Al-Merrikh SC

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
Manager	Lee Clark
League	Sudan Premier League
2019-20	Sudan Premier League, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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. 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]}

Club history[]

Al-Merrikh was founded under the name of Al-Masalma Sporting Club in 1908 by students from Al-Masalmah 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[]

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  Old crest

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  Present crest

Honours[]

National titles[]

• Sudan Premier League

Champion (21): , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19,

• Sudan Cup

Winners (15): , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2018 (Record)

African titles[]

• CAF Confederation Cup

Runner-up (1): 2007

• African Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (1): 1989

• CECAFA Clubs Cup

Winners (3): , ,

Regional Titles[]

• Khartoum League

Champion (17): , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , , , (Record)

Performance in CAF competitions[]

• CAF Champions League: 28 appearances

• 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

 –Third place

 –Champion

 –Runners-up

 –Runners-up

 –Champion

 –Runners-up

 –Third place

 –Champion

Current squad[]

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 32 MF  UGA Saidi Kyeyune 36 DF  CMR Pascal Eboussi 2 DF  SDN 33 FW  NGA Tony Edjomariegwe 35 DF  NGA Aniyikaye Adeleye 3 DF  SDN 4 FW  SDN Bakri Al-Madina 5 DF  SDN 6 DF  SDN 7 MF  SDN 8 MF  SDN 9 FW  SDN 10 MF  SDN 11 MF  SDN 14 FW  SDN

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  SDN Abdelrahman Korongo 16 GK  SDN 18 MF  SDN 19 MF  SDN 20 DF  SDN 21 DF  SDN Amir Kamal 22 FW  SDN 23 DF  SDN 24 MF  SDN 25 MF  SDN 26 MF  SDN 27 MF  BFA 28 MF  SDN 29 MF  SDN Ramadan Agab 30 GK  SDN

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 , 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