Sudan Premier League

Sudan Premier League
Founded1965 (1965)
CountrySudan
ConfederationCAF
Number of clubs24
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLeague of Local associations
Domestic cupSudan Cup
International cup(s)Champions League
Confederation Cup
Arab Champions League
CECAFA Clubs Cup
Current championsAl-Hilal Omdurman
(2024–25)
Most championshipsAl-Hilal Club (31)
Current: 2025–26 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 1 August and ends on 31 May.

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 Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani) 1928 Wad Madani Stadium Wad Madani Gezira State
3 Al Mirghani ESC 1928 Kassala Stadium Kassala Kassala State
4 Al Ahli SC (Khartoum) 1929 Khartoum Stadium Khartoum Khartoum State
5 Al-Hilal Club 1930 Al-Hilal Stadium Omdurman Khartoum State
6 Hilal Alsahil SC 1937 Port Sudan Stadium Port Sudan Red Sea State
7 Al-Hilal SC (Al-Managel) 1942 Al-Managel Stadium Al-Managel Gezira State
8 Kober SC 1943 Kober Stadium Bahri Khartoum State
9 Al-Falah SC 1945 Atbara Stadium Atbara River Nile State
10 Alamal SC Atbara 1946 Atbara Stadium Atbara River Nile State
11 Al-Merrikh SC (Al-Obeid) 1946 Al-Obeid Stadium Al-Obeid Northern Kurdufan
12 Al Rabita Kosti 1947 Kosti Stadium Kosti White Nile State
13 Al-Hilal ESC (Al-Fasher) 1948 Al-Fasher Stadium Al-Fasher Darfur
14 Al-Hilal SC (Karima) 1952 Karima Stadium Karima Northern State
15 Al-Merrikh SC (Kosti) 1954 Kosti Stadium Kosti White Nile State
16 Al Ahly Club (Merowe) 1956 Merowe Stadium Merowe Northern State
17 Haidoub SC 1957 En Nahud Stadium En Nahud West Kordofan
18 Al-Saham SC 1957 Al-Damer Stadium Al-Damer River Nile State
19 Al-Fajr SC 1957 Al-Obeid Stadium Al-Obeid Northern Kurdufan
20 Om Maghad SC 1965 Al Kamlin Stadium Al Kamlin District Gezira State
21 Al-Zamala SC 1967 Umm Ruwaba Stadium Umm Ruwaba Northern Kurdufan
22 Hay Al Wadi SC 1977 Nyala Stadium Nyala Darfur
23 Al-Tagadum SC 1977 Port Sudan Stadium Port Sudan Red Sea State
24 Al-Shurta Club 2008 Al-Gadaref Stadium Al Gadaref Al Gadaref State

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)

1993, 2001, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018
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 Ramadan Agab 95
7 Haytham Tambal 93
8 Mutaz Kabair 87
9 Mohamed Ahmed Bashir 80
10 Jamie Olago 76

See also

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