Full name | Al-Muharraq Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | ุงูุฐุฆุจ ุงูุฃุญู
ุฑ (The red wolf) | ||
Short name | Muharraq | ||
Founded | 1928; 96 years ago (1928) | ||
Ground | Al Muharraq Stadium | ||
Capacity | 20,000 | ||
Manager | Isa Sadoon Al-Hamdani | ||
League | Bahraini Premier League | ||
2022โ23 | 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 theโโbiggest in Bahraini football.
Historyโป
Al-Muharraq was first found in 1928. Al-Muharraq Sports Club have produced some of the current stars of the national team like the captain of the Bahraini National Team 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-Muharraqโโto win the 2021 AFC Cup.
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.
On 10 June 2012 Muharraq won the GCC Champions League for the first time.
Al-Muharraq won the AFC Cup two times in 2021 and in 2008.
Honoursโป
Domesticโป
- Bahraini Premier League
- Champions (34): 1956โ57, 1957โ58, 1959โ60, 1960โ61, 1961โ62, 1962โ63, 1963โ64, 1964โ65, 1965โ66, 1966โ67, 1969โ70, 1970โ71, 1972โ73, 1973โ74, 1975โ76, 1979โ80, 1982โ83, 1983โ84, 1985โ86, 1987โ88, 1990โ91, 1991โ92, 1994โ95, 1998โ99, 2000โ01, 2002, 2003โ04, 2005โ06, 2006โ07, 2007โ08, 2008โ09, 2010โ11, 2014โ15, 2017โ18
- Bahraini King's Cup
- Bahraini FA Cup
- Winners (5): 2005, 2009, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Bahraini Crown Prince Cup
- Bahraini Super Cup
- Winners (4): 1995, 2006, 2013, 2018
- Bahrain Elite Cup
- Winners (1): 2019
Regionalโป
- GCC Champions League
- Champions (1): 2012
Continentalโป
Playersโป
First-team squadโป
- As of the 2023โ24 season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managerial historyโป
- Mamdouh Khafaji (c. 1970s)
- Khalifa Al-Zayani (1980s)
- Ralf Borges Ferreira (1989โ90)
- Lotfi Benzarti (1990โ91)
- David Ferreira "Duque" (1991โ92)
- Lotfi Benzarti (1994โ95)
- Ion Moldovan (1999)
- Ion Ion (1999โ00)
- Acรกcio Casimiro (2003)
- Ralf Borges Ferreira (2003โ04)
- Stefano Impagliazzo (2004โ05)
- Khalifa Al-Zayani (2005)
- Carlos Alhinho (2005โ06)
- Khalifa Al-Zayani (2006)
- Fernando Dourado (2006)
- Salman Sharida (2007โ08)
- Julio Peixoto
- Dino ฤurbuzoviฤ (2014โ2015)
- Rodion Gaฤanin (2016)
- Robert Jaspert (2017)
- Salman Sharida (2018)
- Nacif Beyaoui (2018)
- Nabil Kouki (2018โ2019)
- Ali Amer (2019)
- Lucas Paqueta (2019โ2020)
- Isa Sadoon Al-Hamdani (2020โ2023)
Basketball sectionโป
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 2023โ24, Muharraq will play in the West Asia Super League (WASL), becoming the second Bahraini team to do so.
Referencesโป
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- ^ "About Al-Muharraq". BFA. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Muharraq shock Wasl in GCC cup sudden death". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Bahrainโs 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.
- ^ ููุงุฉ ุงููุงุจุชู ุงูู ุตุฑู ู ู ุฏูุญ ุฎูุงุฌู ู ุฏุฑุจ ูุงุฏู ุงูู ุญุฑู ุณุงุจูุงู (in Arabic). alayam.com. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ "Other Sports: Muharraq cagers to join Manama for 2023โ24 FIBA West Asia Super League". gdnonline.com. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2023.