Al-Merrikh SC

Al-Merrikh
Full name	Al-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief); The Red Devils; Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
Founded	1908; 116 years ago as Al-Maslamah; 1927; 97 years ago 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	www.almerrikh.com
Home colours	Away colours

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]}

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]

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 31 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SDN	Jaras Kafi
2	DF	NGA	Adam Babajide
3	MF	SDN	Musa Altayeb
7	MF	SDN	Muhamed Alrasheed (3th Captain)
8	MF	SDN	Wajdi Handasa
12	DF	SDN	Awad Zayed
13	DF	SDN	Ahmed Tabanja
14	MF	SDN	Muataz Hashem
16	GK	NGA	Ojo Olorunleke
17	GK	SDN	Ahmed Peter Al-Fatih
18	MF	SDN	Musab Kurduman
19	FW	CIV	Mohamed Gabane
20	DF	SDN	Hassan Saboun


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	SDN	Amir Kamal (Captain)
22	FW	SDN	Musa Kanti
25	MF	SDN	Alsmani Alsawi
26	MF	BEN	Gaston Houngbedji
27	FW	SDN	Mojtaba Faisal
28	FW	MAR	Ayoub Ballouchy
29	MF	SDN	Ramadan Agab (Vice-Captain)
31	FW	SDN	Mubarak Abdallah
32	FW	COL	Santiago Patino
33	FW	CIV	Dia Wah Mickael
34	FW	SDN	Ali Muhamed Ali
35	FW	NGA	Osho Dayo
37	DF	SDN	Musaab Makin
38	MF	SDN	Munzer Abdu
39	DF	SDN	Awab Anter
40	GK	SDN	Abdelbaset Awad

Out on loan