# Al-Muharraq SC > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Al-Muharraq_SC > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Al-Muharraq_SC.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muharraq_SC > Source revision: 1356796084 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football club Al-Muharraq Full name Al-Muharraq Sports Club Nicknames الذئب الأحمر (The red wolf) Short name Muharraq Founded 1928; 98 years ago (1928) Ground Al Muharraq Stadium Capacity 10,000 Chairman Rashid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa Head coach Nandinho League Premier League 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League, 1st of 12 (Champions) Home colours Away colours Current season **Al-Muharraq Sports Club** is a professional [football](/source/Association_football) club based in [Muharraq](/source/Muharraq), Bahrain. Founded in [1928](/source/1928), it is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain). The club has won numerous domestic and regional titles, including 36 [Bahraini Premier League](/source/Bahraini_Premier_League) titles and 1 [GCC Champions League](/source/GCC_Champions_League) title. Al-Muharraq Sports Club is known for its passionate fanbase and its rivalry with [Al-Ahli Club](/source/Al-Ahli_Club_(Manama)), which is considered one of the biggest in Bahraini football. ## History Al Muharraq after being crowned champions of the [GCC Champions League](/source/GCC_Champions_League) Al-Muharraq was first founded in 1928. Al-Muharraq Sports Club have produced some of the current stars of the national team like the captain [Mohamed Salmeen](/source/Mohamed_Salmeen), Rashid Al Dossary, Alisa, veteran goalkeeper Ali Hassan, Ali Amer and Ebrahim Al Mishkhas.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Al-Muharraq Sports Club has brought in foreign professionals on certain occasions such as Brazilian forward [Leandson Dias da Silva](/source/Leandson_Dias_da_Silva) also known as [Rico](/source/Leandson_Dias_da_Silva) and Adnan Sarajlic, defender Juliano de Paola, and Jamal Ebraro . [Rico](/source/Leandson_Dias_da_Silva) won the world's top scorer award in 2008 with 19 goals scored. Jordanian Midfielders [Noor Al-Rawabdeh](/source/Noor_Al-Rawabdeh) and [Mahmoud Al-Mardi](/source/Mahmoud_Al-Mardi) who they help Al-Muharraq to win the [2021 AFC Cup](/source/2021_AFC_Cup).[1] 2008 was a perfect season for Al-Muharraq Sports Club as they completed a [quadruple](/source/List_of_association_football_teams_to_have_won_four_or_more_trophies_in_one_season) (Bahraini League, King's Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the [AFC Cup](/source/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](/source/GCC_Champions_League) for the first time.[3] Al-Muharraq won the [AFC Cup](/source/AFC_Cup) two times in [2021](/source/2021_AFC_Cup) and in [2008](/source/2008_AFC_Cup).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Honours Football First Team Official Honours ### Domestic - **[Bahraini Premier League](/source/Bahraini_Premier_League)** - **Winners (36):** [1956–57](/source/1956%E2%80%9357_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1957–58](/source/1957%E2%80%9358_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1959–60](/source/1959%E2%80%9360_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1960–61](/source/1960%E2%80%9361_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1961–62](/source/1961%E2%80%9362_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1962–63](/source/1962%E2%80%9363_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1963–64](/source/1963%E2%80%9364_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1964–65](/source/1964%E2%80%9365_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1965–66](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1966–67](/source/1966%E2%80%9367_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1969–70](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1970–71](/source/1970%E2%80%9371_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1972–73](/source/1972%E2%80%9373_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1973–74](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1985–86](/source