Al-Merrikh SC

Al-Merrikh SC
Full name Al-Merrikh Sporting Club
Nickname(s) Al-Zaeem (The Leader)
The Red Devils
Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhag
Founded Initially as Al-Masalam in 1908 – November 14, 1927
Ground Al-Merrikh Stadium
Omdurman, Sudan
Capacity 45,000
President Gamal Al-Wali
Manager Otto Pfister
League Sudan Premier League
2014 2nd place
Website Club home page

Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي المريخ الرياضي‎) is a Sudanese football club based in Omdurman, Sudan. Their home stadium is Al-Merrikh Stadium. Which is locally known as The Red Castle. Al-Merrikh is one of the oldest football clubs in Africa. El-Merrikh have won the Sudanese Premier League title 19 times and winners of Sudan cup for 24 times.

Al-Merrikh means Mars in Arabic. They share a fierce rivalry with Al-Hilal club, the games between them regularly selling out, as well as being the only other realistic challenger to the league crown. Al-Hilal are also based in Omdurman and between them they are Sudan's most powerful and successful football clubs.

Crest

Honours

National titles

Al-Merrikh was the winner of the first official cup in Sudan (1934)

Champions (19): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (2nd Half), 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013
Winners (24): 1954, 1959, 1962, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
2014 Squad in Sudan.

Managerial history

Updated: July 2014.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Sudan – List of Champions". Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 1999/2011. 12 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sudan – List of Cup Winners". Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 1999/2011. 12 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "22 مدربا تناوبوا على تدريب المريخ فى العشر سنوات الماضية". sudanafoogonline. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

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