Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المريخ الرياضي) 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]
| Full name | Al-Merrikh Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief) The Red Devils Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red) | ||
| Founded | 1908 as Al-Maslamah 1927 as Al–Merrikh SC | ||
| Ground | Al-Merrikh Stadium Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan | ||
| Capacity | 43,000 | ||
| President | Omer Alnemair | ||
| Manager | Giovanni Solinas | ||
| League | Sudan Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | 2nd of 18 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Club history
editAl-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
editDomestic
editContinental
editThe only Club in Sudan to win Continental Cup.
- African Cup Winners' Cup
- Winners (1): 1989
- CAF Confederation Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2007
CECAFA titles
editPlayers
edit- As of 31 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Performance in Caf Competition
edit- CAF Champions League 29 Appearances
- 1971 - Second round
- 1973 - Second round
- 1975 - Quarter-finals
- 1978 - Second round
- 1983 - First round
- 1986 - First round
- 1991 - First round
- 1994 - First round
- 1998 - First round
- 2001 - Second round
- 2002 - Second round
- 2003 - First round
- 2009 - Group stage
- 2010 - Second round
- 2011 - First round
- 2012 - Second round
- 2013 - First round
- 2014 - Preliminary round
- 2015 - Semi-finals
- 2016 - Second round
- 2017 - Group stage
- 2018 - Preliminary round
- 2018-19 - Preliminary round
- 2019-20 - Preliminary round
- 2020-21 - Group stage
- 2021-22 - Group stage
- 2022-23 - Group stage
- 2023-24 - Second round
- 2024-25 - Second round
Performance in Cecafa Competition
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
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External links
edit- (in Arabic) Official website