Horseed FC is a
Somali football
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club based in
Mogadishu,
Somalia. It was founded in 1971 by
Lt. Col
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Mohamed Ahmed Alim, who started the
Somali Armed Forces Sports Directorate recruiting from the ranks of the Army. It is seven times champion of the
Somalia League. A team of Somali Armed Forces, Horseed SC was among the most formidable and recognized football clubs in the country. After the civil war broke out, it discontinued operations, but has been revived in 2013 by Gen Dahir Aden Elmi Commander of the Somalia Armed Forces. Gen Elmi revived all the different teams of Horseed Sports Club with emphasis on the Football Team which again began to compete in the Somalia Serie A league.
In 2017, Col Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, was appointed as its chairman, and since then the club has seen positive changes and developments which have catapulted the club to regain its former glory.
CECAFA Club Cup
Horseed were the first
Somalia League team to reach the
CECAFA Club Cup final. In 1977, they were runners up to
Luo Union of
Kenya, losing 2โ1. In the following seasons, they reached the semi-finals of the competition twice, narrowly losing out in the finals to
Simba SC of Tanzania in 1978, and
Abaluhya FC of Kenya in 1979. The matches were held in Somalia.
CECAFA Club Championship
/ref> Abulahuya FC went on to win the Cup.
Achievements
*Somalia premier League
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: 8
::1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980,2020/2021
* Somalia Cup (General DAUD Cup): 4
::1982, 1983, 1987, 2015, 2019
* CECAFA Club Cup: 0
::Runner-up โ 1977
Squad
References
Football clubs in Somalia
1967 establishments in Somalia
Association football clubs established in 1967
Military association football clubs
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