Al-Muharraq Sports Club
Full nameAl-Muharraq Sports Club
Nickname(s)الذئب الأحمر
(The red wolf)
Founded1928 (1928)
GroundAl Muharraq Stadium
Capacity20,000
ManagerIsa Sadoon Al-Hamdani
LeagueBahraini Premier League
2022–233rd of 10

Al-Muharraq Sports Club is a professional football club based in Muharraq, Bahrain. It was founded in 1928 and 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 the biggest in Bahraini football.

History

Al Muharraq after being crowned champions of the GCC Champions League

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-Muharraq to win the 2021 AFC Cup. [1]

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.[2]

On 10 June 2012 Muharraq won the GCC Champions League for the first time.[3]

Al-Muharraq won the AFC Cup two times in 2021 and in 2008.

Honours

Domestic

Regional

Continental

Players

First-team squad

As of the 2022 season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bahrain BHR Sayed Mohammed Jaffer
3 DF Bahrain BHR Waleed Al Hayam
5 DF Bahrain BHR Amine Benaddi
6 MF Bahrain BHR Abdulwahab Al-Safi
8 MF Jordan JOR Noor Al-Rawabdeh
10 MF Bahrain BHR Abdulwahab Al-Malood
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Jordan JOR Mahmoud Al-Mardi
14 FW Brazil BRA Flávio Carioca
51 DF Bahrain BHR Abdullah Omar
99 DF Bahrain BHR Rashed Al-Hooti
— MF Tunisia TUN Walid Karoui
— MF Algeria ALG Hacène Ogbi

Managerial history

Basketball section

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 2023-24, Muharraq will play in the West Asia Super League (WASL), becoming the second Bahraini team to do so.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "بطولة جديدة لمرضي والروابدة مع المحرق البحريني". Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "About Al-Muharraq". BFA. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Muharraq shock Wasl in GCC cup sudden death". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Bahrain’s 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.
  5. ↑ وفاة الكابتن المصري ممدوح خفاجي مدرب نادي المحرق سابقاً (in Arabic). alayam.com. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Other Sports: Muharraq cagers to join Manama for 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League". gdnonline.com. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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