Al-Merreikh Stadium, home of Sudan

Omdurman

Sudan

Founded:
(90 years)
Venue:
Al-Merreikh Stadium
Capacity:
43.645
FIFA Ranking:
#118 (1,157 points)

Head coach:

James Kwesi Appiah (Since )
Previous coaches4
Ezzaki Badou ( โ€“ )
Youssef Fertout ( โ€“ )
Burhan Tia ( โ€“ )
Hubert Velud ( โ€“ )

Owner:

Sudan Football Association

Sudan records

Sudan record holders and ranking extremes.
98Most capsHaitham Mustafa
27Top scorerNasr Eddin Abbas
#74Best FIFA rankDecember 1996
#164Worst FIFA rankJuly 2017

Sudan at international tournaments

Sudan at international tournaments: appearances, year of first entry, best result, and the years that result was achieved.
AppsTournamentFirstBest result
10Africa Cup of Nations1957Champions 1970
4African Nations Championship2011Third place 2011, 2018
5Arab Cup1998Group stage 1998, 2002, 2012, 2021, 2025
22CECAFA Cup1979Champions 1980, 2006, 2007

Sudan all-time results

First international
5:1
Sudan vs Ethiopia
Omdurman, Sudan ยท 13 May 1956
Biggest win
15:0
Sudan vs Muscat and Oman
Cairo, Egypt ยท 2 September 1965
Biggest defeat
8:0
South Korea vs Sudan
Seoul, South Korea ยท 8 September 1979
Association
Sudan Football Association (SFA)
Confederation
CAF (Africa) (CECAFA (East & Central Africa))
Captain
Bakhit Khamis
Home stadium
Khartoum Stadium

Current campaign:

Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification ยท 2026/2027 ยท Group J

Next matches:

11/11 withSenegalA

15/11 withSenegalH

24/03/27 withEthiopiaA

Recent matches:

29/09loss 1:4 toMozambiqueA

25/09win 1:0 overEthiopiaH

29/05cancelled withLebanonA

Links:

sudanfa.com

Cover photo: Abdel-Moneim Mustafa / CC BY-SA 4.0

All-time facts: Wikipedia, as of

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