Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)

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

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.

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 (13 February 1930)
Ground	Al-Hilal Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Hesham Hassan Al Subat
Manager	Florent Ibengé
League	Sudan Premier League
2023–24	1st, Champions
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

Players

As of 28 June 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 (3rd Captain)
3	MF	SDN	Abdel Raouf
4	DF	SDN	Altayeb Abdelrazeg
5	DF	SDN	Mazen Bashir
6	DF	SDN	Muhamed Ahmed Saeed
7	FW	BDI	Jean Claude Girumugisha
8	MF	SEN	Aime Tendeng
9	FW	SDN	Yaser Muzmel
10	FW	SDN	Muhamed Abdel Rahman (Captain)
11	FW	MLI	Adama Coulibaly
12	MF	MTN	Khadim Diaw
13	MF	SDN	Telal Adel
14	DF	SDN	Athar El Tahir (Vice-Captain)
15	MF	SDN	Salah Adel
16	GK	SDN	Muhamed Madani
17	FW	SEN	Pape Abdou
18	GK	SDN	Muhamed Abdallah Kedyaba
19	DF	SDN	Suliman Ezallah
20	MF	SDN	Muhamed Almunzer

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	SDN	Walieldin Khedr
22	DF	SDN	Faris Abdalla (6th Captain)
23	MF	ZAM	Albert Kangwanda
24	DF	COD	Steven Ebuela
25	DF	SDN	Ahmed Yahia
26	DF	SEN	Junior Marc Mendy
27	DF	SDN	Muwafaq Sedig (5th Captain)
28	FW	SDN	Anas Saeed
29	GK	SDN	Ali Abu Eshrein
30	GK	SDN	Muhamed Abouja (4th Captain)
31	MF	SDN	Yaser Awad
32	FW	SDN	John Manu
33	DF	SDN	Shehab Amer
34	FW	CIV	Serge Pokou
35	GK	SDN	Omer Yusuf
36	MF	SDN	Abdelsamad Manen
37	DF	SDN	Marwan Rajab
38	DF	SEN	Ousmane Diouf
39	FW	SDN	Youhana Abdallah
40	MF	SDN	Alsheikh Muhamed
41	MF	SDN	Osman Mukhtar

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SDN	Esmat Abdelhameed (on loan) Asante Kotoko S.C. (Until June 2025)
—	MF	SDN	Emad Salah El-Sini (on loan) Al-Merrikh Bentiu (Until June 2025)
—	MF	GHA	David Abagna (on loan) FC Petrocub Hincesti (Until January 2025)
—	FW	GHA	Basit Seidu (on loan) FC Petrocub Hincesti (Until January 2025)

Honours

National titles

• Sudan Premier League: 30 (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, 2024

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

African titles

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

Arab titles

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

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)