Sudan Premier League

Sudan Premier League

Founded	1965 (1965)
Country	Sudan
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	25
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	League of Local associations
Domestic cup(s)	Sudan Cup
International cup(s)	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Current champions	Al-Hilal Omdurman (2023–24)
Most championships	Al-Hilal Club (17)
Current: 2024–25 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.

Current clubs (2024–25)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Khartoum	Khartoum Stadium	23,000
Al-Ahli	Merowe
Al-Ahly	Shendi	Shendi Stadium	10,000
Al-Fallah	Atbara	Atbara Stadium	15,000
Al-Hilal	Al-Fashir	Al-Fashir Stadium	10,000
Al-Hilal	Omdurman	Al-Hilal Stadium	25,000
Al-Merrikh	Omdurman	Al-Merrikh Stadium	43,000
Al-Rabita	Kosti	Kosti Stadium	3,000
Al-Shorta Al-Qadarif	Kassala
Alamal	Atbara	Atbara Stadium	15,000
Haidob	En Nahud
Hay Al-Arab	Port Sudan	Stade Port Sudan	13,000
Hay Al-Wadi	Nyala
Hilal Alsahil	Port Sudan	Stade Port Sudan	13,000
Kober	Khartoum	Khartoum Stadium	23,000
Tuti	Khartoum	Khartoum Stadium	23,000
Wad Nobawi	Omdurman
Zuma	Khartoum	Khartoum Stadium	23,000

Champions

List of champions of Sudan Premier League (since 1996)

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Al Hilal	17	10	1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
Al Merrikh	11	15	1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2018–19, 2019–20

Years	Champions
1996	Al-Hilal (1)
1997	Al-Merrikh (1)
1998	Al-Hilal (2)
1999	Al-Hilal (3)
2000	Al-Merrikh (2)
2001	Al-Merrikh (3)
2002	Al-Merrikh (4)
2003	Al-Hilal (4)
2004	Al-Hilal (5)
2005	Al-Hilal (6)
2006	Al-Hilal (7)
2007	Al-Hilal (8)
2008	Al-Merrikh (5)
2009	Al-Hilal (9)
2010	Al-Hilal (10)
2011	Al-Merrikh (6)
2012	Al-Hilal (11)
2013	Al-Merrikh (7)
2014	Al-Hilal (12)
2015	Al-Merrikh (8)
2016	Al-Hilal (13)
2017	Al-Hilal (14)
2018	Al-Merrikh (9)
2018–19	Al-Merrikh (10)
2019–20	Al-Merrikh (11)
2020–21	Al-Hilal (15)
2021–22	Al-Hilal (16)
2022–23	Abandoned due to Sudanese civil war
2023–24	Al-Hilal (17)

Top scorers by season

List of top Sudan Premier League goal scorers by season (since 1996)

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1996	Osama Berish	Al Merrikh	7
	Amir Musa	Al Hilal
	Hamouri Al Kamlin	Hilal Alsahil
	Hassan Kenda	Hay Al-Arab
1997	Abdelmajeed Jafar	Al Merrikh	9
1998	Abdelmajeed Jafar	Al Merrikh	19
1999	Faisal Agab	Al Merrikh	7
2000	Mutaz Kabair	Al-Merreikh Al-Thagher	14
2001	Mutaz Kabair	Al Hilal	15
2002	Mutaz Kabair	Al Hilal	15
2003	Mutaz Kabair	Al Hilal	12
2004	Haytham Tambal	Al Hilal	20
2005	Faisal Agab	Al Merrikh	19
	Haytham Tambal	Al Hilal
2006	Endurance Idahor	Al Merrikh	18
	Kelechi Osunwa	Al Hilal
2007	Kelechi Osunwa	Al Hilal	20
2008	Haytham Tambal	Al Merrikh	21
2009	Kelechi Osunwa	Al Merrikh	21
2010	Mudather Karika	Al Hilal	13
2011	Jonas Sakuwaha	Al Merrikh	19
2012	Kelechi Osunwa	Al Merrikh	18
2013	Muhamed Koko	Al-Ahli Club (Atbara)	12
	Mudather Karika	Al Hilal
	Ousmaïla Baba	Al-Ahly Shendi
2014	Mohamed Traoré	Al Merrikh	15
2015	Mohamed Ankaba	Al Merrikh / El Hilal SC El Obeid	12
2016	Kelechi Osunwa	Al-Ahly Shendi	38
2017	Muhamed Abdel Rahman	Al Merrikh	22
2018	Waleed Al-Shoala	Al Hilal	16
2018–19	Richmond Antwi	Khartoum	11
2019–20	Abdel Raouf	El Hilal SC El Obeid / Al Hilal	15
	Ramadan Agab	Al Merrikh
	Yaser Muzmel	Al-Ahly Shendi
2020–21	Muhamed Abdel Rahman	Al Hilal	29
2021–22	Michael Aboagye	Hilal Alsahil	18
2023–24	Abdel Raouf	Al Hilal	2

All-time top scorers

Rank	Nat	Name	Goals
1		Kelechi Osunwa	164
2		Faisal Agab	122
3		Muhannad El Tahir	118
4		Mudather Karika	112
5		Muhamed Abdel Rahman	110
6		Haytham Tambal	94
7		Ramadan Agab	94
8		Mutaz Kabair	88
9		Mohamed Ahmed Bashir	75
10		Bushra 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)