Sudan Premier League

Sudan Premier League (Arabic: الدوري السوداني الممتاز) is the top division of the Sudan Football Association, it was created in 1965. It starts on August 1 and ends May 31.

Sudan Premier League

Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Country	Sudan
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	18
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	League of Local associations
Domestic cup(s)	Sudan Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup Arab Champions League CECAFA Clubs Cup
Current champions	Al-Hilal Omdurman (2024–25)
Most championships	Al-Hilal Club (31)
Current: 2025–26 Sudan Premier League

Sudan Premier League Clubs (2025–26)

1	Club	Year Formed	Stadium	City	State
1	Al-Merrikh SC	1927	Al-Merrikh Stadium	Omdurman	Khartoum State
2	Hay Al-Arab SC	1928	Port Sudan Stadium	Port Sudan	Red Sea State
3	Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani)	1928	Wad Madani Stadium	Wad Madani	Gezira State
4	Al Mirghani ESC	1928	Kassala Stadium	Kassala	Kassala State
5	Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)	1929	Khartoum Stadium	Khartoum	Khartoum State
6	Al-Hilal Club	1930	Al-Hilal Stadium	Omdurman	Khartoum State
7	Tuti SC	1932	Khartoum Stadium	Khartoum	Khartoum State
8	Hilal Alsahil SC	1937	Port Sudan Stadium	Port Sudan	Red Sea State
9	Al-Hilal SC (El Manaqil)	1942	El Manaqil Stadium	El Manaqil	Gezira State
10	Al-Ahly Shendi	1943	Shendi Stadium	Shendi	River Nile State
11	Kober SC	1943	Kober Stadium	Bahri	Khartoum State
12	Wad Nubawi SC	1944	Omdurman Stadium	Omdurman	Khartoum State
13	Al-Falah SC	1945	Atbara Stadium	Atbara	River Nile State
14	Alamal SC Atbara	1946	Atbara Stadium	Atbara	River Nile State
15	Al-Merrikh SC (Al-Ubayyid)	1946	Al-Ubayyid Stadium	Al-Ubayyid	Northern Kurdufan
16	Al Rabita Kosti	1947	Kosti Stadium	Kosti	White Nile State
17	Al-Hilal ESC (Al-Fasher)	1948	Al-Fasher Stadium	Al-Fasher	Darfur
18	Al-Zoma SC	1953	Khartoum Stadium	Khartoum	Khartoum State
19	Al Ahly Club (Merowe)	1956	Merowe Stadium	Merowe	Northern State
20	Haidoub SC	1957	En Nahud Stadium	En Nahud	West Kordofan
21	Al-Merrikh SC (Nyala)	1957	Nyala Stadium	Nyala	Darfur
22	Om Maghad SC	1965	Al Kamlin Stadium	Al Kamlin District	Gezira State
23	Hay Al Wadi SC	1977	Nyala Stadium	Nyala	Darfur
24	Al-Shurta Club	2008	Al Qadarif Stadium	Al Qadarif	Al Qadarif State
25	Al-Zamala SC (Umrawaba)	-	Umrawaba Stadium	Umm Ruwaba	Northern Kurdufan

Championship history

Years	Champions
1965	Al Hilal (1)
1966	Al Hilal (2)
1967	Al-Mourada SC (1)
1968	Burri Khartoum (1)
1969	Al Hilal (3)
1970	Al Merreikh (1)
1971	Championship canceled
1972	Al Merreikh (2)
1973	Al Hilal (4)
1974	Al Merreikh (3)
1975	Championship canceled
1976	Championship canceled
1977	Al Merreikh (4)
1978	Championship canceled
1979	Championship canceled
1980	Championship canceled
1981	Al Hilal (5)
1982	Al Merreikh (5)
1983	Al Hilal (6)
1984	Al Hilal (7)
1985	Al Merreikh (6)
1986	Al Hilal (8)
1987	Al Hilal (9)
1988	Al-Mourada SC (2)
1989	Al Hilal (10)
1990	Al Merreikh (7)
1991	Al Hilal (11)
1992	Al Hilal Port-Soudan (1)
1993	Al Merreikh (8)
1994	Al Hilal (12)
1995	Al Hilal (13)
1996	Al Hilal (14)
1997	Al Merreikh (9)
1998	Al Hilal (15)
1999	Al Hilal (16)
2000	Al Merreikh (10)
2001	Al Merreikh (11)
2002	Al Merreikh (12)
2003	Al Hilal (17)
2004	Al Hilal (18)
2005	Al Hilal (19)
2006	Al Hilal (20)
2007	Al Hilal (21)
2008	Al Merreikh (13)
2009	Al Hilal (22)
2010	Al Hilal (23)
2011	Al Merreikh (14)
2012	Al Hilal (24)
2013	Al Merreikh (15)
2014	Al Hilal (25)
2015	Al Merreikh (16)
2016	Al Hilal (26)
2017	Al Hilal (27)
2018	Al Merreikh (17)
2018–19	Al Merreikh (18)
2019–20	Al Merreikh (19)
2020–21	Al Hilal (28)
2021–22	Al Hilal (29)
2022–23	Championship canceled
2023–24	Al-Hilal (30)
2024-25	Al-Hilal (31)

Qualification for CAF competitions

Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season

The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.

Legend

• CL: CAF Champions League
• CC: CAF Confederation Cup
• ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
•   Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.

