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Al Merrikh SC

Sudanese football club

Field	Value
nickname	Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief)
The Red Devils
Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red)
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caption	Logomerrikh
ground	Al-Merrikh Stadium
Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
capacity	43,000
season	2022–23
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clubname	Al-Merrikh
fullname	Al-Merrikh Sporting Club
founded	as Al-Maslamah
as Al–Merrikh SC
chrtitle	President
chairman	Mujahed Sahl
manager	Darko Novic
league	Rwanda Premier League (temporarily)
position	2nd of 18
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The Red Devils Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red) Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan as Al–Merrikh SC

Al-Merrikh Sporting Club () 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 and competes in the Sudan Premier League. The club currently competes in the Rwanda Premier League, the top-flight of football in Rwanda, due to the ongoing 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.

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/Sudan Premier League
- Champions (19): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19, 2019–20.
Sudan Cup
- Winners (19): 1951,1955, 1961, 1962, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018. (Record)
Khartoum League
- Champions (17): 1954, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997

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

Performance in CAF Competitions

CAF Champions League **30 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
2025-26 - First round
** CAF Confederation Cup 8 Appearances**
2004 - Preliminary round
2005 - Second Round
2006 - Play-off Round
2007 - Runners-up
2008 - Group Stage
2010 - Play-off round
2012 - Semi-finals
2016 - Play-off
African Cup Winners' Cup 11 Appearances
1984 - Second round
1985 - First round
1987 - Second round
1989 - Runners-up
1990 - Semi-finals
1992 - Semi-finals
1993 - Quarter-finals
1995 - Second round
1997 - First round
1999 - First round
2000 - Second round

Performance in Arab Competitions

Arab Champions League 12 Appearances
1988 - Group stage
1994 - Group stage
2002 - First round
2003-04 - First round
2005-06 - First round
2006-07 - First round
2007-08 - Second round
2008-09 - Second round
2017 - Group stage
2018-19 - Semi-finals
2019-20 - First round
2023 - First round
Arab Cup Winners' Cup 3 Appearances
1992 - Preliminary round
1999 - Preliminary round
2000 - Group stage

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
(1 September 2014). "تأسيس نادي المريخ (Foundation of the club)". Al-Merrikh Official website.

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