# Horseed FC

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Association football club in Somalia

Football club

Horseed SC Full name Horseed Football Club, "Horseed Sports Club" Nicknames Cawo iyo Maalin, (Day and Night) Founded 1971 Ground Banadir Stadium, Somalia Capacity 20,000[1] Chairman Col Ali Adan SHuriye Coach Mohamed lamjad mastari League Somali First Division 2024–25 3rd Home colours Away colours

**Horseed FC** is a [Somali](/source/Somalia) [football](/source/Football_(soccer)) club based in [Mogadishu](/source/Mogadishu), [Somalia](/source/Somalia). It was founded in 1971 by [Lt. Col](/source/Lt._Col) Mohamed Ahmed Alim, who started the [Somali Armed Forces](/source/Somali_Armed_Forces) Sports Directorate recruiting from the ranks of the Army. It is a seven-time champion of the [Somalia League](/source/Somalia_League). A team of Somali Armed Forces, Horseed SC was among the most formidable and recognized football clubs in the country. After the civil war broke out, it discontinued operations, but has been revived in 2013 by Gen Dahir Aden Elmi Commander of the Somalia Armed Forces. Gen Elmi revived all the different teams of Horseed Sports Club with emphasis on the Football Team which again began to compete in the Somalia Serie A league. In 2017, Col Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, was appointed as its chairman, and since then the club has seen positive changes and developments which have catapulted the club to regain its former glory.

## CECAFA Club Cup

Horseed were the first [Somalia League](/source/Somalia_League) team to reach the [CECAFA Club Cup](/source/Kagame_Inter-Club_Cup) final.[2] In 1977, they were runners up to [Luo Union](/source/Gor_Mahia_F.C.) of [Kenya](/source/Kenya), losing 2–1.[3] In the following seasons, they reached the semi-finals of the competition twice, narrowly losing out in the finals to [Simba](/source/Simba_SC) of Tanzania in 1978, and [Abaluhya](/source/A.F.C._Leopards) of Kenya in 1979. The matches were held in Somalia.[4] Abulahuya FC went on to win the Cup.

## Achievements

- **[Somalia League](/source/Somalia_League): 9**

- - 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2021,

- **[Somalia Cup](/source/Somalia_Cup): 9**

- - 1972, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2015, 2019, 2020

- **[Somalia Super Cup](/source/Somalia_Super_Cup): 2**

- - 2015, 2021

- **[CECAFA Club Cup](/source/Kagame_Inter-Club_Cup): 0**

- - Runner-up – 1977

## See also

- [Football in Somalia](/source/Football_in_Somalia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Somalia rebuilds: Al Qaeda's gone, soccer's back - WardheerNews"](https://wardheernews.com/somalia-rebuilds-al-qaedas-gone-soccers-back/). *wardheernews.com*. Retrieved 2026-02-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [CECAFA](http://cecafa09.net/about2.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090623045938/http://cecafa09.net/about2.htm) 2009-06-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Cecafa Kagame Inter Club"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091128050157/http://www.cecafa.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=84). Archived from [the original](http://www.cecafa.net/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D93%26Itemid%3D84) on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-11-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [CECAFA Club Championship](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cecafa.html)

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