Al-Merrikh SC
| Full name | Merreikh Al-Sudan | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Zaeem, The Red Devils, Al-Ahmar Alwahhag | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Ground | Al Merreikh Stadium Omdurman, Sudan | ||
| Capacity | 27,500 will expand to 42,000 this year | ||
| Chairman |  Mr Gamal Al-Wali | ||
| Manager |  Michael Krüger | ||
| League | Sudan Premier League | ||
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Al-Merreikh (Arabic: نادي المريخ السوداني ) is a Sudanese football club based in Omdurman, Sudan. Along with AlHilal and Al-Mourada, it forms the triplet of Sudanese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Al-Merreikh.
Name and meaning
Al-Merreikh is the Arabic translation for planet Mars.
Leagues
Primarily, Al-Merreikh competes in the Sudanese Premier league, Sudan's top football league. Based on the club's end-of-season standing, it competes in the Arabic and African CAF tournaments including Arab Champions League, African Champions League or African Confederation Cup.
Al-Merreikh Stadium
Al-Merreikh Stadium was first Opened in 1962 when Al Mawrada Omdurman defeated Al-Hilal Omdurman 2/0 , the second stage opening of Al-Merreikh stadium was in 1964 when Al-Merreikh played against Daynamo Kiev of Soviet Union and the result was 2/0 for the visitors . Alhilal stadium opening was in 1968 when Ghana defeated Alhilal Omdurman 2/1
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Al-Merreikh daily sport newspaper
AlMerrikh fc daily newspaper was first published in 1965 in Khartoum , it is the oldest sport newspaper in Sudan [2]
Achievements
- Al-Merreikh Was the winner of the first Official cup in Sudan ( 1934 )
- 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
- 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Khartoum League: 17
- 1953 - 1954 , 1955 - 1956 , 1961 - 1962 , 1965 - 1966 , 1967 - 1968 , 1971 - 1972 , 1972 - 1973, 1978 - 1979 , 1980 - 1981 , 1982 - 1983 , 1984 - 1985 , 1985 - 1986 , 1990 - 1991 , 1991 - 1992 , 1992 - 1993 , 1995 - 1996 , 1996 - 1997
- 1986,1994,
- 1989
- Runner-Up 2007
Performance in CAF competitions
30 times participations total in all CAF championships
- CAF Champions League: 3 Appearances
( 2 times second round - 1 time first round )
- CAF Confederation Cup: 5 Appearances
( 1 time as finalist - 1 time quarter final - 1 time intermediate round - 1 time preliminary round )
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 12 Appearances
( 2 times withdrew - 5 times first round - 4 times second round - 1 time quarter final )
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 10 Appearances
( 1 time winner - 2 times Semifinal - 1 time Quarterfinal - 3 times second round - 3 times first round )
Current squad (2008 season)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players U-19
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Administrators
Coaches
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Players out on loan
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Presidential history
Al-Merreikh have had numerous presidents over the course of history, no one of them was owner of the club,although the land on which the current stadium was owned by Abdularahman Shakhour , some of the presidents have been honorary presidents. Currently Gamal Alwali is the chairman. Here is a complete list of Al-Merrikh club presidents from 1927 until the present day.[5]
Managerial history
Al-Merreikh have had many managers and trainers running the team during their history, here is a list of some them from 1927 onwards
| Manager | Nationality |
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| Mansour Ramadan |
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| John Manang | 
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| Sayed saleem |
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| Arnest Ruder |
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| Ahmed Rifaat | 
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| Mr Marco | 
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| Kreso Senad | 
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| *Mahmoud Saad |
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| Mr Branco | 
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| Mohammed Omer |
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| Otto Pfister |
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Club history
Al-Merreikh was founded as Sport Club of Al-Masalma in late 1908 by pupils from Al- Masalam district in Omdurman and was then renamed as Al-Merreikh Football Club in 1927. The club was the winner of the first Sudanese football championship in 1934 ,Al-Merrikh is wearing their original red and yellow kit although the original one was including black colour. There is a historical rivalry between the two strongest clubs in Sudan, Al-Merreikh and Al-Hilal , both clubs based in Omdurman , the old national capital of Sudan with Al-Hilal most winner of the Sudan premier league and Al-Merreikh as the most winner of the Sudan cup . The first match between Al-Merreikh and Al-Hilal was in 1934 when Almerrikh defeated AlHilal and the two goals of the match were scored by AlZain Haiba ,Almerrikh striker .The match is known historically as (The match of the green grass market ) since there were no stadiums at that time and the match was held in the famous square of Omdurman , the national capital of Sudan , during day times the square was used by green grass sellers and football matches were used to be played in the afternoons , up to date the match is still very famous and it was the actual start of rivalry between the two very famous Sudanese football clubs.
Famous matches
- Al-Merrikh 6-2 Al-Hilal FC - 1948 - Education day cup - Omdurman[6]
- Al-Merrikh 3-5 Honvéd FC - 1956 - Friendly Match - Omdurman[7]
- Al-Merrikh 3-1 Asante Kotoko- 1962 - Friendly - Khartoum
- Al-Merrikh 14-1 Alamir - 1966 - Khartoum League - Omdurman [8]
- Al-Merrikh 0-0 Egyptian national team - 1979 - Friendly - Khartoum
- Al-Merrikh 2-0 Nigerian national team - 1988 - Friendly - Khartoum