Rank			Association	2020–21 (× 1)		2021–22 (× 2)		2022–23 (× 3)		2023–24 (× 4)		2024–25 (× 5)		Total
2025	2024	Mvt		CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC
1	1	—	Egypt	8	3	7	4	8	2.5	7	7	10	4	190.5
2	2	—	Morocco	4	6	9	5	8	2	2	4	5	5	142
3	4	+1	South Africa	8	2	5	4	4	3	4	1.5	9	3	131
4	3	-1	Algeria	6	5	7	1	6	5	2	3	5	5	130
5	6	+1	Tanzania	3	0.5	0	2	3	4	6	0	2	4	82.5
6	5	-1	Tunisia	4	3	5	1	4	2	6	1	3	0.5	82.5
7	8	+1	Angola	1	0	5	0	2	0	3	1.5	2	2	55
8	7	-1	DR Congo	4	0	0	3	1	2	4	0	2	0	45
9	9	—	Sudan	3	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	41
10	11	+1	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	2	38
11	10	-1	Libya	0	0.5	0	5	0	0.5	0	3	0	0	24
12	12	—	Nigeria	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	21

Performance by club

Club	City	Champion	Runners-up	Champions Seasons	Runners-up Seasons
Al-Hilal Club	Omdurman	31	16	1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024-25	1970, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19, 2019–20
Al-Merrikh SC	Omdurman	19	26	1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19, 2019–20	1967, 1968, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
Al-Mourada SC	Omdurman	2	4	1967, 1988	1987, 1995, 1996, 1997
Burri SC	Khartoum	1	0	1968
Hilal Alsahil SC	Port Sudan	1	0	1992
Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani)	Wad Madani	0	2		1969, 1982
Hay Al-Arab SC	Port Sudan	0	2		1981, 1999
Al-Shati SC (Atbara)	Atbara	0	1		1965
Al-Ittihad SC (Wad Madani)	Wad Madani	0	1		1966
Al-Merrikh SC (Al-Obeid)	Al-Obeid	0	1		1985

Double Titles (League and Cup in the Same Season)

• Al-Merrikh SC : 6 times

1993, 2001, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018

• Al-Hilal SC : 6 times

1998, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2021–22, 2024-25

Top scorers

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1965	Alser Aljemel	Al-Hilal Club	8
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1972
1973
1974
1977
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996	Osama Berish	Al-Merrikh SC	7
	Amir Musa	Al-Hilal Club
	Hamouri Al-Kamlin	Hilal Alsahil SC
	Hassan kenda	Hay Al-Arab SC
1997	Abdelmajeed Jafar	Al-Merrikh SC	9
1998	Abdelmajeed Jafar	Al-Merrikh SC	19
1999	Faisal Agab	Al-Merrikh SC	7
2000	Mutaz Kabair	Al-Merreikh Al-Thagher	14
2001	Mutaz Kabair	Al-Hilal Club	15
2002	Mutaz Kabair	Al-Hilal Club	15
2003	Mutaz Kabair	Al-Hilal Club	12
2004	Haytham Tambal	Al-Hilal Club	20
2005	Faisal Agab	Al-Merrikh SC	19
	Haytham Tambal	Al-Hilal Club
2006	Endurance Idahor	Al-Merrikh SC	18
	Kelechi Osunwa	Al-Hilal Club
2007	Kelechi Osunwa	Al-Hilal Club	20
2008	Haytham Tambal	Al-Merrikh SC	21
2009	Kelechi Osunwa	Al-Merrikh SC	21
2010	Mudather Karika	Al-Hilal Club	13
2011	Jonas Sakuwaha	Al-Merrikh SC	19
2012	Kelechi Osunwa	Al-Merrikh SC	18
2013	Muhamed Koko	Al-Ahli Club (Atbara)	12
	Mudather Karika	Al-Hilal Club
	Ousmaila Baba	Al-Ahly Shendi
2014	Mohamed Traoré	Al-Merrikh SC	15
2015	Muhamed Ankaba	Al-Merrikh SC / El-Hilal SC El-Obeid	12
2016	Kelechi Osunwa	Al-Ahly Shendi	38
2017	Muhamed Abdel Rahman	Al-Merrikh SC	22
2018	Waleed Al-Shoala	Al-Hilal Club	16
2018–19	Richmond Antwi	Al Khartoum SC	11
2019–20	Abdel Raouf	El-Hilal SC El-Obeid/Al-Hilal Club	15
	Ramadan Agab	Al-Merrikh SC
	Yaser Muzmel	Al-Ahly Shendi
2020–21	Muhamed Abdel Rahman	Al-Hilal Club	29
2021–22	Michael Aboagye	Hilal Alsahil SC	18
2024	Abdel Raouf	Al-Hilal Club	2
2024-25	Alsadeg Abdallah	Al-Merrikh SC (Al-Obeid)	8

All-time top scorers

Rank	Nat	Name	Goals
1		Kelechi Osunwa	161
2		Faisal Agab	118
3		Muhamed Abdelrahman	117
4		Muhannad El Tahir	115
5		Mudather Karika	104
6		Haytham Tambal	94
7		Ramadan Agab	94
8		Mutaz Kabair	88
9		Mohamed Ahmed Bashir	75
10		Ahmed Bushara Wahba	74

See also

• African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League
• African Cup Winners' Cup / CAF Confederation Cup
• CAF Cup

External links

• sudanfootball.net (in Arabic)
• sudanfootball.sd (in Arabic, English, and French)