The Double, in association football, is the achievement of winning a country's top tier division and its primary domestic cup competition in the same season. The lists in this article examine this definition of a double, while derivative sections examine much less frequent, continental instances. The Double can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as doing the double over a particular opponent.
The Sudan national football team represents Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Its home ground is Khartoum Stadium in the capital Khartoum. In 1957, it was one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) is the governing body of football in Ethiopia. It organizes all tiers of the national football league and the national team. It was one of the founding members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Al-Merrikh Sporting Club 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.
Milutin Sredojević, simply known as Micho, is a Serbian football manager.
Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a forward. He was voted second place in the African Footballer of the Year award in 2008, and was one of five nominees for the 2006 award, and one of the ten nominated for the 2013 award.
Haytham Tambal is a former Sudanese football striker. He is the all-time Sudan national football team top scorer. In 2008 in the Sudanese league he scored 21 goals in 20 games. He used to play rivals Al-Hilal Club and Al-Merrikh SC and made a single appearance for South African club, Orlando Pirates.
Association football, or soccer, as it is usually called in South Africa, is the nation's most popular sport and South Africa national soccer team is the nation's favourite sports team followed by rugby union and cricket. The governing body is the South African Football Association (SAFA), while the Premier Soccer League is the organisation responsible for running the country's two professional divisions, namely the South African Premier Division and the National First Division. The main cup competitions are the Nedbank Cup and the MTN 8 Cup.
Mahmoud Nuseir Youssef El-Gohary was an Egyptian footballer and football coach.
Colins Kelechi Osunwa is a Nigerian football striker.
Hosni Abd Rabbo Abdul Muttalib Ibrahim is an Egyptian footballer manager and a former professional footballer who played as a central or attacking midfielder.
Mudather Altayeb Ebrahim Altaher, known as Mudather Karika, is a Sudanese striker who plays for Al-Zamala SC (Umrawaba) in the Umrawaba League.
Hossam El Badry is an Egyptian football coach and former player, currently managing Al-Zawraa.
Akram El Hadi Saleem is a Sudanese international footballer who plays for Al-Wadi SC (Nyala), as a goalkeeper. He was the starting goalkeeper for the Sudan team at the 2012 African Cup of Nations and took part in 3 matches.
Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin is a Sudanese former footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the Africa Cup of Nations 1970 and 1976. He earned his nickname of Ali Gagarin when he played professional football for Al-Hilal, one Sudan's biggest teams, his meteoric rise in the sport was likened to that of the famous Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé is a Congolese football coach and former player who manages Sudanese club Al-Hilal.
The 2017 CAF Champions League was the 53rd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 21st edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
Aliou Dieng is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Mali national team.
Azeez Shobowale Shobola is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Al-Nahda Club (Oman).
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