Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)

This article is about the Sudanese football club. For other uses, see Al-Hilal.

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;95 years ago (13 February 1930)
Ground	Al-Hilal Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Hesham Hassan Al Subat
Manager	Florent Ibengé
League	Super D1 (temporarily)
2023–24	Sudan Premier League, 1st out of 18 (Champions)
Website	alhilalsc.com
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. The club currently competes in the Super D1, the top-flight of football in Mauritania, due to the Sudanese civil war.

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 16 January 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CIV Eisa Fofana 3 MF   SDN Abdel Raouf (3th Captain) 4 DF   SDN Eltayeb Abdelrazeg 5 DF   SDN Mazen Simbo 6 DF   SDN Muhamed Ering 7 FW   BDI Jean Claude Girumugisha 8 MF   SEN Ethane Tendeng 9 FW   SDN Yaser Muzmel 10 FW   SDN Muhamed Abdelrahman (Captain) 11 FW   MLI Adama Coulibaly 12 DF   MTN Khadim Diaw 13 FW   SDN Ali Abdallah Hemedelnil 15 MF   SDN Salah Adel 16 GK   SDN Muhamed Madani 18 MF   SEN Madicke Kane 21 MF   SDN Walieldin Khedr

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   SDN Faris Abdalla (Vice-Captain) 23 FW   MTN Ahmed Salem Mubarak 24 DF   COD Steven Ebuela 25 MF   SDN Musab Kurduman 26 DF   SEN Junior Marc Mendy 27 MF   MTN Guessouma Fofana 28 FW   SDN Ahmed Esmat 29 GK   SDN Ali Abu Eshrein 30 FW   TUN Taieb Ben Zitoun 31 MF   SDN Yaser Awad 32 GK   SDN Mohamed Abdallah Kidiaba 35 MF   SDN Fakhreldin Suliman 36 FW   SDN Alothaimeen Shamseldin 37 DF   SDN Marwan Rajab 38 DF   SEN Ousmane Diouf

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SDN Omer Yusuf (on loan) Al-Hilal SC (Al-Managel) (Until June 2025) — DF   SDN Ahmed Yahia (on loan) Al-Berans SC (Until June 2025) — DF   SDN Esmat Abdelhameed (on loan) Asante Kotoko S.C. (Until June 2025) — MF   SDN Emad Salah El-Sini (on loan) Al Merreikh FC (South Sudan)(Until June 2025) — FW   SDN Muhamed Almunzer (on loan) Al Akhdar SC (Until June 2025) — MF   SDN Suliman Ezallah (on loan) Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) (Until June 2025) — MF   SDN Osman Mukhtar (on loan) Abu Salem SC (Until June 2025) — MF   SDN Alsheikh Muhamed (on loan) Abu Salem SC (Until June 2025) — MF   SDN Telal Adel (on loan) Al-Amir SC (Dongola) (Until June 2025) — MF   SDN Shukri Musa (on loan) Al-Sheroug SC (Zintan) (Until June 2025) — FW   SDN Amjed Esam (on loan) Al-Ahrar SC (Zeliten) (Until June 2025) — FW   SDN Anas Saeed (on loan) Al-Berans SC (Until January 2025) — FW   SDN Abdelazim Sheikheldin (on loan) Al-Sadaqa FC (Until June 2025) — FW   ZAM Albert Kangwanda (on loan) CFC Spartani Sportul (Until June 2025) — FW   SEN Pape Abdou (on loan) Al-Sadaqa (Until June 2025)

Honours

National titles

• Sudan League/Sudan Premier League: 30 (Record)
  • Champion: 1965, 1966, 1969, 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, 2023-24

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

African titles

• CAF Champions League
  • Runner-up: (2) 1987, 1992

Arab titles

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

Performance in Caf Competition

• 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

• 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

1. "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

• Official website (in Arabic)