| Nickname: | Al-Zaeem الزعيم (The Chief) The Red Devils Al-Ahmar Al-Wahhaj (The Glowing Red) |
| Ground: | Al-Merrikh Stadium Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan |
| Capacity: | 43,000 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
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| Clubname: | Al-Merrikh |
| Fullname: | Al-Merrikh Sporting Club |
| Founded: | as Al-Maslamah as Al–Merrikh SC |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Omer Alnemair |
| Manager: | Giovanni Solinas |
| League: | Sudan Premier League |
| Position: | 2nd of 18 |
| Website: | http://www.almerrikh.com |
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.
Al-Merrikh was founded under the name of Al-Masalma Sporting Club in 1908 by students from Al-Masalmah district that was headed by their chairman Jek Deng Aban Gorang in Omdurman of Gordon Memorial College. The club renamed as Al-Merrikh Sporting Club on 14 November 1927.[1]
The only Club in Sudan to win Continental Cup.
(on loan) Al-Dahra SC (Beniwaleed) (Until January 2025) (on loan) Al Ta'awon SC (Until June 2025) (on loan) Hay Al-Arab SC (Until June 2024)