Al Ahli Club (Merowe)

Sudanese football club

This article is about the Sudanese football club. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).

Football club

Al-Ahli Club (Merowe)Full name| Al-Ahli Club (Merowe)

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Founded| 1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Ground| Merowe Stadium
Merowe, Northern State, Sudan
Capacity| 1,000
League| Sudan Premier League
2021–22| 9rd

Al-Ahli Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي) also known as Al Ahli Merowe is an association football club from Merowe, Sudan. They play in the top level of Sudanese professional football, the Sudan Premier League. Their home stadium is Merowe Stadium.[1][2][3][4] In 2021, the club played in the CAF Conderation Cup for the first time in the club's history.[5]

## History[edit]

In 2021, Al Ahli Merowe qualified for the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup after winning the 2021 Sudanese Cup.[3] In their first round match against South Sudan club Atlabara, they won by 4–0 on aggregate.[4] They however lost their second round match first leg match Kenyan club Gor Mahia by 3–1[6][7] and later withdrew from the competition, causing Gor Mahia to qualify to the next stage.[8][9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sudan - Al-Ahly SC Merowe (Club Profile)". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
2. ^ "Al Ahli SC Merowe - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics". Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
3. ^ a b Odongo, Cecil (22 October 2021). "Ahly Merowe tight-lipped ahead of Gor Mahia date". Nairobi News. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
4. ^ a b Okumu, Bernard (23 October 2021). "Caf Confederations Cup: Gor Mahia ready for Al Ahly Merowe task". KBC. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
5. ^ Sang, Kiplagat (22 October 2021). "Caf Confederation Cup: '10,000 fans allowed to watch Al-Al Ahly Merowe clash' - Gor Mahia". Goal. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
6. ^ Onyango, Washington (16 October 2021). "Gor Mahia beat Al Ahly Merowe of Sudan 3-1 in first leg of Caf Confederation Cup". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
7. ^ Otieno, Imran (15 October 2021). "Gor Mahia come from behind to thump Al Ahly Merowe". Mozzart Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
8. ^ Abong'o, Robert (24 October 2021). "Gor Mahia v Al Ahly Merowe CAF Confederation Cup clash cancelled". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
9. ^ Olobulu, Timothy (24 October 2021). "Gor Mahia vs Al Ahly Merowe Confederation Cup clash cancelled". Capital Sports. Archived from the original on 2021-12-03. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Team profile – goalzz.com
* Al Ahli Club Merowe at Soccerway
* Al Ahli Club Merowe at Footballdatabase.eu
* Al Ahli Club Merowe at Global Sports Archive

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2021–22 Sudan Premier League clubs

* Alamal Atbara
* Al-Ahli Khartoum
* Al-Ahli Merowe
* Al-Ahly Shendi
* Al-Hilal Kadougli
* Al-Hilal Omdurman
* Al-Khartoum
* Al-Merrikh
* Al-Shorta
* Hay Al-Arab
* Hay Al-Wadi
* Hilal Al-Fasher
* Hilal Al-Sahil
* Kober
* Tuti
* Wad Nubawi

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