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Al-Hilal S.C

Full name	Al-Hilal Sports Club
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; 94 years ago (13 February 1930)
Ground	Al-Hilal Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Hesham Hassan Al Subat
Manager	Florent Ibengé
League	Sudan Premier League
2021–22	1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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

As of 2 February 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CIV Eisa Fofana 2 MF   SDN Abuaagla Abdalla ( Vice-Captain) 3 MF   SDN Abdel Raouf 4 DF   SDN Altayeb Abdelrazeg 5 FW   COD Jonathan Ifunga Ifasso 6 DF   SDN Muhamed Ahmed Saeed 9 FW   SDN Yaser Muzmel 10 FW   SDN Muhamed Abdel Rahman ( Captain) 11 MF   ZAM Albert Kangwanda 12 MF   SEN Khadim Diaw 13 MF   SDN Telal Adel 14 FW   COD Adam Bossu 15 MF   SDN Salah Adel 16 GK   SDN Muhamed Madani 17 FW   SEN Pape Abdou 18 FW   BDI Jean Claude Girumugisha 19 DF   SDN Suliman Ezallah 20 MF   SDN Muhamed Almunzer

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   SDN Walieldin Khedr 22 DF   SDN Faris Abdalla ( 5th Captain) 23 MF   SDN Emad Salah 24 DF   COD Steven Ebuela 25 DF   SDN Ahmed Yahia 26 DF   SDN Shehab Amer 27 DF   SDN Muwafaq Sedig ( 4th Captain) 28 FW   SDN Anas Saeed 29 GK   SDN Ali Abu Eshrein 30 GK   SDN Muhamed Abouja ( 3rd Captain) 31 MF   SDN Yaser Awad 33 MF   CIV Claude Singone 35 GK   SDN Omer Yusuf 36 DF   SDN Esmat Abdelhameed 37 DF   SDN Marwan Rajab 38 DF   SEN Ousmane Diouf 39 FW   SDN Youhana Abdallah 40 MF   SDN Alsheikh Muhamed — DF   SEN Junior Marc Mendy

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SDN Osman Mukhtar (on loan) Al-Dahra FC (Until June 2024) — MF   GHA David Abagna (on loan) FC Petrocub Hincesti (Until January 2025) — FW   SDN John Manu (on loan) Al-Sadaqa FC (Until June 2024) — FW   GHA Basit Seidu (on loan) FC Petrocub Hincesti (Until January 2025)

Honours

National titles

• Sudan Premier League: 29 (Record)
  • Champion: 1965, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020–21, 2021–22

• Sudan Cup: 8
  • Champion: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2021–22

African titles

• CAF Champions League
  • Runner-up: (2) 1987, 1992
• 2011 Caf Champions League Top Goal scorer with 7 goals Edward Sadomba

Arab titles

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runner-up: (1) 2002

References

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)