Round	2	1	0	1	2	2
7	1991 – First Round	2	1	0	1	1	1
8	1994 – First Round	2	0	0	2	0	2
9	1998 – First Round	2	1	0	1	3	4
10	2001 – Second Round	4	3	0	1	6	4
11	2002 – Second Round	4	2	1	1	7	6
12	2003 – First Round	2	1	0	1	4	5
13	2009 – Group stage (Top 8)	12	3	6	3	13	13
14	2010 – Second Round	6	2	3	1	8	7
15	2011 – First Round	2	1	0	1	2	2
16	2012 – Second Round	4	1	2	1	6	3
17	2013 – First Round	2	2	0	0	4	2
18	2014 – Preliminary Round	2	1	0	1	3	2
19	2015 – Semi-finals	14	8	1	5	19	14
20	2016 – Second Round	4	2	2	0	4	2
21	2017 – Group stage (Top 16)	9/w1	5	1	3/w1	15	10
22	2018 – Preliminary round	2	1	0	1	2	4
23	2018–19 – Preliminary round	2	1	0	1	2	2
24	2019–20 – Preliminary round	2	1	0	1	3	3
25	2020-21 – Group stage (Top 16)	10	2	3	5	11	18
26	2021-22 – Group stage (Top 16)	10	3	1	6	11	15
27	2022-23 -	4	2	1	1	5	4
Total		123	51	27	45	153	147

• CAF Confederation Cup: 8 appearances

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 11 appearances

Performance in UAFA competitions

• Arab Club Champions Cup: 12 appearances

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 – Group stage

2018–19 – Semi-finals

2019-20 – First round

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1992 – Group stage

1997 – Preliminary Round

Performance in CECAFA competitions

• CECAFA Clubs Cup: 8 appearances

1985 –Third place

1986 –Champion

1987 –Runners-up

1988 –Runners-up

1994 –Champion

2009 –Runners-up

2011 –Third place

2014 –Champion

Players

As of 15 August 2022

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 4 FW  SDN Bakri Al-Madina 5 DF  SDN Hamza Dawod 6 MF  ANG José Macaia 7 MF  SDN Muhamed Alrasheed 8 MF  SDN Wajdi Awad 9 FW  UGA Eric Kambale 10 MF  SDN Ahmed Al-Tash 11 MF  SDN Tajeldin Yagoub 12 MF  SDN Ammar Taifour 13 DF  SDN Ahmed Tabanja 14 DF  TUN Marwan Alsaidi 15 MF  COL Brayan Angulo 16 GK  SDN Muhamed Mustafa 17 GK  SDN Ahmed Alfateh 18 MF  SDN Captain Bashir 19 MF  SDN Diaa Mahjoub 20 DF  SDN Salah Nemer

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  CMR Olivier Boumal 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 (Captain) 30 GK  SDN Munjed Alnil 31 FW  SDN Aljezoli Nouh 32 DF  SDN Rami Kertikila 33 FW  SDN Seif Dawoud 34 MF  GHA Denis Frederick 35 FW  NGA Moses Odo 36 DF  UGA Godfrey Omoko 37 MF  GUI Ebrahima Kamara 38 DF  SDN Bakhit Khamis 39 MF  SDN Tareg Luka 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)

Captain History

• Abdel Wahab Jagdoul
• Suliman Abdel Gader (1973-1981)
• Ammar Khaled (1982-1986)
• Sami Ezzeldin (1987-1990)
• Hamed Berima (1991-1996)
• Babeker Alhelo (1997)
• Khaled Almustafa (1997-2002)
• Ebrahim Al Hussein (2003)
• Muhamed Musa (2004)
• Faroug Jabra (2005)
• Faisal Agab (2006-2013)
• Saeed Mustafa (2014)
• Ahmed El-Basha (2014-2015)
• Raji Abdel-Aati (2016-2017)
• Amir Kamal (2018-)

Managerial history

Updated: January 2018.[3]

Note: (CT) caretaker

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

External links

• (in Arabic) Official website

На других языках

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[de] Al-Merreikh Omdurman

al-Merreikh Omdurman (auch al-Merrikh; arabisch نادي المريخ الرياضي, DMG Nādī l-Marrīḫ ar-riyāḍī) ist ein sudanesischer Fußballverein aus Omdurman. ‚al-Merrīch‘ bedeutet im Arabischen Mars.

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- [en] Al-Merrikh SC

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[es] Al-Merreikh Omdurmán

El Al Merreikh Omdurmán (en árabe, نادي المريخ الرياضي‎) es un club de fútbol de Sudán, de la ciudad de Omdurmán. Fue fundado en 1927 y juega en la Primera División de Sudán.

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[ru] Аль-Меррейх

«Аль-Меррейх» (араб. نادي المريخ السوداني‎) — суданский футбольный клуб из Омдурмана. Выступает в Премьер-лиге Судана. Основан в 1908 году под названием «Аль-Масалам», своё нынешнее название носит с 1927 года. Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Аль-Меррейх», вмещающем 42 000 зрителей.

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