Al-Merrikh SC

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.

For other uses, see Al Merreikh.

Al-Merrikh
Logomerrikh
Full nameAl-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief)
The Red Devils
Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
Founded1908 (1908) as Al-Maslamah
1927 (1927) as Al–Merrikh SC
GroundAl-Merrikh Stadium
Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
Capacity43,000
PresidentAyman Mubarak
ManagerHeron Ferreira
LeagueSudan Premier League
2022–232nd of 18
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]

Honours

Domestic

Continental

The only Club in Sudan to win Continental Cup.

CECAFA titles

Players
As of 29 June 2024

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
5 DF  SDN Hamza Dawod
6 DF  SDN Shamseldin Ali
7 MF  SDN Muhamed Alrasheed (4th Captain)
8 MF  SDN Wajdi Awad
11 MF  SDN Tajeldin Yagoub
13 DF  SDN Hasan Saboun
14 DF  SDN Ahmed Tabanja
17 GK  SDN Ahmed Alfateh
19 MF  SDN Diaa Mahjoub
20 DF  SDN Salah Nemer (3th Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  SDN Amir Kamal (Captain)
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 (Vice-Captain)
32 DF  SDN Rami Kertikila
34 MF  SDN Tareg Ahmed Suliman
36 MF  SDN Yusuf Fadasi
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
— GK  SDN Mohamed Mustafa (on loan) Azam FC (Until June 2024)
— DF  SDN Bakhit Khamis (on loan) Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) (Until June 2024)
— MF  SDN Ahmed Al-Tash (on loan) Asswehly SC (Until June 2024)
— FW  SDN Sedig Kuwa (on loan) Hay Al-Arab SC (Until June 2024)
— FW  SDN Seif Dawoud (on loan) Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani) (Until June 2024)
— FW  SDN Aljezoli Nouh (on loan) Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) (Until June 2024)

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.
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