Al-Merrikh SC

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.

For other uses, see Al Merreikh.

Al-Merrikh
Full nameAl-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Al-Zaeem (The Chief)
The Red Devils
Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
FoundedInitially as Al-Masalmah in 1908 – 14 November 1927
GroundAl-Merrikh Stadium
Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
Capacity43,000
PresidentAyman Mubarak
ManagerHeron Ferreira
LeagueSudan Premier League
2021–22Sudan Premier League, 2nd
WebsiteClub website

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
  • Present crest

Honours

National titles
Champion (19): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19, 2019-20.
Winners (15): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018. (Record)

African titles
Winners (1): 1989
Runner-up (1): 2007

Cecafa titles
Winners (3): 1986, 1994, 2014

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League
No Years Pld W D L GF GA
11971 – Second Round420244
21973 – Second Round412146
31975 – Quarter-Finals622277
41978 – Second Round421174
51983 – First Round201101
61986 – First Round210122
71991 – First Round210111
81994 – First Round200202
91998 – First Round210134
102001 – Second Round430164
112002 – Second Round421176
122003 – First Round210145
132009 – Group stage (Top 8)123631313
142010 – Second Round623187
152011 – First Round210122
162012 – Second Round412163
172013 – First Round220042
182014 – Preliminary Round210132
192015 – Semi-finals148151914
202016 – Second Round422042
212017 – Group stage (Top 16)9/w1513/w11510
222018 – Preliminary round210124
232018–19 – Preliminary round210122
242019–20 – Preliminary round210133
252020-21 – Group stage (Top 16)102351118
262021-22 – Group stage (Top 16)103161115
272022-23 -521255
Total124512746153148


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 – Group stage
2018–19 – Semi-finals
2019-20 – First round
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

Players
As of 30 January 2023

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 DF  BRA Alex Silva
5 DF  SDN Hamza Dawod
6 MF  SSD Joseph Malish
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 Hasan Saboun
14 DF  SDN Ahmed Tabanja
15 MF  COL Brayan Angulo
16 GK  SDN Muhamed Mustafa
17 GK  SDN Ahmed Alfateh
18 MF  SDN Yousef Fadasi
19 MF  SDN Diaa Mahjoub
20 DF  SDN Salah Nemer
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  GHA Fatawu Sulemana
22 FW  SDN Musa Husein
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
30 MF  BRA Matheuzinho
31 FW  SDN Aljezoli Nouh
32 DF  SDN Rami Kertikila
33 DF  SDN Amir Kamal (Captain)
34 MF  SDN Tareg Ahmed Suliman
35 DF  SDN Shamseldin Ali
37 MF  BRA Sérgio Raphael
38 DF  SDN Bakhit Khamis
39 FW  BRA Paulo Sérgio
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)
— FW  SDN Seif Dawoud (on loan) Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani) (Until June 2023)

Captaincy 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.

  • Khaled Abdullah
  • Sulaiman Atabani
  • Mohammed Khair Ali
  • Mohammed Ali Bakhiet
  • Yousif Omer Agha
  • Mohammed Bashier Fourawy
  • Mohammed Sherrief Ahmed
  • Ishag Shadad
  • Dr. Mohammed Saeed Bayiomy
  • Bashier Hassan Bashier
  • Ibrahim Mohammed Ahmed
  • Fahmy Sulaiman
  • Yousif Abusamra
  • Abdulrahim Osman Saleh
  • Dr. Mohammed Alfatih
  • Badawy Mohammed Osman
  • Awad Abuzeid
  • Abdulrahman Shakhour
  • Mahadi Alfaki
  • Hassan Abu-ala'ila
  • Fouad Altoum
  • Abdulaziz Shiddou
  • Khalid Hassan Abbas
  • Abdulhamid Haggoug
  • Mahil Abu Ginna
  • Dr. Tag Alsir Mahgoub
  • Mohammed Eliyas mahgoub
  • Dr. Gamal Alwali

References
  1. "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.
  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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