Al Hilal Educational Club ( ar, نادي الهلال للتربية), known as Al Hilal Omdurman or simply Al Hilal, is

based in

Omdurman Omdurman (standard ar, أم درمان ''Umm Durmān'') is a city in Sudan. It is the most populated city in the country, and thus also in the State of Khartoum. Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of the ...

that competes in the Sudan Premier League.

Name and history

The name ''Hilāl'' is the Arabic word for

crescent A crescent shape (, ) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself. In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is often shown wearing a crescent moon on his ...

– 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).

First Administration

* Babiker Ahmed Gabani, (F) President * Yousif Al-Mamoun,(F) Secretary * Abdelraheem Sarour Kabshour,(F) Secretary * Yousif Mustafa Al-Tinay, (F) Media Executive * Arabi Bilal, (F) Administration Member * Fathallah Bushara, (F) Administration Member *

Babiker Mukhtar Tatay Babiker Awadalla ( ar, بابكر عوض الله; 2 March 1917 – 17 January 2019) was a Sudanese Arab nationalist politician who was Prime Minister of Sudan from 25 May 1969 to 27 October 1969. Early life and education Awadalla was born in ...

Hamdnaallah Ahmed

First Squad (1930)

* Ali Abdallah Mabrouk, (F), GK * Abdelraheem Sarour Kabshour, (F), DF * Fathallah Bushara, (F), DF * Hamdnaallah Ahmed, (F), DF * Nimir Elamin, (F), DF * Adam Rajab, (F), DF *

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, (F), MF * Amin Babiker, (F), MF and Captain * Mohamed Hussein Sharfi, (F), MF *

, (F), FW * Yousif Mustafa Al-Tinay, (F), FW * Mohamed Talat Farid, FW Other Founders * Eltigany Aamir, (F) * Mohamed Mustafa Abdelwahid, (F) * Abdelrahman Shadad, (F) * Abdallah Elsanousi, (F) * Nimir Elamin, (F) * Elyasa Khalifa, (F) (F) = denotes Founder

Presidential history

* Babiker Ahmed Gabani (1930) * Amin Babiker (1930–1931) * Hamadnaallah Ahmed (1931–1933) * Makki Osman Azreg (1933–1938) *

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(1938–1944) * Elhaj Awadallah (1944–1946) * Mohamed Hussaein Sharfi (1946–1948) * Mohamed Khalid Hassan (1948–1950) * Ahmed Mohamed Ali Elsenjawi (1950–1952) * Mohamed Aamir Bashir Forawi (1952–1962) * Mahmoud Abusamra (1962–1963) * Mahjoub Taha (1963–1965) * Elsir Mohamed Ahmed (1965–1967) * Mohamed Abdallah Galnder (1967–1969) * Salih Mohamed Salih (1969–1971) * Omer Ali Hassan (1971–1973) * Ahmed Abdelrahman Elsheikh (1973–1975) * Zainelabdeen Mohamed Ahmed Abdelgadir (1975–1977) * Eltayeb Abdallah Mohamed Ali (1977-84/1988/1988-91/1994-96/1999) * Omer Mohamed Saeed (1984–1988) * Noureldin Elmubark (1988) * Abdelmajeed Mansour Abdallah (1991–1994) * Hassan Abdelgadir Hilal (1996–1999) * Taha Ali Elbashir (1999–2002) * Abdelrahman Sirelkhatim (2002–2005) * Salaheldin Ahmed Mohamed Idris (2005–2010) * Yusuf Ahmed Yusuf (2010) * Elamin Elberair (2011–2013) * Elhaj Ataaelmanan (2013) * Ashraf Seed Ahmed (2014–2020) * Hesham Hassan Al Subat (2020–)

Managerial history

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(1950–1958) * Jiří Starosta (1958–1966) (1968–1970) * Osman Hussein Al Sabi (1966–1968) * Al Hadi Seyam (1970–1973) * Mustafa Shawish (1973–1975) *

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(1975–1977) *

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(1977) (1982–1983) * Muhieldin Osman (1978–1982) * Naghwira (1983–1986) * Ahmad Abdallah (1986–1987) (1991–1992) * Kamal Shaddad (1987) * Jafar Abdelrazig (1992–1993) *

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(1994) (2002) * Paulo Matta (1995–1996) * Fawzi Al Mardi (1996–1999) * Markinous (1999–2000) * Ahmed Adam "Aafia" (2000–2001) * Mustafa Younes (2002–2003) *

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(2003–2004) * Sofiane Al Haydosi (2004–2005) * Heron Ricardo Ferreira (2005–2008) * Mohamed Muhieldin Al Diba (2008) (2017) * José Dutra dos Santos (2009) * Paulo Campos (2009–2010) (2014) *

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(2011) * Diego Garzitto (2012–2013) * Al Fateh Al Nager (2013) (2020) * Salah Mohamed Adam (2013) *

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(2015) *

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(2017) * Khaled Bakhit (2017)(2022-) * Mohamed Al Fateh Hejazi (2017) * Sergio Farias (2018) * Mohamed Al Tayeb (2018) * Irad Zaafouri (2018) (2018–2019) *

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(2018) *

Haitham Mustafa Haitham Mostafa Karar (; born 30 Aug 1978) is a Sudanese former Association football, footballer who played as midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Hilal (Omdurman), Al-Hilal Omdurman and the Sudan national football team, Sudan national team. C ...