/1985%E2%80%9386_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1987–88](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1990–91](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1991–92](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1994–95](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_Bahraini_Premier_League), [1998–99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2000–01](/source/2000%E2%80%9301_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2001-02](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2001-02_Bahraini_Classification_League&action=edit&redlink=1), [2003–04](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2005–06](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2008–09](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Bahrain_Classification_Soccer_League), [2010–11](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Bahrain_First_Division_League), [2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Bahrain_First_Division_League), [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2024-25](/source/2024-25_Bahraini_Premier_League), [2025-26](/source/2025-26_Bahraini_Premier_League) - **[Bahraini King's Cup](/source/Bahraini_King's_Cup)** - **Winners (34):** 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](/source/2009_Bahraini_King's_Cup), [2011](/source/2011_Bahraini_King's_Cup), [2012](/source/2012_Bahraini_King's_Cup), [2013](/source/2013_Bahraini_King's_Cup), [2015–16](/source/2016_Bahraini_King's_Cup), 2019–20, 2025-26 - **[Bahraini FA Cup](/source/Bahraini_FA_Cup)** - **Winners (5):** 2005, [2009](/source/2009_Bahraini_FA_Cup), 2020, 2021, 2022 - **[Bahraini Crown Prince Cup](/source/Bahraini_Crown_Prince_Cup)** - **Winners (5):** [2001](/source/2001_Bahraini_Crown_Prince_Cup), [2006](/source/2006_Bahraini_Crown_Prince_Cup), [2007](/source/2007_Bahraini_Crown_Prince_Cup), [2008](/source/2008_Bahraini_Crown_Prince_Cup), [2009](/source/2009_Bahraini_Crown_Prince_Cup) - **[Bahraini Super Cup](/source/Bahraini_Super_Cup)** - **Winners (4):** 1995, 2006, 2013, 2018 - **[Bahraini Elite Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bahraini_Elite_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1)** - **Winners (1):** 2019 ### Regional - **[GCC Champions League](/source/GCC_Champions_League)** - **Winners (1):** [2012](/source/2012_GCC_Champions_League) ### Continental - **[AFC Champions League Two](/source/AFC_Champions_League_Two)** - **Winners (2):** [2008](/source/2008_AFC_Cup), [2021](/source/2021_AFC_Cup)[4] ## Players ### First-team squad - *As of the 2023–24 season.* Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under [FIFA eligibility rules](/source/FIFA_eligibility_rules); some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK BHR Naji Mohboob 2 DF BHR Husain Sabba 3 DF BHR Waleed Al Hayam 5 DF BHR Amine Benaddi 7 MF BHR Ahmed Al-Sherooqi 8 MF TUN Walid Karoui 10 MF BHR Abdulwahab Al-Malood 11 FW MAR Soufian Mahrouq 16 MF BHR Hasan Al-Karrani 17 MF BHR Ahmed Khaled Ali 18 FW BHR Husain Abdulkarim Mubarak Abdulaziz 19 MF BHR Ahmed Al-Hayki 20 MF BHR Mubarak Mohammed 21 GK BHR Sayed Mohammed Jaffer 22 GK BHR Ebrahim Lutfalla No. Pos. Nation Player 24 GK BHR Ashraf Al-Sebale 26 DF TUN Nassim Hnid 27 DF BHR Mohamed Al-Banna 28 MF TUN Mohamed Ali Trabelsi 29 MF BHR Khalifa Al-Koos 30 MF BHR Omar Saber 31 FW TUN Firas Chaouat 32 DF BHR Abdulla Al-Khulasi 35 DF BHR Mohammed Fares 37 FW BRA Juninho 50 DF BHR Rashed Al-Hooti 77 MF OMA Zahir Al-Aghbari 98 MF BRA Felipe Saraiva ## Managerial history - Ralf Borges Ferreira (1989–90) - [Lotfi Benzarti](/source/Lotfi_Benzarti) (1990–91) - [David Ferreira "Duque"](/source/Duque_(footballer)) (1991–92) - [Lotfi Benzarti](/source/Lotfi_Benzarti) (1994–95) - [Ion Moldovan](/source/Ion_Moldovan) (1999) - [Ion Ion](/source/Ion_Ion_(footballer)) (1999–00) - [Acácio Casimiro](/source/Ac%C3%A1cio_Casimiro) (2003) - Ralf Borges Ferreira (2003–04) - Stefano Impagliazzo (2004–05) - Khalifa Al-Zayani (2005) - [Carlos Alhinho](/source/Carlos_Alhinho) (2005–06) - Khalifa Al-Zayani (2006) - Fernando Dourado (2006) - [Salman Sharida](/source/Salman_Sharida) (2007–08) - Julio Peixoto - [Dino