Al-Hilal (Omdurman)
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- This article is about the Sudanese football team. For other uses, see Al-Hilal (disambiguation).
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| Full name | Al-Hilal Al-Sudany Club for Physical Education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Hilal Al-Malayin(Hilal of the Millions) AlMowj Alazraq(Blue Wave) Al-Zaeem (The Leader) |
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| Founded | February 13, 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan |
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| Capacity | 45,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Salah Ahmed Idris |
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| Head Coach |  Ricardo Ferreira |
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| League | Sudan Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Sudan Premier League, 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Al Hilal (Arabic: نادي الهلال السوداني) is a Sudanese football club founded on February 13, 1930 in the city of Omdurman.
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[edit] Name and history
The name Hilal is translated from tne Arabic word meaning Crest, a name chosen on a cresty night in Omdurman.
[edit] Idea
During the late twenties and early thirties of the twentieth century and after July 24th revolution, the British colonization of Sudan has banned all sorts of activities and organizations that would potentially disrupt its power over the region. However, the only activities that were allowed were sports clubs and scouting. In 1930, four graduates from Khartoum Memorial College decided to establish a sports club that would help them fire their youthfulness and benefit their colonized nation. In the house of Hamdnalla Ahmed in Al-shohada Omdurman, a dozen of yet-to-be the founding fathers of Al-Hilal , mostly graduates from Khartoum Memorial College, held up a meeting to discuss and decide upon the name and goals of the newly established sports club.
At that era, sports clubs were named after neighbourhoods, cities and famous figures. Examples included Team Bori (after a Khartoum neighbourhood), Team Abbas (after a famous person) and Hay Alisbtaliya (after an Omdurmanian neighbourhood). The meeting concluded that the new club should not be named after any specific neighbourhood nor person. This slogan defined a national theme to the club that would encourage participation regardless of national origins.
The attendance decided to name the club as Moon, when Adam Ragab surprisingly questioned, "And why not we name it Al-Hilal?". Everyone welcomed the idea, and on February 13th, 1930 Al-Hilal became the official name of the club and the first to hold this name in Sudan and the Middle East.
[edit] 1930 Squad and Officers
The first squad included many of the founders that were present at the establishing meeting. The following list includes the founding fathers of Al-Hilal and their roles.
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First Adminstration
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First Squad (1930)
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Other Founders
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[edit] Achievements
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- 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Sudanese Cup: 4
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- 1977, 1993, 2000, 2004
[edit] Motto
The motto 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.
[edit] Rivalry with Al-Merrikh
There is a fierce historical rivalry between the two strongest clubs in Sudan, Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh. With both clubs based in Omdurman, clubs matches are very intensified and often require high security precautions. In recent years, this rivalry extended to include the press labeling certain sports newspapers and columnists as Al-Hilal Writers vs. Al-Merrikh Writers. Players exchanges period is occasionally very competitive and fierce. Prospective players are sometimes hidden and placed in undisclosed locations to ensure that the other club would not extend a higher offer and sign the player. Although Al-Mourada is considered as the third club that complete the Sudan football triplet, it has struggled financially and adminstratively to continue that legacy. It was considererd another local rival to Al-Hilal, however this has not been the case for the past 5 years.
[edit] Other Sports
Al-Hillal Club is represented in other sports in addition to football, including tennis, basketball, boy scout, swimming, volleyball, taekwondo, boxing, handball and chess. However, football is the major sport of the club.
[edit] Current squad (2005/06)
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[edit] Selected former players
see also Cat:Hilal Al-Sudan footballers
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[edit] Twin Teams
There are several football clubs that carried the name Al-Hilal in Sudan and the Middle East. However, Hilal Omdurman is the pioneer to carry this name.
In Sudan, almost in every States of Sudan there is a football club named AlHilal including Hilal PortSudan, Hilal Juba, Hilal Al-Obeid, Hilal Niyala, Hilal Al-Kamleen and Hilal Al-Qadarif.
In the Middle east, the name AlHilal is carried by Saudi football club Al-Hilal Al-Saudi and Libyan Al Hilal Benghazi, whom were established in the.
[edit] References and external links
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| Amal Atbara | Al Ahly Atbara | Al Hilal Omdurman | Al Hilal Port Sudan | Al Ittihad Wad Medani | Al Merreikh Omdurman | Al Merghani Kassala | Al Mourada Omdurman | Al Nil Wad Medani | Hay al-Arab Port Sudan | Jazeerat Al-Feel | Khartoum 3 | |
