Al-Muharraq SC

Al-Muharraq SC

Full name	Al-Muharraq Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds, The Red Wolf, The Sheikh of Gulf Clubs
Founded	1928 (1928)
Ground	Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain
Ground Capacity	35,000
Chairman	Sh. Ahmed ibn Ali Al-Khalifa
Coach	Eissa Al Sa'adoon
League	Bahraini Premier League
2014/15	1st
Home colours Away colours

Al-Muharraq Sports Club (Arabic: نادي المحرق الرياضي‎‎) is a Bahraini football club based in Muharraq. It is one of the oldest sports club in the Persian Gulf region. Al-Muharraq Sports Club has won the Bahraini Football Premier League 31 times. Al-Muharraq Sports Club also takes part in other sports than football like Basketball and Volleyball. Historically, Al-Muharraq Sports Club football team resembles most of Bahrain national football team.

History

Al Muharraq after being crowned champions of the GCC Champions League

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, 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 Bosnian Adnan Sarajlic, Brazilian defender Juliano de Paola, and Jamal Ebraro from Morocco. Rico won the world's top scorer award in 2008 with 19 goals scored.

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 June 10, 2012 Muharraq won the GCC Champions League for the first time.

Crest

• Muharraq Club logo.png

  Old logo

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  Present logo

Titles

• 76 official Championships

• Bahraini Premier League (33):

1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015

• Bahraini King's Cup (31):

1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

• Bahraini FA Cup (3):

2005, 2009, 2012

• Bahraini Crown Prince Cup (5):

2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Bahraini Super Cup (2):

2006, 2013

• AFC Cup (1):

2008

• GCC Champions League (1):

2012

Performance in regional competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 5 appearances

1986 – Qualifying round

1988 – Qualifying round

1990 – withdraw in Group Stage

1993 – Group Stage

1994 – Group Stage

• AFC Cup: 4 appearances

2006 – Finalist

2007 – Group Stage

2008 – Winners

2009 – Group Stage

2013 – Withdrew

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1991 – Finalist

1995 – 2nd round

• GCC Champions League:

  2008: Group Stage

  2010: Semi-finals

  2012: Winner

Managers

• Mamdouh Khafaji (c. 1970s)
• Khalifa Al-Zayani (1980s)
• Ralf Borges Ferreira (1989–90)
• David Ferreira-Duque (1991–92)
• Ion Moldovan (1999)
• Acácio Casimiro (2003)
• Ralf Borges Ferreira (2003–04)
• Stefano Impagliazzo (2004–05)
• Khalifa Al-Zayani (2005)
• Carlos Alhinho (2005–06)
• Khalifa Al-Zayani (2006)
• Fernando Dourado (2006)
• Salman Sharida (2007–08)
• Julio Peixoto
• Dino Đurbuzović (2014–)

External links

• Muharraq Club Official Website