| Full name | Al-Merrikh Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief) The Red Devils Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red) | ||
| Founded | 1908 as Al-Maslamah 1927 as Al–Merrikh SC | ||
| Ground | Al-Merrikh Stadium Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan | ||
| Capacity | 43,000 | ||
| President | Omer Alnemair | ||
| Manager | Giovanni Solinas | ||
| League | Sudan Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | 2nd of 18 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Al-Merrikh Sporting Club (Arabic: 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.[citation needed]