Al Merrikh SC
| 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[1] | |||
| President | Omer Alnemair | |||
| Manager | Milutin Sredojevic | |||
| League | Sudan Premier League | |||
| 2022–23 | 2nd of 18 | |||
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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. The club competes in the Sudan Premier League, however they currently play in the Super D1, the top flight of Mauritania due to the Sudanese civil war.
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.[2]
Rivalries
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.
Honours
Domestic
- Sudan League Championship/Sudan Premier League
- Sudan Cup
- Winners (19): 1951,1955, 1961, 1962, 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 1 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Performance in CAF Competitions
- 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
- CAF Confederation Cup 6 Appearances
- 2004 - Preliminary round
- 2005 - Second Round
- 2006 - Play-off Round
- 2007 - Runners-up
- 2008 - Group Stage
- 2010 - Play-off round
Performance in CECAFA Competitions
- CECAFA Clubs Cup 8 Appearances
- 1985 - 3rd Place
- 1986 - Champions
- 1987 - Runners-up
- 1988 - Runners-up
- 1994 - Champions
- 2009 - Runners-up
- 2011 - 3rd Place
- 2014 - Champions
References
- ^ https://archive.today/20130805122747/http://mobile.nation.co.ke/Sports/Southern-Sudan-enjoys-sports-potential------------------/-/1294/1090366/-/format/xhtml/item/0/-/apcaiuz/-/index.html
- ^ "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.