Al-Muharraq SC explained

Clubname:Al-Muharraq
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Fullname:Al-Muharraq Sports Club
Nickname:الذئب الأحمر
(The red wolf)
Short Name:Muharraq
Ground:Al Muharraq Stadium
Capacity:20,000
Manager:Isa Sadoon Al-Hamdani
League:Bahraini Premier League
Season:2022–23
Position:3rd of 10
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Al-Muharraq Sports Club is a professional football club based in Muharraq, Bahrain. Founded in 1928, it is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in Bahrain. The club has won numerous domestic and regional titles, including 34 Bahraini Premier League titles and 1 GCC Champions League title. Al-Muharraq Sports Club is known for its passionate fanbase and its rivalry with Al-Ahli Club, which is considered one of the biggest in Bahraini football.

History

Al-Muharraq was first founded in 1928. Al-Muharraq Sports Club have produced some of the current stars of the national team like the captain Mohamed Salmeen, Rashid Al Dossary, Alisa, veteran goalkeeper Ali Hassan, Ali Amer and Ebrahim Al Mishkhas.

Al-Muharraq Sports Club's youth academy has produced players like Abdullah Al Dekheel, Mahmood Abdulrahman, Fahad Showaiter, Hussam Humood Sultan, and Abdullah Al-Kaabi.

Al-Muharraq Sports Club has brought in foreign professionals on certain occasions such as Brazilian forward Leandson Dias da Silva also known as Rico and Adnan Sarajlic, defender Juliano de Paola, and Jamal Ebraro . Rico won the world's top scorer award in 2008 with 19 goals scored. Jordanian Midfielders Noor Al-Rawabdeh and Mahmoud Al-Mardi who they help Al-Muharraq to win the 2021 AFC Cup.[1]

2008 was a perfect season for Al-Muharraq Sports Club as they completed a quadruple (Bahraini League, King's Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the AFC Cup). Al-Muharraq Sports Club became the first Bahraini club to win a continental championship.[2]

On 10 June 2012 Muharraq won the GCC Champions League for the first time.[3]

Al-Muharraq won the AFC Cup two times in 2021 and in 2008.

Honours

Domestic

Regional

Continental

Players

First-team squad

Managerial history

Basketball section

Al-Muharraq also has a basketball section that plays in the Bahraini Premier League. The team has won three national championships, in 2008, 2012 and 2019.

In 2023–24, Muharraq will play in the West Asia Super League (WASL), becoming the second Bahraini team to do so.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: بطولة جديدة لمرضي والروابدة مع المحرق البحريني. 10 April 2022. 10 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220410223509/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1127707&o=n1001539. live.
  2. Web site: About Al-Muharraq. BFA. 22 April 2018. 15 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003115/http://www.bfa.bh/en/club/muharraq/about. dead.
  3. Web site: Muharraq shock Wasl in GCC cup sudden death. Gulf News. 22 April 2018. 23 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423170038/https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/muharraq-shock-wasl-in-gcc-cup-sudden-death-1.1034255. live.
  4. https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/al-muharraq-beats-nasaq-afc-cup-title-bahrain-uzbekistan/article37350735.ece Bahrain’s Al Muharraq downs Nasaf to lift second AFC Cup title
  5. Web site: http://alayam.com/newsdetails.aspx?id=24286. ar:وفاة الكابتن المصري ممدوح خفاجي مدرب نادي المحرق سابقاً. alayam.com. ar. 5 November 2011. 19 May 2013. https://archive.today/20130616131401/http://alayam.com/newsdetails.aspx?id=24286. 16 June 2013. dead.
  6. Web site: 2017-12-05 . Other Sports: Muharraq cagers to join Manama for 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League . 2023-08-08 . gdnonline.com.