Đurbuzović](/source/Dino_%C4%90urbuzovi%C4%87) (2014–2015) - [Rodion Gačanin](/source/Rodion_Ga%C4%8Danin) (2016) - [Robert Jaspert](/source/Robert_Jaspert) (2017) - [Salman Sharida](/source/Salman_Sharida) (2018) - [Nacif Beyaoui](/source/Nacif_Beyaoui) (2018) - [Nabil Kouki](/source/Nabil_Kouki) (2018–2019) - Ali Amer (2019) - Lucas Paqueta (2019–2020) - Isa Sadoon Al-Hamdani (2020–2023) ## Basketball section Al-Muharraq also has a basketball section that plays in the [Bahraini Premier League](/source/Bahraini_Premier_League_(basketball)). The team has won five national championships, in 2008, 2012 , 2019 , 2025 and 2026. In 2023–24, Muharraq will play in the [West Asia Super League](/source/West_Asia_Super_League) (WASL), becoming the second Bahraini team to do so.[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["بطولة جديدة لمرضي والروابدة مع المحرق البحريني"](https://www.kooora.com/?n=1127707&o=n1001539). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220410223509/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1127707&o=n1001539) from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["About Al-Muharraq"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003115/http://www.bfa.bh/en/club/muharraq/about). BFA. Archived from [the original](http://www.bfa.bh/en/club/muharraq/about) on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Muharraq shock Wasl in GCC cup sudden death"](https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/muharraq-shock-wasl-in-gcc-cup-sudden-death-1.1034255). Gulf News. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180423170038/https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/muharraq-shock-wasl-in-gcc-cup-sudden-death-1.1034255) from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Bahrain’s Al Muharraq downs Nasaf to lift second AFC Cup title](https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/al-muharraq-beats-nasaq-afc-cup-title-bahrain-uzbekistan/article37350735.ece) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211106064452/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/al-muharraq-beats-nasaq-afc-cup-title-bahrain-uzbekistan/article37350735.ece) 6 November 2021 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). *sportstar.thehindu.com*. [Sportstar](/source/Sportstar). Retrieved 6 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Other Sports: Muharraq cagers to join Manama for 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League"](https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1287160). *gdnonline.com*. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2023. ## External links - [Official website](https://www.muharraqclub.com/) [Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Bahrain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Bahrain) - [Association football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Association_football) v t e Bahraini Premier League Seasons 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2002 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 Clubs 2024–25 A'Ali Al-Ahli Al-Khaldiya Al-Muharraq Al-Najma Al-Riffa Al-Shabab Bahrain SC East Riffa Malkiya Manama Sitra Associated competitions Crown Prince Cup FA Cup King's Cup AFC Champions League Two v t e AFC Cup and AFC Champions League Two winners AFC Cup era, 2004–2024 2000s 2004: Al-Jaish 2005: Al-Faisaly 2006: Al-Faisaly 2007: Shabab Al-Ordon 2008: Al-Muharraq 2009: Al-Kuwait 2010s 2010: Al-Ittihad 2011: Nasaf Qarshi 2012: Al-Kuwait 2013: Al-Kuwait 2014: Al-Qadsia 2015: Johor Darul Ta'zim 2016: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2017: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2018: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2019: Al-Ahed 2020s 2020: Not awarded 2021: Al-Muharraq 2022: Al-Seeb 2023–24: Central Coast Mariners AFC Champions League Two era, 2024–present 2020s 2024–25: Sharjah 2025–26: Gamba Osaka Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Israel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Al-Muharraq SC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muharraq_SC) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muharraq_SC?action=history)). 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