Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)
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Full name | Al-Hilal Sports Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Seed Al-Balad (The Leader of the Country) Al-Mawj Al-Azraq (The Blue Wave) Nadi Al-Haraka Al-Wataniya (National Movement Club) Nadi Al-Shaab (People's Club) | |||
Founded | 13 February 1930 | |||
Ground | Al-Hilal Stadium | |||
Capacity | 25,000 | |||
Chairman | Hesham Hassan Al Subat | |||
Manager | Florent Ibengé | |||
League | Sudan Premier League | |||
2023–24 | 1st, Champions | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Al Hilal Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الهلال للتربية), known as Al Hilal S.C or simply Al Hilal, is a Sudanese professional football club based in Omdurman that competes in the Sudan Premier League.
Name and history
[edit]The name Hilāl is the Arabic word for crescent – a name chosen on a night when the crescent of the moon was visible in Omdurman. Also it is the first club in the world to be named (AL- HILAL). The motto for Al-Hilal is Allah – AlWatan – Al-Hilal. It is translated to English as "God – The Nation – Al-Hilal".
The team's home stadium, Al-Hilal Stadium, nicknamed "The Blue Jewel", opened in January 2018.[1]
Players
[edit]- As of 31 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
[edit]National titles
[edit]- Sudan Premier League: 30 (Record)
African titles
[edit]- CAF Champions League
- 2011 Caf Champions League Top Goal scorer with 7 goals Edward Sadomba
Arab titles
[edit]- Arab Cup Winners' Cup
- Runner-up: (1) 2002
Performance in Caf Competition
[edit]- CAF Champions League 38 Appearances
- 1966 - Semi-finals
- 1967 - First round
- 1970 - Second round
- 1974 - Second round
- 1982 - Second round
- 1984 - First round
- 1985 - Second round
- 1987 - Finalist
- 1988 - Quarter-finals
- 1990 - Quarter-finals
- 1992 - Finalist
- 1995 - First round
- 1996 - First round
- 1997 - Second round
- 1999 - Second round
- 2000 - First round
- 2004 - Second round
- 2005 - First round
- 2006 - Second round
- 2007 - Semi-finals
- 2008 - Group stage
- 2009 - Semi-finals
- 2010 - Second round
- 2011 - Semi-finals
- 2012 - Second round
- 2013 - First round
- 2014 - Group stage
- 2015 - Semi-finals
- 2016 - First round
- 2017 - Group stage
- 2018 - First round
- 2018-19 - First round
- 2019-20 - Group stage
- 2020-21 - Group stage
- 2021-22 - Group stage
- 2022-23 - Group stage
- 2023-24 - Group stage
- 2024-25 -
Performance in Cecafa Competition
[edit]- CECAFA Clubs Cup 9 Appearances
- 1985 - Group stage
- 1987 - Group stage
- 1988 - 3rd Place
- 1989 - Group stage
- 1992 - Group stage
- 1994 - Semi-finals
- 1996 - Group stage
- 1999 - Quarter-finals
- 2024 - 3rd Place
References
[edit]- ^ "الهلال السوداني يفتتح جوهرة الـ"400 مليار"" [The Sudanese Al-Hilal Opens the "400 billion" Jewel]. سكاي نيوز عربية [Sky News Arabia] (in Arabic). 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Arabic)