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.

Al-Muharraq
Full nameAl-Muharraq Sports Club
Nickname(s)الذئب الأحمر
(The red wolf)
Short nameMuharraq
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
GroundAl Muharraq Stadium
Capacity20,000
ManagerIsa Sadoon Al-Hamdani
LeaguePremier League
2023–24Premier League, 3rd of 12
Current season

History

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Al Muharraq after being crowned champions of the GCC Champions League

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Honours

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Domestic

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Regional

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Continental

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Players

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First-team squad

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As of the 2023–24 season.

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   BHR Salman Jasem
2 DF   BHR Husain Sabba
3 DF   BHR Waleed Al Hayam
5 DF   BHR Amine Benaddi
7 MF   BHR Ahmed Al-Sherooqi
8 MF   TUN Walid Karoui
10 MF   BHR Abdulwahab Al-Malood
11 FW   MAR Soufian Mahrouq
16 MF   BHR Hasan Al-Karrani
17 MF   BHR Ahmed Khaled Ali
19 MF   BHR Ahmed Al-Hayki
20 MF   BHR Mubarak Mohammed
21 GK   BHR Sayed Mohammed Jaffer
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK   BHR Ashraf Al-Sebale
26 DF   TUN Nassim Hnid
27 DF   BHR Mohamed Al-Banna
28 MF   TUN Mohamed Ali Trabelsi
29 MF   BHR Khalifa Al-Koos
30 MF   BHR Omar Saber
31 FW   TUN Firas Chaouat
32 DF   BHR Abdulla Al-Khulasi
35 DF   BHR Mohammed Fares
50 DF   BHR Rashed Al-Hooti
77 MF   OMA Zahir Al-Aghbari
98 MF   BRA Felipe Saraiva
FW   BHR Husain Abdulkarim Mubarak Abdulaziz

Managerial history

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Basketball section

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "بطولة جديدة لمرضي والروابدة مع المحرق البحريني". Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "About Al-Muharraq". BFA. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Muharraq shock Wasl in GCC cup sudden death". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ Bahrain’s Al Muharraq downs Nasaf to lift second AFC Cup title Archived 6 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine. sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ وفاة الكابتن المصري ممدوح خفاجي مدرب نادي المحرق سابقاً (in Arabic). alayam.com. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Other Sports: Muharraq cagers to join Manama for 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League". gdnonline.com. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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