Al-Muharraq SC
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| Full name | Al-Muharraq Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Reds, The Red Wolf, The Sheikh of Gulf Clubs | ||
| Founded | 1928 | ||
| Ground | Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain | ||
| Capacity | 35,000 | ||
| Chairman |
 Sh. Ahmed ibn Ali Al-Khalifa | ||
| Coach |
Eissa Al Sa'adoon[1] | ||
| League | Bahraini Premier League | ||
| 2011/12 | 2nd | ||
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Al-Muharraq Sports Club (Arabic: نادي المحرق الرياضي) is a Bahraini football club based in Muharraq. It is one of the oldest sports club in the Gulf region. Al-Muharraq Sports Club has won the Bahraini Football Premier League 31 times. Al-Muharraq Sports Club also takes part in other sports than football like Basketball and Volleyball. Historically, Al-Muharraq Sports Club football team resembles most of Bahrain national football team.
History
Al-Muharraq Sports Club have produced some of the current stars of the national team like the captain of the Bahraini National Team Mohamed Salmeen, Rashid Al Dossary, veteran goalkeeper Ali Hassan, Ali Amer and Ebrahim Al Mishkhas.
Al-Muharraq Sports Club's youth academy has produced players like Abdullah Al Dekheel, Mahmood Abdulrahman, Fahad Showaiter, Hussam Humood Sultan, and Abdullah Al-Kaabi.
Al-Muharraq Sports Club has brought in foreign professionals on certain occasions such as Brazilian forward Leandson Dias da Silva also known as Rico and Bosnian Adnan Sarajlic, Brazilian defender Juliano de Paola, and Jamal Ebraro from Morocco. Rico won the world's top scorer award in 2008 with 19 goals scored.
2008 was a perfect season for Al-Muharraq Sports Club as they completed a quadruple (Bahraini League, King's Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the AFC Cup). Al-Muharraq Sports Club became the first Bahraini club to win a continental championship.
On June 10, 2012 Muharraq won the GCC Champions League for the first time.
Crest
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Old logo
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Present logo
Titles
- Bahraini Premier League (32):
- 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
- Bahraini King's Cup (31):
- 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Bahraini FA Cup (3):
- 2005, 2009, 2012
- 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Bahraini Super Cup (2):
- 2006, 2013
- AFC Cup (1):
- GCC Champions League (1):
- 2012
Performance in regional competitions
- Asian Club Championship: 5 appearances
- 1986 – Qualifying round
- 1988 – Qualifying round
- 1990 – withdraw in Group Stage
- 1993 – Group Stage
- 1994 – Group Stage
- AFC Cup: 4 appearances
- 2006 – Finalist
- 2007 – Group Stage
- 2008 – Winners
- 2009 – Group Stage
- 2013 – Withdrew
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances
- 1991 – Finalist
- 1995 – 2nd round
- GCC Champions League:
- 2008: Group Stage
- 2010: Semi-finals
- 2012: Winner
Managers
Mamdouh Khafaji (c. 1970s)[2]- Khalifa Al-Zayani (1980s)
Ralf Borges Ferreira (1989–90)- David Ferreira-Duque (1991–92)
Ion Moldovan (1999)- Acácio Casimiro (2003)
- Ralf Borges Ferreira (2003–04)
- Stefano Impagliazzo (2004–05)
- Khalifa Al-Zayani (2005)
Carlos Alhinho (2005–06)- Khalifa Al-Zayani (2006)
- Fernando Dourado (2006)
- Salman Sharida (2007–08)
- Julio Peixoto
Dino Đurbuzović (2014-)
References
- ↑ "زعيم الكؤوس استحضر "روح الذئاب" البطولية وتوجها بالتاريخية | رياضة – صحيفة الوسط البحرينية – مملكة البحرين". Alwasatnews.com. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ↑ وفاة الكابتن المصري ممدوح خفاجي مدرب نادي المحرق سابقاً (in Arabic). alayam.com. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
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