(2019) *

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(2019–2020) * Zoran Manojlović (2020–2021) * Ricardo Formosinho (2021) * João Mota (2021–2022) *

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(2022-)

Captain history

*1930-1967 by election *1968- in seniority * 1- Amin Babeker (1930) * 2- Muhammed Hussein Sharfi (1930–1933) * 3- Hassan Mabrok (1933–1935) * 4- Abdel Aal Hussein (1935–1938) * 5- Hashem Deifallah (1938–1942) * 6- Abdel Kheir Saleh (1942–1946) (1953–1956) * 7-

(1946–1947) * 8- Yousef Abdel Azeez (1947–1948) * 9- Awad Ahmed (1948–1949) * 10- Muhamed Talat Farid (1949–1950) * 11- Alnour Balla (1950–1952) * 12- Zaki Saleh (1956–1957) * 13-

Siddiq Manzul Siddiq Mohammed Manzul ( ar, صديق محمد منزول) (1932 – 11 April 2003) was a Sudanese footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the first Africa Cup of Nations in 1957 and again in 1959. Honours Club ;Al-Hilal ...

(1957–1963) * 14- Deim El-Kabir (1963–1964) * 15- Sabit Dudu (1965–1967) * 16- Ebrahim Alkawarti (1968–1969) * 17- Amin Zaki (1970–1971) * 18- Deim El-Sagheer(1972–1974) * 19- Nasreldin Jaksa (1975–1977) * 20-

Ali Gagarin Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born 1 April 1949 in Omdurman) is a Sudanese former footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the Africa Cup of Nations 1970 and 1976. He earned his nickname of Ali Gagarin wh ...

(1978–1979) * 21- Ezzeldin El-daheesh(1978–1980) * 22- Gasim Ahmed Osman (1981) * 23- Abdallah Musa (1982) * 24- Salah Abu Rouf (1983) * 25- Mustafa Elnager (1984–1985) * 26- Mustafa Seimawi (1986) * 27- Tareg Ahmed Adam (1987–1993) * 28- Mansour Tenga (1994–1997) * 29- Jamal Al-Thalab (1997) * 30- Akef Ataa (1998) * 31- Mustafa Komi (1999) * 32-

Muhamed Hamdan Muhammad (), also spelled Muhammed or Muhamad or Mohammad or Mohammed or Mohamed or in a variety of other ways, is an Arabic given male name literally meaning 'Praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb (حَم� ...

(2000–2001) * 33- Hemed Kamal (2002–2003) * 34-

(2004–2012) * 35- Omer Bakhit (2013–2014) * 36- Seif Mesawi (2015–2016) * 37- Mudathir Karika (2017–2018) * 38- Muhamed Besha (2018–2019) * 39- Abdel Latif Boya (2019–2022) * 40- Muhamed Abdel Rahman (2022–)

Honours

National titles

* Sudan Premier League: 29 ::Champion:

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

, 1966, 1969, 1973,

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

, 1989,

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, 2021–22 (''Record'') * Sudan Cup: 8 ::Champion:

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, 2021–22

African titles

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

::Runner-up: (2)

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

Arab titles

Arab Cup Winners' Cup The Arab Cup Winners' Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس) was a football competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations. It started in 1989 and merged with the Arab ...

::Runner-up: (1)

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League

: 36 appearances

CAF Confederation Cup

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

: 6 appearances

African Cup Winners' Cup

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 4 appearances

CAF Cup

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tou ...

: 2 appearances

Performance in UAFA competitions

Arab Champions League

* Arab Club Champions Cup : 10 appearances

Arab Cup Winners' Cup

:2 appearances

Performance in Cecafa Clubs competitions

CECAFA Clubs Cup

CECAFA Clubs Cup The CECAFA Club Cup is a football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs from East and Central A ...

:8 appearances

Motto

The

motto A motto (derived from the Latin , 'mutter', by way of Italian , 'word' or 'sentence') is a sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, or the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group, or organisation. Mot ...

for Al-Hilal is ''Allah – AlWatan – Al-Hilal''. It is translated to English as "God – The Nation – Al-Hilal", which establishes a priority love list for Al-Hilal fans.

Players

Out on loan

(on loan) Al Rabita Kosti (Until June 2023) (on loan)

Hilal Alsahil SC Hilal Alsahil Sports Club ( ar, نادي هلال الساحل الرياضي) is a Sudanese football club founded in 1937 in Port Sudan. They played in the top division in Sudanese football, Sudan Premier League. Their home stadium is Stade ...

(Until June 2023) (on loan) Haidoub SC (Until June 2023) (on loan) Wad Nubawi SC (Until June 2023) (on loan) Kober SC (Until June 2023)

References

External links

Official website
{{Sudan Premier League

Hilal Hilal or Al-Hilal may refer to: *Hilal ( ar, هلال, ''hilāl''), a crescent ** the crescent Moon visible after a new Moon, determining the beginning of a month in the Islamic calendar * Banu Hilal, a confederation of tribes of Arabia Arts ...

Association football clubs established in 1930 Omdurman 1930 establishments in Sudan