Al-Merrikh SC

Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (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.

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.

Domestic

 * Sudan Premier League
 * Champions (19): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19, 2019–20.
 * Sudan Cup
 * Winners (15): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018. (Record)

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

Out on loan
(on loan) Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) (Until June 2024) (on loan) Al Ta'awon SC (Until June 2025) (on loan) Asswehly SC (Until June 2024) (on loan) Hay Al-Arab SC (Until June 2024) (on loan) Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) (Until June 2024)

Performance in Caf Competition

 * CAF Champions League '''29 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 -