Al-Hilal_Club_(Omdurman) Knowpia

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
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

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 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 edit

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 edit

National titles edit

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 edit

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

Arab titles edit

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

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.